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Palo Verde National Park leads · 9 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Black-bellied Whistling-Duck during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palo Verde National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 3 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 4 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 5 | Caroni Swamp | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 6 | Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 7 | Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 8 | Marino Ballena National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
Palo Verde National Park
In Palo Verde National Park, Costa Rica, about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Black-bellied Whistling-Duck sighting on a given day, the highest of the 9 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Lago de Yojoa and more
After Palo Verde National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Black-bellied Whistling-Duck are in Lago de Yojoa (Honduras, about 30%), Iberá National Park (Argentina, about 30%) and Soberanía National Park (Panama, about 30%). Outside Central America, the best options are Iberá National Park in South America (about 30%) and Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve in North America (about 20%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are August in Palo Verde National Park (about 90%), August and September in Lago de Yojoa (about 60%) and March, October and December in Iberá National Park (about 40%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Black-bellied Whistling-Duck on a given day. Each park's Black-bellied Whistling-Duck page has the full month-by-month chart.
