Where to see
Ramphastos ambiguus
Tenorio Volcano National Park leads · 16 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Black-mandibled Toucan during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Utría National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 7 | Tortuguero National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Marino Ballena National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | San Lorenzo Protected Forest | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 10 | Darién National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 11 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 12 | Manuel Antonio National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 13 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 14 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 15 | Cahuita National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 16 | Chagres National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama |
Tenorio Volcano National Park
In Tenorio Volcano National Park, Costa Rica, about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Black-mandibled Toucan sighting on a given day, the highest of the 16 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Corcovado National Park and more
After Tenorio Volcano National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Black-mandibled Toucan are in Corcovado National Park (Costa Rica, about 60%), Piedras Blancas National Park (Costa Rica, about 60%) and Arenal Volcano National Park (Costa Rica, about 60%). Outside Central America, the best option is Utría National Natural Park in South America (about 50%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are March, May–August, October and December–January in Tenorio Volcano National Park (about 70%), February, April, June, September and December in Corcovado National Park (about 70%) and June in Piedras Blancas National Park (about 80%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Black-mandibled Toucan on a given day. Each park's Black-mandibled Toucan page has the full month-by-month chart.
