Where to see
Trogon rufus
Corcovado National Park leads · 9 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Black-throated Trogon during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 3 | Brownsberg Nature Park | 🇸🇷 Suriname | |
| 4 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 7 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | San Lorenzo Protected Forest | 🇵🇦 Panama |
Corcovado National Park
In Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica, about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Black-throated Trogon sighting on a given day, the highest of the 9 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Soberanía National Park and more
After Corcovado National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Black-throated Trogon are in Soberanía National Park (Panama, about 30%), Brownsberg Nature Park (Suriname, about 20%) and Iguaçu National Park (Brazil, about 20%). Outside Central America, the best option is Brownsberg Nature Park in South America (about 20%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are June, September and December in Corcovado National Park (about 50%), March–May and September–October in Soberanía National Park (about 30%) and January and April in Brownsberg Nature Park (about 30%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Black-throated Trogon on a given day. Each park's Black-throated Trogon page has the full month-by-month chart.
