Where to see
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Coiba National Park leads · 5 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Blue-throated Sapphire during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coiba National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 2 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
Coiba National Park
In Coiba National Park, Panama, about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-throated Sapphire sighting on a given day, the highest of the 5 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Tenorio Volcano National Park and more
After Coiba National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Blue-throated Sapphire are in Tenorio Volcano National Park (Costa Rica, about 30%), Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve (Costa Rica, about 20%) and Corcovado National Park (Costa Rica, about 20%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are January in Coiba National Park (about 70%), February–March, May and October in Tenorio Volcano National Park (about 40%) and January in Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve (about 40%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Blue-throated Sapphire on a given day. Each park's Blue-throated Sapphire page has the full month-by-month chart.
