Where to see
Paraponera clavata
Braulio Carrillo National Park leads · 11 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Bullet Ant during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 3 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 4 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 5 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 6 | Brownsberg Nature Park | 🇸🇷 Suriname | |
| 7 | Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Darién National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 9 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 10 | Chagres National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 11 | Tortuguero National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
Braulio Carrillo National Park
In Braulio Carrillo National Park, Costa Rica, about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Bullet Ant sighting on a given day, the highest of the 11 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Yasuní National Park and more
After Braulio Carrillo National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Bullet Ant are in Yasuní National Park (Ecuador, about 50%), Manu National Park (Peru, about 50%) and Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve (Ecuador, about 40%). Outside Central America, the best option is Yasuní National Park in South America (about 50%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are February and December in Braulio Carrillo National Park (about 80%), October and November in Yasuní National Park (about 60%) and March and November–January in Manu National Park (about 60%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Bullet Ant on a given day. Each park's Bullet Ant page has the full month-by-month chart.
