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Tikal National Park leads · 17 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Central American Spider Monkey during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tikal National Park | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 2 | Tortuguero National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Calakmul Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 5 | Santa Rosa National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 7 | Rincón de la Vieja National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Cañón del Sumidero National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 9 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 10 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 11 | Biotopo Cerro Cahuí | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 12 | Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 13 | Pico Bonito National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 14 | El Triunfo | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 15 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 16 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 17 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
Tikal National Park
In Tikal National Park, Guatemala, about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Central American Spider Monkey sighting on a given day, the highest of the 17 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Tortuguero National Park and more
After Tikal National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Central American Spider Monkey are in Tortuguero National Park (Costa Rica, about 70%), Corcovado National Park (Costa Rica, about 70%) and Calakmul Biosphere Reserve (Mexico, about 60%). Outside Central America, the best option is Calakmul Biosphere Reserve in North America (about 60%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are August–October and December in Tikal National Park (about 90%), February–April, July, September and November–December in Tortuguero National Park (about 80%) and May–September and December–March in Corcovado National Park (about 70%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Central American Spider Monkey on a given day. Each park's Central American Spider Monkey page has the full month-by-month chart.
