Where to see
Myrmeciza exsul
Corcovado National Park leads · 13 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Chestnut-backed Antbird during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Utría National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 3 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Cahuita National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Darién National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 7 | Manuel Antonio National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Bastimentos Island National Marine Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 9 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 10 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 11 | San Lorenzo Protected Forest | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 12 | Marino Ballena National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 13 | Tortuguero National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
Corcovado National Park
In Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica, about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Chestnut-backed Antbird sighting on a given day, the highest of the 13 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Utría National Natural Park and more
After Corcovado National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Chestnut-backed Antbird are in Utría National Natural Park (Colombia, about 50%), Carara National Park (Costa Rica, about 40%) and Cahuita National Park (Costa Rica, about 40%). 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 June–July and December in Corcovado National Park (about 70%), February in Utría National Natural Park (about 70%) and August in Carara National Park (about 60%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Chestnut-backed Antbird on a given day. Each park's Chestnut-backed Antbird page has the full month-by-month chart.
