Where to see
Xiphorhynchus susurrans
Soberanía National Park leads · 16 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Cocoa Woodcreeper during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 2 | Chagres National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 3 | San Lorenzo Protected Forest | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 4 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Main Ridge Forest Reserve | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 6 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Cahuita National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Parque Natural Metropolitano | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 10 | Darién National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 11 | Manuel Antonio National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 12 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 13 | Henri Pittier National Park | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 14 | Marino Ballena National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 15 | Tayrona National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 16 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
Soberanía National Park
In Soberanía National Park, Panama, about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Cocoa Woodcreeper sighting on a given day, the highest of the 16 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Chagres National Park and more
After Soberanía National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Cocoa Woodcreeper are in Chagres National Park (Panama, about 50%), San Lorenzo Protected Forest (Panama, about 50%) and Corcovado National Park (Costa Rica, about 40%). Outside Central America, the best option is Henri Pittier National Park in South America (about 30%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are June and October in Soberanía National Park (about 70%), April, June and December in Chagres National Park (about 60%) and June and July in San Lorenzo Protected Forest (about 60%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Cocoa Woodcreeper on a given day. Each park's Cocoa Woodcreeper page has the full month-by-month chart.
