Where to see
Pecari tajacu
Braulio Carrillo National Park leads · 17 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Collared Peccary during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Big Bend National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | El Impenetrable National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 5 | Palo Verde National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 7 | Saguaro National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 9 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 10 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 11 | Emas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 12 | Guadalupe Mountains National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 13 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 14 | Calakmul Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 15 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 16 | Grand Canyon National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 17 | Santa Rosa National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
Braulio Carrillo National Park
In Braulio Carrillo National Park, Costa Rica, about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Collared Peccary sighting on a given day, the highest of the 17 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Corcovado National Park and more
After Braulio Carrillo National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Collared Peccary are in Corcovado National Park (Costa Rica, about 50%), Big Bend National Park (United States, about 40%) and El Impenetrable National Park (Argentina, about 40%). Outside Central America, the best options are Big Bend National Park in North America (about 40%) and El Impenetrable National Park in South America (about 40%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are February in Braulio Carrillo National Park (about 80%), August and December in Corcovado National Park (about 60%) and February and April in Big Bend National Park (about 50%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Collared Peccary on a given day. Each park's Collared Peccary page has the full month-by-month chart.
