Where to see
Basiliscus basiliscus
Piedras Blancas National Park leads · 15 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Common Basilisk during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Manuel Antonio National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Coiba National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 6 | Marino Ballena National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 8 | Tayrona National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 9 | Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 10 | Palo Verde National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 11 | Chagres National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 12 | San Lorenzo Protected Forest | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 13 | Parque Natural Metropolitano | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 14 | Darién National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 15 | Rincón de la Vieja National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
Piedras Blancas National Park
In Piedras Blancas National Park, Costa Rica, about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Common Basilisk sighting on a given day, the highest of the 15 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Manuel Antonio National Park and more
After Piedras Blancas National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Common Basilisk are in Manuel Antonio National Park (Costa Rica, about 80%), Carara National Park (Costa Rica, about 70%) and Corcovado National Park (Costa Rica, about 60%). Outside Central America, the best option is Tayrona National Natural Park in South America (about 50%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are February in Piedras Blancas National Park (about 90%), February–March, May–June, September and November–December in Manuel Antonio National Park (about 80%) and February–April and June–August in Carara National Park (about 80%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Common Basilisk on a given day. Each park's Common Basilisk page has the full month-by-month chart.
