Where to see
Ramphocelus dimidiatus
Chagres National Park leads · 7 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Crimson-backed Tanager during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chagres National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 2 | Coiba National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 3 | Parque Natural Metropolitano | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 4 | Tayrona National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 5 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 6 | San Lorenzo Protected Forest | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 7 | Utría National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
Chagres National Park
In Chagres National Park, Panama, about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Crimson-backed Tanager sighting on a given day, the highest of the 7 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Coiba National Park and more
After Chagres National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Crimson-backed Tanager are in Coiba National Park (Panama, about 60%), Parque Natural Metropolitano (Panama, about 60%) and Tayrona National Natural Park (Colombia, about 50%). 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 April, June, September and November in Chagres National Park (about 80%), February, April and July in Coiba National Park (about 70%) and February–March, June–September and November in Parque Natural Metropolitano (about 60%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Crimson-backed Tanager on a given day. Each park's Crimson-backed Tanager page has the full month-by-month chart.
