Where to see
Piranga bidentata
Los Quetzales National Park leads · 8 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Flame-colored Tanager during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Quetzales National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Volcán Barú National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 3 | Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | El Triunfo | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 5 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 6 | Irazú Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | La Tigra National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 8 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
Los Quetzales National Park
In Los Quetzales National Park, Costa Rica, about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Flame-colored Tanager sighting on a given day, the highest of the 8 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Volcán Barú National Park and more
After Los Quetzales National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Flame-colored Tanager are in Volcán Barú National Park (Panama, about 60%), Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park (Costa Rica, about 40%) and El Triunfo (Mexico, about 30%). Outside Central America, the best option is El Triunfo in North America (about 30%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are November in Los Quetzales National Park (about 80%), August and November in Volcán Barú National Park (about 70%) and January to March in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park (about 50%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Flame-colored Tanager on a given day. Each park's Flame-colored Tanager page has the full month-by-month chart.
