Where to see
Erythemis peruviana
Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas leads · 6 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Flame-Tailed Pondhawk during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Palo Verde National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 4 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 5 | Darién National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 6 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras |
Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas
In Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas, Brazil, about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Flame-Tailed Pondhawk sighting on a given day, the highest of the 6 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Palo Verde National Park and more
After Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas, the next-best odds of seeing a Flame-Tailed Pondhawk are in Palo Verde National Park (Costa Rica, about 30%), Soberanía National Park (Panama, about 30%) and Iberá National Park (Argentina, about 30%). Outside South America, the best option is Palo Verde National Park in Central America (about 30%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are October in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas (about 70%), October in Palo Verde National Park (about 60%) and January to March in Soberanía National Park (about 40%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Flame-Tailed Pondhawk on a given day. Each park's Flame-Tailed Pondhawk page has the full month-by-month chart.
