Giant Red-Winged Grasshopper

Where to see

Giant Red-Winged Grasshopper

Tropidacris cristata

Las Baulas Marine National Park leads · 17 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Giant Red-Winged Grasshopper during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)

#ParkCountrySighting
1 Las Baulas Marine National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~50%
2 Manuel Antonio National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~40%
3 Marino Ballena National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~40%
4 Santa Rosa National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~40%
5 Ostional Wildlife Refuge 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~40%
6 Tayrona National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~30%
7 Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~30%
8 Masaya Volcano National Park 🇳🇮 Nicaragua
~30%
9 Bastimentos Island National Marine Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~30%
10 Corcovado National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~30%
11 Coiba National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~20%
12 Palo Verde National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%
13 Tikal National Park 🇬🇹 Guatemala
~20%
14 Machalilla National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
~20%
15 Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~20%
16 Rincón de la Vieja National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%
17 Lago de Yojoa 🇭🇳 Honduras
~20%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see a Giant Red-Winged Grasshopper?

Las Baulas Marine National Park

In Las Baulas Marine National Park, Costa Rica, about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Giant Red-Winged Grasshopper sighting on a given day, the highest of the 17 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

Where else can you see a Giant Red-Winged Grasshopper?

Manuel Antonio National Park and more

After Las Baulas Marine National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Giant Red-Winged Grasshopper are in Manuel Antonio National Park (Costa Rica, about 40%), Marino Ballena National Park (Costa Rica, about 40%) and Santa Rosa National Park (Costa Rica, about 40%). Outside Central America, the best options are Tayrona National Natural Park in South America (about 30%) and Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve in North America (about 20%).

When is the best time to see a Giant Red-Winged Grasshopper?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are November and December in Las Baulas Marine National Park (about 70%), August in Manuel Antonio National Park (about 60%) and July in Marino Ballena National Park (about 60%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Giant Red-Winged Grasshopper on a given day. Each park's Giant Red-Winged Grasshopper page has the full month-by-month chart.