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Soberanía National Park leads · 23 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Gray-breasted Martin during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 2 | Machalilla National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 3 | San Lorenzo Protected Forest | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 4 | Parque Natural Metropolitano | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 5 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 6 | Tortuguero National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Las Baulas Marine National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Brownsberg Nature Park | 🇸🇷 Suriname | |
| 10 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 11 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 12 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 13 | Coiba National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 14 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 15 | Chapada dos Guimarães National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 16 | Masaya Volcano National Park | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua | |
| 17 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 18 | El Palmar National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 19 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 20 | Anavilhanas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 21 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 22 | Bastimentos Island National Marine Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 23 | Caroni Swamp | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago |
Soberanía National Park
In Soberanía National Park, Panama, about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Gray-breasted Martin sighting on a given day, the highest of the 23 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Machalilla National Park and more
After Soberanía National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Gray-breasted Martin are in Machalilla National Park (Ecuador, about 40%), San Lorenzo Protected Forest (Panama, about 40%) and Parque Natural Metropolitano (Panama, about 30%). Outside Central America, the best option is Machalilla National Park in South America (about 40%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are June and October in Soberanía National Park (about 60%), June in Machalilla National Park (about 60%) and November in San Lorenzo Protected Forest (about 70%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Gray-breasted Martin on a given day. Each park's Gray-breasted Martin page has the full month-by-month chart.
