Gray-breasted Wood-Wren

Where to see

Gray-breasted Wood-Wren

Henicorhina leucophrys

Volcán Barú National Park leads · 13 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Gray-breasted Wood-Wren during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)

#ParkCountrySighting
1 Volcán Barú National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~60%
2 Los Quetzales National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~50%
3 Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~40%
4 Irazú Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~30%
5 Farallones de Cali National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~30%
6 Poás Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~30%
7 El Triunfo 🇲🇽 Mexico
~30%
8 Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~30%
9 Henri Pittier National Park 🇻🇪 Venezuela
~30%
10 Los Nevados National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~20%
11 La Amistad International Park (Panama) 🇵🇦 Panama
~20%
12 Chirripó National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%
13 Braulio Carrillo National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see a Gray-breasted Wood-Wren?

Volcán Barú National Park

In Volcán Barú National Park, Panama, about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Gray-breasted Wood-Wren sighting on a given day, the highest of the 13 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

Where else can you see a Gray-breasted Wood-Wren?

Los Quetzales National Park and more

After Volcán Barú National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Gray-breasted Wood-Wren are in Los Quetzales National Park (Costa Rica, about 50%), Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (Costa Rica, about 40%) and Irazú Volcano National Park (Costa Rica, about 30%). Outside Central America, the best options are Farallones de Cali National Natural Park in South America (about 30%) and El Triunfo in North America (about 30%).

When is the best time to see a Gray-breasted Wood-Wren?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are June in Volcán Barú National Park (about 80%), March–April, July–October and December in Los Quetzales National Park (about 50%) and May–August, October and December–March in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (about 40%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Gray-breasted Wood-Wren on a given day. Each park's Gray-breasted Wood-Wren page has the full month-by-month chart.