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Piedras Blancas National Park leads · 10 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Gray-cowled Wood-Rail during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Marino Ballena National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Manuel Antonio National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Caroni Swamp | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 6 | Bastimentos Island National Marine Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 7 | Serra da Canastra National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Coiba National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 10 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru |
Piedras Blancas National Park
In Piedras Blancas National Park, Costa Rica, about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Gray-cowled Wood-Rail sighting on a given day, the highest of the 10 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Marino Ballena National Park and more
After Piedras Blancas National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Gray-cowled Wood-Rail are in Marino Ballena National Park (Costa Rica, about 40%), Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas (Brazil, about 30%) and Manuel Antonio National Park (Costa Rica, about 30%). Outside Central America, the best option is Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas in South America (about 30%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are April in Piedras Blancas National Park (about 70%), May to August in Marino Ballena National Park (about 50%) and August and September in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas (about 40%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Gray-cowled Wood-Rail on a given day. Each park's Gray-cowled Wood-Rail page has the full month-by-month chart.
