Where to see
Crax rubra
Santa Rosa National Park leads · 11 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Great Curassow during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santa Rosa National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Rincón de la Vieja National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Calakmul Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 8 | Utría National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 9 | Palo Verde National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 10 | Tortuguero National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 11 | Tikal National Park | 🇬🇹 Guatemala |
Santa Rosa National Park
In Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica, about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Great Curassow sighting on a given day, the highest of the 11 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Arenal Volcano National Park and more
After Santa Rosa National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Great Curassow are in Arenal Volcano National Park (Costa Rica, about 50%), Corcovado National Park (Costa Rica, about 40%) and Piedras Blancas National Park (Costa Rica, about 40%). Outside Central America, the best options are Calakmul Biosphere Reserve in North America (about 20%) and Utría National Natural Park in South America (about 20%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are January, April–May and September–November in Santa Rosa National Park (about 60%), March and April in Arenal Volcano National Park (about 60%) and March–April and July in Corcovado National Park (about 50%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Great Curassow on a given day. Each park's Great Curassow page has the full month-by-month chart.
