Great-tailed Grackle

Where to see

Great-tailed Grackle

Quiscalus mexicanus

Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park leads · 48 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Great-tailed Grackle during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)

#ParkCountrySighting
1 Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
~80%
2 Las Baulas Marine National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~80%
3 Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~80%
4 Lago de Yojoa 🇭🇳 Honduras
~70%
5 Masaya Volcano National Park 🇳🇮 Nicaragua
~70%
6 Padre Island National Seashore 🇺🇸 United States
~60%
7 Ostional Wildlife Refuge 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~60%
8 Manuel Antonio National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~60%
9 Utría National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~60%
10 Celestún Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~60%
11 Tortuguero National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~60%
12 Death Valley National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~60%
13 Parque Natural Metropolitano 🇵🇦 Panama
~60%
14 Marino Ballena National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~50%
15 Celaque National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
~50%
16 Biotopo Cerro Cahuí 🇬🇹 Guatemala
~50%
17 Coiba National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~50%
18 Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
~50%
19 Rincón de la Vieja National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~50%
20 Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~50%
21 San Lorenzo Protected Forest 🇵🇦 Panama
~50%
22 Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~50%
23 Cahuita National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~40%
24 Carara National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~40%
25 La Tigra National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
~40%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see a Great-tailed Grackle?

Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park

In Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park, Mexico, about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Great-tailed Grackle sighting on a given day, the highest of the 48 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

Where else can you see a Great-tailed Grackle?

Las Baulas Marine National Park and more

After Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Great-tailed Grackle are in Las Baulas Marine National Park (Costa Rica, about 80%), Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve (Mexico, about 80%) and Lago de Yojoa (Honduras, about 70%). Outside North America, the best options are Las Baulas Marine National Park in Central America (about 80%) and Utría National Natural Park in South America (about 60%).

When is the best time to see a Great-tailed Grackle?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are May, July–September and November–January in Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park (about 90%), March in Las Baulas Marine National Park (about 90%) and May and August in Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve (about 90%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Great-tailed Grackle on a given day. Each park's Great-tailed Grackle page has the full month-by-month chart.