Where to see
Phaethornis guy
Poás Volcano National Park leads · 9 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Green Hermit during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poás Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Chagres National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 3 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Chirripó National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Podocarpus National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 7 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Farallones de Cali National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
Poás Volcano National Park
In Poás Volcano National Park, Costa Rica, about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Green Hermit sighting on a given day, the highest of the 9 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Chagres National Park and more
After Poás Volcano National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Green Hermit are in Chagres National Park (Panama, about 30%), Braulio Carrillo National Park (Costa Rica, about 30%) and Chirripó National Park (Costa Rica, about 30%). Outside Central America, the best option is Podocarpus National Park in South America (about 30%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are January in Poás Volcano National Park (about 80%), August and October in Chagres National Park (about 50%) and February in Braulio Carrillo National Park (about 40%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Green Hermit on a given day. Each park's Green Hermit page has the full month-by-month chart.
