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Chagres National Park leads · 14 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Guatemalan Paltry Tyrannulet during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chagres National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 2 | Chirripó National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | El Triunfo | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 4 | Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Volcán Barú National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 9 | San Lorenzo Protected Forest | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 10 | Los Quetzales National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 11 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 12 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 13 | Pico Bonito National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 14 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama |
Chagres National Park
In Chagres National Park, Panama, about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Guatemalan Paltry Tyrannulet sighting on a given day, the highest of the 14 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Chirripó National Park and more
After Chagres National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Guatemalan Paltry Tyrannulet are in Chirripó National Park (Costa Rica, about 40%), El Triunfo (Mexico, about 30%) and Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park (Costa Rica, about 30%). Outside Central America, the best option is El Triunfo in North America (about 30%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are May–June, September and November–December in Chagres National Park (about 60%), October and December in Chirripó National Park (about 50%) and April in El Triunfo (about 60%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Guatemalan Paltry Tyrannulet on a given day. Each park's Guatemalan Paltry Tyrannulet page has the full month-by-month chart.
