Where to see
Numenius hudsonicus
Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge leads · 16 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Hudsonian Whimbrel during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Tortuguero National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Marino Ballena National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Las Baulas Marine National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Galápagos Islands | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 7 | Bahía de Loreto National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 8 | Pacific Rim National Park Reserve | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 9 | Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 10 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 11 | Ostional Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 12 | El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 13 | Channel Islands National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 14 | Bastimentos Island National Marine Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 15 | Cahuita National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 16 | Santa Rosa National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge
In Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica, about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Hudsonian Whimbrel sighting on a given day, the highest of the 16 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Tortuguero National Park and more
After Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge, the next-best odds of seeing a Hudsonian Whimbrel are in Tortuguero National Park (Costa Rica, about 40%), Marino Ballena National Park (Costa Rica, about 40%) and Carara National Park (Costa Rica, about 40%). Outside Central America, the best options are Galápagos Islands in South America (about 30%) and Bahía de Loreto National Park in North America (about 30%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are October and December in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge (about 80%), January–February and October–November in Tortuguero National Park (about 50%) and January and March in Marino Ballena National Park (about 50%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Hudsonian Whimbrel on a given day. Each park's Hudsonian Whimbrel page has the full month-by-month chart.
