Where to see
Xiphorhynchus flavigaster
Tikal National Park leads · 13 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting an Ivory-billed Woodcreeper during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tikal National Park | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 2 | Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇧🇿 Belize | |
| 3 | Calakmul Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 4 | Pico Bonito National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 5 | Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 6 | Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 7 | Cañón del Sumidero National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 8 | El Triunfo | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 9 | Santa Rosa National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 10 | Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 11 | Biotopo Cerro Cahuí | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 12 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 13 | Cusuco National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras |
Tikal National Park
In Tikal National Park, Guatemala, about 50% of wildlife watchers report an Ivory-billed Woodcreeper sighting on a given day, the highest of the 13 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary and more
After Tikal National Park, the next-best odds of seeing an Ivory-billed Woodcreeper are in Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary (Belize, about 40%), Calakmul Biosphere Reserve (Mexico, about 40%) and Pico Bonito National Park (Honduras, about 40%). Outside Central America, the best option is Calakmul Biosphere Reserve in North America (about 40%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are December in Tikal National Park (about 70%), April, June–July and September in Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary (about 60%) and July in Calakmul Biosphere Reserve (about 60%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report an Ivory-billed Woodcreeper on a given day. Each park's Ivory-billed Woodcreeper page has the full month-by-month chart.
