Julia Heliconian

Where to see

Julia Heliconian

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Rincón de la Vieja National Park leads · 32 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

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

#ParkCountrySighting
1 Rincón de la Vieja National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~50%
2 Los Haitises National Park 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
~40%
3 Iguazú National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~40%
4 Iguaçu National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~40%
5 Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~40%
6 Everglades National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~40%
7 Brownsberg Nature Park 🇸🇷 Suriname
~30%
8 Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park 🇯🇲 Jamaica
~30%
9 Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary 🇧🇿 Belize
~30%
10 Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas 🇧🇷 Brazil
~30%
11 Biotopo Cerro Cahuí 🇬🇹 Guatemala
~20%
12 Iberá National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~20%
13 Tambopata National Reserve 🇵🇪 Peru
~20%
14 Carara National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%
15 Piedras Blancas National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%
16 Manu National Park 🇵🇪 Peru
~20%
17 Ostional Wildlife Refuge 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%
18 Lago de Yojoa 🇭🇳 Honduras
~20%
19 Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%
20 Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
~20%
21 Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~20%
22 Tortuguero National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%
23 Soberanía National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~20%
24 Yasuní National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
~20%
25 Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve 🇪🇨 Ecuador
~20%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see a Julia Heliconian?

Rincón de la Vieja National Park

In Rincón de la Vieja National Park, Costa Rica, about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Julia Heliconian sighting on a given day, the highest of the 32 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see a Julia Heliconian?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are July in Rincón de la Vieja National Park (about 80%), October in Los Haitises National Park (about 70%) and May in Iguazú National Park (about 70%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Julia Heliconian on a given day. Each park's Julia Heliconian page has the full month-by-month chart.