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Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park leads · 22 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Lesson's Motmot during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 2 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | El Triunfo | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 4 | Rincón de la Vieja National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Pico Bonito National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 6 | Cusuco National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 7 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 8 | Chirripó National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇧🇿 Belize | |
| 10 | Tikal National Park | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 11 | Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 12 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 13 | Calakmul Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 14 | Cañón del Sumidero National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 15 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 16 | Celaque National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 17 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 18 | La Tigra National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 19 | Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 20 | Manuel Antonio National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 21 | Biotopo Cerro Cahuí | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 22 | Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park
In Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park, Honduras, about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Lesson's Motmot sighting on a given day, the highest of the 22 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve and more
After Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Lesson's Motmot are in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (Costa Rica, about 60%), El Triunfo (Mexico, about 50%) and Rincón de la Vieja National Park (Costa Rica, about 50%). Outside Central America, the best option is El Triunfo in North America (about 50%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are May–June and October in Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park (about 70%), February and May in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (about 70%) and April–May, July and October–November in El Triunfo (about 60%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Lesson's Motmot on a given day. Each park's Lesson's Motmot page has the full month-by-month chart.
