Where to see
Aramus guarauna
Palo Verde National Park leads · 9 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Limpkin during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palo Verde National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Los Haitises National Park | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | |
| 3 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 4 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 6 | Caroni Swamp | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 7 | Tikal National Park | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 8 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 9 | Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras |
Palo Verde National Park
In Palo Verde National Park, Costa Rica, about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Limpkin sighting on a given day, the highest of the 9 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Los Haitises National Park and more
After Palo Verde National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Limpkin are in Los Haitises National Park (Dominican Republic, about 50%), Lago de Yojoa (Honduras, about 40%) and Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas (Brazil, about 20%). Outside Central America, the best option is Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas in South America (about 20%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are January and February in Palo Verde National Park (about 60%), January and February in Los Haitises National Park (about 60%) and September and November in Lago de Yojoa (about 60%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Limpkin on a given day. Each park's Limpkin page has the full month-by-month chart.
