Where to see
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Rincón de la Vieja National Park leads · 7 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Long-tailed Manakin during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rincón de la Vieja National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Santa Rosa National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | El Triunfo | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 5 | Ostional Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
Rincón de la Vieja National Park
In Rincón de la Vieja National Park, Costa Rica, about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Long-tailed Manakin sighting on a given day, the highest of the 7 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Santa Rosa National Park and more
After Rincón de la Vieja National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Long-tailed Manakin are in Santa Rosa National Park (Costa Rica, about 50%), Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve (Costa Rica, about 40%) and El Triunfo (Mexico, about 30%). Outside Central America, the best option is El Triunfo in North America (about 30%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are May in Rincón de la Vieja National Park (about 80%), June in Santa Rosa National Park (about 70%) and January and April in Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve (about 50%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Long-tailed Manakin on a given day. Each park's Long-tailed Manakin page has the full month-by-month chart.
