Where to see
Siproeta stelenes
Rincón de la Vieja National Park leads · 27 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Malachite during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
Rincón de la Vieja National Park
In Rincón de la Vieja National Park, Costa Rica, about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Malachite sighting on a given day, the highest of the 27 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Los Haitises National Park and more
After Rincón de la Vieja National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Malachite are in Los Haitises National Park (Dominican Republic, about 50%), Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge (Costa Rica, about 40%) and Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park (Jamaica, about 40%). Outside Central America, the best options are Iguazú National Park in South America (about 40%) and Cañón del Sumidero National Park in North America (about 20%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are July in Rincón de la Vieja National Park (about 70%), January and October in Los Haitises National Park (about 70%) and December in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge (about 60%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Malachite on a given day. Each park's Malachite page has the full month-by-month chart.
