Where to see
Tachycineta albilinea
Celestún Biosphere Reserve leads · 10 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Mangrove Swallow during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Celestún Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 2 | Tortuguero National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 5 | Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 6 | Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 7 | San Lorenzo Protected Forest | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 8 | Biotopo Cerro Cahuí | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 9 | Palo Verde National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 10 | Bastimentos Island National Marine Park | 🇵🇦 Panama |
Celestún Biosphere Reserve
In Celestún Biosphere Reserve, Mexico, about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Mangrove Swallow sighting on a given day, the highest of the 10 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Tortuguero National Park and more
After Celestún Biosphere Reserve, the next-best odds of seeing a Mangrove Swallow are in Tortuguero National Park (Costa Rica, about 40%), Carara National Park (Costa Rica, about 40%) and Soberanía National Park (Panama, about 30%). Outside North America, the best option is Tortuguero National Park in Central America (about 40%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are May and August in Celestún Biosphere Reserve (about 60%), January, March, August and October in Tortuguero National Park (about 50%) and January–May and August in Carara National Park (about 40%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Mangrove Swallow on a given day. Each park's Mangrove Swallow page has the full month-by-month chart.
