Where to see
Aulacorhynchus prasinus
Poás Volcano National Park leads · 8 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Northern Emerald-Toucanet during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poás Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Chirripó National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Los Quetzales National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | El Triunfo | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 6 | Volcán Barú National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 7 | La Tigra National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 8 | Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
Poás Volcano National Park
In Poás Volcano National Park, Costa Rica, about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Northern Emerald-Toucanet sighting on a given day, the highest of the 8 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve and more
After Poás Volcano National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Northern Emerald-Toucanet are in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (Costa Rica, about 60%), Chirripó National Park (Costa Rica, about 40%) and Los Quetzales National Park (Costa Rica, 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 January and February in Poás Volcano National Park (about 80%), March to May in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (about 70%) and November in Chirripó National Park (about 70%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Northern Emerald-Toucanet on a given day. Each park's Northern Emerald-Toucanet page has the full month-by-month chart.
