Where to see
Tamandua mexicana
Corcovado National Park leads · 16 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Northern Tamandua during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Rincón de la Vieja National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 5 | Santa Rosa National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Tikal National Park | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 7 | Tayrona National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 8 | Manuel Antonio National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Palo Verde National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 10 | Tortuguero National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 11 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 12 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 13 | Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 14 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 15 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 16 | Cahuita National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
Corcovado National Park
In Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica, about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Northern Tamandua sighting on a given day, the highest of the 16 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Piedras Blancas National Park and more
After Corcovado National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Northern Tamandua are in Piedras Blancas National Park (Costa Rica, about 40%), Rincón de la Vieja National Park (Costa Rica, about 30%) and Soberanía National Park (Panama, about 30%). Outside Central America, the best option is Tayrona National Natural Park in South America (about 30%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are February and November–December in Corcovado National Park (about 70%), August in Piedras Blancas National Park (about 50%) and February in Rincón de la Vieja National Park (about 60%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Northern Tamandua on a given day. Each park's Northern Tamandua page has the full month-by-month chart.
