Where to see
Aratinga canicularis
Las Baulas Marine National Park leads · 9 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting an Orange-fronted Parakeet during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Las Baulas Marine National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Santa Rosa National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Rincón de la Vieja National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Masaya Volcano National Park | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua | |
| 5 | Palo Verde National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | El Triunfo | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 7 | Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Ostional Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
Las Baulas Marine National Park
In Las Baulas Marine National Park, Costa Rica, about 50% of wildlife watchers report an Orange-fronted Parakeet sighting on a given day, the highest of the 9 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Santa Rosa National Park and more
After Las Baulas Marine National Park, the next-best odds of seeing an Orange-fronted Parakeet are in Santa Rosa National Park (Costa Rica, about 40%), Rincón de la Vieja National Park (Costa Rica, about 40%) and Masaya Volcano National Park (Nicaragua, 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 in Las Baulas Marine National Park (about 60%), March and December–January in Santa Rosa National Park (about 50%) and August in Rincón de la Vieja National Park (about 60%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report an Orange-fronted Parakeet on a given day. Each park's Orange-fronted Parakeet page has the full month-by-month chart.
