Where to see
Rhynchonycteris naso
Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas leads · 15 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Proboscis Bat during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Palo Verde National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 4 | Caroni Swamp | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 5 | Tortuguero National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 7 | Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 8 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 10 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 11 | Cahuita National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 12 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 13 | Manuel Antonio National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 14 | Biotopo Cerro Cahuí | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 15 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras |
Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas
In Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas, Brazil, about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Proboscis Bat sighting on a given day, the highest of the 15 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Palo Verde National Park and more
After Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas, the next-best odds of seeing a Proboscis Bat are in Palo Verde National Park (Costa Rica, about 60%), Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve (Ecuador, about 50%) and Caroni Swamp (Trinidad and Tobago, about 40%). Outside South America, the best options are Palo Verde National Park in Central America (about 60%) and Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve in North America (about 40%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are April and October in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas (about 80%), August in Palo Verde National Park (about 80%) and November in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve (about 70%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Proboscis Bat on a given day. Each park's Proboscis Bat page has the full month-by-month chart.
