Where to see
Sciurus granatensis
Los Quetzales National Park leads · 15 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Red-tailed Squirrel during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Quetzales National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Main Ridge Forest Reserve | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 3 | Chagres National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 4 | Poás Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Tayrona National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 6 | Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Volcán Barú National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 9 | Cahuita National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 10 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 11 | Chirripó National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 12 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 13 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 14 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 15 | Henri Pittier National Park | 🇻🇪 Venezuela |
Los Quetzales National Park
In Los Quetzales National Park, Costa Rica, about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Red-tailed Squirrel sighting on a given day, the highest of the 15 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Main Ridge Forest Reserve and more
After Los Quetzales National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Red-tailed Squirrel are in Main Ridge Forest Reserve (Trinidad and Tobago, about 50%), Chagres National Park (Panama, about 40%) and Poás Volcano National Park (Costa Rica, about 40%). Outside Central America, the best option is Tayrona National Natural Park in South America (about 40%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are August and November in Los Quetzales National Park (about 60%), May and December in Main Ridge Forest Reserve (about 70%) and September–October and December in Chagres National Park (about 60%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Red-tailed Squirrel on a given day. Each park's Red-tailed Squirrel page has the full month-by-month chart.
