Rufous-collared Sparrow

Where to see

Rufous-collared Sparrow

Zonotrichia capensis

Irazú Volcano National Park leads · 27 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Rufous-collared Sparrow during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)

#ParkCountrySighting
1 Irazú Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~90%
2 Torres del Paine National Park 🇨🇱 Chile
~90%
3 El Palmar National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~90%
4 Los Quetzales National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~90%
5 Tierra del Fuego National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~80%
6 Itatiaia National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~80%
7 Los Nevados National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~80%
8 Serra da Canastra National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~80%
9 Península Valdés 🇦🇷 Argentina
~70%
10 Volcán Barú National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~70%
11 Chingaza National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~70%
12 Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~60%
13 Chapada Diamantina National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~60%
14 Iberá National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~60%
15 Lauca National Park 🇨🇱 Chile
~60%
16 El Impenetrable National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~50%
17 Nahuel Huapi National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~50%
18 Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park 🇨🇱 Chile
~50%
19 Chirripó National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~40%
20 La Amistad International Park (Panama) 🇵🇦 Panama
~30%
21 Poás Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~30%
22 Podocarpus National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
~30%
23 El Triunfo 🇲🇽 Mexico
~30%
24 Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~30%
25 Tijuca National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~20%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see a Rufous-collared Sparrow?

Irazú Volcano National Park

In Irazú Volcano National Park, Costa Rica, about 90% of wildlife watchers report a Rufous-collared Sparrow sighting on a given day, the highest of the 27 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see a Rufous-collared Sparrow?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are April, August and October in Irazú Volcano National Park (over 90%), March and August–January in Torres del Paine National Park (about 90%) and May, July, September and December–March in El Palmar National Park (about 90%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Rufous-collared Sparrow on a given day. Each park's Rufous-collared Sparrow page has the full month-by-month chart.