Rufous-tailed Hummingbird

Where to see

Rufous-tailed Hummingbird

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Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park leads · 37 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

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

#ParkCountrySighting
1 Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
~70%
2 Tenorio Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~70%
3 Arenal Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~70%
4 Chagres National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~70%
5 Bastimentos Island National Marine Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~70%
6 Pico Bonito National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
~70%
7 Poás Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~60%
8 Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary 🇧🇿 Belize
~60%
9 Cusuco National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
~60%
10 Coiba National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~60%
11 Chirripó National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~60%
12 Lago de Yojoa 🇭🇳 Honduras
~60%
13 La Amistad International Park (Panama) 🇵🇦 Panama
~50%
14 Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~50%
15 Piedras Blancas National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~50%
16 Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~50%
17 Parque Natural Metropolitano 🇵🇦 Panama
~50%
18 Braulio Carrillo National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~50%
19 Cahuita National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~40%
20 Tayrona National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~40%
21 Tortuguero National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~40%
22 Marino Ballena National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~40%
23 Carara National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~40%
24 Volcán Barú National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~40%
25 Manuel Antonio National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~30%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see a Rufous-tailed Hummingbird?

Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park

In Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park, Honduras, about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Rufous-tailed Hummingbird sighting on a given day, the highest of the 37 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

Where else can you see a Rufous-tailed Hummingbird?

Tenorio Volcano National Park and more

After Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Rufous-tailed Hummingbird are in Tenorio Volcano National Park (Costa Rica, about 70%), Arenal Volcano National Park (Costa Rica, about 70%) and Chagres National Park (Panama, about 70%). Outside Central America, the best options are Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve in North America (about 50%) and Tayrona National Natural Park in South America (about 40%).

When is the best time to see a Rufous-tailed Hummingbird?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are February, June and October–December in Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park (about 80%), January, May, July and October–November in Tenorio Volcano National Park (about 80%) and January–February, July and November in Arenal Volcano National Park (about 80%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Rufous-tailed Hummingbird on a given day. Each park's Rufous-tailed Hummingbird page has the full month-by-month chart.