Rufous-tailed Jacamar

Where to see

Rufous-tailed Jacamar

Galbula ruficauda

Main Ridge Forest Reserve leads · 13 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

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

#ParkCountrySighting
1 Main Ridge Forest Reserve 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
~70%
2 Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas 🇧🇷 Brazil
~50%
3 Tayrona National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~40%
4 Arenal Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~30%
5 Serra dos Órgãos National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~30%
6 Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary 🇧🇿 Belize
~30%
7 Tikal National Park 🇬🇹 Guatemala
~30%
8 Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~30%
9 Chapada Diamantina National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~20%
10 Emas National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~20%
11 Henri Pittier National Park 🇻🇪 Venezuela
~20%
12 Cusuco National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
~20%
13 Tenorio Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%

Before you go

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

Main Ridge Forest Reserve

In Main Ridge Forest Reserve, Trinidad and Tobago, about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Rufous-tailed Jacamar sighting on a given day, the highest of the 13 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

Where else can you see a Rufous-tailed Jacamar?

Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas and more

After Main Ridge Forest Reserve, the next-best odds of seeing a Rufous-tailed Jacamar are in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas (Brazil, about 50%), Tayrona National Natural Park (Colombia, about 40%) and Arenal Volcano National Park (Costa Rica, about 30%). Outside Central America, the best options are Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas in South America (about 50%) and Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve in North America (about 30%).

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

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are January, March and June in Main Ridge Forest Reserve (about 80%), May, July–August and October–November in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas (about 60%) and April and December in Tayrona National Natural Park (about 50%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Rufous-tailed Jacamar on a given day. Each park's Rufous-tailed Jacamar page has the full month-by-month chart.