Where to see
Selasphorus scintilla
Volcán Barú National Park leads · 5 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Scintillant Hummingbird during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Volcán Barú National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 2 | Los Quetzales National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 4 | Poás Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Irazú Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
Volcán Barú National Park
In Volcán Barú National Park, Panama, about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Scintillant Hummingbird sighting on a given day, the highest of the 5 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Los Quetzales National Park and more
After Volcán Barú National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Scintillant Hummingbird are in Los Quetzales National Park (Costa Rica, about 40%), La Amistad International Park (Panama) (Panama, about 20%) and Poás Volcano National Park (Costa Rica, about 20%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are January, May–July and November in Volcán Barú National Park (about 60%), November and December in Los Quetzales National Park (about 50%) and February and June in La Amistad International Park (Panama) (about 30%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Scintillant Hummingbird on a given day. Each park's Scintillant Hummingbird page has the full month-by-month chart.
