Where to see
Charadrius semipalmatus
Isla del Coco National Park leads · 12 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Semipalmated Plover during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Isla del Coco National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 3 | Pacific Rim National Park Reserve | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 4 | Galápagos Islands | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 5 | Bahía de Loreto National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 6 | El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 7 | Ostional Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Utría National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 9 | Coiba National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 10 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 11 | Las Baulas Marine National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 12 | Caroni Swamp | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago |
Isla del Coco National Park
In Isla del Coco National Park, Costa Rica, about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Semipalmated Plover sighting on a given day, the highest of the 12 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve and more
After Isla del Coco National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Semipalmated Plover are in Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve (Mexico, about 40%), Pacific Rim National Park Reserve (Canada, about 30%) and Galápagos Islands (Ecuador, about 30%). Outside Central America, the best options are Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve in North America (about 40%) and Galápagos Islands in South America (about 30%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are September in Isla del Coco National Park (about 90%), October in Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve (about 60%) and May in Pacific Rim National Park Reserve (about 50%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Semipalmated Plover on a given day. Each park's Semipalmated Plover page has the full month-by-month chart.
