Shimmering Golden Sugar Ant

Where to see

Shimmering Golden Sugar Ant

Camponotus sericeiventris

Tikal National Park leads · 25 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Shimmering Golden Sugar Ant during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)

#ParkCountrySighting
1 Tikal National Park 🇬🇹 Guatemala
~50%
2 Rincón de la Vieja National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~50%
3 Iguazú National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~40%
4 Carara National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~40%
5 Iguaçu National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~30%
6 Piedras Blancas National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~30%
7 Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~30%
8 Manuel Antonio National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~30%
9 Corcovado National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~30%
10 Pico Bonito National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
~30%
11 Chagres National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~30%
12 Itatiaia National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~30%
13 Tortuguero National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~30%
14 Tijuca National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~20%
15 Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary 🇧🇿 Belize
~20%
16 Cañón del Sumidero National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
~20%
17 Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
~20%
18 Serra da Canastra National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~20%
19 Cumbres de Monterrey National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
~20%
20 Santa Rosa National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%
21 Marino Ballena National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%
22 Braulio Carrillo National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%
23 Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%
24 Bastimentos Island National Marine Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~20%
25 Serra dos Órgãos National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~20%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see a Shimmering Golden Sugar Ant?

Tikal National Park

In Tikal National Park, Guatemala, about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Shimmering Golden Sugar Ant sighting on a given day, the highest of the 25 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

Where else can you see a Shimmering Golden Sugar Ant?

Rincón de la Vieja National Park and more

After Tikal National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Shimmering Golden Sugar Ant are in Rincón de la Vieja National Park (Costa Rica, about 50%), Iguazú National Park (Argentina, about 40%) and Carara National Park (Costa Rica, about 40%). Outside Central America, the best options are Iguazú National Park in South America (about 40%) and Cañón del Sumidero National Park in North America (about 20%).

When is the best time to see a Shimmering Golden Sugar Ant?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are July and August in Tikal National Park (about 70%), October in Rincón de la Vieja National Park (about 70%) and March–May and August–January in Iguazú National Park (about 40%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Shimmering Golden Sugar Ant on a given day. Each park's Shimmering Golden Sugar Ant page has the full month-by-month chart.