Where to see
Patagioenas nigrirostris
Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary leads · 16 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Short-billed Pigeon during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇧🇿 Belize | |
| 2 | Bastimentos Island National Marine Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 3 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 6 | Tortuguero National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Cahuita National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Tikal National Park | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 10 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 11 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 12 | San Lorenzo Protected Forest | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 13 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 14 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 15 | Chagres National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 16 | Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras |
Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary
In Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary, Belize, about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Short-billed Pigeon sighting on a given day, the highest of the 16 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Bastimentos Island National Marine Park and more
After Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary, the next-best odds of seeing a Short-billed Pigeon are in Bastimentos Island National Marine Park (Panama, about 50%), Corcovado National Park (Costa Rica, about 50%) and Piedras Blancas National Park (Costa Rica, about 40%). Outside Central America, the best option is Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve in North America (about 40%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are July and August in Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary (about 80%), January in Bastimentos Island National Marine Park (about 60%) and February–March and June in Corcovado National Park (about 60%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Short-billed Pigeon on a given day. Each park's Short-billed Pigeon page has the full month-by-month chart.
