Where to see
Trogon massena
Soberanía National Park leads · 13 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Slaty-tailed Trogon during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 2 | Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇧🇿 Belize | |
| 3 | Tikal National Park | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 4 | Tortuguero National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | San Lorenzo Protected Forest | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 6 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 10 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 11 | Cahuita National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 12 | Darién National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 13 | Pico Bonito National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras |
Soberanía National Park
In Soberanía National Park, Panama, about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Slaty-tailed Trogon sighting on a given day, the highest of the 13 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary and more
After Soberanía National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Slaty-tailed Trogon are in Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary (Belize, about 40%), Tikal National Park (Guatemala, about 40%) and Tortuguero National Park (Costa Rica, about 40%). Outside Central America, the best option is Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve in North America (about 20%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are March, May, July and September–October in Soberanía National Park (about 60%), March in Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary (about 60%) and December in Tikal National Park (about 60%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Slaty-tailed Trogon on a given day. Each park's Slaty-tailed Trogon page has the full month-by-month chart.
