Sooty-capped Bush-Tanager

Where to see

Sooty-capped Bush-Tanager

Chlorospingus pileatus

Irazú Volcano National Park leads · 4 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Sooty-capped Bush-Tanager during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)

#ParkCountrySighting
1 Irazú Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~80%
2 Los Quetzales National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~70%
3 Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~50%
4 Volcán Barú National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~20%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see a Sooty-capped Bush-Tanager?

Irazú Volcano National Park

In Irazú Volcano National Park, Costa Rica, about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Sooty-capped Bush-Tanager sighting on a given day, the highest of the 4 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see a Sooty-capped Bush-Tanager?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are June, October and December–January in Irazú Volcano National Park (about 90%), June to October in Los Quetzales National Park (about 80%) and January–March and July in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park (about 60%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Sooty-capped Bush-Tanager on a given day. Each park's Sooty-capped Bush-Tanager page has the full month-by-month chart.