Where to see
Lepidocolaptes affinis
Los Quetzales National Park leads · 6 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Spot-crowned Woodcreeper during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Quetzales National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Volcán Barú National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 3 | Irazú Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | El Triunfo | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 5 | Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama |
Los Quetzales National Park
In Los Quetzales National Park, Costa Rica, about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Spot-crowned Woodcreeper sighting on a given day, the highest of the 6 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Volcán Barú National Park and more
After Los Quetzales National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Spot-crowned Woodcreeper are in Volcán Barú National Park (Panama, about 40%), Irazú Volcano National Park (Costa Rica, about 20%) and El Triunfo (Mexico, about 20%). Outside Central America, the best option is El Triunfo in North America (about 20%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are April and June–August in Los Quetzales National Park (about 50%), August in Volcán Barú National Park (about 60%) and January, April, June and August in Irazú Volcano National Park (about 30%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Spot-crowned Woodcreeper on a given day. Each park's Spot-crowned Woodcreeper page has the full month-by-month chart.
