Squirrel Cuckoo

Where to see

Squirrel Cuckoo

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Santa Rosa National Park leads · 55 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Squirrel Cuckoo during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)

#ParkCountrySighting
1 Santa Rosa National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~50%
2 Serra dos Órgãos National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~50%
3 Ostional Wildlife Refuge 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~40%
4 Iguazú National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~40%
5 Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary 🇧🇿 Belize
~40%
6 Cañón del Sumidero National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
~40%
7 Iguaçu National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~40%
8 Soberanía National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~40%
9 Rincón de la Vieja National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~40%
10 Brownsberg Nature Park 🇸🇷 Suriname
~40%
11 El Triunfo 🇲🇽 Mexico
~40%
12 Pico Bonito National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
~40%
13 Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~40%
14 Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
~40%
15 Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas 🇧🇷 Brazil
~30%
16 Calakmul Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~30%
17 Tikal National Park 🇬🇹 Guatemala
~30%
18 Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve 🇪🇨 Ecuador
~30%
19 Tayrona National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~30%
20 San Lorenzo Protected Forest 🇵🇦 Panama
~30%
21 Parque Natural Metropolitano 🇵🇦 Panama
~30%
22 Farallones de Cali National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~30%
23 Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~30%
24 Lago de Yojoa 🇭🇳 Honduras
~30%
25 Chagres National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~30%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see a Squirrel Cuckoo?

Santa Rosa National Park

In Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica, about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Squirrel Cuckoo sighting on a given day, the highest of the 55 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see a Squirrel Cuckoo?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are October and December in Santa Rosa National Park (about 60%), April in Serra dos Órgãos National Park (about 60%) and February, June, August and October–December in Ostional Wildlife Refuge (about 50%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Squirrel Cuckoo on a given day. Each park's Squirrel Cuckoo page has the full month-by-month chart.