Where to see
Phaethornis striigularis
Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary leads · 18 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Stripe-throated Hermit during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇧🇿 Belize | |
| 2 | Pico Bonito National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 3 | Bastimentos Island National Marine Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 4 | Cusuco National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 5 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 10 | Cahuita National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 11 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 12 | Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 13 | Chagres National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 14 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 15 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 16 | San Lorenzo Protected Forest | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 17 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 18 | Tikal National Park | 🇬🇹 Guatemala |
Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary
In Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary, Belize, about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Stripe-throated Hermit sighting on a given day, the highest of the 18 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Pico Bonito National Park and more
After Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary, the next-best odds of seeing a Stripe-throated Hermit are in Pico Bonito National Park (Honduras, about 40%), Bastimentos Island National Marine Park (Panama, about 30%) and Cusuco National Park (Honduras, about 30%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are September and November in Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary (about 60%), October and November in Pico Bonito National Park (about 60%) and October in Bastimentos Island National Marine Park (about 50%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Stripe-throated Hermit on a given day. Each park's Stripe-throated Hermit page has the full month-by-month chart.
