Where to see
Pseudosphinx tetrio
Jaragua National Park leads · 8 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Tetrio Sphinx during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jaragua National Park | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | |
| 2 | Marino Ballena National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Bastimentos Island National Marine Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 5 | Tayrona National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 6 | Caroni Swamp | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 7 | Main Ridge Forest Reserve | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 8 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
Jaragua National Park
In Jaragua National Park, Dominican Republic, about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Tetrio Sphinx sighting on a given day, the highest of the 8 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Marino Ballena National Park and more
After Jaragua National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Tetrio Sphinx are in Marino Ballena National Park (Costa Rica, about 20%), Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve (Costa Rica, about 20%) and Bastimentos Island National Marine Park (Panama, about 20%). Outside Central America, the best option is Tayrona National Natural Park in South America (about 20%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are May and November in Jaragua National Park (about 60%), May and October–November in Marino Ballena National Park (about 40%) and January in Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve (about 40%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Tetrio Sphinx on a given day. Each park's Tetrio Sphinx page has the full month-by-month chart.
