Tricolored Heron

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Tricolored Heron

Egretta tricolor

Caroni Swamp leads · 20 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

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

#ParkCountrySighting
1 Caroni Swamp 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
~80%
2 Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge 🇺🇸 United States
~70%
3 Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~60%
4 Celestún Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~50%
5 Isla del Coco National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~50%
6 Ciénaga de Zapata 🇨🇺 Cuba
~40%
7 Big Cypress National Preserve 🇺🇸 United States
~40%
8 Everglades National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~40%
9 El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~40%
10 Jaragua National Park 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
~40%
11 Las Baulas Marine National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~40%
12 Carara National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~30%
13 Palo Verde National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~30%
14 Ostional Wildlife Refuge 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~30%
15 Tortuguero National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%
16 Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
~20%
17 Padre Island National Seashore 🇺🇸 United States
~20%
18 Bahía de Loreto National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
~20%
19 Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%
20 Lago de Yojoa 🇭🇳 Honduras
~20%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see a Tricolored Heron?

Caroni Swamp

In Caroni Swamp, Trinidad and Tobago, about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Tricolored Heron sighting on a given day, the highest of the 20 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see a Tricolored Heron?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are December in Caroni Swamp (about 90%), November in Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge (about 80%) and July and December–January in Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve (about 70%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Tricolored Heron on a given day. Each park's Tricolored Heron page has the full month-by-month chart.