Where to see
Polioptila plumbea
Coiba National Park leads · 13 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Tropical Gnatcatcher during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coiba National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 2 | Machalilla National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 3 | Bastimentos Island National Marine Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 4 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 5 | San Lorenzo Protected Forest | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 6 | Santa Rosa National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Chapada Diamantina National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 10 | Chagres National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 11 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 12 | Cahuita National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 13 | Pico Bonito National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras |
Coiba National Park
In Coiba National Park, Panama, about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Tropical Gnatcatcher sighting on a given day, the highest of the 13 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Machalilla National Park and more
After Coiba National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Tropical Gnatcatcher are in Machalilla National Park (Ecuador, about 50%), Bastimentos Island National Marine Park (Panama, about 30%) and Soberanía National Park (Panama, about 30%). Outside Central America, the best option is Machalilla National Park in South America (about 50%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are February and November in Coiba National Park (about 60%), October and December in Machalilla National Park (about 60%) and November in Bastimentos Island National Marine Park (about 40%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Tropical Gnatcatcher on a given day. Each park's Tropical Gnatcatcher page has the full month-by-month chart.
