Tropical Mockingbird

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Tropical Mockingbird

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Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park leads · 18 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

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

#ParkCountrySighting
1 Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
~90%
2 Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~70%
3 Main Ridge Forest Reserve 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
~70%
4 Celestún Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~70%
5 San Lorenzo Protected Forest 🇵🇦 Panama
~40%
6 Caroni Swamp 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
~40%
7 Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~40%
8 Soberanía National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~30%
9 Marino Ballena National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~30%
10 Volcán Barú National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~30%
11 Chirripó National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%
12 Sierra de la Macarena National Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~20%
13 Parque Natural Metropolitano 🇵🇦 Panama
~20%
14 Henri Pittier National Park 🇻🇪 Venezuela
~20%
15 Masaya Volcano National Park 🇳🇮 Nicaragua
~20%
16 Los Quetzales National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%
17 La Amistad International Park (Panama) 🇵🇦 Panama
~20%
18 Piedras Blancas National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see a Tropical Mockingbird?

Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park

In Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park, Mexico, about 90% of wildlife watchers report a Tropical Mockingbird sighting on a given day, the highest of the 18 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

Where else can you see a Tropical Mockingbird?

Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve and more

After Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Tropical Mockingbird are in Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve (Mexico, about 70%), Main Ridge Forest Reserve (Trinidad and Tobago, about 70%) and Celestún Biosphere Reserve (Mexico, about 70%). Outside North America, the best options are Main Ridge Forest Reserve in Central America (about 70%) and Sierra de la Macarena National Park in South America (about 20%).

When is the best time to see a Tropical Mockingbird?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are July–August and October–May in Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park (about 90%), January–March and October–November in Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve (about 80%) and January, April, July and September in Main Ridge Forest Reserve (about 80%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Tropical Mockingbird on a given day. Each park's Tropical Mockingbird page has the full month-by-month chart.