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Piedras Blancas National Park leads · 20 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Variable Seedeater during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Chagres National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 3 | Bastimentos Island National Marine Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 4 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 8 | Parque Natural Metropolitano | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 9 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 10 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 11 | Tortuguero National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 12 | Cahuita National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 13 | Machalilla National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 14 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 15 | Marino Ballena National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 16 | Chirripó National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 17 | San Lorenzo Protected Forest | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 18 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 19 | Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 20 | Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇧🇿 Belize |
Piedras Blancas National Park
In Piedras Blancas National Park, Costa Rica, about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Variable Seedeater sighting on a given day, the highest of the 20 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Chagres National Park and more
After Piedras Blancas National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Variable Seedeater are in Chagres National Park (Panama, about 50%), Bastimentos Island National Marine Park (Panama, about 50%) and Arenal Volcano National Park (Costa Rica, about 50%). Outside Central America, the best options are Machalilla National Park in South America (about 30%) and Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve in North America (about 20%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are February, April and October in Piedras Blancas National Park (about 70%), September in Chagres National Park (about 70%) and March–April and September in Bastimentos Island National Marine Park (about 60%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Variable Seedeater on a given day. Each park's Variable Seedeater page has the full month-by-month chart.
