Where to see
Chaetura vauxi
Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park leads · 8 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Vaux's Swift during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 2 | Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 3 | Tikal National Park | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 4 | Cusuco National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 5 | Pico Bonito National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 6 | Henri Pittier National Park | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 7 | Redwood National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | El Triunfo | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park
In Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park, Mexico, about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Vaux's Swift sighting on a given day, the highest of the 8 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve and more
After Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Vaux's Swift are in Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve (Mexico, about 30%), Tikal National Park (Guatemala, about 20%) and Cusuco National Park (Honduras, about 20%). Outside North America, the best options are Tikal National Park in Central America (about 20%) and Henri Pittier National Park in South America (about 20%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are July in Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park (about 80%), February and December in Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve (about 40%) and February, June, August–September and November–December in Tikal National Park (about 30%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Vaux's Swift on a given day. Each park's Vaux's Swift page has the full month-by-month chart.
