Where to see
Campylopterus hemileucurus
Poás Volcano National Park leads · 7 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Violet Sabrewing during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poás Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Pico Bonito National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 3 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Volcán Barú National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 5 | Chirripó National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 7 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama |
Poás Volcano National Park
In Poás Volcano National Park, Costa Rica, about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Violet Sabrewing sighting on a given day, the highest of the 7 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Pico Bonito National Park and more
After Poás Volcano National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Violet Sabrewing are in Pico Bonito National Park (Honduras, about 60%), Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (Costa Rica, about 40%) and Volcán Barú National Park (Panama, about 40%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are January, July and November in Poás Volcano National Park (about 90%), February in Pico Bonito National Park (about 80%) and February–April and July–August in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (about 50%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Violet Sabrewing on a given day. Each park's Violet Sabrewing page has the full month-by-month chart.
