Where to see
Calocitta formosa
Rincón de la Vieja National Park leads · 8 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a White-Throated Magpie-Jay during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rincón de la Vieja National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Santa Rosa National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Las Baulas Marine National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Ostional Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Cañón del Sumidero National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 7 | Masaya Volcano National Park | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua | |
| 8 | Palo Verde National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
Rincón de la Vieja National Park
In Rincón de la Vieja National Park, Costa Rica, about 70% of wildlife watchers report a White-Throated Magpie-Jay sighting on a given day, the highest of the 8 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Santa Rosa National Park and more
After Rincón de la Vieja National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a White-Throated Magpie-Jay are in Santa Rosa National Park (Costa Rica, about 50%), Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve (Costa Rica, about 40%) and Las Baulas Marine National Park (Costa Rica, about 30%). Outside Central America, the best option is Cañón del Sumidero National Park in North America (about 30%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are April and June in Rincón de la Vieja National Park (about 80%), April in Santa Rosa National Park (about 70%) and February in Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve (about 60%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a White-Throated Magpie-Jay on a given day. Each park's White-Throated Magpie-Jay page has the full month-by-month chart.
