Where to see
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Palo Verde National Park leads · 10 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Wood Stork during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palo Verde National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Big Cypress National Preserve | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 5 | Celestún Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 6 | Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 9 | Everglades National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Ciénaga de Zapata | 🇨🇺 Cuba |
Palo Verde National Park
In Palo Verde National Park, Costa Rica, about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Wood Stork sighting on a given day, the highest of the 10 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas and more
After Palo Verde National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Wood Stork are in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas (Brazil, about 60%), Big Cypress National Preserve (United States, about 50%) and Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve (Mexico, about 50%). Outside Central America, the best options are Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas in South America (about 60%) and Big Cypress National Preserve in North America (about 50%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are December in Palo Verde National Park (about 80%), July in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas (about 80%) and November in Big Cypress National Preserve (about 70%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Wood Stork on a given day. Each park's Wood Stork page has the full month-by-month chart.
