All 5 in 3 days here: ~20%
Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park
🇭🇳 Honduras
Lago de Yojoa, Honduras 944 spp. recorded
PANACAM sits above Lago de Yojoa, where the forest is close enough to the lodge trails that the wildlife comes to you. Agoutis and white-nosed coatis are recorded on about half of all visits, and keel-billed toucans and rufous-tailed hummingbirds are constants around the clearings.
14.841° N 87.891° W
🦜 Nature
457 Species sighted
45,227 Verified sightings From 2019 to 2026
Mar Best month
⭐ Iconic Species
📊 Most Spotted
⭐ Iconic Species
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⭐ Iconic Species
📊 Most Spotted
📊 Most Spotted
📊 Most Spotted
📊 Most Spotted
🌙 Most active after dark
+ 597 more species with insufficient data
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Recent sightings in Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park
LIVEiNaturalistSighting Calendar
How many species you'd see in a day
53Jan
58Feb
67Mar
48Apr
52May
59Jun
50Jul
50Aug
49Sep
61Oct
40Nov
59Dec
Sighting Zones
Warmer areas are where all species together are recorded most often.
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Canal de Bacadilla
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Lago Yojoa · Sector Agua Azul
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PANACAM Lodge
Daily sight. prob.vs avg
Middle American Ameiva~70%+30%
White-nosed Coati~60%+30%
Keel-billed Toucan~60%+10%
Ghost Anole~60%+20%
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird~60%-10%
Lesson's Motmot~50%≈
Brown Jay~50%-10%
Clay-colored Thrush~50%-20%
Rose-bellied Lizard~50%+20%
Yellow-spotted Night Lizard~40%+20%
Variegated Squirrel~40%+10%
Central American Gulf Coast Toad~40%+10%
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Área del hotel y restaurante
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Lago Yojoa · Sector turístico en sureste
🏕️ Experience
Essentials
Entrance
Paid
Tourism
Low
Typical stay
1–2
daysTrails
Hard
World Heritage
No
Climate
Temp °C Rain mm
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
0.0 Good
Wallace's Line Score
How good is this park for seeing wildlife? 🦜
Biodiversity
Very goodHow rich is the wildlife?
4.2
Species by taxon
🦅 Birds 609
🐒 Mammals 181
🦎 Reptiles 120
🐸 Amphibians 34
944 Total Species
828 Global average across 316 parks
33 Threatened 91 Endemic
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Sighting
GoodHow likely to see animals?
3.1
🎯
Top-12 Avg Probability
62% 📊
Coverage (288 species at ≥5% of 944 in the inventory)
31% 🔀
Taxon variety in top 12 (12 bird)
0% 🔭
Species per 10 outings (distinct species a visitor would meet over 10 outings — effort held equal across parks)
176 🌟
Iconic-group species (≥15%) (every species from the 19 iconic groups — monkeys, cats, toucans, macaws, sloths, crocodilians… — not just the 4 highlighted above)
9 ⭐
High-prob species (>40%)
24 🏕️
Experience
GoodHow easy and pleasant is the visit?
3.3
Climate Mixed Medium
Entrance Paid Low
Tourism Medium Medium
Trails Hard Low
World Heritage No —
What visitors say
Upon reaching Panacam Lodge in the afternoon, we were delighted to see the vulnerable Keel-billed Motmot perched in a nearby tree, along with a Gray-chested Dove and a Lesson’s Motmot making appearances before nightfall.
Panacam Lodge proved to be an excellent place to spend a couple of nights and we saw lots of birds here, including what for me was probably the ‘bird of the trip’, a Ruddy Crake.
Before you go
What animals can you see in Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park?
944 species
Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park has 944 recorded vertebrate species. The ones wildlife watchers report most often on a given day are Clay-colored Thrush (about 80%), Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (about 70%), Golden-fronted Woodpecker (about 70%), Brown Jay (about 70%) and Melodious Blackbird (about 60%). Among mammals, the most-seen is White-nosed Coati (about 40%); among reptiles, Middle American Ameiva (about 40%); among amphibians, Central American Gulf Coast Toad (about 30%).
When is the best time to visit Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park for wildlife?
February and October
In those months the park's 12 most-seen species average about 70% on a given day, against about 50% in November.
Can you see a Keel-billed Toucan in Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park?
Yes
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Keel-billed Toucan sighting in Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park on a given day, based on 597 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. The best time is November (about 70%).
Can you see a Lesson's Motmot in Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park?
Yes
About 60% of wildlife watchers report a Lesson's Motmot sighting in Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park on a given day, based on 699 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. The best time is May–June and October (about 70%).
Can you see a Keel-billed Motmot in Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park?
Yes
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Keel-billed Motmot sighting in Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park on a given day, based on 196 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. The best time is November (about 50%).
Can you see a White-nosed Coati in Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park?
Yes
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a White-nosed Coati sighting in Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park on a given day, based on 42 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. The best time is April (about 60%).
Where in Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park is wildlife easiest to see?
Around Canal de Bacadilla
The richest sighting zone is around Canal de Bacadilla, followed by Lago Yojoa · Sector Agua Azul and PANACAM Lodge, ranked by how many of the park's headline animals visitors can expect to see in each. See the zones on the map.
Is Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park good for wildlife watching?
3.5 out of 5
On the Wallace's Line Score, Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park rates 3.5/5: 207th of 316 parks worldwide and 29th in Central America. 35 of its species are reported by about 40% or more of wildlife watchers on a given day.
