Heliconius hecale
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Heliconius hecale, the tiger longwing, Hecale longwing, golden longwing or golden heliconian, is a heliconiid butterfly that occurs from Mexico to the Peruvian Amazon. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 2 | Santa Rosa National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 4 | Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 9 | Parque Natural Metropolitano | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 10 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 11 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 12 | Tortuguero National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 13 | Ostional Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 14 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 15 | Marino Ballena National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 16 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 17 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 18 | Manuel Antonio National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 19 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | San Salvador | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | |
| 3 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Tiger Longwing sighting in Panama City on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 59th most-seen of the 131 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January–February, June and August–September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Tiger Longwing in Panama City on a given day, against under 5% in March–May, July and October–December, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Tiger Longwing sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 3 cities where we can rate Tiger Longwing sightings, Panama City ranks 3rd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in San José (Costa Rica, about 10%) and San Salvador (El Salvador, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Tiger Longwing is recorded against all the insects logged in Panama City (8 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
