Ateles fusciceps
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
The black-headed spider monkey (Ateles fusciceps) is a species of spider monkey from Central and South America, specifically Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama. The two subspecies are: Ateles fusciceps fusciceps – northwestern Ecuador.
Ateles fusciceps rufiventris – southwest Colombia to eastern Panama. A. f. fusciceps lives in tropical and subtropical humid forests between 100 and 1,700 metres (330 and 5,580 ft) above sea level. It lives in population densities of 1.2 monkeys per square kilometer. A. f. rufiventris lives in dry forests, humid forests and cloud forests, and can live up to 2,000 to 2,500 metres (6,600 to 8,200 ft) above sea level.
The black-headed spider monkey is one of the larger New World monkeys. The head and body length, excluding tail, typically... Wikipedia →
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Ecuador · 2025
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Panama · 2023
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Darién National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ZooParc de Beauval | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 2 | Lisbon Oceanarium | 🇵🇹 Portugal | |
| 3 | Fota Wildlife Park | 🇮🇪 Ireland | |
| 4 | Zoo de Doué | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 5 | Zoobotanic Park of Brusque | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Curitiba Zoo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Banham Zoo | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 9 | Parque Municipal Summit | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 10 | Colchester Zoo | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 11 | Southwick's Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 12 | Wildlands | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | |
| 13 | Hamilton Zoo | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 14 | Austin Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 15 | Bioparque Municipal Vesty Pakos | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 16 | Dudley Zoo | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 17 | Zoo Osnabrück | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 18 | Gulf Breeze Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 19 | Potter Park Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 20 | Apenheul Primate Park | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | |
| 21 | Parc zoologique de Fréjus | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 22 | Amaru | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 23 | Les terres de Nataé | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 24 | John Ball Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 25 | Bioparque Los Ocarros | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 26 | Bioparque Wakatá | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 27 | Touroparc Zoo | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 28 | Zoo. La Isla del Tapir | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 29 | Parco Zoo | 🇮🇹 Italy | |
| 30 | Greenville Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 31 | Zoológico La Reina | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 32 | Buenaventura Zoo | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 33 | El Nispero Zoo | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 34 | Sequoia Park Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 35 | Arequipa zoo | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 36 | Munkholm Zoo | 🇩🇰 Denmark | |
| 37 | Adventure Aquarium | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 38 | Blue Planet Aquarium | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 39 | Heal the Bay Aquarium | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a rufiventris sighting in Darién National Park on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 5th most-seen of the 5 mammals we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March, June and December
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a rufiventris in Darién National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February, April, August–September and November, the lowest months.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most rufiventris sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Darién National Park, in our data
Darién National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate rufiventris sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the rufiventris is recorded against all the mammals logged in Darién National Park (11 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
