All 2 in 3 days here: ~50%
La Amistad International Park (Panama)
🇵🇦 Panama
Talamanca Highlands, Panama 1664 spp. recorded
La Amistad International Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site spanning the Talamanca mountain range across the Panama-Costa Rica border. The Panamanian sector protects 207,000 hectares of pristine cloud forest and páramo — one of the largest unbroken wilderness areas in Central America.
9.142° N 82.406° W
🦜 Nature
994 Species sighted
480,132 Verified sightings From 2019 to 2026
May Best month
⭐ Iconic Species
📊 Most Spotted
⭐ Iconic Species
📊 Most Spotted
⭐ Iconic Species
📊 Most Spotted
📊 Most Spotted
📊 Most Spotted
📊 Most Spotted
🌙 Most active after dark
+ 246 more species with insufficient data
Challenges you can complete here
All 5 in 3 days here: ~20%
All 4 in 3 days here: ~10%
All 4 in 3 days here: ~10%
Recent sightings in La Amistad International Park (Panama)
LIVEiNaturalistSounds of La Amistad International Park (Panama)
Dawn soundscape7:47
Panama · 2023
© Joost van Bruggen · XC860828 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Sighting Calendar
How many species you'd see in a day
60Jan
74Feb
68Mar
58Apr
75May
57Jun
54Jul
57Aug
62Sep
68Oct
68Nov
59Dec
Sighting Zones
Warmer areas are where all species together are recorded most often.
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Camino Punta Róbalo · Palma Real
Daily sight. prob.vs avg
Common Caiman~90%+70%
Strawberry Poison-dart Frog~80%+30%
Tropical Kingbird~70%+30%
Great Kiskadee~70%+30%
Great-tailed Grackle~70%+40%
Black Vulture~70%+10%
Variable Seedeater~70%+30%
Turkey Vulture~60%+20%
Scarlet-rumped Tanager~50%+10%
Blue-gray Tanager~50%≈
Mantled Howler Monkey~50%+20%
Border Anole~50%+30%
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Mount Totumas Cloud Forest Reserve
Daily sight. prob.vs avg
Emerald Swift~90%+70%- Mantled Howler Monkey~80%+50%
Red-tailed Squirrel~70%+50%
White-nosed Coati~50%+30%
Three-wattled Bellbird~50%+30%
Clay-colored Thrush~40%-10%- Black Vulture~40%-20%
Resplendent Quetzal~40%+30%- Scarlet-rumped Tanager~30%-10%
- Blue-gray Tanager~20%-30%
Central American Agouti~20%+10%- Turkey Vulture~20%-30%
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Camino de la Divisoria Continental
Daily sight. prob.vs avg
Brown-throated Sloth~60%+20%
Neotropical Green Anole~50%+40%
Giant Marine Toad~50%+30%
Basiisk Verde~50%+40%- Scarlet-rumped Tanager~50%+10%
- Red-tailed Squirrel~40%+20%
Middle American Ameiva~40%+30%- Black Vulture~40%-20%
Bananaquit~30%≈- Blue-gray Tanager~30%-20%
Central American White-faced Capuchin~30%+10%
Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth~30%≈
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Finca Lérida (Hotel and Coffee Farm)
Daily sight. prob.vs avg- Emerald Swift~70%+50%
- Red-tailed Squirrel~50%+30%
- Clay-colored Thrush~50%≈
- Mantled Howler Monkey~50%+20%
- Black Vulture~40%-10%
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird~40%-10%- Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth~40%+10%
- White-nosed Coati~40%+20%
- Blue-gray Tanager~30%-20%
Southern House Wren~30%-10%
Cacomistle~30%+20%- Resplendent Quetzal~30%+20%
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Caizán Primavera
Daily sight. prob.vs avg
🏕️ Experience
Essentials
Climate
Temp °C Rain mm
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
0.0 Good
Wallace's Line Score
How good is this park for seeing wildlife? 🦜
Biodiversity
ExcellentHow rich is the wildlife?
5.0
Species by taxon
🦅 Birds 975
🐒 Mammals 284
🦎 Reptiles 210
🐸 Amphibians 195
1664 Total Species
828 Global average across 316 parks
104 Threatened 94 Endemic
🔭
Sighting
GoodHow likely to see animals?
2.8
🎯
Top-12 Avg Probability
46% 📊
Coverage (336 species at ≥5% of 1664 in the inventory)
20% 🔀
Taxon variety in top 12 (10 bird, 1 amphibian, 1 mammal)
39% 🔭
Species per 10 outings (distinct species a visitor would meet over 10 outings — effort held equal across parks)
231 🌟
Iconic-group species (≥15%) (every species from the 19 iconic groups — monkeys, cats, toucans, macaws, sloths, crocodilians… — not just the 4 highlighted above)
12 ⭐
High-prob species (>40%)
10 🏕️
Experience
GoodHow easy and pleasant is the visit?
2.8
Climate Harsh Low
Entrance Paid Low
Tourism High Low
Trails Hard Low
World Heritage Yes Bonus
Before you go
What animals can you see in La Amistad International Park (Panama)?
1,664 species
La Amistad International Park (Panama) has 1,664 recorded vertebrate species. The ones wildlife watchers report most often on a given day are Black Vulture (about 60%), Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (about 50%), Clay-colored Thrush (about 50%), Blue-gray Tanager (about 50%) and Strawberry Poison-dart Frog (about 50%). Among mammals, the most-seen is Brown-throated Sloth (about 40%); among reptiles, Brown Basilisk (about 30%).
When is the best time to visit La Amistad International Park (Panama) for wildlife?
February–May and October–December
In those months the park's 12 most-seen species average about 50% on a given day, against about 40% in January and June–September.
Can you see a Resplendent Quetzal in La Amistad International Park (Panama)?
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Resplendent Quetzal sighting in La Amistad International Park (Panama) on a given day, based on 1,724 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. The best time is February to June (about 20%). Sightings take luck and time in the field.
Can you see a Three-wattled Bellbird in La Amistad International Park (Panama)?
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Three-wattled Bellbird sighting in La Amistad International Park (Panama) on a given day, based on 1,622 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. The best time is January, April and June (about 20%). Sightings take luck and time in the field.
Can you see a Brown-throated Sloth in La Amistad International Park (Panama)?
Yes
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Brown-throated Sloth sighting in La Amistad International Park (Panama) on a given day, based on 265 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. The best time is May, July, September–October and December–March (about 40%).
Can you see a Mantled Howler Monkey in La Amistad International Park (Panama)?
Yes
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Mantled Howler Monkey sighting in La Amistad International Park (Panama) on a given day, based on 164 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. The best time is January and July (about 40%).
Where in La Amistad International Park (Panama) is wildlife easiest to see?
Around Camino Punta Róbalo · Palma Real
The richest sighting zone is around Camino Punta Róbalo · Palma Real, followed by Mount Totumas Cloud Forest Reserve and Camino de la Divisoria Continental, ranked by how many of the park's headline animals visitors can expect to see in each. See the zones on the map.
Is La Amistad International Park (Panama) good for wildlife watching?
3.4 out of 5
On the Wallace's Line Score, La Amistad International Park (Panama) rates 3.4/5: 218th of 316 parks worldwide and 30th in Central America. 12 of its species are reported by about 40% or more of wildlife watchers on a given day.
