Saguinus geoffroyi
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In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
Geoffroy's tamarin (Saguinus geoffroyi), also known as the Panamanian, red-crested or rufous-naped tamarin, is a tamarin, a type of small monkey, found in Panama and Colombia. It is predominantly black and white, with a reddish nape. Diurnal, Geoffroy's tamarin spends most of its time in trees, but does come down to the ground occasionally. It lives in groups that most often number between three and five individuals, and generally include one or more adults of each sex. It eats a variety of foods, including insects, plant exudates, fruits and other plant parts. Insects and fruits account for the majority of its diet, but exudates are also important. But since its teeth are not adapted for gouging trees to get to the sap, it can only eat exudates when they are easily available.
Although a variety of reproductive methods are used, the most common is for a single adult female in the group to be reproductively active and to mate with multiple adult males in the group. After a gestation period of about 145 days, she gives birth to either a single infant or twins. Males contribute significantly to care of the infants. Sexual maturity is reached at about 2 years, and it can live up to 13 years. Geoffroy's tamarin is classified as being "near threatened" by the IUCN. Wikipedia →
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Panama · 2023
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Panama · 2025
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Panama · 2023
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 2 | Chagres National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 3 | Utría National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 4 | Parque Natural Metropolitano | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 5 | Darién National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wildlife World Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Parque Municipal Summit | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 3 | Lincoln Park Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Little Rock Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Bioparque Wakatá | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 6 | Parque de la Conservación | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 7 | Santacruz zoo | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 8 | Buenaventura Zoo | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 9 | El Nispero Zoo | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 10 | Prospect Park Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 11 | Central Park Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 12 | zoologico de barranquilla | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 13 | Ralph Perkins II Wildlife Center and Woods Garden | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 14 | Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk | 🇺🇸 United States |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Geoffroy’s Tamarin sighting in Parque Natural Metropolitano on a given day, based on 197 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 4th most-seen of the 15 mammals we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January and July
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Geoffroy’s Tamarin in Parque Natural Metropolitano on a given day, against about 30% in February–June and August–December, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Geoffroy’s Tamarin sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Geoffroy’s Tamarin sightings, Parque Natural Metropolitano ranks 4th at about 30%. The best odds are in Soberanía National Park (Panama, about 60%), Chagres National Park (Panama, about 50%) and Utría National Natural Park (Colombia, about 40%). All parks ranked.
Same order: Primates
The closest relatives of the Geoffroy’s Tamarin that you can see in Parque Natural Metropolitano (order Primates) are Mantled Howler Monkey (about 20%) and Panamanian Night Monkey (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Geoffroy’s Tamarin is recorded against all the mammals logged in Parque Natural Metropolitano (197 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.
