Huaina inca
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ostional Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Cañón del Sumidero National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 3 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tegucigalpa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 2 | Guatemala City | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 3 | San Salvador | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | |
| 4 | Guadalajara | 🇲🇽 México |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Huaina inca sighting in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 359th most-seen of the 506 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.
July and August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Huaina inca in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in September to June, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Huaina inca sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Huaina inca sightings, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve ranks 3rd at under 5%. The best odds are in Ostional Wildlife Refuge (Costa Rica, about 10%) and Cañón del Sumidero National Park (Mexico, about 10%).
Same family: Cercopidae
The closest relatives of the Huaina inca that you can see in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (family Cercopidae, Froghoppers) are Golden Froghopper (about 40%), Iphirhina quota (about 20%) and Tomaspis biolleyi (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Huaina inca is recorded against all the insects logged in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (6 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.
