What are the chances of seeing a Great White Longtail in Soberanía National Park?
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Great White Longtail sighting in Soberanía National Park on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 140th most-seen of the 253 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
When is the best time to see a Great White Longtail in Soberanía National Park?
October
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Great White Longtail in Soberanía National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June, August–September and December–April, the lowest months. That is one of Soberanía National Park's wettest months, with about 330 mm of rain against 25 mm in February.
What time of day is best to see a Great White Longtail?
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Great White Longtail sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Where else can you see a Great White Longtail?
Only Soberanía National Park, in our data
Soberanía National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Great White Longtail sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Where does the Great White Longtail sighting chance come from?
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Great White Longtail is recorded against all the insects logged in Soberanía National Park (8 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.