Sibovia pileata
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chirripó National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Sibovia pileata sighting in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 102nd most-seen of the 187 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.
January to March
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Sibovia pileata in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April to December, the lowest months. Those are among Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park's driest months, with about 210 mm of rain a month against 570 mm in October.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Sibovia pileata sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Sibovia pileata sightings, Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Chirripó National Park (Costa Rica, about 10%) and Corcovado National Park (Costa Rica, about 10%).
Same family: Cicadellidae
The closest relatives of the Sibovia pileata that you can see in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park (family Cicadellidae, Typical Leafhoppers) are Graphocephala soluna (about 10%), Tylozygus fuscolineellus (about 10%) and Baleja rufofasciata (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Sibovia pileata is recorded against all the insects logged in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte 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.
