Costa Rican Swift

Closest Relatives at Carara National Park

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Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Probability
1	Piedras Blancas National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	20–30%
2	Corcovado National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	10–20%
3	Carara National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	0–10%
4	Marino Ballena National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	0–10%
5	Chirripó National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
6	Manuel Antonio National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
7	La Amistad International Park (Panama)	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
8	Los Quetzales National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Costa Rican Swift in Carara National Park?

About 8% of visitor-days record a Costa Rican Swift sighting in Carara National Park, based on 382 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Costa Rican Swift in Carara National Park?

September has the highest sighting rate for Costa Rican Swift in Carara National Park in our monthly data.