Thomas's Shaggy Bat

Thomas's Shaggy Bat

Centronycteris centralis

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
10–20% · With luck
overall probability at Corcovado National Park

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
10–20
Feb
10–20
Mar
10–20
Apr
10–20
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
<5
Oct
<5
Nov
<5
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

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 Corcovado National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
10–20%
2 Braulio Carrillo National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
0–10%
3 Arenal Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
0–10%
4 Tenorio Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
5 Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
6 Carara National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
7 Soberanía National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
Insufficient data
8 La Amistad International Park (Panama) 🇵🇦 Panama
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Thomas's Shaggy Bat in Corcovado National Park?

About 10% of visitor-days record a Thomas's Shaggy Bat sighting in Corcovado National Park, based on 11 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Thomas's Shaggy Bat in Corcovado National Park?

April has the highest sighting rate for Thomas's Shaggy Bat in Corcovado National Park in our monthly data.

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