Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

Closest Relatives at Cumbres de Monterrey 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	Caroni Swamp	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	60–70%
2	Utría National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	50–60%
3	Machalilla National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	30–40%
4	Celestún Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	30–40%
5	Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	30–40%
6	Tortuguero National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	20–30%
7	Ostional Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	20–30%
8	Galápagos Islands	🇪🇨 Ecuador	20–30%
9	Bahía de Loreto National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	20–30%
10	Channel Islands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	20–30%
11	Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	20–30%
12	El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	20–30%
13	Las Baulas Marine National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	10–20%
14	Isla del Coco National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	10–20%
15	Ciénaga de Zapata	🇨🇺 Cuba	10–20%
16	Palo Verde National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	10–20%
17	Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	10–20%
18	Cahuita National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	10–20%
19	Los Haitises National Park	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	10–20%
20	Tayrona National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	10–20%
21	Bastimentos Island National Marine Park	🇵🇦 Panama	10–20%
22	Darién National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	10–20%
23	Everglades National Park	🇺🇸 United States	10–20%
24	Corcovado National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	0–10%
25	Cumbres de Monterrey National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	0–10%
26	Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	0–10%
27	Jaragua National Park	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	0–10%
28	Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	0–10%
29	La Amistad International Park (Panama)	🇵🇦 Panama	0–10%
30	Cañón del Sumidero National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	0–10%
31	Santa Rosa National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	0–10%
32	Manuel Antonio National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	0–10%
33	Great Smoky Mountains National Park	🇺🇸 United States	0–10%
34	Congaree National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
35	Coiba National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
36	Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
37	Lago de Yojoa	🇭🇳 Honduras	<5%
38	Marino Ballena National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
39	Piedras Blancas National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
40	Main Ridge Forest Reserve	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	<5%
41	Pico Bonito National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	<5%
42	Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	<5%
43	Carara National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
44	Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park	🇯🇲 Jamaica	<5%
45	Calakmul Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
46	Soberanía National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
47	Braulio Carrillo National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
48	Tijuca National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	<5%
49	Arenal Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
50	Shenandoah National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
51	San Lorenzo Protected Forest	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data
52	Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
53	Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
54	Henri Pittier National Park	🇻🇪 Venezuela	Insufficient data
55	Biotopo Cerro Cahuí	🇬🇹 Guatemala	Insufficient data
56	Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary	🇧🇿 Belize	Insufficient data
57	Tenorio Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
58	Parque Natural Metropolitano	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data
59	Big Bend National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
60	Los Nevados National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	Insufficient data
61	Acadia National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Yellow-crowned Night-Heron in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park?

About 7% of visitor-days record a Yellow-crowned Night-Heron sighting in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park, based on 167 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Yellow-crowned Night-Heron in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park?

April has the highest sighting rate for Yellow-crowned Night-Heron in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park in our monthly data.