Violet-headed Hummingbird

Closest Relatives at Darién 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	Tenorio Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	40–50%
2	Arenal Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	40–50%
3	Chagres National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	20–30%
4	Braulio Carrillo National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	20–30%
5	Podocarpus National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	20–30%
6	Piedras Blancas National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	10–20%
7	Pico Bonito National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	0–10%
8	Henri Pittier National Park	🇻🇪 Venezuela	0–10%
9	Chirripó National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	0–10%
10	Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	0–10%
11	Madidi National Park	🇧🇴 Bolivia	0–10%
12	Manu National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	0–10%
13	Cordillera Azul National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	0–10%
14	Rincón de la Vieja National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
15	Corcovado National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
16	Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
17	Darién National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
18	Soberanía National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
19	La Amistad International Park (Panama)	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
20	Carara National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
21	Los Quetzales National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
22	San Lorenzo Protected Forest	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data
23	Santa Rosa National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
24	Sierra de la Macarena National Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	Insufficient data
25	Marino Ballena National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
26	Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
27	Manuel Antonio National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
28	Bastimentos Island National Marine Park	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Violet-headed Hummingbird in Darién National Park?

About 1% of visitor-days record a Violet-headed Hummingbird sighting in Darién National Park, based on 26 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Violet-headed Hummingbird in Darién National Park?

June has the highest sighting rate for Violet-headed Hummingbird in Darién National Park in our monthly data.