Leatherback Sea Turtle

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	Tortuguero National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	10–20%
2	La Amistad International Park (Panama)	🇵🇦 Panama	0–10%
3	Main Ridge Forest Reserve	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	Insufficient data
4	Darién National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data
5	Bastimentos Island National Marine Park	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data
6	Chagres National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data
7	Ostional Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
8	Doñana National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	Insufficient data
9	Las Baulas Marine National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
10	Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
11	Abel Tasman National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	Insufficient data
12	iSimangaliso Wetland Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	Insufficient data
13	Cahuita National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
14	Acadia National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
15	Great Bear Rainforest	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data
16	Olympic National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data