La Tigra National Park

🇭🇳 Honduras

🐹 Quetzal and Agouti Cloud Forest

⏱ 1–2 days 🥾 Moderate trails

🌍 #243 Global · 3.1 ★★★★★ ★★★★★ #43 in Central America #108 in Tropical Forest

Francisco Morazán, Honduras 714 spp. recorded

La Tigra is cloud forest an hour above Tegucigalpa, close enough to visit in a morning and dense enough to hold highland wildlife. Central American agoutis feed along the trails on nine visits in ten, and resplendent quetzals are recorded on about a quarter.

14.192° N 87.092° W

Wildlife

⭐ Iconic Species

Resplendent Quetzal

Pharomachrus mocinno

20–30% · Possible

Slate-colored Solitaire

Myadestes unicolor

60–70% · Likely

Central American Agouti

Dasyprocta punctata

40–50% · Likely

📊 Most Spotted

White-eared Hummingbird

Basilinna leucotis

60–70% · Likely

Slate-throated Redstart

Myioborus miniatus

60–70% · Likely

Wilson's Warbler

Cardellina pusilla

50–60% · Likely

Gualaco Scaly Anole

Anolis mccraniei

50–60% · Likely

Common Chlorospingus

Chlorospingus flavopectus

50–60% · Likely

Bushy-crested Jay

Cyanocorax melanocyaneus

50–60% · Likely

Wilson's Montane Pitviper

Cerrophidion wilsoni

40–50% · Likely

Black Vulture

Coragyps atratus

40–50% · Likely

Honduran Emerald Spiny Lizard

Sceloporus hondurensis

40–50% · Likely

Deppe's Squirrel

Sciurus deppei

40–50% · Likely

Chestnut-capped Brushfinch

Arremon brunneinucha

40–50% · Likely

Cabanis's Wren

Cantorchilus modestus

30–40% · Possible

⭐ Iconic Species

Central American Agouti

Dasyprocta punctata

40–50% · Likely

📊 Most Spotted

Deppe's Squirrel

Sciurus deppei

40–50% · Likely

Variegated Squirrel

Sciurus variegatoides

Insufficient data

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

Diphylla ecaudata

Insufficient data

Margay

Leopardus wiedii

Insufficient data

White-nosed Coati

Nasua narica

Insufficient data

Cacomistle

Bassariscus sumichrasti

Insufficient data

Common Opossum

Didelphis marsupialis

Insufficient data

⭐ Iconic Species

Resplendent Quetzal

Pharomachrus mocinno

20–30% · Possible

Slate-colored Solitaire

Myadestes unicolor

60–70% · Likely

📊 Most Spotted

White-eared Hummingbird

Basilinna leucotis

60–70% · Likely

Slate-throated Redstart

Myioborus miniatus

60–70% · Likely

Wilson's Warbler

Cardellina pusilla

50–60% · Likely

Common Chlorospingus

Chlorospingus flavopectus

50–60% · Likely

Bushy-crested Jay

Cyanocorax melanocyaneus

50–60% · Likely

Black Vulture

Coragyps atratus

40–50% · Likely

Chestnut-capped Brushfinch

Arremon brunneinucha

40–50% · Likely

Cabanis's Wren

Cantorchilus modestus

30–40% · Possible

Melodious Blackbird

Dives dives

30–40% · Possible

Northern Emerald-Toucanet

Aulacorhynchus prasinus

30–40% · Possible

Crescent-chested Warbler

Oreothlypis superciliosa

30–40% · Possible

White-naped Brush-Finch

Atlapetes albinucha

30–40% · Possible

📊 Most Spotted

Gualaco Scaly Anole

Anolis mccraniei

50–60% · Likely

Wilson's Montane Pitviper

Cerrophidion wilsoni

40–50% · Likely

Honduran Emerald Spiny Lizard

Sceloporus hondurensis

40–50% · Likely

Morelet's Alligator Lizard

Abronia moreletii

Insufficient data

Red Coffee Snake

Ninia sebae

Insufficient data

Blunthead Tree Snake

Imantodes cenchoa

Insufficient data

Rose-bellied Lizard

Sceloporus variabilis

Insufficient data

🦎 No photo available

Metlapilcoatlus indomitus

Insufficient data

Guatemala Neckband Snake

Scaphiodontophis annulatus

Insufficient data

Black Spiny-tailed Iguana

Ctenosaura similis

Insufficient data

White-throated Gecko

Gonatodes albogularis

Insufficient data

Coluber mentovarius

Masticophis mentovarius

Insufficient data

📊 Most Spotted

Porter's Toad

Incilius porteri

30–40% · Possible

Highland Frog

Lithobates maculatus

Insufficient data

Giant Marine Toad

Rhinella horribilis

Insufficient data

Lenca Leopard Frog

Lithobates lenca

10–20% · Possible

Mexican Smilisca

Smilisca baudinii

Insufficient data

Copan Stream Frog

Ptychohyla hypomykter

Insufficient data

Francisco Morazán Stream Robber Frog

Craugastor emleni

Insufficient data

Animal Events

🐦

Quetzal Breeding Season

MarAprMay

Resplendent quetzals and slate-colored solitaires sing and display in the cloud forest.

Resplendent Quetzal

Pharomachrus mocinno

20–30% · Possible

Slate-colored Solitaire

Myadestes unicolor

60–70% · Likely

🐿️

Rainy Season Forest Activity

MayJulAug

Agoutis forage on the wet forest floor while toads emerge to breed in the rains.

Central American Agouti

Dasyprocta punctata

40–50% · Likely

Porter's Toad

Incilius porteri

30–40% · Possible

🐦

Fall Songbird Migration

SepOctNov

North American warblers and thrushes pour through the highland forest on their way south.

Swainson's Thrush

Catharus ustulatus

10–20% · Possible

Blackburnian Warbler

Setophaga fusca

10–20% · Possible

Wilson's Warbler

Cardellina pusilla

50–60% · Likely

Sighting Calendar

Chance of spotting each species, month by month

Species Total

40–50

50–60

40–50

40–50

40–50

40–50

50–60

40–50

40–50

40–50

40–50

40–50

Resplendent Quetzal

20–30

20–30

40–50

40–50

40–50

20–30

20–30

20–30

0–10

10–20

10–20

20–30

Slate-colored Solitaire

60–70

70–80

70–80

60–70

70–80

60–70

60–70

60–70

60–70

70–80

40–50

50–60

Central American Agouti

20–30

20–30

10–20

20–30

60–70

20–30

70–80

50–60

20–30

10–20

20–30

20–30

White-eared Hummingbird

60–70

70–80

60–70

50–60

60–70

40–50

50–60

60–70

60–70

70–80

80–90

50–60

Slate-throated Redstart

50–60

80–90

50–60

60–70

60–70

70–80

50–60

50–60

50–60

60–70

50–60

60–70

Wilson's Warbler

50–60

80–90

30–40

20–30

20–30

30–40

40–50

50–60

70–80

80–90

60–70

50–60

Gualaco Scaly Anole

60–70

70–80

60–70

60–70

60–70

20–30

50–60

20–30

50–60

40–50

30–40

60–70

Common Chlorospingus

60–70

70–80

60–70

60–70

50–60

50–60

50–60

40–50

30–40

30–40

30–40

40–50

Bushy-crested Jay

60–70

60–70

30–40

50–60

40–50

50–60

40–50

40–50

40–50

50–60

40–50

40–50

Wilson's Montane Pitviper

30–40

30–40

20–30

40–50

50–60

80–90

20–30

40–50

20–30

20–30

20–30

30–40

40–50

70–80

50–60

20–30

20–30

40–50

40–50

50–60

40–50

50–60

50–60

50–60

Honduran Emerald Spiny Lizard

30–40

30–40

40–50

60–70

20–30

20–30

50–60

60–70

50–60

40–50

50–60

30–40

Deppe's Squirrel

50–60

50–60

20–30

20–30

40–50

40–50

70–80

40–50

50–60

20–30

20–30

30–40

Chestnut-capped Brushfinch

20–30

50–60

20–30

50–60

50–60

40–50

40–50

30–40

40–50

40–50

30–40

30–40

10–20

10–20

10–20

40–50

30–40

30–40

30–40

40–50

70–80

50–60

40–50

20–30

Animal Events

🐦 Quetzal Breeding Season

🐿️ Rainy Season Forest Activity

🐦 Fall Songbird Migration

Sighting Zones

Warm areas are where all species together are recorded most, so they track where people go as much as where animals are. For one species, see the map on its own page.

0.0 ★★★★★ ★★★★★ Good

🐹 Quetzal and Agouti Cloud Forest

🦜

Biodiversity

Very good

How rich is the wildlife?

4.3 Global avg

4.3 ★★★★★ ★★★★★

Species by taxon

🦅 Birds

421

🐒 Mammals

164

🦎 Reptiles

103

🐸 Amphibians

26

714 Total Species

841 Global average across 280 parks

23 Threatened 82 Endemic

🔭

Sighting

Good

How likely to see animals?

3.6 Global avg

2.6 ★★★★★ ★★★★★

🎯

Top-12 Avg Probability

62% Global avg

53%

📊

Coverage (135 species at ≥5% of 714 in the inventory)

24% Global avg

19%

🔀

Taxon variety in top 12 (8 bird, 3 reptile, 1 mammal)

47% Global avg

65%

🔭

Species per 10 outings (distinct species a visitor would meet over 10 outings — effort held equal across parks)

132 Global avg

103

🌟

Iconic-group species (≥15%) (every species from the 19 iconic groups — monkeys, cats, toucans, macaws, sloths, crocodilians… — not just the 4 highlighted above)

14 Global avg

3

⭐

High-prob species (>40%)

26 Global avg

13

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