Brown Noddy

Closest Relatives at Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge

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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	Isla del Coco National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	60–70%
2	Galápagos Islands	🇪🇨 Ecuador	60–70%
3	Coiba National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	0–10%
4	Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
5	Bastimentos Island National Marine Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
6	Tortuguero National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
7	Cahuita National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
8	Marino Ballena National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
9	Corcovado National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
10	Las Baulas Marine National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
11	Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
12	La Amistad International Park (Panama)	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
13	Manuel Antonio National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
14	Tsavo East National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	<5%
15	Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	Insufficient data
16	Yala National Park	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	Insufficient data
17	iSimangaliso Wetland Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	Insufficient data
18	Channel Islands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
19	Main Ridge Forest Reserve	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	Insufficient data
20	Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	Insufficient data
21	Santa Rosa National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
22	Darién National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data
23	Celestún Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	Insufficient data
24	Daintree National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Brown Noddy in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge?

About 4% of visitor-days record a Brown Noddy sighting in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge, based on 40 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Brown Noddy in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge?

September has the highest sighting rate for Brown Noddy in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge in our monthly data.