Snowy Cotinga
Carpodectes nitidus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyCotingidae (Cotingas)
- GenusCarpodectes (White Cotingas)
- SpeciesCarpodectes nitidus (Snowy Cotinga)
Closest Relatives at Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge
Masked Tityra
Tityra semifasciata
Cinnamon Becard
Pachyramphus cinnamomeus
Purple-throated Fruitcrow
Querula purpurata
Black-crowned Tityra
Tityra inquisitor
White-winged Becard
Pachyramphus polychopterus
Rufous Piha
Lipaugus unirufus
Bare-necked Umbrellabird
Cephalopterus glabricollis
Great Kiskadee
Pitangus sulphuratus
Montezuma Oropendola
Psarocolius montezuma
Lesser Greenlet
Hylophilus decurtatus
Scarlet-rumped Tanager
Ramphocelus passerinii
Bananaquit
Coereba flaveola
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
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 | Bastimentos Island National Marine Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 2 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 3 | Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Tortuguero National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Cahuita National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Snowy Cotinga in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge?
About 2% of visitor-days record a Snowy Cotinga sighting in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge, based on 19 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Snowy Cotinga in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge?
November has the highest sighting rate for Snowy Cotinga in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge in our monthly data.