Pacific Screech-Owl

Pacific Screech-Owl

Megascops cooperi

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
10–20% · Possible
overall probability at Rincón de la Vieja National Park

📅 Monthly Probability

10–20
Jan
30–40
Feb
30–40
Mar
10–20
Apr
<5
May
0–10
Jun
10–20
Jul
10–20
Aug
<5
Sep
0–10
Oct
0–10
Nov
10–20
Dec

☀️🌙 When They're Spotted

Active throughout day and night · across all parks (global)

☀️🌙Day & Night
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

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 Rincón de la Vieja National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
10–20%
2 Carara National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
0–10%
3 Santa Rosa National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
0–10%
4 Palo Verde National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
0–10%
5 Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
6 Ostional Wildlife Refuge 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
7 Masaya Volcano National Park 🇳🇮 Nicaragua
<5%
8 Las Baulas Marine National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
9 Arenal Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
10 Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
11 Tortuguero National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
12 Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
13 Tenorio Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Pacific Screech-Owl in Rincón de la Vieja National Park?

About 16% of visitor-days record a Pacific Screech-Owl sighting in Rincón de la Vieja National Park, based on 132 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Pacific Screech-Owl in Rincón de la Vieja National Park?

March has the highest sighting rate for Pacific Screech-Owl in Rincón de la Vieja National Park in our monthly data.

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