Spectacled Owl

Closest Relatives at Soberanía National Park

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	Brownsberg Nature Park	🇸🇷 Suriname	0–10%
2	Anavilhanas National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	0–10%
3	Tenorio Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	0–10%
4	Amacayacu National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	0–10%
5	Tayrona National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	0–10%
6	Yasuní National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	0–10%
7	Tambopata National Reserve	🇵🇪 Peru	0–10%
8	Santa Rosa National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	0–10%
9	Piedras Blancas National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	0–10%
10	Darién National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
11	Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve	🇪🇨 Ecuador	<5%
12	Braulio Carrillo National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
13	Arenal Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
14	Palo Verde National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
15	Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
16	Cahuita National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
17	Manu National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	<5%
18	El Impenetrable National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	<5%
19	Carara National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
20	Soberanía National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
21	Cordillera Azul National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	<5%
22	Corcovado National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
23	Madidi National Park	🇧🇴 Bolivia	<5%
24	Manuel Antonio National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
25	Sierra de la Macarena National Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	<5%
26	Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
27	Marino Ballena National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
28	Farallones de Cali National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	<5%
29	Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary	🇧🇿 Belize	<5%
30	La Amistad International Park (Panama)	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
31	Tortuguero National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
32	Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas	🇧🇷 Brazil	<5%
33	Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
34	Los Nevados National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	<5%
35	Emas National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	Insufficient data
36	Volcán Barú National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data
37	Noel Kempff Mercado National Park	🇧🇴 Bolivia	Insufficient data
38	Utría National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	Insufficient data
39	San Lorenzo Protected Forest	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data
40	Amboró National Park	🇧🇴 Bolivia	Insufficient data
41	Machalilla National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	Insufficient data
42	Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	Insufficient data
43	Las Baulas Marine National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
44	Chapada dos Guimarães National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	Insufficient data
45	Chagres National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data
46	Canaima National Park	🇻🇪 Venezuela	Insufficient data
47	Ostional Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
48	Lago de Yojoa	🇭🇳 Honduras	Insufficient data
49	Rincón de la Vieja National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
50	Parque Natural Metropolitano	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data
51	Iguazú National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	Insufficient data
52	Bastimentos Island National Marine Park	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data
53	Iguaçu National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	Insufficient data
54	Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Spectacled Owl in Soberanía National Park?

About 2% of visitor-days record a Spectacled Owl sighting in Soberanía National Park, based on 163 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Spectacled Owl in Soberanía National Park?

March has the highest sighting rate for Spectacled Owl in Soberanía National Park in our monthly data.