Unspotted Saw-whet Owl

Unspotted Saw-whet Owl

Aegolius ridgwayi

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
<5% · Rare
overall probability at Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
<5
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
<5
Oct
<5
Nov
<5
Dec

🌙 When They're Spotted

Most active during nighttime hours (6pm–6am) · across all parks (global)

🌙Nocturnal
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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 Irazú Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
2 Volcán Barú National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
<5%
3 Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
4 Los Quetzales National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
5 La Amistad International Park (Panama) 🇵🇦 Panama
<5%
6 Chirripó National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
7 Celaque National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Unspotted Saw-whet Owl in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park?

About 1% of visitor-days record a Unspotted Saw-whet Owl sighting in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park, based on 99 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Unspotted Saw-whet Owl in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park?

August has the highest sighting rate for Unspotted Saw-whet Owl in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park in our monthly data.

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