Brown Noddy

Closest Relatives at Tortuguero National Park

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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 Tortuguero National Park?

About 1% of visitor-days record a Brown Noddy sighting in Tortuguero National Park, based on 43 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Brown Noddy in Tortuguero National Park?

May has the highest sighting rate for Brown Noddy in Tortuguero National Park in our monthly data.