Bare-shanked Screech-Owl

Closest Relatives at Volcán Barú 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	Poás Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	0–10%
2	Irazú Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	0–10%
3	Los Quetzales National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	0–10%
4	Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
5	Volcán Barú National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
6	Chirripó National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
7	Braulio Carrillo National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
8	Darién National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
9	La Amistad International Park (Panama)	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
10	Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
11	Arenal Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Bare-shanked Screech-Owl in Volcán Barú National Park?

About 2% of visitor-days record a Bare-shanked Screech-Owl sighting in Volcán Barú National Park, based on 26 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Bare-shanked Screech-Owl in Volcán Barú National Park?

August has the highest sighting rate for Bare-shanked Screech-Owl in Volcán Barú National Park in our monthly data.