Scintillant Hummingbird

Scintillant Hummingbird

Selasphorus scintilla

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
40–50% · Likely
overall probability at Volcán Barú National Park

📅 Monthly Probability

50–60
Jan
40–50
Feb
30–40
Mar
30–40
Apr
50–60
May
60–70
Jun
60–70
Jul
30–40
Aug
20–30
Sep
30–40
Oct
50–60
Nov
30–40
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

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

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙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 Volcán Barú National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
40–50%
2 Los Quetzales National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
30–40%
3 Poás Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
20–30%
4 La Amistad International Park (Panama) 🇵🇦 Panama
10–20%
5 Irazú Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
10–20%
6 Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
10–20%
7 Chirripó National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
0–10%
8 Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
9 Braulio Carrillo National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
10 Arenal Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Scintillant Hummingbird in Volcán Barú National Park?

About 43% of visitor-days record a Scintillant Hummingbird sighting in Volcán Barú National Park, based on 484 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Scintillant Hummingbird in Volcán Barú National Park?

July has the highest sighting rate for Scintillant Hummingbird in Volcán Barú National Park in our monthly data.

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