Brown Booby

Closest Relatives at Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge

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	Bastimentos Island National Marine Park	🇵🇦 Panama	10–20%
2	Jaragua National Park	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	10–20%
3	La Amistad International Park (Panama)	🇵🇦 Panama	5–10%
4	Main Ridge Forest Reserve	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	5–10%
5	Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	5–10%
6	Noosa National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	<5%
7	Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
8	Tijuca National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	<5%
9	Cahuita National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
10	Bali Barat National Park	🇮🇩 Indonesia	<5%
11	Tortuguero National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
12	Los Haitises National Park	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	<5%
13	Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
14	Celestún Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
15	Tayrona National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	<5%
16	Daintree National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	<5%
17	Machalilla National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	Insufficient data
18	Royal National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
19	Wadden Sea National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	Insufficient data
20	Henri Pittier National Park	🇻🇪 Venezuela	Insufficient data
21	Caroni Swamp	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	Insufficient data
22	Ningaloo Marine Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
23	Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	Insufficient data
24	Darién National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data
25	Ciénaga de Zapata	🇨🇺 Cuba	Insufficient data
26	Taroko National Park	🇹🇼 Taiwan	Insufficient data
27	Soberanía National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data
28	Everglades National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
29	Acadia National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Brown Booby in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge?

About 3% of wildlife watchers report a Brown Booby sighting in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge, based on 35 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Brown Booby in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge?

October has the highest sighting rate for Brown Booby in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge in our monthly data.