Where can you see the Lesson’s Motmot?
Some of the best places to see the Lesson’s Motmot in the wild include Corcovado National Park (Costa Rica), Dzibilchantún National Park (Mexico) and Guanacaste National Park (Costa Rica) — among 13 wildlife hotspots across Costa Rica, Mexico and Panama. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
Arenal Volcano National Park
Peñas Blancas, Costa Rica
+131 birds+30 mammals
Where a perfect cone of dark basalt rises 1,633 metres above rainforest canopy, Costa Rica’s most iconic volcano commands a […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBaru Volcano National Park
Cerro Punta, Panama
+146 birds+16 mammals
Where mist clings to volcanic slopes and cloud forest canopy rises above 3,500 metres, Panama’s highest peak dominates a landscape […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBraulio Carrillo National Park
Las Horquetas, Costa Rica
+132 birds+30 mammals
Steep volcanic slopes plunge into misty valleys where primary tropical rainforest cloaks the landscape in unrelenting green. Rising from 2,000 […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKChirripó National Park
Rivas, Costa Rica
+132 birds+30 mammals
Where the Central American spine rises above the clouds, granite peaks puncture a realm of perpetual mist and montane forest. […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCorcovado National Park
Puerto Jiménez, Costa Rica
+132 birds+30 mammals
Rain hammers the canopy as moisture-laden clouds collide with the Osa Peninsula’s mountainous spine, birthing one of the planet’s most […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKDzibilchantún National Park
Barcelona, Mexico
+97 birds+5 mammals
Cenotes puncture the limestone plateau of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula like sapphire eyes, and this compact 8-square-kilometre park shelters some of […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGuanacaste National Park
Santa Elena, Costa Rica
+132 birds+30 mammals
Where Pacific dry forest meets cloud-shrouded volcanic peaks, one of Costa Rica’s most biodiverse conservation areas unfolds across northwestern Guanacaste […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKManuel Antonio National Park
Quepos, Costa Rica
+125 birds+30 mammals
White sand beaches curve between steep jungle walls where the Pacific laps against Costa Rica’s most biodiverse coastal sanctuary. Rainforest […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMarino Golfo de Chiriquí National Park
Boca Chica, Panama
+94 birds+8 mammals
Where mangrove-fringed islands emerge from turquoise shallows and volcanic peaks anchor the horizon, Panama’s Gulf of Chiriquí reveals one of […]
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