Common Poorwill

Closest Relatives at Badlands 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	Guadalupe Mountains National Park	🇺🇸 United States	0–10%
2	Big Bend National Park	🇺🇸 United States	0–10%
3	Grand Canyon National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
4	Death Valley National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
5	El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
6	Badlands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
7	Zion National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
8	Cumbres de Monterrey National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
9	Yosemite National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
10	Joshua Tree National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
11	Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
12	Channel Islands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
13	Rocky Mountain National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
14	Bahía de Loreto National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	Insufficient data
15	Grand Teton National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
16	Redwood National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Common Poorwill in Badlands National Park?

About 1% of visitor-days record a Common Poorwill sighting in Badlands National Park, based on 8 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Common Poorwill in Badlands National Park?

September has the highest sighting rate for Common Poorwill in Badlands National Park in our monthly data.