Western Meadowlark

Closest Relatives at Badlands National Park

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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	Badlands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	90–100%
2	El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	10–20%
3	Death Valley National Park	🇺🇸 United States	10–20%
4	Redwood National Park	🇺🇸 United States	10–20%
5	Yellowstone National Park	🇺🇸 United States	10–20%
6	Channel Islands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	10–20%
7	Grand Teton National Park	🇺🇸 United States	0–10%
8	Riding Mountain National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	0–10%
9	Zion National Park	🇺🇸 United States	0–10%
10	Joshua Tree National Park	🇺🇸 United States	0–10%
11	Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks	🇺🇸 United States	0–10%
12	Grand Canyon National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
13	Cumbres de Monterrey National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
14	Glacier National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
15	Big Bend National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
16	Pacific Rim National Park Reserve	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
17	Banff National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
18	Rocky Mountain National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
19	Olympic National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
20	Yosemite National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
21	Guadalupe Mountains National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
22	Great Bear Rainforest	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
23	Wood Buffalo National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data
24	Jasper National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data
25	Bahía de Loreto National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Western Meadowlark in Badlands National Park?

About 95% of visitor-days record a Western Meadowlark sighting in Badlands National Park, based on 737 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Western Meadowlark in Badlands National Park?

April has the highest sighting rate for Western Meadowlark in Badlands National Park in our monthly data.