Blue Jay

Closest Relatives at Banff 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	Point Pelee National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	70–80%
2	Shenandoah National Park	🇺🇸 United States	70–80%
3	Voyageurs National Park	🇺🇸 United States	60–70%
4	Isle Royale National Park	🇺🇸 United States	60–70%
5	Great Smoky Mountains National Park	🇺🇸 United States	50–60%
6	Riding Mountain National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	50–60%
7	Acadia National Park	🇺🇸 United States	50–60%
8	Congaree National Park	🇺🇸 United States	30–40%
9	Elk Island National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	30–40%
10	Everglades National Park	🇺🇸 United States	30–40%
11	Cape Breton Highlands National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	30–40%
12	Glacier National Park	🇺🇸 United States	20–30%
13	Gros Morne National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	10–20%
14	Jasper National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	10–20%
15	Banff National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	0–10%
16	Badlands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	0–10%
17	Rocky Mountain National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
18	Great Bear Rainforest	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
19	Olympic National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
20	Yellowstone National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
21	Big Bend National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Blue Jay in Banff National Park?

About 8% of visitor-days record a Blue Jay sighting in Banff National Park, based on 307 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Blue Jay in Banff National Park?

December has the highest sighting rate for Blue Jay in Banff National Park in our monthly data.