Brown-headed Cowbird

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	60–70%
2	Badlands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	30–40%
3	Elk Island National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	20–30%
4	Yellowstone National Park	🇺🇸 United States	20–30%
5	Grand Teton National Park	🇺🇸 United States	20–30%
6	Big Bend National Park	🇺🇸 United States	20–30%
7	Shenandoah National Park	🇺🇸 United States	20–30%
8	Yosemite National Park	🇺🇸 United States	20–30%
9	Banff National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	10–20%
10	Jasper National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	10–20%
11	Riding Mountain National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	10–20%
12	Great Smoky Mountains National Park	🇺🇸 United States	10–20%
13	Pacific Rim National Park Reserve	🇨🇦 Canada	10–20%
14	Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks	🇺🇸 United States	10–20%
15	Channel Islands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	10–20%
16	Death Valley National Park	🇺🇸 United States	10–20%
17	Everglades National Park	🇺🇸 United States	10–20%
18	Glacier National Park	🇺🇸 United States	10–20%
19	Congaree National Park	🇺🇸 United States	10–20%
20	Rocky Mountain National Park	🇺🇸 United States	10–20%
21	Grand Canyon National Park	🇺🇸 United States	0–10%
22	Redwood National Park	🇺🇸 United States	0–10%
23	Guadalupe Mountains National Park	🇺🇸 United States	0–10%
24	Zion National Park	🇺🇸 United States	0–10%
25	Olympic National Park	🇺🇸 United States	0–10%
26	El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	0–10%
27	Great Bear Rainforest	🇨🇦 Canada	0–10%
28	Joshua Tree National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
29	Bahía de Loreto National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
30	Voyageurs National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
31	Cumbres de Monterrey National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
32	Acadia National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
33	Celestún Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
34	Kluane National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data
35	Cape Breton Highlands National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data
36	Reserva de la Biosfera Mariposa Monarca	🇲🇽 Mexico	Insufficient data
37	Isle Royale National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
38	Gros Morne National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data
39	Wrangell-St. Elias National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Brown-headed Cowbird in Banff National Park?

About 18% of visitor-days record a Brown-headed Cowbird sighting in Banff National Park, based on 700 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Brown-headed Cowbird in Banff National Park?

June has the highest sighting rate for Brown-headed Cowbird in Banff National Park in our monthly data.