Snow Goose

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	Wrangell-St. Elias National Park	🇺🇸 United States	10–20%
2	Wood Buffalo National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	0–10%
3	Death Valley National Park	🇺🇸 United States	0–10%
4	Elk Island National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
5	Bahía de Loreto National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
6	Riding Mountain National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
7	Great Bear Rainforest	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
8	Channel Islands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
9	El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
10	Banff National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
11	Glacier National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
12	Pacific Rim National Park Reserve	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
13	Kluane National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
14	Big Bend National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
15	Joshua Tree National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
16	Vatnajokull National Park	🇮🇸 Iceland	<5%
17	Cumbres de Monterrey National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
18	Olympic National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
19	Jasper National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
20	Shenandoah National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
21	Yellowstone National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
22	Grand Teton National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
23	Wadden Sea National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	<5%
24	Great Smoky Mountains National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
25	Point Pelee National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
26	Gates of the Arctic National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
27	Everglades National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
28	Voyageurs National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
29	Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
30	Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	Insufficient data
31	Redwood National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
32	Grand Canyon National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
33	Denali National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
34	Badlands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
35	Cairngorms National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	Insufficient data
36	Yosemite National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
37	Acadia National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
38	Rocky Mountain National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Snow Goose in Banff National Park?

About 1% of visitor-days record a Snow Goose sighting in Banff National Park, based on 59 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Snow Goose in Banff National Park?

October has the highest sighting rate for Snow Goose in Banff National Park in our monthly data.