White-tailed Ptarmigan

Closest Relatives at Banff 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	Rocky Mountain National Park	🇺🇸 United States	0–10%
2	Jasper National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
3	Banff National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
4	Glacier National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
5	Yosemite National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
6	Denali National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
7	Great Bear Rainforest	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
8	Katmai National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
9	Wrangell-St. Elias National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
10	Kenai Fjords National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
11	Kluane National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data
12	Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a White-tailed Ptarmigan in Banff National Park?

About 1% of visitor-days record a White-tailed Ptarmigan sighting in Banff National Park, based on 49 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see White-tailed Ptarmigan in Banff National Park?

August has the highest sighting rate for White-tailed Ptarmigan in Banff National Park in our monthly data.