wisent

wisent

Bison bonasus

80–90% · Very likely
overall probability at Białowieża National Park

Closest Relatives at Białowieża National Park

Red Deer
LC

Red Deer

☀️🌙 Day & Night Mammal

Cervus elaphus

60–70% · Likely
Western Roe Deer
LC

Western Roe Deer

🌅 Crepuscular Mammal

Capreolus capreolus

50–60% · Likely
Elk
LC

Elk

🌅 Crepuscular Mammal

Alces alces

40–50% · Likely
Fallow Deer
LC

Fallow Deer

🌅 Crepuscular Mammal

Dama dama

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

90–100
Jan
90–100
Feb
80–90
Mar
80–90
Apr
80–90
May
80–90
Jun
80–90
Jul
70–80
Aug
80–90
Sep
90–100
Oct
80–90
Nov
90–100
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

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 Białowieża National Park 🇵🇱 Poland
80–90%
2 Mercantour National Park 🇫🇷 France
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a wisent in Białowieża National Park?

About 87% of visitor-days record a wisent sighting in Białowieża National Park, based on 237 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see wisent in Białowieża National Park?

December has the highest sighting rate for wisent in Białowieża National Park in our monthly data.

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