Western Screech-Owl

Closest Relatives at Big Bend 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	Big Bend National Park	🇺🇸 United States	10–20%
2	Pacific Rim National Park Reserve	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
3	Grand Canyon National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
4	Death Valley National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
5	Cumbres de Monterrey National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
6	Redwood National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
7	Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
8	Great Bear Rainforest	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
9	Olympic National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
10	El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	Insufficient data
11	Guadalupe Mountains National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
12	Zion National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
13	Yosemite National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
14	Kenai Fjords National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
15	Glacier National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
16	Channel Islands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
17	Banff National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data
18	Joshua Tree National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Western Screech-Owl in Big Bend National Park?

About 11% of visitor-days record a Western Screech-Owl sighting in Big Bend National Park, based on 481 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Western Screech-Owl in Big Bend National Park?

June has the highest sighting rate for Western Screech-Owl in Big Bend National Park in our monthly data.