Greater Scaup

Closest Relatives at Cape Breton Highlands 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	Vatnajokull National Park	🇮🇸 Iceland	20–30%
2	Gates of the Arctic National Park	🇺🇸 United States	10–20%
3	Point Pelee National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	10–20%
4	Wrangell-St. Elias National Park	🇺🇸 United States	10–20%
5	Pacific Rim National Park Reserve	🇨🇦 Canada	0–10%
6	Redwood National Park	🇺🇸 United States	0–10%
7	Great Bear Rainforest	🇨🇦 Canada	0–10%
8	Kluane National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	0–10%
9	Cape Breton Highlands National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
10	Olympic National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
11	Elk Island National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
12	Channel Islands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
13	Katmai National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
14	Thingvellir National Park	🇮🇸 Iceland	<5%
15	Kenai Fjords National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
16	Wadden Sea National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	<5%
17	Nikko National Park	🇯🇵 Japan	<5%
18	Snowdonia National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	<5%
19	Riding Mountain National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
20	Banff National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
21	El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
22	Gros Morne National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
23	Jasper National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
24	Shenandoah National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
25	Biebrza National Park	🇵🇱 Poland	<5%
26	Yellowstone National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
27	Glacier National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
28	Acadia National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
29	Denali National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
30	Fertő-Hanság National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	<5%
31	Cairngorms National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	<5%
32	Everglades National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
33	Wood Buffalo National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data
34	Grand Teton National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
35	Nahanni National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data
36	Białowieża National Park	🇵🇱 Poland	Insufficient data
37	Voyageurs National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
38	Isle Royale National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
39	Hortobágy National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	Insufficient data
40	Bavarian Forest National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	Insufficient data
41	Palo Verde National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
42	Great Smoky Mountains National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
43	Kaziranga National Park	🇮🇳 India	Insufficient data
44	Rocky Mountain National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Greater Scaup in Cape Breton Highlands National Park?

About 4% of visitor-days record a Greater Scaup sighting in Cape Breton Highlands National Park, based on 21 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Greater Scaup in Cape Breton Highlands National Park?

March has the highest sighting rate for Greater Scaup in Cape Breton Highlands National Park in our monthly data.