Mexican Free-tailed Bat

Mexican Free-tailed Bat

Tadarida brasiliensis

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
0–10% · With luck
overall probability at Death Valley National Park

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
10–20
Mar
10–20
Apr
0–10
May
<5
Jun
10–20
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
<5
Oct
10–20
Nov
<5
Dec

☀️🌙 When They're Spotted

Active throughout day and night · across all parks (global)

☀️🌙Day & Night
☀️🌙🌙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 Death Valley National Park 🇺🇸 United States
0–10%
2 Everglades National Park 🇺🇸 United States
0–10%
3 Grand Canyon National Park 🇺🇸 United States
0–10%
4 Big Bend National Park 🇺🇸 United States
0–10%
5 Cumbres de Monterrey National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
0–10%
6 Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park 🇨🇱 Chile
Insufficient data
7 Reserva de la Biosfera Mariposa Monarca 🇲🇽 Mexico
Insufficient data
8 Podocarpus National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
Insufficient data
9 Congaree National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
10 Bahía de Loreto National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
Insufficient data
11 Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
12 Channel Islands National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
13 Yosemite National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
14 Great Smoky Mountains National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
15 Joshua Tree National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Mexican Free-tailed Bat in Death Valley National Park?

About 9% of visitor-days record a Mexican Free-tailed Bat sighting in Death Valley National Park, based on 9 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Mexican Free-tailed Bat in Death Valley National Park?

March has the highest sighting rate for Mexican Free-tailed Bat in Death Valley National Park in our monthly data.

← Back to Death Valley National Park