Wilson's Snipe

Closest Relatives at Elk Island 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	Wrangell-St. Elias National Park	🇺🇸 United States	30–40%
2	Wood Buffalo National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	30–40%
3	Riding Mountain National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	20–30%
4	Elk Island National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	20–30%
5	Katmai National Park	🇺🇸 United States	20–30%
6	Gates of the Arctic National Park	🇺🇸 United States	20–30%
7	Gros Morne National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	20–30%
8	Kluane National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	10–20%
9	Yellowstone National Park	🇺🇸 United States	10–20%
10	Banff National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	0–10%
11	Jasper National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	0–10%
12	Great Bear Rainforest	🇨🇦 Canada	0–10%
13	Glacier National Park	🇺🇸 United States	0–10%
14	Pacific Rim National Park Reserve	🇨🇦 Canada	0–10%
15	Death Valley National Park	🇺🇸 United States	0–10%
16	Everglades National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
17	Grand Teton National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
18	Kenai Fjords National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
19	Rocky Mountain National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
20	Isle Royale National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
21	Isla del Coco National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
22	Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
23	Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
24	Redwood National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
25	Piedras Blancas National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
26	Shenandoah National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
27	El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
28	Celestún Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
29	Big Bend National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
30	Voyageurs National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
31	Channel Islands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
32	Point Pelee National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
33	Olympic National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
34	Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
35	Denali National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
36	Palo Verde National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
37	Bahía de Loreto National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
38	Cumbres de Monterrey National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
39	Darién National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
40	Ciénaga de Zapata	🇨🇺 Cuba	<5%
41	Joshua Tree National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
42	Great Smoky Mountains National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
43	Grand Canyon National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
44	Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
45	La Amistad International Park (Panama)	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
46	Yosemite National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
47	Acadia National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
48	Braulio Carrillo National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
49	Nahanni National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data
50	Marino Ballena National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
51	Los Haitises National Park	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	Insufficient data
52	Reserva de la Biosfera Mariposa Monarca	🇲🇽 Mexico	Insufficient data
53	Cape Breton Highlands National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data
54	Badlands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
55	Main Ridge Forest Reserve	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	Insufficient data
56	Puracé National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	Insufficient data
57	Guadalupe Mountains National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
58	Calakmul Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	Insufficient data
59	Zion National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
60	Soberanía National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data
61	Bastimentos Island National Marine Park	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data
62	Tortuguero National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Wilson's Snipe in Elk Island National Park?

About 23% of visitor-days record a Wilson's Snipe sighting in Elk Island National Park, based on 124 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Wilson's Snipe in Elk Island National Park?

June has the highest sighting rate for Wilson's Snipe in Elk Island National Park in our monthly data.