Western Screech-Owl

Western Screech-Owl

Megascops kennicottii

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
<5% · Rare
overall probability at Grand Canyon National Park

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
<5
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
<5
Oct
<5
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 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 Grand Canyon National Park?

About 1% of visitor-days record a Western Screech-Owl sighting in Grand Canyon National Park, based on 13 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Western Screech-Owl in Grand Canyon National Park?

January has the highest sighting rate for Western Screech-Owl in Grand Canyon National Park in our monthly data.

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