Swamp Sparrow

Closest Relatives at Great Smoky Mountains 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	Riding Mountain National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	30–40%
2	Point Pelee National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	30–40%
3	Wood Buffalo National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	30–40%
4	Gros Morne National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	20–30%
5	Elk Island National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	20–30%
6	Voyageurs National Park	🇺🇸 United States	20–30%
7	Cape Breton Highlands National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	10–20%
8	Acadia National Park	🇺🇸 United States	10–20%
9	Jasper National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	10–20%
10	Congaree National Park	🇺🇸 United States	0–10%
11	Shenandoah National Park	🇺🇸 United States	0–10%
12	Great Smoky Mountains National Park	🇺🇸 United States	0–10%
13	Isle Royale National Park	🇺🇸 United States	0–10%
14	Big Bend National Park	🇺🇸 United States	0–10%
15	Everglades National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
16	Cumbres de Monterrey National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
17	Banff National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
18	Redwood National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
19	Death Valley National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
20	Great Bear Rainforest	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
21	Channel Islands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
22	Olympic National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
23	Nahanni National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data
24	Grand Teton National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
25	El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	Insufficient data
26	Guadalupe Mountains National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
27	Pacific Rim National Park Reserve	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data
28	Glacier National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
29	Rocky Mountain National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Swamp Sparrow in Great Smoky Mountains National Park?

About 6% of visitor-days record a Swamp Sparrow sighting in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, based on 466 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Swamp Sparrow in Great Smoky Mountains National Park?

November has the highest sighting rate for Swamp Sparrow in Great Smoky Mountains National Park in our monthly data.