Gros Morne National Park

🇨🇦 Canada

🦌 Caribou Tracks Across the Tablelands

🌍 #159 Global · 3.7 ★★★★★ ★★★★★ #20 in North America #17 in Temperate Forest

Newfoundland, Canada 351 spp. recorded

Gros Morne National Park sits on the west coast of Newfoundland, Canada, where jagged cliffs give way to deep fjords and a patchwork of boreal forest and open valleys. Elk dominate the summer meadows, their antlers a common sight along the trailheads.

49.725° N 57.642° W

Wildlife

⭐ Iconic Species

Elk

Alces alces

50–60% · Likely

Caribou

Rangifer tarandus

40–50% · Likely

American Black Bear

Ursus americanus

10–20% · Possible

Canada Lynx

Lynx canadensis

10–20% · Possible

📊 Most Spotted

American Robin

Turdus migratorius

90–100% · Very likely

White-throated Sparrow

Zonotrichia albicollis

90–100% · Very likely

American Toad

Anaxyrus americanus

80–90% · Very likely

Black-and-white Warbler

Mniotilta varia

60–70% · Likely

American Herring Gull

Larus smithsonianus

50–60% · Likely

Snowshoe Hare

Lepus americanus

50–60% · Likely

Yellow Warbler

Setophaga petechia

50–60% · Likely

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Regulus calendula

50–60% · Likely

Swainson's Thrush

Catharus ustulatus

50–60% · Likely

American Crow

Corvus brachyrhynchos

50–60% · Likely

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Setophaga coronata

50–60% · Likely

Northern Waterthrush

Parkesia noveboracensis

50–60% · Likely

⭐ Iconic Species

Elk

Alces alces

50–60% · Likely

Caribou

Rangifer tarandus

40–50% · Likely

American Black Bear

Ursus americanus

10–20% · Possible

Canada Lynx

Lynx canadensis

10–20% · Possible

📊 Most Spotted

Snowshoe Hare

Lepus americanus

50–60% · Likely

American Red Squirrel

Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

30–40% · Possible

Red Fox

Vulpes vulpes

30–40% · Possible

American Beaver

Castor canadensis

20–30% · Possible

Harbor Seal

Phoca vitulina

20–30% · Possible

Eastern Chipmunk

Tamias striatus

10–20% · Possible

Northern River Otter

Lontra canadensis

10–20% · Possible

Coyote

Canis latrans

10–20% · Possible

Minke Whale

Balaenoptera acutorostrata

10–20% · Possible

Stoat

Mustela erminea

10–20% · With luck

Masked Shrew

Sorex cinereus

10–20% · With luck

Harp Seal

Pagophilus groenlandicus

10–20% · With luck

📊 Most Spotted

American Robin

Turdus migratorius

90–100% · Very likely

White-throated Sparrow

Zonotrichia albicollis

90–100% · Very likely

Black-and-white Warbler

Mniotilta varia

60–70% · Likely

American Herring Gull

Larus smithsonianus

50–60% · Likely

Yellow Warbler

Setophaga petechia

50–60% · Likely

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Regulus calendula

50–60% · Likely

Swainson's Thrush

Catharus ustulatus

50–60% · Likely

American Crow

Corvus brachyrhynchos

50–60% · Likely

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Setophaga coronata

50–60% · Likely

Northern Waterthrush

Parkesia noveboracensis

50–60% · Likely

Savannah Sparrow

Passerculus sandwichensis

50–60% · Likely

Magnolia Warbler

Setophaga magnolia

50–60% · Likely

📊 Most Spotted

Common Garter Snake

Thamnophis sirtalis

Insufficient data

📊 Most Spotted

American Toad

Anaxyrus americanus

80–90% · Very likely

Green Frog

Lithobates clamitans

20–30% · Possible

Wood Frog

Lithobates sylvaticus

10–20% · Possible

Animal Events

🫎

Moose Rut

SepOct

Fall breeding season (rut) — bulls with full antlers become highly active and visible in open bogs and roadsides

Elk

Alces alces

50–60% · Likely

🐋

Whale Watching Season

MayJunSep

Minke whales feed close inshore along the park's 170 km coastline and in Bonne Bay during the ice-free season

Minke Whale

Balaenoptera acutorostrata

10–20% · Possible

🦭

Seal Congregation

FebMarApr

Harbour seals haul out in numbers at coastal inlets while harp seals from the Gulf of St. Lawrence herd appear along the shore ice in late winter and spring

Harbor Seal

Phoca vitulina

20–30% · Possible

Harp Seal

Pagophilus groenlandicus

10–20% · With luck

Sighting Calendar

Chance of spotting each species, month by month

Species Total

40–50

50–60

50–60

50–60

50–60

60–70

50–60

40–50

40–50

40–50

50–60

40–50

20–30

20–30

30–40

40–50

50–60

40–50

50–60

50–60

60–70

50–60

50–60

20–30

70–80

50–60

70–80

70–80

50–60

30–40

20–30

30–40

20–30

60–70

60–70

20–30

American Black Bear

0–10

0–10

0–10

0–10

<5

20–30

20–30

10–20

30–40

<5

0–10

0–10

0–10

40–50

50–60

30–40

<5

10–20

10–20

<5

20–30

0–10

30–40

40–50

80–90

80–90

90–100

80–90

90–100

90–100

90–100

80–90

80–90

90–100

80–90

60–70

White-throated Sparrow

80–90

80–90

90–100

60–70

90–100

90–100

90–100

80–90

80–90

80–90

70–80

70–80

40–50

30–40

30–40

40–50

70–80

80–90

80–90

80–90

70–80

50–60

30–40

40–50

Black-and-white Warbler

50–60

50–60

60–70

40–50

60–70

70–80

60–70

40–50

30–40

30–40

50–60

40–50

American Herring Gull

60–70

50–60

50–60

70–80

40–50

50–60

50–60

60–70

60–70

70–80

60–70

40–50

20–30

50–60

30–40

70–80

50–60

50–60

60–70

50–60

50–60

30–40

40–50

70–80

50–60

50–60

50–60

40–50

30–40

70–80

60–70

30–40

10–20

30–40

40–50

40–50

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

50–60

50–60

50–60

30–40

80–90

70–80

50–60

30–40

30–40

50–60

40–50

30–40

Swainson's Thrush

50–60

50–60

50–60

30–40

40–50

60–70

70–80

20–30

30–40

20–30

40–50

30–40

50–60

50–60

50–60

60–70

50–60

50–60

40–50

50–60

70–80

60–70

60–70

40–50

Yellow-rumped Warbler

40–50

40–50

50–60

30–40

70–80

60–70

40–50

40–50

40–50

20–30

40–50

30–40

Northern Waterthrush

40–50

40–50

50–60

30–40

50–60

70–80

50–60

30–40

0–10

20–30

40–50

30–40

Animal Events

🫎 Moose Rut

🐋 Whale Watching Season

🦭 Seal Congregation

Sighting Zones

Warm areas are where all species together are recorded most, so they track where people go as much as where animals are. For one species, see the map on its own page.

0.0 ★★★★★ ★★★★★ Good

🦌 Caribou Tracks Across the Tablelands

🦜

Biodiversity

Very good

How rich is the wildlife?

4.3 Global avg

4.7 ★★★★★ ★★★★★

Species by taxon

🦅 Birds

290

🐒 Mammals

54

🦎 Reptiles

2

🐸 Amphibians

5

351 Total Species

841 Global average across 280 parks

25 Threatened 33 Endemic

🔭

Sighting

Very good

How likely to see animals?

3.6 Global avg

3.4 ★★★★★ ★★★★★

🎯

Top-12 Avg Probability

62% Global avg

63%

📊

Coverage (106 species at ≥5% of 351 in the inventory)

24% Global avg

30%

🔀

Taxon variety in top 12 (9 bird, 2 mammal, 1 amphibian)

47% Global avg

54%

🔭

Species per 10 outings (distinct species a visitor would meet over 10 outings — effort held equal across parks)

132 Global avg

81

🌟

Iconic-group species (≥15%) (every species from the 19 iconic groups — monkeys, cats, toucans, macaws, sloths, crocodilians… — not just the 4 highlighted above)

14 Global avg

9

⭐

High-prob species (>40%)

26 Global avg

24

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