Pinyon Jay

Closest Relatives at Joshua Tree 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	Grand Canyon National Park	🇺🇸 United States	10–20%
2	Zion National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
3	Joshua Tree National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
4	Death Valley National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
5	Yellowstone National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
6	Yosemite National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
7	Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
8	Rocky Mountain National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
9	Badlands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
10	Guadalupe Mountains National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Pinyon Jay in Joshua Tree National Park?

About 2% of visitor-days record a Pinyon Jay sighting in Joshua Tree National Park, based on 106 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Pinyon Jay in Joshua Tree National Park?

April has the highest sighting rate for Pinyon Jay in Joshua Tree National Park in our monthly data.