Sika Deer

Sika Deer

Cervus nippon

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
60–70% · Likely
overall probability at Nikko National Park

Closest Relatives at Nikko National Park

Japanese Serow
LC

Japanese Serow

🌅 Crepuscular Mammal

Capricornis crispus

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

30–40
Jan
50–60
Feb
60–70
Mar
40–50
Apr
40–50
May
60–70
Jun
60–70
Jul
50–60
Aug
60–70
Sep
50–60
Oct
70–80
Nov
70–80
Dec

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙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 Nikko National Park 🇯🇵 Japan
60–70%
2 Cairngorms National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Insufficient data
3 Wadden Sea National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Sika Deer in Nikko National Park?

About 60% of visitor-days record a Sika Deer sighting in Nikko National Park, based on 38 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Sika Deer in Nikko National Park?

December has the highest sighting rate for Sika Deer in Nikko National Park in our monthly data.

← Back to Nikko National Park