American Spruce Grouse

American Spruce Grouse

Canachites canadensis

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
<5% · Rare
overall probability at Riding Mountain National Park

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
<5
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
0–10
Oct
<5
Nov
<5
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙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 Wood Buffalo National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
20–30%
2 Katmai National Park 🇺🇸 United States
10–20%
3 Wrangell-St. Elias National Park 🇺🇸 United States
10–20%
4 Denali National Park 🇺🇸 United States
0–10%
5 Cape Breton Highlands National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
0–10%
6 Kluane National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
0–10%
7 Jasper National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
0–10%
8 Banff National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
<5%
9 Gros Morne National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
<5%
10 Glacier National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
11 Riding Mountain National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
<5%
12 Great Bear Rainforest 🇨🇦 Canada
<5%
13 Acadia National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
14 Nahanni National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
Insufficient data
15 Gates of the Arctic National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
16 Voyageurs National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
17 Kenai Fjords National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a American Spruce Grouse in Riding Mountain National Park?

About 2% of visitor-days record a American Spruce Grouse sighting in Riding Mountain National Park, based on 9 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see American Spruce Grouse in Riding Mountain National Park?

October has the highest sighting rate for American Spruce Grouse in Riding Mountain National Park in our monthly data.

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