Mountain Chickadee

Mountain Chickadee

Poecile gambeli

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
80–90% · Very likely
overall probability at Rocky Mountain National Park

📅 Monthly Probability

80–90
Jan
90–100
Feb
80–90
Mar
80–90
Apr
70–80
May
60–70
Jun
70–80
Jul
80–90
Aug
90–100
Sep
80–90
Oct
80–90
Nov
90–100
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 Rocky Mountain National Park 🇺🇸 United States
80–90%
2 Yosemite National Park 🇺🇸 United States
60–70%
3 Grand Canyon National Park 🇺🇸 United States
50–60%
4 Banff National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
50–60%
5 Grand Teton National Park 🇺🇸 United States
50–60%
6 Yellowstone National Park 🇺🇸 United States
50–60%
7 Glacier National Park 🇺🇸 United States
40–50%
8 Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks 🇺🇸 United States
40–50%
9 Jasper National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
30–40%
10 Guadalupe Mountains National Park 🇺🇸 United States
20–30%
11 Zion National Park 🇺🇸 United States
10–20%
12 Great Bear Rainforest 🇨🇦 Canada
<5%
13 Death Valley National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
14 Joshua Tree National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
15 Redwood National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
16 Channel Islands National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Mountain Chickadee in Rocky Mountain National Park?

About 80% of visitor-days record a Mountain Chickadee sighting in Rocky Mountain National Park, based on 5579 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Mountain Chickadee in Rocky Mountain National Park?

February has the highest sighting rate for Mountain Chickadee in Rocky Mountain National Park in our monthly data.

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