Northern Pygmy-Owl

Northern Pygmy-Owl

Glaucidium gnoma

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

Closest Relatives at Rocky Mountain National Park

Great Horned Owl
LC Endemic

Great Horned Owl

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Bubo virginianus

<5% · Rare
Long-eared Owl
LC

Long-eared Owl

☀️🌙 Day & Night Bird

Asio otus

Insufficient data
Northern Saw-whet Owl
LC Endemic

Northern Saw-whet Owl

☀️🌙 Day & Night Bird

Aegolius acadicus

<5% · Rare
Boreal Owl
LC

Boreal Owl

☀️🌙 Day & Night Bird

Aegolius funereus

<5% · Rare
Flammulated Owl
LC

Flammulated Owl

☀️🌙 Day & Night Bird

Psiloscops flammeolus

<5% · Rare
Eastern Screech-Owl
LC

Eastern Screech-Owl

☀️🌙 Day & Night Bird

Megascops asio

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

0–10
Jan
<5
Feb
<5
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
<5
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 Cumbres de Monterrey National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
<5%
2 Redwood National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
3 Yosemite National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
4 Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
5 Zion National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
6 Great Bear Rainforest 🇨🇦 Canada
<5%
7 Grand Canyon National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
8 Pacific Rim National Park Reserve 🇨🇦 Canada
<5%
9 Rocky Mountain National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
10 Olympic National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
11 Glacier National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
12 Banff National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
<5%
13 Yellowstone National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
14 Jasper National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
<5%
15 Grand Teton National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
16 Celaque National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
Insufficient data
17 Death Valley National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
18 Reserva de la Biosfera Mariposa Monarca 🇲🇽 Mexico
Insufficient data
19 Kluane National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Northern Pygmy-Owl in Rocky Mountain National Park?

About 1% of visitor-days record a Northern Pygmy-Owl sighting in Rocky Mountain National Park, based on 71 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Northern Pygmy-Owl in Rocky Mountain National Park?

January has the highest sighting rate for Northern Pygmy-Owl in Rocky Mountain National Park in our monthly data.

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