Voyageurs National Park

🇺🇸 United States

🦅 Bald Eagle Glides Voyageurs Waterways

🌍 #250 Global · 3.1 ★★★★★ ★★★★★ #48 in North America #52 in Temperate Forest

United States, United States 403 spp. recorded

Voyageurs National Park is a water-based wilderness of interconnected lakes, rocky islands, and dense boreal forests tucked along the northern border of Minnesota. Waterways dominate the terrain, creating a labyrinth of channels, hidden bays, and shorelines framed by towering pines and ancient rock. Visitors explore this vast aquatic realm primarily by boat or across winter ice.

48.505° N 92.942° W

Wildlife

⭐ Iconic Species

Gray Wolf

Canis lupus

10–20% · Possible

Bald Eagle

Haliaeetus leucocephalus

40–50% · Likely

Common Loon

Gavia immer

40–50% · Likely

Elk

Alces alces

Insufficient data

📊 Most Spotted

Blue Jay

Cyanocitta cristata

60–70% · Likely

American Red Squirrel

Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

60–70% · Likely

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Setophaga coronata

60–70% · Likely

American Crow

Corvus brachyrhynchos

60–70% · Likely

Black-capped Chickadee

Poecile atricapillus

60–70% · Likely

Red-eyed Vireo

Vireo olivaceus

50–60% · Likely

White-throated Sparrow

Zonotrichia albicollis

50–60% · Likely

Song Sparrow

Melospiza melodia

50–60% · Likely

American Robin

Turdus migratorius

50–60% · Likely

Ring-billed Gull

Larus delawarensis

50–60% · Likely

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Sitta canadensis

50–60% · Likely

Painted Turtle

Chrysemys picta

50–60% · Likely

⭐ Iconic Species

Gray Wolf

Canis lupus

10–20% · Possible

Elk

Alces alces

Insufficient data

📊 Most Spotted

American Red Squirrel

Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

60–70% · Likely

White-tailed Deer

Odocoileus virginianus

50–60% · Likely

Eastern Chipmunk

Tamias striatus

40–50% · Likely

American Beaver

Castor canadensis

20–30% · Possible

Northern River Otter

Lontra canadensis

20–30% · Possible

Snowshoe Hare

Lepus americanus

10–20% · Possible

Tamia mineur

Tamias minimus

Insufficient data

Northern Short-tailed Shrew

Blarina brevicauda

Insufficient data

Red Fox

Vulpes vulpes

Insufficient data

Common Raccoon

Procyon lotor

Insufficient data

Woodchuck

Marmota monax

Insufficient data

Masked Shrew

Sorex cinereus

Insufficient data

⭐ Iconic Species

Bald Eagle

Haliaeetus leucocephalus

40–50% · Likely

Common Loon

Gavia immer

40–50% · Likely

📊 Most Spotted

Blue Jay

Cyanocitta cristata

60–70% · Likely

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Setophaga coronata

60–70% · Likely

American Crow

Corvus brachyrhynchos

60–70% · Likely

Black-capped Chickadee

Poecile atricapillus

60–70% · Likely

Red-eyed Vireo

Vireo olivaceus

50–60% · Likely

White-throated Sparrow

Zonotrichia albicollis

50–60% · Likely

Song Sparrow

Melospiza melodia

50–60% · Likely

American Robin

Turdus migratorius

50–60% · Likely

Ring-billed Gull

Larus delawarensis

50–60% · Likely

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Sitta canadensis

50–60% · Likely

Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos

40–50% · Likely

Black-and-white Warbler

Mniotilta varia

40–50% · Likely

📊 Most Spotted

Painted Turtle

Chrysemys picta

50–60% · Likely

Common Garter Snake

Thamnophis sirtalis

40–50% · Likely

Redbelly Snake

Storeria occipitomaculata

Insufficient data

Snapping Turtle

Chelydra serpentina

Insufficient data

📊 Most Spotted

American Toad

Anaxyrus americanus

50–60% · Likely

Green Frog

Lithobates clamitans

30–40% · Possible

Northern Leopard Frog

Lithobates pipiens

30–40% · Possible

Gray Treefrog

Dryophytes versicolor

30–40% · Possible

Wood Frog

Lithobates sylvaticus

30–40% · Possible

Spring Peeper

Pseudacris crucifer

Insufficient data

Blue-spotted Salamander

Ambystoma laterale

Insufficient data

Eastern Newt

Notophthalmus viridescens

Insufficient data

Animal Events

🦎

Spring Ice-Out and Amphibian Awakening

AprMay

As the thick winter ice melts across the sprawling lake networks, the American Toad and the Painted Turtle emerge to breed and bask in the returning warmth.

Painted Turtle

Chrysemys picta

50–60% · Likely

American Toad

Anaxyrus americanus

50–60% · Likely

🐦

Autumn Boreal Migration and Preparation

SepOct

As the boreal forest turns vibrant shades of gold and red, the Yellow-rumped Warbler journeys southward while the Eastern Chipmunk busily gathers seeds for winter.

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Setophaga coronata

60–70% · Likely

Eastern Chipmunk

Tamias striatus

40–50% · Likely

🐦

Summer Nesting and Waterway Activity

JunJulAug

Long summer days bring peak biological activity, where the Common Loon fiercely tends to its chicks on open waters while the Green Frog calls from the reedy shallows.

Common Loon

Gavia immer

40–50% · Likely

Green Frog

Lithobates clamitans

30–40% · Possible

Sighting Calendar

Chance of spotting each species, month by month

Species Total

50–60

40–50

50–60

40–50

40–50

50–60

50–60

40–50

40–50

40–50

50–60

50–60

0–10

0–10

0–10

0–10

<5

10–20

<5

10–20

40–50

0–10

0–10

40–50

40–50

50–60

40–50

40–50

40–50

40–50

40–50

50–60

40–50

60–70

40–50

40–50

40–50

30–40

40–50

30–40

40–50

40–50

40–50

50–60

30–40

40–50

50–60

40–50

10–20

0–10

10–20

0–10

0–10

30–40

<5

<5

<5

0–10

10–20

10–20

60–70

70–80

60–70

40–50

70–80

50–60

70–80

60–70

70–80

60–70

60–70

60–70

American Red Squirrel

70–80

40–50

70–80

70–80

40–50

40–50

70–80

60–70

60–70

70–80

80–90

50–60

Yellow-rumped Warbler

60–70

50–60

60–70

50–60

70–80

60–70

50–60

50–60

70–80

50–60

50–60

50–60

60–70

50–60

60–70

50–60

50–60

60–70

50–60

70–80

60–70

60–70

60–70

60–70

Black-capped Chickadee

60–70

60–70

60–70

50–60

50–60

40–50

70–80

60–70

70–80

70–80

50–60

60–70

50–60

40–50

50–60

40–50

40–50

80–90

70–80

50–60

30–40

20–30

50–60

50–60

White-throated Sparrow

50–60

40–50

50–60

40–50

60–70

60–70

60–70

50–60

40–50

30–40

50–60

50–60

50–60

40–50

50–60

40–50

60–70

70–80

70–80

20–30

10–20

20–30

50–60

50–60

50–60

40–50

50–60

30–40

60–70

60–70

50–60

30–40

40–50

50–60

50–60

50–60

Ring-billed Gull

50–60

40–50

50–60

60–70

50–60

50–60

50–60

50–60

40–50

50–60

50–60

50–60

Red-breasted Nuthatch

50–60

60–70

50–60

40–50

30–40

40–50

50–60

60–70

70–80

60–70

50–60

50–60

40–50

40–50

40–50

40–50

60–70

70–80

50–60

40–50

40–50

30–40

40–50

40–50

Animal Events

🦎 Spring Ice-Out and Amphibian Awakening

🐦 Autumn Boreal Migration and Preparation

🐦 Summer Nesting and Waterway Activity

Sighting Zones

Warm areas are where all species together are recorded most, so they track where people go as much as where animals are. For one species, see the map on its own page.

0.0 ★★★★★ ★★★★★ Good

🦅 Bald Eagle Glides Voyageurs Waterways

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Biodiversity

Good

How rich is the wildlife?

4.3 Global avg

3.1 ★★★★★ ★★★★★

Species by taxon

🦅 Birds

311

🐒 Mammals

67

🦎 Reptiles

4

🐸 Amphibians

21

403 Total Species

841 Global average across 280 parks

14 Threatened 48 Endemic

🔭

Sighting

Good

How likely to see animals?

3.6 Global avg

3.0 ★★★★★ ★★★★★

🎯

Top-12 Avg Probability

62% Global avg

59%

📊

Coverage (111 species at ≥5% of 403 in the inventory)

24% Global avg

28%

🔀

Taxon variety in top 12 (10 bird, 1 mammal, 1 reptile)

47% Global avg

39%

🔭

Species per 10 outings (distinct species a visitor would meet over 10 outings — effort held equal across parks)

132 Global avg

82

🌟

Iconic-group species (≥15%) (every species from the 19 iconic groups — monkeys, cats, toucans, macaws, sloths, crocodilians… — not just the 4 highlighted above)

14 Global avg

4

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High-prob species (>40%)

26 Global avg

24

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