Caribou

Caribou

Rangifer tarandus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered Endemic
20–30% · Possible
overall probability at Wrangell-St. Elias National Park

📅 Monthly Probability

20–30
Jan
20–30
Feb
10–20
Mar
10–20
Apr
20–30
May
10–20
Jun
30–40
Jul
0–10
Aug
0–10
Sep
10–20
Oct
20–30
Nov
20–30
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 Denali National Park 🇺🇸 United States
60–70%
2 Gates of the Arctic National Park 🇺🇸 United States
40–50%
3 Gros Morne National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
40–50%
4 Vatnajokull National Park 🇮🇸 Iceland
30–40%
5 Wrangell-St. Elias National Park 🇺🇸 United States
20–30%
6 Katmai National Park 🇺🇸 United States
20–30%
7 Cairngorms National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
20–30%
8 Jasper National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
10–20%
9 Great Bear Rainforest 🇨🇦 Canada
<5%
10 Nahanni National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
Insufficient data
11 Wood Buffalo National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
Insufficient data
12 Banff National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Caribou in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park?

About 27% of visitor-days record a Caribou sighting in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, based on 12 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Caribou in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park?

July has the highest sighting rate for Caribou in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park in our monthly data.

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