Chestnut-backed Chickadee

Chestnut-backed Chickadee

Poecile rufescens

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

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
0–10
Feb
0–10
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
<5
Oct
0–10
Nov
0–10
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 Redwood National Park 🇺🇸 United States
60–70%
2 Pacific Rim National Park Reserve 🇨🇦 Canada
50–60%
3 Great Bear Rainforest 🇨🇦 Canada
40–50%
4 Olympic National Park 🇺🇸 United States
30–40%
5 Glacier National Park 🇺🇸 United States
0–10%
6 Wrangell-St. Elias National Park 🇺🇸 United States
0–10%
7 Yosemite National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
8 Kenai Fjords National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
9 Jasper National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
<5%
10 Banff National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
<5%
11 Channel Islands National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Chestnut-backed Chickadee in Yosemite National Park?

About 3% of visitor-days record a Chestnut-backed Chickadee sighting in Yosemite National Park, based on 88 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Chestnut-backed Chickadee in Yosemite National Park?

November has the highest sighting rate for Chestnut-backed Chickadee in Yosemite National Park in our monthly data.

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