Common Poorwill

Common Poorwill

Phalaenoptilus nuttallii

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

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
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

Active throughout day and night · across all parks (global)

☀️🌙Day & Night
☀️🌙🌙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 Guadalupe Mountains National Park 🇺🇸 United States
0–10%
2 Big Bend National Park 🇺🇸 United States
0–10%
3 Grand Canyon National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
4 Death Valley National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
5 El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
<5%
6 Badlands National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
7 Zion National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
8 Cumbres de Monterrey National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
<5%
9 Yosemite National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
10 Joshua Tree National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
11 Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
12 Channel Islands National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
13 Rocky Mountain National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
14 Bahía de Loreto National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
Insufficient data
15 Grand Teton National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
16 Redwood National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Common Poorwill in Zion National Park?

About 1% of visitor-days record a Common Poorwill sighting in Zion National Park, based on 14 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Common Poorwill in Zion National Park?

May has the highest sighting rate for Common Poorwill in Zion National Park in our monthly data.

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