Yellowish Cuckoo Bumble Bee

Yellowish Cuckoo Bumble Bee

Bombus flavidus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Banff National Park

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%

12 Verified sightings at Banff National Park From 2019 to 2026
243 In all 16 parks
August Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Yellowish Cuckoo Bumble Bee

Bombus flavidus is a species of cuckoo bumblebee found in Austria, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, and Switzerland. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Wrangell-St. Elias National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~30%
2 Kluane National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
~20%
3 Denali National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~20%
4 Gros Morne National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
~10%
5 Cape Breton Highlands National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
~10%
6 Glacier National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~10%
7 Olympic National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~10%
8 Great Smoky Mountains National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~10%
9 Riding Mountain National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
~10%
10 Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks 🇺🇸 United States
~10%
11 Grand Teton National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~10%
12 Banff National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
~10%
13 Yosemite National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~10%
14 Great Bear Rainforest 🇨🇦 Canada
~10%
15 Acadia National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
16 Yellowstone National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Vancouver 🇨🇦 Canada
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Yellowish Cuckoo Bumble Bee in Banff National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellowish Cuckoo Bumble Bee sighting in Banff National Park on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 54th most-seen of the 105 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Yellowish Cuckoo Bumble Bee in Banff National Park?

August and September

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellowish Cuckoo Bumble Bee in Banff National Park on a given day, against under 5% in October to July, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Yellowish Cuckoo Bumble Bee?

Between 1 and 4 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellowish Cuckoo Bumble Bee sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Banff National Park the best place to see a Yellowish Cuckoo Bumble Bee?

12th of 16

Of the 16 parks where we can rate Yellowish Cuckoo Bumble Bee sightings, Banff National Park ranks 12th at about 10%. The best odds are in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park (United States, about 30%), Kluane National Park (Canada, about 20%) and Denali National Park (United States, about 20%).

Which relatives of the Yellowish Cuckoo Bumble Bee live in Banff National Park?

Same genus: Bombus

The closest relatives of the Yellowish Cuckoo Bumble Bee that you can see in Banff National Park (genus Bombus, Bumble Bees) are Black-Tailed Bumble Bee (about 10%), Vancouver Bumble Bee (about 10%) and Fuzzy-Horned Bumble Bee (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Yellowish Cuckoo Bumble Bee sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Yellowish Cuckoo Bumble Bee is recorded against all the insects logged in Banff National Park (12 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.

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