Where to see
Polioptila caerulea
Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park leads · 22 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 2 | Big Cypress National Preserve | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Point Pelee National Park | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 4 | Cañón del Sumidero National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 5 | Congaree National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Everglades National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Big Bend National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Cabo Pulmo National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 9 | Bahía de Loreto National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 10 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 11 | Zion National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 12 | Guadalupe Mountains National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 13 | Biotopo Cerro Cahuí | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 14 | Ciénaga de Zapata | 🇨🇺 Cuba | |
| 15 | Great Smoky Mountains National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 16 | Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 17 | Channel Islands National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 18 | Grand Canyon National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 19 | El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 20 | Death Valley National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 21 | Tikal National Park | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 22 | Badlands National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park
In Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park, Mexico, about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher sighting on a given day, the highest of the 22 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Big Cypress National Preserve and more
After Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher are in Big Cypress National Preserve (United States, about 60%), Point Pelee National Park (Canada, about 60%) and Cañón del Sumidero National Park (Mexico, about 50%). Outside North America, the best option is Biotopo Cerro Cahuí in Central America (about 20%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are September and November in Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park (about 80%), September and November–January in Big Cypress National Preserve (about 70%) and May in Point Pelee National Park (about 70%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher on a given day. Each park's Blue-gray Gnatcatcher page has the full month-by-month chart.
