Where to see
Acanthis flammea
Arthur's Pass National Park leads · 11 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Common Redpoll during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arthur's Pass National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 2 | Aoraki Mount Cook National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 3 | Denali National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Wrangell-St. Elias National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Fiordland National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 6 | Kluane National Park | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 7 | Rakiura National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 8 | Vatnajokull National Park | 🇮🇸 Iceland | |
| 9 | Hohe Tauern National Park | 🇦🇹 Austria | |
| 10 | Katmai National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 11 | Cairngorms National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
Arthur's Pass National Park
In Arthur's Pass National Park, New Zealand, about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Common Redpoll sighting on a given day, the highest of the 11 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Aoraki Mount Cook National Park and more
After Arthur's Pass National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Common Redpoll are in Aoraki Mount Cook National Park (New Zealand, about 50%), Denali National Park (United States, about 50%) and Wrangell-St. Elias National Park (United States, about 40%). Outside Oceania, the best options are Denali National Park in North America (about 50%) and Vatnajokull National Park in Europe (about 20%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are February and November–December in Arthur's Pass National Park (about 70%), January–February and October in Aoraki Mount Cook National Park (about 70%) and December in Denali National Park (about 70%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Common Redpoll on a given day. Each park's Common Redpoll page has the full month-by-month chart.
