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Los Haitises National Park leads · 16 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Northern Mockingbird during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Haitises National Park | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | |
| 2 | Everglades National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Big Bend National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Cabo Pulmo National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 5 | Bahía de Loreto National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 6 | Big Cypress National Preserve | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 8 | Joshua Tree National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Guadalupe Mountains National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 11 | Ciénaga de Zapata | 🇨🇺 Cuba | |
| 12 | Jaragua National Park | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | |
| 13 | Channel Islands National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 14 | Saguaro National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 15 | Death Valley National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 16 | Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park | 🇯🇲 Jamaica |
Los Haitises National Park
In Los Haitises National Park, Dominican Republic, about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Northern Mockingbird sighting on a given day, the highest of the 16 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Everglades National Park and more
After Los Haitises National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Northern Mockingbird are in Everglades National Park (United States, about 70%), Big Bend National Park (United States, about 60%) and Cabo Pulmo National Park (Mexico, about 60%). Outside Central America, the best option is Everglades National Park in North America (about 70%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are July and November–February in Los Haitises National Park (about 80%), September and October in Everglades National Park (about 80%) and June in Big Bend National Park (about 80%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Northern Mockingbird on a given day. Each park's Northern Mockingbird page has the full month-by-month chart.
