Where to see
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Badlands National Park leads · 4 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Western Meadowlark during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Badlands National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Death Valley National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
Badlands National Park
In Badlands National Park, United States, about 90% of wildlife watchers report a Western Meadowlark sighting on a given day, the highest of the 4 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge and more
After Badlands National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Western Meadowlark are in Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge (United States, about 30%), Death Valley National Park (United States, about 20%) and El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve (Mexico, about 20%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are April to July in Badlands National Park (over 90%), January in Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge (about 60%) and October in Death Valley National Park (about 70%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Western Meadowlark on a given day. Each park's Western Meadowlark page has the full month-by-month chart.
