Molothrus (Cowbirds)

Genus

Cowbirds

Molothrus

5 species in our catalog · found in 116 parks

Daily sighting probability by month

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

~10%
Jan
~10%
Feb
~10%
Mar
~20%
Apr
~20%
May
~20%
Jun
~20%
Jul
~10%
Aug
~10%
Sep
~10%
Oct
~10%
Nov
~10%
Dec

When they're spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

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Where to see Cowbirds

Parks Ranked

#ParkCountrySpeciesDaily sighting probability
1 Point Pelee National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
1 of 5
~60%
2 Main Ridge Forest Reserve 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
2 of 5
~50%
3 Iberá National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
2 of 5
~50%
4 Chapada dos Guimarães National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
3 of 5
~40%
5 Badlands National Park 🇺🇸 United States
1 of 5
~40%
6 El Palmar National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
2 of 5
~30%
7 Amboró National Park 🇧🇴 Bolivia
1 of 5
~30%
8 Serra da Canastra National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
3 of 5
~30%
9 Piedras Blancas National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
3 of 5
~30%
10 Tayrona National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
2 of 5
~30%
11 Itatiaia National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
2 of 5
~30%
12 Elk Island National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
1 of 5
~30%
13 Yellowstone National Park 🇺🇸 United States
1 of 5
~30%
14 Iguaçu National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
3 of 5
~20%
15 Iguazú National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
3 of 5
~20%
16 Death Valley National Park 🇺🇸 United States
1 of 5
~20%
17 Grand Teton National Park 🇺🇸 United States
1 of 5
~20%
18 Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
1 of 5
~20%
19 Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas 🇧🇷 Brazil
2 of 5
~20%
20 Yasuní National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
2 of 5
~20%
21 Anavilhanas National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
2 of 5
~20%
22 Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve 🇪🇨 Ecuador
2 of 5
~20%
23 Yosemite National Park 🇺🇸 United States
1 of 5
~20%
24 El Impenetrable National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
2 of 5
~20%
25 Everglades National Park 🇺🇸 United States
3 of 5
~20%
26 Machalilla National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
2 of 5
~20%
27 Emas National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
2 of 5
~20%
28 Banff National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
1 of 5
~20%
29 Big Bend National Park 🇺🇸 United States
2 of 5
~20%
30 Shenandoah National Park 🇺🇸 United States
1 of 5
~20%
31 Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
2 of 5
~20%
32 Serra dos Órgãos National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
1 of 5
~20%
33 Volcán Barú National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
2 of 5
~20%
34 Tambopata National Reserve 🇵🇪 Peru
2 of 5
~20%
35 Cumbres de Monterrey National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
2 of 5
~20%
36 Lago de Yojoa 🇭🇳 Honduras
2 of 5
~20%
37 Riding Mountain National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
1 of 5
~20%
38 San Lorenzo Protected Forest 🇵🇦 Panama
2 of 5
~20%
39 Caroni Swamp 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
2 of 5
~20%
40 Braulio Carrillo National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
3 of 5
~20%
41 Manuel Antonio National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
3 of 5
~20%
42 Jasper National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
1 of 5
~10%
43 Cañón del Sumidero National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
1 of 5
~10%
44 Celaque National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
1 of 5
~10%
45 La Amistad International Park (Panama) 🇵🇦 Panama
3 of 5
~10%
46 Celestún Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
2 of 5
~10%
47 Glacier National Park 🇺🇸 United States
1 of 5
~10%
48 Soberanía National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
3 of 5
~10%
49 Chapada Diamantina National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
1 of 5
~10%
50 Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary 🇧🇿 Belize
2 of 5
~10%
51 Amacayacu National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
2 of 5
~10%
52 Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks 🇺🇸 United States
1 of 5
~10%
53 Península Valdés 🇦🇷 Argentina
1 of 5
~10%
54 Pacific Rim National Park Reserve 🇨🇦 Canada
1 of 5
~10%
55 Manu National Park 🇵🇪 Peru
2 of 5
~10%
56 Farallones de Cali National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
2 of 5
~10%
57 Saguaro National Park 🇺🇸 United States
2 of 5
~10%
58 Congaree National Park 🇺🇸 United States
1 of 5
~10%
59 Rocky Mountain National Park 🇺🇸 United States
1 of 5
~10%
60 Grand Canyon National Park 🇺🇸 United States
1 of 5
~10%
61 Arenal Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
3 of 5
~10%
62 Bastimentos Island National Marine Park 🇵🇦 Panama
3 of 5
~10%
63 Cusuco National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
2 of 5
~10%
64 Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park 🇯🇲 Jamaica
1 of 5
~10%
65 Nahuel Huapi National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
1 of 5
~10%
66 Great Bear Rainforest 🇨🇦 Canada
1 of 5
~10%
67 Guadalupe Mountains National Park 🇺🇸 United States
1 of 5
~10%
68 Great Smoky Mountains National Park 🇺🇸 United States
1 of 5
~10%
69 Zion National Park 🇺🇸 United States
1 of 5
~10%
70 El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
1 of 5
~10%
71 Redwood National Park 🇺🇸 United States
1 of 5
~10%
72 Chirripó National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
3 of 5
~10%
73 Pico Bonito National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
2 of 5
~10%
74 Henri Pittier National Park 🇻🇪 Venezuela
2 of 5
~10%
75 Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
3 of 5
~10%
76 Marino Ballena National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
3 of 5
~10%
77 Channel Islands National Park 🇺🇸 United States
1 of 5
~10%
78 Sierra de la Macarena National Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
2 of 5
~10%
79 Joshua Tree National Park 🇺🇸 United States
1 of 5
~10%
80 Tenorio Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
3 of 5
~10%
81 Tikal National Park 🇬🇹 Guatemala
2 of 5
~10%
82 Calakmul Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
1 of 5
~10%
83 Ciénaga de Zapata 🇨🇺 Cuba
1 of 5
~10%
84 Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
1 of 5
~10%
85 La Tigra National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
1 of 5
~10%
86 Cabo Pulmo National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
1 of 5
~10%
87 Olympic National Park 🇺🇸 United States
1 of 5
~10%
88 Rincón de la Vieja National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
3 of 5
~10%
89 Los Nevados National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
2 of 5
~10%
90 Corcovado National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
3 of 5
~10%
91 Big Cypress National Preserve 🇺🇸 United States
3 of 5
<5%
92 Masaya Volcano National Park 🇳🇮 Nicaragua
1 of 5
<5%
93 Brownsberg Nature Park 🇸🇷 Suriname
1 of 5
<5%
94 Tortuguero National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
2 of 5
<5%
95 Chagres National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
2 of 5
<5%
96 Los Haitises National Park 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
1 of 5
<5%
97 Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
1 of 5
<5%
98 Bahía de Loreto National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
1 of 5
<5%
99 Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
1 of 5
<5%
100 Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
2 of 5
<5%
101 Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
3 of 5
<5%
102 Padre Island National Seashore 🇺🇸 United States
1 of 5
<5%
103 Los Quetzales National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
2 of 5
<5%
104 Irazú Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
1 of 5
<5%
105 Tijuca National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
1 of 5
<5%
106 Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge 🇺🇸 United States
1 of 5
<5%
107 Palo Verde National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
1 of 5
<5%
108 Carara National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
3 of 5
<5%
109 Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
3 of 5
<5%
110 Poás Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
2 of 5
<5%
111 Las Baulas Marine National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
2 of 5
<5%
112 Parque Natural Metropolitano 🇵🇦 Panama
2 of 5
<5%
113 Acadia National Park 🇺🇸 United States
1 of 5
<5%
114 Podocarpus National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
2 of 5
<5%
115 Cahuita National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
2 of 5
<5%
116 Chingaza National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
1 of 5
<5%

Cities Ranked

#CityCountrySpeciesDaily sighting probability
1 Montevideo 🇺🇾 Uruguay
2 of 5
~60%
2 Mendoza 🇦🇷 Argentina
2 of 5
~60%
3 Buenos Aires 🇦🇷 Argentina
2 of 5
~60%
4 Santiago 🇨🇱 Chile
2 of 5
~60%
5 Cordoba 🇦🇷 Argentina
2 of 5
~60%
6 Asuncion 🇵🇾 Paraguay
2 of 5
~60%
7 León 🇲🇽 México
2 of 5
~50%
8 Bogota 🇨🇴 Colombia
2 of 5
~50%
9 Rosario 🇦🇷 Argentina
2 of 5
~50%
10 Curitiba 🇧🇷 Brazil
2 of 5
~50%
11 Brasilia 🇧🇷 Brazil
1 of 5
~40%
12 Belém 🇧🇷 Brazil
2 of 5
~40%
13 Santa Cruz de la Sierra 🇧🇴 Bolivia
3 of 5
~40%
14 Lima 🇵🇪 Peru
1 of 5
~30%
15 Toluca 🇲🇽 México
2 of 5
~30%
16 Campo Grande 🇧🇷 Brazil
2 of 5
~30%
17 Cali 🇨🇴 Colombia
1 of 5
~30%
18 Porto Alegre 🇧🇷 Brazil
2 of 5
~30%
19 Detroit 🇺🇸 United States
1 of 5
~30%
20 Guayaquil 🇪🇨 Ecuador
2 of 5
~30%
21 Chicago 🇺🇸 United States
1 of 5
~30%
22 Baltimore 🇺🇸 United States
1 of 5
~30%
23 Guatemala City 🇬🇹 Guatemala
1 of 5
~30%
24 Mexico City 🇲🇽 México
2 of 5
~20%
25 Campinas 🇧🇷 Brazil
1 of 5
~20%
26 Cochabamba 🇧🇴 Bolivia
1 of 5
~20%
27 Guadalajara 🇲🇽 México
2 of 5
~20%
28 Mesa 🇺🇸 United States
2 of 5
~20%
29 Maracaibo 🇻🇪 Venezuela
1 of 5
~20%
30 Washington 🇺🇸 United States
1 of 5
~20%
31 Philadelphia 🇺🇸 United States
1 of 5
~20%
32 Natal 🇧🇷 Brazil
1 of 5
~20%
33 Toronto 🇨🇦 Canada
1 of 5
~20%
34 Quito 🇪🇨 Ecuador
1 of 5
~20%
35 Minneapolis [Saint Paul] 🇺🇸 United States
1 of 5
~20%
36 Barranquilla 🇨🇴 Colombia
3 of 5
~20%
37 Phoenix 🇺🇸 United States
2 of 5
~20%
38 Goiânia 🇧🇷 Brazil
1 of 5
~20%
39 Medellín 🇨🇴 Colombia
2 of 5
~20%
40 Dallas 🇺🇸 United States
1 of 5
~20%
41 João Pessoa 🇧🇷 Brazil
1 of 5
~10%
42 Vitória 🇧🇷 Brazil
1 of 5
~10%
43 Calgary 🇨🇦 Canada
1 of 5
~10%
44 São Paulo 🇧🇷 Brazil
1 of 5
~10%
45 Boston 🇺🇸 United States
1 of 5
~10%
46 Santos 🇧🇷 Brazil
1 of 5
~10%
47 Portland 🇺🇸 United States
1 of 5
~10%
48 São Luís 🇧🇷 Brazil
1 of 5
~10%
49 San Antonio 🇺🇸 United States
2 of 5
~10%
50 Monterrey 🇲🇽 México
2 of 5
~10%
51 Puebla 🇲🇽 México
1 of 5
~10%
52 New York City 🇺🇸 United States
1 of 5
~10%
53 Caracas 🇻🇪 Venezuela
2 of 5
~10%
54 Houston 🇺🇸 United States
2 of 5
~10%
55 Sacramento 🇺🇸 United States
1 of 5
~10%
56 Arequipa 🇵🇪 Peru
1 of 5
~10%
57 Orlando 🇺🇸 United States
1 of 5
~10%
58 San Francisco 🇺🇸 United States
1 of 5
~10%
59 Santo Domingo 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
1 of 5
~10%
60 Las Vegas 🇺🇸 United States
1 of 5
~10%

Zoos & Centres Where Found

# Zoo / Centre Country
1 Parque das Aves 🇧🇷 Brazil In captivity
2 Columbus Zoo and Aquarium 🇺🇸 United States In captivity
3 Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium 🇺🇸 United States In captivity
4 Bioparque Wakatá 🇨🇴 Colombia In captivity
5 Ralph Perkins II Wildlife Center and Woods Garden 🇺🇸 United States In captivity
6 Zoológico Miguél Álvarez del Toro 🇲🇽 Mexico In captivity