Ring-billed Gull

Closest Relatives at Great Smoky Mountains National Park

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Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Probability
1	Point Pelee National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	60–70%
2	Voyageurs National Park	🇺🇸 United States	50–60%
3	El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	40–50%
4	Elk Island National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	40–50%
5	Gros Morne National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	40–50%
6	Isle Royale National Park	🇺🇸 United States	30–40%
7	Wood Buffalo National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	20–30%
8	Acadia National Park	🇺🇸 United States	20–30%
9	Riding Mountain National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	20–30%
10	Channel Islands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	20–30%
11	Cape Breton Highlands National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	10–20%
12	Bahía de Loreto National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	10–20%
13	Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	5–10%
14	Death Valley National Park	🇺🇸 United States	5–10%
15	Glacier National Park	🇺🇸 United States	5–10%
16	Banff National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	5–10%
17	Redwood National Park	🇺🇸 United States	5–10%
18	Everglades National Park	🇺🇸 United States	5–10%
19	Yellowstone National Park	🇺🇸 United States	5–10%
20	Celestún Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	5–10%
21	Grand Teton National Park	🇺🇸 United States	5–10%
22	Joshua Tree National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
23	Olympic National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
24	Ciénaga de Zapata	🇨🇺 Cuba	<5%
25	Great Bear Rainforest	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
26	Pacific Rim National Park Reserve	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
27	Great Smoky Mountains National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
28	Big Cypress National Preserve	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
29	Jasper National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
30	Cumbres de Monterrey National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
31	Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
32	Rocky Mountain National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
33	Shenandoah National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
34	Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
35	Grand Canyon National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
36	Congaree National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
37	Big Bend National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
38	Vatnajokull National Park	🇮🇸 Iceland	Insufficient data
39	Coiba National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data
40	Badlands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
41	Los Haitises National Park	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	Insufficient data
42	Kluane National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data
43	Tortuguero National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
44	Yosemite National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
45	Zion National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
46	Wadden Sea National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Ring-billed Gull in Great Smoky Mountains National Park?

About 2% of wildlife watchers report a Ring-billed Gull sighting in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, based on 137 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Ring-billed Gull in Great Smoky Mountains National Park?

January has the highest sighting rate for Ring-billed Gull in Great Smoky Mountains National Park in our monthly data.