American Pika in Oregon

Ochotona princeps

Native to Oregon S2 Imperiled in Oregon

Not listed as nonindigenous in Oregon by USGS NAS; native to its Oregon range.

IUCN Red List status

LC – Least Concern

Widespread and abundant; not at risk.

Photo: Frédéric Dulude-de Broin · CC BY-SA 4.0American pika perched on a talus rock with a mouthful of alpine wildflowersPhoto: James St. John · CC BY 2.0American pika perched atop a lichen-covered talus boulderPhoto: sevenstar · Public domainAmerican pika standing on rock with a blade of grass in its mouthPhoto: Vaughn Michael Shirey · CC0American pika camouflaged among granite talus bouldersPhoto: Hunter Hickok · CC BY 4.0American pika hopping between rocks with a mouthful of grass

Photo: Frédéric Dulude-de Broin · CC BY-SA 4.0American pika perched on a talus rock with a mouthful of alpine wildflowersPhoto: James St. John · CC BY 2.0American pika perched atop a lichen-covered talus boulderPhoto: sevenstar · Public domainAmerican pika standing on rock with a blade of grass in its mouthPhoto: Vaughn Michael Shirey · CC0American pika camouflaged among granite talus bouldersPhoto: Hunter Hickok · CC BY 4.0American pika hopping between rocks with a mouthful of grass

American Pika in Oregon, by the numbers

Common in Oregon 25th most recorded of 178 mammals logged in Oregon

966 occurrence records

914 with iNaturalist photos

Jul 11, 2026 Last seen in Oregon

Records from 2000–2026.

966 total records count every Oregon occurrence from GBIF and iNaturalist; the map plots a georeferenced sample of 300; the monthly chart covers the 948 records with a full observation date.

When to look for the American Pika in Oregon

Most sightings fall in August.

948 Oregon occurrence records (iNaturalist and GBIF) by month of year, 2000–2026. Shows when the species is recorded, not a guarantee of presence.

Monthly Oregon records (table)

Month	Records
January	0
February	0
March	3
April	7
May	31
June	70
July	211
August	385
September	205
October	32
November	4
December	0

Monthly american pika occurrence records (iNaturalist and GBIF) in Oregon, 2000–2026.

Seasonality

Year-round in Oregon, with recorded sightings peaking in August.

Occurrence map

Where American Pika has been recorded in Oregon

300 records mapped · zoom and drag to explore

300 Oregon records mapped

Notable places to look

Park, forest, or monument	iNaturalist records
Eagle Cap Wilderness	79
Crater Lake National Park	30
Mount Hood Wilderness	21
Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness	19
Newberry National Volcanic Monument	15
Mount Jefferson Wilderness	15
Mt. Hood National Forest	11
Three Sisters Wilderness	10

Protected places with the most american pika sightings, from the USGS Protected Areas Database plus named mountain ranges, good spots to look, not a full breakdown, so they don't sum to the total.

Where it's recorded in Oregon

County	Records
Deschutes County	324
Lane County	119
Wallowa County	75
Jefferson County	74
Linn County	71
Hood River County	66
Multnomah County	47
Clackamas County	43
Baker County	38
Klamath County	37
Union County	19
Marion County	10
5 other counties	43

The complete county distribution, spread across 17 Oregon counties. Every occurrence record falls in one county, so these sum to the total. Counties from GBIF and US Census boundaries.

Oregon pika records trace high, rocky country along the Cascades from Mount Hood south to Crater Lake, with Deschutes County, east of the crest, holding the most records and the Eagle Cap Wilderness in the Wallowas the busiest named place. Observations are overwhelmingly a summer phenomenon: July through September dominate, while January and February have none in the monthly series. Those records reveal the timing and location of detection in accessible talus, not pika abundance, and sparse winter reporting should not be mistaken for seasonal absence.

Occurrence data from iNaturalist and GBIF.

American Pika in other states

Colorado

Full species profile American Pika Ochotona princeps Size 19 cm7.5 in Weight 140 g4.9 oz Lifespan Up to 7 yr View the full profile

More mammals in Oregon in the atlas

Data & sources

The data and visualizations on this page draw on these open sources:

GBIFCC-BY 4.0occurrence records behind the range map, elevation, and record counts
iNaturalistCC0 / CC-BY / CC-BY-SAobservations, photos, and audio recordings
NatureServe ExplorerCC-BYthe state conservation rank
IUCN Red Listattributed factthe global conservation status
USGS NASpublic domainnative / introduced status
Natural Earthpublic domainthe relief basemap
USFSpublic domainnational-forest boundaries
USGS Protected Areas Databasepublic domainthe named parks, forests, and refuges behind "notable places to look"