Blue Duck

Blue Duck

Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered Endemic
<5% · Rare
overall probability at Abel Tasman National Park

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
<5
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
0–10
Aug
<5
Sep
<5
Oct
<5
Nov
<5
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

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 Tongariro National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
50–60%
2 Arthur's Pass National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
0–10%
3 Fiordland National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
0–10%
4 Abel Tasman National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
<5%
5 Aoraki Mount Cook National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Blue Duck in Abel Tasman National Park?

About 1% of visitor-days record a Blue Duck sighting in Abel Tasman National Park, based on 5 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Blue Duck in Abel Tasman National Park?

August has the highest sighting rate for Blue Duck in Abel Tasman National Park in our monthly data.

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