Buff-banded Rail

Closest Relatives at Abel Tasman National Park

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	Lorentz National Park	🇮🇩 Indonesia	0–10%
2	Abel Tasman National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	0–10%
3	Great Otway National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	0–10%
4	Wilsons Promontory National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	<5%
5	Daintree National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	<5%
6	Blue Mountains National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	<5%
7	Lamington National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	<5%
8	Royal National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	<5%
9	Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
10	Litchfield National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
11	Springbrook National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
12	Booderee National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
13	Kakadu National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
14	Kosciuszko National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
15	Kinabalu Park	🇲🇾 Malaysia	Insufficient data
16	Grampians National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
17	Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary	🇲🇾 Malaysia	Insufficient data
18	Fiordland National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Buff-banded Rail in Abel Tasman National Park?

About 7% of visitor-days record a Buff-banded Rail sighting in Abel Tasman National Park, based on 36 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Buff-banded Rail in Abel Tasman National Park?

January has the highest sighting rate for Buff-banded Rail in Abel Tasman National Park in our monthly data.