Australasian Shoveler

Australasian Shoveler

Spatula rhynchotis

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
<5% · Rare
overall probability at Blue Mountains National Park

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
<5
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
0–10
Sep
0–10
Oct
0–10
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 Fiordland National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
0–10%
2 Abel Tasman National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
0–10%
3 Aoraki Mount Cook National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
0–10%
4 Blue Mountains National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
5 Tongariro National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
<5%
6 Grampians National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
7 Great Otway National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
8 Kosciuszko National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
9 Daintree National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
10 Freycinet National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
11 Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
12 Wilsons Promontory National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
13 Rakiura National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
Insufficient data
14 Arthur's Pass National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
Insufficient data
15 Royal National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Australasian Shoveler in Blue Mountains National Park?

About 4% of visitor-days record a Australasian Shoveler sighting in Blue Mountains National Park, based on 232 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Australasian Shoveler in Blue Mountains National Park?

November has the highest sighting rate for Australasian Shoveler in Blue Mountains National Park in our monthly data.

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