Musk Duck

Musk Duck

Biziura lobata

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered Endemic
0–10% · With luck
overall probability at Blue Mountains National Park

📅 Monthly Probability

0–10
Jan
0–10
Feb
0–10
Mar
<5
Apr
0–10
May
<5
Jun
0–10
Jul
0–10
Aug
0–10
Sep
10–20
Oct
10–20
Nov
0–10
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 Grampians National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
0–10%
2 Blue Mountains National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
0–10%
3 Great Otway National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
4 Freycinet National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
5 Kosciuszko National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
6 Wilsons Promontory National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Musk Duck in Blue Mountains National Park?

About 7% of visitor-days record a Musk Duck sighting in Blue Mountains National Park, based on 391 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Musk Duck in Blue Mountains National Park?

October has the highest sighting rate for Musk Duck in Blue Mountains National Park in our monthly data.

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