Sooty Rail

Closest Relatives at Blue Mountains National Park

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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	Fiordland National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	<5%
3	Great Otway National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	<5%
4	Abel Tasman National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	<5%
5	Kosciuszko National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	<5%
6	Blue Mountains National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	<5%
7	Flinders Ranges National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
8	Grampians National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
9	Lamington National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Sooty Rail in Blue Mountains National Park?

About 1% of visitor-days record a Sooty Rail sighting in Blue Mountains National Park, based on 38 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Sooty Rail in Blue Mountains National Park?

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