Duck-billed Platypus

Closest Relatives at Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair 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	Kosciuszko National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	30–40%
2	Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	30–40%
3	Great Otway National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	10–20%
4	Blue Mountains National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	10–20%
5	Springbrook National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	10–20%
6	Lamington National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
7	Daintree National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
8	Grampians National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
9	Royal National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Duck-billed Platypus in Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park?

About 35% of visitor-days record a Duck-billed Platypus sighting in Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park, based on 26 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Duck-billed Platypus in Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park?

May has the highest sighting rate for Duck-billed Platypus in Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park in our monthly data.