Masked Lapwing

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	Daintree National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	50–60%
2	Kakadu National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	40–50%
3	Wilsons Promontory National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	40–50%
4	Booderee National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	30–40%
5	Great Otway National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	30–40%
6	Litchfield National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	20–30%
7	Fiordland National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	20–30%
8	Abel Tasman National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	20–30%
9	Grampians National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	20–30%
10	Blue Mountains National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	20–30%
11	Freycinet National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	20–30%
12	Royal National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	20–30%
13	Tongariro National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	10–20%
14	Kosciuszko National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	10–20%
15	Aoraki Mount Cook National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	10–20%
16	Arthur's Pass National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	10–20%
17	Springbrook National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	10–20%
18	Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	10–20%
19	Nitmiluk National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	0–10%
20	Flinders Ranges National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	0–10%
21	Lamington National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	0–10%
22	Rakiura National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	<5%
23	Noosa National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Masked Lapwing in Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park?

About 10% of visitor-days record a Masked Lapwing sighting in Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park, based on 23 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Masked Lapwing in Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park?

August has the highest sighting rate for Masked Lapwing in Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park in our monthly data.