Short-beaked Echidna

Short-beaked Echidna

Tachyglossus aculeatus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
80–90% · Very likely
overall probability at Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park

Closest Relatives at Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park

Duck-billed Platypus
NT Endemic

Duck-billed Platypus

☀️ Diurnal Mammal

Ornithorhynchus anatinus

30–40% · Possible

📅 Monthly Probability

80–90
Jan
80–90
Feb
60–70
Mar
60–70
Apr
20–30
May
50–60
Jun
20–30
Jul
40–50
Aug
70–80
Sep
80–90
Oct
80–90
Nov
90–100
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 Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
80–90%
2 Flinders Ranges National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
60–70%
3 Grampians National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
50–60%
4 Kosciuszko National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
50–60%
5 Freycinet National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
50–60%
6 Booderee National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
40–50%
7 Great Otway National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
40–50%
8 Wilsons Promontory National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
30–40%
9 Royal National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
30–40%
10 Noosa National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
30–40%
11 Blue Mountains National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
20–30%
12 Daintree National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
10–20%
13 Springbrook National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
10–20%
14 Lamington National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
10–20%
15 Nitmiluk National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
16 Litchfield National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
17 Kakadu National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Short-beaked Echidna in Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park?

About 83% of visitor-days record a Short-beaked Echidna sighting in Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park, based on 213 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Short-beaked Echidna in Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park?

December has the highest sighting rate for Short-beaked Echidna in Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park in our monthly data.

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