Nankeen Night-Heron

Nankeen Night-Heron

Nycticorax caledonicus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
<5% · Rare
overall probability at Danum Valley Conservation Area

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
0–10
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
<5
Oct
<5
Nov
<5
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 Kakadu National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
30–40%
2 Daintree National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
10–20%
3 Kosciuszko National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
10–20%
4 Nitmiluk National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
0–10%
5 Grampians National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
6 Royal National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
7 Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary 🇲🇾 Malaysia
<5%
8 Litchfield National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
9 Great Otway National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
10 Danum Valley Conservation Area 🇲🇾 Malaysia
<5%
11 Blue Mountains National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
12 Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
13 Lorentz National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
Insufficient data
14 Booderee National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
15 Wilsons Promontory National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
16 Springbrook National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
17 Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
18 Bali Barat National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
Insufficient data
19 Lamington National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Nankeen Night-Heron in Danum Valley Conservation Area?

About 1% of visitor-days record a Nankeen Night-Heron sighting in Danum Valley Conservation Area, based on 16 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Nankeen Night-Heron in Danum Valley Conservation Area?

March has the highest sighting rate for Nankeen Night-Heron in Danum Valley Conservation Area in our monthly data.

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