Australian Shelduck

Closest Relatives at Great Otway 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	Grampians National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	10–20%
2	Great Otway National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	0–10%
3	Freycinet National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	0–10%
4	Wilsons Promontory National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	<5%
5	Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
6	Kosciuszko National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
7	Fiordland National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	Insufficient data
8	Blue Mountains National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Australian Shelduck in Great Otway National Park?

About 6% of visitor-days record a Australian Shelduck sighting in Great Otway National Park, based on 173 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Australian Shelduck in Great Otway National Park?

July has the highest sighting rate for Australian Shelduck in Great Otway National Park in our monthly data.