Dusky Moorhen

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	Great Otway National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	20–30%
2	Royal National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	20–30%
3	Blue Mountains National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	10–20%
4	Springbrook National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	0–10%
5	Grampians National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	0–10%
6	Daintree National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	<5%
7	Booderee National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	<5%
8	Kosciuszko National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	<5%
9	Wilsons Promontory National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	<5%
10	Lamington National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	<5%
11	Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Dusky Moorhen in Great Otway National Park?

About 23% of visitor-days record a Dusky Moorhen sighting in Great Otway National Park, based on 640 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Dusky Moorhen in Great Otway National Park?

August has the highest sighting rate for Dusky Moorhen in Great Otway National Park in our monthly data.