Royal Spoonbill
Platalea regia
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPelecaniformes (Pelicaniformes)
- FamilyThreskiornithidae (Ibises and Spoonbills)
- GenusPlatalea (Spoonbills)
- SpeciesPlatalea regia (Royal Spoonbill)
Closest Relatives at Great Otway National Park
Yellow-billed Spoonbill
Platalea flavipes
Australian White Ibis
Threskiornis molucca
Straw-necked Ibis
Threskiornis spinicollis
White-faced Heron
Egretta novaehollandiae
Great Egret
Ardea alba
Australian Pelican
Pelecanus conspicillatus
White-necked Heron
Ardea pacifica
Ardea modesta
Ardea modesta
Nankeen Night-Heron
Nycticorax caledonicus
intermediate egret
Egretta intermedia
Little Egret
Egretta garzetta
Australasian Bittern
Botaurus poiciloptilus
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
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 | |
| 2 | Abel Tasman National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 3 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Fiordland National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 5 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 6 | Royal National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 7 | Wilsons Promontory National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 8 | Litchfield National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 9 | Booderee National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 10 | Grampians National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 11 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 12 | Rakiura National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 13 | Lamington National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 14 | Aoraki Mount Cook National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 15 | Nitmiluk National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Royal Spoonbill in Great Otway National Park?
About 5% of visitor-days record a Royal Spoonbill sighting in Great Otway National Park, based on 149 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Royal Spoonbill in Great Otway National Park?
March has the highest sighting rate for Royal Spoonbill in Great Otway National Park in our monthly data.