White-headed Stilt
Himantopus leucocephalus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyRecurvirostridae (Stilts and Avocets)
- GenusHimantopus (Typical Stilts)
- SpeciesHimantopus leucocephalus (White-headed Stilt)
Closest Relatives at Great Otway National Park
Banded Stilt
Cladorhynchus leucocephalus
Silver Gull
Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
Masked Lapwing
Vanellus miles
Crested Tern
Thalasseus bergii
Hooded Plover
Thinornis cucullatus
Pacific Gull
Larus pacificus
Sooty Oystercatcher
Haematopus fuliginosus
Latham's Snipe
Gallinago hardwickii
Black-bellied Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulva
Whiskered Tern
Chlidonias hybrida
Caspian Tern
Hydroprogne caspia
📅 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 | Abel Tasman National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 2 | Fiordland National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 3 | Litchfield National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 5 | Kakadu National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 6 | Bali Barat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 7 | Grampians National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 8 | Tongariro National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 9 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 10 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 11 | Aoraki Mount Cook National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 12 | Arthur's Pass National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 13 | Way Kambas National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 14 | Rakiura National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 15 | Royal National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a White-headed Stilt in Great Otway National Park?
About 1% of visitor-days record a White-headed Stilt sighting in Great Otway National Park, based on 29 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see White-headed Stilt in Great Otway National Park?
March has the highest sighting rate for White-headed Stilt in Great Otway National Park in our monthly data.