Australian Owlet-nightjar

Closest Relatives at Kakadu National Park

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	Lamington National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	<5%
2	Nitmiluk National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	<5%
3	Kosciuszko National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	<5%
4	Kakadu National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	<5%
5	Flinders Ranges National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	<5%
6	Blue Mountains National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	<5%
7	Great Otway National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	<5%
8	Royal National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	<5%
9	Noosa National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
10	Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
11	Litchfield National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
12	Springbrook National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
13	Grampians National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
14	Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Australian Owlet-nightjar in Kakadu National Park?

About 3% of visitor-days record a Australian Owlet-nightjar sighting in Kakadu National Park, based on 46 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Australian Owlet-nightjar in Kakadu National Park?

June has the highest sighting rate for Australian Owlet-nightjar in Kakadu National Park in our monthly data.