Australian Pelican

Closest Relatives at Kakadu 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	Booderee National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	20–30%
2	Freycinet National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	10–20%
3	Great Otway National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	10–20%
4	Royal National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	0–10%
5	Grampians National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	0–10%
6	Wilsons Promontory National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	<5%
7	Blue Mountains National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	<5%
8	Kakadu National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	<5%
9	Kosciuszko National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	<5%
10	Daintree National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	<5%
11	Noosa National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
12	Springbrook National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
13	Nitmiluk National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
14	Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
15	Lamington National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Australian Pelican in Kakadu National Park?

About 1% of visitor-days record a Australian Pelican sighting in Kakadu National Park, based on 20 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Australian Pelican in Kakadu National Park?

September has the highest sighting rate for Australian Pelican in Kakadu National Park in our monthly data.