Nankeen Night-Heron

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	Kakadu National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	30–40%
2	Daintree National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	10–20%
3	Kosciuszko National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	10–20%
4	Nitmiluk National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	0–10%
5	Grampians National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	<5%
6	Royal National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	<5%
7	Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary	🇲🇾 Malaysia	<5%
8	Litchfield National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	<5%
9	Great Otway National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	<5%
10	Danum Valley Conservation Area	🇲🇾 Malaysia	<5%
11	Blue Mountains National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	<5%
12	Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
13	Lorentz National Park	🇮🇩 Indonesia	Insufficient data
14	Booderee National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
15	Wilsons Promontory National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
16	Springbrook National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
17	Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
18	Bali Barat National Park	🇮🇩 Indonesia	Insufficient data
19	Lamington National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Nankeen Night-Heron in Kakadu National Park?

About 36% of visitor-days record a Nankeen Night-Heron sighting in Kakadu National Park, based on 485 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Nankeen Night-Heron in Kakadu National Park?

October has the highest sighting rate for Nankeen Night-Heron in Kakadu National Park in our monthly data.