Royal Spoonbill

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	20–30%
2	Abel Tasman National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	10–20%
3	Daintree National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	0–10%
4	Fiordland National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	0–10%
5	Great Otway National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	0–10%
6	Royal National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	0–10%
7	Wilsons Promontory National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	<5%
8	Litchfield National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	<5%
9	Booderee National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	<5%
10	Grampians National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	<5%
11	Blue Mountains National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	<5%
12	Rakiura National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	<5%
13	Lamington National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	<5%
14	Aoraki Mount Cook National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	Insufficient data
15	Nitmiluk National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Royal Spoonbill in Kakadu National Park?

About 26% of visitor-days record a Royal Spoonbill sighting in Kakadu National Park, based on 353 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Royal Spoonbill in Kakadu National Park?

October has the highest sighting rate for Royal Spoonbill in Kakadu National Park in our monthly data.