Rufous Owl

Rufous Owl

Ninox rufa

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
<5% · Rare
overall probability at Kakadu National Park

Closest Relatives at Kakadu National Park

Barking Owl
LC

Barking Owl

☀️🌙 Day & Night Bird

Ninox connivens

10–20% · With luck
Southern Boobook
LC

Southern Boobook

☀️🌙 Day & Night Bird

Ninox boobook

0–10% · Rare
Australian Masked Owl
LC

Australian Masked Owl

🌙 Nocturnal Bird

Tyto novaehollandiae

Insufficient data
Eastern Barn Owl

Eastern Barn Owl

☀️🌙 Day & Night Bird

Tyto javanica

<5% · Rare

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
<5
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
<5
Oct
<5
Nov
<5
Dec

☀️🌙 When They're Spotted

Active throughout day and night · across all parks (global)

☀️🌙Day & Night
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

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
<5%
2 Daintree National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
3 Litchfield National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
4 Nitmiluk National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Rufous Owl in Kakadu National Park?

About 1% of visitor-days record a Rufous Owl sighting in Kakadu National Park, based on 12 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Rufous Owl in Kakadu National Park?

July has the highest sighting rate for Rufous Owl in Kakadu National Park in our monthly data.

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