Tawny Frogmouth

Tawny Frogmouth

Podargus strigoides

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered Endemic
0–10% · With luck
overall probability at Kakadu National Park

📅 Monthly Probability

0–10
Jan
0–10
Feb
<5
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
0–10
Jun
<5
Jul
0–10
Aug
0–10
Sep
<5
Oct
0–10
Nov
<5
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙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
0–10%
2 Litchfield National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
3 Royal National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
4 Lamington National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
5 Grampians National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
6 Springbrook National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
7 Kosciuszko National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
8 Blue Mountains National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
9 Nitmiluk National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
10 Great Otway National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
11 Wilsons Promontory National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
12 Freycinet National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
13 Flinders Ranges National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
14 Noosa National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
15 Booderee National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
16 Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
17 Daintree National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Tawny Frogmouth in Kakadu National Park?

About 6% of visitor-days record a Tawny Frogmouth sighting in Kakadu National Park, based on 79 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Tawny Frogmouth in Kakadu National Park?

January has the highest sighting rate for Tawny Frogmouth in Kakadu National Park in our monthly data.

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