Willie Wagtail

Willie Wagtail

Rhipidura leucophrys

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
50–60% · Likely
overall probability at Kakadu National Park

📅 Monthly Probability

50–60
Jan
50–60
Feb
50–60
Mar
50–60
Apr
60–70
May
50–60
Jun
60–70
Jul
50–60
Aug
60–70
Sep
50–60
Oct
60–70
Nov
60–70
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 Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
80–90%
2 Kakadu National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
50–60%
3 Flinders Ranges National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
30–40%
4 Grampians National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
30–40%
5 Nitmiluk National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
30–40%
6 Kosciuszko National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
20–30%
7 Great Otway National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
20–30%
8 Blue Mountains National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
20–30%
9 Springbrook National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
10–20%
10 Daintree National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
10–20%
11 Noosa National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
10–20%
12 Booderee National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
10–20%
13 Litchfield National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
10–20%
14 Royal National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
0–10%
15 Wilsons Promontory National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
0–10%
16 Lamington National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
0–10%
17 Lorentz National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Willie Wagtail in Kakadu National Park?

About 59% of visitor-days record a Willie Wagtail sighting in Kakadu National Park, based on 811 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Willie Wagtail in Kakadu National Park?

December has the highest sighting rate for Willie Wagtail in Kakadu National Park in our monthly data.

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