Black Swan

Closest Relatives at Rakiura National Park

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	Gauja National Park	🇱🇻 Latvia	30–40%
2	Wilsons Promontory National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	10–20%
3	Great Otway National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	10–20%
4	Grampians National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	10–20%
5	Freycinet National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	10–20%
6	Tongariro National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	10–20%
7	Booderee National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	10–20%
8	Fiordland National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	10–20%
9	Cévennes National Park	🇫🇷 France	0–10%
10	Abel Tasman National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	0–10%
11	Aoraki Mount Cook National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	<5%
12	Snowdonia National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	<5%
13	Rakiura National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	<5%
14	Blue Mountains National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	<5%
15	Arthur's Pass National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	<5%
16	Kosciuszko National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	<5%
17	Wadden Sea National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	<5%
18	Royal National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	<5%
19	Shenandoah National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
20	Khao Yai National Park	🇹🇭 Thailand	Insufficient data
21	Bavarian Forest National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	Insufficient data
22	Pyrénées National Park	🇫🇷 France	Insufficient data
23	Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
24	Hortobágy National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	Insufficient data
25	Springbrook National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
26	Doi Inthanon National Park	🇹🇭 Thailand	Insufficient data
27	Vatnajokull National Park	🇮🇸 Iceland	Insufficient data
28	Daintree National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
29	Joshua Tree National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
30	Everglades National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
31	Table Mountain National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Black Swan in Rakiura National Park?

About 1% of visitor-days record a Black Swan sighting in Rakiura National Park, based on 17 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Black Swan in Rakiura National Park?

September has the highest sighting rate for Black Swan in Rakiura National Park in our monthly data.