Little Penguin

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	Rakiura National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	20–30%
2	Abel Tasman National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	<5%
3	Wilsons Promontory National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	<5%
4	Fiordland National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	<5%
5	Great Otway National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	<5%
6	Booderee National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
7	Freycinet National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
8	Royal National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Little Penguin in Rakiura National Park?

About 28% of visitor-days record a Little Penguin sighting in Rakiura National Park, based on 396 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Little Penguin in Rakiura National Park?

January has the highest sighting rate for Little Penguin in Rakiura National Park in our monthly data.