Australian Pelican

Australian Pelican

Pelecanus conspicillatus

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

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
<5
Mar
0–10
Apr
0–10
May
0–10
Jun
0–10
Jul
0–10
Aug
10–20
Sep
0–10
Oct
0–10
Nov
0–10
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 Booderee National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
20–30%
2 Freycinet National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
10–20%
3 Great Otway National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
10–20%
4 Royal National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
0–10%
5 Grampians National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
0–10%
6 Wilsons Promontory National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
7 Blue Mountains National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
8 Kakadu National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
9 Kosciuszko National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
10 Daintree National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
11 Noosa National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
12 Springbrook National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
13 Nitmiluk National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
14 Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
15 Lamington National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Australian Pelican in Royal National Park?

About 6% of visitor-days record a Australian Pelican sighting in Royal National Park, based on 192 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Australian Pelican in Royal National Park?

September has the highest sighting rate for Australian Pelican in Royal National Park in our monthly data.

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