Sooty Oystercatcher

Closest Relatives at Royal National Park

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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	Wilsons Promontory National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	30–40%
2	Freycinet National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	30–40%
3	Booderee National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	10–20%
4	Noosa National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	0–10%
5	Great Otway National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	0–10%
6	Royal National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	<5%
7	Daintree National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Sooty Oystercatcher in Royal National Park?

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

When is the best time to see Sooty Oystercatcher in Royal National Park?

September has the highest sighting rate for Sooty Oystercatcher in Royal National Park in our monthly data.