Square-tailed Kite

Square-tailed Kite

Lophoictinia isura

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered Endemic
<5% · Rare
overall probability at Royal National Park

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
<5
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
<5
Oct
<5
Nov
<5
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 Blue Mountains National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
2 Booderee National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
3 Royal National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
4 Lamington National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
5 Springbrook National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
6 Grampians National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
7 Kakadu National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
8 Nitmiluk National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
9 Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
10 Daintree National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Square-tailed Kite in Royal National Park?

About 1% of visitor-days record a Square-tailed Kite sighting in Royal National Park, based on 29 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Square-tailed Kite in Royal National Park?

September has the highest sighting rate for Square-tailed Kite in Royal National Park in our monthly data.

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