White-necked Heron

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	Kakadu National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	30–40%
2	Grampians National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	10–20%
3	Litchfield National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	0–10%
4	Great Otway National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	0–10%
5	Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	0–10%
6	Daintree National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	<5%
7	Nitmiluk National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	<5%
8	Kosciuszko National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	<5%
9	Lamington National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	<5%
10	Blue Mountains National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	<5%
11	Wilsons Promontory National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	<5%
12	Royal National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	<5%
13	Springbrook National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
14	Flinders Ranges National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
15	Noosa National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
16	Booderee National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a White-necked Heron in Royal National Park?

About 1% of visitor-days record a White-necked Heron sighting in Royal National Park, based on 20 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see White-necked Heron in Royal National Park?

October has the highest sighting rate for White-necked Heron in Royal National Park in our monthly data.