Morepork

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	Arthur's Pass National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	10–20%
3	Abel Tasman National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	0–10%
4	Tongariro National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	0–10%
5	Fiordland National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	0–10%
6	Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	<5%
7	Freycinet National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
8	Aoraki Mount Cook National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	Insufficient data
9	Wilsons Promontory National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
10	Great Otway National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Morepork in Tongariro National Park?

About 6% of visitor-days record a Morepork sighting in Tongariro National Park, based on 22 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Morepork in Tongariro National Park?

December has the highest sighting rate for Morepork in Tongariro National Park in our monthly data.