Where to see
Acanthiza pusilla
Great Otway National Park leads · 13 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Brown Thornbill during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Springbrook National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Wilsons Promontory National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 5 | Grampians National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 6 | Lamington National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 7 | Kosciuszko National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 8 | Freycinet National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 9 | Royal National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 10 | Flinders Chase | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 11 | Booderee National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 12 | Maria Island National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 13 | Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Great Otway National Park
In Great Otway National Park, Australia, about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Brown Thornbill sighting on a given day, the highest of the 13 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Springbrook National Park and more
After Great Otway National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Brown Thornbill are in Springbrook National Park (Australia, about 60%), Wilsons Promontory National Park (Australia, about 60%) and Blue Mountains National Park (Australia, about 60%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are August–September and December in Great Otway National Park (about 80%), March, June–July, September and November in Springbrook National Park (about 70%) and February and December in Wilsons Promontory National Park (about 70%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Brown Thornbill on a given day. Each park's Brown Thornbill page has the full month-by-month chart.
