Where to see
Trichosurus vulpecula
Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park leads · 18 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Common Brushtail during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Aoraki Mount Cook National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 3 | Egmont National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 4 | Maria Island National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 5 | Wilsons Promontory National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 6 | Booderee National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 7 | Flinders Ranges National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 8 | Freycinet National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 9 | Kosciuszko National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 10 | Arthur's Pass National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 11 | Flinders Chase | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 12 | Rakiura National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 13 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 14 | Hattah-Kulkyne National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 15 | Royal National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 16 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 17 | Grampians National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 18 | Kakadu National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park
In Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park, Australia, about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Common Brushtail sighting on a given day, the highest of the 18 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Aoraki Mount Cook National Park and more
After Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Common Brushtail are in Aoraki Mount Cook National Park (New Zealand, about 40%), Egmont National Park (New Zealand, about 40%) and Maria Island National Park (Australia, about 40%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are June, September–October and December–January in Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park (about 70%), May and September in Aoraki Mount Cook National Park (about 70%) and May in Egmont National Park (about 60%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Common Brushtail on a given day. Each park's Common Brushtail page has the full month-by-month chart.
