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Daintree National Park leads · 16 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Masked Lapwing during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Kakadu National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Wilsons Promontory National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Royal National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 5 | Booderee National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 6 | Litchfield National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 7 | Kosciuszko National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 8 | Flinders Chase | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 9 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 10 | Abel Tasman National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 11 | Fiordland National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 12 | Egmont National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 13 | Hattah-Kulkyne National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 14 | Maria Island National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 15 | Grampians National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 16 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Daintree National Park
In Daintree National Park, Australia, about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Masked Lapwing sighting on a given day, the highest of the 16 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Kakadu National Park and more
After Daintree National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Masked Lapwing are in Kakadu National Park (Australia, about 50%), Wilsons Promontory National Park (Australia, about 40%) and Royal National Park (Australia, about 40%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are March, June and December in Daintree National Park (about 70%), October and November in Kakadu National Park (about 60%) and April to August in Wilsons Promontory National Park (about 50%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Masked Lapwing on a given day. Each park's Masked Lapwing page has the full month-by-month chart.
