Where to see
Tadorna variegata
Aoraki Mount Cook National Park leads · 6 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Paradise Shelduck during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aoraki Mount Cook National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 2 | Fiordland National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 3 | Abel Tasman National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 4 | Egmont National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 5 | Rakiura National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 6 | Arthur's Pass National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand |
Aoraki Mount Cook National Park
In Aoraki Mount Cook National Park, New Zealand, about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Paradise Shelduck sighting on a given day, the highest of the 6 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Fiordland National Park and more
After Aoraki Mount Cook National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Paradise Shelduck are in Fiordland National Park (New Zealand, about 60%), Abel Tasman National Park (New Zealand, about 40%) and Egmont National Park (New Zealand, about 30%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are September in Aoraki Mount Cook National Park (over 90%), October in Fiordland National Park (about 80%) and October in Abel Tasman National Park (about 70%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Paradise Shelduck on a given day. Each park's Paradise Shelduck page has the full month-by-month chart.
