Where to see
Tachyglossus aculeatus
Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park leads · 14 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Short-beaked Echidna during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Flinders Ranges National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Maria Island National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Flinders Chase | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 5 | Grampians National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 6 | Royal National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 7 | Freycinet National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 8 | Wilsons Promontory National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 9 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 10 | Kosciuszko National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 11 | Booderee National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 12 | Noosa National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 13 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 14 | Hattah-Kulkyne National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park
In Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park, Australia, about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Short-beaked Echidna sighting on a given day, the highest of the 14 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Flinders Ranges National Park and more
After Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Short-beaked Echidna are in Flinders Ranges National Park (Australia, about 70%), Maria Island National Park (Australia, about 60%) and Flinders Chase (Australia, about 60%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are November to February in Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park (about 90%), January, June–July and November in Flinders Ranges National Park (about 80%) and November to January in Maria Island National Park (about 80%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Short-beaked Echidna on a given day. Each park's Short-beaked Echidna page has the full month-by-month chart.
