Which is the best park to see a Silver Gull?
Rottnest Island
In Rottnest Island, Australia, over 90% of wildlife watchers report a Silver Gull sighting on a given day, the highest of the 15 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Where to see
Silver Gull
Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
Rottnest Island leads · 15 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Parks Ranked
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Silver Gull during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rottnest Island | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Rakiura National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 3 | Ningaloo Marine Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Wilsons Promontory National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 5 | Freycinet National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 6 | Cape Range | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 7 | Maria Island National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 8 | Abel Tasman National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 9 | Noosa National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 10 | Booderee National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 11 | Flinders Chase | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 12 | Royal National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 13 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 14 | Fiordland National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 15 | Egmont National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand |
Before you go
Where else can you see a Silver Gull?
Rakiura National Park and more
After Rottnest Island, the next-best odds of seeing a Silver Gull are in Rakiura National Park (New Zealand, about 80%), Ningaloo Marine Park (Australia, about 80%) and Wilsons Promontory National Park (Australia, about 80%).
When is the best time to see a Silver Gull?
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are January, March, May and August–October in Rottnest Island (over 90%), April, August and November–December in Rakiura National Park (about 90%) and April, June, September and November in Ningaloo Marine Park (about 90%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Silver Gull on a given day. Each park's Silver Gull page has the full month-by-month chart.
