Where to see
Hirundo neoxena
Rottnest Island leads · 24 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Welcome Swallow during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rottnest Island | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Maria Island National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Lamington National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 5 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 6 | Abel Tasman National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 7 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 8 | Flinders Chase | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 9 | Noosa National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 10 | Arthur's Pass National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 11 | Fiordland National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 12 | Ningaloo Marine Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 13 | Royal National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 14 | Egmont National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 15 | Grampians National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 16 | Freycinet National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 17 | Booderee National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 18 | Kosciuszko National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 19 | Rakiura National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 20 | Springbrook National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 21 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 22 | Cape Range | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 23 | Wilsons Promontory National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 24 | Aoraki Mount Cook National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand |
Rottnest Island
In Rottnest Island, Australia, about 90% of wildlife watchers report a Welcome Swallow sighting on a given day, the highest of the 24 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park and more
After Rottnest Island, the next-best odds of seeing a Welcome Swallow are in Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park (Australia, about 60%), Maria Island National Park (Australia, about 60%) and Lamington National Park (Australia, about 60%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are April, June and December in Rottnest Island (over 90%), January and November in Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park (about 90%) and September in Maria Island National Park (about 90%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Welcome Swallow on a given day. Each park's Welcome Swallow page has the full month-by-month chart.
