Appias albina
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Appias albina, the common albatross, is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found in south and southeast Asia to Australia. This butterfly closely resembles Appias paulina but the males can be distinguished by the more acutely pointed forewing and the females by the narrower oblique black band on the underside of the forewing. Other differences are given below.
Males have the upper forewings irrorated (sprinkled) with black scales at the apex and anteriorly along the termen, much more sparsely and narrower in general than in A. paulina. On the underside, the apex of the forewing and the whole surface of the hindwing are pale dull ochraceous, sometimes with a faint pinkish tint, but never pale yellow as in A. paulina.
The sexes are dimorphic; the females differ as follows: 1st form: On the upperside, the posterior tornal portion of the black area on the forewing is not inwardly rounded, but straight and generally diffuse. The underside is very like the underside of the dry-season form of A. paulina female. It differs, however, in the narrowness of the oblique curved black band, the outer margin of which is irregularly... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuc Phuong National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 2 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 3 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a White Albatross sighting in Cat Tien National Park on a given day, based on 25 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 40th most-seen of the 125 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a White Albatross in Cat Tien National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June–August and October–February, the lowest months. That is one of Cat Tien National Park's driest months, with about 80 mm of rain against 490 mm in July.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White Albatross sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate White Albatross sightings, Cat Tien National Park ranks 2nd at about 20%. The best odds are in Cuc Phuong National Park (Vietnam, about 50%).
Same genus: Appias
The closest relatives of the White Albatross that you can see in Cat Tien National Park (genus Appias, Puffin and Albatross Butterflies) are Western Striped Albatross (about 20%), Yellow Albatross (about 10%) and Chocolate Albatross (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White Albatross is recorded against all the insects logged in Cat Tien National Park (25 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
