Appias albina
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
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 |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a White Albatross sighting in Mumbai on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 283rd most-seen of the 362 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June and December–March
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a White Albatross in Mumbai on a given day, against under 5% in April–May and July–November, the lowest months. Those are among Mumbai's driest months, with about 110 mm of rain a month against 830 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.
4th of 4
Of the 4 cities where we can rate White Albatross sightings, Mumbai ranks 4th at under 5%. The best odds are in Tainan (Taiwan, about 10%), Chennai (India, about 10%) and Bengaluru (India, about 10%).
Same genus: Appias
The closest relatives of the White Albatross that you can see in Mumbai (genus Appias, Puffin and Albatross Butterflies) are Western Striped 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 Mumbai (7 verified sightings), 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.
