Appias paulina
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Appias paulina, known variously as the yellow albatross, lesser albatross, common albatross or Christmas Island white, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found from India to Samoa, including Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Caledonia, Thailand and Australia.
The wingspan is about 50 mm. The larvae feed on Drypetes australasica, Drypetes deplanchei and Alchornea ilicifolia. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 2 | Lamington National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Springbrook National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brisbane | 🇦🇺 Australia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow Albatross sighting in Daintree National Park on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 339th most-seen of the 856 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and July
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow Albatross in Daintree National Park on a given day, against under 5% in October to April, the lowest months. Those are among Daintree National Park's driest months, with about 80 mm of rain a month against 380 mm in January.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow Albatross sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Yellow Albatross sightings, Daintree National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Cat Tien National Park (Vietnam, about 10%) and Lamington National Park (Australia, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Yellow Albatross is recorded against all the insects logged in Daintree National Park (13 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.
