Heteronympha penelope
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kosciuszko National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Grampians National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Melbourne | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Shouldered Brown sighting in Great Otway National Park on a given day, based on 76 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 12th most-seen of the 418 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.
March
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Shouldered Brown in Great Otway National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May to January, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Shouldered Brown sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 4
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Shouldered Brown sightings, Great Otway National Park ranks 3rd at about 20%. The best odds are in Kosciuszko National Park (Australia, about 30%) and Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park (Australia, about 20%).
Same genus: Heteronympha
The closest relatives of the Shouldered Brown that you can see in Great Otway National Park (genus Heteronympha) are Common Brown (about 30%), Spotted Brown (about 10%) and Solander's Brown (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Shouldered Brown is recorded against all the insects logged in Great Otway National Park (76 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.
