Papilio brevicauda
In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
Papilio brevicauda, the short-tailed swallowtail, is a North American butterfly in the family Papilionidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gros Morne National Park | 🇨🇦 Canada |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Short-Tailed Swallowtail sighting in Gros Morne National Park on a given day, based on 44 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 5th most-seen of the 83 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June and July
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Short-Tailed Swallowtail in Gros Morne National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April–May and September–November, the lowest months.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Short-Tailed Swallowtail sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Gros Morne National Park, in our data
Gros Morne National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Short-Tailed Swallowtail sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Short-Tailed Swallowtail is recorded against all the insects logged in Gros Morne National Park (44 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.
