Australasian Gannet
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Australasian Gannet

Morus serrator

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
<5% · Rare
overall probability at Rakiura National Park
48 Verified records at Rakiura National Park
February Best month highest sighting rate
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The Australasian gannet (Morus serrator), also known as the Australian gannet or tākapu, is a large seabird of the booby and gannet family, Sulidae. Adults are mostly white, with black flight feathers at the wingtips and lining the trailing edge of the wing. The central tail feathers are also black. The head is tinged buff-yellow, with a pearly grey bill edged in dark grey or black, and blue-rimmed eyes. Young birds have mottled plumage in their first year, dark above and light below. The head is an intermediate mottled grey, with a dark bill. Wikipedia →

<5% of wildlife watchers report a Australasian Gannet sighting in Rakiura National Park, based on 48 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Rakiura National Park

Australian Pied Cormorant
LC Endemic

Australian Pied Cormorant

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Phalacrocorax varius

30–40% · Possible
Spotted Shag
LC Endemic

Spotted Shag

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Phalacrocorax punctatus

30–40% · Possible
Bronze Shag
VU Endemic

Bronze Shag

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Leucocarbo chalconotus

30–40% · Possible
Little Pied Cormorant
LC Endemic

Little Pied Cormorant

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Microcarbo melanoleucos

20–30% · Possible
Great Cormorant
LC Endemic

Great Cormorant

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Phalacrocorax carbo

<5% · Rare
Little Black Cormorant
LC

Little Black Cormorant

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Phalacrocorax sulcirostris

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
5–10
Feb
5–10
Mar
5–10
Apr
<5
May
5–10
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
<5
Oct
<5
Nov
<5
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Noosa National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
20–30%
2 Maria Island National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
10–20%
3 Abel Tasman National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
10–20%
4 Great Otway National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
10–20%
5 Booderee National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
10–20%
6 Freycinet National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
10–20%
7 Wilsons Promontory National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
5–10%
8 Royal National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
5–10%
9 Fiordland National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
5–10%
10 Rakiura National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
<5%
11 Ningaloo Marine Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Australasian Gannet in Rakiura National Park?

About 3% of wildlife watchers report a Australasian Gannet sighting in Rakiura National Park, based on 48 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Australasian Gannet in Rakiura National Park?

February has the highest sighting rate for Australasian Gannet in Rakiura National Park in our monthly data.

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