Where can you see the Plumed Whistling Duck?
Some of the best places to see the Plumed Whistling Duck in the wild include Kakadu National Park (Australia), Lamington National Park (Australia) and Bribie Island National Park (Australia) — among 22 wildlife hotspots across Australia. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
Blue Mountains National Park
Australia
+220 birds+43 mammals
Dramatic sandstone cliffs rise in tiers across this mountainous plateau west of Sydney, their rust-coloured faces weathered into amphitheatres and gorges where eucalyptus forest clings to…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBribie Island National Park
Brisbane, Australia
+284 birds+20 mammals
Across tidal flats and shallow waterways north of Brisbane, Bribie Island National Park spreads across nearly four hundred square kilometres of subtropical coastal wilderness—a patchwork of…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKChiltern-Mt Pilot National Park
Australia
+229 birds+12 mammals
Granite ridges and eucalyptus woodlands define this 869-square-kilometre park straddling the border between Victoria and New South Wales, where rugged terrain rises sharply from gentler foothill…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKDaintree National Park
Dedin, Australia
+362 birds+37 mammals
Daintree National Park is one of the world’s oldest and most biologically diverse tropical rainforests, protecting an extraordinary landscape where ancient forests meet the Great Barrier…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGirringun National Park
Australia
+231 birds+10 mammals
Where granite gorges cleave through subtropical woodland in North Queensland, Girringun National Park unfolds across rugged terrain shaped by millions of years of weathering and erosion.…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGlass House Mountains National Park
Australia
+151 birds+8 mammals
Conical peaks of volcanic origin rise dramatically from the coastal lowlands of southeastern Queensland, their weathered slopes cloaked in eucalyptus woodland and open sclerophyll forest that…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGreat Sandy National Park
Australia
+306 birds+40 mammals
Where coastal dunes rise inland from the Queensland coastline, Great Sandy National Park encompasses a landscape of remarkable ecological diversity shaped by subtropical humid conditions year-round.…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGreater Bendigo National Park
Whipstick, Australia
+202 birds+8 mammals
Across the red volcanic plains of inland Victoria, Greater Bendigo National Park sprawls across more than 1,000 square kilometres of eucalyptus woodland, open grassland, and scattered…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKHerberton Range National Park
Australia
+115 birds+10 mammals
Rainforest-clad ridges and rocky outcrops define this 324-square-kilometre reserve in far north Queensland, where the mountainous terrain of the Herberton Range rises through layered eucalypt woodland…
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