Buff-banded Rail

Buff-banded Rail

Gallirallus philippensis

<5% · Rare
overall probability at Blue Mountains National Park
50 Verified records at Blue Mountains National Park
December Best month highest sighting rate
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

<5% of wildlife watchers report a Buff-banded Rail sighting in Blue Mountains National Park, based on 50 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
<5
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
<5
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 Lorentz National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
5–10%
2 Abel Tasman National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
5–10%
3 Great Otway National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
5–10%
4 Wilsons Promontory National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
5 Ningaloo Marine Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
6 Daintree National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
7 Blue Mountains National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
8 Lamington National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
9 Royal National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
10 Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
11 Litchfield National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
12 Springbrook National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
13 Booderee National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
14 Kakadu National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
15 Kosciuszko National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
16 Kinabalu Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
Insufficient data
17 Grampians National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
18 Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary 🇲🇾 Malaysia
Insufficient data
19 Fiordland National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Buff-banded Rail in Blue Mountains National Park?

About 1% of wildlife watchers report a Buff-banded Rail sighting in Blue Mountains National Park, based on 50 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Buff-banded Rail in Blue Mountains National Park?

December has the highest sighting rate for Buff-banded Rail in Blue Mountains National Park in our monthly data.

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