White-winged Triller

White-winged Triller

Lalage tricolor

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
10–20% · With luck
overall probability at Kakadu National Park
163 Verified records at Kakadu National Park
November Best month highest sighting rate
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The white-winged triller (Lalage tricolor) is one of the smaller members of the cuckooshrike family, Campephagidae. It is found throughout mainland Australia and possibly on the islands to the north, including New Guinea and eastern Indonesia. It is resident or nomadic over the warmer part of its range (inland Australia and points north), and a summer breeding migrant to the cooler southern parts of Australia. White-winged trillers are fairly common in woodland, and open scrub through most of their range, and close to riverbeds in the central arid zone. The conspicuous male bird—black above and white below in breeding plumage—trills cheerfully through much of the day during the breeding season (mid-spring to early summer), frequently rising on fluttering wings in song flight. The female is similarly patterned but in dull fawns and white. Wikipedia →

10–20% of wildlife watchers report a White-winged Triller sighting in Kakadu National Park, based on 163 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

📅 Monthly Probability

5–10
Jan
10–20
Feb
<5
Mar
5–10
Apr
10–20
May
10–20
Jun
10–20
Jul
10–20
Aug
10–20
Sep
5–10
Oct
20–30
Nov
5–10
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 Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
10–20%
2 Kakadu National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
10–20%
3 Litchfield National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
5–10%
4 Nitmiluk National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
5–10%
5 Flinders Ranges National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
5–10%
6 Ningaloo Marine Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
7 Kosciuszko National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
8 Blue Mountains National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
9 Grampians National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
10 Great Otway National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
11 Daintree National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
12 Wilsons Promontory National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
13 Noosa National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
14 Lamington National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a White-winged Triller in Kakadu National Park?

About 12% of wildlife watchers report a White-winged Triller sighting in Kakadu National Park, based on 163 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see White-winged Triller in Kakadu National Park?

November has the highest sighting rate for White-winged Triller in Kakadu National Park in our monthly data.

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