Where to See Blue Duck in Fiordland National Park

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Blue Duck sightings in Fiordland

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Where Blue Duck has been reported, from 228 sightings. Not a live tracker: animals move, and an empty area doesn’t mean there are none. Locations are adjusted to protect the animals, so the pattern is approximate.

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Timing

When to look

12 AM1% of the busiest hour1 AM1% of the busiest hour2 AM1% of the busiest hour3 AM2% of the busiest hour4 AM4% of the busiest hour5 AM11% of the busiest hour6 AM61% of the busiest hour7 AM98% of the busiest hour8 AM91% of the busiest hour9 AM83% of the busiest hour10 AM78% of the busiest hour11 AM72% of the busiest hourNoon67% of the busiest hour1 PM67% of the busiest hour2 PM72% of the busiest hour3 PM83% of the busiest hour4 PM94% of the busiest hour5 PMBusiest hour6 PM89% of the busiest hour7 PM67% of the busiest hour8 PM39% of the busiest hour9 PM17% of the busiest hour10 PM6% of the busiest hour11 PM2% of the busiest hour

Blue Duck is most seen 7–9 AM and 4–7 PM. Bars compare each hour with the busiest one.

Blue Duck sightings by hour, as a share of the busiest hour
Hour	Share of busiest hour
12 AM	1%
1 AM	1%
2 AM	1%
3 AM	2%
4 AM	4%
5 AM	11%
6 AM	61%
7 AM	98%
8 AM	91%
9 AM	83%
10 AM	78%
11 AM	72%
Noon	67%
1 PM	67%
2 PM	72%
3 PM	83%
4 PM	94%
5 PM	100%
6 PM	89%
7 PM	67%
8 PM	39%
9 PM	17%
10 PM	6%
11 PM	2%

Audio tour

Hear about Blue Duck on the drive.

Parkwolf’s Tour Guide plays stories like this one as you drive Fiordland, triggered by GPS and read through your car’s speakers.

Fiordland Tour Guide

Whio on the Whitewater: Blue Ducks of the Hollyford

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“As you travel beside the Hollyford River, you're in the territory of one of New Zealand's rarest birds, the whio, or blue duck.”

Plays as you drive near Gunn’s Camp in Parkwolf’s Fiordland Tour Guide.

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Where to look

Fiordland spots that mention Blue Duck

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Places and trails whose Parkwolf guides talk about Blue Duck. A good start, never a guarantee.

Places

LodgingMintaro HutNew Milford Track hut poised below Mackinnon Pass with mountain views

Scenic pulloutMonkey CreekGlacier-clear water and cheeky kea at a dramatic roadside valley

SightHidden FallsPowerful rainforest waterfall on a quiet Hollyford Track day walk

SightLake Poteriteri / PotiritiriA vast, roadless Fiordland lake for true wilderness seekers

Trails

ChallengingDusky Track57.1 km · 9 daysA remote hut trek through Fiordland's mud, mountains and wild water.

ChallengingTūtoko Valley Route9.3 km · 5 hrA challenging, rough valley route from Tūtoko Bridge to open flats beneath Fiordland peaks

Wolf sightings in Yellowstone on Parkwolf’s Find Wildlife map, brightest around Lamar Valley — Wolf sightings in Yellowstone, in the app

Find Wildlife in Parkwolf

Every sighting map, in your pocket.

16 sighting mapsfor Fiordland, on the same park map as your route
Works offlineout where the animals are and the signal isn’t
126 audio storiesplay as you drive Fiordland, wildlife included

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Wildlife

More wildlife in Fiordland

All 16 sighting maps

1,181 sightingsKeaNestor notabilisMost seen 9 AM–1 PM & 2–6 PMSighting map

199 sightingsFiordland PenguinEudyptes pachyrhynchusMost seen 6 AM & 6–8 PMSighting map

32 sightingsBottlenose DolphinTursiops truncatusMost seen 8 AM–12 PM & 3–7 PMSighting map

247 sightingsNew Zealand Fur SealArctocephalus forsteriMost seen 5–8 PMSighting map

58 sightingsKākāNestor meridionalisMost seen 7 AM & 5–7 PMSighting map

495 sightingsWekaGallirallus australisMost seen 8 AM–4 PMSighting map

30 sightingsYellowheadMohoua ochrocephalaMost seen 8–11 AM & 4–6 PMSighting map

166 sightingsRockwrenXenicus gilviventrisMost seen 8 AM–6 PMSighting map

Where to see Blue Duck in Fiordland