Mammals
Monotremes
Sighting 4472947

Ornithorhynchus anatinus

3 Platypus at Stromlo, ACT

Ornithorhynchus anatinus at Stromlo, ACT - 26 Feb 2023 01:58 PM
Ornithorhynchus anatinus at Stromlo, ACT - 26 Feb 2023 01:58 PM
Ornithorhynchus anatinus at Stromlo, ACT - 26 Feb 2023 01:58 PM
Ornithorhynchus anatinus at Stromlo, ACT - 26 Feb 2023 01:58 PM
Ornithorhynchus anatinus at Stromlo, ACT - 26 Feb 2023 01:58 PM
Ornithorhynchus anatinus at Stromlo, ACT - 26 Feb 2023 01:58 PM
Request use of media

Identification history

Ornithorhynchus anatinus 2 Mar 2023 CarbonAI
Ornithorhynchus anatinus 2 Mar 2023 KorinneM

Identify this sighting

Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.

User's notes

Was around the rocks that are a small set of rapids for 5-10 minutes. So delightful to watch. Second platypus I've seen 'wild'.

1 comment

Waterwatch wrote:
   2 Mar 2023
Great images! Don't normally see shots of them in the rapids.

Please Login or Register to comment.

Location information

Sighting information

Additional information

  • Alive / healthy Animal health

Species information

  • Ornithorhynchus anatinus Scientific name
  • Platypus Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 1369.91m Recorded at altitude
  • 114 images trained Machine learning

Record quality

  • Images or audio
  • More than one media file
  • Verified by an expert moderator
  • Nearby sighting(s) of same species
  • GPS evidence of location
  • Description
  • Additional attributes
833,212 sightings of 22,974 species from 14,457 members
CCA 3.0 | privacy
NatureMapr is developed by at3am IT Pty Ltd and is proudly Australian made