Waterbirds & Waders
Australia is the driest continent on earth, which has resulted in many of the 19 waterfowls found on the continent developing a mystical ability to know where rainfall has occurred across vast distances. One of the largest gathering of waterfowl occurs at Kakadu National Park, where immense numbers of Magpie Geese and Plumed, Wandering and Spotted Whistling Ducks breed in the extensive swamps. Although most birds are monogamous, the male Magpie Goose may have multiple mates, all of which may lay eggs in the same nest.
Kakadu and Far North Queensland also offer the opportunity to see Great Egrets, Royal Spoonbills, Black-winged Stilts, Great Billed Herons, Black-necked Storks (locally known as the Jabirus), and Comb-crested Jacanas, with their extraordinary long toes for walking on waterlily pads. One of the most famous meeting rituals in the bird kingdom occurs in Spring, as Brolgas gather in the wetlands across the region. The courtship dance of the Brolga is an elaborate and majestic event, involving strutting, head-bobbing and bowing, with the mate bowing in return.
The Cape Barren Goose is native to Australia and is known for its courtship dance, where the birds walk in circles and bow to each other. They can be spotted in great numbers on Kangaroo Island and Maria Island. Black Swans, Grey Teals, Mallards and the Australian Grebe are abundant around the coastal areas, with the Grebe noted for building floating nests from waterweed. Darters are also widespread around mainland Australia and because of their water-absorbent feathers, spend much time perched spreading out their wings.
Ibis are common across the continent, with the Australian White Ibis often seen in the Riverland, where wetlands along the Murray River offer feeding grounds during seasonal floods. Dotterels, like the Black-fronted Dotterel, can be found foraging along the shores of lakes and rivers, including places like Mungo National Park, where they hunt for insects on the dry lake beds. Endangered Hooded Dotterels can be found along protected beaches on Kangaroo Island, the Eyre Peninsula, Tasmania, Maria Island and Perth.
Oystercatchers are a familiar sight along Australia's coastlines, with their bright orange bills and black (Sooty Oystercatcher) or black-and-white (Pied Oystercatcher) plumage. Hervey Bay's tidal flats are a great place to spot Pied and Sooty Oystercatchers, which use their strong bills to open shellfish.
Inland areas like the Riverland also attract other waterbirds such as Pink-eared Ducks and Australasian Shovelers when the shallow wetlands fill after rain.
Australia is a critical sanctuary and feeding ground for a number of migratory waders that fly from the northern hemisphere to escape the harsh winter along the East Asian - Australasian Flyway. The wetlands across Far North Queensland, Tasmania, the Riverland, Kangaroo Island, Eyre Peninsula, East Gippsland and the Great Ocean Road provide opportunities to spot migrants such as Eastern Curlews, Curlew Sandpipers, Ruddy Turnstones, Red-necked Stints, Red Knots and Common Greenshanks.
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Southern Eyre Peninsula Birdwatching
From $1,160 USD
3 days/2 nights
Southern Eyre Peninsula Birdwatching
From $1,160 USD
3 days/2 nights
Home to 270 species of birds and 1900 native plant species, this tour across the Southern Eyre Peninsula traverses coastal dune shrublands, mallee woodlands, sandflats, saltmarsh, subcoastal and clifftops.
There are opportunities to observe waders and seabirds including Little Pied and Black Cormorants, Grey and Chestnut Teal Ducks, Pink Eared... -
Kangaroo Island Birding Tour
From $3,459 USD
3 days/2 nights
Kangaroo Island Birding Tour
From $3,459 USD
3 days/2 nights
Kangaroo Island is a birdwatcher's paradise, with the opportunity to spot over 260 birds, almost one-third of Australia's bird count.
Over 90% of the Island is mallee and woodland, with beautiful Eucalyptus groves, shrublands, fernlands and forests. The island is blessed with amazing protected coves and beaches through to rugged... -
Murray River Safari
From $1,460 USD
4 days/3 nights
Murray River Safari
From $1,460 USD
4 days/3 nights
Experience the diverse wildlife offerings where Australia's river oasis meets the outback. This multi-activity wildlife safari along Australia's greatest river includes guided walks, canoeing, an outback drive and open back cruising, combined with luxurious houseboat accommodation and superb dining including local wines.
Spot Koalas, Kangaroos, Australian Pelicans, Royal Spoonbills, Black... -
Christmas Island Birdwatching
From $2,225 USD
8 days/7 nights
Christmas Island Birdwatching
From $2,225 USD
8 days/7 nights
Christmas Island is one of Australia's best birdwatching destinations. An internationally renowned seabird rookery, the island attracts about 80,000 nesting seabirds every year. You will have the opportunity to see the world's rarest booby and frigatebird!
There are 23 breeding or resident species of birds on Christmas Island, including nine...
Viewing opportunities that include waterbirds & waders
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March,April,May, Christmas Island
Christmas Island - Autumn Sightings by Bird Group
Bushbirds Kingfishers: Common Kingfisher, Sacred Kingfisher, Collared Kingfisher | Rollers: Dollarbird | Pigeons & Doves: Red Collared Dove, Emerald Dove, Christmas Island Imperial Pigeon, Pied Imperial Pigeon | Cuckoos & Coucals: Oriental Cuckoo, Pallid Cuckoo, Large Hawk Cuckoo, Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo, Asian Koel | Frogmouths & Nightjars: Savannah Nightjar | Swifts: Christmas Island Glossy Swiftlet, White-throated Needletai, House Swift, Fork-tailed Swift
Raptors Hawks & Eagles: White-bellied Sea-Eagle, Christmas Island Goshawk, Oriental Honey-Buzzard | Falcons: Nankeen Kestrel, Peregrine Falcon | Owls: Christmas Island Hawk-owl
Seabirds Storm Petrels: Matsudaria's Storm-Petrel, White-faced Storm Petrel | Tropicbirds: Red-tailed Tropicbird, White-tailed Tropicbird (Golden Bosun) | Gannets & Boobies: Abbott's Booby, Red-footed Booby, Brown Booby | Gulls & Terns: Lesser Noddy White Tern, Sooty Tern, Asian Gull-billed Tern, Greater Crested Tern, Lesser Crested Tern, Common Tern, Little Tern, Whiskered Tern, White-winged Black Tern, Brown Skua, Arctic Jaeger, Mew Gull, Common Noddy | Cormorants: Little Black Cormorant, Great Cormorant | Pelicans: Australian Pelican | Frigatebirds: Great Frigatebird, Lesser Frigatebird, Christmas Island Frigatebird | Petrels & Shearwater: Barau's Petrel, Bulwer's Petrel, Antarctic Prion, Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Skuas: Brown Skua
Songbirds Pittas: Blue-Winged Pitta, Fairy Pitta | Monarchs & Flycatchers: White Wagtail, Eastern Yellow Wagtail, Green-headed Wagtail,Grey Wagtail, Forest Wagtail, Blue & White Flycatcher | Warblers: Oriental Reed Warbler | Sparrows & Grassfinches: Java Sparrow, Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Cuckoo-shrikes: White bellied Cuckoo-shrike | White-eyes: Christmas Island White-eye | Thrushes: Christmas Island Thrush | Starlings: Purple-backed Starling | Swallows & Martins: Red-rumped Swallow, Barn Swallow, Tree Martin, Asian House Martin
Waterbirds & Waders Ducks, Geese & Swans: Garganey, Hardhead | Snipes & Relatives: Pin-tailed Snipe, Swinhoe's Snipe, Bar-tailed Godwit, Little Curlew, Whimbrel, Common Redshank, Marsh Sandpiper, Common Greenshank, Wood Sandpiper, Terek Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Grey-tailed Tattler, Ruddy Turnstone, Red-necked Stint, Long-toed Stint, Great Knot, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Curlew Sandpiper, Sanderling, Red-necked Phalarope, Grey Phalarope | Stilts & Avocets: Black-winged Stilt | Oystercatchers: Sooty Oystercatcher | Plovers, Dotterels & Lapwings: Grey Plover, Pacific Golden Plover, Kentish Plover, Little Ringed Plover, Lesser Sand Plover, Greater Sand Plover, Oriental Plover, Masked Lapwing | Herons, Ibises & Storks: White-faced Heron, Pied Heron, Little Egret, Eastern Reef Egret, Eastern Great Egret, Intermediate Egret, Cattle Egret, Striated Heron, Chinese Pond Heron, Javan Pond Heron, Nankeen Night Heron, Malayan Night Heron, Glossy Ibis, Cinnamon Bittern, Schrenck's Bittern, Black Bittern, Yellow Bittern | Cranes & Relatives: Eurasian Coot, Baillon's Crake, Ruddy-breasted Crake, White-breasted waterhen, Black-tailed Native-hen, Eurasian Coot | Prantincoles: Oriental Pratincole, Australian Pratincole
How to find these species
Suggested tour: Christmas Island Birdwatching
Duration: 8 Days/7 Nights
Type: Groups, Private Charter
Departs: On requestChristmas Island is one of Australia's best birdwatching destinations. An internationally renowned seabird rookery, the island attracts about 80,000 nesting seabirds every year. You will have the opportunity to see the world's rarest booby and frigatebird.
Tours in Christmas Island related to Waterbirds & Waders
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January,February,December, Christmas Island
Christmas Island - Summer Sightings by Bird Group
Bushbirds Kingfishers: Common Kingfisher, Sacred Kingfisher, Collared Kingfisher | Rollers: Dollarbird | Pigeons & Doves: Red Collared Dove, Emerald Dove, Christmas Island Imperial Pigeon, Pied Imperial Pigeon | Cuckoos & Coucals: Oriental Cuckoo, Pallid Cuckoo, Large Hawk Cuckoo, Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo, Asian Koel | Frogmouths & Nightjars: Savannah Nightjar | Swifts: Christmas Island Glossy Swiftlet, White-throated Needletai, House Swift, Fork-tailed Swift
Raptors Hawks & Eagles: White-bellied Sea-Eagle, Christmas Island Goshawk, Oriental Honey-Buzzard | Falcons: Nankeen Kestrel, Peregrine Falcon | Owls: Christmas Island Hawk-owl
Seabirds Storm Petrels: Matsudaria's Storm-Petrel, White-faced Storm Petrel | Tropicbirds: Red-tailed Tropicbird, White-tailed Tropicbird (Golden Bosun) | Gannets & Boobies: Abbott's Booby, Red-footed Booby, Brown Booby | Gulls & Terns: Lesser Noddy White Tern, Sooty Tern, Asian Gull-billed Tern, Greater Crested Tern, Lesser Crested Tern, Common Tern, Little Tern, Whiskered Tern, White-winged Black Tern, Brown Skua, Arctic Jaeger, Mew Gull, Common Noddy | Cormorants: Little Black Cormorant, Great Cormorant | Pelicans: Australian Pelican | Frigatebirds: Great Frigatebird, Lesser Frigatebird, Christmas Island Frigatebird | Petrels & Shearwater: Barau's Petrel, Bulwer's Petrel, Antarctic Prion, Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Skuas: Brown Skua
Songbirds Pittas: Blue-Winged Pitta, Fairy Pitta | Monarchs & Flycatchers: White Wagtail, Eastern Yellow Wagtail, Green-headed Wagtail,Grey Wagtail, Forest Wagtail, Blue & White Flycatcher | Warblers: Oriental Reed Warbler | Sparrows & Grassfinches: Java Sparrow, Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Cuckoo-shrikes: White bellied Cuckoo-shrike | White-eyes: Christmas Island White-eye | Thrushes: Christmas Island Thrush | Starlings: Purple-backed Starling | Swallows & Martins: Red-rumped Swallow, Barn Swallow, Tree Martin, Asian House Martin
Waterbirds & Waders Ducks, Geese & Swans: Garganey, Hardhead | Snipes & Relatives: Pin-tailed Snipe, Swinhoe's Snipe, Bar-tailed Godwit, Little Curlew, Whimbrel, Common Redshank, Marsh Sandpiper, Common Greenshank, Wood Sandpiper, Terek Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Grey-tailed Tattler, Ruddy Turnstone, Red-necked Stint, Long-toed Stint, Great Knot, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Curlew Sandpiper, Sanderling, Red-necked Phalarope, Grey Phalarope | Stilts & Avocets: Black-winged Stilt | Oystercatchers: Sooty Oystercatcher | Plovers, Dotterels & Lapwings: Grey Plover, Pacific Golden Plover, Kentish Plover, Little Ringed Plover, Lesser Sand Plover, Greater Sand Plover, Oriental Plover, Masked Lapwing | Herons, Ibises & Storks: White-faced Heron, Pied Heron, Little Egret, Eastern Reef Egret, Eastern Great Egret, Intermediate Egret, Cattle Egret, Striated Heron, Chinese Pond Heron, Javan Pond Heron, Nankeen Night Heron, Malayan Night Heron, Glossy Ibis, Cinnamon Bittern, Schrenck's Bittern, Black Bittern, Yellow Bittern | Cranes & Relatives: Eurasian Coot, Baillon's Crake, Ruddy-breasted Crake, White-breasted waterhen, Black-tailed Native-hen, Eurasian Coot | Prantincoles: Oriental Pratincole, Australian Pratincole
How to find these species
Suggested tour: Christmas Island Birdwatching
Duration: 8 Days/7 Nights
Type: Groups, Private Charter
Departs: On requestChristmas Island is one of Australia's best birdwatching destinations. An internationally renowned seabird rookery, the island attracts about 80,000 nesting seabirds every year. You will have the opportunity to see the world's rarest booby and frigatebird.
Tours in Christmas Island related to Waterbirds & Waders
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September,October,November, Christmas Island
Christmas Island - Spring Sightings by Bird Group
Bushbirds Kingfishers: Common Kingfisher, Sacred Kingfisher, Collared Kingfisher | Rollers: Dollarbird | Pigeons & Doves: Red Collared Dove, Emerald Dove, Christmas Island Imperial Pigeon, Pied Imperial Pigeon | Cuckoos & Coucals: Oriental Cuckoo, Pallid Cuckoo, Large Hawk Cuckoo, Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo, Asian Koel | Frogmouths & Nightjars: Savannah Nightjar | Swifts: Christmas Island Glossy Swiftlet, White-throated Needletai, House Swift, Fork-tailed Swift
Raptors Hawks & Eagles: White-bellied Sea-Eagle, Christmas Island Goshawk, Oriental Honey-Buzzard | Falcons: Nankeen Kestrel, Peregrine Falcon | Owls: Christmas Island Hawk-owl
Seabirds Storm Petrels: Matsudaria's Storm-Petrel, White-faced Storm Petrel | Tropicbirds: Red-tailed Tropicbird, White-tailed Tropicbird (Golden Bosun) | Gannets & Boobies: Abbott's Booby, Red-footed Booby, Brown Booby | Gulls & Terns: Lesser Noddy White Tern, Sooty Tern, Asian Gull-billed Tern, Greater Crested Tern, Lesser Crested Tern, Common Tern, Little Tern, Whiskered Tern, White-winged Black Tern, Brown Skua, Arctic Jaeger, Mew Gull, Common Noddy | Cormorants: Little Black Cormorant, Great Cormorant | Pelicans: Australian Pelican | Frigatebirds: Great Frigatebird, Lesser Frigatebird, Christmas Island Frigatebird | Petrels & Shearwater: Barau's Petrel, Bulwer's Petrel, Antarctic Prion, Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Skuas: Brown Skua
Songbirds Pittas: Blue-Winged Pitta, Fairy Pitta | Monarchs & Flycatchers: White Wagtail, Eastern Yellow Wagtail, Green-headed Wagtail,Grey Wagtail, Forest Wagtail, Blue & White Flycatcher | Warblers: Oriental Reed Warbler | Sparrows & Grassfinches: Java Sparrow, Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Cuckoo-shrikes: White bellied Cuckoo-shrike | White-eyes: Christmas Island White-eye | Thrushes: Christmas Island Thrush | Starlings: Purple-backed Starling | Swallows & Martins: Red-rumped Swallow, Barn Swallow, Tree Martin, Asian House Martin
Waterbirds & Waders Ducks, Geese & Swans: Garganey, Hardhead | Snipes & Relatives: Pin-tailed Snipe, Swinhoe's Snipe, Bar-tailed Godwit, Little Curlew, Whimbrel, Common Redshank, Marsh Sandpiper, Common Greenshank, Wood Sandpiper, Terek Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Grey-tailed Tattler, Ruddy Turnstone, Red-necked Stint, Long-toed Stint, Great Knot, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Curlew Sandpiper, Sanderling, Red-necked Phalarope, Grey Phalarope | Stilts & Avocets: Black-winged Stilt | Oystercatchers: Sooty Oystercatcher | Plovers, Dotterels & Lapwings: Grey Plover, Pacific Golden Plover, Kentish Plover, Little Ringed Plover, Lesser Sand Plover, Greater Sand Plover, Oriental Plover, Masked Lapwing | Herons, Ibises & Storks: White-faced Heron, Pied Heron, Little Egret, Eastern Reef Egret, Eastern Great Egret, Intermediate Egret, Cattle Egret, Striated Heron, Chinese Pond Heron, Javan Pond Heron, Nankeen Night Heron, Malayan Night Heron, Glossy Ibis, Cinnamon Bittern, Schrenck's Bittern, Black Bittern, Yellow Bittern | Cranes & Relatives: Eurasian Coot, Baillon's Crake, Ruddy-breasted Crake, White-breasted waterhen, Black-tailed Native-hen, Eurasian Coot | Prantincoles: Oriental Pratincole, Australian Pratincole
How to find these species
Suggested tour: Christmas Island Birdwatching
Duration: 8 Days/7 Nights
Type: Groups, Private Charter
Departs: On requestChristmas Island is one of Australia's best birdwatching destinations. An internationally renowned seabird rookery, the island attracts about 80,000 nesting seabirds every year. You will have the opportunity to see the world's rarest booby and frigatebird.
Tours in Christmas Island related to Waterbirds & Waders
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June,July,August, Christmas Island
Christmas Island - Winter Sightings by Bird Group
Bushbirds Kingfishers: Common Kingfisher, Sacred Kingfisher, Collared Kingfisher | Rollers: Dollarbird | Pigeons & Doves: Red Collared Dove, Emerald Dove, Christmas Island Imperial Pigeon, Pied Imperial Pigeon | Cuckoos & Coucals: Oriental Cuckoo, Pallid Cuckoo, Large Hawk Cuckoo, Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo, Asian Koel | Frogmouths & Nightjars: Savannah Nightjar | Swifts: Christmas Island Glossy Swiftlet, White-throated Needletai, House Swift, Fork-tailed Swift
Raptors Hawks & Eagles: White-bellied Sea-Eagle, Christmas Island Goshawk, Oriental Honey-Buzzard | Falcons: Nankeen Kestrel, Peregrine Falcon | Owls: Christmas Island Hawk-owl
Seabirds Storm Petrels: Matsudaria's Storm-Petrel, White-faced Storm Petrel | Tropicbirds: Red-tailed Tropicbird, White-tailed Tropicbird (Golden Bosun) | Gannets & Boobies: Abbott's Booby, Red-footed Booby, Brown Booby | Gulls & Terns: Lesser Noddy White Tern, Sooty Tern, Asian Gull-billed Tern, Greater Crested Tern, Lesser Crested Tern, Common Tern, Little Tern, Whiskered Tern, White-winged Black Tern, Brown Skua, Arctic Jaeger, Mew Gull, Common Noddy | Cormorants: Little Black Cormorant, Great Cormorant | Pelicans: Australian Pelican | Frigatebirds: Great Frigatebird, Lesser Frigatebird, Christmas Island Frigatebird | Petrels & Shearwater: Barau's Petrel, Bulwer's Petrel, Antarctic Prion, Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Skuas: Brown Skua
Songbirds Pittas: Blue-Winged Pitta, Fairy Pitta | Monarchs & Flycatchers: White Wagtail, Eastern Yellow Wagtail, Green-headed Wagtail,Grey Wagtail, Forest Wagtail, Blue & White Flycatcher | Warblers: Oriental Reed Warbler | Sparrows & Grassfinches: Java Sparrow, Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Cuckoo-shrikes: White bellied Cuckoo-shrike | White-eyes: Christmas Island White-eye | Thrushes: Christmas Island Thrush | Starlings: Purple-backed Starling | Swallows & Martins: Red-rumped Swallow, Barn Swallow, Tree Martin, Asian House Martin
Waterbirds & Waders Ducks, Geese & Swans: Garganey, Hardhead | Snipes & Relatives: Pin-tailed Snipe, Swinhoe's Snipe, Bar-tailed Godwit, Little Curlew, Whimbrel, Common Redshank, Marsh Sandpiper, Common Greenshank, Wood Sandpiper, Terek Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Grey-tailed Tattler, Ruddy Turnstone, Red-necked Stint, Long-toed Stint, Great Knot, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Curlew Sandpiper, Sanderling, Red-necked Phalarope, Grey Phalarope | Stilts & Avocets: Black-winged Stilt | Oystercatchers: Sooty Oystercatcher | Plovers, Dotterels & Lapwings: Grey Plover, Pacific Golden Plover, Kentish Plover, Little Ringed Plover, Lesser Sand Plover, Greater Sand Plover, Oriental Plover, Masked Lapwing | Herons, Ibises & Storks: White-faced Heron, Pied Heron, Little Egret, Eastern Reef Egret, Eastern Great Egret, Intermediate Egret, Cattle Egret, Striated Heron, Chinese Pond Heron, Javan Pond Heron, Nankeen Night Heron, Malayan Night Heron, Glossy Ibis, Cinnamon Bittern, Schrenck's Bittern, Black Bittern, Yellow Bittern | Cranes & Relatives: Eurasian Coot, Baillon's Crake, Ruddy-breasted Crake, White-breasted waterhen, Black-tailed Native-hen, Eurasian Coot | Prantincoles: Oriental Pratincole, Australian Pratincole
How to find these species
Suggested tour: Christmas Island Birdwatching
Duration: 8 Days/7 Nights
Type: Groups, Private Charter
Departs: On requestChristmas Island is one of Australia's best birdwatching destinations. An internationally renowned seabird rookery, the island attracts about 80,000 nesting seabirds every year. You will have the opportunity to see the world's rarest booby and frigatebird.
Tours in Christmas Island related to Waterbirds & Waders
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January,February,December, East Gippsland
East Gippsland - Summer Sightings by Bird Group
Bushbirds Ratites: Emu | Kingfishers: Azure Kingfisher, Laughing Kookaburra, Sacred Kingfisher | Bee-eaters: Rainbow Bee-eater | Pigeons & Doves: White-headed Pigeon, Brown Cuckoo-Dove, Common Bronzewing, Brush Bronzewing, Crested Pigeon, Wonga Pigeon, Peaceful Dove, Topknot Pigeon | Cuckoos & Coucals: Pallid Cuckoo, Fan-tailed Cuckoo, Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo, Shining Bronze-Cuckoo, Australian Koel, Channel-billed Cuckoo | Frogmouths & Nightjars: Tawny Frogmouth | Swifts: White-throated Needletail, Fork-tailed Swift |
Parrots Parrots & Cockatoos: Glossy Black-Cockatoo, Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo, Gang-gang Cockatoo, Galah, Little Corella, Long-billed Corella, Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Rainbow Lorikeet, Musk Lorikeet, Little Lorikeet, Purple-crowned Lorikeet, Crimson Rosella, Eastern Rosella, Red-rumped Parrot, Australian King-Parrot, Turquoise Parrot
Raptors Hawks & Eagles: Wedge-tailed Eagle, Little Eagle, White-bellied Sea-Eagle, Osprey, Square-tailed Kite, Black-shouldered Kite, Black Kite, Whistling Kite, Swamp Harrier, Spotted Harrier NT, Grey Goshawk, Brown Goshawk, Collared Sparrowhawk | Falcons: Nankeen Kestrel, Australian Hobby, Brown Falcon, Peregrine Falcon | Owls: Sooty Owl, Barn Owl, Masked Owl, Barking Owl, Southern Boobook, Powerful Owl
Seabirds Gannets & Boobies: Australasian Gannet | Gulls & Terns: Silver Gull, Pacific Gull, Little Tern, Fairy Tern, Caspian Tern NT, Whiskered Tern, Common Tem, Crested Tern | Cormorants: Little Pied Cormorant, Little Black Cormorant, Pied Cormorant, Black-faced Cormorant, Great Cormorant | Pelicans: Australian Pelican | Darters: Australasian Darter | Shearwater: Short-tailed Shearwater, Hutton's Shearwater, Fluttering Shearwater | Albatross: Shy Albatross
Songbirds Honeyeaters: Scarlet Honeyeater, Tawny-crowned Honeyeater, Crescent Honeyeater, New Holland Honeyeater, White-naped Honeyeater, Brown-headed Honeyeater, Lewin's Honeyeater, Yellow-faced Honeyeater, White-eared Honeyeater, Yellow-tufted Honeyeater, White-plumed Honeyeater, Bell Miner, Noisy Miner, Red Wattlebird, Little Wattlebird, Eastern Spinebill | Chats: White-fronted Chat | Wrens: Superb Fairy-wren, Southern Emu-wren | Pardalotes, Scrubwrens & Thornbills: Spotted Pardalote, Striated Pardalote, White-browed Scrubwren, Large-billed Scrubwren, Buff-rumped Thornbill, Brown Thornbill, Yellow-rumped Thornbill, Yellow Thornbill, Striated Thornbill, Weebill, White-throated Gerygone, Brown Gerygone, Pilotbird | Robins: Scarlet Robin, Jacky Winter, Rose Robin, Eastern Yellow Robin | Whipbirds & Quail-Thrushes: Spotted Quail-Thrush | Sittellas: Varied Sittella | Whistlers & Shrike-thrushs: Golden Whistler, Rufous Whistler, Olive Whistler, Grey Strikethrush, White-winged Triller, Crested Shrike-tit | Monarchs & Flycatchers: Willie Wagtail, Grey Fantail, Rufous Fantail, Black-faced Monarch, Leaden Flycatcher Satin Flycatcher, Restless Flycatcher | Warblers: Golden-headed Cisticola, Australian Reed-Warbler, Little Grassbird, Rufous Songlark | Sparrows & Grassfinches: Red-browed Finch, Beautiful Firetail, Diamond Firetail | Cuckoo-shrikes: Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike, White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike, Cicadabird | Orioles & Figbirds: Green Oriole, Australiasian Figbird | Woodswallows, Magpies & Butcherbirds: Grey Butcherbird, Australian Magpie, Pied Currawong, Grey Currawong, Magpie-lark, Masked Woodswallow, White-browed Woodswallow, Dusky Woodswallow | Bowerbirds: Satin Bowerbird | Ravens & Crows: Australian Raven, Little Raven, Forest Raven | Mudnesters: White-winged Chough | Pipits: Australian Pipit | Lyrebirds: Superb Lyrebird | Treecreepers: White-throated Treecreeper, Red-browed Treecreeper | Flowerpeckers: Mistletoebird |White-eyes: Silvereye | Thrushes: Bassian Thrush | Swallows & Martins: Welcome Swallow, Tree Martin, Fairy Martin
Waterbirds & Waders Ducks, Geese & Swans: Black Swan, Australian Shelduck, Australian Wood Duck, Pacific Black Duck, Australasian Shoveler, Grey Teal Chestnut Teal, Pink-eared Duck, Hardhead, Blue-billed Duck, Musk Duck, Freckled Duck | Snipes & Relatives: Terek Sandpiper, Eastern Curlew, Black-tailed Godwit, Bar-tailed Godwit, Common Sandpiper, Red-necked Stint, Sanderling, Red Knot, Grey-tailed Tattler, Lathams Snipe | Stone Curlews: Beach Stone-curlew | Stilts & Avocets: Black-winged Stilt | Oystercatchers: Pied Oystercatcher, Sooty Oystercatcher | Plovers, Dotterels & Lapwings: Masked Lapwing, Double-banded Plover, Red-capped Plover, Hooded Plover, Grey Plover, Pacific Golden Plover, Black-fronted Dotterel, Red-kneed Dotterel | Herons, Ibises & Storks: White-necked Heron, Great Egret, Intermediate Egret, White-faced Heron, Little Egret, Cattle Egret, Eastern Reef Egret, Striated Heron, Nankeen Night-Heron, Australian White Ibis, Straw-necked Ibis, Royal Spoonbill, Yellow-billed Spoonbill | Cranes & Relatives: Purple Swamphen, Dusky Moorhen, Eurasian Coot, Baillon's Crake, Buff-banded Rail, Lewin's Rail | Grebes: Australasian Grebe, Hoary-headed Grebe, Great Crested Grebe
How to find these species
"One of the most famous residents in the region is the Satin Bowerbird, which nests until February, renowned for its practice of building and decorating a bower to attract females, with bright blue coloured objects. Brilliantly coloured male Scarlet Honeyeaters migrate southward to East Gippsland in late spring and are scattered over the region following the nectar of Eucalypts and other large forest trees. Black-faced Monarchs are another migrant at this time, typically seen foraging for insects among foliage, or catching flying insects on the wing. Flowering forest trees are irresistible to a variety of species including Red and Little Wattlebirds, Eastern Spinebills, New Holland, Yellow-faced, Tawny-crowned, Blue-faced and Crescent Honeyeaters."Roger Smith, Tour Guide
Suggested tour: East Gippsland Wildlife Journey
Duration: 4 Days/3 Nights
Type: Shared, PrivateVenturing across East Gippsland's magnificent lush rainforests, coastal heathlands, giant eucalypt groves, white sandy beaches and pristine rivers and estuaries, this four day immersive adventure offers you encounters with an incredible array of species.
Tours in East Gippsland related to Waterbirds & Waders
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March,April,May, East Gippsland
East Gippsland - Autumn Sightings by Bird Group
Bushbirds Ratites: Emu | Kingfishers: Azure Kingfisher, Laughing Kookaburra, Sacred Kingfisher | Bee-eaters: Rainbow Bee-eater | Pigeons & Doves: White-headed Pigeon, Brown Cuckoo-Dove, Common Bronzewing, Brush Bronzewing, Crested Pigeon, Wonga Pigeon, Peaceful Dove, Topknot Pigeon | Cuckoos & Coucals: Pallid Cuckoo, Fan-tailed Cuckoo, Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo, Shining Bronze-Cuckoo, Australian Koel, Channel-billed Cuckoo | Frogmouths & Nightjars: Tawny Frogmouth | Swifts: White-throated Needletail, Fork-tailed Swift |
Parrots Parrots & Cockatoos: Glossy Black-Cockatoo, Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo, Gang-gang Cockatoo, Galah, Little Corella, Long-billed Corella, Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Rainbow Lorikeet, Musk Lorikeet, Little Lorikeet, Purple-crowned Lorikeet, Crimson Rosella, Eastern Rosella, Red-rumped Parrot, Australian King-Parrot, Turquoise Parrot
Raptors Hawks & Eagles: Wedge-tailed Eagle, Little Eagle, White-bellied Sea-Eagle, Osprey, Square-tailed Kite, Black-shouldered Kite, Black Kite, Whistling Kite, Swamp Harrier, Spotted Harrier NT, Grey Goshawk, Brown Goshawk, Collared Sparrowhawk | Falcons: Nankeen Kestrel, Australian Hobby, Brown Falcon, Peregrine Falcon | Owls: Sooty Owl, Barn Owl, Masked Owl, Barking Owl, Southern Boobook, Powerful Owl
Seabirds Gannets & Boobies: Australasian Gannet | Gulls & Terns: Silver Gull, Pacific Gull, Little Tern, Fairy Tern, Caspian Tern NT, Whiskered Tern, Common Tem, Crested Tern | Cormorants: Little Pied Cormorant, Little Black Cormorant, Pied Cormorant, Black-faced Cormorant, Great Cormorant | Pelicans: Australian Pelican | Darters: Australasian Darter | Shearwater: Short-tailed Shearwater, Hutton's Shearwater, Fluttering Shearwater | Albatross: Shy Albatross
Songbirds Honeyeaters: Scarlet Honeyeater, Tawny-crowned Honeyeater, Crescent Honeyeater, New Holland Honeyeater, White-naped Honeyeater, Brown-headed Honeyeater, Lewin's Honeyeater, Yellow-faced Honeyeater, White-eared Honeyeater, Yellow-tufted Honeyeater, White-plumed Honeyeater, Bell Miner, Noisy Miner, Red Wattlebird, Little Wattlebird, Eastern Spinebill | Chats: White-fronted Chat | Wrens: Superb Fairy-wren, Southern Emu-wren | Pardalotes, Scrubwrens & Thornbills: Spotted Pardalote, Striated Pardalote, White-browed Scrubwren, Large-billed Scrubwren, Buff-rumped Thornbill, Brown Thornbill, Yellow-rumped Thornbill, Yellow Thornbill, Striated Thornbill, Weebill, White-throated Gerygone, Brown Gerygone, Pilotbird | Robins: Scarlet Robin, Jacky Winter, Rose Robin, Eastern Yellow Robin | Whipbirds & Quail-Thrushes: Spotted Quail-Thrush | Sittellas: Varied Sittella | Whistlers & Shrike-thrushs: Golden Whistler, Rufous Whistler, Olive Whistler, Grey Strikethrush, White-winged Triller, Crested Shrike-tit | Monarchs & Flycatchers: Willie Wagtail, Grey Fantail, Rufous Fantail, Black-faced Monarch, Leaden Flycatcher Satin Flycatcher, Restless Flycatcher | Warblers: Golden-headed Cisticola, Australian Reed-Warbler, Little Grassbird, Rufous Songlark | Sparrows & Grassfinches: Red-browed Finch, Beautiful Firetail, Diamond Firetail | Cuckoo-shrikes: Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike, White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike, Cicadabird | Orioles & Figbirds: Green Oriole, Australiasian Figbird | Woodswallows, Magpies & Butcherbirds: Grey Butcherbird, Australian Magpie, Pied Currawong, Grey Currawong, Magpie-lark, Masked Woodswallow, White-browed Woodswallow, Dusky Woodswallow | Bowerbirds: Satin Bowerbird | Ravens & Crows: Australian Raven, Little Raven, Forest Raven | Mudnesters: White-winged Chough | Pipits: Australian Pipit | Lyrebirds: Superb Lyrebird | Treecreepers: White-throated Treecreeper, Red-browed Treecreeper | Flowerpeckers: Mistletoebird |White-eyes: Silvereye | Thrushes: Bassian Thrush | Swallows & Martins: Welcome Swallow, Tree Martin, Fairy Martin
Waterbirds & Waders Ducks, Geese & Swans: Black Swan, Australian Shelduck, Australian Wood Duck, Pacific Black Duck, Australasian Shoveler, Grey Teal Chestnut Teal, Pink-eared Duck, Hardhead, Blue-billed Duck, Musk Duck, Freckled Duck | Snipes & Relatives: Terek Sandpiper, Eastern Curlew, Black-tailed Godwit, Bar-tailed Godwit, Common Sandpiper, Red-necked Stint, Sanderling, Red Knot, Grey-tailed Tattler, Lathams Snipe | Stone Curlews: Beach Stone-curlew | Stilts & Avocets: Black-winged Stilt | Oystercatchers: Pied Oystercatcher, Sooty Oystercatcher | Plovers, Dotterels & Lapwings: Masked Lapwing, Double-banded Plover, Red-capped Plover, Hooded Plover, Grey Plover, Pacific Golden Plover, Black-fronted Dotterel, Red-kneed Dotterel | Herons, Ibises & Storks: White-necked Heron, Great Egret, Intermediate Egret, White-faced Heron, Little Egret, Cattle Egret, Eastern Reef Egret, Striated Heron, Nankeen Night-Heron, Australian White Ibis, Straw-necked Ibis, Royal Spoonbill, Yellow-billed Spoonbill | Cranes & Relatives: Purple Swamphen, Dusky Moorhen, Eurasian Coot, Baillon's Crake, Buff-banded Rail, Lewin's Rail | Grebes: Australasian Grebe, Hoary-headed Grebe, Great Crested Grebe
How to find these species
"One of the world’s most amazing songbirds, the Superb Lyrebird, is in full voice at this time through the rainforests. During Autumn, males can be heard singing loudly from specially-constructed dancing mounds used to attract females with complex songs featuring the largest number of mimicked sounds are successful breeders. Eastern Yellow Robins, Jacky Winters and Rose Robins are also a delight at this time along with the Beautiful Firetail. Dusk and early evening provides the opportunity to see Australia’s largest owl species, the Powerful Owl, which preys upon animals such as possums, gliders and rodents."Roger Smith, Tour Guide
Suggested tour: East Gippsland Wildlife Journey
Duration: 4 Days/3 Nights
Type: Shared, PrivateVenturing across East Gippsland's magnificent lush rainforests, coastal heathlands, giant eucalypt groves, white sandy beaches and pristine rivers and estuaries, this four day immersive adventure offers you encounters with an incredible array of species.
Tours in East Gippsland related to Waterbirds & Waders
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September,October,November, East Gippsland
East Gippsland - Spring Sightings by Bird Group
Bushbirds Ratites: Emu | Kingfishers: Azure Kingfisher, Laughing Kookaburra, Sacred Kingfisher | Bee-eaters: Rainbow Bee-eater | Pigeons & Doves: White-headed Pigeon, Brown Cuckoo-Dove, Common Bronzewing, Brush Bronzewing, Crested Pigeon, Wonga Pigeon, Peaceful Dove, Topknot Pigeon | Cuckoos & Coucals: Pallid Cuckoo, Fan-tailed Cuckoo, Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo, Shining Bronze-Cuckoo, Australian Koel, Channel-billed Cuckoo | Frogmouths & Nightjars: Tawny Frogmouth | Swifts: White-throated Needletail, Fork-tailed Swift |
Parrots Parrots & Cockatoos: Glossy Black-Cockatoo, Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo, Gang-gang Cockatoo, Galah, Little Corella, Long-billed Corella, Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Rainbow Lorikeet, Musk Lorikeet, Little Lorikeet, Purple-crowned Lorikeet, Crimson Rosella, Eastern Rosella, Red-rumped Parrot, Australian King-Parrot, Turquoise Parrot
Raptors Hawks & Eagles: Wedge-tailed Eagle, Little Eagle, White-bellied Sea-Eagle, Osprey, Square-tailed Kite, Black-shouldered Kite, Black Kite, Whistling Kite, Swamp Harrier, Spotted Harrier NT, Grey Goshawk, Brown Goshawk, Collared Sparrowhawk | Falcons: Nankeen Kestrel, Australian Hobby, Brown Falcon, Peregrine Falcon | Owls: Sooty Owl, Barn Owl, Masked Owl, Barking Owl, Southern Boobook, Powerful Owl
Seabirds Gannets & Boobies: Australasian Gannet | Gulls & Terns: Silver Gull, Pacific Gull, Little Tern, Fairy Tern, Caspian Tern NT, Whiskered Tern, Common Tem, Crested Tern | Cormorants: Little Pied Cormorant, Little Black Cormorant, Pied Cormorant, Black-faced Cormorant, Great Cormorant | Pelicans: Australian Pelican | Darters: Australasian Darter | Shearwater: Short-tailed Shearwater, Hutton's Shearwater, Fluttering Shearwater | Albatross: Shy Albatross
Songbirds Honeyeaters: Scarlet Honeyeater, Tawny-crowned Honeyeater, Crescent Honeyeater, New Holland Honeyeater, White-naped Honeyeater, Brown-headed Honeyeater, Lewin's Honeyeater, Yellow-faced Honeyeater, White-eared Honeyeater, Yellow-tufted Honeyeater, White-plumed Honeyeater, Bell Miner, Noisy Miner, Red Wattlebird, Little Wattlebird, Eastern Spinebill | Chats: White-fronted Chat | Wrens: Superb Fairy-wren, Southern Emu-wren | Pardalotes, Scrubwrens & Thornbills: Spotted Pardalote, Striated Pardalote, White-browed Scrubwren, Large-billed Scrubwren, Buff-rumped Thornbill, Brown Thornbill, Yellow-rumped Thornbill, Yellow Thornbill, Striated Thornbill, Weebill, White-throated Gerygone, Brown Gerygone, Pilotbird | Robins: Scarlet Robin, Jacky Winter, Rose Robin, Eastern Yellow Robin | Whipbirds & Quail-Thrushes: Spotted Quail-Thrush | Sittellas: Varied Sittella | Whistlers & Shrike-thrushs: Golden Whistler, Rufous Whistler, Olive Whistler, Grey Strikethrush, White-winged Triller, Crested Shrike-tit | Monarchs & Flycatchers: Willie Wagtail, Grey Fantail, Rufous Fantail, Black-faced Monarch, Leaden Flycatcher Satin Flycatcher, Restless Flycatcher | Warblers: Golden-headed Cisticola, Australian Reed-Warbler, Little Grassbird, Rufous Songlark | Sparrows & Grassfinches: Red-browed Finch, Beautiful Firetail, Diamond Firetail | Cuckoo-shrikes: Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike, White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike, Cicadabird | Orioles & Figbirds: Green Oriole, Australiasian Figbird | Woodswallows, Magpies & Butcherbirds: Grey Butcherbird, Australian Magpie, Pied Currawong, Grey Currawong, Magpie-lark, Masked Woodswallow, White-browed Woodswallow, Dusky Woodswallow | Bowerbirds: Satin Bowerbird | Ravens & Crows: Australian Raven, Little Raven, Forest Raven | Mudnesters: White-winged Chough | Pipits: Australian Pipit | Lyrebirds: Superb Lyrebird | Treecreepers: White-throated Treecreeper, Red-browed Treecreeper | Flowerpeckers: Mistletoebird |White-eyes: Silvereye | Thrushes: Bassian Thrush | Swallows & Martins: Welcome Swallow, Tree Martin, Fairy Martin
Waterbirds & Waders Ducks, Geese & Swans: Black Swan, Australian Shelduck, Australian Wood Duck, Pacific Black Duck, Australasian Shoveler, Grey Teal Chestnut Teal, Pink-eared Duck, Hardhead, Blue-billed Duck, Musk Duck, Freckled Duck | Snipes & Relatives: Terek Sandpiper, Eastern Curlew, Black-tailed Godwit, Bar-tailed Godwit, Common Sandpiper, Red-necked Stint, Sanderling, Red Knot, Grey-tailed Tattler, Lathams Snipe | Stone Curlews: Beach Stone-curlew | Stilts & Avocets: Black-winged Stilt | Oystercatchers: Pied Oystercatcher, Sooty Oystercatcher | Plovers, Dotterels & Lapwings: Masked Lapwing, Double-banded Plover, Red-capped Plover, Hooded Plover, Grey Plover, Pacific Golden Plover, Black-fronted Dotterel, Red-kneed Dotterel | Herons, Ibises & Storks: White-necked Heron, Great Egret, Intermediate Egret, White-faced Heron, Little Egret, Cattle Egret, Eastern Reef Egret, Striated Heron, Nankeen Night-Heron, Australian White Ibis, Straw-necked Ibis, Royal Spoonbill, Yellow-billed Spoonbill | Cranes & Relatives: Purple Swamphen, Dusky Moorhen, Eurasian Coot, Baillon's Crake, Buff-banded Rail, Lewin's Rail | Grebes: Australasian Grebe, Hoary-headed Grebe, Great Crested Grebe
How to find these species
"September and October in the forests of East Gippsland are alive with cuckoo calls, including the piercing, repetitive whistle of the Shining Bronze Cuckoo, the rising trill of the Fan-tailed Cuckoo and the high-pitched ‘chew’ of the Horsfield’s Bronze Cuckoo. The springtime brings out beautiful wildflowers and flowering eucalypts, with Red and Little Wattlebirds, Eastern Spinebills, New Holland, Yellow-faced, Tawny-crowned, Blue-faced and Crescent Honeyeaters particularly active. It is also a peak time to see Eastern Yellow Robins, Scarlet Robins, Jacky Winters and the radiant pink breast of the slender Rose Robin."Roger Smith, Tour Guide
Suggested tour: East Gippsland Wildlife Journey
Duration: 4 Days/3 Nights
Type: Shared, PrivateVenturing across East Gippsland's magnificent lush rainforests, coastal heathlands, giant eucalypt groves, white sandy beaches and pristine rivers and estuaries, this four day immersive adventure offers you encounters with an incredible array of species.
Tours in East Gippsland related to Waterbirds & Waders
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January,February,December, Eyre Peninsula
Eyre Peninsula - Summer Sightings by Bird Group
Bushbirds
Ratites: Emu | Kingfishers: Sacred Kingfisher | Pigeons & Doves: Rock Dove, Common Bronzewing, Brush Bronzewing, Crested Pigeon | Cuckoos & Coucals: Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo, Fan-tailed Cuckoo, Pallid Cuckoo
Parrots
Parrots & Cockatoos: Galah, Rock Parrot, Port Lincoln Parrot, Rainbow Lorikeet, Mulga Parrot, Yellow-tailed Cockatoo
Raptors
Hawks & Eagles: Osprey, Wedge-tailed Eagle, White-bellied Sea-Eagle, Swamp Harrier | Falcons: Nankeen Kestrel, Brown Falcon
Seabirds
Gannets & Boobies: Australasia Gannet | Gulls & Terns: Caspian Tern, Whiskered Tern, Great Crested Tern, Silver Gull, Pacific Gull | Cormorants: Little Pied Cormorant, Great Cormorant, Little Black Cormorant, Pied Cormorant, Black-faced Cormorant | Pelicans: Australian Pelican
Songbirds
Honeyeaters: Purple-gaped Honeyeater, Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater, Red Wattlebird, Singing Honeyeater, Tawny-crowned Honeyeater, New Holland Honeyeater, Brown-headed Honeyeater, Blue-headed Honeyeater | Wrens: Superb Fairy-wren, Blue-breasted Fairy-wren, Southern Emu-wren | Pardalotes, Scrubwrens & Thornbills: Spotted Pardalote, Striated Pardalote, Spotted Scrubwren, White-browed Scrubwren, Yellow-rumped Thornbill, Inland Thornbill | Robins: Southern Scrub-robin, Western Yellow Robin, Scarlet Robin | Whipbirds: Western Whipbird | Whistlers & Shrike-thrushs: Western Whistler, Grey Strikethrush | Monarchs & Flycatchers: Willie-wagtail, Grey Fantail | Cuckoo-shrikes: Black-faced Cuckooshrike | Woodswallows, Magpies & Butcherbirds: Grey Butcherbird, Grey Currawong, Australian Magpie, Magpie-lark, Dusky Woodswallow | Ravens & Crows: Australian Raven, Little Raven | Pipits: Australian Pipit | Treecreepers: Rufous Treecreeper | Babblers: White-browed Babbler | White-eyes: Silvereye | Swallows & Martins: Welcome Swallow
Waterbirds & Waders
Ducks, Geese & Swans: Cape Barren Goose, Black Swan, Australian Shelduck, Pacific Black Duck, Grey Teal, Chestnut Teal, Pink-eared Duck, Musk Duck | Snipes & Relatives: Common Greenshank, Red-necked Stint, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Bar-tailed Godwit, Latham's Snipe | Oystercatchers: Pied Oystercatcher, Sooty Oystercatcher | Plovers, Dotterels & Lapwings: Masked Lapwing, Red-capped Plover, Banded Plover, Grey Plover, Hooded Plover | Herons, Ibises & Storks: White-faced Heron,Eastern Reef Egret, Eastern Great Egret | Cranes & Relatives: Dusky Moorhen, Australasian Swamphen | Grebes: Australasian Grebe, Hoary-headed Grebe
How to find these species
“Summer is the nesting season for Pied Oystercatchers, Hooded Dotterels, Red-capped Plovers so we explore several local beaches on the peninsula at this time, whilst keeping a lookout for the migratory Common Greenshank after their enormous flights from the Northern Hemisphere.
A visit to Big Swamp provides sanctuary for Black Swans, Grey Teal Ducks, Chestnut Teal Ducks, Pink Eared Ducks, Musk Ducks and Black Winged Stilts and at Mikkira and Lincoln National Park, Port Lincoln (Australian Ringneck) Parrots, Common Bronzewings, Striated Pardalotes, Spiney-Cheeked Honeyeaters and White-Browed Scrubwrens abundant. Pallid Cuckoos also migrate to the peninsula over the Summer."
Fran Solly, Birding Specialist Guide
Suggested Tour: Southern Eyre Peninsula Birdwatching
Duration: 3 Days/2 Nights
Type: Private, Shared Departures available seasonallyHome to 270 species of birds and 1900 native plant species, this tour across the Southern Eyre Peninsula traverses coastal dune shrublands, mallee woodlands, sandflats, saltmarsh, subcoastal and clifftops.
Tours in Eyre Peninsula related to Waterbirds & Waders
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March,April,May, Eyre Peninsula
Eyre Peninsula - Autumn Sightings by Bird Group
Bushbirds Ratites: Emu | Kingfishers: Sacred Kingfisher | Pigeons & Doves: Rock Dove, Common Bronzewing, Brush Bronzewing, Crested Pigeon
Parrots Parrots & Cockatoos: Galah, Rock Parrot, Port Lincoln Parrot, Rainbow Lorikeet, Mulga Parrot, Yellow-tailed Cockatoo Raptors Hawks & Eagles: Osprey, Wedge-tailed Eagle, White-bellied Sea-Eagle, Swamp Harrier | Falcons: Nankeen Kestrel, Brown Falcon Seabirds Gannets & Boobies: | Gulls & Terns: Caspian Tern, Great Crested Tern, Silver Gull, Pacific Gull | Cormorants: Little Pied Cormorant, Great Cormorant, Little Black Cormorant, Pied Cormorant, Black-faced Cormorant | Pelicans: Australian Pelican Songbirds Honeyeaters: Purple-gaped Honeyeater, Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater, Red Wattlebird, Singing Honeyeater, Tawny-crowned Honeyeater, New Holland Honeyeater, Brown-headed Honeyeater | Wrens: Superb Fairy-wren, Blue-breasted Fairy-wren | Pardalotes, Scrubwrens & Thornbills: Spotted Pardalote, Striated Pardalote, Spotted Scrubwren, White-browed Scrubwren, Yellow-rumped Thornbill, Inland Thornbill | Robins: Southern Scrub-robin, Western Yellow Robin, Scarlet Robin | Whipbirds: Western Whipbird | Whistlers & Shrike-thrushs: Western Whistler, Grey Strikethrush | Monarchs & Flycatchers: Willie-wagtail, Grey Fantail | Cuckoo-shrikes: Black-faced Cuckooshrike | Woodswallows, Magpies & Butcherbirds: Grey Butcherbird, Grey Currawong, Australian Magpie, Magpie-lark, Dusky Woodswallow | Ravens & Crows: Australian Raven, Little Raven | Bowerbirds: | Pipits: Australian Pipit | Starlings: | Treecreepers: | Friarbirds: | Flowerpeckers: | Babblers: White-browed Babbler | White-eyes: Silvereye | Swallows & Martins: Welcome Swallow
Waterbirds & Waders Ducks, Geese & Swans: Cape Barren Goose, Black Swan, Australian Shelduck, Pacific Black Duck, Grey Teal, Chestnut Teal, Pink-eared Duck, Musk Duck | Snipes & Relatives: Common Greenshank, Red-necked Stint, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper| Stone Curlews: | Oystercatchers: Pied Oystercatcher, Sooty Oystercatcher | Plovers, Dotterels & Lapwings: Masked Lapwing, Red-capped Plover, Banded Plover | Herons, Ibises & Storks: White-faced Heron, Eastern Reef Egret, Eastern Great Egret | Cranes & Relatives: Dusky Moorhen, Australasian Swamphen | Grebes: Australasian Grebe, Hoary-headed Grebe
How to find these species
“A small flock of remnant Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos aggregate post breeding during the Autumn and Port Lincoln (Australian Ringneck) Parrots, Australian Magpies, Galahs, Red Wattlebirds, Black-Faced Cuckoo-shrikes, Masked Lapwings, Western Whistlers and an occasional Scarlet Robin can be seen across Port Lincoln National Park and Mikkira.
It's always a joy to showcase the rugged cliffs along the Great Australian Bight to view Osprey and White Bellied Sea-Eagles along with other raptors including kites and Swamp Harriers. In beautiful Memory Cove, birds that may be encountered include Purple-Gaped Honeyeaters, Striated Pardalotes, Spiney-Cheeked Honeyeaters, Dusky Woodswallows, Western Yellow Robins, Blue-breasted Fairy-wrens and White-Browed Scrubwrens.
Fran Solly, Birding Specialist Guide
Suggested Tour: Southern Eyre Peninsula Birdwatching
Duration: 3 Days/2 Nights
Type: Private, Shared Departures available seasonallyHome to 270 species of birds and 1900 native plant species, this tour across the Southern Eyre Peninsula traverses coastal dune shrublands, mallee woodlands, sandflats, saltmarsh, subcoastal and clifftops.
Tours in Eyre Peninsula related to Waterbirds & Waders
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June,July,August, Eyre Peninsula
Eyre Peninsula - Winter Sightings by Bird Group
Bushbirds Ratites: Emu | Kingfishers: Sacred Kingfisher | Pigeons & Doves: Rock Dove, Common Bronzewing, Brush Bronzewing, Crested Pigeon
Parrots Parrots & Cockatoos: Galah, Rock Parrot, Port Lincoln Parrot, Rainbow Lorikeet, Mulga Parrot, Yellow-tailed Cockatoo Raptors Hawks & Eagles: Osprey, Wedge-tailed Eagle, White-bellied Sea-Eagle, Swamp Harrier | Falcons: Nankeen Kestrel, Brown Falcon Seabirds Gannets & Boobies: | Gulls & Terns: Caspian Tern, Great Crested Tern, Silver Gull, Pacific Gull | Cormorants: Little Pied Cormorant, Great Cormorant, Little Black Cormorant, Pied Cormorant, Black-faced Cormorant | Pelicans: Australian Pelican Songbirds Honeyeaters: Purple-gaped Honeyeater, Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater, Red Wattlebird, Singing Honeyeater, Tawny-crowned Honeyeater, New Holland Honeyeater, Brown-headed Honeyeater | Wrens: Superb Fairy-wren, Blue-breasted Fairy-wren, Southern Emu-wren | Pardalotes, Scrubwrens & Thornbills: Spotted Pardalote, Striated Pardalote, Spotted Scrubwren, White-browed Scrubwren, Yellow-rumped Thornbill, Inland Thornbill | Robins: Southern Scrub-robin, Western Yellow Robin, Scarlet Robin | Whipbirds: Western Whipbird | Whistlers & Shrike-thrushs: Western Whistler, Grey Strikethrush | Monarchs & Flycatchers: Willie-wagtail, Grey Fantail | Cuckoo-shrikes: Black-faced Cuckooshrike | Woodswallows, Magpies & Butcherbirds: Grey Butcherbird, Grey Currawong, Australian Magpie, Magpie-lark, Dusky Woodswallow | Ravens & Crows: Australian Raven, Little Raven | Bowerbirds: | Pipits: Australian Pipit | Starlings: | Treecreepers: | Friarbirds: | Flowerpeckers: | Babblers: White-browed Babbler | White-eyes: Silvereye | Swallows & Martins: Welcome Swallow
Waterbirds & Waders Ducks, Geese & Swans: Cape Barren Goose, Black Swan, Australian Shelduck, Pacific Black Duck, Grey Teal, Chestnut Teal, Pink-eared Duck, Musk Duck | Snipes & Relatives: Common Greenshank, Red-necked Stint, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Oystercatchers: Pied Oystercatcher, Sooty Oystercatcher | Plovers, Dotterels & Lapwings: Masked Lapwing, Red-capped Plover, Banded Plover | Herons, Ibises & Storks: White-faced Heron, Eastern Reef Egret, Eastern Great Egret | Cranes & Relatives: Dusky Moorhen, Australasian Swamphen | Grebes: Australasian Grebe, Hoary-headed Grebe
How to find these species
"We take guests out to Big Swamp over this season, to see a wide variety of waterbirds, with many commencing their nesting season. Black Swans, Grey Teal Ducks, Chestnut Teal Ducks, Pink Eared Ducks, Musk Ducks, Black Winged Stilts, Banded Plovers and Cape Barren Geese are all possible encounters.
Across Coffin Bay National Park, there are active Osprey and White-bellied Sea Eagle nests, with pairs often seen fishing along the cliffs and sandy white beaches. The area is also home to Caspian Terns, Hooded Plovers, Red Capped Plovers, Red Necked Stints, Golden Whistlers, Masked Lapwings, Emus and Wedge-tailed Eagles. There is also a chance to see the elusive Southern Emu-Wren and a remnant flock of Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos."
Fran Solly, Birding Specialist Guide
Suggested Tour: Southern Eyre Peninsula Birdwatching
Duration: 3 Days/2 Nights
Type: Private, Shared Departures available seasonallyHome to 270 species of birds and 1900 native plant species, this tour across the Southern Eyre Peninsula traverses coastal dune shrublands, mallee woodlands, sandflats, saltmarsh, subcoastal and clifftops.
Tours in Eyre Peninsula related to Waterbirds & Waders
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September,October,November, Eyre Peninsula
Eyre Peninsula - Spring Sightings by Bird Group
Bushbirds
Ratites: Emu | Kingfishers: Sacred Kingfisher | Pigeons & Doves: Rock Dove, Common Bronzewing, Brush Bronzewing, Crested Pigeon | Cuckoos & Coucals: Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo, Fan-tailed Cuckoo, Pallid Cuckoo
Parrots
Parrots & Cockatoos: Galah, Rock Parrot, Port Lincoln Parrot, Rainbow Lorikeet, Mulga Parrot, Yellow-tailed Cockatoo
Raptors
Hawks & Eagles: Osprey, Wedge-tailed Eagle, White-bellied Sea-Eagle, Swamp Harrier | Falcons: Nankeen Kestrel, Brown Falcon
Seabirds
Gannets & Boobies: Australasia Gannet | Gulls & Terns: Caspian Tern, Whiskered Tern, Great Crested Tern, Silver Gull, Pacific Gull | Cormorants: Little Pied Cormorant, Great Cormorant, Little Black Cormorant, Pied Cormorant, Black-faced Cormorant | Pelicans: Australian Pelican
Songbirds
Honeyeaters: Purple-gaped Honeyeater, Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater, Red Wattlebird, Singing Honeyeater, Tawny-crowned Honeyeater, New Holland Honeyeater, Brown-headed Honeyeater, Blue-headed Honeyeater | Wrens: Superb Fairy-wren, Blue-breasted Fairy-wren, Southern Emu-wren | Pardalotes, Scrubwrens & Thornbills: Spotted Pardalote, Striated Pardalote, Spotted Scrubwren, White-browed Scrubwren, Yellow-rumped Thornbill, Inland Thornbill, Weebill | Robins: Southern Scrub-robin, Western Yellow Robin, Scarlet Robin | Whipbirds: Western Whipbird | Whistlers & Shrike-thrushs: Western Whistler, Grey Strikethrush | Monarchs & Flycatchers: Willie-wagtail, Grey Fantail | Cuckoo-shrikes: Black-faced Cuckooshrike | Woodswallows, Magpies & Butcherbirds: Grey Butcherbird, Grey Currawong, Australian Magpie, Magpie-lark, Dusky Woodswallow | Ravens & Crows: Australian Raven, Little Raven | Pipits: Australian Pipit | Treecreepers: Rufous Treecreeper | Babblers: White-browed Babbler | White-eyes: Silvereye | Swallows & Martins: Welcome Swallow
Waterbirds & Waders
Ducks, Geese & Swans: Cape Barren Goose, Black Swan, Australian Shelduck, Pacific Black Duck, Grey Teal, Chestnut Teal, Pink-eared Duck, Musk Duck | Snipes & Relatives: Common Greenshank, Red-necked Stint, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Bar-tailed Godwit, Latham's Snipe | Oystercatchers: Pied Oystercatcher, Sooty Oystercatcher | Plovers, Dotterels & Lapwings: Masked Lapwing, Red-capped Plover, Banded Plover, Grey Plover, Hooded Plover | Herons, Ibises & Storks: White-faced Heron,Eastern Reef Egret, Eastern Great Egret | Cranes & Relatives: Dusky Moorhen, Australasian Swamphen | Grebes: Australasian Grebe, Hoary-headed Grebe
How to find these species
"White-bellied Sea Eagles and Osprey nest along our spectacular coastal cliff habitats and rocky offshore islands, with young typically fledging late in Spring.
It's an amazing time to spot many of our bushbirds in the national parks, including Striated Pardalotes, Western Yellow Robins, Western Whistlers, White-Browed Babblers, Red Wattlebirds, Black-faced Cuckoo Shrikes, New Holland Honeyeaters, Brown-Headed Honey Eaters along with Port Lincoln and Rock Parrots. We also spend some time looking for some of the rarer species including Scarlet Robins, Diamond Firetails, Southern Emu-wrens and Western Whipbirds and the migratory Wood Sandpiper and Latham's Snipe."
Fran Solly, Birding Specialist Guide
Suggested Tour: Southern Eyre Peninsula Birdwatching
Duration: 3 Days/2 Nights
Type: Private, Shared Departures available seasonallyHome to 270 species of birds and 1900 native plant species, this tour across the Southern Eyre Peninsula traverses coastal dune shrublands, mallee woodlands, sandflats, saltmarsh, subcoastal and clifftops.
Tours in Eyre Peninsula related to Waterbirds & Waders
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March,April,May, Kakadu & Arnhem Land
Kakadu & Arnhem Land - Autumn Sightings by Bird Group
Bushbirds Mound-builders: Orange-footed Scrub-fowl | Kingfishers: Forest Kingfisher, Sacred Kingfisher, Azure Kingfisher, Little Kingfisher, Blue-winged Kookaburra | Pigeons & Doves: Peaceful Dove, Diamond Dove, Bar-shouldered Dove, Rose-crowned Fruit-dove, Torresian Imperial-Pigeon, Pied Imperial-Pigeon, Partridge Pigeon, Chestnut-quilled rock-pigeons | Cuckoos & Coucals: Pheasant Coucal, Pacific Koel, Little Bronze-Cuckoo, Brush Cuckoo | Bee-eaters: Rainbow Bee-eater, Dollarbird
Parrots Parrots & Cockatoos: Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo, Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Galah, Little Corella, Red-winged Parrot, Northern Rosella, Varied Lorikeet, Red-collared Lorikeet
Raptors Hawks & Eagles: Black-shouldered Kite, Black Kite, Whistling Kite, Brahminy Kite, Brown Goshawk, Black-breasted Buzzard, Osprey, Pacific Baza, Wedge-tailed Eagle, White-bellied Sea-Eagle | Owls: Barking Owl
Seabirds Cormorants: Little Pied Cormorant, Little Black Cormorant, Pied Cormorant | Darters: Australasian Darter
Songbirds
Honeyeaters: White-gaped Honeyeater, Bar-breasted Honeyeater, Rufous-banded Honeyeater, Rufous-throated Honeyeater, Brown Honeyeater, Blue-faced Honeyeater, White-throated Honeyeater, Red-headed Honeyeater, Dusky Honeyeater | Wrens: Red-backed Fairywren | Pardalotes, Scrubwrens & Thornbills: Striated Pardalote, Weebill | Whistlers & Shrike-thrushs: Gray Whistler, Rufous Whistler, White-winged Triller, Varied Triller | Monarchs & Flycatchers: Leaden Flycatcher, Broad-billed Flycatcher, Paperbark Flycatcher, Shining Flycatcher, Lemon-bellied Flycatcher, Northern Fantail, Willie-wagtail, Spangled Drongo | Cuckoo-shrikes: Black-faced Cuckooshrike, White-bellied Cuckooshrike | Orioles & Figbirds: Green Oriole, Australiasian Figbird | Sparrows & Grassfinches: Crimson Finch, Double-barred Finch, Star Finch, Long-tailed Finch | Warblers: Golden-headed Cisticola | Pittas: Rainbow Pitta | Woodswallows, Magpies & Butcherbirds: Magpie Lark, White-breasted Woodswallow | Bowerbirds: Great Bowerbird | Friarbirds: Little Friarbird, Helmeted Friarbird, Silver-crowned Friarbird | Flowerpeckers: Mistletoebird | Ravens & Crows: Torresian Crow
Waterbirds & Waders Ducks, Geese & Swans: Magpie Goose, Plumed Whistling-Duck, Wandering Whistling-Duck, Radjar Shelduck, Green Pygmy-Goose, Pacific Black Duck | Stone Curlews: Beach Stone-curlew, Bush Stone-curlew | Jacanas: Comb-crested Jacana | Stilts & Avocets: Pied Stilt | Plovers & Dotterels: Black-fronted Dotterel, Pacific Golden Plover, Siberian Sand Plover, Greater Sand Plover, Red-capped Plover | Herons, Ibises & Storks: Nankeen Night Heron, Pacific Reef-Heron, Little Egret, Eastern Cattle Egret, Great White Egret, Plumed Egret, Pied Heron, Striated Heron, Great-billed Heron, Australian Ibis, Straw-necked Ibis, Royal Spoonbill, Black-necked Stork, Black Bittern | Cranes & Relatives: Brolga, Sarus Crane, Buff-banded Rail, Dusky Moorhen, Australasian Swamphen, Red-necked Crake | Grebes: Australasian Grebe
How to find these species
"By the end of the northern tropical summer (locally known as the wet season), native speargrasses have grown up to three metres high, providing plenty of seeds for Red-winged Parrots, Double-barred, Star, Crimson and Long-tailed Finches to feed upon. After their migration from southern areas, large flocks of Red-tailed Cockatoos can be heard screeching and flashing their vibrant banded tails, as they migrate from southern areas in flocks of up to one hundred birds. The Dollarbird is also commonly seen feeding insects before making the flight to the islands of New Guinea to spend the winter."
Sab Lord, Tour Guide
Suggested tour: Kakadu Birding Tour
Duration: 3 Days/2 Nights
Type: Groups, Private Charter
Departs: On requestThe World Heritage Listed Kakadu National Park is one of the most pristine environments left on the planet and the combination of soil floodplains, paper bark swamps, savannah woodlands, monsoonal rainforests and river mangroves make this one of the world's great birdwatching sites, with over 280 species found across the region.
Tours in Kakadu & Arnhem Land related to Waterbirds & Waders
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June,July,August, Kakadu & Arnhem Land
Kakadu & Arnhem Land - Winter Sightings by Bird Group
Bushbirds Mound-builders: Orange-footed Scrub-fowl | Kingfishers: Forest Kingfisher, Sacred Kingfisher, Azure Kingfisher, Little Kingfisher, Blue-winged Kookaburra | Pigeons & Doves: Peaceful Dove, Diamond Dove, Bar-shouldered Dove, Rose-crowned Fruit-dove, Torresian Imperial-Pigeon, Pied Imperial-Pigeon, Partridge Pigeon, Chestnut-quilled rock-pigeons | Cuckoos & Coucals: Pheasant Coucal, Pacific Koel, Little Bronze-Cuckoo, Brush Cuckoo | Bee-eaters: Rainbow Bee-eater, Dollarbird
Parrots Parrots & Cockatoos: Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo, Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Galah, Little Corella, Red-winged Parrot, Northern Rosella, Varied Lorikeet, Red-collared Lorikeet
Raptors Hawks & Eagles: Black-shouldered Kite, Black Kite, Whistling Kite, Brahminy Kite, Brown Goshawk, Black-breasted Buzzard, Osprey, Pacific Baza, Wedge-tailed Eagle, White-bellied Sea-Eagle | Owls: Barking Owl
Seabirds Cormorants: Little Pied Cormorant, Little Black Cormorant, Pied Cormorant | Darters: Australasian Darter
Songbirds
Honeyeaters: White-gaped Honeyeater, Bar-breasted Honeyeater, Rufous-banded Honeyeater, Rufous-throated Honeyeater, Brown Honeyeater, Blue-faced Honeyeater, White-throated Honeyeater, Red-headed Honeyeater, Dusky Honeyeater | Wrens: Red-backed Fairywren | Pardalotes, Scrubwrens & Thornbills: Striated Pardalote, Weebill | Whistlers & Shrike-thrushs: Gray Whistler, Rufous Whistler, White-winged Triller, Varied Triller | Monarchs & Flycatchers: Leaden Flycatcher, Broad-billed Flycatcher, Paperbark Flycatcher, Shining Flycatcher, Lemon-bellied Flycatcher, Northern Fantail, Willie-wagtail, Spangled Drongo | Cuckoo-shrikes: Black-faced Cuckooshrike, White-bellied Cuckooshrike | Orioles & Figbirds: Green Oriole, Australiasian Figbird | Sparrows & Grassfinches: Crimson Finch, Double-barred Finch, Star Finch, Long-tailed Finch | Warblers: Golden-headed Cisticola | Pittas: Rainbow Pitta | Woodswallows, Magpies & Butcherbirds: Magpie Lark, White-breasted Woodswallow | Bowerbirds: Great Bowerbird | Friarbirds: Little Friarbird, Helmeted Friarbird, Silver-crowned Friarbird | Flowerpeckers: Mistletoebird | Ravens & Crows: Torresian Crow
Waterbirds & Waders Ducks, Geese & Swans: Magpie Goose, Plumed Whistling-Duck, Wandering Whistling-Duck, Radjar Shelduck, Green Pygmy-Goose, Pacific Black Duck | Stone Curlews: Beach Stone-curlew, Bush Stone-curlew | Jacanas: Comb-crested Jacana | Stilts & Avocets: Pied Stilt | Plovers & Dotterels: Black-fronted Dotterel, Pacific Golden Plover, Siberian Sand Plover, Greater Sand Plover, Red-capped Plover | Herons, Ibises & Storks: Nankeen Night Heron, Pacific Reef-Heron, Little Egret, Eastern Cattle Egret, Great White Egret, Plumed Egret, Pied Heron, Striated Heron, Great-billed Heron, Australian Ibis, Straw-necked Ibis, Royal Spoonbill, Black-necked Stork, Black Bittern | Cranes & Relatives: Brolga, Sarus Crane, Buff-banded Rail, Dusky Moorhen, Australasian Swamphen, Red-necked Crake | Grebes: Australasian Grebe
How to find these species
"Magpie Geese are spread far and wide over the pristine floodplains at this time including Bamurru, having laid their eggs with a typical clutch of 5-14 eggs. Some males mate with two females, all of which raise the young, unlike other polygamous birds. We often see White-bellied Sea Eagles, Brahminy and Whistling Kites target newly hatched chicks from the skies above, with one of the best opportunities to see their aerial skills at Yellow Waters. The alluring Azure Kingfisher also waits patiently along the waterways across both Kakadu & Arnhem Land on its fishing missions. We also stop across different areas to witness huge flocks of Plumed Whistling, Wandering Whistling and Spotted Whistling Ducks, all plucking on tropical grasses in between uttering their high pitched whistles."
Sab Lord, Tour Guide
Suggested tour: Kakadu Birding Tour
Duration: 3 Days/2 Nights
Type: Groups, Private Charter
Departs: On requestThe World Heritage Listed Kakadu National Park is one of the most pristine environments left on the planet and the combination of soil floodplains, paper bark swamps, savannah woodlands, monsoonal rainforests and river mangroves make this one of the world's great birdwatching sites, with over 280 species found across the region.
Tours in Kakadu & Arnhem Land related to Waterbirds & Waders
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September,October,November, Kakadu & Arnhem Land
Kakadu & Arnhem Land - Spring Sightings by Bird Group
Bushbirds Mound-builders: Orange-footed Scrub-fowl | Kingfishers: Forest Kingfisher, Sacred Kingfisher, Azure Kingfisher, Little Kingfisher, Blue-winged Kookaburra | Pigeons & Doves: Peaceful Dove, Diamond Dove, Bar-shouldered Dove, Rose-crowned Fruit-dove, Torresian Imperial-Pigeon, Pied Imperial-Pigeon, Partridge Pigeon, Chestnut-quilled rock-pigeons | Cuckoos & Coucals: Pheasant Coucal, Pacific Koel, Little Bronze-Cuckoo, Brush Cuckoo | Bee-eaters: Rainbow Bee-eater, Dollarbird
Parrots Parrots & Cockatoos: Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo, Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Galah, Little Corella, Red-winged Parrot, Northern Rosella, Varied Lorikeet, Red-collared Lorikeet
Raptors Hawks & Eagles: Black-shouldered Kite, Black Kite, Whistling Kite, Brahminy Kite, Brown Goshawk, Black-breasted Buzzard, Osprey, Pacific Baza, Wedge-tailed Eagle, White-bellied Sea-Eagle | Owls: Barking Owl
Seabirds Cormorants: Little Pied Cormorant, Little Black Cormorant, Pied Cormorant | Darters: Australasian Darter
Songbirds
Honeyeaters: White-gaped Honeyeater, Bar-breasted Honeyeater, Rufous-banded Honeyeater, Rufous-throated Honeyeater, Brown Honeyeater, Blue-faced Honeyeater, White-throated Honeyeater, Red-headed Honeyeater, Dusky Honeyeater | Wrens: Red-backed Fairywren | Pardalotes, Scrubwrens & Thornbills: Striated Pardalote, Weebill | Whistlers & Shrike-thrushs: Gray Whistler, Rufous Whistler, White-winged Triller, Varied Triller | Monarchs & Flycatchers: Leaden Flycatcher, Broad-billed Flycatcher, Paperbark Flycatcher, Shining Flycatcher, Lemon-bellied Flycatcher, Northern Fantail, Willie-wagtail, Spangled Drongo | Cuckoo-shrikes: Black-faced Cuckooshrike, White-bellied Cuckooshrike | Orioles & Figbirds: Green Oriole, Australiasian Figbird | Sparrows & Grassfinches: Crimson Finch, Double-barred Finch, Star Finch, Long-tailed Finch | Warblers: Golden-headed Cisticola | Pittas: Rainbow Pitta | Woodswallows, Magpies & Butcherbirds: Magpie Lark, White-breasted Woodswallow | Bowerbirds: Great Bowerbird | Friarbirds: Little Friarbird, Helmeted Friarbird, Silver-crowned Friarbird | Flowerpeckers: Mistletoebird | Ravens & Crows: Torresian Crow
Waterbirds & Waders Ducks, Geese & Swans: Magpie Goose, Plumed Whistling-Duck, Wandering Whistling-Duck, Radjar Shelduck, Green Pygmy-Goose, Pacific Black Duck | Stone Curlews: Beach Stone-curlew, Bush Stone-curlew | Jacanas: Comb-crested Jacana | Stilts & Avocets: Pied Stilt | Plovers & Dotterels: Black-fronted Dotterel, Pacific Golden Plover, Siberian Sand Plover, Greater Sand Plover, Red-capped Plover | Herons, Ibises & Storks: Nankeen Night Heron, Pacific Reef-Heron, Little Egret, Eastern Cattle Egret, Great White Egret, Plumed Egret, Pied Heron, Striated Heron, Great-billed Heron, Australian Ibis, Straw-necked Ibis, Royal Spoonbill, Black-necked Stork, Black Bittern | Cranes & Relatives: Brolga, Sarus Crane, Buff-banded Rail, Dusky Moorhen, Australasian Swamphen, Red-necked Crake | Grebes: Australasian Grebe
How to find these species
"As the end of the dry season approaches, the shrinking floodplains bring together a higher concentration of waterbirds, providing excellent opportunities to spot several duck species, egrets, Royal Spoonbills, Black-winged Stilts and the Black-necked Storks (locally known as the Jabirus).
One of the most famous meeting rituals in the bird kingdom is common at this time as Brolgas gather in the wetlands across the region. The Blue-winged Kookaburra changes its diet with the drier conditions and we are fortunate to have a family group adjacent to our Kakadu Tented Camp."
Sab Lord, Tour Guide
Suggested tour: Kakadu Birding Tour
Duration: 3 Days/2 Nights
Type: Groups, Private Charter
Departs: On requestThe World Heritage Listed Kakadu National Park is one of the most pristine environments left on the planet and the combination of soil floodplains, paper bark swamps, savannah woodlands, monsoonal rainforests and river mangroves make this one of the world's great birdwatching sites, with over 280 species found across the region.
Tours in Kakadu & Arnhem Land related to Waterbirds & Waders
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January,February,December, Kangaroo Island
Kangaroo Island - Summer Sightings by Bird Group
Bushbirds Kingfishers: Laughing Kookaburra | Pigeons & Doves: Common Bronzewing, Brush Bronzewing, Crested Pigeon | Cuckoos & Coucals: Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo, Fan-tailed Cuckoo |
Parrots Parrots & Cockatoos: Glossy Black-Cockatoo, Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo, Galah, Little Corella, Rock Parrot, Rainbow Lorikeet, Purple-crowned Lorikeet, Crimson Rosella
Raptors Hawks & Eagles: Osprey, Wedge-tailed Eagle, White-bellied Sea-Eagle, Swamp Harrier, Black-shouldered Kite | Falcons: Nankeen Kestrel, Brown Falcon
Seabirds Gannets & Boobies: Australasian Gannet | Gulls & Terns: Caspian Tern, Great Crested Tern, Silver Gull, Pacific Gull | Cormorants: Little Pied Cormorant, Little Black Cormorant, Pied Cormorant, Black-faced Cormorant | Pelicans: Australian Pelican
Songbirds Honeyeaters: Crescent Honeyeater, New Holland Honeyeater, Brown-headed Honeyeater, Tawny-crowned Honeyeater, Purple-gaped Honeyeater, White-eared Honeyeater Red Wattlebird, Eastern Spinebill | Wrens: Superb Fairy-wren, Southern Emu-wren | Pardalotes, Scrubwrens & Thornbills: Spotted Pardalote, Striated Pardalote, Spotted Scrubwren, Brown Thornbill, Striated Thornbill | Robins: Scarlet Robin | Whipbirds: Western Whipbird | Whistlers & Shrike-thrushs: Golden Whistler, Grey Strikethrush | Monarchs & Flycatchers: Willie-wagtail, Grey Fantail, Restless Flycatcher | Sparrows & Grassfinches: Red-browed Finch, Beauitful Firetail | Cuckoo-shrikes: Black-faced Cuckooshrike | Woodswallows, Magpies & Butcherbirds: Grey Currawong, Australian Magpie, Magpie-lark, Dusky Woodswallow | Ravens & Crows: Australian Raven, Little Raven | Pipits: Australian Pipit | Treecreepers: Rufous Treecreeper | White-eyes: Silvereye | Swallows & Martins: Welcome Swallow, Tree Martin
Waterbirds & Waders Ducks, Geese & Swans: Cape Barren Goose, Black Swan, Australian Shelduck, Pacific Black Duck, Grey Teal, Chestnut Teal, Musk Duck, Australian Shoveler | Snipes & Relatives: Common Greenshank, Common Sandpiper, Red-necked Stint, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Ruddy Turnstone | Stone Curlews: Bush Stone-curlew | Oystercatchers: Pied Oystercatcher, Sooty Oystercatcher | Plovers, Dotterels & Lapwings: Masked Lapwing, Hooded Plover, Black-fronted Dotterel, Red-capped Plover | Herons, Ibises & Storks: Nankeen Night Heron, White-faced Heron, Eastern Reef Egret, Eastern Great Egret, Yellow-billed Spoonbill | Cranes & Relatives: Dusky Moorhen, Purple Swamphen, Eurasian Coot | Grebes: Australasian Grebe, Hoary-headed Grebe
How to find these species
“As natural water catchments dry up in the summer months, the Kangaroo Island's birds tend to congregate around fresh inland lagoons, and coastal marine esturaries, where food and water is more accessible. As Kangaroo Island locals, we have some secret locations where we can rely on encounters with Black Swans, Yellow-billed Spoonbills, Common Greenshanks and Freckled Ducks, to name a few. Broad beaches like Seal Bay are populated by large flocks of Crested Terns with smart black caps, often accompanied by a couple of massive Caspian Terns, identified by their bright red bills, contrasting the yellow bills of the Crested Terns."
Blair Wickham, Tour Guide
Suggested tour: Kangaroo Island Birding Tour (Wild About Birds)
Duration: 3 Days/2 Nights
Type: Private only
Departs: On request
This three day Kangaroo Island birdwatching and wildlife tour is presented with an indicative itinerary. Opportunities vary throughout the year and each season is slightly different in terms of natural cycles. The experience delivered is customised according to the season and fine-tuned to meet the interests of guests once they arrive on the Island.
Full ItineraryTours in Kangaroo Island related to Waterbirds & Waders
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March,April,May, Kangaroo Island
Kangaroo Island - Autumn Sightings by Bird Group
Bushbirds Kingfishers: Laughing Kookaburra | Pigeons & Doves: Common Bronzewing, Brush Bronzewing, Crested Pigeon | Cuckoos & Coucals: Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo, Fan-tailed Cuckoo |
Parrots Parrots & Cockatoos: Glossy Black-Cockatoo, Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo, Galah, Little Corella, Rock Parrot, Rainbow Lorikeet, Purple-crowned Lorikeet, Crimson Rosella
Raptors Hawks & Eagles: Osprey, Wedge-tailed Eagle, White-bellied Sea-Eagle, Swamp Harrier, Black-shouldered Kite | Falcons: Nankeen Kestrel, Brown Falcon
Seabirds Gannets & Boobies: Australasian Gannet | Gulls & Terns: Caspian Tern, Great Crested Tern, Silver Gull, Pacific Gull | Cormorants: Little Pied Cormorant, Little Black Cormorant, Pied Cormorant, Black-faced Cormorant | Pelicans: Australian Pelican
Songbirds Honeyeaters: Crescent Honeyeater, New Holland Honeyeater, Brown-headed Honeyeater, Tawny-crowned Honeyeater, Purple-gaped Honeyeater, White-eared Honeyeater Red Wattlebird, Eastern Spinebill | Wrens: Superb Fairy-wren, Southern Emu-wren | Pardalotes, Scrubwrens & Thornbills: Spotted Pardalote, Striated Pardalote, Spotted Scrubwren, Brown Thornbill, Striated Thornbill | Robins: Scarlet Robin | Whipbirds: Western Whipbird | Whistlers & Shrike-thrushs: Golden Whistler, Grey Strikethrush | Monarchs & Flycatchers: Willie-wagtail, Grey Fantail, Restless Flycatcher | Sparrows & Grassfinches: Red-browed Finch, Beautiful Firetail | Cuckoo-shrikes: Black-faced Cuckooshrike | Woodswallows, Magpies & Butcherbirds: Grey Currawong, Australian Magpie, Magpie-lark, Dusky Woodswallow | Ravens & Crows: Australian Raven, Little Raven | Pipits: Australian Pipit | Treecreepers: Rufous Treecreeper | White-eyes: Silvereye | Swallows & Martins: Welcome Swallow, Tree Martin
Waterbirds & Waders Ducks, Geese & Swans: Cape Barren Goose, Black Swan, Australian Shelduck, Pacific Black Duck, Grey Teal, Chestnut Teal, Musk Duck, Australian Shoveler | Snipes & Relatives: Common Greenshank, Common Sandpiper, Red-necked Stint, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Ruddy Turnstone | Stone Curlews: Bush Stone-curlew | Oystercatchers: Pied Oystercatcher, Sooty Oystercatcher | Plovers, Dotterels & Lapwings: Masked Lapwing, Hooded Plover, Black-fronted Dotterel, Red-capped Plover | Herons, Ibises & Storks: Nankeen Night Heron, White-faced Heron, Eastern Reef Egret, Eastern Great Egret, Yellow-billed Spoonbill | Cranes & Relatives: Dusky Moorhen, Purple Swamphen, Eurasian Coot | Grebes: Australasian Grebe, Hoary-headed Grebe
How to find these species
"As the days begin to cool in Autumn/Fall, the endemic and endangered Kangaroo Island Glossy Black-Cockatoos begin selecting their nesting hollows in large Sugar Gums in preparation for their annual breeding season from April to June. Larger Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos aggregate post breeding, with flocks of over 100 birds sometimes seen. Black Swamp in Flinders Chase National Park comes alive with activity as Cape Barron Geese also choose their nesting territories."
Blair Wickham, Tour Guide
Suggested tour: Kangaroo Island Birding Tour (Wild About Birds)
Duration: 3 Days/2 Nights
Type: Private only
Departs: On request
This three day Kangaroo Island birdwatching and wildlife tour is presented with an indicative itinerary. Opportunities vary throughout the year and each season is slightly different in terms of natural cycles. The experience delivered is customised according to the season and fine-tuned to meet the interests of guests once they arrive on the Island.
Full ItineraryTours in Kangaroo Island related to Waterbirds & Waders
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June,July,August, Kangaroo Island
Kangaroo Island - Winter Sightings by Bird Group
Bushbirds Kingfishers: Laughing Kookaburra | Pigeons & Doves: Common Bronzewing, Brush Bronzewing, Crested Pigeon | Cuckoos & Coucals: Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo, Fan-tailed Cuckoo |
Parrots Parrots & Cockatoos: Glossy Black-Cockatoo, Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo, Galah, Little Corella, Rock Parrot, Rainbow Lorikeet, Purple-crowned Lorikeet, Crimson Rosella
Raptors Hawks & Eagles: Osprey, Wedge-tailed Eagle, White-bellied Sea-Eagle, Swamp Harrier, Black-shouldered Kite | Falcons: Nankeen Kestrel, Brown Falcon
Seabirds Gannets & Boobies: Australasian Gannet | Gulls & Terns: Caspian Tern, Great Crested Tern, Silver Gull, Pacific Gull | Cormorants: Little Pied Cormorant, Little Black Cormorant, Pied Cormorant, Black-faced Cormorant | Pelicans: Australian Pelican
Songbirds Honeyeaters: Crescent Honeyeater, New Holland Honeyeater, Brown-headed Honeyeater, Tawny-crowned Honeyeater, Purple-gaped Honeyeater, White-eared Honeyeater Red Wattlebird, Eastern Spinebill | Wrens: Superb Fairy-wren, Southern Emu-wren | Pardalotes, Scrubwrens & Thornbills: Spotted Pardalote, Striated Pardalote, Spotted Scrubwren, Brown Thornbill, Striated Thornbill | Robins: Scarlet Robin | Whipbirds: Western Whipbird | Whistlers & Shrike-thrushs: Golden Whistler, Grey Strikethrush | Monarchs & Flycatchers: Willie-wagtail, Grey Fantail, Restless Flycatcher | Sparrows & Grassfinches: Red-browed Finch, Beautiful Firetail | Cuckoo-shrikes: Black-faced Cuckooshrike | Woodswallows, Magpies & Butcherbirds: Grey Currawong, Australian Magpie, Magpie-lark, Dusky Woodswallow | Ravens & Crows: Australian Raven, Little Raven | Pipits: Australian Pipit | Treecreepers: Rufous Treecreeper | White-eyes: Silvereye | Swallows & Martins: Welcome Swallow, Tree Martin
Waterbirds & Waders Ducks, Geese & Swans: Cape Barren Goose, Black Swan, Australian Shelduck, Pacific Black Duck, Grey Teal, Chestnut Teal, Musk Duck, Australian Shoveler | Snipes & Relatives: Common Greenshank, Common Sandpiper, Red-necked Stint, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Ruddy Turnstone | Stone Curlews: Bush Stone-curlew | Oystercatchers: Pied Oystercatcher, Sooty Oystercatcher | Plovers, Dotterels & Lapwings: Masked Lapwing, Hooded Plover, Black-fronted Dotterel, Red-capped Plover | Herons, Ibises & Storks: Nankeen Night Heron, White-faced Heron, Eastern Reef Egret, Eastern Great Egret, Yellow-billed Spoonbill | Cranes & Relatives: Dusky Moorhen, Purple Swamphen, Eurasian Coot | Grebes: Australasian Grebe, Hoary-headed Grebe
How to find these species
"Welcome rains after a dry summer and autumn spurs birds into nesting. Black Swans pull together large nests and start incubating, with both parents sharing the load of raising the cygnets. In Flinders Chase National Park, Cape Barren Geese nest in native iris tussocks with parents keeping an eye out for predatory Australian Ravens and Wedge-tailed Eagles. It's always a delight seeing Scarlet Robins when we visit sheoak woodlands, waiting for insect activity and drop to the ground in a flash."
Blair Wickham, Tour Guide
Suggested tour: Kangaroo Island Birding Tour (Wild About Birds)
Duration: 3 Days/2 Nights
Type: Private only
Departs: On requestThis three day Kangaroo Island birdwatching and wildlife tour is presented with an indicative itinerary. Opportunities vary throughout the year and each season is slightly different in terms of natural cycles. The experience delivered is customised according to the season and fine-tuned to meet the interests of guests once they arrive on the Island.
Tours in Kangaroo Island related to Waterbirds & Waders
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September,October,November, Kangaroo Island
Kangaroo Island - Spring Sightings by Bird Group
Bushbirds Kingfishers: Laughing Kookaburra | Pigeons & Doves: Common Bronzewing, Brush Bronzewing, Crested Pigeon | Cuckoos & Coucals: Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo, Fan-tailed Cuckoo |
Parrots Parrots & Cockatoos: Glossy Black-Cockatoo, Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo, Galah, Little Corella, Rock Parrot, Rainbow Lorikeet, Purple-crowned Lorikeet, Crimson Rosella
Raptors Hawks & Eagles: Osprey, Wedge-tailed Eagle, White-bellied Sea-Eagle, Swamp Harrier, Black-shouldered Kite | Falcons: Nankeen Kestrel, Brown Falcon
Seabirds Gannets & Boobies: Australasian Gannet | Gulls & Terns: Caspian Tern, Great Crested Tern, Silver Gull, Pacific Gull | Cormorants: Little Pied Cormorant, Little Black Cormorant, Pied Cormorant, Black-faced Cormorant | Pelicans: Australian Pelican
Songbirds Honeyeaters: Crescent Honeyeater, New Holland Honeyeater, Brown-headed Honeyeater, Tawny-crowned Honeyeater, Purple-gaped Honeyeater, White-eared Honeyeater Red Wattlebird, Eastern Spinebill | Wrens: Superb Fairy-wren, Southern Emu-wren | Pardalotes, Scrubwrens & Thornbills: Spotted Pardalote, Striated Pardalote, Spotted Scrubwren, Brown Thornbill, Striated Thornbill | Robins: Scarlet Robin | Whipbirds: Western Whipbird | Whistlers & Shrike-thrushs: Golden Whistler, Grey Strikethrush | Monarchs & Flycatchers: Willie-wagtail, Grey Fantail, Restless Flycatcher | Sparrows & Grassfinches: Red-browed Finch, Beautiful Firetail | Cuckoo-shrikes: Black-faced Cuckooshrike | Woodswallows, Magpies & Butcherbirds: Grey Currawong, Australian Magpie, Magpie-lark, Dusky Woodswallow | Ravens & Crows: Australian Raven, Little Raven | Pipits: Australian Pipit | Treecreepers: Rufous Treecreeper | White-eyes: Silvereye | Swallows & Martins: Welcome Swallow, Tree Martin
Waterbirds & Waders Ducks, Geese & Swans: Cape Barren Goose, Black Swan, Australian Shelduck, Pacific Black Duck, Grey Teal, Chestnut Teal, Musk Duck, Australian Shoveler | Snipes & Relatives: Common Greenshank, Common Sandpiper, Red-necked Stint, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Ruddy Turnstone | Stone Curlews: Bush Stone-curlew | Oystercatchers: Pied Oystercatcher, Sooty Oystercatcher | Plovers, Dotterels & Lapwings: Masked Lapwing, Hooded Plover, Black-fronted Dotterel, Red-capped Plover | Herons, Ibises & Storks: Nankeen Night Heron, White-faced Heron, Eastern Reef Egret, Eastern Great Egret, Yellow-billed Spoonbill | Cranes & Relatives: Dusky Moorhen, Purple Swamphen, Eurasian Coot | Grebes: Australasian Grebe, Hoary-headed Grebe
How to find these species
"Smaller bushbirds like Superb Fairy-wrens breed in the Spring, with blue males providing a stunning splash of colour. Through many parts of the island, flowering Eucalypts and Callistemons offer abundant nectar to a diversity of honeyeaters including New Holland, White-eared Honeyeaters and Eastern Spinebills. Nectar feeding parrots including Rainbow Lorikeets and tiny Purple-crowned Lorikeets, compete noisily with honeyeaters. We visit several saline and freshwater wetlands to see ducks that breed this this time of year, with my favourite being the beautiful chestnut breasted Australian Shelduck.Blair Wickham, Tour Guide
Suggested tour: Kangaroo Island Birding Tour (Wild About Birds)
Duration: 3 Days/2 Nights
Type: Private only
Departs: On request
This three day Kangaroo Island birdwatching and wildlife tour is presented with an indicative itinerary. Opportunities vary throughout the year and each season is slightly different in terms of natural cycles. The experience delivered is customised according to the season and fine-tuned to meet the interests of guests once they arrive on the Island.
Full ItineraryTours in Kangaroo Island related to Waterbirds & Waders
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January,February,December, Maria Island
Maria Island - Summer Sightings by Bird Group
Bushbirds
Kingfishers: Laughing Kookaburra | Cuckoos & Coucals: Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Parrots
Parrots & Cockatoos: Swift Parrot, Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo, Green Rosella, Musk Lorikeet
Raptors
Hawks & Eagles: White-bellied Sea-Eagle, Tasmanian Wedge-tailed Eagle
Seabirds
Petrels & Sherwaters: Short-tailed Shearwater | Albatrosses: Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross, Buller's Albatross, Black-browed Albatross | Gannets & Boobies: Australasian Gannet | Cormorants: Little Pied Cormorant, Great Cormorant, Little Black Cormorant, Black-faced Cormorant | Gulls & Terns: Crested Tern, Caspian Tern, Great Crested Tern, Silver Gull, Kelp Gull, Pacific Gull
Songbirds
Honeyaters: Strong-billed Honeyeater, Yellow-throated Honeyeater, Black-headed Honeyeater, Crescent Honeyeater, New Holland Honeyeater, Eastern Spinebill, Yellow Wattlebird | Wrens: Superb Fairy-wren | Pardalotes, Scrubwrens and Thornbills: Tasmanian Scrubwren, Yellow-rumped Thornbill, Forty-spotted Pardalote, Spotted Pardalote, Striated Pardalote | Robins: Flame Robin, Scarlet Robin, Dusky Robin | Cuckoo-Shrikes: Black-faced Cuckoo Shrike | Monarchs & Flycatchers: Satin Flycatcher | Woodswallows, Magpies & Currowongs: Australian Magpie, Black Currawong, Grey Currawong, Dusky Woodswallow | White-eyes: Silvereyes | Swallows and Martins: Welcome Swallow, Tree Martin | Ravens & Crows: Forest Raven
Waterbirds & Waders
Ducks, Geese & Swans: Cape Barren Goose, Chestnut Teal | Plovers, Dotterels and Lapwings: Masked Lapwing, Hooded Plover | Herons, Ibises and Storks: White-faced Heron, Eastern Reef Egret | Oystercatchers: Sooty Oystercatcher, Pied Oystercatcher | Cranes & Relatives: Tasmanian Native Hen
How to find these species
“The endemic Forty-spotted Pardalote can be seen living in community groups around our wilderness camps, enjoying the flowering White Gums forests. We also keep an eye out for the Black-headed and Strong-billed Honeyeaters around the browntop stringybarks.
A number of migrants from the mainland can be seen on the island including Swift Parrots, Fan-tailed Cuckoos, Satin Flycatchers, Yellow-rumped Thornbills, Tree Martins and Dusky Woodswallows."
Ben Brown, General Manager Operations
Suggested Tour: The Maria Island Walk
Duration: 4 Days/3 Nights
Type: Shared
Available: October - late AprilThis four day guided walk across magnificent Maria Island, combines intimate wildlife encounters, fascinating history, pristine white sand beaches, and locally sourced gourmet food.
Tours in Maria Island related to Waterbirds & Waders
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March,April,May, Maria Island
Maria Island - Autumn Sightings by Bird Group
Bushbirds
Kingfishers: Laughing Kookaburra | Cuckoos & Coucals: Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Parrots
Parrots & Cockatoos: Swift Parrot, Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo, Green Rosella, Musk Lorikeet
Raptors
Hawks & Eagles: White-bellied Sea-Eagle, Tasmanian Wedge-tailed Eagle
Seabirds
Petrels & Sherwaters: Short-tailed Shearwater | Albatrosses: Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross, Buller's Albatross, Black-browed Albatross | Gannets & Boobies: Australasian Gannet | Cormorants: Little Pied Cormorant, Great Cormorant, Little Black Cormorant, Black-faced Cormorant | Gulls & Terns: Crested Tern, Caspian Tern, Great Crested Tern, Silver Gull, Kelp Gull, Pacific Gull
Songbirds
Honeyaters: Strong-billed Honeyeater, Yellow-throated Honeyeater, Black-headed Honeyeater, Crescent Honeyeater, New Holland Honeyeater, Eastern Spinebill, Yellow Wattlebird | Wrens: Superb Fairy-wren | Pardalotes, Scrubwrens and Thornbills: Tasmanian Scrubwren, Yellow-rumped Thornbill, Forty-spotted Pardalote, Spotted Pardalote, Striated Pardalote | Robins: Flame Robin, Scarlet Robin, Dusky Robin | Cuckoo-Shrikes: Black-faced Cuckoo Shrike | Monarchs & Flycatchers: Satin Flycatcher | Woodswallows, Magpies & Currowongs: Australian Magpie, Black Currawong, Grey Currawong, Dusky Woodswallow | White-eyes: Silvereyes | Swallows and Martins: Welcome Swallow, Tree Martin | Ravens & Crows: Forest Raven
Waterbirds & Waders
Ducks, Geese & Swans: Cape Barren Goose, Chestnut Teal | Plovers, Dotterels and Lapwings: Masked Lapwing, Hooded Plover | Herons, Ibises and Storks: White-faced Heron, Eastern Reef Egret | Oystercatchers: Sooty Oystercatcher, Pied Oystercatcher | Cranes & Relatives: Tasmanian Native Hen
How to find these species
“Residents of the island that can be sighted in the lead up to winter include Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos, Cape Barren Geese, Tasmanian Native Hens, Green Rosellas, Grey Fantails, Flame Robins, Golden Whistlers, Eastern Spinebills and the Beautiful Firetail. Pacific, Kelp and Silver Gulls, Crested Terns, Little Pied and Great Cormorants and Australian Pelicans are common sights across our white sandy beaches, feeding on small surface fish, squid, crabs, insects and other aquatic prey. One of the largest eagles in the world with wingspan of 2.3m, the Tasmanian subspecies of the Wedge-tailed Eagle are often seen soaring in pairs around the island's peaks."
Ben Brown, General Manager Operations
Suggested Tour: The Maria Island Walk
Duration: 4 Days/3 Nights
Type: SharedAvailable: October - late April
This four day guided walk across magnificent Maria Island, combines intimate wildlife encounters, fascinating history, pristine white sand beaches, and locally sourced gourmet food.
Tours in Maria Island related to Waterbirds & Waders
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September,October,November, Maria Island
Maria Island - Spring Sightings by Bird Group
Bushbirds
Kingfishers: Laughing Kookaburra | Cuckoos & Coucals: Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Parrots
Parrots & Cockatoos: Swift Parrot, Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo, Green Rosella, Musk Lorikeet
Raptors
Hawks & Eagles: White-bellied Sea-Eagle, Tasmanian Wedge-tailed Eagle
Seabirds
Petrels & Sherwaters: Short-tailed Shearwater | Albatrosses: Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross, Buller's Albatross, Black-browed Albatross | Gannets & Boobies: Australasian Gannet | Cormorants: Little Pied Cormorant, Great Cormorant, Little Black Cormorant, Black-faced Cormorant | Gulls & Terns: Crested Tern, Caspian Tern, Great Crested Tern, Silver Gull, Kelp Gull, Pacific Gull
Songbirds
Honeyaters: Strong-billed Honeyeater, Yellow-throated Honeyeater, Black-headed Honeyeater, Crescent Honeyeater, New Holland Honeyeater, Eastern Spinebill, Yellow Wattlebird | Wrens: Superb Fairy-wren | Pardalotes, Scrubwrens and Thornbills: Tasmanian Scrubwren, Yellow-rumped Thornbill, Forty-spotted Pardalote, Spotted Pardalote, Striated Pardalote | Robins: Flame Robin, Scarlet Robin, Dusky Robin | Cuckoo-Shrikes: Black-faced Cuckoo Shrike | Monarchs & Flycatchers: Satin Flycatcher | Woodswallows, Magpies & Currowongs: Australian Magpie, Black Currawong, Grey Currawong, Dusky Woodswallow | White-eyes: Silvereyes | Swallows and Martins: Welcome Swallow, Tree Martin | Ravens & Crows: Forest Raven
Waterbirds & Waders
Ducks, Geese & Swans: Cape Barren Goose, Chestnut Teal | Plovers, Dotterels and Lapwings: Masked Lapwing, Hooded Plover | Herons, Ibises and Storks: White-faced Heron, Eastern Reef Egret | Oystercatchers: Sooty Oystercatcher, Pied Oystercatcher | Cranes & Relatives: Tasmanian Native Hen
How to find these species
"The brightly coloured Swift Parrot arrives from the mainlaind in Spring to nest and feed on our beautiful flowering Tasmanian Blue gums. Welcome Swallows, Tree Martins and Dusky Woodswallows also arrive to breed, with Welcome Swallows building mud nests under the verandahs of the convict settlement buildings at Darlington. We also keep an eye out during the walk and boat rides, for White-bellied Sea Eagles and Tasmanian Wedge-tailed Eagles which fledge at this time.Spring is also the time we see the incredible migration of Short-tailed Shearwaters, with Bass Strait and the south east coast of Tasmania coming alive with 18 million individuals, commonly seen from the cliffs and beaches on the island."
Ben Brown, General Manager Operations
Suggested Tour: The Maria Island Walk
Duration: 4 Days/3 Nights
Type: SharedAvailable: October - late April
This four day guided walk across magnificent Maria Island, combines intimate wildlife encounters, fascinating history, pristine white sand beaches, and locally sourced gourmet food.
Tours in Maria Island related to Waterbirds & Waders
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June,July,August, Maria Island
Maria Island - Winter Sightings by Bird Group
Bushbirds
Kingfishers: Laughing Kookaburra
Parrots
Parrots & Cockatoos: Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo, Green Rosella, Musk Lorikeet
Raptors
Hawks & Eagles: White-bellied Sea-Eagle, Tasmanian Wedge-tailed Eagle
Seabirds
Albatrosses: Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross, Buller's Albatross, Black-browed Albatross | Gannets & Boobies: Australasian Gannet | Cormorants: Little Pied Cormorant, Great Cormorant, Little Black Cormorant, Black-faced Cormorant | Gulls & Terns: Crested Tern, Caspian Tern, Great Crested Tern, Silver Gull, Kelp Gull, Pacific Gull
Songbirds
Honeyaters: Strong-billed Honeyeater, Yellow-throated Honeyeater, Black-headed Honeyeater, Crescent Honeyeater, New Holland Honeyeater, Eastern Spinebill, Yellow Wattlebird | Wrens: Superb Fairy-wren | Pardalotes, Scrubwrens and Thornbills: Tasmanian Scrubwren, Yellow-rumped Thornbill, Forty-spotted Pardalote | Robins: Flame Robin, Scarlet Robin, Dusky Robin | Cuckoo-Shrikes: Black-faced Cuckoo Shrike | Woodswallows, Magpies & Currowongs: Australian Magpie, Black Currawong, Grey Currawong | Ravens & Crows: Forest Raven
Waterbirds & Waders
Ducks, Geese & Swans: Cape Barren Goose, Chestnut Teal | Plovers, Dotterels and Lapwings: Masked Lapwing, Hooded Plover | Herons, Ibises and Storks: White-faced Heron, Eastern Reef Egret | Oystercatchers: Sooty Oystercatcher, Pied Oystercatcher | Cranes & Relatives: Tasmanian Native Hen
How to find these species
"Winter is a fascinating time to see the behaviour of our Tasmanian Native Hens, as they begin territorial fights in preparation for mating, with females laying around five eggs. Cape Barren Geese are also pairing up and mating and building nests at this time, prevalent up the northern part of the island. Many of our endemic birds in the woodlands and Eucalypt forests can be seen including Forty-spotted Pardalotes, Green Rosellas, Tasmanian Thornbills, Dusky Robins, Yellow Wattlebirds along with Strong-billed Honeyeaters.Ben Brown, General Manager Operations
Suggested Tour: Maria Island Winter Escape
Duration: 3 Nights/2 nights
Type: SharedAvailable: June - late August
The 'Maria Island Winter Escape' is a three day lodge based experience which explores the beautiful and historic northern end of the island featuring abundant marsupials.
Tours in Maria Island related to Waterbirds & Waders
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March,April,May, Mungo National Park
Mungo - Autumn Sightings by Bird Group
Bushbirds Ratites: Emu | Kingfishers: Laughing Kookaburra, Sacred Kingfisher, Red-backed Kingfisher | Bee-eaters: Rainbow Bee-eater | Pigeons & Doves: Common Bronzewing, Crested Pigeon, Peaceful Dove, Diamond Dove
Parrots Parrots & Cockatoos: Australian Ringneck, Yellow Rosella, Eastern Bluebonnet, Red-rumped Parrot, Mulga Parrot, Regent Parrot, Galah, Little Corella, Long-billed Corella, Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Rainbow Lorikeet Raptors Hawks & Eagles: Wedge-tailed Eagle, Little Eagle, Swamp Harrier, Spotted Harrier, Brown Goshawk, Collared Sparrowhawk, Whistling Kite, Black Kite, Black-shouldered Kite | Falcons: Australian Hobby, Nankeen Kestrel, Brown Falcon
Seabirds Gulls & Terns: Gull-billed Tern, Silver Gull | Cormorants: Little Pied Cormorant, Great Cormorant, Little Black Cormorant, Pied Cormorant | Pelicans: Australian Pelican | Darters: Australasian Darter Songbirds Honeyeaters: Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater, Singing Honeyeater, Striped Honeyeater, New Holland Honeyeater, Yellow-plumed Honeyeater, White-plumed Honeyeater, Blue-faced Honeyeater, Red Wattlebird, Noisy Miner, Yellow-throated Miner | Chats: Crimson Chat, White-fronted Chat, Orange Chat | Wrens: Superb Fairy-wren, Splendid Fairy-wren, White-winged Fairy-wren, Variegated Fairy-wren | Pardalotes, Scrubwrens & Thornbills: Spotted Pardalote, Striated Pardalote, Yellow-rumped Thornbill, Inland Thornbill | Chestnut-rumped Thornbill, Weebill, Southern Whiteface | Robins: Southern Scrub-robin, Scarlet Robin, Jacky Winter, Red-capped Robin, Hooded Robin | Whistlers & Shrike-thrushs: Gilbert's Whistler, Rufous Whistler, Grey Shrike-thrush, Crested Bellbird | Monarchs & Flycatchers: Willie-wagtail, Grey Fantail | Cuckoo-shrikes: Black-faced Cuckooshrike, White-winged Triller | Warblers: Golden-headed Cisticola, Australian Reed-Warbler, Little Grassbird, Brown Songlark, Rufous Songlark | Woodswallows, Magpies & Butcherbirds: Grey Butcherbird, Pied Butcherbird, Australian Magpie, Magpie-lark, White-browed Woodswallow, White-breasted Woodswallow, Masked Woodswallow, Black-faced Woodswallow | Ravens & Crows: Australian Raven, Little Raven | Mudnesters: White-winged Chough, Apostlebird | Pipits: Australian Pipit | Treecreepers: Brown Treecreeper | Friarbirds: Little Friarbird, Noisy Friarbird | Flowerpeckers: Mistletoebird |Babblers: White-browed Babbler, Chestnut-crowned Babbler | White-eyes: Silvereye | Swallows & Martins: Welcome Swallow, Fairy Martin, Tree Martin
Waterbirds & Waders Ducks, Geese & Swans: Black Swan, Australian Shelduck, Pacific Black Duck, Grey Teal | Stilts & Avocets: Black-winged Stilt, Red-necked Avocet | Plovers, Dotterels & Lapwings: Masked Lapwing, Banded Lapwing, Red-kneed Dotterel, Black-fronted Dotterel | Herons, Ibises & Storks: Australian White Ibis, Straw-necked Ibis, Royal Spoonbill, Yellow-billed Spoonbill, White-faced Heron, White-necked Heron, Great Egret, Intermediate Egret, Little Egret, Nankeen Night Heron |Cranes & Relatives: Dusky Moorhen, Purple Swamphen, Black-tailed Native Hen, Eurasian Coot, Spotless Crake, Baillon's Crake | Grebes: Australasian Grebe
How to find these species
"Mungo National Park spans 111,000 hectares and there are around 150 species. A highlight for guests is seeing our vividly coloured parrots against the spectacular arid landscapes, including Mulga, Red-rumped, Mallee Ringnecks and Blue-bonnets. But a favourite for most guests is the incredible Pink Cockatoos. We also keep a careful eye out for chats and arid land fairy wrens which also display incredible colours."Roger Smith, Tour Guide
Suggested Tour: Private Mungo Outback Journey
Duration: 4 Days/3 Nights
Type: PrivateThis private outback adventure explores the magnificent Lake Mungo in the Willandra Lakes World Heritage Area. The region has been continuously occupied by Aboriginal People since that time, the longest known occupation of any land by any people on earth.
Tours in Mungo National Park related to Waterbirds & Waders
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June,July,August, Mungo National Park
Mungo - Winter Sightings by Bird Group
Bushbirds Ratites: Emu | Kingfishers: Laughing Kookaburra, Sacred Kingfisher, Red-backed Kingfisher | Bee-eaters: Rainbow Bee-eater | Pigeons & Doves: Common Bronzewing, Crested Pigeon, Peaceful Dove, Diamond Dove
Parrots Parrots & Cockatoos: Australian Ringneck, Yellow Rosella, Eastern Bluebonnet, Red-rumped Parrot, Mulga Parrot, Regent Parrot, Galah, Little Corella, Long-billed Corella, Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Rainbow Lorikeet Raptors Hawks & Eagles: Wedge-tailed Eagle, Little Eagle, Swamp Harrier, Spotted Harrier, Brown Goshawk, Collared Sparrowhawk, Whistling Kite, Black Kite, Black-shouldered Kite | Falcons: Australian Hobby, Nankeen Kestrel, Brown Falcon
Seabirds Gulls & Terns: Gull-billed Tern, Silver Gull | Cormorants: Little Pied Cormorant, Great Cormorant, Little Black Cormorant, Pied Cormorant | Pelicans: Australian Pelican | Darters: Australasian Darter Songbirds Honeyeaters: Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater, Singing Honeyeater, Striped Honeyeater, New Holland Honeyeater, Yellow-plumed Honeyeater, White-plumed Honeyeater, Blue-faced Honeyeater, Red Wattlebird, Noisy Miner, Yellow-throated Miner | Chats: Crimson Chat, White-fronted Chat, Orange Chat | Wrens: Superb Fairy-wren, Splendid Fairy-wren, White-winged Fairy-wren, Variegated Fairy-wren | Pardalotes, Scrubwrens & Thornbills: Spotted Pardalote, Striated Pardalote, Yellow-rumped Thornbill, Inland Thornbill | Chestnut-rumped Thornbill, Weebill, Southern Whiteface | Robins: Southern Scrub-robin, Scarlet Robin, Jacky Winter, Red-capped Robin, Hooded Robin | Whistlers & Shrike-thrushs: Gilbert's Whistler, Rufous Whistler, Grey Shrike-thrush, Crested Bellbird | Monarchs & Flycatchers: Willie-wagtail, Grey Fantail | Cuckoo-shrikes: Black-faced Cuckooshrike, White-winged Triller | Warblers: Golden-headed Cisticola, Australian Reed-Warbler, Little Grassbird, Brown Songlark, Rufous Songlark | Woodswallows, Magpies & Butcherbirds: Grey Butcherbird, Pied Butcherbird, Australian Magpie, Magpie-lark, White-browed Woodswallow, White-breasted Woodswallow, Masked Woodswallow, Black-faced Woodswallow | Ravens & Crows: Australian Raven, Little Raven | Mudnesters: White-winged Chough, Apostlebird | Pipits: Australian Pipit | Treecreepers: Brown Treecreeper | Friarbirds: Little Friarbird, Noisy Friarbird | Flowerpeckers: Mistletoebird |Babblers: White-browed Babbler, Chestnut-crowned Babbler | White-eyes: Silvereye | Swallows & Martins: Welcome Swallow, Fairy Martin, Tree Martin
Waterbirds & Waders Ducks, Geese & Swans: Black Swan, Australian Shelduck, Pacific Black Duck, Grey Teal | Stilts & Avocets: Black-winged Stilt, Red-necked Avocet | Plovers, Dotterels & Lapwings: Masked Lapwing, Banded Lapwing, Red-kneed Dotterel, Black-fronted Dotterel | Herons, Ibises & Storks: Australian White Ibis, Straw-necked Ibis, Royal Spoonbill, Yellow-billed Spoonbill, White-faced Heron, White-necked Heron, Great Egret, Intermediate Egret, Little Egret, Nankeen Night Heron |Cranes & Relatives: Dusky Moorhen, Purple Swamphen, Black-tailed Native Hen, Eurasian Coot, Spotless Crake, Baillon's Crake | Grebes: Australasian Grebe
How to find these species
"Mungo National Park spans 111,000 hectares and there are around 150 species. A highlight for guests is seeing our vividly coloured parrots against the spectacular arid landscapes, including Mulga, Red-rumped, Mallee Ringnecks and Blue-bonnets. But a favourite for most guests is the incredible Pink Cockatoos. We also keep a careful eye out for chats and arid land fairy wrens which also display incredible colours."Roger Smith, Tour Guide
Suggested Tour: Private Mungo Outback Journey
Duration: 4 Days/3 Nights
Type: PrivateThis private outback adventure explores the magnificent Lake Mungo in the Willandra Lakes World Heritage Area. The region has been continuously occupied by Aboriginal People since that time, the longest known occupation of any land by any people on earth.
Tours in Mungo National Park related to Waterbirds & Waders
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September,October,November, Mungo National Park
Mungo - Spring Sightings by Bird Group
Bushbirds Ratites: Emu | Kingfishers: Laughing Kookaburra, Sacred Kingfisher, Red-backed Kingfisher | Bee-eaters: Rainbow Bee-eater | Pigeons & Doves: Common Bronzewing, Crested Pigeon, Peaceful Dove, Diamond Dove
Parrots Parrots & Cockatoos: Australian Ringneck, Yellow Rosella, Eastern Bluebonnet, Red-rumped Parrot, Mulga Parrot, Regent Parrot, Galah, Little Corella, Long-billed Corella, Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Rainbow Lorikeet Raptors Hawks & Eagles: Wedge-tailed Eagle, Little Eagle, Swamp Harrier, Spotted Harrier, Brown Goshawk, Collared Sparrowhawk, Whistling Kite, Black Kite, Black-shouldered Kite | Falcons: Australian Hobby, Nankeen Kestrel, Brown Falcon
Seabirds Gulls & Terns: Gull-billed Tern, Silver Gull | Cormorants: Little Pied Cormorant, Great Cormorant, Little Black Cormorant, Pied Cormorant | Pelicans: Australian Pelican | Darters: Australasian Darter Songbirds Honeyeaters: Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater, Singing Honeyeater, Striped Honeyeater, New Holland Honeyeater, Yellow-plumed Honeyeater, White-plumed Honeyeater, Blue-faced Honeyeater, Red Wattlebird, Noisy Miner, Yellow-throated Miner | Chats: Crimson Chat, White-fronted Chat, Orange Chat | Wrens: Superb Fairy-wren, Splendid Fairy-wren, White-winged Fairy-wren, Variegated Fairy-wren | Pardalotes, Scrubwrens & Thornbills: Spotted Pardalote, Striated Pardalote, Yellow-rumped Thornbill, Inland Thornbill | Chestnut-rumped Thornbill, Weebill, Southern Whiteface | Robins: Southern Scrub-robin, Scarlet Robin, Jacky Winter, Red-capped Robin, Hooded Robin | Whistlers & Shrike-thrushs: Gilbert's Whistler, Rufous Whistler, Grey Shrike-thrush, Crested Bellbird | Monarchs & Flycatchers: Willie-wagtail, Grey Fantail | Cuckoo-shrikes: Black-faced Cuckooshrike, White-winged Triller | Warblers: Golden-headed Cisticola, Australian Reed-Warbler, Little Grassbird, Brown Songlark, Rufous Songlark | Woodswallows, Magpies & Butcherbirds: Grey Butcherbird, Pied Butcherbird, Australian Magpie, Magpie-lark, White-browed Woodswallow, White-breasted Woodswallow, Masked Woodswallow, Black-faced Woodswallow | Ravens & Crows: Australian Raven, Little Raven | Mudnesters: White-winged Chough, Apostlebird | Pipits: Australian Pipit | Treecreepers: Brown Treecreeper | Friarbirds: Little Friarbird, Noisy Friarbird | Flowerpeckers: Mistletoebird |Babblers: White-browed Babbler, Chestnut-crowned Babbler | White-eyes: Silvereye | Swallows & Martins: Welcome Swallow, Fairy Martin, Tree Martin
Waterbirds & Waders Ducks, Geese & Swans: Black Swan, Australian Shelduck, Pacific Black Duck, Grey Teal | Stilts & Avocets: Black-winged Stilt, Red-necked Avocet | Plovers, Dotterels & Lapwings: Masked Lapwing, Banded Lapwing, Red-kneed Dotterel, Black-fronted Dotterel | Herons, Ibises & Storks: Australian White Ibis, Straw-necked Ibis, Royal Spoonbill, Yellow-billed Spoonbill, White-faced Heron, White-necked Heron, Great Egret, Intermediate Egret, Little Egret, Nankeen Night Heron |Cranes & Relatives: Dusky Moorhen, Purple Swamphen, Black-tailed Native Hen, Eurasian Coot, Spotless Crake, Baillon's Crake | Grebes: Australasian Grebe
How to find these species
"In the Spring, we visit various habitats across Mungo National Park. The pines and woodlands provide us access family groups of Chestnut-crowned babblers and Red-capped Robins whilst the open plains come alive with Emus, incredible flocks of Pink Cockatoos, various parrot species. It's also a delight to showcase the splendid, white-winged & purple-backed fairywrens who hide amongst the hardy saltbush, iconic of the aridlands in the region."Roger Smith, Tour Guide
Suggested Tour: Private Mungo Outback Journey
Duration: 4 Days/3 Nights
Type: PrivateThis private outback adventure explores the magnificent Lake Mungo in the Willandra Lakes World Heritage Area. The region has been continuously occupied by Aboriginal People since that time, the longest known occupation of any land by any people on earth.
Tours in Mungo National Park related to Waterbirds & Waders
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March,April,May, Riverland, South Australia
Riverland - Autumn Sightings by Bird Group
Bushbirds Ratites: Emu | Kingfishers: Laughing Kookaburra, Sacred Kingfisher | Bee-eaters: Rainbow Bee-eater | Pigeons & Doves: Common Bronzewing, Crested Pigeon, Peaceful Dove | Cuckoos & Coucals: Fan-tailed Cuckoo, Pallid Cuckoo, Black-eared Cuckoo | Frogmouths: Tawny Frogmouth
Parrots Parrots & Cockatoos: Australian Ringneck, Yellow Rosella, Eastern Bluebonnet, Red-rumped Parrot, Mulga Parrot, Regent Parrot, Galah, Little Corella, Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Musk Lorikeet, Purple-crowned Lorikeet Raptors Hawks & Eagles: Wedge-tailed Eagle, Little Eagle, White-bellied Sea-Eagle, Swamp Harrier, Brown Goshawk, Whistling Kite, Black Kite, Black-shouldered Kite | Falcons: Australian Hobby, Nankeen Kestrel, Brown Falcon Seabirds Gulls & Terns: Caspian Tern, Whiskered Tern, Silver Gull | Cormorants: Little Pied Cormorant, Great Cormorant, Little Black Cormorant, Pied Cormorant | Pelicans: Australian Pelican | Darters: Australasian Darter Songbirds Honeyeaters: Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater, Singing Honeyeater, Tawny-crowned Honeyeater, New Holland Honeyeater, Brown-headed Honeyeater, Yellow-plumed Honeyeater, White-plumed Honeyeater, White-fronted Honeyeater, Blue-faced Honeyeater, Red Wattlebird, Noisy Miner, Yellow-throated Miner | Wrens: Superb Fairy-wren, White-winged Fairy-wren, Variegated Fairy-wren | Pardalotes, Scrubwrens & Thornbills: Spotted Pardalote, Striated Pardalote, Yellow-rumped Thornbill, Inland Thornbill | Chestnut-rumped Thornbill, Southern Whiteface | Robins: Southern Scrub-robin, Western Yellow Robin, Scarlet Robin | Whistlers & Shrike-thrushs: Gilbert's Whistler, Golden Whistler, Rufous Whistler, Grey Shrike-thrush | Monarchs & Flycatchers: Willie-wagtail, Grey Fantail, Restless Flycatcher | Cuckoo-shrikes: Black-faced Cuckooshrike, White-winged Triller | Warblers: Golden-headed Cisticola, Australian Reed-Warbler, Little Grassbird | Woodswallows, Magpies & Butcherbirds: Grey Butcherbird, Pied Butcherbird, Grey Currawong, Australian Magpie, Magpie-lark, Dusky Woodswallow, White-browed Woodswallow | Ravens & Crows: Australian Raven, Little Raven, Little Crow | Mudnesters: White-winged Chough, Apostlebird | Pipits: Australian Pipit | Treecreepers: Brown Treecreeper, White-browed Treecreeper | Friarbirds: Little Friarbird | Flowerpeckers: Mistletoebird |Babblers: White-browed Babbler, Chestnut-crowned Babbler | White-eyes: Silvereye | Swallows & Martins: Welcome Swallow, Fairy Martin
Waterbirds & Waders Ducks, Geese & Swans: Black Swan, Australian Shelduck, Freckled Duck, Musk Duck, Pacific Black Duck, Grey Teal, Chestnut Teal, Pink-eared Duck, Musk Duck, Blue-billed Duck, Hardhead, Australian Shoveler | Snipes & Relatives: Common Greenshank, Red-necked Stint, Common Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Marsh Sandpiper, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Latham's Snipe, Ruddy Turnstone | Stone Curlews: Bush Stone Curlew | Stilts & Avocets: Black-winged Stilt, Banded Stilt, Red-necked Avocet | Plovers, Dotterels & Lapwings: Masked Lapwing, Banded Lapwing, Red-kneed Dotterel, Red-capped Plover, Black-fronted Dotterel | Herons, Ibises & Storks: White-faced Heron, White-necked Heron, Eastern Great Egret, Intermediate Egret, Little Egret, Nankeen Night Heron, Australian Bittern, Glossy Ibis, Australian White Ibis, Straw-necked Ibis, Royal Spoonbill, Yellow-billed Spoonbill | Cranes & Relatives: Dusky Moorhen, Purple Swamphen, Black-tailed Native Hen, Eurasian Coot, Spotless Crake, Baillon's Crake | Grebes: Australasian Grebe, Hoary-headed Grebe, Great-crested Grebe
How to find these species
"We spend the bulk of our time in the Riverland Ramsar wetlands on Murray River Safari, which is home to more than 180 species of birds. This is the time of year we see migratory water birds, local black swans, many species of duck, honeyeaters, and abundant parrots including the vulnerable Regent Parrot. Two of our smallest birds, the Red-capped Robin and the Mistletoebird, are celebrated when sighted because of their brilliant red plumage. I really enjoy observing Blue-winged Shovelers and Pink-eared Ducks. They are such beautiful wetland birds that use their filter feeding bills to catch small aquatic plants and animals that live in the ephemeral lakes when they fill."Tony Sharley, Lead Guide
Suggested Tour: Murray River Safari
Duration: 4 Days/3 Nights
Type: SharedExperience the diverse wildlife offerings where Australia's river oasis meets the outback. This multi-activity wildlife safari along Australia's greatest river includes guided walks, canoeing, an outback drive and open back cruising, combined with luxurious houseboat accommodation and superb dining including local wines.
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September,October,November, Riverland, South Australia
Riverland - Spring Sightings by Bird Group
Bushbirds Ratites: Emu | Kingfishers: Laughing Kookaburra, Sacred Kingfisher | Bee-eaters: Rainbow Bee-eater | Pigeons & Doves: Common Bronzewing, Crested Pigeon, Peaceful Dove, Pacific Emerald Dove | Cuckoos & Coucals: Fan-tailed Cuckoo, Pallid Cuckoo, Black-eared Cuckoo | Frogmouths: Tawny Frogmouth
Parrots Parrots & Cockatoos: Australian Ringneck, Yellow Rosella, Eastern Bluebonnet, Red-rumped Parrot, Mulga Parrot, Regent Parrot, Galah, Little Corella, Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Musk Lorikeet, Purple-crowned Lorikeet Raptors Hawks & Eagles: Wedge-tailed Eagle, Little Eagle, White-bellied Sea-Eagle, Swamp Harrier, Brown Goshawk, Whistling Kite, Black Kite, Black-shouldered Kite | Falcons: Australian Hobby, Nankeen Kestrel, Brown Falcon Seabirds Gulls & Terns: Caspian Tern, Whiskered Tern, Silver Gull | Cormorants: Little Pied Cormorant, Great Cormorant, Little Black Cormorant, Pied Cormorant | Pelicans: Australian Pelican | Darters: Australasian Darter Songbirds Honeyeaters: Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater, Singing Honeyeater, Tawny-crowned Honeyeater, New Holland Honeyeater, Brown-headed Honeyeater, Yellow-plumed Honeyeater, White-plumed Honeyeater, White-fronted Honeyeater, Blue-faced Honeyeater, Red Wattlebird, Noisy Miner, Yellow-throated Miner | Wrens: Superb Fairy-wren, White-winged Fairy-wren, Variegated Fairy-wren | Pardalotes, Scrubwrens & Thornbills: Spotted Pardalote, Striated Pardalote, Yellow-rumped Thornbill, Inland Thornbill | Chestnut-rumped Thornbill, Southern Whiteface | Robins: Southern Scrub-robin, Western Yellow Robin, Scarlet Robin | Whistlers & Shrike-thrushs: Gilbert's Whistler, Golden Whistler, Rufous Whistler, Grey Shrike-thrush | Monarchs & Flycatchers: Willie-wagtail, Grey Fantail, Restless Flycatcher | Cuckoo-shrikes: Black-faced Cuckooshrike, White-winged Triller | Warblers: Golden-headed Cisticola, Australian Reed-Warbler, Little Grassbird | Woodswallows, Magpies & Butcherbirds: Grey Butcherbird, Pied Butcherbird, Grey Currawong, Australian Magpie, Magpie-lark, Dusky Woodswallow, White-browed Woodswallow | Ravens & Crows: Australian Raven, Little Raven, Little Crow | Mudnesters: White-winged Chough, Apostlebird | Pipits: Australian Pipit | Treecreepers: Brown Treecreeper, White-browed Treecreeper | Friarbirds: Little Friarbird | Flowerpeckers: Mistletoebird |Babblers: White-browed Babbler, Chestnut-crowned Babbler | White-eyes: Silvereye | Swallows & Martins: Welcome Swallow, Fairy Martin
Waterbirds & Waders Ducks, Geese & Swans: Black Swan, Australian Shelduck, Freckled Duck, Musk Duck, Pacific Black Duck, Grey Teal, Chestnut Teal, Pink-eared Duck, Musk Duck, Blue-billed Duck, Hardhead, Australian Shoveler | Snipes & Relatives: Common Greenshank, Red-necked Stint, Common Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Marsh Sandpiper, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Latham's Snipe, Ruddy Turnstone | Stone Curlews: Bush Stone Curlew | Stilts & Avocets: Black-winged Stilt, Banded Stilt, Red-necked Avocet | Plovers, Dotterels & Lapwings: Masked Lapwing, Banded Lapwing, Red-kneed Dotterel, Red-capped Plover, Black-fronted Dotterel | Herons, Ibises & Storks: White-faced Heron, White-necked Heron, Eastern Great Egret, Intermediate Egret, Little Egret, Nankeen Night Heron, Australian Bittern, Glossy Ibis, Australian White Ibis, Straw-necked Ibis, Royal Spoonbill, Yellow-billed Spoonbill | Cranes & Relatives: Dusky Moorhen, Purple Swamphen, Black-tailed Native Hen, Eurasian Coot, Spotless Crake, Baillon's Crake | Grebes: Australasian Grebe, Hoary-headed Grebe, Great-crested Grebe
How to find these species
"One of the highlights of the Murray River Safari is a visit to the region's ephemeral lakes, which provides access to Black Swans, Pink Eared Ducks, Musk Ducks, Black Winged Stilts, Australian Shovelers, Red-necked Avocets, plovers, ibis, egrets and sandpipers to name a few.The Rainbow Bee-eaters are fascinating as you can set your clock by them. They arrive from northern Australia in the first week of October and stay until the first week in April. They come here to breed and dig out tiny tunnels in the sandy cliffs found on either side of the river valley. They build their nests inside those tunnels."
Tony Sharley, Lead Guide
Suggested Tour: Murray River Safari
Duration: 4 Days/3 Nights
Type: SharedExperience the diverse wildlife offerings where Australia's river oasis meets the outback. This multi-activity wildlife safari along Australia's greatest river includes guided walks, canoeing, an outback drive and open back cruising, combined with luxurious houseboat accommodation and superb dining including local wines.
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June,July,August, Riverland, South Australia
Riverland - Winter Sightings by Bird Group
Bushbirds Ratites: Emu | Kingfishers: Laughing Kookaburra, Sacred Kingfisher | Pigeons & Doves: Common Bronzewing, Crested Pigeon, Peaceful Dove | Frogmouths: Tawny Frogmouth
Parrots Parrots & Cockatoos: Australian Ringneck, Yellow Rosella, Eastern Bluebonnet, Red-rumped Parrot, Mulga Parrot, Regent Parrot, Galah, Little Corella, Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Musk Lorikeet, Purple-crowned Lorikeet Raptors Hawks & Eagles: Wedge-tailed Eagle, Little Eagle, White-bellied Sea-Eagle, Swamp Harrier, Brown Goshawk, Whistling Kite, Black Kite, Black-shouldered Kite | Falcons: Australian Hobby, Nankeen Kestrel, Brown Falcon Seabirds Gulls & Terns: Caspian Tern, Whiskered Tern, Silver Gull | Cormorants: Little Pied Cormorant, Great Cormorant, Little Black Cormorant, Pied Cormorant | Pelicans: Australian Pelican | Darters: Australasian Darter Songbirds Honeyeaters: Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater, Singing Honeyeater, Tawny-crowned Honeyeater, New Holland Honeyeater, Brown-headed Honeyeater, Yellow-plumed Honeyeater, White-plumed Honeyeater, White-fronted Honeyeater, New-Holland Honeyeater, Blue-faced Honeyeater, Red Wattlebird, Noisy Miner, Yellow-throated Miner | Wrens: Superb Fairy-wren, White-winged Fairy-wren, Variegated Fairy-wren | Pardalotes, Scrubwrens & Thornbills: Spotted Pardalote, Striated Pardalote, Yellow-rumped Thornbill, Inland Thornbill | Chestnut-rumped Thornbill, Southern Whiteface | Robins: Southern Scrub-robin, Western Yellow Robin, Scarlet Robin | Whistlers & Shrike-thrushs: Gilbert's Whistler, Golden Whistler, Rufous Whistler, Grey Shrike-thrush | Monarchs & Flycatchers: Willie-wagtail, Grey Fantail, Restless Flycatcher | Cuckoo-shrikes: Black-faced Cuckooshrike | Warblers: Golden-headed Cisticola, Australian Reed-Warbler, Little Grassbird | Woodswallows, Magpies & Butcherbirds: Grey Butcherbird, Pied Butcherbird, Grey Currawong, Australian Magpie, Magpie-lark, Dusky Woodswallow, White-browed Woodswallow | Ravens & Crows: Australian Raven, Little Raven, Little Crow | Mudnesters: White-winged Chough, Apostlebird | Pipits: Australian Pipit | Treecreepers: Brown Treecreeper, White-browed Treecreeper | Friarbirds: Little Friarbird | Flowerpeckers: Mistletoebird |Babblers: White-browed Babbler, Chestnut-crowned Babbler | White-eyes: Silvereye | Swallows & Martins: Welcome Swallow, Fairy Martin
Waterbirds & Waders Ducks, Geese & Swans: Black Swan, Australian Shelduck, Freckled Duck, Musk Duck, Pacific Black Duck, Grey Teal, Chestnut Teal, Pink-eared Duck, Musk Duck, Blue-billed Duck, Hardhead, Australian Shoveler | Stone Curlews: Bush Stone Curlew | Stilts & Avocets: Black-winged Stilt, Banded Stilt, Red-necked Avocet | Plovers, Dotterels & Lapwings: Masked Lapwing, Banded Lapwing, Red-kneed Dotterel, Red-capped Plover, Black-fronted Dotterel | Herons, Ibises & Storks: White-faced Heron, White-necked Heron, Eastern Great Egret, Intermediate Egret, Little Egret, Nankeen Night Heron, Australian Bittern, Glossy Ibis, Australian White Ibis, Straw-necked Ibis, Royal Spoonbill, Yellow-billed Spoonbill | Cranes & Relatives: Dusky Moorhen, Purple Swamphen, Black-tailed Native Hen, Eurasian Coot, Spotless Crake, Baillon's Crake | Grebes: Australasian Grebe, Hoary-headed Grebe, Great-crested Grebe
How to find these species
"Calm conditions after the Autumn rains trigger new growth on the floodplains over winter. Emus start nesting and we occasionally startle them on their massive turquoise eggs. Red-capped Robins and Variegated Fairywrens are active in the undergrowth. The days grow longer and warmer and Black Swans are pairing and building rafts to nest on. We spot stripy Emu chicks that stay close to dad as they discover the speed in their new legs. On the Murray River Walk, we also often spot Wedge-tailed Eagles, Gilbert's Whistlers, and vividly coloured Mulga Parrots, Red-rumped Parrots, Australian Ringnecks and Blue Bonnet Parrots."Tony Sharley, Lead Guide
Suggested Tour: Murray River Walk
Duration: 4 Days/3 Nights
Type: SharedImmerse yourself in four easy days of hiking along Australia's greatest river. Exploring this river oasis that brings life to the outback, friendly guides will share the region's incredible birdlife, marsupials and reptiles.
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January,February,December, Tasmania
Tasmania - Summer Sightings by Bird Group
Bushbirds
Kingfishers: Laughing Kookaburra | Pigeons & Doves: Rock Dove, Spotted Dove, Common Bronzewing, Brush Bronzewing | Cuckoos & Coucals: Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo, Shining Bronze-Cuckoo, Pallid Cuckoo, Fan-tailed Cuckoo | Frogmouths & Nightjars: Tawny Frogmouth
Parrots
Parrots & Cockatoos: Green Rosella, Swift Parrot, Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo, Galah, Long-billed Corella, Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Blue-winged Parrot, Eastern Rosella, Musk Lorikeet, Rainbow Lorikeet
Raptors
Hawks & Eagles: Tasmanian Wedge-tailed Eagle, Swamp Harrier, Brown Goshawk, White-bellied Sea-Eagle | Falcons: Brown Falcon, Peregrine Falcon
Seabirds
Penguins: Little Penguin | Gannets & Boobies: Australasian Gannet | Albatrosses: Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross, Black-browed Albatross | Petrels & Shearwaters: Short-tailed Shearwater Gulls & Terns: Caspian Tern, Great Crested Tern, Kelp Gull, Pacific Gull, Silver Gull | Cormorants: Little Pied Cormorant, Black-faced Cormorant, | Pelicans: Australian Pelican
Songbirds
Honeyeaters: Crescent Honeyeater, New Holland Honeyeater, Yellow-throated Honeyeater, Black-headed Honeyeater, Strong-billed Honeyeater | Wrens: Superb Fairywren | Pardalotes, Scrubwrens & Thornbills: Spotted Pardalote, Forty-spotted Pardalote, Striated Pardalote, Tasmanian Scrubwren, Tasmanian Thornbill, Brown Thornbill | Robins: Pink Robin, Flame Robin, Scarlet Robin, Dusky Robin | Whistlers & Shrike-thrushs: Grey Strikethrush, Olive Whistler, Golden Whistler | Monarchs & Flycatchers: Grey Fantail | Sparrows & Grassfinches: Beautiful Firetail | Cuckoo-shrikes: Black-faced Cuckooshrike | Woodswallows, Magpies & Butcherbirds: Dusky Woodswallow, Grey Butcherbird, Australian Magpie, Black Currawong, Grey Currawong | Ravens & Crows: Forest Raven | Pipits: Australian Pipit | White-eyes: Silvereye | Swallows & Martins: Welcome Swallow, Tree Martin
Waterbirds & Waders
Ducks, Geese & Swans: Cape Barren Goose, Black Swan, Australian Shelduck, Maned Duck, Australasian Shoveler, Pacific Black Duck, Grey Teal, Chestnut Teal, Hardhead, Musk Duck | Snipes & Relatives: Eastern Curlew, Bar-tailed Godwit, Latham's Snipe, Common Greenshank, Red-necked Stint | Oystercatchers: Pied Oystercatcher, Sooty Oystercatcher | Plovers, Dotterels & Lapwings: Pacific Golden Plover, Hooded Plover, Black-fronted Dotterel, Banded Lapwing, Masked Lapwing, Red-capped Plover | Herons, Ibises & Storks: White-faced Heron, Eastern Cattle Egret, Great White Egret, Royal Spoonbill | Cranes & Relatives: Eurasian Coot, Australasian Swamphen | Grebes: Australasian Grebe, Hoary-headed Grebe
How to find these species
“Little Penguins breed along the coastline during the summer months and we get special access to these incredible seabirds at Bicheno. Along our east coast it's also a terrific time to spot nesting shorebirds, with Kelp Gulls, Pacific Gulls, Silver Gulls, Pied Oystercatchers, Hooded Dotterels, Crested Terns and Fairy Terns the most commonly sighted.
A number of migratory waders arrive in Tasmania over the summer months after long journeys from the Arctic Circle including Short-tailed Shearwaters, Eastern Curlews, Curlew Sandpipers, Ruddy Turnstones, Red-necked Stints and Common Greenshanks. On our inland tours covering the rainforests and sub-alpine regions, Black Currawongs, Green Rosellas, Olive Whistlers and Pink Robins are target species we often spot with our guests."
Elise Tardieu, Specialist Guide
Suggested Tour: 9 Day Western Wilderness & Wildlife Encounter
Duration: 9 Days/8 Nights
Type: Private, Shared DeparturesOn the east coast, experience a mix of beautiful eucalypt forests, spectacular coastlines, and tranquil bays, including Maria Island, Freycinet Peninsula, Bay of Fires and Cataract Gorge. On the west coast, visit incredible alpine regions, the contrasting east and west coastlines, Cradle Mountain National Park, quaint fishermen villages and old mining towns.
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March,April,May, Tasmania
Tasmania - Autumn Sightings by Bird Group
Bushbirds
Kingfishers: Laughing Kookaburra | Pigeons & Doves: Rock Dove, Spotted Dove, Common Bronzewing, Brush Bronzewing | Cuckoos & Coucals: Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo, Shining Bronze-Cuckoo, Pallid Cuckoo, Fan-tailed Cuckoo | Frogmouths & Nightjars: Tawny Frogmouth
Parrots
Parrots & Cockatoos: Green Rosella, Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo, Galah, Long-billed Corella, Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Blue-winged Parrot, Eastern Rosella, Musk Lorikeet, Rainbow Lorikeet
Raptors
Hawks & Eagles: Tasmanian Wedge-tailed Eagle, Swamp Harrier, Brown Goshawk, White-bellied Sea-Eagle | Falcons: Brown Falcon, Peregrine Falcon
Seabirds
Penguins: Little Penguin | Gannets & Boobies: Australasian Gannet | Albatrosses: Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross, Black-browed Albatross | Petrels & Shearwaters: Short-tailed Shearwater Gulls & Terns: Caspian Tern, Great Crested Tern, Kelp Gull, Pacific Gull, Silver Gull | Cormorants: Little Pied Cormorant, Black-faced Cormorant, | Pelicans: Australian Pelican
Songbirds
Honeyeaters: Crescent Honeyeater, New Holland Honeyeater, Yellow-throated Honeyeater, Black-headed Honeyeater, Strong-billed Honeyeater | Wrens: Superb Fairywren | Pardalotes, Scrubwrens & Thornbills: Spotted Pardalote, Forty-spotted Pardalote, Striated Pardalote, Tasmanian Scrubwren, Tasmanian Thornbill, Brown Thornbill | Robins: Pink Robin, Flame Robin, Scarlet Robin, Dusky Robin | Whistlers & Shrike-thrushs: Grey Strikethrush, Olive Whistler, Golden Whistler | Monarchs & Flycatchers: Grey Fantail | Sparrows & Grassfinches: Beautiful Firetail | Cuckoo-shrikes: Black-faced Cuckooshrike | Woodswallows, Magpies & Butcherbirds: Dusky Woodswallow, Grey Butcherbird, Australian Magpie, Black Currawong, Grey Currawong | Ravens & Crows: Forest Raven | Pipits: Australian Pipit | White-eyes: Silvereye | Swallows & Martins: Welcome Swallow, Tree Martin
Waterbirds & Waders
Ducks, Geese & Swans: Cape Barren Goose, Black Swan, Australian Shelduck, Maned Duck, Australasian Shoveler, Pacific Black Duck, Grey Teal, Chestnut Teal, Hardhead, Musk Duck | Snipes & Relatives: Far Eastern Curlew, Bar-tailed Godwit, Latham's Snipe, Common Greenshank, Red-necked Stint | Oystercatchers: Pied Oystercatcher, Sooty Oystercatcher | Plovers, Dotterels & Lapwings: Pacific Golden Plover, Hooded Plover, Black-fronted Dotterel, Banded Lapwing, Masked Lapwing, Red-capped Plover | Herons, Ibises & Storks: White-faced Heron, Eastern Cattle Egret, Great White Egret, Royal Spoonbill | Cranes & Relatives: Eurasian Coot, Australasian Swamphen | Grebes: Australasian Grebe, Hoary-headed Grebe
How to find these species
“By April, we see millions of Short-tailed Shearwaters leave the Tasmanian coast on their migration flight to the sub-Arctic region around Alaska, along with other migratory waders such as, Ruddy Turnstones, Red-necked Stints, Common Greenshanks and Eastern Curlews also departing at this time.
Beautiful Firetails can be seen feeding on the ground on various seeds, being most prevalent in coastal areas. Although this species is also located on the mainland, it is most prolific in Tasmania and the Bass Strait islands. Another well known endemic is the Green Rosella, Australia's largest rosella. This beautifully coloured bird occurs throughout a wide range of forest types, from the mountains to the coast."
Elise Tardieu, Specialist Guide
Suggested Tour: 9 Day Western Wilderness & Wildlife Encounter
Duration: 9 Days/8 Nights
Type: Private, Shared DeparturesOn the east coast, experience a mix of beautiful eucalypt forests, spectacular coastlines, and tranquil bays, including Maria Island, Freycinet Peninsula, Bay of Fires and Cataract Gorge. On the west coast, visit incredible alpine regions, the contrasting east and west coastlines, Cradle Mountain National Park, quaint fishermen villages and old mining towns.
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June,July,August, Tasmania
Tasmania - Winter Sightings by Bird Group
Bushbirds
Kingfishers: Laughing Kookaburra | Pigeons & Doves: Rock Dove, Spotted Dove, Common Bronzewing, Brush Bronzewing | Frogmouths & Nightjars: Tawny Frogmouth
Parrots
Parrots & Cockatoos: Green Rosella, Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo, Galah, Long-billed Corella, Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Blue-winged Parrot, Eastern Rosella, Musk Lorikeet, Rainbow Lorikeet
Raptors
Hawks & Eagles: Tasmanian Wedge-tailed Eagle, Swamp Harrier, Brown Goshawk, White-bellied Sea-Eagle | Falcons: Brown Falcon, Peregrine Falcon
Seabirds
Penguins: Little Penguin | Gannets & Boobies: Australasian Gannet | Albatrosses: Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross, Black-browed Albatross | Gulls & Terns: Caspian Tern, Great Crested Tern, Kelp Gull, Pacific Gull, Silver Gull | Cormorants: Little Pied Cormorant, Black-faced Cormorant, | Pelicans: Australian Pelican
Songbirds
Honeyeaters: Crescent Honeyeater, New Holland Honeyeater, Yellow-throated Honeyeater, Black-headed Honeyeater, Strong-billed Honeyeater | Wrens: Superb Fairywren | Pardalotes, Scrubwrens & Thornbills: Spotted Pardalote, Forty-spotted Pardalote, Tasmanian Scrubwren, Tasmanian Thornbill, Brown Thornbill | Robins: Pink Robin, Flame Robin, Scarlet Robin, Dusky Robin | Whistlers & Shrike-thrushs: Grey Strikethrush, Olive Whistler, Golden Whistler | Sparrows & Grassfinches: Beautiful Firetail | Cuckoo-shrikes: Black-faced Cuckooshrike | Woodswallows, Magpies & Butcherbirds: Grey Butcherbird, Australian Magpie, Black Currawong, Grey Currawong | Ravens & Crows: Forest Raven | Pipits: Australian Pipit | White-eyes: Silvereye
Waterbirds & Waders
Ducks, Geese & Swans: Cape Barren Goose, Black Swan, Australian Shelduck, Maned Duck, Australasian Shoveler, Pacific Black Duck, Grey Teal, Chestnut Teal, Hardhead, Musk Duck | Oystercatchers: Pied Oystercatcher, Sooty Oystercatcher | Plovers, Dotterels & Lapwings: Hooded Plover, Banded Lapwing, Masked Lapwing | Herons, Ibises & Storks: White-faced Heron, Eastern Cattle Egret, Great White Egret, Royal Spoonbill | Cranes & Relatives: Eurasian Coot, Australasian Swamphen | Grebes: Australasian Grebe, Hoary-headed Grebe
How to find these species
“The winter provides fanstastic access to many of our endemic birds in the woodlands and Eucalypt forests, including Forty-spotted Pardalotes, Green Rosellas, Tasmanian Thornbills, Dusky Robins, Yellow Wattlebirds along with Strong-billed, Yellow-throated and Black-headed Honeyeaters. Native Tasmanian Hens also begin breeding in July with hens laying around five eggs and there racous displays are always a treat for guests.
Other bushbirds that are popular with visitors at this time include Spotted Pardalotes, Crescent and New Holland Honeyeaters, Brush Bronzewings, Golden Whistlers and Eastern Spinebills and Flame Robins that generally move into lower and more open areas at this time."
Elise Tardieu, Specialist Guide
Suggested Tour: 9 Day Western Wilderness & Wildlife Encounter
Duration: 9 Days/8 Nights
Type: Private, Shared DeparturesOn the east coast, experience a mix of beautiful eucalypt forests, spectacular coastlines, and tranquil bays, including Maria Island, Freycinet Peninsula, Bay of Fires and Cataract Gorge. On the west coast, visit incredible alpine regions, the contrasting east and west coastlines, Cradle Mountain National Park, quaint fishermen villages and old mining towns.
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September,October,November, Tasmania
Tasmania - Spring Sightings by Bird Group
Bushbirds
Kingfishers: Laughing Kookaburra | Pigeons & Doves: Rock Dove, Spotted Dove, Common Bronzewing, Brush Bronzewing | Cuckoos & Coucals: Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo, Shining Bronze-Cuckoo, Pallid Cuckoo, Fan-tailed Cuckoo Frogmouths & Nightjars: Tawny Frogmouth
Parrots
Parrots & Cockatoos: Green Rosella, Swift Parrot, Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo, Galah, Long-billed Corella, Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Blue-winged Parrot, Eastern Rosella, Musk Lorikeet, Rainbow Lorikeet
Raptors
Hawks & Eagles: Tasmanian Wedge-tailed Eagle, Swamp Harrier, Brown Goshawk, White-bellied Sea-Eagle | Falcons: Brown Falcon, Peregrine Falcon
Seabirds
Penguins: Little Penguin | Gannets & Boobies: Australasian Gannet | Albatrosses: Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross, Black-browed Albatross | Petrels & Shearwaters: Short-tailed Shearwater Gulls & Terns: Caspian Tern, Great Crested Tern, Kelp Gull, Pacific Gull, Silver Gull | Cormorants: Little Pied Cormorant, Black-faced Cormorant, | Pelicans: Australian Pelican
Songbirds
Honeyeaters: Crescent Honeyeater, New Holland Honeyeater, Yellow-throated Honeyeater, Black-headed Honeyeater, Strong-billed Honeyeater | Wrens: Superb Fairywren | Pardalotes, Scrubwrens & Thornbills: Spotted Pardalote, Forty-spotted Pardalote, Striated Pardalote, Tasmanian Scrubwren, Tasmanian Thornbill, Brown Thornbill, Yellow-rumped Thornbill | Robins: Pink Robin, Flame Robin, Scarlet Robin, Dusky Robin | Whistlers & Shrike-thrushs: Grey Strikethrush, Olive Whistler, Golden Whistler | Monarchs & Flycatchers: Grey Fantail, Satin Flycatcher | Sparrows & Grassfinches: Beautiful Firetail | Cuckoo-shrikes: Black-faced Cuckooshrike | Woodswallows, Magpies & Butcherbirds: Dusky Woodswallow, Grey Butcherbird, Australian Magpie, Black Currawong, Grey Currawong | Ravens & Crows: Forest Raven | Pipits: Australian Pipit | Treecreepers: | Babblers: | White-eyes: Silvereye | Swallows & Martins: Welcome Swallow, Tree Martin
Waterbirds & Waders
Ducks, Geese & Swans: Cape Barren Goose, Black Swan, Australian Shelduck, Maned Duck, Australasian Shoveler, Pacific Black Duck, Grey Teal, Chestnut Teal, Hardhead, Musk Duck | Snipes & Relatives: Far Eastern Curlew, Bar-tailed Godwit, Latham's Snipe, Common Greenshank, Red-necked Stint | Oystercatchers: Pied Oystercatcher, Sooty Oystercatcher | Plovers, Dotterels & Lapwings: Pacific Golden Plover, Hooded Plover, Black-fronted Dotterel, Banded Lapwing, Masked Lapwing, Red-capped Plover | Herons, Ibises & Storks: White-faced Heron, Eastern Cattle Egret, Great White Egret, Royal Spoonbill | Cranes & Relatives: Eurasian Coot, Australasian Swamphen | Grebes: Australasian Grebe, Hoary-headed Grebe
How to find these species
“Spring sees a number of migrant birds arrive after their flight from the mainland across Bass Strait. The calls of cuckoos are prevalent, with Fan-tailed, Pallid and Shining Bronze Cuckoos migrating to our isle, and laying their eggs in the nests of Superb Fairy-wrens, Satin Flycatchers and Yellow-rumped Thornbills.
Welcome Swallows, Tree Martins, Dusky Woodswallows, Striated Pardalotes, Grey Fantails and Silvereyes are other welcome visitors, along with the vividly coloured Swift Parrot that breed at the same time as the flowering of the Tasmanian Blue Gums. Another one of the world's great wildlife migrations occurs between September and April, along Bass Strait and the southeast coast of Tasmania, as the region comes alive with 18 million Short-tailed Shearwaters."
Elise Tardieu, Specialist Guide
Suggested Tour: 9 Day Western Wilderness & Wildlife Encounter
Duration: 9 Days/8 Nights
Type: Private, Shared DeparturesOn the east coast, experience a mix of beautiful eucalypt forests, spectacular coastlines, and tranquil bays, including Maria Island, Freycinet Peninsula, Bay of Fires and Cataract Gorge. On the west coast, visit incredible alpine regions, the contrasting east and west coastlines, Cradle Mountain National Park, quaint fishermen villages and old mining towns.
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