Australia Ramsar wetland
Boondall Wetlands
326 bird species recorded; the most in January and from September to November.
Brisbane City Council · CC BY 2.0
This month here
250 species in January.234 species in February.242 species in March.245 species in April.236 species in May.237 species in June.233 species in July.242 species in August.246 species in September.252 species in October.246 species in November.241 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
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NT- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
326 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 326Speciesrecorded more than once
- 114Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 7ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 494,339Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 21Raptors
- 6Owls
- 46Waders
- 21Gulls & seabirds
- 19Ducks & geese
- 27Herons, ibises & grebes
- 2Storks & cranes
- 104Songbirds
- 80Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 326 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors21 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Brahminy KiteHaliastur indus
- Whistling KiteHaliastur sphenurus
- White-bellied Sea-EagleHaliaeetus leucogaster
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Black-shouldered KiteElanus axillaris
- Pacific BazaAviceda subcristata
- Australian hobbyFalco longipennis
- Nankeen KestrelFalco cenchroides
- Swamp HarrierCircus approximans
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Square-tailed KiteLophoictinia isura
- Little EagleHieraaetus morphnoides
- Brown FalconFalco berigora
- Brown GoshawkAccipiter fasciatus
- Eastern OspreyPandion cristatus
- Wedge-tailed EagleAquila audax
- Spotted HarrierCircus assimilis
- Collared SparrowhawkAccipiter cirrocephalus
- Black FalconFalco subniger
- Grey GoshawkAccipiter novaehollandiae
Owls6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Southern BoobookNinox boobook
- Eastern Grass-owlTyto longimembris
- Eastern Barn OwlTyto javanica
- Powerful OwlNinox strenua
- MopokeNinox novaeseelandiae
- Australian Masked OwlTyto novaehollandiae
Waders46 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Masked LapwingVanellus miles
- Pied StiltHimantopus leucocephalus
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Comb-crested JacanaIrediparra gallinacea
- Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
- Far Eastern CurlewNumenius madagascariensis
- Pied OystercatcherHaematopus longirostris
- Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataVU
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Japanese SnipeGallinago hardwickiiNT
- Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollisNT
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Bush Thick-kneeBurhinus grallarius
- Great KnotCalidris tenuirostris
- Red-kneed DotterelErythrogonys cinctus
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Gray-tailed TattlerTringa brevipes
- Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaVU
- Sooty OystercatcherHaematopus fuliginosus
- Australian Red-necked AvocetRecurvirostra novaehollandiae
- Greater Sand PloverCharadrius leschenaultii
- Black-fronted DotterelElseyornis melanops
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Australian Painted-snipeRostratula australis
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Charadrius mongolusCharadrius mongolus
- Red-capped PloverCharadrius ruficapillus
- Beach Stone-curlewEsacus magnirostrisNT
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Long-toed StintCalidris subminuta
- Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisVU
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellusVU
- Double-banded PloverCharadrius bicinctusNT
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Asian DowitcherLimnodromus semipalmatusNT
- Banded LapwingVanellus tricolor
- Wandering (Alaskan) TattlerTringa incana
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Little StintCalidris minuta
Gulls & seabirds21 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Silver GullChroicocephalus novaehollandiae
- Great Crested-TernThalasseus bergii
- Australian TernGelochelidon macrotarsa
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Australasian GannetMorus serrator
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan
- Lesser Crested TernThalasseus bengalensis
- Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
- Anous stolidusAnous stolidus
- Wedge-tailed ShearwaterPuffinus pacificus
- Puffinus tenuirostrisPuffinus tenuirostris
- Anous minutusAnous minutus
- Lesser FrigatebirdFregata ariel
- Brown BoobySula leucogaster
- Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
- Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
Ducks & geese19 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Pacific Black DuckAnas superciliosa
- Chestnut TealAnas castanea
- HardheadAythya australis
- Maned DuckChenonetta jubata
- Grey TealAnas gracilis
- Wandering Whistling-DuckDendrocygna arcuata
- Magpie GooseAnseranas semipalmata
- Black swanCygnus atratus
- Cotton Pygmy GooseNettapus coromandelianus
- Pink-eared DuckMalacorhynchus membranaceus
- Australasian ShovelerSpatula rhynchotis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grass Whistling DuckDendrocygna eytoni
- Raja ShelduckRadjah radjah
- Musk DuckBiziura lobata
- Freckled DuckStictonetta naevosa
- Cairina moschataCairina moschata
- Blue-billed DuckOxyura australis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
Herons, ibises & grebes27 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Australian White IbisThreskiornis molucca
- Little Pied CormorantMicrocarbo melanoleucos
- Little Black CormorantPhalacrocorax sulcirostris
- Egretta intermediaEgretta intermedia
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- White-faced HeronEgretta novaehollandiae
- Australasian DarterAnhinga novaehollandiae
- Australian PelicanPelecanus conspicillatus
- Australasian GrebeTachybaptus novaehollandiae
- Royal SpoonbillPlatalea regia
- Straw-necked IbisThreskiornis spinicollis
- Pied CormorantPhalacrocorax varius
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Nankeen Night HeronNycticorax caledonicus
- White-necked HeronArdea pacifica
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Reef HeronEgretta sacra
- Ardea modestaArdea modesta
- Hoary-headed GrebePoliocephalus poliocephalus
- Yellow-billed SpoonbillPlatalea flavipes
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Australasian BitternBotaurus poiciloptilusVU
- Black BitternDupetor flavicollis
- Australian Little BitternIxobrychus dubius
Storks & cranes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-necked StorkEphippiorhynchus asiaticus
- BrolgaGrus rubicunda
Songbirds104 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Torresian CrowCorvus orru
- Noisy MinerManorina melanocephala
- Welcome SwallowHirundo neoxena
- Australian MagpieGymnorhina tibicen
- Magpie larkGrallina cyanoleuca
- Willie-wagtailRhipidura leucophrys
- Pied ButcherbirdCracticus nigrogularis
- Brown HoneyeaterLichmera indistincta
- Grey ButcherbirdCracticus torquatus
- Black-faced CuckooshrikeCoracina novaehollandiae
- Australasian FigbirdSphecotheres vieilloti
- Rhipidura albiscapaRhipidura albiscapa
- Blue-faced HoneyeaterEntomyzon cyanotis
- Striated PardalotePardalotus striatus
- Mangrove GerygoneGerygone levigaster
- Grey ShrikethrushColluricincla harmonica
- Rufous WhistlerPachycephala rufiventris
- Spangled DrongoDicrurus bracteatus
- Olive-backed OrioleOriolus sagittatus
- Red-backed FairywrenMalurus melanocephalus
- Pied CurrawongStrepera graculina
- Superb Fairy-wrenMalurus cyaneus
- SilvereyeZosterops lateralis
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Mangrove HoneyeaterGavicalis fasciogularis
- Megalurus timoriensisMegalurus timoriensis
- Leaden FlycatcherMyiagra rubecula
- Rufous FantailRhipidura rufifrons
- Scarlet MyzomelaMyzomela sanguinolenta
- MistletoebirdDicaeum hirundinaceum
- Noisy FriarbirdPhilemon corniculatus
- Tree MartinPetrochelidon nigricans
- White-throated HoneyeaterMelithreptus albogularis
- Lewin's HoneyeaterMeliphaga lewinii
- Yellow-faced HoneyeaterCaligavis chrysops
- Variegated Fairy-wrenMalurus lamberti
- Golden-headed CisticolaCisticola exilis
- Australian Golden WhistlerPachycephala pectoralis
- Artamus leucorhynchosArtamus leucorhynchos
- Fairy MartinPetrochelidon ariel
- Australian PipitAnthus australis
- Little FriarbirdPhilemon citreogularis
- Striped HoneyeaterPlectorhyncha lanceolata
- Double-barred FinchTaeniopygia bichenovii
- Common CicadabirdEdolisoma tenuirostre
- Red-browed FiretailNeochmia temporalis
- Chestnut-breasted MannikinLonchura castaneothorax
- Australian Reed-WarblerAcrocephalus australis
- White-browed ScrubwrenSericornis frontalis
- White-throated GerygoneGerygone olivacea
- Eastern Yellow RobinEopsaltria australis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Eastern WhipbirdPsophodes olivaceus
- Black-faced MonarchMonarcha melanopsis
- Rufous ShrikethrushColluricincla rufogaster
- Varied TrillerLalage leucomela
- Spectacled MonarchSymposiachrus trivirgatus
- Little WattlebirdAnthochaera chrysoptera
- Spotted PardalotePardalotus punctatus
- Rose RobinPetroica rosea
- Little GrassbirdMegalurus gramineus
- White-bellied CuckooshrikeCoracina papuensis
- Satin FlycatcherMyiagra cyanoleuca
- Australasian PipitAnthus novaeseelandiae
- Restless FlycatcherMyiagra inquieta
- Eastern Yellow WagtailMotacilla tschutschensis
- Shining FlycatcherMyiagra alecto
- Australian White-winged TrillerLalage tricolor
- Brown ThornbillAcanthiza pusilla
- White-throated TreecreeperCormobates leucophaea
- Spice FinchLonchura punctulata
- Artamus leucorynArtamus leucoryn
- Noisy PittaPitta versicolor
- Yellow-rumped ThornbillAcanthiza chrysorrhoa
- Grey-crowned BabblerPomatostomus temporalis
- Eastern SpinebillAcanthorhynchus tenuirostris
- Brown SonglarkMegalurus cruralis
- Brown GerygoneGerygone mouki
- White-eared MonarchCarterornis leucotis
- Varied SittellaDaphoenositta chrysoptera
- Rufous SonglarkMegalurus mathewsi
- Australian RavenCorvus coronoides
- Fairy GerygoneGerygone palpebrosa
- White-naped HoneyeaterMelithreptus lunatus
- Jacky-winterMicroeca fascinans
- Little Shrike-thrushColluricincla megarhyncha
- Masked WoodswallowArtamus personatus
- CicadabirdCoracina tenuirostris
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Myzomela obscuraMyzomela obscura
- White-cheeked HoneyeaterPhylidonyris niger
- Spiny-cheeked HoneyeaterAcanthagenys rufogularis
- White-browed WoodswallowArtamus superciliosus
- Russet-tailed ThrushZoothera heinei
- Striated ThornbillAcanthiza lineata
- Speckled WarblerPyrrholaemus sagittatus
- Dusky WoodswallowArtamus cyanopterus
- Black-chinned HoneyeaterMelithreptus gularis
- Yellow-eyed CuckooshrikeCoracina lineata
- Sunda Zebra FinchTaeniopygia guttata
- ApostlebirdStruthidea cinerea
- Yellow ThornbillAcanthiza nana
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
Other birds80 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Coconut LorikeetTrichoglossus haematodus
- KookaburraDacelo novaeguineae
- Dusky MoorhenGallinula tenebrosa
- Crested PigeonOcyphaps lophotes
- Australasian SwamphenPorphyrio melanotus
- Sacred KingfisherTodiramphus sanctus
- Eastern Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
- Rainbow Bee-eaterMerops ornatus
- Little CorellaCacatua sanguinea
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Scaly-breasted LorikeetTrichoglossus chlorolepidotus
- CootFulica atra
- Bar-shouldered DoveGeopelia humeralis
- Australian BrushturkeyAlectura lathami
- Sulphur-crested CockatooCacatua galerita
- Torresian KingfisherTodiramphus sordidus
- White-cheeked RosellaPlatycercus adscitus
- GalahEolophus roseicapilla
- Buff-banded RailGallirallus philippensis
- Tawny FrogmouthPodargus strigoides
- Pacific KoelEudynamys orientalis
- Oriental DollarbirdEurystomus orientalis
- Fan-tailed CuckooCacomantis flabelliformis
- Forest KingfisherTodiramphus macleayii
- Brush CuckooCacomantis variolosus
- Channel-billed CuckooScythrops novaehollandiae
- Shining cuckooChrysococcyx lucidus
- Pheasant CoucalCentropus phasianinus
- Needle-tailed SwiftHirundapus caudacutus
- Brown QuailSynoicus ypsilophorus
- Western SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- Peaceful DoveGeopelia placida
- Long-billed CorellaCacatua tenuirostris
- Spotless CrakePorzana tabuensis
- Yellow-tailed Black CockatooZanda funerea
- Topknot PigeonLopholaimus antarcticus
- Horsfield's Bronze CuckooChrysococcyx basalis
- Plain Bush-henAmaurornis olivacea
- Oriental CuckooCuculus optatus
- Australian Owlet-NightjarAegotheles cristatus
- White-collared KingfisherTodiramphus chloris
- Pacific SwiftApus pacificus
- Baillon's CrakePorzana pusilla
- Little Bronze CuckooChrysococcyx minutillus
- Pallid cuckooCuculus pallidus
- Rose-crowned Fruit DovePtilinopus regina
- Painted ButtonquailTurnix varius
- Common KoelEudynamys scolopaceus
- Azure KingfisherCeyx azureus
- Lewin's RailLewinia pectoralis
- Superb Fruit DovePtilinopus superbus
- Red-rumped ParrotPsephotus haematonotus
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
- Brown Cuckoo-doveMacropygia phasianella
- Australian King ParrotAlisterus scapularis
- Eastern RosellaPlatycercus eximius
- Common BronzewingPhaps chalcoptera
- CockatielNymphicus hollandicus
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- White-headed PigeonColumba leucomela
- Australian CrakePorzana fluminea
- Crimson RosellaPlatycercus elegans
- BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatus
- Pacific Emerald DoveChalcophaps longirostris
- White-throated NightjarEurostopodus mystacalis
- King QuailSynoicus chinensis
- Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
- Red-winged ParrotAprosmictus erythropterus
- Musk LorikeetGlossopsitta concinna
- Wompoo Fruit DovePtilinopus magnificus
- Stubble QuailCoturnix pectoralis
- Red-backed ButtonquailTurnix maculosus
- Large-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus macrurus
- Little LorikeetParvipsitta pusilla
- Buff-breasted Paradise-KingfisherTanysiptera sylvia
- Red-backed KingfisherTodiramphus pyrrhopygius
- Princess ParrotPolytelis alexandraeNT
- Pink CockatooCacatua leadbeateri
- Little LorikeetGlossopsitta pusilla
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species in January and from September to November.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan29°/22°140 mm
- Feb28°/22°156 mm
- Mar27°/21°136 mm
- Apr25°/19°83 mm
- May23°/15°73 mm
- Jun20°/14°88 mm
- Jul20°/12°38 mm
- Aug21°/12°45 mm
- Sep24°/15°38 mm
- Oct26°/17°81 mm
- Nov27°/19°92 mm
- Dec28°/21°130 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Boondall Wetlands.
Boondall Wetlands is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Australia.
326 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 494,339 open records.
The most recorded are the Torresian Crow, the Australian White Ibis and the Noisy Miner.
64 species come for the summer, 49 for the winter and 1 only pass through.
7 are threatened worldwide, including Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Curlew Sandpiper and Hudsonian Godwit.
The most species are recorded in January and from September to November.
Get there and watch
- Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site↗
- Brighton Caravan Parkcampsite · 6.8 km · 8 within 10 km
- Brisbane International Virginiaplace to stay · 3.2 km · 39 within 10 km
- Shorncliffenearest town · 1.9 km in a straight line
- Brisbane International Airport (BNE)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 5 km in a straight lineCar hire at BNE airport (Brisbane)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 5bird hides within 6 km
- 1visitor centres within 6 kmVirgin Service Desk
- 6viewpoints within 5 kmBora Ring, Anne Beasley's Lookout and 4 more
- 107car parks within 3 km
- 17restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 8campsites within 10 kmBrighton Caravan Park, Bells Caravan Park, Bramble Bay Caravan Park and 5 more
- 39places to stay within 10 kmBrisbane International Virginia, Ibis Hotel Brisbane Airport, Pullman Hotel Brisbane Airport and 36 more
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Boondall Wetlands.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas47 mountains within 25 kmEildon Hill · 11 kmEnoggera Hill · 15 kmWhites Hill · 18 kmThe Summit · 19 kmMount Coot-tha Park · 20 kmMount Thompson · 21 kmMount Petrie170 m · 22 kmToohey Mountain · 22 km
Coastya3 beaches within 10 kmNudgee Beach · 1.7 kmClontarf Beach · 9.3 kmWoody Point Beach · 9.5 km
Darkskyas1 dark-sky places within 30 kmSir Thomas Brisbane PlanetariumBortle 8 · 18 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Other places nearby.
Boondall Wetlands
Australia
- 84Birdyas Score
- 326Species
- 114Migrants
- 7Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q4943584) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 494,339 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Coastya, Darkskyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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