Australia Important Bird Area
Central NSW Mallee Important Bird Area
56 bird species recorded; the most in April and in November.
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30
This month here
14 species in January.1 species in February.23 species in March.33 species in April.3 species in May.25 species in June.4 species in July.23 species in August.1 species in September.14 species in October.35 species in November.3 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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VUVUVUVUVU- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
56 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).
- 56Speciesrecorded more than once
- 24Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 3ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 522Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 164 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 2Raptors
- 42Songbirds
- 12Other 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 56 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors2 species
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- Brown FalconFalco berigora
- Wedge-tailed EagleAquila audax
Songbirds42 species
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- Grey-fronted HoneyeaterPtilotula plumula
- White-eared HoneyeaterNesoptilotis leucotis
- Southern Scrub RobinDrymodes brunneopygia
- Crested BellbirdOreoica gutturalis
- Spiny-cheeked HoneyeaterAcanthagenys rufogularis
- WeebillSmicrornis brevirostris
- Chestnut-backed Quail-thrushCinclosoma castanotum
- Grey ButcherbirdCracticus torquatus
- White-fronted HoneyeaterPurnella albifrons
- Yellow-plumed HoneyeaterPtilotula ornata
- Striated PardalotePardalotus striatus
- Red-lored WhistlerPachycephala rufogularisVU
- Rufous WhistlerPachycephala rufiventris
- Grey ShrikethrushColluricincla harmonica
- Shy HeathwrenCalamanthus cautus
- Spotted PardalotePardalotus punctatus
- Striped HoneyeaterPlectorhyncha lanceolata
- Australian MagpieGymnorhina tibicen
- Brown-headed HoneyeaterMelithreptus brevirostris
- Willie-wagtailRhipidura leucophrys
- Corcorax melanoramphosCorcorax melanoramphos
- Southern WhitefaceAphelocephala leucopsisVU
- Jacky-winterMicroeca fascinans
- Red-capped RobinPetroica goodenovii
- White-browed BabblerPomatostomus superciliosus
- ApostlebirdStruthidea cinerea
- White-browed WoodswallowArtamus superciliosus
- Black HoneyeaterSugomel niger
- Inland ThornbillAcanthiza apicalis
- Purple-backed FairywrenMalurus assimilis
- Little FriarbirdPhilemon citreogularis
- Variegated Fairy-wrenMalurus lamberti
- Hooded RobinMelanodryas cucullata
- Grey-crowned BabblerPomatostomus temporalis
- Gilbert's WhistlerPachycephala inornata
- Black-faced CuckooshrikeCoracina novaehollandiae
- Noisy MinerManorina melanocephala
- Pied ButcherbirdCracticus nigrogularis
- Little WoodswallowArtamus minor
- Masked WoodswallowArtamus personatus
- Chestnut-rumped ThornbillAcanthiza uropygialis
- Yellow ThornbillAcanthiza nana
Other birds12 species
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- EmuDromaius novaehollandiae
- Australian RingneckBarnardius zonarius
- Rainbow Bee-eaterMerops ornatus
- Common BronzewingPhaps chalcoptera
- Crested PigeonOcyphaps lophotes
- Horsfield's Bronze CuckooChrysococcyx basalis
- Mulga ParrotPsephotellus varius
- Sacred KingfisherTodiramphus sanctus
- GalahEolophus roseicapilla
- Red-rumped ParrotPsephotus haematonotus
- MalleefowlLeipoa ocellataVU
- KookaburraDacelo novaeguineae
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 April and in November.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan37°/21°29 mm
- Feb34°/20°45 mm
- Mar30°/16°37 mm
- Apr26°/12°24 mm
- May20°/7°20 mm
- Jun16°/5°38 mm
- Jul15°/4°25 mm
- Aug18°/4°23 mm
- Sep22°/8°23 mm
- Oct27°/11°28 mm
- Nov31°/15°35 mm
- Dec34°/18°34 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Central NSW Mallee Important Bird Area.
Important Bird Area in New South Wales, Australia
Central NSW Mallee Important Bird Area is an Important Bird Area (BirdLife) in Australia.
56 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 522 open records.
The most recorded are the Grey-fronted Honeyeater, the White-eared Honeyeater and the Southern Scrub Robin.
9 species come for the summer, 14 for the winter and 1 only pass through.
3 are threatened worldwide, including Red-lored Whistler, Southern Whiteface and Malleefowl.
The most species are recorded in April and in November.
Get there and watch
- Cobar Airport (CAZ)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 144 km in a straight lineCar hire at GFF airport (Griffith)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
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- car parks within 3 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- campsites within 10 km
- places to stay within 10 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 Central NSW Mallee Important Bird Area.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas8 mountains within 25 kmMount Nombinnie · 4.7 kmRoto Hill · 8.0 kmMount Allen · 12 kmCoan Gonn Peak · 13 kmMount Wilson · 18 kmMount Dromedary · 20 kmDouble Peak · 22 kmMount Halfway · 23 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
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- 46Birdyas Score
- 56Species
- 24Migrants
- 3Threatened
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- 54Birdyas Score
- 109Species
- 47Migrants
- 2Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q5061476) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 522 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 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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