Australia Important Bird Area
Franklin Sound Islands Important Bird Area
93 bird species recorded; the most from November to January.
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
80 species in January.35 species in February.41 species in March.14 species in April.1 species in May.2 species in June.3 species in July.1 species in August.36 species in September.35 species in October.76 species in November.79 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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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
93 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).
- 93Speciesrecorded more than once
- 73Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 3ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 1,246Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 7Raptors
- 1Owls
- 12Waders
- 11Gulls & seabirds
- 8Ducks & geese
- 8Herons, ibises & grebes
- 37Songbirds
- 9Other 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 93 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Swamp HarrierCircus approximans
- Brown FalconFalco berigora
- White-bellied Sea-EagleHaliaeetus leucogaster
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Wedge-tailed EagleAquila audax
- Brown GoshawkAccipiter fasciatus
- Nankeen KestrelFalco cenchroides
Owls1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MopokeNinox novaeseelandiae
Waders12 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Sooty OystercatcherHaematopus fuliginosus
- Pied OystercatcherHaematopus longirostris
- Masked LapwingVanellus miles
- Red-capped PloverCharadrius ruficapillus
- Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollisNT
- Far Eastern CurlewNumenius madagascariensis
- Hooded DotterelThinornis cucullatusNT
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- American golden ploverPluvialis dominica
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Banded LapwingVanellus tricolor
Gulls & seabirds11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Pacific GullLarus pacificus
- Silver GullChroicocephalus novaehollandiae
- Great Crested-TernThalasseus bergii
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Puffinus tenuirostrisPuffinus tenuirostris
- Blue PenguinEudyptula minor
- White-fronted TernSterna striataNT
- Black-browed AlbatrossThalassarche melanophris
- Fairy TernSternula nereisVU
- White-faced storm petrelPelagodroma marina
- Australasian GannetMorus serrator
Ducks & geese8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Cape Barren GooseCereopsis novaehollandiae
- Black swanCygnus atratus
- Australian ShelduckTadorna tadornoides
- Chestnut TealAnas castanea
- Pacific Black DuckAnas superciliosa
- Musk DuckBiziura lobata
- Grey TealAnas gracilis
- Maned DuckChenonetta jubata
Herons, ibises & grebes8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-faced CormorantPhalacrocorax fuscescens
- Australian PelicanPelecanus conspicillatus
- White-faced HeronEgretta novaehollandiae
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Little Pied CormorantMicrocarbo melanoleucos
- Little Black CormorantPhalacrocorax sulcirostris
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Hoary-headed GrebePoliocephalus poliocephalus
Songbirds37 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Welcome SwallowHirundo neoxena
- Forest RavenCorvus tasmanicus
- SilvereyeZosterops lateralis
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- White-fronted ChatEpthianura albifrons
- Superb Fairy-wrenMalurus cyaneus
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Little GrassbirdMegalurus gramineus
- Rhipidura albiscapaRhipidura albiscapa
- Grey ShrikethrushColluricincla harmonica
- New Holland HoneyeaterPhylidonyris novaehollandiae
- Australasian PipitAnthus novaeseelandiae
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Yellow-throated HoneyeaterNesoptilotis flavicollis
- Grey FantailRhipidura fuliginosa
- Black-faced CuckooshrikeCoracina novaehollandiae
- Tasmanian ThornbillAcanthiza ewingii
- Black CurrawongStrepera fuliginosa
- Brown ThornbillAcanthiza pusilla
- Australian MagpieGymnorhina tibicen
- Crescent HoneyeaterPhylidonyris pyrrhopterus
- Olive WhistlerPachycephala olivacea
- Australian Golden WhistlerPachycephala pectoralis
- Tree MartinPetrochelidon nigricans
- Striated PardalotePardalotus striatus
- Dusky RobinMelanodryas vittataVU
- Flame RobinPetroica phoenicea
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Scarlet RobinPetroica multicolor
- Australian PipitAnthus australis
- Eastern SpinebillAcanthorhynchus tenuirostris
- Black-headed HoneyeaterMelithreptus affinis
- Striated FieldwrenCalamanthus fuliginosus
- Tasmanian ScrubwrenSericornis humilis
- Dusky WoodswallowArtamus cyanopterus
Other birds9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Yellow-tailed Black CockatooZanda funerea
- Brown QuailSynoicus ypsilophorus
- Brush BronzewingPhaps elegans
- Green RosellaPlatycercus caledonicus
- Pallid cuckooCuculus pallidus
- Fan-tailed CuckooCacomantis flabelliformis
- KookaburraDacelo novaeguineae
- Western SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- Needle-tailed SwiftHirundapus caudacutus
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species from November to January.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan19°/16°46 mm
- Feb20°/17°43 mm
- Mar19°/16°60 mm
- Apr17°/14°53 mm
- May15°/13°60 mm
- Jun14°/11°74 mm
- Jul13°/10°70 mm
- Aug12°/10°75 mm
- Sep13°/10°65 mm
- Oct14°/11°58 mm
- Nov16°/13°62 mm
- Dec18°/14°59 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Franklin Sound Islands Important Bird Area.
Important Bird Area in Tasmania, Australia
Franklin Sound Islands Important Bird Area is an Important Bird Area (BirdLife) in Australia.
93 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 1,246 open records.
The most recorded are the Pacific Gull, the Silver Gull and the Sooty Oystercatcher.
65 species come for the summer, 4 for the winter and 4 only pass through.
3 are threatened worldwide, including Curlew Sandpiper, Dusky Robin and Fairy Tern.
The most species are recorded from November to January.
Get there and watch
- Partridge Farmplace to stay · 6.2 km · 3 within 10 km
- Launceston Airport (LST)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 163 km in a straight lineCar hire at LST airport (Launceston)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
- 3places to stay within 10 kmPartridge Farm, Furneaux Tavern, Yaringa Holiday Units
- 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
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Franklin Sound Islands Important Bird Area.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas22 mountains within 25 kmMount Munro715 m · 12 kmStrzelecki Peaks782 m · 13 kmMount Belstead · 13 kmMount Kerferd · 21 kmMount Hauland · 22 kmLittle Mount · 23 kmMount Chappell · 24 kmFlat Rock · 25 km
Coastya3 beaches within 10 kmWatering Beach · 4.9 kmWhite Beach · 9.5 kmYellow Beaches · 9.6 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
Franklin Sound Islands Important Bird Area
Australia
- 60Birdyas Score
- 93Species
- 73Migrants
- 3Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q5491838) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 1,246 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 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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