Australia Ramsar wetland
Lake Albert
95 bird species recorded; the most in October.
Mattinbgn · CC BY-SA 3.0
This month here
31 species in January.42 species in February.53 species in March.52 species in April.30 species in May.21 species in June.57 species in July.34 species in August.39 species in September.65 species in October.45 species in November.39 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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NTVU- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
95 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).
- 95Speciesrecorded more than once
- 34Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 3ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 2,721Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 9Raptors
- 20Waders
- 6Gulls & seabirds
- 13Ducks & geese
- 16Herons, ibises & grebes
- 22Songbirds
- 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 95 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-shouldered KiteElanus axillaris
- Brown FalconFalco berigora
- Whistling KiteHaliastur sphenurus
- Swamp HarrierCircus approximans
- Nankeen KestrelFalco cenchroides
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Wedge-tailed EagleAquila audax
- Australian hobbyFalco longipennis
- Spotted HarrierCircus assimilis
Waders20 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Masked LapwingVanellus miles
- Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollisNT
- Red-capped PloverCharadrius ruficapillus
- Pied StiltHimantopus leucocephalus
- Australian Red-necked AvocetRecurvirostra novaehollandiae
- Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataVU
- Banded StiltCladorhynchus leucocephalus
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Red-kneed DotterelErythrogonys cinctus
- Banded LapwingVanellus tricolor
- Double-banded PloverCharadrius bicinctusNT
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Oriental PratincoleGlareola maldivarum
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Long-toed StintCalidris subminuta
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
- Far Eastern CurlewNumenius madagascariensis
Gulls & seabirds6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Silver GullChroicocephalus novaehollandiae
- Great Crested-TernThalasseus bergii
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Fairy TernSternula nereisVU
Ducks & geese13 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Australian ShelduckTadorna tadornoides
- Pacific Black DuckAnas superciliosa
- Black swanCygnus atratus
- Cape Barren GooseCereopsis novaehollandiae
- Grey TealAnas gracilis
- Chestnut TealAnas castanea
- HardheadAythya australis
- Australasian ShovelerSpatula rhynchotis
- Maned DuckChenonetta jubata
- Pink-eared DuckMalacorhynchus membranaceus
- Freckled DuckStictonetta naevosa
- Musk DuckBiziura lobata
- Blue-billed DuckOxyura australis
Herons, ibises & grebes16 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Australian PelicanPelecanus conspicillatus
- Pied CormorantPhalacrocorax varius
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Australian White IbisThreskiornis molucca
- Ardea modestaArdea modesta
- Little Black CormorantPhalacrocorax sulcirostris
- White-faced HeronEgretta novaehollandiae
- Little Pied CormorantMicrocarbo melanoleucos
- Straw-necked IbisThreskiornis spinicollis
- Royal SpoonbillPlatalea regia
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Yellow-billed SpoonbillPlatalea flavipes
- Hoary-headed GrebePoliocephalus poliocephalus
- Australasian GrebeTachybaptus novaehollandiae
- Australasian DarterAnhinga novaehollandiae
Songbirds22 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Australian MagpieGymnorhina tibicen
- Welcome SwallowHirundo neoxena
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Magpie larkGrallina cyanoleuca
- Little RavenCorvus mellori
- Black-faced CuckooshrikeCoracina novaehollandiae
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Willie-wagtailRhipidura leucophrys
- Brown SonglarkMegalurus cruralis
- Singing HoneyeaterGavicalis virescens
- New Holland HoneyeaterPhylidonyris novaehollandiae
- Red WattlebirdAnthochaera carunculata
- Yellow-rumped ThornbillAcanthiza chrysorrhoa
- Little GrassbirdMegalurus gramineus
- White-fronted ChatEpthianura albifrons
- Australasian PipitAnthus novaeseelandiae
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Superb Fairy-wrenMalurus cyaneus
- SilvereyeZosterops lateralis
- Golden-headed CisticolaCisticola exilis
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Tree MartinPetrochelidon nigricans
Other birds9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- CootFulica atra
- Black-tailed NativehenGallinula ventralis
- Western SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- GalahEolophus roseicapilla
- Crested PigeonOcyphaps lophotes
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Australasian SwamphenPorphyrio melanotus
- Australian CrakePorzana fluminea
- Dusky MoorhenGallinula tenebrosa
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 October.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan29°/16°18 mm
- Feb28°/15°16 mm
- Mar26°/14°29 mm
- Apr22°/12°30 mm
- May18°/10°45 mm
- Jun15°/7°48 mm
- Jul14°/7°50 mm
- Aug15°/7°45 mm
- Sep18°/8°42 mm
- Oct22°/10°23 mm
- Nov25°/12°22 mm
- Dec27°/14°25 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Lake Albert.
Lake in South Australia
Lake Albert is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Australia.
95 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 2,721 open records.
The most recorded are the Australian Pelican, the Silver Gull and the Pied Cormorant.
8 species come for the summer, 24 for the winter and 2 only pass through.
3 are threatened worldwide, including Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Curlew Sandpiper and Fairy Tern.
The most species are recorded in October.
Get there and watch
- Lake Albert Foreshorecampsite · 7.3 km · 4 within 10 km
- Meningie's Waterfront Motelplace to stay · 7.4 km · 2 within 10 km
- Meningienearest town · 8.6 km in a straight line
- Adelaide International Airport (ADL)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 102 km in a straight lineCar hire at ADL airport (Adelaide)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
- 4campsites within 10 kmLake Albert Foreshore, Meningie Lions Jubilee Park, Lake Albert Caravan Parkl and 1 more
- 2places to stay within 10 kmMeningie's Waterfront Motel
- 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
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Lake Albert.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas21 mountains within 25 kmMeningie Hill · 8.9 kmMount Misery · 11 kmMount Sandy · 13 kmNunkamung Hill · 14 kmElephant Hill · 15 kmMcDougall Hill · 16 kmSandy Peak · 19 kmMason Lookout · 20 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.
Lake Albert
Australia
- 52Birdyas Score
- 95Species
- 34Migrants
- 3Threatened
Wyperfeld, Big Desert and Ngarkat Important Bird Area
Australia · 182 km
- 51Birdyas Score
- 94Species
- 27Migrants
- 3Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q1584088) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 2,721 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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