Australia Important Bird Area
Riverland Mallee Important Bird Area
47 bird species recorded; the most in October.
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
0 species in January.0 species in February.0 species in March.0 species in April.0 species in May.1 species in June.1 species in July.4 species in August.19 species in September.47 species in October.0 species in November.0 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
47 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).
- 47Speciesrecorded more than once
- 3Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 2ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 631Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 52 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 1Raptors
- 39Songbirds
- 7Other 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 47 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors1 species
- Brown FalconFalco berigora
Songbirds39 species
- WeebillSmicrornis brevirostris
- Crested BellbirdOreoica gutturalis
- White-fronted HoneyeaterPurnella albifrons
- Striated PardalotePardalotus striatus
- Yellow-plumed HoneyeaterPtilotula ornata
- Chestnut-rumped ThornbillAcanthiza uropygialis
- Grey ButcherbirdCracticus torquatus
- Grey ShrikethrushColluricincla harmonica
- Jacky-winterMicroeca fascinans
- Spiny-cheeked HoneyeaterAcanthagenys rufogularis
- Southern Scrub RobinDrymodes brunneopygia
- Rufous WhistlerPachycephala rufiventris
- Gilbert's WhistlerPachycephala inornata
- Chestnut-backed Quail-thrushCinclosoma castanotum
- Brown-headed HoneyeaterMelithreptus brevirostris
- Chestnut-crowned BabblerPomatostomus ruficeps
- Masked WoodswallowArtamus personatus
- Willie-wagtailRhipidura leucophrys
- Spotted PardalotePardalotus punctatus
- Shy HeathwrenCalamanthus cautus
- Red-capped RobinPetroica goodenovii
- White-eared HoneyeaterNesoptilotis leucotis
- Purple-backed FairywrenMalurus assimilis
- Grey CurrawongStrepera versicolor
- White-browed TreecreeperClimacteris affinis
- Dusky WoodswallowArtamus cyanopterus
- Australian RavenCorvus coronoides
- Black-faced CuckooshrikeCoracina novaehollandiae
- White-browed BabblerPomatostomus superciliosus
- Striped HoneyeaterPlectorhyncha lanceolata
- Red-lored WhistlerPachycephala rufogularisVU
- Pied HoneyeaterCerthionyx variegatus
- Varied SittellaDaphoenositta chrysoptera
- Splendid FairywrenMalurus splendens
- Brown TreecreeperClimacteris picumnus
- White-browed WoodswallowArtamus superciliosus
- Australian White-winged TrillerLalage tricolor
- Tree MartinPetrochelidon nigricans
- Inland ThornbillAcanthiza apicalis
Other birds7 species
- Common BronzewingPhaps chalcoptera
- Rainbow Bee-eaterMerops ornatus
- Australian RingneckBarnardius zonarius
- Mulga ParrotPsephotellus varius
- EmuDromaius novaehollandiae
- Pink CockatooLophochroa leadbeateri
- MalleefowlLeipoa ocellataVU
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.
- Jan36°/19°20 mm
- Feb34°/18°21 mm
- Mar31°/15°14 mm
- Apr26°/12°19 mm
- May20°/8°19 mm
- Jun16°/5°22 mm
- Jul16°/4°18 mm
- Aug18°/5°17 mm
- Sep23°/8°21 mm
- Oct27°/11°18 mm
- Nov31°/14°22 mm
- Dec34°/17°22 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Riverland Mallee Important Bird Area.
Important Bird Area in Australia
Riverland Mallee Important Bird Area is an Important Bird Area (BirdLife) in Australia.
47 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 631 open records.
The most recorded are the Weebill, the Crested Bellbird and the White-fronted Honeyeater.
0 species come for the summer, 3 for the winter and 0 only pass through.
2 are threatened worldwide, including Malleefowl and Red-lored Whistler.
The most species are recorded in October.
Get there and watch
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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.
Other places nearby.
Riverland Mallee Important Bird Area
Australia
- 39Birdyas Score
- 47Species
- 3Migrants
- 2Threatened
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- 214Species
- 53Migrants
- 4Threatened
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- 51Birdyas Score
- 77Species
- 34Migrants
- 3Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q7338248) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 631 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 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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