Australia · Queensland
Abattoir Swamp, Julatten
239 species and 27,397 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: August and October–November, with up to 119 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Brown-backed HoneyeaterRamsayornis modestus
Brown HoneyeaterLichmera indistincta
Rufous WhistlerPachycephala rufiventris
Yellow HoneyeaterStomiopera flava
White-cheeked HoneyeaterPhylidonyris niger
White-throated HoneyeaterMelithreptus albogularis
Leaden FlycatcherMyiagra rubecula
Yellow-faced HoneyeaterCaligavis chrysops
Peaceful DoveGeopelia placida
Northern FantailRhipidura rufiventris
Little ShrikethrushColluricincla megarhyncha
White-bellied CuckooshrikeCoracina papuensis
Australian SwiftletAerodramus terraereginae
Forest KingfisherTodiramphus macleayiiSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Julatten4 km261 species
- Kingfisher Park Birdwatchers Lodge – Morning Walk5 km220 species
- Kingfisher Park Birdwatchers Lodge5 km268 species
- Daintree Village Boat Cruise43 km263 species
- Cattana Wetlands45 km261 species
- Cairns Botanical Gardens and Centenary Lakes53 km240 species
All 239 species recorded here
- Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta
- Brown-backed Honeyeater Ramsayornis modestus
- Yellow Honeyeater Stomiopera flava
- White-throated Honeyeater Melithreptus albogularis
- Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris
- Northern Fantail Rhipidura rufiventris
- Little Shrikethrush Colluricincla megarhyncha
- Peaceful Dove Geopelia placida
- Dusky Myzomela Myzomela obscura
- White-cheeked Honeyeater Phylidonyris niger
- Scarlet Myzomela Myzomela sanguinolenta
- Leaden Flycatcher Myiagra rubecula
- Bar-shouldered Dove Geopelia humeralis
- White-bellied Cuckooshrike Coracina papuensis
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater Caligavis chrysops
- Forest Kingfisher Todiramphus macleayii
- Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus moluccanus
- Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum
- Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
- Red-backed Fairywren Malurus melanocephalus
- Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis
- Lovely Fairywren Malurus amabilis
- Australian Swiftlet Aerodramus terraereginae
- Varied Triller Lalage leucomela
- Garden Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis
- Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Cryptic Honeyeater Microptilotis imitatrix
- Bridled Honeyeater Bolemoreus frenatus
- Australasian Figbird Sphecotheres vieilloti
- Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
- Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis
- Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus
- Pheasant Coucal Centropus phasianinus
- Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus
- Lewin's Honeyeater Meliphaga lewinii
- Blue-winged Kookaburra Dacelo leachii
- Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
- Macleay's Honeyeater Xanthotis macleayanus
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus
- Yellow-spotted Honeyeater Meliphaga notata
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Spectacled Monarch Symposiachrus trivirgatus
- Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
- Plumed Egret Ardea plumifera
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- White-browed Crake Poliolimnas cinereus
- Fairy Martin Petrochelidon ariel
- Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
- Chestnut-breasted Mannikin Lonchura castaneothorax
- Olive-backed Oriole Oriolus sagittatus
- Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
- White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica
- Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca
- North Moluccan Cicadabird Edolisoma grayi
- Spangled Drongo Dicrurus bracteatus
- Australasian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae
- Lemon-bellied Flyrobin Microeca flavigaster
- White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus
- Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae
- Grey Whistler Pachycephala simplex
- Blue-faced Honeyeater Entomyzon cyanotis
- Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
- Wandering Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arcuata
- Pale-vented Bush-hen Amaurornis moluccana
- Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
- Little Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites minutillus
- Brown Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia phasianella
- Great Bowerbird Chlamydera nuchalis
- Magpie Goose Anseranas semipalmata
- Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
- Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus
- Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
- Sahul Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus
- Banded Honeyeater Cissomela pectoralis
- Tawny Grassbird Cincloramphus timoriensis
- Yellow-breasted Boatbill Machaerirhynchus flaviventer
- Noisy Friarbird Philemon corniculatus
- Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis
- Azure Kingfisher Ceyx azureus
- Tree Martin Petrochelidon nigricans
- Large-billed Gerygone Gerygone magnirostris
- Black-chinned Honeyeater Melithreptus gularis
- White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
- Black-faced Cuckooshrike Coracina novaehollandiae
- Varied Sittella Daphoenositta chrysoptera
- Black-faced Monarch Monarcha melanopsis
- Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris
- Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
- Bower's Shrikethrush Colluricincla boweri
- Channel-billed Cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae
- Brown Quail Synoicus ypsilophorus
- Comb-crested Jacana Irediparra gallinacea
- Grey Shrikethrush Colluricincla harmonica
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Spotless Crake Zapornia tabuensis
- Torresian Crow Corvus orru
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Little Friarbird Philemon citreogularis
- Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax
- Topknot Pigeon Lopholaimus antarcticus
- Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca
- Pacific Baza Aviceda subcristata
- Pale-yellow Robin Eopsaltria capito
- Metallic Starling Aplonis metallica
- Red-winged Parrot Aprosmictus erythropterus
- Australian Rufous Fantail Rhipidura rufifrons
- Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
- Brown Goshawk Tachyspiza fasciata
- White-naped Honeyeater Melithreptus lunatus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Square-tailed Kite Lophoictinia isura
- Fairy Gerygone Gerygone palpebrosa
- Australian Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis
- White-winged Triller Lalage tricolor
- Pale-headed Rosella Platycercus adscitus
- Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
- Pied Monarch Arses kaupi
- Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides
- Australian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus australis
- Helmeted Friarbird Philemon buceroides
- Little Kingfisher Ceyx pusillus
- Collared Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza cirrocephala
- Brown Gerygone Gerygone mouki
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Brown Falcon Falco berigora
- Eastern Spinebill Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris
- Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
- Shining Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites lucidus
- Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Orange-footed Scrubfowl Megapodius reinwardt
- Red-tailed Black Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus banksii
- Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
- Grey Teal Anas gracilis
- Black Butcherbird Melloria quoyi
- Pacific Koel Eudynamys orientalis
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites basalis
- Green Pygmy Goose Nettapus pulchellus
- Restless Flycatcher Myiagra inquieta
- Large-billed Scrubwren Sericornis magnirostra
- Green Oriole Oriolus flavocinctus
- Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus
- White-throated Gerygone Gerygone olivacea
- Double-barred Finch Stizoptera bichenovii
- Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
- Pied Butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis
- White-gaped Honeyeater Stomiopera unicolor
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Spotted Harrier Circus assimilis
- Brolga Antigone rubicunda
- Double-eyed Fig Parrot Cyclopsitta diophthalma
- Australian Brushturkey Alectura lathami
- Pacific Emerald Dove Chalcophaps longirostris
- Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa
- Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii
- Pallid Cuckoo Heteroscenes pallidus
- Red-browed Pardalote Pardalotus rubricatus
- White-streaked Honeyeater Trichodere cockerelli
- Barred Cuckooshrike Coracina lineata
- Black-fronted Dotterel Thinornis melanops
- Torresian Imperial Pigeon Ducula spilorrhoa
- Hardhead Aythya australis
- Eastern Whipbird Psophodes olivaceus
- Plumed Whistling Duck Dendrocygna eytoni
- Blue-faced Parrotfinch Erythrura trichroa
- Bush Stone-curlew Burhinus grallarius
- Rufous-throated Honeyeater Conopophila rufogularis
- Jacky Winter Microeca fascinans
- Australian Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
- Red-backed Buttonquail Turnix maculosus
- Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
- Radjah Shelduck Radjah radjah
- Little Lorikeet Parvipsitta pusilla
- Squatter Pigeon Geophaps scripta
- Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfisher Tanysiptera sylvia
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
- Pied Currawong Strepera graculina
- Shining Flycatcher Myiagra alecto
- White-throated Treecreeper Cormobates leucophaea
- White-eared Monarch Carterornis leucotis
- Grey-headed Robin Heteromyias cinereifrons
- Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides
- Superb Fruit Dove Ptilinopus superbus
- Australian Bustard Ardeotis australis
- Satin Flycatcher Myiagra cyanoleuca
- Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
- Black-faced Woodswallow Artamus cinereus
- Brown Treecreeper Climacteris picumnus
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- White-headed Pigeon Columba leucomela
- Bar-breasted Honeyeater Ramsayornis fasciatus
- Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Victoria's Riflebird Ptiloris victoriae
- Grey Goshawk Tachyspiza novaehollandiae
- Australian Hobby Falco longipennis
- Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus
- Barking Owl Ninox connivens
- Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes
- Fuscous Honeyeater Ptilotula fusca
- Maned Duck Chenonetta jubata
- Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus
- White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
- Pied Heron Egretta picata
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Yellow-tinted Honeyeater Ptilotula flavescens
- Spotted Catbird Ailuroedus maculosus
- Australian Boobook Ninox boobook
- Australian Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles cristatus
- Banded Lapwing Vanellus tricolor
- Gouldian Finch Chloebia gouldiae
- Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Red-kneed Dotterel Erythrogonys cinctus
- Singing Bush Lark Mirafra javanica
- Yellow-billed Spoonbill Platalea flavipes
- Hoary-headed Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus
- Weebill Smicrornis brevirostris
- Apostlebird Struthidea cinerea
- Galah Eolophus roseicapilla
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Red-backed Kingfisher Todiramphus pyrrhopygius
- Pink-eared Duck Malacorhynchus membranaceus
- Australian Raven Corvus coronoides
- White-throated Nightjar Eurostopodus mystacalis
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Noisy Pitta Pitta versicolor
- Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Masked Woodswallow Artamus personatus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Abattoir Swamp, Julatten?
August and October–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 119 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Abattoir Swamp, Julatten?
239 species, from 27,397 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Abattoir Swamp, Julatten in November?
The most recorded in November: Brown-backed Honeyeater, Brown Honeyeater, Rufous Whistler, Yellow Honeyeater and White-cheeked Honeyeater.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.