Australia · Northern Territory
Alice Springs Sewage Ponds
207 species and 88,803 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September–November, with up to 147 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Pied StiltHimantopus leucocephalus
Hoary-headed GrebePoliocephalus poliocephalus
Grey TealAnas gracilis
Masked LapwingVanellus miles
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Red-necked AvocetRecurvirostra novaehollandiae
Black SwanCygnus atratus
Australasian GrebeTachybaptus novaehollandiae
HardheadAythya australis
Black-fronted DotterelThinornis melanops
Pacific Black DuckAnas superciliosa
Magpie-larkGrallina cyanoleuca
Maned DuckChenonetta jubata
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos128 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 207 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 207 species recorded here
- Grey Teal Anas gracilis
- Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
- Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
- Red-necked Avocet Recurvirostra novaehollandiae
- Hoary-headed Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus
- Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Black-fronted Dotterel Thinornis melanops
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Hardhead Aythya australis
- Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
- Pink-eared Duck Malacorhynchus membranaceus
- Maned Duck Chenonetta jubata
- Little Crow Corvus bennetti
- Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
- Black-tailed Nativehen Tribonyx ventralis
- Red-kneed Dotterel Erythrogonys cinctus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus
- Red-capped Plover Anarhynchus ruficapillus
- Australian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus australis
- White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Little Grassbird Poodytes gramineus
- White-winged Fairywren Malurus leucopterus
- Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes
- Australian Pipit Anthus australis
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Torresian Crow Corvus orru
- Galah Eolophus roseicapilla
- Fairy Martin Petrochelidon ariel
- Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis
- Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea
- Tree Martin Petrochelidon nigricans
- Sunda Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- White-plumed Honeyeater Ptilotula penicillata
- Purple-backed Fairywren Malurus assimilis
- Yellow-throated Miner Manorina flavigula
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
- Yellow-billed Spoonbill Platalea flavipes
- Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater Acanthagenys rufogularis
- Australian Ringneck Barnardius zonarius
- Orange Chat Epthianura aurifrons
- Freckled Duck Stictonetta naevosa
- Plumed Whistling Duck Dendrocygna eytoni
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus
- Black-faced Cuckooshrike Coracina novaehollandiae
- White-backed Swallow Cheramoeca leucosterna
- Chestnut Teal Anas castanea
- Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides
- Australian Pratincole Glareola isabella
- Australian Crake Porzana fluminea
- Black-faced Woodswallow Artamus cinereus
- Rufous Songlark Cincloramphus mathewsi
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
- Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris
- Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata
- Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
- Singing Honeyeater Gavicalis virescens
- Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca
- Brown Songlark Cincloramphus cruralis
- Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax
- Australian Tern Gelochelidon macrotarsa
- Brown Falcon Falco berigora
- Splendid Fairywren Malurus splendens
- Pied Butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis
- Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
- Long-billed Corella Cacatua tenuirostris
- White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica
- Black Falcon Falco subniger
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
- Australasian Shoveler Spatula rhynchotis
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus
- Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus
- Plumed Egret Ardea plumifera
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Red-backed Kingfisher Todiramphus pyrrhopygius
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Australasian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae
- Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
- Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta
- Australian Hobby Falco longipennis
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum
- Banded Stilt Cladorhynchus leucocephalus
- Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
- Grey-crowned Babbler Pomatostomus temporalis
- Blue-billed Duck Oxyura australis
- Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa
- Weebill Smicrornis brevirostris
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
- Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites basalis
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Little Curlew Numenius minutus
- Pink Cockatoo Cacatua leadbeateri
- Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
- Banded Lapwing Vanellus tricolor
- Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Oriental Plover Anarhynchus veredus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Crimson Chat Epthianura tricolor
- Australian Shelduck Tadorna tadornoides
- Red-browed Pardalote Pardalotus rubricatus
- Brown Goshawk Tachyspiza fasciata
- Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Red-tailed Black Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus banksii
- Emu Dromaius novaehollandiae
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
- Grey Shrikethrush Colluricincla harmonica
- White-winged Triller Lalage tricolor
- Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris
- Western Bowerbird Chlamydera guttata
- Pallid Cuckoo Heteroscenes pallidus
- Channel-billed Cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae
- Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Collared Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza cirrocephala
- Australian Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Peaceful Dove Geopelia placida
- Painted Finch Emblema pictum
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Spinifex Pigeon Geophaps plumifera
- Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus
- Brown Quail Synoicus ypsilophorus
- Red-capped Robin Petroica goodenovii
- Masked Woodswallow Artamus personatus
- Spotless Crake Zapornia tabuensis
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Western Gerygone Gerygone fusca
- Grey-headed Honeyeater Ptilotula keartlandi
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Mulga Parrot Psephotellus varius
- Little Woodswallow Artamus minor
- Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala
- Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera
- Pied Honeyeater Certhionyx variegatus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Little Buttonquail Turnix velox
- Inland Thornbill Acanthiza apicalis
- Australian Raven Corvus coronoides
- Chestnut-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza uropygialis
- Spotted Harrier Circus assimilis
- White-browed Babbler Pomatostomus superciliosus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Black-breasted Buzzard Hamirostra melanosternon
- White-browed Woodswallow Artamus superciliosus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus
- Musk Duck Biziura lobata
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Australian Painted-snipe Rostratula australis
- Singing Bush Lark Mirafra javanica
- Crested Bellbird Oreoica gutturalis
- Grey Falcon Falco hypoleucos
- White-fronted Honeyeater Purnella albifrons
- Hooded Robin Melanodryas cucullata
- Southern Whiteface Aphelocephala leucopsis
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus moluccanus
- Spinifexbird Poodytes carteri
- Black-chinned Honeyeater Melithreptus gularis
- Bourke's Parrot Neopsephotus bourkii
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
- Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa
- Slaty-backed Thornbill Acanthiza robustirostris
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Australian Bustard Ardeotis australis
- Magpie Goose Anseranas semipalmata
- Pied Heron Egretta picata
- Wandering Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arcuata
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Ground Cuckooshrike Coracina maxima
- Stubble Quail Coturnix pectoralis
- Jacky Winter Microeca fascinans
- Grey-fronted Honeyeater Ptilotula plumula
- Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Inland Dotterel Peltohyas australis
- Spotted Nightjar Eurostopodus argus
- Yellow Chat Epthianura crocea
- Bush Stone-curlew Burhinus grallarius
- Black-eared Cuckoo Chalcites osculans
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
- Australian Boobook Ninox boobook
- Flock Bronzewing Phaps histrionica
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Alice Springs Sewage Ponds?
September–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 147 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Alice Springs Sewage Ponds?
207 species, from 88,803 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Alice Springs Sewage Ponds in November?
The most recorded in November: Pied Stilt, Hoary-headed Grebe, Grey Teal, Masked Lapwing and Eurasian Coot.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.