Bird AlbumAustralia · Victoria
Balyang Sanctuary
146 species and 25,961 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January, with up to 93 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Little Pied CormorantMicrocarbo melanoleucos
Rainbow LorikeetTrichoglossus moluccanus
Chestnut TealAnas castanea
Sulphur-crested CockatooCacatua galerita
Pacific Black DuckAnas superciliosa
Red WattlebirdAnthochaera carunculata
White-plumed HoneyeaterPtilotula penicillata
Little Black CormorantPhalacrocorax sulcirostris
Australian MagpieGymnorhina tibicen
Maned DuckChenonetta jubata
Dusky MoorhenGallinula tenebrosa
Little RavenCorvus mellori
Australasian SwamphenPorphyrio melanotus
Willie WagtailRhipidura leucophrysSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Serendip Sanctuary19 km205 species
- Blue Waters Lake Reserve19 km137 species
- Ocean Grove Nature Reserve20 km165 species
- Lake Lorne20 km144 species
- Western Treatment Plant – T Section Ponds20 km189 species
- Western Treatment Plant – Western Lagoons22 km188 species
All 146 species recorded here
- Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus moluccanus
- Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
- Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa
- Chestnut Teal Anas castanea
- Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
- Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata
- Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
- Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- White-plumed Honeyeater Ptilotula penicillata
- Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
- Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
- Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
- Superb Fairywren Malurus cyaneus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Grey Teal Anas gracilis
- Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
- Little Raven Corvus mellori
- Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
- Maned Duck Chenonetta jubata
- New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus
- Australasian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae
- White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis
- White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Pied Currawong Strepera graculina
- Long-billed Corella Cacatua tenuirostris
- Black-faced Cuckooshrike Coracina novaehollandiae
- Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes
- Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca
- Red-rumped Parrot Psephotus haematonotus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
- Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa
- Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
- Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus
- Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla
- Australian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus australis
- Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis
- Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
- Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
- Little Grassbird Poodytes gramineus
- Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
- Collared Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza cirrocephala
- Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii
- Australian Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis
- Black-fronted Dotterel Thinornis melanops
- Grey Shrikethrush Colluricincla harmonica
- Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea
- Musk Lorikeet Glossopsitta concinna
- Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Pink-eared Duck Malacorhynchus membranaceus
- Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo Zanda funerea
- Galah Eolophus roseicapilla
- Hardhead Aythya australis
- Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius
- Australian Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
- White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica
- Yellow-billed Spoonbill Platalea flavipes
- Hoary-headed Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae
- Purple-crowned Lorikeet Parvipsitta porphyrocephala
- Spotless Crake Zapornia tabuensis
- Gang-gang Cockatoo Callocephalon fimbriatum
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Grey Currawong Strepera versicolor
- Eastern Spinebill Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris
- Australian Crake Porzana fluminea
- Eastern Shriketit Falcunculus frontatus
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Olive-backed Oriole Oriolus sagittatus
- Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides
- Grey Goshawk Tachyspiza novaehollandiae
- Brown Goshawk Tachyspiza fasciata
- Australian Hobby Falco longipennis
- Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus
- Black-tailed Nativehen Tribonyx ventralis
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus
- Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala
- Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum
- Brown Falcon Falco berigora
- Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites basalis
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Pacific Koel Eudynamys orientalis
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
- Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris
- Little Wattlebird Anthochaera chrysoptera
- Plumed Egret Ardea plumifera
- Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
- Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Australian Rufous Fantail Rhipidura rufifrons
- Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides
- Australian Boobook Ninox boobook
- Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax
- Tree Martin Petrochelidon nigricans
- Pink Robin Petroica rodinogaster
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater Caligavis chrysops
- Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Shining Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites lucidus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus
- Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus
- Weebill Smicrornis brevirostris
- Little Lorikeet Parvipsitta pusilla
- Pallid Cuckoo Heteroscenes pallidus
- Flame Robin Petroica phoenicea
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa
- Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
- Red-kneed Dotterel Erythrogonys cinctus
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Blue-winged Parrot Neophema chrysostoma
- Blue-billed Duck Oxyura australis
- Australian Shelduck Tadorna tadornoides
- Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis
- Fairy Martin Petrochelidon ariel
- Yellow Thornbill Acanthiza nana
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater Acanthagenys rufogularis
- White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
- Striated Thornbill Acanthiza lineata
- Rose Robin Petroica rosea
- Restless Flycatcher Myiagra inquieta
- Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris
- White-naped Honeyeater Melithreptus lunatus
- White-winged Triller Lalage tricolor
- Pacific Gull Larus pacificus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Balyang Sanctuary?
January. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 93 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Balyang Sanctuary?
146 species, from 25,961 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Balyang Sanctuary in November?
The most recorded in November: Little Pied Cormorant, Rainbow Lorikeet, Chestnut Teal, Sulphur-crested Cockatoo and Pacific Black Duck.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.