Bird AlbumAustralia · Western Australia
Broome Bird Observatory
231 species and 126,187 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April and June–October, with up to 153 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Great BowerbirdChlamydera nuchalis
Bar-shouldered DoveGeopelia humeralis
Singing HoneyeaterGavicalis virescens
Little FriarbirdPhilemon citreogularis
Peaceful DoveGeopelia placida
Double-barred FinchStizoptera bichenovii
Rufous WhistlerPachycephala rufiventris
Brown HoneyeaterLichmera indistincta
MistletoebirdDicaeum hirundinaceum
Grey ShrikethrushColluricincla harmonica
Magpie-larkGrallina cyanoleuca
Grey-crowned BabblerPomatostomus temporalis
White-throated GerygoneGerygone olivacea
Pied ButcherbirdCracticus nigrogularisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Crab Creek Mangroves3 km193 species
- Roebuck Plains Station4 km226 species
- Broome South Wastewater Treatment Plant13 km214 species
- Lake Eda33 km209 species
- Taylors Lagoon62 km191 species
All 231 species recorded here
- Great Bowerbird Chlamydera nuchalis
- Singing Honeyeater Gavicalis virescens
- Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta
- Bar-shouldered Dove Geopelia humeralis
- Double-barred Finch Stizoptera bichenovii
- Little Friarbird Philemon citreogularis
- Peaceful Dove Geopelia placida
- Grey-crowned Babbler Pomatostomus temporalis
- Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris
- Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum
- Pied Butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis
- Torresian Crow Corvus orru
- Grey Shrikethrush Colluricincla harmonica
- Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca
- White-throated Gerygone Gerygone olivacea
- Paperbark Flycatcher Myiagra nana
- Canary White-eye Zosterops luteus
- Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
- Black-faced Cuckooshrike Coracina novaehollandiae
- White-gaped Honeyeater Stomiopera unicolor
- Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus
- Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus
- Brown Goshawk Tachyspiza fasciata
- Rufous-throated Honeyeater Conopophila rufogularis
- Olive-backed Oriole Oriolus sagittatus
- Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes
- Blue-winged Kookaburra Dacelo leachii
- Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca
- Red-winged Parrot Aprosmictus erythropterus
- Sunda Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata
- Purple-backed Fairywren Malurus assimilis
- Sahul Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus
- Long-tailed Finch Poephila acuticauda
- Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata
- Little Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites minutillus
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Red-collared Lorikeet Trichoglossus rubritorquis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Tree Martin Petrochelidon nigricans
- Red-backed Fairywren Malurus melanocephalus
- Pheasant Coucal Centropus phasianinus
- White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus
- Broad-billed Flycatcher Myiagra ruficollis
- Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites basalis
- Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
- Jacky Winter Microeca fascinans
- Plumed Whistling Duck Dendrocygna eytoni
- Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides
- Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
- White-winged Triller Lalage tricolor
- Brown Falcon Falco berigora
- Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa
- Varied Lorikeet Psitteuteles versicolor
- Red-tailed Black Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus banksii
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Mangrove Fantail Rhipidura phasiana
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus longirostris
- Masked Woodswallow Artamus personatus
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Australian Tern Gelochelidon macrotarsa
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Channel-billed Cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Black-faced Woodswallow Artamus cinereus
- Red-capped Plover Anarhynchus ruficapillus
- White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Yellow-tinted Honeyeater Ptilotula flavescens
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
- Australian Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles cristatus
- Collared Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza cirrocephala
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus
- Leaden Flycatcher Myiagra rubecula
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus
- Australian Pipit Anthus australis
- Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax
- Brolga Antigone rubicunda
- Australian Hobby Falco longipennis
- Australian Boobook Ninox boobook
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- White-breasted Whistler Pachycephala lanioides
- Dusky Gerygone Gerygone tenebrosa
- Australian Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
- Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Pallid Cuckoo Heteroscenes pallidus
- Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris
- Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides
- Black-eared Cuckoo Chalcites osculans
- Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
- Banded Honeyeater Cissomela pectoralis
- Brown Quail Synoicus ypsilophorus
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Fairy Martin Petrochelidon ariel
- Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus
- Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
- Singing Bush Lark Mirafra javanica
- Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Red-headed Myzomela Myzomela erythrocephala
- Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- White-throated Honeyeater Melithreptus albogularis
- Pied Honeyeater Certhionyx variegatus
- Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
- Red-necked Avocet Recurvirostra novaehollandiae
- Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
- Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
- Sooty Oystercatcher Haematopus fuliginosus
- Brown Songlark Cincloramphus cruralis
- Varied Sittella Daphoenositta chrysoptera
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Red-capped Robin Petroica goodenovii
- Mangrove Golden Whistler Pachycephala melanura
- Beach Stone-curlew Esacus magnirostris
- Black Honeyeater Sugomel nigrum
- Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
- Yellow Chat Epthianura crocea
- Wandering Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arcuata
- Painted Finch Emblema pictum
- Australian Pratincole Glareola isabella
- Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides
- Oriental Plover Anarhynchus veredus
- Plumed Egret Ardea plumifera
- Mangrove Gerygone Gerygone levigaster
- Australian Bustard Ardeotis australis
- Little Curlew Numenius minutus
- Spotted Harrier Circus assimilis
- Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
- Australasian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Barking Owl Ninox connivens
- Eastern Grass Owl Tyto longimembris
- Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
- Kamchatka Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus examinandus
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Hardhead Aythya australis
- White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica
- Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
- Grey Teal Anas gracilis
- Bush Stone-curlew Burhinus grallarius
- Northern Fantail Rhipidura rufiventris
- Black-breasted Buzzard Hamirostra melanosternon
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Weebill Smicrornis brevirostris
- Tawny Grassbird Cincloramphus timoriensis
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Hooded Robin Melanodryas cucullata
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Galah Eolophus roseicapilla
- White-browed Woodswallow Artamus superciliosus
- Red-kneed Dotterel Erythrogonys cinctus
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater Acanthagenys rufogularis
- Pink-eared Duck Malacorhynchus membranaceus
- Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
- Red-backed Kingfisher Todiramphus pyrrhopygius
- Black-fronted Dotterel Thinornis melanops
- Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
- Rufous Songlark Cincloramphus mathewsi
- Spotted Nightjar Eurostopodus argus
- Black-chinned Honeyeater Melithreptus gularis
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Little Buttonquail Turnix velox
- Shining Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites lucidus
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Grey-headed Honeyeater Ptilotula keartlandi
- Magpie Goose Anseranas semipalmata
- Crimson Chat Epthianura tricolor
- Chestnut-breasted Mannikin Lonchura castaneothorax
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Black-tailed Treecreeper Climacteris melanurus
- Pictorella Mannikin Heteromunia pectoralis
- Flock Bronzewing Phaps histrionica
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
- Square-tailed Kite Lophoictinia isura
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Lemon-bellied Flyrobin Microeca flavigaster
- Hoary-headed Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus
- Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
- Blue-and-white Flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelana
- Wilson's Storm Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
- Star Finch Emblema ruficauda
- Red-backed Buttonquail Turnix maculosus
- Yellow-billed Spoonbill Platalea flavipes
- Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Black-tailed Nativehen Tribonyx ventralis
- Red-chested Buttonquail Turnix pyrrhothorax
- Black Falcon Falco subniger
- Little Woodswallow Artamus minor
- Australian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus australis
- Green Pygmy Goose Nettapus pulchellus
- Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus
- Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
- Australian Ringneck Barnardius zonarius
- Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala
- Australian Crake Porzana fluminea
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Banded Lapwing Vanellus tricolor
- White-fronted Honeyeater Purnella albifrons
- Maned Duck Chenonetta jubata
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Broome Bird Observatory?
April and June–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 153 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Broome Bird Observatory?
231 species, from 126,187 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Broome Bird Observatory in November?
The most recorded in November: Great Bowerbird, Bar-shouldered Dove, Singing Honeyeater, Little Friarbird and Peaceful Dove.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.