Australia · Queensland
Bushland Beach
224 species and 25,939 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December–January, March–April, June and August–September, with up to 126 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Silver GullChroicocephalus novaehollandiae
Pied OystercatcherHaematopus longirostris
Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
Red-capped PloverAnarhynchus ruficapillus
Australian TernGelochelidon macrotarsa
Masked LapwingVanellus miles
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
Grey-tailed TattlerTringa brevipes
Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollis
Peaceful DoveGeopelia placida
Rainbow Bee-eaterMerops ornatus
Common GreenshankTringa nebulariaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Townsville Town Common Conservation Park8 km280 species
- Carlyle Gardens Retirement Resort, Townsville16 km134 species
All 224 species recorded here
- Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus longirostris
- Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
- Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Peaceful Dove Geopelia placida
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Red-capped Plover Anarhynchus ruficapillus
- Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca
- Australian Tern Gelochelidon macrotarsa
- Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus moluccanus
- Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca
- Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus
- Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Blue-winged Kookaburra Dacelo leachii
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Spangled Drongo Dicrurus bracteatus
- Bar-shouldered Dove Geopelia humeralis
- Mangrove Gerygone Gerygone levigaster
- Garden Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis
- Australasian Figbird Sphecotheres vieilloti
- Red-tailed Black Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus banksii
- Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
- Great Bowerbird Chlamydera nuchalis
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
- Yellow Honeyeater Stomiopera flava
- Varied Triller Lalage leucomela
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum
- Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
- White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
- Torresian Imperial Pigeon Ducula spilorrhoa
- Plumed Whistling Duck Dendrocygna eytoni
- Little Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites minutillus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Beach Stone-curlew Esacus magnirostris
- Varied Honeyeater Gavicalis versicolor
- Pheasant Coucal Centropus phasianinus
- Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
- White-bellied Cuckooshrike Coracina papuensis
- Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
- Blue-faced Honeyeater Entomyzon cyanotis
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Helmeted Friarbird Philemon buceroides
- Black Butcherbird Melloria quoyi
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Double-barred Finch Stizoptera bichenovii
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
- Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
- White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Leaden Flycatcher Myiagra rubecula
- Yellow-spotted Honeyeater Meliphaga notata
- White-throated Honeyeater Melithreptus albogularis
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Australian Brushturkey Alectura lathami
- Sahul Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Pacific Koel Eudynamys orientalis
- Black-faced Cuckooshrike Coracina novaehollandiae
- Torresian Crow Corvus orru
- Brown-backed Honeyeater Ramsayornis modestus
- Dusky Myzomela Myzomela obscura
- Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Fairy Gerygone Gerygone palpebrosa
- Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis
- Australian Raven Corvus coronoides
- Forest Kingfisher Todiramphus macleayii
- Channel-billed Cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae
- Little Friarbird Philemon citreogularis
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Plumed Egret Ardea plumifera
- Red-backed Fairywren Malurus melanocephalus
- Magpie Goose Anseranas semipalmata
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Little Shrikethrush Colluricincla megarhyncha
- Bush Stone-curlew Burhinus grallarius
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Large-billed Gerygone Gerygone magnirostris
- Shining Flycatcher Myiagra alecto
- Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
- Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa
- Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
- Galah Eolophus roseicapilla
- White-gaped Honeyeater Stomiopera unicolor
- Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
- Sooty Oystercatcher Haematopus fuliginosus
- Fairy Martin Petrochelidon ariel
- Olive-backed Oriole Oriolus sagittatus
- Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae
- Lemon-bellied Flyrobin Microeca flavigaster
- Pied Butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis
- Little Kingfisher Ceyx pusillus
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus
- Crimson Finch Neochmia phaeton
- White-winged Triller Lalage tricolor
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
- Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
- Mangrove Robin Melanodryas pulverulenta
- Black-fronted Dotterel Thinornis melanops
- Pacific Baza Aviceda subcristata
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Brown Goshawk Tachyspiza fasciata
- Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Black-chinned Honeyeater Melithreptus gularis
- Australasian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae
- Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
- Grey Teal Anas gracilis
- Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea
- Australian Swiftlet Aerodramus terraereginae
- Pale-headed Rosella Platycercus adscitus
- White-browed Robin Poecilodryas superciliosa
- Double-banded Plover Anarhynchus bicinctus
- Noisy Friarbird Philemon corniculatus
- Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes
- Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris
- Australian Rufous Fantail Rhipidura rufifrons
- Wandering Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arcuata
- Australian Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
- Collared Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza cirrocephala
- Australian Pipit Anthus australis
- Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides
- Spectacled Monarch Symposiachrus trivirgatus
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica
- Radjah Shelduck Radjah radjah
- Brolga Antigone rubicunda
- Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites basalis
- Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa
- Australian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus australis
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Rose-crowned Fruit Dove Ptilinopus regina
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Shining Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites lucidus
- Chestnut-breasted Mannikin Lonchura castaneothorax
- Northern Fantail Rhipidura rufiventris
- Tree Martin Petrochelidon nigricans
- Red-winged Parrot Aprosmictus erythropterus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Topknot Pigeon Lopholaimus antarcticus
- Green Oriole Oriolus flavocinctus
- Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
- Grey Goshawk Tachyspiza novaehollandiae
- Brown Falcon Falco berigora
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Brown Quail Synoicus ypsilophorus
- North Moluccan Cicadabird Edolisoma grayi
- Australian Hobby Falco longipennis
- Superb Fruit Dove Ptilinopus superbus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Black-faced Monarch Monarcha melanopsis
- Square-tailed Kite Lophoictinia isura
- Lovely Fairywren Malurus amabilis
- White-eared Monarch Carterornis leucotis
- Pied Currawong Strepera graculina
- Pallid Cuckoo Heteroscenes pallidus
- White-throated Gerygone Gerygone olivacea
- Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus
- Sunda Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata
- White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
- Yellow-billed Spoonbill Platalea flavipes
- Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Hardhead Aythya australis
- Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
- Barking Owl Ninox connivens
- Chestnut Teal Anas castanea
- Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris
- Scarlet Myzomela Myzomela sanguinolenta
- Little Grassbird Poodytes gramineus
- White-browed Crake Poliolimnas cinereus
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
- Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
- Pink-eared Duck Malacorhynchus membranaceus
- Rufous-throated Honeyeater Conopophila rufogularis
- Orange-footed Scrubfowl Megapodius reinwardt
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
- Red-chested Buttonquail Turnix pyrrhothorax
- Pied Heron Egretta picata
- Great Frigatebird Fregata minor
- Yellow-throated Miner Manorina flavigula
- Spotless Crake Zapornia tabuensis
- Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Azure Kingfisher Ceyx azureus
- Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
- Grey Whistler Pachycephala simplex
- Little Woodswallow Artamus minor
- Black Falcon Falco subniger
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- White-throated Nightjar Eurostopodus mystacalis
- Red-necked Avocet Recurvirostra novaehollandiae
- Spotted Harrier Circus assimilis
- Tawny Grassbird Cincloramphus timoriensis
- Wandering Tattler Tringa incana
- Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii
- Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus
- Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides
- Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Bushland Beach?
December–January, March–April, June and August–September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 126 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Bushland Beach?
224 species, from 25,939 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Bushland Beach in November?
The most recorded in November: Silver Gull, Pied Oystercatcher, Eurasian Whimbrel, Bar-tailed Godwit and Red-capped Plover.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.