Bird AlbumAustralia · Queensland
Cattana Wetlands
261 species and 99,752 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May–January, with up to 145 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Comb-crested JacanaIrediparra gallinacea
Orange-footed ScrubfowlMegapodius reinwardt
Green Pygmy GooseNettapus pulchellus
Willie WagtailRhipidura leucophrys
Little Pied CormorantMicrocarbo melanoleucos
Garden SunbirdCinnyris jugularis
Green OrioleOriolus flavocinctus
Metallic StarlingAplonis metallica
Masked LapwingVanellus miles
Pacific Black DuckAnas superciliosa
Spangled DrongoDicrurus bracteatus
Black ButcherbirdMelloria quoyi
Australasian DarterAnhinga novaehollandiae
Welcome SwallowHirundo neoxenaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Cairns Botanical Gardens and Centenary Lakes9 km240 species
- Freshwater and Saltwater Lakes10 km210 species
- Cairns Esplanade – Northern End11 km235 species
- Cairns Esplanade12 km276 species
- Cairns Esplanade – Southern End12 km198 species
- Abattoir Swamp, Julatten45 km239 species
All 261 species recorded here
- Comb-crested Jacana Irediparra gallinacea
- Orange-footed Scrubfowl Megapodius reinwardt
- Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
- Garden Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis
- Spangled Drongo Dicrurus bracteatus
- Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
- Green Oriole Oriolus flavocinctus
- Australasian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae
- Green Pygmy Goose Nettapus pulchellus
- Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
- Black Butcherbird Melloria quoyi
- Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta
- Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
- Bar-shouldered Dove Geopelia humeralis
- Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca
- Helmeted Friarbird Philemon buceroides
- Peaceful Dove Geopelia placida
- Australasian Figbird Sphecotheres vieilloti
- Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus
- Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus moluccanus
- Leaden Flycatcher Myiagra rubecula
- Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
- Brown-backed Honeyeater Ramsayornis modestus
- Metallic Starling Aplonis metallica
- Varied Triller Lalage leucomela
- Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Yellow Honeyeater Stomiopera flava
- Little Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites minutillus
- Torresian Imperial Pigeon Ducula spilorrhoa
- Plumed Egret Ardea plumifera
- Australian Swiftlet Aerodramus terraereginae
- Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
- Large-billed Gerygone Gerygone magnirostris
- Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca
- Crimson Finch Neochmia phaeton
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
- White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus
- Double-eyed Fig Parrot Cyclopsitta diophthalma
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Yellow-spotted Honeyeater Meliphaga notata
- Magpie Goose Anseranas semipalmata
- Dusky Myzomela Myzomela obscura
- Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
- Forest Kingfisher Todiramphus macleayii
- Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis
- Pheasant Coucal Centropus phasianinus
- Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
- Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
- Sahul Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus
- Black-fronted Dotterel Thinornis melanops
- White-bellied Cuckooshrike Coracina papuensis
- Chestnut-breasted Mannikin Lonchura castaneothorax
- Bush Stone-curlew Burhinus grallarius
- Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
- Spectacled Monarch Symposiachrus trivirgatus
- Black-faced Cuckooshrike Coracina novaehollandiae
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Fairy Martin Petrochelidon ariel
- White-browed Crake Poliolimnas cinereus
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Pacific Koel Eudynamys orientalis
- Wandering Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arcuata
- Lovely Fairywren Malurus amabilis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
- Grey Teal Anas gracilis
- Olive-backed Oriole Oriolus sagittatus
- Little Kingfisher Ceyx pusillus
- Australian Rufous Fantail Rhipidura rufifrons
- Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa
- Fairy Gerygone Gerygone palpebrosa
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus
- Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus
- Channel-billed Cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae
- White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica
- Red-backed Fairywren Malurus melanocephalus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
- North Moluccan Cicadabird Edolisoma grayi
- Torresian Crow Corvus orru
- Shining Flycatcher Myiagra alecto
- Pacific Baza Aviceda subcristata
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
- Cryptic Honeyeater Microptilotis imitatrix
- Radjah Shelduck Radjah radjah
- Azure Kingfisher Ceyx azureus
- Australian Brushturkey Alectura lathami
- Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Tree Martin Petrochelidon nigricans
- Little Shrikethrush Colluricincla megarhyncha
- Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii
- Pale-vented Bush-hen Amaurornis moluccana
- Black-faced Monarch Monarcha melanopsis
- Australian Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
- Brown Goshawk Tachyspiza fasciata
- Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
- Pacific Emerald Dove Chalcophaps longirostris
- Spotted Whistling Duck Dendrocygna guttata
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
- Red-tailed Black Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus banksii
- Hardhead Aythya australis
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Tawny Grassbird Cincloramphus timoriensis
- Little Friarbird Philemon citreogularis
- Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus
- Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris
- Grey Goshawk Tachyspiza novaehollandiae
- Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea
- Australian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus australis
- Grey Whistler Pachycephala simplex
- Noisy Friarbird Philemon corniculatus
- Lewin's Honeyeater Meliphaga lewinii
- Red-kneed Dotterel Erythrogonys cinctus
- Shining Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites lucidus
- Australian Pipit Anthus australis
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Plumed Whistling Duck Dendrocygna eytoni
- White-eared Monarch Carterornis leucotis
- Singing Bush Lark Mirafra javanica
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Torresian Kingfisher Todiramphus sordidus
- Rose-crowned Fruit Dove Ptilinopus regina
- Great-billed Heron Ardea sumatrana
- Brown Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia phasianella
- Pied Currawong Strepera graculina
- White-throated Honeyeater Melithreptus albogularis
- Topknot Pigeon Lopholaimus antarcticus
- Brown Gerygone Gerygone mouki
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Australian Hobby Falco longipennis
- Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Papuan Frogmouth Podargus papuensis
- Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa
- White-winged Triller Lalage tricolor
- Superb Fruit Dove Ptilinopus superbus
- Spotted Catbird Ailuroedus maculosus
- Varied Honeyeater Gavicalis versicolor
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Brown Quail Synoicus ypsilophorus
- Blue-faced Honeyeater Entomyzon cyanotis
- White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
- Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus
- Maned Duck Chenonetta jubata
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites basalis
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Collared Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza cirrocephala
- Barred Cuckooshrike Coracina lineata
- Blue-winged Kookaburra Dacelo leachii
- Scarlet Myzomela Myzomela sanguinolenta
- Large-billed Scrubwren Sericornis magnirostra
- Red-necked Crake Rallina tricolor
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater Caligavis chrysops
- Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis
- Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes
- Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Lemon-bellied Flyrobin Microeca flavigaster
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Restless Flycatcher Myiagra inquieta
- Pale-yellow Robin Eopsaltria capito
- Pink-eared Duck Malacorhynchus membranaceus
- Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Pallid Cuckoo Heteroscenes pallidus
- Brown Falcon Falco berigora
- Australian Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis
- Northern Fantail Rhipidura rufiventris
- Macleay's Honeyeater Xanthotis macleayanus
- Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus
- Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
- Pied Heron Egretta picata
- Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
- Australian Tern Gelochelidon macrotarsa
- Satin Flycatcher Myiagra cyanoleuca
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Masked Woodswallow Artamus personatus
- Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax
- Satin Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus violaceus
- Noisy Pitta Pitta versicolor
- Yellow-breasted Boatbill Machaerirhynchus flaviventer
- Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Long-billed Corella Cacatua tenuirostris
- Hoary-headed Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus
- Double-barred Finch Stizoptera bichenovii
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Chestnut Teal Anas castanea
- Pale-headed Rosella Platycercus adscitus
- Square-tailed Kite Lophoictinia isura
- Barking Owl Ninox connivens
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Yellow-billed Spoonbill Platalea flavipes
- Red-backed Buttonquail Turnix maculosus
- Pied Monarch Arses kaupi
- Plum-headed Finch Emblema modesta
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- White-throated Treecreeper Cormobates leucophaea
- Black-faced Woodswallow Artamus cinereus
- Galah Eolophus roseicapilla
- Victoria's Riflebird Ptiloris victoriae
- Mangrove Robin Melanodryas pulverulenta
- Bar-breasted Honeyeater Ramsayornis fasciatus
- Weebill Smicrornis brevirostris
- Spotless Crake Zapornia tabuensis
- Beach Stone-curlew Esacus magnirostris
- Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides
- White-headed Pigeon Columba leucomela
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- White-browed Woodswallow Artamus superciliosus
- Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfisher Tanysiptera sylvia
- Banded Honeyeater Cissomela pectoralis
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus
- White-browed Robin Poecilodryas superciliosa
- White-throated Nightjar Eurostopodus mystacalis
- White-throated Gerygone Gerygone olivacea
- Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus longirostris
- Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans
- Tooth-billed Bowerbird Scenopoeetes dentirostris
- Grey-headed Robin Heteromyias cinereifrons
- Australian Bustard Ardeotis australis
- Rufous Owl Ninox rufa
- Eastern Whipbird Psophodes olivaceus
- Brolga Antigone rubicunda
- Australian Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles cristatus
- Fuscous Honeyeater Ptilotula fusca
- King Quail Synoicus chinensis
- Bower's Shrikethrush Colluricincla boweri
- Brown Songlark Cincloramphus cruralis
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana
- Little Lorikeet Parvipsitta pusilla
- Black-backed Bittern Botaurus dubius
- Red-capped Plover Anarhynchus ruficapillus
- Grey Shrikethrush Colluricincla harmonica
- Pied Butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Cattana Wetlands?
May–January. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 145 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Cattana Wetlands?
261 species, from 99,752 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Cattana Wetlands in November?
The most recorded in November: Comb-crested Jacana, Orange-footed Scrubfowl, Green Pygmy Goose, Willie Wagtail and Little Pied Cormorant.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.