Australia · Western Australia
Crab Creek Mangroves
193 species and 41,286 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March–October, with up to 111 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Mangrove FantailRhipidura phasiana
White-breasted WhistlerPachycephala lanioides
Dusky GerygoneGerygone tenebrosa
Broad-billed FlycatcherMyiagra ruficollis
Canary White-eyeZosterops luteus
Striated HeronButorides striata
White-breasted WoodswallowArtamus leucorynchus
Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Brahminy KiteHaliastur indus
Australian White IbisThreskiornis molucca
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Pied StiltHimantopus leucocephalus
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Australian TernGelochelidon macrotarsaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Roebuck Plains Station3 km226 species
- Broome Bird Observatory3 km231 species
- Broome South Wastewater Treatment Plant16 km214 species
- Lake Eda31 km209 species
- Taylors Lagoon60 km191 species
All 193 species recorded here
- Mangrove Fantail Rhipidura phasiana
- White-breasted Whistler Pachycephala lanioides
- Dusky Gerygone Gerygone tenebrosa
- Canary White-eye Zosterops luteus
- Broad-billed Flycatcher Myiagra ruficollis
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus
- Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
- Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Australian Tern Gelochelidon macrotarsa
- Mangrove Golden Whistler Pachycephala melanura
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
- Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus
- Bar-shouldered Dove Geopelia humeralis
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Australian Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
- Torresian Crow Corvus orru
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Red-capped Plover Anarhynchus ruficapillus
- Tree Martin Petrochelidon nigricans
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus longirostris
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Little Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites minutillus
- Red-necked Avocet Recurvirostra novaehollandiae
- Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca
- Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus
- Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum
- Brown Goshawk Tachyspiza fasciata
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Little Friarbird Philemon citreogularis
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Red-winged Parrot Aprosmictus erythropterus
- Black-faced Cuckooshrike Coracina novaehollandiae
- Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus
- Singing Honeyeater Gavicalis virescens
- Red-backed Fairywren Malurus melanocephalus
- Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
- Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
- Great Bowerbird Chlamydera nuchalis
- Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites basalis
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Brown Falcon Falco berigora
- Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
- Red-collared Lorikeet Trichoglossus rubritorquis
- Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
- Australasian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae
- Pied Butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Peaceful Dove Geopelia placida
- Mangrove Gerygone Gerygone levigaster
- White-gaped Honeyeater Stomiopera unicolor
- Red-tailed Black Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus banksii
- Purple-backed Fairywren Malurus assimilis
- Rufous-throated Honeyeater Conopophila rufogularis
- Lemon-bellied Flyrobin Microeca flavigaster
- Sunda Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Pheasant Coucal Centropus phasianinus
- Australian Hobby Falco longipennis
- Double-barred Finch Stizoptera bichenovii
- White-throated Gerygone Gerygone olivacea
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Varied Lorikeet Psitteuteles versicolor
- White-winged Triller Lalage tricolor
- Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
- Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris
- Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus
- Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides
- Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
- Sahul Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus
- Paperbark Flycatcher Myiagra nana
- Grey Shrikethrush Colluricincla harmonica
- Hardhead Aythya australis
- Black-faced Woodswallow Artamus cinereus
- Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes
- Oriental Plover Anarhynchus veredus
- Little Curlew Numenius minutus
- Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Fairy Martin Petrochelidon ariel
- Grey-crowned Babbler Pomatostomus temporalis
- White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica
- Brolga Antigone rubicunda
- Grey Teal Anas gracilis
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Masked Woodswallow Artamus personatus
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Australian Pipit Anthus australis
- Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax
- Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis
- Red-headed Myzomela Myzomela erythrocephala
- Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris
- Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
- Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata
- Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
- Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Beach Stone-curlew Esacus magnirostris
- Spotted Harrier Circus assimilis
- Black-eared Cuckoo Chalcites osculans
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Plumed Egret Ardea plumifera
- Singing Bush Lark Mirafra javanica
- Olive-backed Oriole Oriolus sagittatus
- Plumed Whistling Duck Dendrocygna eytoni
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Collared Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza cirrocephala
- Channel-billed Cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Blue-winged Kookaburra Dacelo leachii
- Yellow Chat Epthianura crocea
- Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
- Pallid Cuckoo Heteroscenes pallidus
- Square-tailed Kite Lophoictinia isura
- Australian Pratincole Glareola isabella
- Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
- Streaked Shearwater Calonectris leucomelas
- Northern Fantail Rhipidura rufiventris
- Wedge-tailed Shearwater Ardenna pacifica
- Australian Bustard Ardeotis australis
- Yellow-tinted Honeyeater Ptilotula flavescens
- Long-tailed Finch Poephila acuticauda
- Pied Honeyeater Certhionyx variegatus
- Brown Songlark Cincloramphus cruralis
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Wandering Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arcuata
- Shining Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites lucidus
- Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides
- Australian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus australis
- Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus
- Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Brown Quail Synoicus ypsilophorus
- Jacky Winter Microeca fascinans
- Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa
- Galah Eolophus roseicapilla
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Red-backed Kingfisher Todiramphus pyrrhopygius
- Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
- Banded Honeyeater Cissomela pectoralis
- Black Honeyeater Sugomel nigrum
- Painted Finch Emblema pictum
- Red-kneed Dotterel Erythrogonys cinctus
- Sooty Oystercatcher Haematopus fuliginosus
- Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides
- Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Black Falcon Falco subniger
- Flock Bronzewing Phaps histrionica
- Black-fronted Dotterel Thinornis melanops
- Radjah Shelduck Radjah radjah
- Banded Stilt Cladorhynchus leucocephalus
- Black-breasted Buzzard Hamirostra melanosternon
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Weebill Smicrornis brevirostris
- Australian Boobook Ninox boobook
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Yellow-billed Spoonbill Platalea flavipes
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Crimson Chat Epthianura tricolor
- Grey-headed Honeyeater Ptilotula keartlandi
- Torresian Kingfisher Todiramphus sordidus
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Banded Lapwing Vanellus tricolor
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Crab Creek Mangroves?
March–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 111 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Crab Creek Mangroves?
193 species, from 41,286 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Crab Creek Mangroves in November?
The most recorded in November: Mangrove Fantail, White-breasted Whistler, Dusky Gerygone, Broad-billed Flycatcher and Canary White-eye.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.