Australia · Queensland
Crater Lakes National Park – Lake Barrine
252 species and 32,277 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October, with up to 144 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Little Black CormorantPhalacrocorax sulcirostris
Australian BrushturkeyAlectura lathami
Victoria's RiflebirdPtiloris victoriae
Lewin's HoneyeaterMeliphaga lewinii
Tooth-billed BowerbirdScenopoeetes dentirostris
Spotted CatbirdAiluroedus maculosus
Grey-headed RobinHeteromyias cinereifrons
Spectacled MonarchSymposiachrus trivirgatus
Australian Golden WhistlerPachycephala pectoralis
Eastern WhipbirdPsophodes olivaceus
Welcome SwallowHirundo neoxena
Brown GerygoneGerygone mouki
Eurasian CootFulica atraSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Crater Lakes National Park – Chambers Rainforest Lodge4 km210 species
- Crater Lakes National Park – Lake Eacham5 km253 species
- Hasties Swamp National Park18 km278 species
- Hasties Swamp Bird Hide18 km249 species
- Mount Hypipamee National Park26 km196 species
- Cairns Esplanade – Southern End39 km198 species
All 252 species recorded here
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Australian Brushturkey Alectura lathami
- Lewin's Honeyeater Meliphaga lewinii
- Eastern Whipbird Psophodes olivaceus
- Victoria's Riflebird Ptiloris victoriae
- Spotted Catbird Ailuroedus maculosus
- Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
- Pale-yellow Robin Eopsaltria capito
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Brown Gerygone Gerygone mouki
- Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
- Large-billed Scrubwren Sericornis magnirostra
- Grey-headed Robin Heteromyias cinereifrons
- Spectacled Monarch Symposiachrus trivirgatus
- Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
- Dusky Myzomela Myzomela obscura
- Tooth-billed Bowerbird Scenopoeetes dentirostris
- Australian Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis
- Chowchilla Orthonyx spaldingii
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
- Brown Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia phasianella
- Yellow-breasted Boatbill Machaerirhynchus flaviventer
- Little Shrikethrush Colluricincla megarhyncha
- Orange-footed Scrubfowl Megapodius reinwardt
- Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus
- White-throated Treecreeper Cormobates leucophaea
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Bower's Shrikethrush Colluricincla boweri
- Macleay's Honeyeater Xanthotis macleayanus
- Scarlet Myzomela Myzomela sanguinolenta
- Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa
- Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum
- Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
- Hardhead Aythya australis
- Black-faced Monarch Monarcha melanopsis
- Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
- Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus moluccanus
- Australasian Figbird Sphecotheres vieilloti
- Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
- Pied Monarch Arses kaupi
- Pacific Emerald Dove Chalcophaps longirostris
- Superb Fruit Dove Ptilinopus superbus
- Eastern Spinebill Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris
- Garden Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis
- Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus
- Bridled Honeyeater Bolemoreus frenatus
- Varied Triller Lalage leucomela
- Double-eyed Fig Parrot Cyclopsitta diophthalma
- Peaceful Dove Geopelia placida
- Yellow-throated Scrubwren Neosericornis citreogularis
- Topknot Pigeon Lopholaimus antarcticus
- Australasian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae
- Australian Rufous Fantail Rhipidura rufifrons
- Australian Swiftlet Aerodramus terraereginae
- Shining Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites lucidus
- Barred Cuckooshrike Coracina lineata
- Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
- Australian King Parrot Alisterus scapularis
- Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa
- Spangled Drongo Dicrurus bracteatus
- Yellow-spotted Honeyeater Meliphaga notata
- Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis
- Pied Currawong Strepera graculina
- Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae
- Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta
- White-eared Monarch Carterornis leucotis
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis
- Wandering Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arcuata
- Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus
- Mountain Thornbill Acanthiza katherina
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Rose-crowned Fruit Dove Ptilinopus regina
- Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca
- Cryptic Honeyeater Microptilotis imitatrix
- Atherton Scrubwren Sericornis keri
- Forest Kingfisher Todiramphus macleayii
- Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis
- Grey Whistler Pachycephala simplex
- White-headed Pigeon Columba leucomela
- Red-necked Crake Rallina tricolor
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Large-billed Gerygone Gerygone magnirostris
- Bar-shouldered Dove Geopelia humeralis
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus
- Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Metallic Starling Aplonis metallica
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- White-bellied Cuckooshrike Coracina papuensis
- Black Butcherbird Melloria quoyi
- White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus
- Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris
- Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus
- Black-faced Cuckooshrike Coracina novaehollandiae
- Australian Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
- Noisy Pitta Pitta versicolor
- Fernwren Oreoscopus gutturalis
- Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca
- Fairy Gerygone Gerygone palpebrosa
- Grey Goshawk Tachyspiza novaehollandiae
- Hoary-headed Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus
- Green Oriole Oriolus flavocinctus
- Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
- Magpie Goose Anseranas semipalmata
- Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris
- Sahul Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus
- Helmeted Friarbird Philemon buceroides
- Papuan Frogmouth Podargus papuensis
- Azure Kingfisher Ceyx azureus
- Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis
- Torresian Imperial Pigeon Ducula spilorrhoa
- Little Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites minutillus
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Torresian Crow Corvus orru
- Greater Sooty Owl Tyto tenebricosa
- Chestnut-breasted Mannikin Lonchura castaneothorax
- White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Pacific Baza Aviceda subcristata
- White-cheeked Honeyeater Phylidonyris niger
- Grey Teal Anas gracilis
- Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
- Plumed Whistling Duck Dendrocygna eytoni
- Lemon-bellied Flyrobin Microeca flavigaster
- Yellow Honeyeater Stomiopera flava
- Maned Duck Chenonetta jubata
- Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides
- North Moluccan Cicadabird Edolisoma grayi
- Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans
- Fairy Martin Petrochelidon ariel
- Satin Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus violaceus
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater Caligavis chrysops
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus
- Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
- Grey Shrikethrush Colluricincla harmonica
- Plumed Egret Ardea plumifera
- Bush Stone-curlew Burhinus grallarius
- Red-tailed Black Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus banksii
- Spotted Harrier Circus assimilis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Olive-backed Oriole Oriolus sagittatus
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Channel-billed Cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae
- Blue-faced Honeyeater Entomyzon cyanotis
- Brolga Antigone rubicunda
- Leaden Flycatcher Myiagra rubecula
- White-browed Robin Poecilodryas superciliosa
- Red-backed Fairywren Malurus melanocephalus
- Northern Fantail Rhipidura rufiventris
- White-throated Gerygone Gerygone olivacea
- Pacific Koel Eudynamys orientalis
- Southern Cassowary Casuarius casuarius
- Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes
- Pied Butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis
- Australian Pipit Anthus australis
- Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
- Painted Buttonquail Turnix varius
- Noisy Friarbird Philemon corniculatus
- Blue-winged Kookaburra Dacelo leachii
- Green Pygmy Goose Nettapus pulchellus
- Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
- Brown Falcon Falco berigora
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Tawny Grassbird Cincloramphus timoriensis
- Comb-crested Jacana Irediparra gallinacea
- White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
- Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
- Pheasant Coucal Centropus phasianinus
- Australian Boobook Ninox boobook
- Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
- Golden Bowerbird Prionodura newtoniana
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Pale-headed Rosella Platycercus adscitus
- White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica
- White-winged Triller Lalage tricolor
- Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
- Jacky Winter Microeca fascinans
- White-throated Honeyeater Melithreptus albogularis
- Pink-eared Duck Malacorhynchus membranaceus
- Brown Goshawk Tachyspiza fasciata
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
- Brown Quail Synoicus ypsilophorus
- Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax
- Tree Martin Petrochelidon nigricans
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Pale-vented Bush-hen Amaurornis moluccana
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala
- Varied Sittella Daphoenositta chrysoptera
- Freckled Duck Stictonetta naevosa
- Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfisher Tanysiptera sylvia
- Little Kingfisher Ceyx pusillus
- Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
- Red-winged Parrot Aprosmictus erythropterus
- Red-kneed Dotterel Erythrogonys cinctus
- Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Rufous Owl Ninox rufa
- Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
- Black-fronted Dotterel Thinornis melanops
- Yellow-billed Spoonbill Platalea flavipes
- Great Bowerbird Chlamydera nuchalis
- Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii
- Bassian Thrush Zoothera lunulata
- Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus
- Yellow Thornbill Acanthiza nana
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Spotless Crake Zapornia tabuensis
- Brown-backed Honeyeater Ramsayornis modestus
- White-gaped Honeyeater Stomiopera unicolor
- Black-faced Woodswallow Artamus cinereus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Double-barred Finch Stizoptera bichenovii
- Emu Dromaius novaehollandiae
- White-naped Honeyeater Melithreptus lunatus
- Satin Flycatcher Myiagra cyanoleuca
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera
- Blue-faced Parrotfinch Erythrura trichroa
- Australian Bustard Ardeotis australis
- Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus
- Australian Tern Gelochelidon macrotarsa
- Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites basalis
- Squatter Pigeon Geophaps scripta
- Restless Flycatcher Myiagra inquieta
- Grey-crowned Babbler Pomatostomus temporalis
- Eastern Grass Owl Tyto longimembris
- Buff-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza reguloides
- Fuscous Honeyeater Ptilotula fusca
- Collared Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza cirrocephala
- Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus
- Australian Hobby Falco longipennis
- Little Friarbird Philemon citreogularis
- Weebill Smicrornis brevirostris
- Radjah Shelduck Radjah radjah
- Australian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus australis
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Eastern Shriketit Falcunculus frontatus
- Barking Owl Ninox connivens
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Great-billed Heron Ardea sumatrana
- Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- King Quail Synoicus chinensis
- Little Lorikeet Parvipsitta pusilla
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Crater Lakes National Park – Lake Barrine?
October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 144 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Crater Lakes National Park – Lake Barrine?
252 species, from 32,277 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Crater Lakes National Park – Lake Barrine in November?
The most recorded in November: Great Crested Grebe, Little Black Cormorant, Australian Brushturkey, Victoria's Riflebird and Lewin's Honeyeater.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.