Australia · Queensland
Crater Lakes National Park – Lake Eacham
253 species and 30,348 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: August–December, with up to 126 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Australian BrushturkeyAlectura lathami
Eastern WhipbirdPsophodes olivaceus
Victoria's RiflebirdPtiloris victoriae
Pale-yellow RobinEopsaltria capito
Spotted CatbirdAiluroedus maculosus
Lewin's HoneyeaterMeliphaga lewinii
Spectacled MonarchSymposiachrus trivirgatus
Tooth-billed BowerbirdScenopoeetes dentirostris
Australian Golden WhistlerPachycephala pectoralis
Grey-headed RobinHeteromyias cinereifrons
Brown Cuckoo-DoveMacropygia phasianella
Australasian FigbirdSphecotheres vieilloti
Little ShrikethrushColluricincla megarhyncha
Orange-footed ScrubfowlMegapodius reinwardt108 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 253 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Crater Lakes National Park – Chambers Rainforest Lodge1 km210 species
- Crater Lakes National Park – Lake Barrine5 km252 species
- Hasties Swamp National Park16 km278 species
- Hasties Swamp Bird Hide16 km249 species
- Mount Hypipamee National Park22 km196 species
- Cairns Esplanade – Southern End44 km198 species
All 253 species recorded here
- Australian Brushturkey Alectura lathami
- Lewin's Honeyeater Meliphaga lewinii
- Pale-yellow Robin Eopsaltria capito
- Eastern Whipbird Psophodes olivaceus
- Victoria's Riflebird Ptiloris victoriae
- Grey-headed Robin Heteromyias cinereifrons
- Spotted Catbird Ailuroedus maculosus
- Australian Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis
- Brown Gerygone Gerygone mouki
- Little Shrikethrush Colluricincla megarhyncha
- Brown Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia phasianella
- Spectacled Monarch Symposiachrus trivirgatus
- Orange-footed Scrubfowl Megapodius reinwardt
- Large-billed Scrubwren Sericornis magnirostra
- Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa
- Australasian Figbird Sphecotheres vieilloti
- Tooth-billed Bowerbird Scenopoeetes dentirostris
- Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
- White-throated Treecreeper Cormobates leucophaea
- Scarlet Myzomela Myzomela sanguinolenta
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
- Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
- Barred Cuckooshrike Coracina lineata
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Double-eyed Fig Parrot Cyclopsitta diophthalma
- Yellow-breasted Boatbill Machaerirhynchus flaviventer
- Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
- Pacific Emerald Dove Chalcophaps longirostris
- Bower's Shrikethrush Colluricincla boweri
- Dusky Myzomela Myzomela obscura
- Macleay's Honeyeater Xanthotis macleayanus
- Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus moluccanus
- Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum
- Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
- Varied Triller Lalage leucomela
- Black-faced Monarch Monarcha melanopsis
- Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae
- Pied Monarch Arses kaupi
- Peaceful Dove Geopelia placida
- Superb Fruit Dove Ptilinopus superbus
- White-headed Pigeon Columba leucomela
- Bridled Honeyeater Bolemoreus frenatus
- Topknot Pigeon Lopholaimus antarcticus
- Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus
- Shining Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites lucidus
- Australian Swiftlet Aerodramus terraereginae
- Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus
- Yellow-throated Scrubwren Neosericornis citreogularis
- Yellow-spotted Honeyeater Meliphaga notata
- Spangled Drongo Dicrurus bracteatus
- Forest Kingfisher Todiramphus macleayii
- Metallic Starling Aplonis metallica
- Australian King Parrot Alisterus scapularis
- Chowchilla Orthonyx spaldingii
- Australian Rufous Fantail Rhipidura rufifrons
- Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis
- Australasian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Mountain Thornbill Acanthiza katherina
- Rose-crowned Fruit Dove Ptilinopus regina
- Eastern Spinebill Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris
- Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
- Bar-shouldered Dove Geopelia humeralis
- Pied Currawong Strepera graculina
- Grey Whistler Pachycephala simplex
- Fairy Gerygone Gerygone palpebrosa
- Garden Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis
- Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
- Azure Kingfisher Ceyx azureus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Atherton Scrubwren Sericornis keri
- Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis
- Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus
- White-bellied Cuckooshrike Coracina papuensis
- Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca
- Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
- Large-billed Gerygone Gerygone magnirostris
- Black Butcherbird Melloria quoyi
- North Moluccan Cicadabird Edolisoma grayi
- Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus
- White-eared Monarch Carterornis leucotis
- Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta
- Black-faced Cuckooshrike Coracina novaehollandiae
- Channel-billed Cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Cryptic Honeyeater Microptilotis imitatrix
- Grey Goshawk Tachyspiza novaehollandiae
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Pacific Baza Aviceda subcristata
- White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis
- White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus
- Helmeted Friarbird Philemon buceroides
- Bush Stone-curlew Burhinus grallarius
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
- Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans
- Fernwren Oreoscopus gutturalis
- Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris
- Australian Boobook Ninox boobook
- Greater Sooty Owl Tyto tenebricosa
- Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
- Grey Shrikethrush Colluricincla harmonica
- Torresian Crow Corvus orru
- Lemon-bellied Flyrobin Microeca flavigaster
- Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris
- Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes
- Pheasant Coucal Centropus phasianinus
- Hardhead Aythya australis
- Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus
- Torresian Imperial Pigeon Ducula spilorrhoa
- Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca
- Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa
- Golden Bowerbird Prionodura newtoniana
- Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis
- Chestnut-breasted Mannikin Lonchura castaneothorax
- Pacific Koel Eudynamys orientalis
- Satin Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus violaceus
- Noisy Pitta Pitta versicolor
- Australian Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
- Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides
- Red-backed Fairywren Malurus melanocephalus
- Brolga Antigone rubicunda
- Blue-winged Kookaburra Dacelo leachii
- Fairy Martin Petrochelidon ariel
- Olive-backed Oriole Oriolus sagittatus
- Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater Caligavis chrysops
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Leaden Flycatcher Myiagra rubecula
- Little Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites minutillus
- White-throated Gerygone Gerygone olivacea
- Hoary-headed Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Australian Pipit Anthus australis
- Wandering Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arcuata
- Bassian Thrush Zoothera lunulata
- White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
- Noisy Friarbird Philemon corniculatus
- Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
- Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
- Grey Teal Anas gracilis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Red-tailed Black Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus banksii
- Southern Cassowary Casuarius casuarius
- Plumed Egret Ardea plumifera
- Brown Goshawk Tachyspiza fasciata
- White-browed Robin Poecilodryas superciliosa
- Brown Quail Synoicus ypsilophorus
- White-throated Honeyeater Melithreptus albogularis
- Magpie Goose Anseranas semipalmata
- Pied Butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Red-necked Crake Rallina tricolor
- Green Oriole Oriolus flavocinctus
- Sahul Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus
- Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
- Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax
- Tawny Grassbird Cincloramphus timoriensis
- Tree Martin Petrochelidon nigricans
- Pale-headed Rosella Platycercus adscitus
- Northern Fantail Rhipidura rufiventris
- Yellow Honeyeater Stomiopera flava
- Collared Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza cirrocephala
- Comb-crested Jacana Irediparra gallinacea
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Pale-vented Bush-hen Amaurornis moluccana
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Plumed Whistling Duck Dendrocygna eytoni
- White-cheeked Honeyeater Phylidonyris niger
- Rufous Owl Ninox rufa
- Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
- Blue-faced Honeyeater Entomyzon cyanotis
- Jacky Winter Microeca fascinans
- Little Kingfisher Ceyx pusillus
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Little Friarbird Philemon citreogularis
- Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
- Spotted Harrier Circus assimilis
- Brown Falcon Falco berigora
- Maned Duck Chenonetta jubata
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
- Australian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus australis
- Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
- White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica
- Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
- Black-fronted Dotterel Thinornis melanops
- Papuan Frogmouth Podargus papuensis
- Brown-backed Honeyeater Ramsayornis modestus
- Great Bowerbird Chlamydera nuchalis
- Black-faced Woodswallow Artamus cinereus
- Square-tailed Kite Lophoictinia isura
- Green Pygmy Goose Nettapus pulchellus
- Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus
- Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfisher Tanysiptera sylvia
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Lovely Fairywren Malurus amabilis
- Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera
- Singing Bush Lark Mirafra javanica
- Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii
- White-winged Triller Lalage tricolor
- Apostlebird Struthidea cinerea
- Double-barred Finch Stizoptera bichenovii
- Red-winged Parrot Aprosmictus erythropterus
- White-browed Woodswallow Artamus superciliosus
- Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Weebill Smicrornis brevirostris
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Painted Buttonquail Turnix varius
- Yellow-billed Spoonbill Platalea flavipes
- Australian Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles cristatus
- Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea
- White-naped Honeyeater Melithreptus lunatus
- Barking Owl Ninox connivens
- Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus
- Grey-crowned Babbler Pomatostomus temporalis
- Brown Treecreeper Climacteris picumnus
- Shining Flycatcher Myiagra alecto
- Black-backed Bittern Botaurus dubius
- Masked Woodswallow Artamus personatus
- Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala
- Red-backed Kingfisher Todiramphus pyrrhopygius
- Australian Hobby Falco longipennis
- Pied Heron Egretta picata
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Great-billed Heron Ardea sumatrana
- Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
- Pallid Cuckoo Heteroscenes pallidus
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Restless Flycatcher Myiagra inquieta
- Australian Pratincole Glareola isabella
- Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites basalis
- Dusky Woodswallow Artamus cyanopterus
- Satin Flycatcher Myiagra cyanoleuca
- White-browed Crake Poliolimnas cinereus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- White-gaped Honeyeater Stomiopera unicolor
- White-throated Nightjar Eurostopodus mystacalis
- Eastern Grass Owl Tyto longimembris
- Galah Eolophus roseicapilla
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 Eacham?
August–December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 126 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Crater Lakes National Park – Lake Eacham?
253 species, from 30,348 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Crater Lakes National Park – Lake Eacham in November?
The most recorded in November: Australian Brushturkey, Eastern Whipbird, Victoria's Riflebird, Pale-yellow Robin and Spotted Catbird.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.