Australia · Queensland
Cumberland Dam
232 species and 29,619 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: July–August and October, with up to 129 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Masked LapwingVanellus miles
ApostlebirdStruthidea cinerea
Rainbow Bee-eaterMerops ornatus
Rufous-throated HoneyeaterConopophila rufogularis
Willie WagtailRhipidura leucophrys
Torresian CrowCorvus orru
Pacific Black DuckAnas superciliosa
Magpie-larkGrallina cyanoleuca
Peaceful DoveGeopelia placida
Great EgretArdea alba
Great BowerbirdChlamydera nuchalis
Paperbark FlycatcherMyiagra nana
Sunda Zebra FinchTaeniopygia guttata
Magpie GooseAnseranas semipalmata106 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 232 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 232 species recorded here
- Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca
- Apostlebird Struthidea cinerea
- Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
- Magpie Goose Anseranas semipalmata
- Rufous-throated Honeyeater Conopophila rufogularis
- Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus
- Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
- Australasian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae
- Peaceful Dove Geopelia placida
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Green Pygmy Goose Nettapus pulchellus
- Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
- Torresian Crow Corvus orru
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Double-barred Finch Stizoptera bichenovii
- Great Bowerbird Chlamydera nuchalis
- Galah Eolophus roseicapilla
- Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
- Yellow-tinted Honeyeater Ptilotula flavescens
- Blue-faced Honeyeater Entomyzon cyanotis
- Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus
- Pied Butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis
- Black-faced Woodswallow Artamus cinereus
- Plumed Egret Ardea plumifera
- Paperbark Flycatcher Myiagra nana
- Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis
- Comb-crested Jacana Irediparra gallinacea
- Blue-winged Kookaburra Dacelo leachii
- Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
- Black-faced Cuckooshrike Coracina novaehollandiae
- Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
- Red-winged Parrot Aprosmictus erythropterus
- Black-throated Finch Poephila cincta
- Black-fronted Dotterel Thinornis melanops
- Masked Finch Poephila personata
- Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes
- Yellow Honeyeater Stomiopera flava
- Hardhead Aythya australis
- Pale-headed Rosella Platycercus adscitus
- Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris
- Little Friarbird Philemon citreogularis
- Red-tailed Black Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus banksii
- White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica
- White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
- Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
- Grey Teal Anas gracilis
- Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata
- Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
- Sunda Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata
- Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus
- Grey-crowned Babbler Pomatostomus temporalis
- Forest Kingfisher Todiramphus macleayii
- Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta
- Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
- Brolga Antigone rubicunda
- White-winged Triller Lalage tricolor
- Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
- Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus moluccanus
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Plumed Whistling Duck Dendrocygna eytoni
- Red-backed Kingfisher Todiramphus pyrrhopygius
- Red-backed Fairywren Malurus melanocephalus
- Yellow-throated Miner Manorina flavigula
- Fairy Martin Petrochelidon ariel
- Maned Duck Chenonetta jubata
- Squatter Pigeon Geophaps scripta
- Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
- Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus
- Brown Falcon Falco berigora
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
- Banded Honeyeater Cissomela pectoralis
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Rufous Songlark Cincloramphus mathewsi
- Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca
- Bar-shouldered Dove Geopelia humeralis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- White-bellied Cuckooshrike Coracina papuensis
- Weebill Smicrornis brevirostris
- Australian Raven Corvus coronoides
- Australian Bustard Ardeotis australis
- Olive-backed Oriole Oriolus sagittatus
- Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Red-kneed Dotterel Erythrogonys cinctus
- Red-browed Pardalote Pardalotus rubricatus
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Singing Bush Lark Mirafra javanica
- Wandering Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arcuata
- White-throated Gerygone Gerygone olivacea
- Tree Martin Petrochelidon nigricans
- Pacific Koel Eudynamys orientalis
- Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax
- Brown Quail Synoicus ypsilophorus
- Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum
- Plum-headed Finch Emblema modesta
- Yellow-billed Spoonbill Platalea flavipes
- Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides
- Pink-eared Duck Malacorhynchus membranaceus
- Masked Woodswallow Artamus personatus
- Collared Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza cirrocephala
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Brown Treecreeper Climacteris picumnus
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Emu Dromaius novaehollandiae
- Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites basalis
- Pheasant Coucal Centropus phasianinus
- Channel-billed Cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae
- White-browed Woodswallow Artamus superciliosus
- Australian Hobby Falco longipennis
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Noisy Friarbird Philemon corniculatus
- Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii
- Grey Shrikethrush Colluricincla harmonica
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Little Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites minutillus
- Radjah Shelduck Radjah radjah
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Brown Goshawk Tachyspiza fasciata
- Sahul Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus
- Varied Sittella Daphoenositta chrysoptera
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa
- Australian Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
- Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus
- Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera
- Australian Boobook Ninox boobook
- Varied Lorikeet Psitteuteles versicolor
- Australian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus australis
- Black Falcon Falco subniger
- Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides
- Freckled Duck Stictonetta naevosa
- Ground Cuckooshrike Coracina maxima
- Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus
- Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae
- Grey-fronted Honeyeater Ptilotula plumula
- Australian Pipit Anthus australis
- Black-breasted Buzzard Hamirostra melanosternon
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Australian Pratincole Glareola isabella
- Pallid Cuckoo Heteroscenes pallidus
- Pictorella Mannikin Heteromunia pectoralis
- Spotted Harrier Circus assimilis
- Western Gerygone Gerygone fusca
- Hoary-headed Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus
- Jacky Winter Microeca fascinans
- Leaden Flycatcher Myiagra rubecula
- Banded Lapwing Vanellus tricolor
- White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus
- Purple-backed Fairywren Malurus assimilis
- Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea
- Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris
- Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala
- Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa
- Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
- Spinifex Pigeon Geophaps plumifera
- Singing Honeyeater Gavicalis virescens
- Bush Stone-curlew Burhinus grallarius
- Spangled Drongo Dicrurus bracteatus
- Varied Triller Lalage leucomela
- Australasian Figbird Sphecotheres vieilloti
- Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
- Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa
- Chestnut-breasted Mannikin Lonchura castaneothorax
- Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides
- White-throated Honeyeater Melithreptus albogularis
- Brown Songlark Cincloramphus cruralis
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
- White-browed Crake Poliolimnas cinereus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- White-plumed Honeyeater Ptilotula penicillata
- Stubble Quail Coturnix pectoralis
- Little Buttonquail Turnix velox
- Fuscous Honeyeater Ptilotula fusca
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Restless Flycatcher Myiagra inquieta
- Black-tailed Nativehen Tribonyx ventralis
- Red-chested Buttonquail Turnix pyrrhothorax
- Australian Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles cristatus
- Pied Currawong Strepera graculina
- Tawny Grassbird Cincloramphus timoriensis
- Spotted Nightjar Eurostopodus argus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Square-tailed Kite Lophoictinia isura
- White-naped Honeyeater Melithreptus lunatus
- Black-chinned Honeyeater Melithreptus gularis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Red-backed Buttonquail Turnix maculosus
- Shining Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites lucidus
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- White-gaped Honeyeater Stomiopera unicolor
- Dusky Woodswallow Artamus cyanopterus
- Scarlet Myzomela Myzomela sanguinolenta
- Brown-backed Honeyeater Ramsayornis modestus
- Little Grassbird Poodytes gramineus
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus
- Buff-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza reguloides
- Grey Goshawk Tachyspiza novaehollandiae
- Red-capped Plover Anarhynchus ruficapillus
- Silver-crowned Friarbird Philemon argenticeps
- Little Woodswallow Artamus minor
- Australasian Shoveler Spatula rhynchotis
- Green Oriole Oriolus flavocinctus
- Australian Tern Gelochelidon macrotarsa
- White-winged Chough Corcorax melanorhamphos
- White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
- Flock Bronzewing Phaps histrionica
- Black-eared Cuckoo Chalcites osculans
- Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Painted Honeyeater Grantiella picta
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater Acanthagenys rufogularis
- Hooded Robin Melanodryas cucullata
- Barking Owl Ninox connivens
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Bar-breasted Honeyeater Ramsayornis fasciatus
- Lemon-bellied Flyrobin Microeca flavigaster
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Black-faced Monarch Monarcha melanopsis
- Australian Crake Porzana fluminea
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Azure Kingfisher Ceyx azureus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Painted Buttonquail Turnix varius
- North Moluccan Cicadabird Edolisoma grayi
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Cumberland Dam?
July–August and October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 129 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Cumberland Dam?
232 species, from 29,619 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Cumberland Dam in November?
The most recorded in November: Masked Lapwing, Apostlebird, Rainbow Bee-eater, Rufous-throated Honeyeater and Willie Wagtail.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.