Australia · Victoria
Jawbone Flora and Fauna Reserve
192 species and 86,523 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January, March and September–November, with up to 123 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Black SwanCygnus atratus
Silver GullChroicocephalus novaehollandiae
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Australian Pied CormorantPhalacrocorax varius
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Australasian SwamphenPorphyrio melanotus
Dusky MoorhenGallinula tenebrosa
Superb FairywrenMalurus cyaneus
Welcome SwallowHirundo neoxena
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
Red WattlebirdAnthochaera carunculata
Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
Little Pied CormorantMicrocarbo melanoleucos
Pacific Black DuckAnas superciliosaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Newport Lakes2 km176 species
- Westgate Park4 km165 species
- Newells Paddock Wetland Reserve8 km135 species
- Albert Park8 km161 species
- Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne10 km151 species
- Royal Park10 km177 species
All 192 species recorded here
- Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus
- Superb Fairywren Malurus cyaneus
- Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
- Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa
- Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
- Australian Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
- Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca
- Chestnut Teal Anas castanea
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Grey Teal Anas gracilis
- Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
- Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata
- Little Raven Corvus mellori
- New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
- Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
- Blue-billed Duck Oxyura australis
- Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
- Hoary-headed Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus
- Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus
- Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes
- Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca
- White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Little Grassbird Poodytes gramineus
- Pacific Gull Larus pacificus
- Singing Honeyeater Gavicalis virescens
- Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
- Australian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus australis
- Hardhead Aythya australis
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa
- Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus moluccanus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- White-plumed Honeyeater Ptilotula penicillata
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Little Wattlebird Anthochaera chrysoptera
- White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis
- Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus longirostris
- White-fronted Chat Epthianura albifrons
- Musk Duck Biziura lobata
- Pink-eared Duck Malacorhynchus membranaceus
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
- Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Sooty Oystercatcher Haematopus fuliginosus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Australasian Shoveler Spatula rhynchotis
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Australasian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae
- Australian Crake Porzana fluminea
- Black-tailed Nativehen Tribonyx ventralis
- Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides
- Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris
- Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites basalis
- Australasian Gannet Morus serrator
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Red-kneed Dotterel Erythrogonys cinctus
- Brown Quail Synoicus ypsilophorus
- Black-fronted Dotterel Thinornis melanops
- Spotless Crake Zapornia tabuensis
- Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis
- Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala
- Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis
- Yellow Thornbill Acanthiza nana
- Australian Hobby Falco longipennis
- Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
- Galah Eolophus roseicapilla
- Yellow-billed Spoonbill Platalea flavipes
- Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla
- Fairy Martin Petrochelidon ariel
- Freckled Duck Stictonetta naevosa
- Brown Falcon Falco berigora
- Maned Duck Chenonetta jubata
- Musk Lorikeet Glossopsitta concinna
- Red-necked Avocet Recurvirostra novaehollandiae
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Red-capped Plover Anarhynchus ruficapillus
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater Acanthagenys rufogularis
- Pied Currawong Strepera graculina
- Long-billed Corella Cacatua tenuirostris
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Australian Shelduck Tadorna tadornoides
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Australian Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Collared Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza cirrocephala
- Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea
- Australian Pipit Anthus australis
- Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera
- Black-faced Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscescens
- Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii
- Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
- White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Flame Robin Petroica phoenicea
- Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Blue-winged Parrot Neophema chrysostoma
- Tree Martin Petrochelidon nigricans
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis
- Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Brown Goshawk Tachyspiza fasciata
- White-winged Triller Lalage tricolor
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus
- Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
- Lewin's Rail Lewinia pectoralis
- Striated Fieldwren Calamanthus fuliginosus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo Zanda funerea
- Black-faced Cuckooshrike Coracina novaehollandiae
- Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides
- Red-rumped Parrot Psephotus haematonotus
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
- Brown Songlark Cincloramphus cruralis
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Stubble Quail Coturnix pectoralis
- Double-banded Plover Anarhynchus bicinctus
- Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris
- Grey Shrikethrush Colluricincla harmonica
- Fairy Tern Sternula nereis
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Shining Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites lucidus
- Banded Stilt Cladorhynchus leucocephalus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Eastern Spinebill Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris
- Plumed Egret Ardea plumifera
- Atlantic Canary Serinus canaria
- African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Australian Boobook Ninox boobook
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater Caligavis chrysops
- Fluttering Shearwater Puffinus gavia
- Cape Barren Goose Cereopsis novaehollandiae
- Satin Flycatcher Myiagra cyanoleuca
- Australian Rufous Fantail Rhipidura rufifrons
- Australian Tern Gelochelidon macrotarsa
- Little Penguin Eudyptula minor
- Weebill Smicrornis brevirostris
- Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
- Singing Bush Lark Mirafra javanica
- Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae
- Black-backed Bittern Botaurus dubius
- Black Falcon Falco subniger
- Australasian Bittern Botaurus poiciloptilus
- Pallid Cuckoo Heteroscenes pallidus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Pacific Koel Eudynamys orientalis
- Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus
- White-faced Storm Petrel Pelagodroma marina
- Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus
- Magpie Goose Anseranas semipalmata
- Yellow-tufted Honeyeater Lichenostomus melanops
- Scarlet Robin Petroica boodang
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Purple-crowned Lorikeet Parvipsitta porphyrocephala
- Spotted Harrier Circus assimilis
- Banded Lapwing Vanellus tricolor
- Rufous Songlark Cincloramphus mathewsi
- White-naped Honeyeater Melithreptus lunatus
- Powerful Owl Ninox strenua
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Plumed Whistling Duck Dendrocygna eytoni
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Little Lorikeet Parvipsitta pusilla
- Australian Ringneck Barnardius zonarius
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Jawbone Flora and Fauna Reserve?
January, March and September–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 123 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Jawbone Flora and Fauna Reserve?
192 species, from 86,523 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Jawbone Flora and Fauna Reserve in November?
The most recorded in November: Black Swan, Silver Gull, Common Starling, Australian Pied Cormorant and Eurasian Coot.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.