Australia · Northern Territory
Kakadu National Park – Yellow Water
230 species and 51,005 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: June–November, with up to 138 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Green Pygmy GooseNettapus pulchellus
Magpie GooseAnseranas semipalmata
Comb-crested JacanaIrediparra gallinacea
Nankeen Night HeronNycticorax caledonicus
Azure KingfisherCeyx azureus
Whistling KiteHaliastur sphenurus
Australasian DarterAnhinga novaehollandiae
Plumed EgretArdea plumifera
Pied HeronEgretta picata
Plumed Whistling DuckDendrocygna eytoni
BrolgaAntigone rubicunda
Australasian SwamphenPorphyrio melanotus
Wandering Whistling DuckDendrocygna arcuata
Great EgretArdea albaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 230 species recorded here
- Magpie Goose Anseranas semipalmata
- Australasian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae
- Comb-crested Jacana Irediparra gallinacea
- Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus
- Plumed Egret Ardea plumifera
- Green Pygmy Goose Nettapus pulchellus
- Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
- Plumed Whistling Duck Dendrocygna eytoni
- Radjah Shelduck Radjah radjah
- Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Pied Heron Egretta picata
- Wandering Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arcuata
- Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
- Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca
- Paperbark Flycatcher Myiagra nana
- Azure Kingfisher Ceyx azureus
- Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
- Shining Flycatcher Myiagra alecto
- Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
- Bar-shouldered Dove Geopelia humeralis
- Brolga Antigone rubicunda
- Forest Kingfisher Todiramphus macleayii
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis
- Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea
- Lemon-bellied Flyrobin Microeca flavigaster
- Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca
- White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica
- Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus
- Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus
- Rufous-banded Honeyeater Conopophila albogularis
- Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
- Crimson Finch Neochmia phaeton
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
- Torresian Crow Corvus orru
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Pheasant Coucal Centropus phasianinus
- Peaceful Dove Geopelia placida
- White-bellied Cuckooshrike Coracina papuensis
- Arafura Fantail Rhipidura dryas
- Black-fronted Dotterel Thinornis melanops
- Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
- Blue-winged Kookaburra Dacelo leachii
- Australian Pratincole Glareola isabella
- Green Oriole Oriolus flavocinctus
- Leaden Flycatcher Myiagra rubecula
- Great-billed Heron Ardea sumatrana
- Bar-breasted Honeyeater Ramsayornis fasciatus
- Torresian Imperial Pigeon Ducula spilorrhoa
- Sahul Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus
- Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
- Little Kingfisher Ceyx pusillus
- Broad-billed Flycatcher Myiagra ruficollis
- Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
- White-gaped Honeyeater Stomiopera unicolor
- Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum
- Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus
- White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus
- Red-collared Lorikeet Trichoglossus rubritorquis
- Northern Fantail Rhipidura rufiventris
- White-throated Honeyeater Melithreptus albogularis
- Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
- Red-tailed Black Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus banksii
- Varied Triller Lalage leucomela
- Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta
- Australian Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
- Australian Tern Gelochelidon macrotarsa
- Red-winged Parrot Aprosmictus erythropterus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Tree Martin Petrochelidon nigricans
- Spangled Drongo Dicrurus bracteatus
- Red-kneed Dotterel Erythrogonys cinctus
- Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
- Brown Goshawk Tachyspiza fasciata
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Black-faced Cuckooshrike Coracina novaehollandiae
- Barking Owl Ninox connivens
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
- Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris
- Buff-sided Robin Poecilodryas cerviniventris
- Blue-faced Honeyeater Entomyzon cyanotis
- Little Friarbird Philemon citreogularis
- Dusky Myzomela Myzomela obscura
- White-browed Crake Poliolimnas cinereus
- Rufous-throated Honeyeater Conopophila rufogularis
- Great Bowerbird Chlamydera nuchalis
- Varied Lorikeet Psitteuteles versicolor
- Brown Falcon Falco berigora
- Channel-billed Cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae
- Silver-crowned Friarbird Philemon argenticeps
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa
- Double-barred Finch Stizoptera bichenovii
- Australian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus australis
- White-winged Triller Lalage tricolor
- Bush Stone-curlew Burhinus grallarius
- Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites basalis
- Little Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites minutillus
- Pacific Koel Eudynamys orientalis
- Orange-footed Scrubfowl Megapodius reinwardt
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Long-tailed Finch Poephila acuticauda
- Australian Hobby Falco longipennis
- Fairy Martin Petrochelidon ariel
- Olive-backed Oriole Oriolus sagittatus
- Galah Eolophus roseicapilla
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Australasian Figbird Sphecotheres vieilloti
- Partridge Pigeon Geophaps smithii
- Collared Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza cirrocephala
- Rainbow Pitta Pitta iris
- Grey Teal Anas gracilis
- Hardhead Aythya australis
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Little Shrikethrush Colluricincla megarhyncha
- Masked Finch Poephila personata
- Yellow-billed Spoonbill Platalea flavipes
- Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
- Pied Butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis
- Little Woodswallow Artamus minor
- Little Curlew Numenius minutus
- Green-backed Gerygone Gerygone chloronota
- Pallid Cuckoo Heteroscenes pallidus
- Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax
- Black-tailed Treecreeper Climacteris melanurus
- Grey Goshawk Tachyspiza novaehollandiae
- Helmeted Friarbird Philemon buceroides
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
- Banded Honeyeater Cissomela pectoralis
- Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides
- Tawny Grassbird Cincloramphus timoriensis
- Black-breasted Buzzard Hamirostra melanosternon
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Grey-crowned Babbler Pomatostomus temporalis
- Red-backed Fairywren Malurus melanocephalus
- Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides
- Weebill Smicrornis brevirostris
- Northern Rosella Platycercus venustus
- Rose-crowned Fruit Dove Ptilinopus regina
- Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus
- Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata
- Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris
- Pacific Baza Aviceda subcristata
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Grey Whistler Pachycephala simplex
- Black-banded Fruit Dove Ptilinopus alligator
- Grey Shrikethrush Colluricincla harmonica
- White-throated Gerygone Gerygone olivacea
- Square-tailed Kite Lophoictinia isura
- Black Falcon Falco subniger
- White-lined Honeyeater Territornis albilineata
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides
- Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
- Australian Boobook Ninox boobook
- Australian Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles cristatus
- Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes
- Chestnut-quilled Rock Pigeon Petrophassa rufipennis
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera
- Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa
- Red-backed Kingfisher Todiramphus pyrrhopygius
- Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus
- Chestnut-breasted Mannikin Lonchura castaneothorax
- Black-eared Cuckoo Chalcites osculans
- Black-faced Woodswallow Artamus cinereus
- Emu Dromaius novaehollandiae
- Large-billed Gerygone Gerygone magnirostris
- Red-headed Myzomela Myzomela erythrocephala
- Canary White-eye Zosterops luteus
- Masked Woodswallow Artamus personatus
- Maned Duck Chenonetta jubata
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Brown Quail Synoicus ypsilophorus
- Pale-vented Bush-hen Amaurornis moluccana
- Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
- Pacific Emerald Dove Chalcophaps longirostris
- Spotted Nightjar Eurostopodus argus
- Rufous Songlark Cincloramphus mathewsi
- Chestnut-backed Buttonquail Turnix castanotus
- Jacky Winter Microeca fascinans
- Rufous Owl Ninox rufa
- Australian Pipit Anthus australis
- Pink-eared Duck Malacorhynchus membranaceus
- Spotted Harrier Circus assimilis
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus
- Black Butcherbird Melloria quoyi
- Apostlebird Struthidea cinerea
- Mangrove Golden Whistler Pachycephala melanura
- Red Goshawk Erythrotriorchis radiatus
- Mangrove Gerygone Gerygone levigaster
- Yellow-tinted Honeyeater Ptilotula flavescens
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus
- Purple-backed Fairywren Malurus assimilis
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- White-browed Woodswallow Artamus superciliosus
- Oriental Plover Anarhynchus veredus
- Yellow-throated Miner Manorina flavigula
- Australian Masked Owl Tyto novaehollandiae
- North Moluccan Cicadabird Edolisoma grayi
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Gouldian Finch Chloebia gouldiae
- Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
- Torresian Kingfisher Todiramphus sordidus
- Yellow-rumped Mannikin Lonchura flaviprymna
- Australian Bustard Ardeotis australis
- Varied Sittella Daphoenositta chrysoptera
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Mangrove Fantail Rhipidura phasiana
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Kakadu National Park – Yellow Water?
June–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 138 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Kakadu National Park – Yellow Water?
230 species, from 51,005 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Kakadu National Park – Yellow Water in November?
The most recorded in November: Green Pygmy Goose, Magpie Goose, Comb-crested Jacana, Nankeen Night Heron and Azure Kingfisher.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.