Australia · Queensland
Lake Manchester
212 species and 25,702 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–October, with up to 127 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Noisy MinerManorina melanocephala
Laughing KookaburraDacelo novaeguineae
Australian MagpieGymnorhina tibicen
Grey ButcherbirdCracticus torquatus
Torresian CrowCorvus orru
Scaly-breasted LorikeetTrichoglossus chlorolepidotus
Black-faced CuckooshrikeCoracina novaehollandiae
Australasian FigbirdSphecotheres vieilloti
Eastern WhipbirdPsophodes olivaceus
Australasian DarterAnhinga novaehollandiae
Pheasant CoucalCentropus phasianinus
Little Black CormorantPhalacrocorax sulcirostris
Little Pied CormorantMicrocarbo melanoleucos
Lewin's HoneyeaterMeliphaga lewinii102 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 212 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Shelley Road Park0 km202 species
- Nature Refuge Hawkesbury Road13 km172 species
- Anstead Bushland Reserve13 km202 species
- Gold Creek Reservoir14 km217 species
- D'Aguilar National Park – Maiala Loop Walk18 km137 species
- D'Aguilar National Park – Araucaria Circuit18 km197 species
All 212 species recorded here
- Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala
- Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae
- Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
- Eastern Whipbird Psophodes olivaceus
- Lewin's Honeyeater Meliphaga lewinii
- Torresian Crow Corvus orru
- Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
- Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus
- Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus
- Red-backed Fairywren Malurus melanocephalus
- Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
- Pied Currawong Strepera graculina
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus
- Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus moluccanus
- Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa
- Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus
- Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris
- Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis
- Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
- Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus
- Bar-shouldered Dove Geopelia humeralis
- Grey Shrikethrush Colluricincla harmonica
- Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta
- Noisy Friarbird Philemon corniculatus
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater Caligavis chrysops
- White-throated Honeyeater Melithreptus albogularis
- Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
- Australian Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis
- Australasian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae
- Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
- Scarlet Myzomela Myzomela sanguinolenta
- Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis
- Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
- Pale-headed Rosella Platycercus adscitus
- Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
- Black-faced Cuckooshrike Coracina novaehollandiae
- Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
- White-throated Treecreeper Cormobates leucophaea
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
- Comb-crested Jacana Irediparra gallinacea
- Little Lorikeet Parvipsitta pusilla
- Pied Butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis
- White-throated Gerygone Gerygone olivacea
- Australasian Figbird Sphecotheres vieilloti
- Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis
- Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus
- Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus
- White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis
- Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa
- Peaceful Dove Geopelia placida
- Spangled Drongo Dicrurus bracteatus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Olive-backed Oriole Oriolus sagittatus
- White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
- Pheasant Coucal Centropus phasianinus
- Little Shrikethrush Colluricincla megarhyncha
- Double-barred Finch Stizoptera bichenovii
- Brown Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia phasianella
- Rose Robin Petroica rosea
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Leaden Flycatcher Myiagra rubecula
- Hardhead Aythya australis
- Galah Eolophus roseicapilla
- Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Varied Triller Lalage leucomela
- Fuscous Honeyeater Ptilotula fusca
- Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera
- Wonga Pigeon Leucosarcia melanoleuca
- Little Friarbird Philemon citreogularis
- Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla
- Variegated Fairywren Malurus lamberti
- Tawny Grassbird Cincloramphus timoriensis
- Bell Miner Manorina melanophrys
- Australian King Parrot Alisterus scapularis
- Brown Quail Synoicus ypsilophorus
- Varied Sittella Daphoenositta chrysoptera
- Buff-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza reguloides
- Australian Brushturkey Alectura lathami
- Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum
- White-naped Honeyeater Melithreptus lunatus
- Channel-billed Cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae
- Shining Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites lucidus
- Blue-faced Honeyeater Entomyzon cyanotis
- Plumed Egret Ardea plumifera
- Weebill Smicrornis brevirostris
- White-bellied Cuckooshrike Coracina papuensis
- Azure Kingfisher Ceyx azureus
- Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis
- Australian Rufous Fantail Rhipidura rufifrons
- North Moluccan Cicadabird Edolisoma grayi
- Tree Martin Petrochelidon nigricans
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax
- Pacific Baza Aviceda subcristata
- Fairy Martin Petrochelidon ariel
- Australian Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Pacific Koel Eudynamys orientalis
- New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
- Black-chinned Honeyeater Melithreptus gularis
- Striped Honeyeater Plectorhyncha lanceolata
- Sahul Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus
- Forest Kingfisher Todiramphus macleayii
- Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
- Speckled Warbler Pyrrholaemus sagittatus
- Superb Fairywren Malurus cyaneus
- Brown Goshawk Tachyspiza fasciata
- Restless Flycatcher Myiagra inquieta
- Maned Duck Chenonetta jubata
- Black-faced Monarch Monarcha melanopsis
- Dusky Woodswallow Artamus cyanopterus
- Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
- White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica
- Large-billed Scrubwren Sericornis magnirostra
- White-eared Monarch Carterornis leucotis
- Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo Zanda funerea
- Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea
- Spectacled Monarch Symposiachrus trivirgatus
- Painted Buttonquail Turnix varius
- Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Chestnut-breasted Mannikin Lonchura castaneothorax
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Wandering Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arcuata
- Bush Stone-curlew Burhinus grallarius
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Pacific Emerald Dove Chalcophaps longirostris
- Australian Boobook Ninox boobook
- Eastern Spinebill Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris
- Square-tailed Kite Lophoictinia isura
- Australian Tern Gelochelidon macrotarsa
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
- Australian Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles cristatus
- Grey Teal Anas gracilis
- White-throated Nightjar Eurostopodus mystacalis
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii
- Brown Falcon Falco berigora
- Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
- Pale-vented Bush-hen Amaurornis moluccana
- Collared Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza cirrocephala
- White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus
- Australian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus australis
- White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
- Jacky Winter Microeca fascinans
- Musk Lorikeet Glossopsitta concinna
- Topknot Pigeon Lopholaimus antarcticus
- Little Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites minutillus
- Powerful Owl Ninox strenua
- Long-billed Corella Cacatua tenuirostris
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Australian Pipit Anthus australis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca
- Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites basalis
- Grey Goshawk Tachyspiza novaehollandiae
- Striated Thornbill Acanthiza lineata
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Australian Hobby Falco longipennis
- Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Plumed Whistling Duck Dendrocygna eytoni
- Spotted Quail-thrush Cinclosoma punctatum
- Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
- Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris
- King Quail Synoicus chinensis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Brown Gerygone Gerygone mouki
- Grey-crowned Babbler Pomatostomus temporalis
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa
- Black-fronted Dotterel Thinornis melanops
- Spotted Harrier Circus assimilis
- Noisy Pitta Pitta versicolor
- Rose-crowned Fruit Dove Ptilinopus regina
- Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
- Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides
- Magpie Goose Anseranas semipalmata
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- White-headed Pigeon Columba leucomela
- Satin Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus violaceus
- White-cheeked Honeyeater Phylidonyris niger
- White-browed Woodswallow Artamus superciliosus
- Red-backed Buttonquail Turnix maculosus
- Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
- Little Grassbird Poodytes gramineus
- Regent Bowerbird Sericulus chrysocephalus
- Glossy Black Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus lathami
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans
- Scarlet Robin Petroica boodang
- Yellow-billed Spoonbill Platalea flavipes
- Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata
- Masked Woodswallow Artamus personatus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Red-chested Buttonquail Turnix pyrrhothorax
- Satin Flycatcher Myiagra cyanoleuca
- White-winged Triller Lalage tricolor
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Lake Manchester?
April–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 127 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Lake Manchester?
212 species, from 25,702 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Lake Manchester in November?
The most recorded in November: Noisy Miner, Laughing Kookaburra, Australian Magpie, Grey Butcherbird and Torresian Crow.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.