Australia · Queensland
Lake Samsonvale – Golds Scrub Lane
256 species and 186,535 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: July–January, with up to 194 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Lewin's HoneyeaterMeliphaga lewinii
Rufous WhistlerPachycephala rufiventris
Whistling KiteHaliastur sphenurus
Grey FantailRhipidura albiscapa
SilvereyeZosterops lateralis
Australian PelicanPelecanus conspicillatus
Little Pied CormorantMicrocarbo melanoleucos
Eastern WhipbirdPsophodes olivaceus
Willie WagtailRhipidura leucophrys
Red-backed FairywrenMalurus melanocephalus
Australasian FigbirdSphecotheres vieilloti
Pacific Black DuckAnas superciliosa
Bar-shouldered DoveGeopelia humeralis
Olive-backed OrioleOriolus sagittatus190 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 256 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Lake Samsonvale – Postmans Track2 km246 species
- Samford Eco Corridor10 km161 species
- D'Aguilar National Park – Maiala Loop Walk12 km137 species
- Kumbartcho Sanctuary12 km187 species
- Sheep Station Creek Conservation Park16 km172 species
- Tinchi Tamba Wetlands Reserve18 km249 species
All 256 species recorded here
- Lewin's Honeyeater Meliphaga lewinii
- Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus
- Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa
- Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus
- Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris
- Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
- Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
- Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
- Eastern Whipbird Psophodes olivaceus
- Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
- Bar-shouldered Dove Geopelia humeralis
- Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Torresian Crow Corvus orru
- Tawny Grassbird Cincloramphus timoriensis
- Red-backed Fairywren Malurus melanocephalus
- Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
- Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater Caligavis chrysops
- Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta
- Australasian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae
- Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
- Australasian Figbird Sphecotheres vieilloti
- Black-faced Cuckooshrike Coracina novaehollandiae
- Pied Butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis
- White-throated Gerygone Gerygone olivacea
- Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis
- Australian Brushturkey Alectura lathami
- Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca
- Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
- Hardhead Aythya australis
- Grey Shrikethrush Colluricincla harmonica
- Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
- Olive-backed Oriole Oriolus sagittatus
- Variegated Fairywren Malurus lamberti
- Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus moluccanus
- Noisy Friarbird Philemon corniculatus
- White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Superb Fairywren Malurus cyaneus
- Striped Honeyeater Plectorhyncha lanceolata
- Varied Triller Lalage leucomela
- Brown Quail Synoicus ypsilophorus
- Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
- Scarlet Myzomela Myzomela sanguinolenta
- Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
- Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus
- Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca
- Spangled Drongo Dicrurus bracteatus
- White-throated Honeyeater Melithreptus albogularis
- Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum
- Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
- Brown Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia phasianella
- White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
- Peaceful Dove Geopelia placida
- Chestnut-breasted Mannikin Lonchura castaneothorax
- White-throated Treecreeper Cormobates leucophaea
- Leaden Flycatcher Myiagra rubecula
- Pheasant Coucal Centropus phasianinus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis
- White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus
- Comb-crested Jacana Irediparra gallinacea
- Australian Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
- Little Shrikethrush Colluricincla megarhyncha
- Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus
- North Moluccan Cicadabird Edolisoma grayi
- Australian Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis
- Little Friarbird Philemon citreogularis
- Shining Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites lucidus
- Channel-billed Cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae
- Grey Teal Anas gracilis
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Plumed Egret Ardea plumifera
- Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa
- Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus
- Bell Miner Manorina melanophrys
- Australian Rufous Fantail Rhipidura rufifrons
- Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris
- Pied Currawong Strepera graculina
- Pacific Koel Eudynamys orientalis
- Sahul Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus
- Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus
- Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo Zanda funerea
- Black-fronted Dotterel Thinornis melanops
- Blue-faced Honeyeater Entomyzon cyanotis
- Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis
- Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla
- Varied Sittella Daphoenositta chrysoptera
- Maned Duck Chenonetta jubata
- Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
- Rose-crowned Fruit Dove Ptilinopus regina
- Little Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites minutillus
- White-bellied Cuckooshrike Coracina papuensis
- Wandering Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arcuata
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus
- Large-billed Scrubwren Sericornis magnirostra
- Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- King Quail Synoicus chinensis
- Australian Pipit Anthus australis
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites basalis
- Australian Tern Gelochelidon macrotarsa
- Double-barred Finch Stizoptera bichenovii
- Fairy Martin Petrochelidon ariel
- Australian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus australis
- Rose Robin Petroica rosea
- Red-kneed Dotterel Erythrogonys cinctus
- Topknot Pigeon Lopholaimus antarcticus
- Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala
- Brown Goshawk Tachyspiza fasciata
- White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica
- Little Wattlebird Anthochaera chrysoptera
- Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes
- Yellow-billed Spoonbill Platalea flavipes
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Tree Martin Petrochelidon nigricans
- White-eared Monarch Carterornis leucotis
- Square-tailed Kite Lophoictinia isura
- Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii
- Red-capped Plover Anarhynchus ruficapillus
- Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
- White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
- Lewin's Rail Lewinia pectoralis
- Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax
- Restless Flycatcher Myiagra inquieta
- Australian King Parrot Alisterus scapularis
- Spectacled Monarch Symposiachrus trivirgatus
- White-winged Triller Lalage tricolor
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Spotless Crake Zapornia tabuensis
- Forest Kingfisher Todiramphus macleayii
- Speckled Warbler Pyrrholaemus sagittatus
- White-naped Honeyeater Melithreptus lunatus
- Black-faced Monarch Monarcha melanopsis
- Little Lorikeet Parvipsitta pusilla
- Pale-headed Rosella Platycercus adscitus
- Pallid Cuckoo Heteroscenes pallidus
- Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea
- Barred Cuckooshrike Coracina lineata
- Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides
- Red-backed Buttonquail Turnix maculosus
- Brown Songlark Cincloramphus cruralis
- Australasian Shoveler Spatula rhynchotis
- Musk Duck Biziura lobata
- Galah Eolophus roseicapilla
- Collared Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza cirrocephala
- Chestnut Teal Anas castanea
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Wonga Pigeon Leucosarcia melanoleuca
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Stubble Quail Coturnix pectoralis
- Grey Goshawk Tachyspiza novaehollandiae
- Spotted Harrier Circus assimilis
- Australian Hobby Falco longipennis
- Freckled Duck Stictonetta naevosa
- Brown Falcon Falco berigora
- Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
- Painted Buttonquail Turnix varius
- Australian Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles cristatus
- Pale-vented Bush-hen Amaurornis moluccana
- Eastern Spinebill Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris
- Eastern Shriketit Falcunculus frontatus
- Red-chested Buttonquail Turnix pyrrhothorax
- White-throated Nightjar Eurostopodus mystacalis
- Plumed Whistling Duck Dendrocygna eytoni
- Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides
- Green Catbird Ailuroedus crassirostris
- Pacific Emerald Dove Chalcophaps longirostris
- Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Yellow Thornbill Acanthiza nana
- Pacific Baza Aviceda subcristata
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Pink-eared Duck Malacorhynchus membranaceus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Noisy Pitta Pitta versicolor
- Australian Painted-snipe Rostratula australis
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Little Curlew Numenius minutus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Little Grassbird Poodytes gramineus
- Rufous Songlark Cincloramphus mathewsi
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Azure Kingfisher Ceyx azureus
- Banded Lapwing Vanellus tricolor
- Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera
- Brown Gerygone Gerygone mouki
- Australian Boobook Ninox boobook
- Glossy Black Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus lathami
- Singing Bush Lark Mirafra javanica
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Plum-headed Finch Emblema modesta
- White-headed Pigeon Columba leucomela
- Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides
- White-browed Woodswallow Artamus superciliosus
- Eastern Grass Owl Tyto longimembris
- Mangrove Gerygone Gerygone levigaster
- Regent Bowerbird Sericulus chrysocephalus
- Masked Woodswallow Artamus personatus
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans
- Long-billed Corella Cacatua tenuirostris
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Grey-crowned Babbler Pomatostomus temporalis
- Australian Crake Porzana fluminea
- Striated Thornbill Acanthiza lineata
- Dusky Woodswallow Artamus cyanopterus
- Black Falcon Falco subniger
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Russet-tailed Thrush Zoothera heinei
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Red-necked Avocet Recurvirostra novaehollandiae
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- White-cheeked Honeyeater Phylidonyris niger
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Bush Stone-curlew Burhinus grallarius
- Hoary-headed Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus
- Black Honeyeater Sugomel nigrum
- Satin Flycatcher Myiagra cyanoleuca
- Australasian Bittern Botaurus poiciloptilus
- Satin Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus violaceus
- Jacky Winter Microeca fascinans
- Crimson Chat Epthianura tricolor
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Magpie Goose Anseranas semipalmata
- Red-capped Robin Petroica goodenovii
- Fuscous Honeyeater Ptilotula fusca
- Superb Fruit Dove Ptilinopus superbus
- Yellow-tufted Honeyeater Lichenostomus melanops
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa
- Black-eared Cuckoo Chalcites osculans
- Black-chinned Honeyeater Melithreptus gularis
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Mangrove Honeyeater Gavicalis fasciogularis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Lake Samsonvale – Golds Scrub Lane?
July–January. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 194 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Lake Samsonvale – Golds Scrub Lane?
256 species, from 186,535 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Lake Samsonvale – Golds Scrub Lane in November?
The most recorded in November: Lewin's Honeyeater, Rufous Whistler, Whistling Kite, Grey Fantail and Silvereye.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.