Australia · Queensland
Lake Samsonvale – Postmans Track
246 species and 55,778 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September–March and July, with up to 167 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Bell MinerManorina melanophrys
Lewin's HoneyeaterMeliphaga lewinii
Rufous WhistlerPachycephala rufiventris
Eastern WhipbirdPsophodes olivaceus
North Moluccan CicadabirdEdolisoma grayi
Eastern Yellow RobinEopsaltria australis
Tawny GrassbirdCincloramphus timoriensis
SilvereyeZosterops lateralis
Whistling KiteHaliastur sphenurus
Red-backed FairywrenMalurus melanocephalus
Olive-backed OrioleOriolus sagittatus
Red-browed FinchNeochmia temporalis
Grey FantailRhipidura albiscapa
Bar-shouldered DoveGeopelia humeralisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Lake Samsonvale – Golds Scrub Lane2 km256 species
- Samford Eco Corridor12 km161 species
- D'Aguilar National Park – Maiala Loop Walk13 km137 species
- Kumbartcho Sanctuary13 km187 species
- Sheep Station Creek Conservation Park14 km172 species
- Tinchi Tamba Wetlands Reserve18 km249 species
All 246 species recorded here
- Bell Miner Manorina melanophrys
- Lewin's Honeyeater Meliphaga lewinii
- Eastern Whipbird Psophodes olivaceus
- Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis
- Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris
- Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater Caligavis chrysops
- Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta
- Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
- Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis
- Tawny Grassbird Cincloramphus timoriensis
- White-throated Honeyeater Melithreptus albogularis
- Grey Shrikethrush Colluricincla harmonica
- White-throated Treecreeper Cormobates leucophaea
- Bar-shouldered Dove Geopelia humeralis
- Noisy Friarbird Philemon corniculatus
- Olive-backed Oriole Oriolus sagittatus
- Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
- Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus
- Black-faced Cuckooshrike Coracina novaehollandiae
- Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae
- Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
- Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus
- Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
- Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
- Red-backed Fairywren Malurus melanocephalus
- Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
- Scarlet Myzomela Myzomela sanguinolenta
- Australasian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae
- Variegated Fairywren Malurus lamberti
- Torresian Crow Corvus orru
- Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus moluccanus
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Spangled Drongo Dicrurus bracteatus
- Australasian Figbird Sphecotheres vieilloti
- White-naped Honeyeater Melithreptus lunatus
- Hardhead Aythya australis
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Chestnut-breasted Mannikin Lonchura castaneothorax
- Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
- Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Pied Currawong Strepera graculina
- Australian Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis
- Leaden Flycatcher Myiagra rubecula
- Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum
- White-throated Gerygone Gerygone olivacea
- Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
- Brown Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia phasianella
- White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis
- Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala
- Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis
- Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
- North Moluccan Cicadabird Edolisoma grayi
- Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Brown Quail Synoicus ypsilophorus
- Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus
- Varied Triller Lalage leucomela
- Little Shrikethrush Colluricincla megarhyncha
- Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Pheasant Coucal Centropus phasianinus
- Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca
- Australian King Parrot Alisterus scapularis
- White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
- Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
- White-bellied Cuckooshrike Coracina papuensis
- White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus
- Black-fronted Dotterel Thinornis melanops
- Shining Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites lucidus
- Comb-crested Jacana Irediparra gallinacea
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- King Quail Synoicus chinensis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
- Peaceful Dove Geopelia placida
- Grey Teal Anas gracilis
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
- Little Lorikeet Parvipsitta pusilla
- Superb Fairywren Malurus cyaneus
- Sahul Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus
- Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Pied Butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis
- Australian Pipit Anthus australis
- Australian Rufous Fantail Rhipidura rufifrons
- Varied Sittella Daphoenositta chrysoptera
- Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus
- Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris
- Plumed Egret Ardea plumifera
- Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa
- Striped Honeyeater Plectorhyncha lanceolata
- Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis
- Australian Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
- Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla
- Channel-billed Cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae
- Yellow-tufted Honeyeater Lichenostomus melanops
- Australian Brushturkey Alectura lathami
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus
- Pacific Koel Eudynamys orientalis
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Red-kneed Dotterel Erythrogonys cinctus
- Pale-headed Rosella Platycercus adscitus
- Fairy Martin Petrochelidon ariel
- Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
- White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
- Square-tailed Kite Lophoictinia isura
- Tree Martin Petrochelidon nigricans
- Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo Zanda funerea
- Rose Robin Petroica rosea
- Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
- Little Friarbird Philemon citreogularis
- Forest Kingfisher Todiramphus macleayii
- Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii
- Australian Tern Gelochelidon macrotarsa
- Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax
- Maned Duck Chenonetta jubata
- Wonga Pigeon Leucosarcia melanoleuca
- Lewin's Rail Lewinia pectoralis
- White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica
- Wandering Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arcuata
- Large-billed Scrubwren Sericornis magnirostra
- Spectacled Monarch Symposiachrus trivirgatus
- Pacific Baza Aviceda subcristata
- Black-faced Monarch Monarcha melanopsis
- Topknot Pigeon Lopholaimus antarcticus
- Rose-crowned Fruit Dove Ptilinopus regina
- Brown Goshawk Tachyspiza fasciata
- Restless Flycatcher Myiagra inquieta
- Red-capped Plover Anarhynchus ruficapillus
- Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites basalis
- Little Wattlebird Anthochaera chrysoptera
- White-throated Nightjar Eurostopodus mystacalis
- Painted Buttonquail Turnix varius
- Little Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites minutillus
- Double-barred Finch Stizoptera bichenovii
- Yellow-billed Spoonbill Platalea flavipes
- Blue-faced Honeyeater Entomyzon cyanotis
- Australian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus australis
- Eastern Spinebill Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Spotless Crake Zapornia tabuensis
- Eastern Shriketit Falcunculus frontatus
- Red-backed Buttonquail Turnix maculosus
- Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
- Azure Kingfisher Ceyx azureus
- Australian Hobby Falco longipennis
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera
- White-eared Monarch Carterornis leucotis
- Australasian Shoveler Spatula rhynchotis
- Freckled Duck Stictonetta naevosa
- Brown Falcon Falco berigora
- Eastern Grass Owl Tyto longimembris
- White-winged Triller Lalage tricolor
- Pale-vented Bush-hen Amaurornis moluccana
- Grey Goshawk Tachyspiza novaehollandiae
- Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea
- Spotted Harrier Circus assimilis
- Pacific Emerald Dove Chalcophaps longirostris
- Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes
- Chestnut Teal Anas castanea
- Collared Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza cirrocephala
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
- Australian Boobook Ninox boobook
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Galah Eolophus roseicapilla
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Pallid Cuckoo Heteroscenes pallidus
- Brown Songlark Cincloramphus cruralis
- Stubble Quail Coturnix pectoralis
- Black-chinned Honeyeater Melithreptus gularis
- Pink-eared Duck Malacorhynchus membranaceus
- Australian Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles cristatus
- Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Musk Duck Biziura lobata
- Little Grassbird Poodytes gramineus
- Plumed Whistling Duck Dendrocygna eytoni
- Plum-headed Finch Emblema modesta
- Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Red-chested Buttonquail Turnix pyrrhothorax
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Speckled Warbler Pyrrholaemus sagittatus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Australian Painted-snipe Rostratula australis
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Rufous Songlark Cincloramphus mathewsi
- Turquoise Parrot Neophema pulchella
- Magpie Goose Anseranas semipalmata
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Glossy Black Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus lathami
- Singing Bush Lark Mirafra javanica
- Brown Gerygone Gerygone mouki
- Black Falcon Falco subniger
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- White-browed Woodswallow Artamus superciliosus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Brolga Antigone rubicunda
- Noisy Pitta Pitta versicolor
- Green Catbird Ailuroedus crassirostris
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Hoary-headed Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus
- Swift Parrot Lathamus discolor
- Masked Woodswallow Artamus personatus
- Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides
- Musk Lorikeet Glossopsitta concinna
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Dusky Woodswallow Artamus cyanopterus
- Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
- Barred Cuckooshrike Coracina lineata
- Russet-tailed Thrush Zoothera heinei
- Australian Masked Owl Tyto novaehollandiae
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
- Yellow Thornbill Acanthiza nana
- Double-banded Plover Anarhynchus bicinctus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Regent Bowerbird Sericulus chrysocephalus
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Superb Fruit Dove Ptilinopus superbus
- Paradise Riflebird Ptiloris paradiseus
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater Acanthagenys rufogularis
- Pale-yellow Robin Eopsaltria capito
- Australasian Bittern Botaurus poiciloptilus
- Striated Thornbill Acanthiza lineata
- Banded Lapwing Vanellus tricolor
- White-headed Pigeon Columba leucomela
- Fuscous Honeyeater Ptilotula fusca
- Black-breasted Buttonquail Turnix melanogaster
- Crimson Chat Epthianura tricolor
- Bush Stone-curlew Burhinus grallarius
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Lake Samsonvale – Postmans Track?
September–March and July. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 167 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Lake Samsonvale – Postmans Track?
246 species, from 55,778 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Lake Samsonvale – Postmans Track in November?
The most recorded in November: Bell Miner, Lewin's Honeyeater, Rufous Whistler, Eastern Whipbird and North Moluccan Cicadabird.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.