Australia · New South Wales
Pitt Town Lagoon
234 species and 54,264 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February and October–December, with up to 146 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Pied StiltHimantopus leucocephalus
Masked LapwingVanellus miles
Australian PelicanPelecanus conspicillatus
Grey TealAnas gracilis
Australian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus australis
Superb FairywrenMalurus cyaneus
Magpie-larkGrallina cyanoleuca
Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
Australian White IbisThreskiornis molucca
Welcome SwallowHirundo neoxena
Golden-headed CisticolaCisticola exilis
Australian RavenCorvus coronoides
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Great EgretArdea albaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Bushells Lagoon4 km222 species
- Richmond Lowlands10 km213 species
- Penrith Weir Reserve23 km196 species
- Springwood29 km110 species
- Bicentennial Park (Sydney Olympic Park) – Waterbird Refuge34 km177 species
- Sydney Olympic Park35 km212 species
All 234 species recorded here
- Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
- Superb Fairywren Malurus cyaneus
- Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca
- Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus
- Grey Teal Anas gracilis
- Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
- Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
- Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus
- Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
- Australian Raven Corvus coronoides
- Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Chestnut Teal Anas castanea
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Australian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus australis
- White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
- Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes
- Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala
- Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
- Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
- Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
- Galah Eolophus roseicapilla
- Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
- Little Grassbird Poodytes gramineus
- Pink-eared Duck Malacorhynchus membranaceus
- Fairy Martin Petrochelidon ariel
- Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis
- Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa
- Australasian Shoveler Spatula rhynchotis
- Black-fronted Dotterel Thinornis melanops
- Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus
- Australasian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae
- Hardhead Aythya australis
- Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Black-faced Cuckooshrike Coracina novaehollandiae
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
- Red-kneed Dotterel Erythrogonys cinctus
- Yellow-billed Spoonbill Platalea flavipes
- Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus moluccanus
- Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris
- White-plumed Honeyeater Ptilotula penicillata
- Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata
- Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea
- Maned Duck Chenonetta jubata
- Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
- Red-necked Avocet Recurvirostra novaehollandiae
- Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus
- Hoary-headed Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus
- Little Wattlebird Anthochaera chrysoptera
- Red-rumped Parrot Psephotus haematonotus
- Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae
- Pacific Koel Eudynamys orientalis
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Plumed Egret Ardea plumifera
- Chestnut-breasted Mannikin Lonchura castaneothorax
- Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Spotless Crake Zapornia tabuensis
- Pied Currawong Strepera graculina
- Brown Quail Synoicus ypsilophorus
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa
- Australian Crake Porzana fluminea
- Double-barred Finch Stizoptera bichenovii
- Yellow Thornbill Acanthiza nana
- Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii
- Noisy Friarbird Philemon corniculatus
- White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica
- Restless Flycatcher Myiagra inquieta
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Tree Martin Petrochelidon nigricans
- Freckled Duck Stictonetta naevosa
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
- Blue-billed Duck Oxyura australis
- Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites basalis
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Australian Shelduck Tadorna tadornoides
- Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo Zanda funerea
- Brown Goshawk Tachyspiza fasciata
- Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum
- Australian Pipit Anthus australis
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Eastern Whipbird Psophodes olivaceus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Sunda Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Red-capped Plover Anarhynchus ruficapillus
- Tawny Grassbird Cincloramphus timoriensis
- Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
- Olive-backed Oriole Oriolus sagittatus
- Australian Hobby Falco longipennis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides
- Australian Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater Caligavis chrysops
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
- Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris
- Channel-billed Cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
- White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Eastern Spinebill Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris
- Black-tailed Nativehen Tribonyx ventralis
- Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Australian Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis
- Musk Duck Biziura lobata
- Rufous Songlark Cincloramphus mathewsi
- Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis
- Australasian Bittern Botaurus poiciloptilus
- Bar-shouldered Dove Geopelia humeralis
- Collared Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza cirrocephala
- Eastern Shriketit Falcunculus frontatus
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Australasian Figbird Sphecotheres vieilloti
- White-winged Triller Lalage tricolor
- Musk Lorikeet Glossopsitta concinna
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis
- Grey Shrikethrush Colluricincla harmonica
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Pallid Cuckoo Heteroscenes pallidus
- Spotted Harrier Circus assimilis
- Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus
- Long-billed Corella Cacatua tenuirostris
- Wandering Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arcuata
- Scarlet Myzomela Myzomela sanguinolenta
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Square-tailed Kite Lophoictinia isura
- Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus
- Australian Painted-snipe Rostratula australis
- Jacky Winter Microeca fascinans
- Variegated Fairywren Malurus lamberti
- Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides
- White-bellied Cuckooshrike Coracina papuensis
- Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla
- Bell Miner Manorina melanophrys
- Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax
- Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans
- White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
- White-winged Chough Corcorax melanorhamphos
- White-browed Woodswallow Artamus superciliosus
- Brown Falcon Falco berigora
- Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
- Azure Kingfisher Ceyx azureus
- Sahul Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus
- Stubble Quail Coturnix pectoralis
- Flame Robin Petroica phoenicea
- Satin Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus violaceus
- Lewin's Rail Lewinia pectoralis
- Grey Goshawk Tachyspiza novaehollandiae
- King Quail Synoicus chinensis
- Shining Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites lucidus
- Dusky Woodswallow Artamus cyanopterus
- Pied Butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis
- Striated Thornbill Acanthiza lineata
- Black-backed Bittern Botaurus dubius
- White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus
- New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
- White-throated Gerygone Gerygone olivacea
- Banded Lapwing Vanellus tricolor
- Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Brown-headed Honeyeater Melithreptus brevirostris
- Little Raven Corvus mellori
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Peaceful Dove Geopelia placida
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Plumed Whistling Duck Dendrocygna eytoni
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Painted Honeyeater Grantiella picta
- Lewin's Honeyeater Meliphaga lewinii
- Singing Bush Lark Mirafra javanica
- White-headed Pigeon Columba leucomela
- Australian King Parrot Alisterus scapularis
- Glossy Black Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus lathami
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Plum-headed Finch Emblema modesta
- Little Friarbird Philemon citreogularis
- Masked Woodswallow Artamus personatus
- Brown Gerygone Gerygone mouki
- Brown Songlark Cincloramphus cruralis
- Fuscous Honeyeater Ptilotula fusca
- Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides
- Spangled Drongo Dicrurus bracteatus
- Black-faced Monarch Monarcha melanopsis
- White-throated Treecreeper Cormobates leucophaea
- White-backed Swallow Cheramoeca leucosterna
- Comb-crested Jacana Irediparra gallinacea
- Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
- Black Falcon Falco subniger
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Scarlet Robin Petroica boodang
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus
- Buff-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza reguloides
- Weebill Smicrornis brevirostris
- Rose Robin Petroica rosea
- Double-banded Plover Anarhynchus bicinctus
- White-eared Honeyeater Nesoptilotis leucotis
- Leaden Flycatcher Myiagra rubecula
- Painted Buttonquail Turnix varius
- White-naped Honeyeater Melithreptus lunatus
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Pacific Baza Aviceda subcristata
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Red-capped Robin Petroica goodenovii
- Superb Lyrebird Menura novaehollandiae
- White-cheeked Honeyeater Phylidonyris niger
- Australian Rufous Fantail Rhipidura rufifrons
- Australian Brushturkey Alectura lathami
- Topknot Pigeon Lopholaimus antarcticus
- Yellow-tufted Honeyeater Lichenostomus melanops
- Little Lorikeet Parvipsitta pusilla
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Pitt Town Lagoon?
February and October–December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 146 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Pitt Town Lagoon?
234 species, from 54,264 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Pitt Town Lagoon in November?
The most recorded in November: Pied Stilt, Masked Lapwing, Australian Pelican, Grey Teal and Australian Reed Warbler.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.