Australia · Queensland
Priors Pocket
201 species and 42,948 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: August–January and May–June, with up to 127 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Masked LapwingVanellus miles
Torresian CrowCorvus orru
Rainbow Bee-eaterMerops ornatus
Willie WagtailRhipidura leucophrys
Australian MagpieGymnorhina tibicen
Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
Magpie-larkGrallina cyanoleuca
Brown HoneyeaterLichmera indistincta
Black-faced CuckooshrikeCoracina novaehollandiae
Maned DuckChenonetta jubata
Pied ButcherbirdCracticus nigrogularis
Pied StiltHimantopus leucocephalus
Superb FairywrenMalurus cyaneus
Pacific Black DuckAnas superciliosaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Anstead Bushland Reserve7 km202 species
- Nature Refuge Hawkesbury Road8 km172 species
- Archerfield Wetlands9 km169 species
- Sherwood Arboretum10 km176 species
- Oxley Creek Common11 km233 species
- Gold Creek Reservoir15 km217 species
All 201 species recorded here
- Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
- Torresian Crow Corvus orru
- Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
- Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca
- Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Maned Duck Chenonetta jubata
- Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
- Pied Butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis
- Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
- Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes
- Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta
- Superb Fairywren Malurus cyaneus
- Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
- Black-faced Cuckooshrike Coracina novaehollandiae
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
- Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus moluccanus
- Grey Teal Anas gracilis
- Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis
- Tawny Grassbird Cincloramphus timoriensis
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Galah Eolophus roseicapilla
- Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
- Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus
- Blue-faced Honeyeater Entomyzon cyanotis
- Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala
- Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea
- Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca
- Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus
- Australasian Figbird Sphecotheres vieilloti
- Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
- Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus
- Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
- Red-backed Fairywren Malurus melanocephalus
- Black-fronted Dotterel Thinornis melanops
- Australian Pipit Anthus australis
- Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae
- Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus
- Pale-headed Rosella Platycercus adscitus
- Chestnut-breasted Mannikin Lonchura castaneothorax
- Pied Currawong Strepera graculina
- Pink-eared Duck Malacorhynchus membranaceus
- Little Friarbird Philemon citreogularis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Double-barred Finch Stizoptera bichenovii
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus
- Fairy Martin Petrochelidon ariel
- Striped Honeyeater Plectorhyncha lanceolata
- Channel-billed Cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae
- Australasian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae
- White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
- Lewin's Honeyeater Meliphaga lewinii
- Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
- Bar-shouldered Dove Geopelia humeralis
- Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa
- Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris
- Hardhead Aythya australis
- Brown Quail Synoicus ypsilophorus
- Plumed Whistling Duck Dendrocygna eytoni
- Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis
- Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus
- Spangled Drongo Dicrurus bracteatus
- Peaceful Dove Geopelia placida
- Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
- Noisy Friarbird Philemon corniculatus
- Plumed Egret Ardea plumifera
- Olive-backed Oriole Oriolus sagittatus
- Pacific Koel Eudynamys orientalis
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris
- Scarlet Myzomela Myzomela sanguinolenta
- Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater Caligavis chrysops
- Eastern Whipbird Psophodes olivaceus
- Pheasant Coucal Centropus phasianinus
- Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa
- Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis
- Red-kneed Dotterel Erythrogonys cinctus
- Tree Martin Petrochelidon nigricans
- Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax
- Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus
- Brown Goshawk Tachyspiza fasciata
- Long-billed Corella Cacatua tenuirostris
- Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- White-winged Triller Lalage tricolor
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Topknot Pigeon Lopholaimus antarcticus
- Rufous Songlark Cincloramphus mathewsi
- Australian Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
- Brown Songlark Cincloramphus cruralis
- Australian Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis
- White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus
- Grey Shrikethrush Colluricincla harmonica
- Yellow-billed Spoonbill Platalea flavipes
- Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites basalis
- Australian Hobby Falco longipennis
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Australian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus australis
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Plum-headed Finch Emblema modesta
- Leaden Flycatcher Myiagra rubecula
- White-throated Gerygone Gerygone olivacea
- White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
- Little Lorikeet Parvipsitta pusilla
- Hoary-headed Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis
- Brown Falcon Falco berigora
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Pale-vented Bush-hen Amaurornis moluccana
- Shining Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites lucidus
- Collared Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza cirrocephala
- White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica
- Red-backed Buttonquail Turnix maculosus
- Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
- Australian Brushturkey Alectura lathami
- Red-backed Kingfisher Todiramphus pyrrhopygius
- Variegated Fairywren Malurus lamberti
- Australian Rufous Fantail Rhipidura rufifrons
- White-throated Honeyeater Melithreptus albogularis
- Spotted Harrier Circus assimilis
- Pacific Baza Aviceda subcristata
- Freckled Duck Stictonetta naevosa
- Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera
- White-bellied Cuckooshrike Coracina papuensis
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Chestnut Teal Anas castanea
- Lewin's Rail Lewinia pectoralis
- Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii
- Eastern Spinebill Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Grey Goshawk Tachyspiza novaehollandiae
- Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides
- Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
- Rose Robin Petroica rosea
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Apostlebird Struthidea cinerea
- Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
- Sahul Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus
- Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Australian King Parrot Alisterus scapularis
- Little Grassbird Poodytes gramineus
- Australian Boobook Ninox boobook
- Pallid Cuckoo Heteroscenes pallidus
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Restless Flycatcher Myiagra inquieta
- Australasian Shoveler Spatula rhynchotis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Spotless Crake Zapornia tabuensis
- Bush Stone-curlew Burhinus grallarius
- Red-necked Avocet Recurvirostra novaehollandiae
- Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus
- Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo Zanda funerea
- North Moluccan Cicadabird Edolisoma grayi
- Black Falcon Falco subniger
- Square-tailed Kite Lophoictinia isura
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Australian Tern Gelochelidon macrotarsa
- Forest Kingfisher Todiramphus macleayii
- Australian Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles cristatus
- White-browed Woodswallow Artamus superciliosus
- Azure Kingfisher Ceyx azureus
- King Quail Synoicus chinensis
- Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
- Masked Woodswallow Artamus personatus
- Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
- Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Brown Gerygone Gerygone mouki
- Wandering Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arcuata
- Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Black-faced Monarch Monarcha melanopsis
- Little Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites minutillus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Mangrove Gerygone Gerygone levigaster
- Sunda Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- White-naped Honeyeater Melithreptus lunatus
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater Acanthagenys rufogularis
- Pacific Emerald Dove Chalcophaps longirostris
- White-cheeked Honeyeater Phylidonyris niger
- Musk Lorikeet Glossopsitta concinna
- Jacky Winter Microeca fascinans
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Magpie Goose Anseranas semipalmata
- Spectacled Monarch Symposiachrus trivirgatus
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Large-billed Scrubwren Sericornis magnirostra
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Priors Pocket?
August–January and May–June. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 127 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Priors Pocket?
201 species, from 42,948 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Priors Pocket in November?
The most recorded in November: Masked Lapwing, Torresian Crow, Rainbow Bee-eater, Willie Wagtail and Australian Magpie.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.