Australia · New South Wales
Shoalhaven Heads Inlet
224 species and 37,827 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–February, with up to 114 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Pied OystercatcherHaematopus longirostris
Silver GullChroicocephalus novaehollandiae
Red-capped PloverAnarhynchus ruficapillus
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
Australian RavenCorvus coronoides
Australian PelicanPelecanus conspicillatus
Little TernSternula albifrons
Greater Crested TernThalasseus bergii
Superb FairywrenMalurus cyaneus
Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollis
White-faced HeronEgretta novaehollandiae
Yellow-tailed Black CockatooZanda funerea
Little Pied CormorantMicrocarbo melanoleucos
Chestnut TealAnas castanea99 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 224 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Lake Wollumboola10 km203 species
- Bendthualaly, Bellawongarah16 km120 species
- Barren Grounds Nature Reserve21 km188 species
- Jerrara Dam22 km185 species
- Tallawarra Ash Pond 3, Yallah37 km193 species
- Coachwood Park46 km128 species
All 224 species recorded here
- Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
- Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus longirostris
- Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus
- Red-capped Plover Anarhynchus ruficapillus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Superb Fairywren Malurus cyaneus
- Australian Raven Corvus coronoides
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
- Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
- White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
- New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Chestnut Teal Anas castanea
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
- Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo Zanda funerea
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Little Wattlebird Anthochaera chrysoptera
- Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
- Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus moluccanus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Eastern Whipbird Psophodes olivaceus
- Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
- Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Australian Tern Gelochelidon macrotarsa
- Double-banded Plover Anarhynchus bicinctus
- Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla
- Lewin's Honeyeater Meliphaga lewinii
- Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Australian Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
- Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea
- White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis
- Pacific Koel Eudynamys orientalis
- Galah Eolophus roseicapilla
- Grey Teal Anas gracilis
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Variegated Fairywren Malurus lamberti
- Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes
- Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa
- Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
- Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae
- Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus
- Black-faced Cuckooshrike Coracina novaehollandiae
- Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Australasian Gannet Morus serrator
- Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Pied Currawong Strepera graculina
- Eastern Spinebill Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
- Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis
- Bar-shouldered Dove Geopelia humeralis
- Beach Stone-curlew Esacus magnirostris
- Australasian Figbird Sphecotheres vieilloti
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides
- Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus
- Topknot Pigeon Lopholaimus antarcticus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus
- Brown Quail Synoicus ypsilophorus
- Australian Hobby Falco longipennis
- Australian King Parrot Alisterus scapularis
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater Caligavis chrysops
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Maned Duck Chenonetta jubata
- Grey Shrikethrush Colluricincla harmonica
- Satin Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus violaceus
- Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans
- Fairy Tern Sternula nereis
- Australasian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae
- Olive-backed Oriole Oriolus sagittatus
- Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
- Channel-billed Cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Tree Martin Petrochelidon nigricans
- Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris
- Australian Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis
- Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
- Long-billed Corella Cacatua tenuirostris
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- White-fronted Chat Epthianura albifrons
- Sooty Oystercatcher Haematopus fuliginosus
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Inland Dotterel Peltohyas australis
- Wedge-tailed Shearwater Ardenna pacifica
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
- Yellow Thornbill Acanthiza nana
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Plumed Egret Ardea plumifera
- Scarlet Myzomela Myzomela sanguinolenta
- Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Square-tailed Kite Lophoictinia isura
- Striated Thornbill Acanthiza lineata
- Brown Goshawk Tachyspiza fasciata
- Australian Pipit Anthus australis
- Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Hoary-headed Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus
- Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
- Musk Lorikeet Glossopsitta concinna
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Hardhead Aythya australis
- White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica
- Sahul Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Shining Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites lucidus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Banded Lapwing Vanellus tricolor
- Fairy Martin Petrochelidon ariel
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Brown Gerygone Gerygone mouki
- Brown Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia phasianella
- Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
- White-fronted Tern Sterna striata
- Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris
- Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus
- Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax
- White-cheeked Honeyeater Phylidonyris niger
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Little Raven Corvus mellori
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
- Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius
- Australian Shelduck Tadorna tadornoides
- Australasian Shoveler Spatula rhynchotis
- White-headed Pigeon Columba leucomela
- Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites basalis
- Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa
- Hooded Plover Thinornis cucullatus
- Black-fronted Dotterel Thinornis melanops
- Glossy Black Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus lathami
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater Acanthagenys rufogularis
- Collared Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza cirrocephala
- Musk Duck Biziura lobata
- Azure Kingfisher Ceyx azureus
- Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
- Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
- White-eared Honeyeater Nesoptilotis leucotis
- Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
- Little Grassbird Poodytes gramineus
- Large-billed Scrubwren Sericornis magnirostra
- Brown Falcon Falco berigora
- Red-kneed Dotterel Erythrogonys cinctus
- Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
- North Moluccan Cicadabird Edolisoma grayi
- Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum
- Buff-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza reguloides
- White-throated Treecreeper Cormobates leucophaea
- White-naped Honeyeater Melithreptus lunatus
- Wonga Pigeon Leucosarcia melanoleuca
- Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus
- Spangled Drongo Dicrurus bracteatus
- Leaden Flycatcher Myiagra rubecula
- Pacific Gull Larus pacificus
- Pink-eared Duck Malacorhynchus membranaceus
- Brush Bronzewing Phaps elegans
- Red-necked Avocet Recurvirostra novaehollandiae
- Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
- Noisy Friarbird Philemon corniculatus
- White-plumed Honeyeater Ptilotula penicillata
- Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides
- Superb Lyrebird Menura novaehollandiae
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Rose Robin Petroica rosea
- Plumed Whistling Duck Dendrocygna eytoni
- Southern Emu-wren Stipiturus malachurus
- Pacific Baza Aviceda subcristata
- Black-faced Monarch Monarcha melanopsis
- Fairy Prion Pachyptila turtur
- Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta
- Dusky Woodswallow Artamus cyanopterus
- Oriental Plover Anarhynchus veredus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Banded Stilt Cladorhynchus leucocephalus
- Restless Flycatcher Myiagra inquieta
- Shy Albatross Thalassarche cauta
- Black Noddy Anous minutus
- King Quail Synoicus chinensis
- Australian Boobook Ninox boobook
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Yellow-billed Spoonbill Platalea flavipes
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus
- Weebill Smicrornis brevirostris
- Beautiful Firetail Stagonopleura bella
- Australian Rufous Fantail Rhipidura rufifrons
- Brown Songlark Cincloramphus cruralis
- Spectacled Monarch Symposiachrus trivirgatus
- White-throated Gerygone Gerygone olivacea
- Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides
- Australian Crake Porzana fluminea
- Fluttering Shearwater Puffinus gavia
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Gang-gang Cockatoo Callocephalon fimbriatum
- Grey Currawong Strepera versicolor
- Grey Goshawk Tachyspiza novaehollandiae
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Shoalhaven Heads Inlet?
October–February. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 114 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Shoalhaven Heads Inlet?
224 species, from 37,827 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Shoalhaven Heads Inlet in November?
The most recorded in November: Pied Oystercatcher, Silver Gull, Red-capped Plover, Bar-tailed Godwit and Australian Raven.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.