Australia Important Bird Area
Adele Island
69 bird species recorded; the most in November.
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30
This month here
0 species in January.36 species in February.45 species in March.17 species in April.37 species in May.3 species in June.48 species in July.12 species in August.52 species in September.0 species in October.62 species in November.17 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
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VUNT- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
69 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 69Speciesrecorded more than once
- 21Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 4ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 1,336Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 29Waders
- 21Gulls & seabirds
- 10Herons, ibises & grebes
- 5Songbirds
- 4Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 69 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Waders29 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Pied OystercatcherHaematopus longirostris
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Gray-tailed TattlerTringa brevipes
- Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
- Great KnotCalidris tenuirostris
- Greater Sand PloverCharadrius leschenaultii
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollisNT
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Far Eastern CurlewNumenius madagascariensis
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Pied StiltHimantopus leucocephalus
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellusVU
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Australian PratincoleStiltia isabella
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Sooty OystercatcherHaematopus fuliginosus
- Red-capped PloverCharadrius ruficapillus
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Masked LapwingVanellus miles
- Oriental PratincoleGlareola maldivarum
- Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataVU
Gulls & seabirds21 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Lesser FrigatebirdFregata ariel
- Brown BoobySula leucogaster
- Silver GullChroicocephalus novaehollandiae
- Great FrigatebirdFregata minor
- Masked BoobySula dactylatra
- Anous stolidusAnous stolidus
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Great Crested-TernThalasseus bergii
- Anous minutusAnous minutus
- Lesser Crested TernThalasseus bengalensis
- Australian TernGelochelidon macrotarsa
- Roseate TernSterna dougallii
- Red-footed BoobySula sula
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Lesser NoddyAnous tenuirostris
Herons, ibises & grebes10 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Pied CormorantPhalacrocorax varius
- Australian PelicanPelecanus conspicillatus
- Reef HeronEgretta sacra
- Nankeen Night HeronNycticorax caledonicus
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- White-faced HeronEgretta novaehollandiae
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Little Pied CormorantMicrocarbo melanoleucos
- White-necked HeronArdea pacifica
Songbirds5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Megalurus timoriensisMegalurus timoriensis
- Eastern Yellow WagtailMotacilla tschutschensis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Fairy MartinPetrochelidon ariel
- Oriental Reed WarblerAcrocephalus orientalis
Other birds4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Buff-banded RailGallirallus philippensis
- Sacred KingfisherTodiramphus sanctus
- Brown QuailSynoicus ypsilophorus
- Pacific SwiftApus pacificus
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species in November.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan29°/28°342 mm
- Feb29°/28°301 mm
- Mar30°/29°192 mm
- Apr30°/29°48 mm
- May29°/28°60 mm
- Jun28°/26°13 mm
- Jul26°/25°13 mm
- Aug26°/25°2 mm
- Sep26°/26°1 mm
- Oct28°/27°8 mm
- Nov29°/28°33 mm
- Dec29°/29°187 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Adele Island.
Island in Western Australia, Australia
Adele Island is an Important Bird Area (BirdLife) in Australia.
69 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 1,336 open records.
The most recorded are the Lesser Frigatebird, the Pied Cormorant and the Australian Pelican.
11 species come for the summer, 10 for the winter and 0 only pass through.
4 are threatened worldwide, including Grey Plover, Curlew Sandpiper and Broad-billed Sandpiper.
The most species are recorded in November.
Get there and watch
- Broome International Airport (BME)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 287 km in a straight lineCar hire at BME airport (Broome)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- car parks within 3 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- campsites within 10 km
- places to stay within 10 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
Other places nearby.
Adele Island
Australia
- 49Birdyas Score
- 69Species
- 21Migrants
- 4Threatened
Prince Regent and Mitchell River Important Bird Area
Australia · 245 km
- 34Birdyas Score
- 49Species
- 0Migrants
- 0Threatened
Ashmore Reef Marine Park
Australia · 365 km
- 54Birdyas Score
- 94Species
- 31Migrants
- 4Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q4681889) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 1,336 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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