Australia Ramsar wetland
Cape Howe Marine National Park
199 bird species recorded; the most in January and 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
125 species in January.99 species in February.99 species in March.54 species in April.35 species in May.73 species in June.13 species in July.51 species in August.52 species in September.102 species in October.131 species in November.115 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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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
199 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).
- 199Speciesrecorded more than once
- 76Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 7ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 4,622Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 11Raptors
- 5Owls
- 18Waders
- 31Gulls & seabirds
- 6Ducks & geese
- 13Herons, ibises & grebes
- 85Songbirds
- 30Other 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 199 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White-bellied Sea-EagleHaliaeetus leucogaster
- Swamp HarrierCircus approximans
- Whistling KiteHaliastur sphenurus
- Brown FalconFalco berigora
- Wedge-tailed EagleAquila audax
- Nankeen KestrelFalco cenchroides
- Australian hobbyFalco longipennis
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Black-shouldered KiteElanus axillaris
- Brown GoshawkAccipiter fasciatus
- Collared SparrowhawkAccipiter cirrocephalus
Owls5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Southern BoobookNinox boobook
- Eastern Barn OwlTyto javanica
- Powerful OwlNinox strenua
- MopokeNinox novaeseelandiae
- Australian Masked OwlTyto novaehollandiae
Waders18 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Sooty OystercatcherHaematopus fuliginosus
- Masked LapwingVanellus miles
- Pied OystercatcherHaematopus longirostris
- Hooded DotterelThinornis cucullatusNT
- Red-capped PloverCharadrius ruficapillus
- Japanese SnipeGallinago hardwickiiNT
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
- Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollisNT
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Gray-tailed TattlerTringa brevipes
- Far Eastern CurlewNumenius madagascariensis
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Charadrius mongolusCharadrius mongolus
Gulls & seabirds31 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great Crested-TernThalasseus bergii
- Silver GullChroicocephalus novaehollandiae
- Australasian GannetMorus serrator
- Blue PenguinEudyptula minor
- Puffinus tenuirostrisPuffinus tenuirostris
- Black-browed AlbatrossThalassarche melanophris
- Shy albatrossThalassarche cautaNT
- Indian Yellow-nosed AlbatrossThalassarche carteri
- Pacific GullLarus pacificus
- White-faced storm petrelPelagodroma marina
- Fluttering ShearwaterPuffinus gavia
- Buller's AlbatrossThalassarche bulleriNT
- ToroaDiomedea exulansVU
- Wedge-tailed ShearwaterPuffinus pacificus
- Sooty shearwaterPuffinus griseus
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Pomarine SkuaStercorarius pomarinus
- Brown SkuaStercorarius antarcticus
- White-chinned PetrelProcellaria aequinoctialisVU
- Flesh-footed ShearwaterPuffinus carneipes
- Wilson's Storm-PetrelOceanites oceanicus
- Antipodean AlbatrossDiomedea antipodensis
- Great-winged PetrelPterodroma macroptera
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Fairy PrionPachyptila turtur
- White-fronted TernSterna striataNT
- White-headed PetrelPterodroma lessonii
- Northern Giant PetrelMacronectes halli
- Puffinus huttoniPuffinus huttoni
- Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
Ducks & geese6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black swanCygnus atratus
- Chestnut TealAnas castanea
- Pacific Black DuckAnas superciliosa
- Maned DuckChenonetta jubata
- Musk DuckBiziura lobata
- Grey TealAnas gracilis
Herons, ibises & grebes13 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Little Pied CormorantMicrocarbo melanoleucos
- White-faced HeronEgretta novaehollandiae
- Pied CormorantPhalacrocorax varius
- Black-faced CormorantPhalacrocorax fuscescens
- Australian PelicanPelecanus conspicillatus
- Reef HeronEgretta sacra
- Little Black CormorantPhalacrocorax sulcirostris
- Hoary-headed GrebePoliocephalus poliocephalus
- Australasian BitternBotaurus poiciloptilusVU
- Straw-necked IbisThreskiornis spinicollis
- Black BitternDupetor flavicollis
- Ardea modestaArdea modesta
Songbirds85 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- New Holland HoneyeaterPhylidonyris novaehollandiae
- SilvereyeZosterops lateralis
- Welcome SwallowHirundo neoxena
- Yellow-faced HoneyeaterCaligavis chrysops
- Australian Golden WhistlerPachycephala pectoralis
- Australian RavenCorvus coronoides
- Tawny-crowned HoneyeaterGliciphila melanops
- Eastern BristlebirdDasyornis brachypterusVU
- Little WattlebirdAnthochaera chrysoptera
- Superb Fairy-wrenMalurus cyaneus
- White-browed ScrubwrenSericornis frontalis
- Rhipidura albiscapaRhipidura albiscapa
- Eastern WhipbirdPsophodes olivaceus
- Australasian PipitAnthus novaeseelandiae
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Southern Emu-wrenStipiturus malachurus
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Eastern SpinebillAcanthorhynchus tenuirostris
- Rufous WhistlerPachycephala rufiventris
- Striated FieldwrenCalamanthus fuliginosus
- Pied CurrawongStrepera graculina
- White-throated TreecreeperCormobates leucophaea
- Brown ThornbillAcanthiza pusilla
- Eastern Yellow RobinEopsaltria australis
- Lewin's HoneyeaterMeliphaga lewinii
- Bell MinerManorina melanophrys
- Superb LyrebirdMenura novaehollandiae
- Grey ShrikethrushColluricincla harmonica
- White-fronted ChatEpthianura albifrons
- Red-browed FiretailNeochmia temporalis
- White-naped HoneyeaterMelithreptus lunatus
- Spotted PardalotePardalotus punctatus
- Beautiful FiretailStagonopleura bella
- Striated ThornbillAcanthiza lineata
- Crescent HoneyeaterPhylidonyris pyrrhopterus
- Satin BowerbirdPtilonorhynchus violaceus
- Rufous FantailRhipidura rufifrons
- Red WattlebirdAnthochaera carunculata
- Rose RobinPetroica rosea
- Black-faced CuckooshrikeCoracina novaehollandiae
- Scarlet MyzomelaMyzomela sanguinolenta
- Dusky WoodswallowArtamus cyanopterus
- MistletoebirdDicaeum hirundinaceum
- Black-faced MonarchMonarcha melanopsis
- Golden-headed CisticolaCisticola exilis
- Brown GerygoneGerygone mouki
- Willie-wagtailRhipidura leucophrys
- Tree MartinPetrochelidon nigricans
- Red-browed TreecreeperClimacteris erythrops
- PilotbirdPycnoptilus floccosusVU
- Grey ButcherbirdCracticus torquatus
- Australian PipitAnthus australis
- Leaden FlycatcherMyiagra rubecula
- Olive-backed OrioleOriolus sagittatus
- Little GrassbirdMegalurus gramineus
- Crested Shrike-titFalcunculus frontatus
- Jacky-winterMicroeca fascinans
- Australian MagpieGymnorhina tibicen
- Bassian ThrushZoothera lunulata
- Scarlet RobinPetroica boodang
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Little RavenCorvus mellori
- White-bellied CuckooshrikeCoracina papuensis
- White-cheeked HoneyeaterPhylidonyris niger
- Noisy FriarbirdPhilemon corniculatus
- Varied SittellaDaphoenositta chrysoptera
- Brown-headed HoneyeaterMelithreptus brevirostris
- Striated PardalotePardalotus striatus
- Satin FlycatcherMyiagra cyanoleuca
- Yellow-tufted HoneyeaterLichenostomus melanops
- Fairy MartinPetrochelidon ariel
- Large-billed ScrubwrenSericornis magnirostra
- Magpie larkGrallina cyanoleuca
- Spotted Quail-thrushCinclosoma punctatum
- Chestnut-rumped HeathwrenCalamanthus pyrrhopygius
- Yellow-rumped ThornbillAcanthiza chrysorrhoa
- Olive WhistlerPachycephala olivacea
- Restless FlycatcherMyiagra inquieta
- White-browed WoodswallowArtamus superciliosus
- Australian White-winged TrillerLalage tricolor
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Australian Reed-WarblerAcrocephalus australis
- Grey FantailRhipidura fuliginosa
- White-eared HoneyeaterNesoptilotis leucotis
Other birds30 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Swamp ParakeetPezoporus wallicus
- Coconut LorikeetTrichoglossus haematodus
- Fan-tailed CuckooCacomantis flabelliformis
- Crimson RosellaPlatycercus elegans
- Needle-tailed SwiftHirundapus caudacutus
- Brush BronzewingPhaps elegans
- Yellow-tailed Black CockatooZanda funerea
- Wonga PigeonLeucosarcia melanoleuca
- Common BronzewingPhaps chalcoptera
- Shining cuckooChrysococcyx lucidus
- Gang-gang CockatooCallocephalon fimbriatumVU
- Sacred KingfisherTodiramphus sanctus
- GalahEolophus roseicapilla
- Australian King ParrotAlisterus scapularis
- Brush CuckooCacomantis variolosus
- Australian Owlet-NightjarAegotheles cristatus
- KookaburraDacelo novaeguineae
- Pallid cuckooCuculus pallidus
- Azure KingfisherCeyx azureus
- Stubble QuailCoturnix pectoralis
- Pacific SwiftApus pacificus
- Western SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- Horsfield's Bronze CuckooChrysococcyx basalis
- Brown QuailSynoicus ypsilophorus
- Painted ButtonquailTurnix varius
- Musk LorikeetGlossopsitta concinna
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Common KoelEudynamys scolopaceus
- White-throated NightjarEurostopodus mystacalis
- Little LorikeetParvipsitta pusilla
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 January and in November.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan23°/18°69 mm
- Feb22°/18°92 mm
- Mar22°/17°74 mm
- Apr20°/16°74 mm
- May17°/13°57 mm
- Jun15°/12°86 mm
- Jul14°/11°68 mm
- Aug14°/10°57 mm
- Sep16°/12°50 mm
- Oct18°/13°73 mm
- Nov19°/14°89 mm
- Dec21°/16°76 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Cape Howe Marine National Park.
Protected area in Victoria, Australia
Cape Howe Marine National Park is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Australia.
199 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 4,622 open records.
The most recorded are the Swamp Parakeet, the New Holland Honeyeater and the Silvereye.
56 species come for the summer, 14 for the winter and 6 only pass through.
7 are threatened worldwide, including Eastern Bristlebird, Gang-gang Cockatoo and Toroa.
The most species are recorded in January and in November.
Get there and watch
- Lake Wau Wauka Campsite (new)campsite · 1.9 km · 5 within 10 km
- Mallacootanearest town · 18 km in a straight line
- Merimbula Airport (MIM)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 70 km in a straight lineCar hire at MIM airport (Merimbula)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
- 1marked trails within 4 kmWilderness Coast Walking Track
- 5campsites within 10 kmLake Wau Wauka Campsite (new), Lake Wau Wauka campsite, Bunyip waterhole campsite and 2 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- car parks within 3 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 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.
In our other atlases
Around Cape Howe Marine National Park.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas7 mountains within 25 kmHowe Hill · 6.2 kmHill Sixty · 10 kmMount Carlyle · 10 kmMount Victoria · 12 kmTable Hills · 16 kmMount Nadgee · 18 kmTumbledown Mountain · 21 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 kmLake Barracoota1.5 km² · 7.2 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
Cape Howe Marine National Park
Australia
- 75Birdyas Score
- 199Species
- 76Migrants
- 7Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q5034871) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 4,622 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 |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Lakeyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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