Australia Ramsar wetland
Lake Connewarre
298 bird species recorded; the most in September and from December to February.
Maias · CC BY-SA 3.0
This month here
218 species in January.220 species in February.215 species in March.210 species in April.211 species in May.206 species in June.210 species in July.217 species in August.224 species in September.216 species in October.211 species in November.229 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
298 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).
- 298Speciesrecorded more than once
- 108Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 13ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 293,676Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 19Raptors
- 3Owls
- 44Waders
- 44Gulls & seabirds
- 16Ducks & geese
- 26Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 90Songbirds
- 55Other 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 298 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors19 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Swamp HarrierCircus approximans
- Whistling KiteHaliastur sphenurus
- Black-shouldered KiteElanus axillaris
- Brown FalconFalco berigora
- Nankeen KestrelFalco cenchroides
- Wedge-tailed EagleAquila audax
- Australian hobbyFalco longipennis
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- White-bellied Sea-EagleHaliaeetus leucogaster
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Little EagleHieraaetus morphnoides
- Spotted HarrierCircus assimilis
- Brown GoshawkAccipiter fasciatus
- Black FalconFalco subniger
- Collared SparrowhawkAccipiter cirrocephalus
- Grey GoshawkAccipiter novaehollandiae
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Eastern OspreyPandion cristatus
- Square-tailed KiteLophoictinia isura
Owls3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eastern Barn OwlTyto javanica
- Southern BoobookNinox boobook
- MopokeNinox novaeseelandiae
Waders44 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Masked LapwingVanellus miles
- Hooded DotterelThinornis cucullatusNT
- Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollisNT
- Pied StiltHimantopus leucocephalus
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataVU
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Red-kneed DotterelErythrogonys cinctus
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Japanese SnipeGallinago hardwickiiNT
- Sooty OystercatcherHaematopus fuliginosus
- Red-capped PloverCharadrius ruficapillus
- Pied OystercatcherHaematopus longirostris
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
- Far Eastern CurlewNumenius madagascariensis
- Australian Red-necked AvocetRecurvirostra novaehollandiae
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Banded StiltCladorhynchus leucocephalus
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Black-fronted DotterelElseyornis melanops
- Banded LapwingVanellus tricolor
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Double-banded PloverCharadrius bicinctusNT
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellusVU
- Australian Painted-snipeRostratula australis
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Long-toed StintCalidris subminuta
- Great KnotCalidris tenuirostris
- Gray-tailed TattlerTringa brevipes
- Lesser yellowlegsTringa flavipesVU
- Greater Sand PloverCharadrius leschenaultii
- Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
- Oriental PratincoleGlareola maldivarum
- Plains-wandererPedionomus torquatus
Gulls & seabirds44 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Silver GullChroicocephalus novaehollandiae
- Pacific GullLarus pacificus
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Great Crested-TernThalasseus bergii
- Australasian GannetMorus serrator
- Shy albatrossThalassarche cautaNT
- Southern Black-backed GullLarus dominicanus
- Puffinus tenuirostrisPuffinus tenuirostris
- Black-browed AlbatrossThalassarche melanophris
- Blue PenguinEudyptula minor
- Fairy TernSternula nereisVU
- Fluttering ShearwaterPuffinus gavia
- Fairy PrionPachyptila turtur
- Common Diving-PetrelPelecanoides urinatrix
- Antarctic Giant-PetrelMacronectes giganteus
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Australian TernGelochelidon macrotarsa
- Northern Giant PetrelMacronectes halli
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Thin-billed prionPachyptila belcheri
- Pintado PetrelDaption capense
- Antarctic PrionPachyptila desolata
- Salvin's PrionPachyptila salvini
- ToroaDiomedea exulansVU
- Antarctic FulmarFulmarus glacialoides
- Kerguelen PetrelAphrodroma brevirostris
- White-headed PetrelPterodroma lessonii
- Blue PetrelHalobaena caerulea
- Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
- White-fronted TernSterna striataNT
- White-faced storm petrelPelagodroma marina
- Wilson's Storm-PetrelOceanites oceanicus
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Brown SkuaStercorarius antarcticus
- Indian Yellow-nosed AlbatrossThalassarche carteri
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
- Chatham AlbatrossThalassarche eremitaVU
- Sooty shearwaterPuffinus griseus
- Puffinus huttoniPuffinus huttoni
- Sooty AlbatrossPhoebetria fusca
- Great-winged PetrelPterodroma macroptera
- Flesh-footed ShearwaterPuffinus carneipes
Ducks & geese16 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black swanCygnus atratus
- Pacific Black DuckAnas superciliosa
- Chestnut TealAnas castanea
- Grey TealAnas gracilis
- Australian ShelduckTadorna tadornoides
- Maned DuckChenonetta jubata
- HardheadAythya australis
- Musk DuckBiziura lobata
- Australasian ShovelerSpatula rhynchotis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Magpie GooseAnseranas semipalmata
- Freckled DuckStictonetta naevosa
- Cairina moschataCairina moschata
- Pink-eared DuckMalacorhynchus membranaceus
- Blue-billed DuckOxyura australis
- Cape Barren GooseCereopsis novaehollandiae
Herons, ibises & grebes26 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Australian White IbisThreskiornis molucca
- White-faced HeronEgretta novaehollandiae
- Australian PelicanPelecanus conspicillatus
- Little Pied CormorantMicrocarbo melanoleucos
- Straw-necked IbisThreskiornis spinicollis
- Royal SpoonbillPlatalea regia
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Little Black CormorantPhalacrocorax sulcirostris
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Yellow-billed SpoonbillPlatalea flavipes
- Hoary-headed GrebePoliocephalus poliocephalus
- Pied CormorantPhalacrocorax varius
- Australasian GrebeTachybaptus novaehollandiae
- Ardea modestaArdea modesta
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Nankeen Night HeronNycticorax caledonicus
- Australasian DarterAnhinga novaehollandiae
- White-necked HeronArdea pacifica
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Australasian BitternBotaurus poiciloptilusVU
- Eastern Cattle EgretBubulcus coromandus
- Black-faced CormorantPhalacrocorax fuscescens
- Egretta intermediaEgretta intermedia
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Australian Little BitternIxobrychus dubius
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- BrolgaGrus rubicunda
Songbirds90 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Australian MagpieGymnorhina tibicen
- Superb Fairy-wrenMalurus cyaneus
- Welcome SwallowHirundo neoxena
- Magpie larkGrallina cyanoleuca
- Little RavenCorvus mellori
- Red WattlebirdAnthochaera carunculata
- Willie-wagtailRhipidura leucophrys
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- New Holland HoneyeaterPhylidonyris novaehollandiae
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Noisy MinerManorina melanocephala
- Little GrassbirdMegalurus gramineus
- White-plumed HoneyeaterPtilotula penicillata
- Golden-headed CisticolaCisticola exilis
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Brown ThornbillAcanthiza pusilla
- Striated FieldwrenCalamanthus fuliginosus
- White-fronted ChatEpthianura albifrons
- Grey ButcherbirdCracticus torquatus
- White-browed ScrubwrenSericornis frontalis
- Spiny-cheeked HoneyeaterAcanthagenys rufogularis
- Australian Reed-WarblerAcrocephalus australis
- Red-browed FiretailNeochmia temporalis
- Yellow-rumped ThornbillAcanthiza chrysorrhoa
- Singing HoneyeaterGavicalis virescens
- SilvereyeZosterops lateralis
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Rhipidura albiscapaRhipidura albiscapa
- Pied CurrawongStrepera graculina
- Australian PipitAnthus australis
- Black-faced CuckooshrikeCoracina novaehollandiae
- Tree MartinPetrochelidon nigricans
- Grey ShrikethrushColluricincla harmonica
- Flame RobinPetroica phoenicea
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Spotted PardalotePardalotus punctatus
- Dusky WoodswallowArtamus cyanopterus
- Fairy MartinPetrochelidon ariel
- Yellow-faced HoneyeaterCaligavis chrysops
- Little WattlebirdAnthochaera chrysoptera
- Australian Golden WhistlerPachycephala pectoralis
- Australasian PipitAnthus novaeseelandiae
- Striated PardalotePardalotus striatus
- Southern Emu-wrenStipiturus malachurus
- Singing BushlarkMirafra javanica
- Eastern SpinebillAcanthorhynchus tenuirostris
- Yellow ThornbillAcanthiza nana
- Grey CurrawongStrepera versicolor
- White-naped HoneyeaterMelithreptus lunatus
- Pink RobinPetroica rodinogaster
- MistletoebirdDicaeum hirundinaceum
- Rufous WhistlerPachycephala rufiventris
- WeebillSmicrornis brevirostris
- Australian RavenCorvus coronoides
- Brown SonglarkMegalurus cruralis
- Crested Shrike-titFalcunculus frontatus
- Olive-backed OrioleOriolus sagittatus
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Australian White-winged TrillerLalage tricolor
- Scarlet RobinPetroica boodang
- Rufous SonglarkMegalurus mathewsi
- Crescent HoneyeaterPhylidonyris pyrrhopterus
- Spangled DrongoDicrurus bracteatus
- Striated ThornbillAcanthiza lineata
- Restless FlycatcherMyiagra inquieta
- Scarlet MyzomelaMyzomela sanguinolenta
- White-browed WoodswallowArtamus superciliosus
- Satin FlycatcherMyiagra cyanoleuca
- Rufous FantailRhipidura rufifrons
- Artamus leucorhynchosArtamus leucorhynchos
- Eastern Yellow RobinEopsaltria australis
- Tawny-crowned HoneyeaterGliciphila melanops
- Masked WoodswallowArtamus personatus
- Brown-headed HoneyeaterMelithreptus brevirostris
- White-eared HoneyeaterNesoptilotis leucotis
- Rose RobinPetroica rosea
- Eastern Yellow WagtailMotacilla tschutschensis
- Pied ButcherbirdCracticus nigrogularis
- White-throated TreecreeperCormobates leucophaea
- Corcorax melanoramphosCorcorax melanoramphos
- Yellow-plumed HoneyeaterPtilotula ornata
- Leaden FlycatcherMyiagra rubecula
- Crimson ChatEpthianura tricolor
- Hooded RobinMelanodryas cucullata
- Grey-crowned BabblerPomatostomus temporalis
- Sunda Zebra FinchTaeniopygia guttata
- Rufous BristlebirdDasyornis broadbenti
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Other birds55 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eastern RosellaPlatycercus eximius
- Red-rumped ParrotPsephotus haematonotus
- Coconut LorikeetTrichoglossus haematodus
- Australasian SwamphenPorphyrio melanotus
- Crested PigeonOcyphaps lophotes
- Eastern Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
- CootFulica atra
- GalahEolophus roseicapilla
- Dusky MoorhenGallinula tenebrosa
- Blue-winged ParrotNeophema chrysostomaVU
- Sulphur-crested CockatooCacatua galerita
- Western SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Horsfield's Bronze CuckooChrysococcyx basalis
- Orange-bellied ParrotNeophema chrysogasterCR
- Yellow-tailed Black CockatooZanda funerea
- Crimson RosellaPlatycercus elegans
- Australian CrakePorzana fluminea
- Little CorellaCacatua sanguinea
- Stubble QuailCoturnix pectoralis
- Fan-tailed CuckooCacomantis flabelliformis
- Spotless CrakePorzana tabuensis
- Black-tailed NativehenGallinula ventralis
- Common BronzewingPhaps chalcoptera
- Long-billed CorellaCacatua tenuirostris
- Buff-banded RailGallirallus philippensis
- Tawny FrogmouthPodargus strigoides
- Musk LorikeetGlossopsitta concinna
- Shining cuckooChrysococcyx lucidus
- Brown QuailSynoicus ypsilophorus
- Pallid cuckooCuculus pallidus
- Lewin's RailLewinia pectoralis
- Purple-crowned LorikeetParvipsitta porphyrocephala
- Baillon's CrakePorzana pusilla
- KookaburraDacelo novaeguineae
- Swift ParrotLathamus discolorCR
- Sacred KingfisherTodiramphus sanctus
- Gang-gang CockatooCallocephalon fimbriatumVU
- Needle-tailed SwiftHirundapus caudacutus
- Pacific SwiftApus pacificus
- Scaly-breasted LorikeetTrichoglossus chlorolepidotus
- Yellow-tailed Black CockatooCalyptorhynchus funereus
- Brush BronzewingPhaps elegans
- Pacific KoelEudynamys orientalis
- Little LorikeetParvipsitta pusilla
- Red-backed KingfisherTodiramphus pyrrhopygius
- Common KoelEudynamys scolopaceus
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
- Rainbow Bee-eaterMerops ornatus
- Purple-crowned LorikeetGlossopsitta porphyrocephala
- Painted ButtonquailTurnix varius
- Swamp ParakeetPezoporus wallicus
- Little LorikeetGlossopsitta pusilla
- EmuDromaius novaehollandiae
- Diamond DoveGeopelia cuneata
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 September and from December to February.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan26°/14°40 mm
- Feb25°/14°42 mm
- Mar24°/13°36 mm
- Apr20°/11°50 mm
- May16°/8°47 mm
- Jun13°/7°56 mm
- Jul13°/6°54 mm
- Aug13°/6°59 mm
- Sep16°/7°53 mm
- Oct19°/8°52 mm
- Nov22°/11°62 mm
- Dec24°/12°46 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Lake Connewarre.
Lake in Victoria, Australia
Lake Connewarre is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Australia.
298 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 293,676 open records.
The most recorded are the Australian Magpie, the Superb Fairy-wren and the Welcome Swallow.
58 species come for the summer, 47 for the winter and 3 only pass through.
13 are threatened worldwide, including Blue-winged Parrot, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper and Orange-bellied Parrot.
The most species are recorded in September and from December to February.
Get there and watch
- Moolap Caravan Parkcampsite · 6.5 km · 14 within 10 km
- Barwon Heads Resortplace to stay · 5.0 km · 46 within 10 km
- Leopoldnearest town · 5.1 km in a straight line
- Melbourne Avalon International Airport (AVV)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 22 km in a straight lineCar hire at AVV airport (Geelong/Melbourne)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
- 3viewpoints within 5 km
- 3car parks within 3 km
- 14campsites within 10 kmMoolap Caravan Park, Ocean Grove, Barwon Heads Caravan Park and 11 more
- 46places to stay within 10 kmBarwon Heads Resort, Seahaven Village, Ocean Grove Holiday Park and 43 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 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 Lake Connewarre.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas21 mountains within 25 kmMarcus Hill · 14 kmBarrabool Hills · 18 kmPearce Hill · 20 kmObservatory Point · 22 kmTimms Tunnel · 22 kmLondon Bridge · 24 kmSouth Red Bluff · 24 kmSteeles Rock · 24 km
Coastya2 beaches within 10 kmThirteenth Beach · 5.9 kmBancoora Beach · 7.4 km
Lakeyas3 lakes within 15 kmLake Connewarre8.1 km² · 2.0 kmReedy Lake0.3 km² · 3.2 kmLake Victoria0.2 km² · 14 km
Riveryasthe river nearbyBarwon River160 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
Lake Connewarre
Australia
- 89Birdyas Score
- 298Species
- 108Migrants
- 13Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q6475452) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 293,676 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, Coastya, Lakeyas, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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