Australia Ramsar wetland
Lower Ringarooma River
114 bird species recorded; the most in September.
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
64 species in January.34 species in February.72 species in March.19 species in April.41 species in May.74 species in June.13 species in July.61 species in August.93 species in September.78 species in October.31 species in November.78 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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NT
NT
VU
VU
VU
VU
VU
NT- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
114 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).
- 114Speciesrecorded more than once
- 46Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 5ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 4,049Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 5Raptors
- 13Waders
- 10Gulls & seabirds
- 11Ducks & geese
- 12Herons, ibises & grebes
- 45Songbirds
- 18Other 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 114 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Brown FalconFalco berigora
- Wedge-tailed EagleAquila audax
- Swamp HarrierCircus approximans
- White-bellied Sea-EagleHaliaeetus leucogaster
- Nankeen KestrelFalco cenchroides
Waders13 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Masked LapwingVanellus miles
- Pied OystercatcherHaematopus longirostris
- Hooded DotterelThinornis cucullatusNT
- Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollisNT
- Banded LapwingVanellus tricolor
- Red-capped PloverCharadrius ruficapillus
- Sooty OystercatcherHaematopus fuliginosus
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Japanese SnipeGallinago hardwickiiNT
- Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
- Gray-tailed TattlerTringa brevipes
Gulls & seabirds10 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Pacific GullLarus pacificus
- Silver GullChroicocephalus novaehollandiae
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Great Crested-TernThalasseus bergii
- Southern Black-backed GullLarus dominicanus
- Black-browed AlbatrossThalassarche melanophris
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Fairy TernSternula nereisVU
- Australasian GannetMorus serrator
- Fairy PrionPachyptila turtur
Ducks & geese11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Australian ShelduckTadorna tadornoides
- Black swanCygnus atratus
- Pacific Black DuckAnas superciliosa
- Chestnut TealAnas castanea
- Grey TealAnas gracilis
- Musk DuckBiziura lobata
- HardheadAythya australis
- Maned DuckChenonetta jubata
- Cape Barren GooseCereopsis novaehollandiae
- Australasian ShovelerSpatula rhynchotis
- Blue-billed DuckOxyura australis
Herons, ibises & grebes12 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little Pied CormorantMicrocarbo melanoleucos
- White-faced HeronEgretta novaehollandiae
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Hoary-headed GrebePoliocephalus poliocephalus
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Australian PelicanPelecanus conspicillatus
- Little Black CormorantPhalacrocorax sulcirostris
- Australasian BitternBotaurus poiciloptilusVU
- Yellow-billed SpoonbillPlatalea flavipes
- Australasian GrebeTachybaptus novaehollandiae
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Pied CormorantPhalacrocorax varius
Songbirds45 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Forest RavenCorvus tasmanicus
- Superb Fairy-wrenMalurus cyaneus
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Rhipidura albiscapaRhipidura albiscapa
- Welcome SwallowHirundo neoxena
- Brown ThornbillAcanthiza pusilla
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Grey ShrikethrushColluricincla harmonica
- Grey CurrawongStrepera versicolor
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- White-fronted ChatEpthianura albifrons
- SilvereyeZosterops lateralis
- Striated FieldwrenCalamanthus fuliginosus
- Crescent HoneyeaterPhylidonyris pyrrhopterus
- Grey ButcherbirdCracticus torquatus
- Yellow WattlebirdAnthochaera paradoxa
- Flame RobinPetroica phoenicea
- Australian PipitAnthus australis
- Australian Golden WhistlerPachycephala pectoralis
- Australian MagpieGymnorhina tibicen
- Yellow-rumped ThornbillAcanthiza chrysorrhoa
- Scarlet RobinPetroica boodang
- Tasmanian ScrubwrenSericornis humilis
- Black-faced CuckooshrikeCoracina novaehollandiae
- Dusky WoodswallowArtamus cyanopterus
- Eastern SpinebillAcanthorhynchus tenuirostris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- New Holland HoneyeaterPhylidonyris novaehollandiae
- Yellow-throated HoneyeaterNesoptilotis flavicollis
- Striated PardalotePardalotus striatus
- Tree MartinPetrochelidon nigricans
- Little WattlebirdAnthochaera chrysoptera
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Grey FantailRhipidura fuliginosa
- Black CurrawongStrepera fuliginosa
- Beautiful FiretailStagonopleura bella
- Little GrassbirdMegalurus gramineus
- Dusky RobinMelanodryas vittataVU
- Australasian PipitAnthus novaeseelandiae
- Scarlet RobinPetroica multicolor
- White-browed ScrubwrenSericornis frontalis
- Bassian ThrushZoothera lunulata
- Spotted PardalotePardalotus punctatus
- Satin FlycatcherMyiagra cyanoleuca
- Tawny-crowned HoneyeaterGliciphila melanops
Other birds18 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Green RosellaPlatycercus caledonicus
- KookaburraDacelo novaeguineae
- Yellow-tailed Black CockatooZanda funerea
- Gallinula mortieriiGallinula mortierii
- Fan-tailed CuckooCacomantis flabelliformis
- CootFulica atra
- Shining cuckooChrysococcyx lucidus
- Brown QuailSynoicus ypsilophorus
- Blue-winged ParrotNeophema chrysostomaVU
- Australasian SwamphenPorphyrio melanotus
- Sulphur-crested CockatooCacatua galerita
- Common BronzewingPhaps chalcoptera
- Horsfield's Bronze CuckooChrysococcyx basalis
- Pallid cuckooCuculus pallidus
- Western SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- Brush BronzewingPhaps elegans
- Needle-tailed SwiftHirundapus caudacutus
- Black-tailed NativehenGallinula ventralis
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.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan22°/14°52 mm
- Feb22°/14°47 mm
- Mar21°/13°66 mm
- Apr18°/11°58 mm
- May15°/9°61 mm
- Jun13°/7°75 mm
- Jul12°/6°68 mm
- Aug12°/6°84 mm
- Sep14°/7°66 mm
- Oct16°/8°58 mm
- Nov18°/10°66 mm
- Dec20°/12°59 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Lower Ringarooma River.
Wetland in Australia
Lower Ringarooma River is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Australia.
114 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 4,049 open records.
The most recorded are the Forest Raven, the Superb Fairy-wren and the Common Starling.
25 species come for the summer, 19 for the winter and 2 only pass through.
5 are threatened worldwide, including Blue-winged Parrot, Dusky Robin and Australasian Bittern.
The most species are recorded in September.
Get there and watch
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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.
In our other atlases
Around Lower Ringarooma River.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas30 mountains within 25 kmHibbertia Hill400 m · 8.1 kmMount Cameron551 m · 9.0 kmMartins Hill · 15 kmLittle Mount Horror · 16 kmToronna Hill · 19 kmWagners Hill · 20 kmYork Hill · 24 kmTrig Hill · 25 km
Coastya2 beaches within 10 kmBoobyalla Beach · 6.2 kmMurdochs Beach · 7.3 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 kmClarence Dam0.2 km² · 10 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
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- 46Migrants
- 5Threatened
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Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q14935627) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 4,049 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, Islandyas, Coastya, Lakeyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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