Australia Ramsar wetland
Moreton Bay
56 bird species recorded; the most in December.
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This month here
6 species in January.24 species in February.10 species in March.5 species in April.9 species in May.13 species in June.17 species in July.12 species in August.6 species in September.11 species in October.19 species in November.30 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.
- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
56 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).
- 56Speciesrecorded more than once
- 16Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 1ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 450Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 3Raptors
- 8Waders
- 16Gulls & seabirds
- 1Ducks & geese
- 9Herons, ibises & grebes
- 12Songbirds
- 7Other 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 56 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White-bellied Sea-EagleHaliaeetus leucogaster
- Brahminy KiteHaliastur indus
- Whistling KiteHaliastur sphenurus
Waders8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Sooty OystercatcherHaematopus fuliginosus
- Masked LapwingVanellus miles
- Pied OystercatcherHaematopus longirostris
- Far Eastern CurlewNumenius madagascariensis
- Pied StiltHimantopus leucocephalus
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollisNT
- Great KnotCalidris tenuirostris
Gulls & seabirds16 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great Crested-TernThalasseus bergii
- Australasian GannetMorus serrator
- Silver GullChroicocephalus novaehollandiae
- Brown BoobySula leucogaster
- Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Australian TernGelochelidon macrotarsa
- Fluttering ShearwaterPuffinus gavia
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Puffinus tenuirostrisPuffinus tenuirostris
- Puffinus huttoniPuffinus huttoni
- Lesser Crested TernThalasseus bengalensis
- Wedge-tailed ShearwaterPuffinus pacificus
- Wilson's Storm-PetrelOceanites oceanicus
Ducks & geese1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Pacific Black DuckAnas superciliosa
Herons, ibises & grebes9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Pied CormorantPhalacrocorax varius
- Australian PelicanPelecanus conspicillatus
- Little Pied CormorantMicrocarbo melanoleucos
- Australian White IbisThreskiornis molucca
- White-faced HeronEgretta novaehollandiae
- Little Black CormorantPhalacrocorax sulcirostris
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Australasian DarterAnhinga novaehollandiae
Songbirds12 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Welcome SwallowHirundo neoxena
- Mangrove HoneyeaterGavicalis fasciogularis
- Artamus leucorynArtamus leucoryn
- Satin BowerbirdPtilonorhynchus violaceus
- Torresian CrowCorvus orru
- Noisy MinerManorina melanocephala
- Artamus leucorhynchosArtamus leucorhynchos
- Mangrove GerygoneGerygone levigaster
- Magpie larkGrallina cyanoleuca
- Black-faced CuckooshrikeCoracina novaehollandiae
- Eastern Yellow RobinEopsaltria australis
- Green CatbirdAiluroedus crassirostris
Other birds7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- White-cheeked RosellaPlatycercus adscitus
- Paradise ParrotPsephotellus pulcherrimus
- Forest KingfisherTodiramphus macleayii
- Australian King ParrotAlisterus scapularis
- Crested PigeonOcyphaps lophotes
- White-headed PigeonColumba leucomela
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 December.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan29°/22°140 mm
- Feb28°/22°156 mm
- Mar27°/21°136 mm
- Apr25°/19°83 mm
- May23°/15°73 mm
- Jun20°/14°88 mm
- Jul20°/12°38 mm
- Aug21°/12°45 mm
- Sep24°/15°38 mm
- Oct26°/17°81 mm
- Nov27°/19°92 mm
- Dec28°/21°130 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Moreton Bay.
Bay in Queensland, Australia
Moreton Bay is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Australia.
56 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 450 open records.
The most recorded are the Great Crested-Tern, the Pied Cormorant and the Australasian Gannet.
9 species come for the summer, 4 for the winter and 3 only pass through.
1 are threatened worldwide, including Curlew Sandpiper.
The most species are recorded in December.
Get there and watch
- Woody Pointnearest town · 14 km in a straight line
- Brisbane International Airport (BNE)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 20 km in a straight lineCar hire at BNE airport (Brisbane)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.
In our other atlases
Around Moreton Bay.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas28 mountains within 25 kmOtter Rock · 14 kmWalkers Ridge · 18 kmStorm Mountain · 18 kmMount Tempest · 18 kmRound Hill · 18 kmRussells Top · 20 kmThird Ridge · 23 kmSecond Ridge · 24 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Other places nearby.
Moreton Bay
Australia
- 41Birdyas Score
- 56Species
- 16Migrants
- 1Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q1947589) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 450 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 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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