Australia Ramsar wetland
Ninety Mile Beach Marine National Park
176 bird species recorded; the most in January.
Sgroey · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
141 species in January.84 species in February.91 species in March.92 species in April.71 species in May.103 species in June.67 species in July.76 species in August.67 species in September.111 species in October.121 species in November.88 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.
VU
VU
NT
VU
VU
NTVU
- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
176 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).
- 176Speciesrecorded more than once
- 59Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 5ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 5,500Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 13Raptors
- 3Owls
- 22Waders
- 21Gulls & seabirds
- 11Ducks & geese
- 19Herons, ibises & grebes
- 55Songbirds
- 32Other 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 176 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors13 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Whistling KiteHaliastur sphenurus
- Swamp HarrierCircus approximans
- White-bellied Sea-EagleHaliaeetus leucogaster
- Nankeen KestrelFalco cenchroides
- Black-shouldered KiteElanus axillaris
- Brown FalconFalco berigora
- Wedge-tailed EagleAquila audax
- Australian hobbyFalco longipennis
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Collared SparrowhawkAccipiter cirrocephalus
- Brown GoshawkAccipiter fasciatus
- Little EagleHieraaetus morphnoides
- Spotted HarrierCircus assimilis
Owls3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Southern BoobookNinox boobook
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Eastern Barn OwlTyto javanica
Waders22 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Masked LapwingVanellus miles
- Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollisNT
- Pied StiltHimantopus leucocephalus
- Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataVU
- Red-capped PloverCharadrius ruficapillus
- Banded StiltCladorhynchus leucocephalus
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Pied OystercatcherHaematopus longirostris
- Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Great KnotCalidris tenuirostris
- Australian Red-necked AvocetRecurvirostra novaehollandiae
- Japanese SnipeGallinago hardwickiiNT
- Gray-tailed TattlerTringa brevipes
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Hooded DotterelThinornis cucullatusNT
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Double-banded PloverCharadrius bicinctusNT
- Far Eastern CurlewNumenius madagascariensis
Gulls & seabirds21 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Silver GullChroicocephalus novaehollandiae
- Pacific GullLarus pacificus
- Great Crested-TernThalasseus bergii
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Australasian GannetMorus serrator
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Fairy TernSternula nereisVU
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Puffinus tenuirostrisPuffinus tenuirostris
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Fluttering ShearwaterPuffinus gavia
- Blue PenguinEudyptula minor
- Sooty shearwaterPuffinus griseus
- Australian TernGelochelidon macrotarsa
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Southern Black-backed GullLarus dominicanus
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
- White-fronted TernSterna striataNT
- Wedge-tailed ShearwaterPuffinus pacificus
Ducks & geese11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black swanCygnus atratus
- Grey TealAnas gracilis
- Australian ShelduckTadorna tadornoides
- Chestnut TealAnas castanea
- Pacific Black DuckAnas superciliosa
- Maned DuckChenonetta jubata
- Australasian ShovelerSpatula rhynchotis
- HardheadAythya australis
- Musk DuckBiziura lobata
- Pink-eared DuckMalacorhynchus membranaceus
- Blue-billed DuckOxyura australis
Herons, ibises & grebes19 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White-faced HeronEgretta novaehollandiae
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Australian PelicanPelecanus conspicillatus
- Straw-necked IbisThreskiornis spinicollis
- Little Pied CormorantMicrocarbo melanoleucos
- Little Black CormorantPhalacrocorax sulcirostris
- Australian White IbisThreskiornis molucca
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Royal SpoonbillPlatalea regia
- Yellow-billed SpoonbillPlatalea flavipes
- Pied CormorantPhalacrocorax varius
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Hoary-headed GrebePoliocephalus poliocephalus
- White-necked HeronArdea pacifica
- Egretta intermediaEgretta intermedia
- Ardea modestaArdea modesta
- Australasian DarterAnhinga novaehollandiae
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Black-faced CormorantPhalacrocorax fuscescens
Songbirds55 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Australian MagpieGymnorhina tibicen
- Welcome SwallowHirundo neoxena
- Superb Fairy-wrenMalurus cyaneus
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Red WattlebirdAnthochaera carunculata
- Magpie larkGrallina cyanoleuca
- Little WattlebirdAnthochaera chrysoptera
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Willie-wagtailRhipidura leucophrys
- Little RavenCorvus mellori
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Rhipidura albiscapaRhipidura albiscapa
- Grey ButcherbirdCracticus torquatus
- Brown ThornbillAcanthiza pusilla
- SilvereyeZosterops lateralis
- Striated FieldwrenCalamanthus fuliginosus
- White-fronted ChatEpthianura albifrons
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Grey ShrikethrushColluricincla harmonica
- Noisy MinerManorina melanocephala
- White-browed ScrubwrenSericornis frontalis
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Grey CurrawongStrepera versicolor
- Golden-headed CisticolaCisticola exilis
- New Holland HoneyeaterPhylidonyris novaehollandiae
- Black-faced CuckooshrikeCoracina novaehollandiae
- Yellow-rumped ThornbillAcanthiza chrysorrhoa
- Rufous WhistlerPachycephala rufiventris
- Australasian PipitAnthus novaeseelandiae
- Eastern WhipbirdPsophodes olivaceus
- Eastern SpinebillAcanthorhynchus tenuirostris
- Eastern Yellow RobinEopsaltria australis
- Red-browed FiretailNeochmia temporalis
- Pied CurrawongStrepera graculina
- Flame RobinPetroica phoenicea
- Little GrassbirdMegalurus gramineus
- Australian RavenCorvus coronoides
- Australian PipitAnthus australis
- Tree MartinPetrochelidon nigricans
- White-eared HoneyeaterNesoptilotis leucotis
- Forest RavenCorvus tasmanicus
- Eastern Yellow WagtailMotacilla tschutschensis
- Dusky WoodswallowArtamus cyanopterus
- Striated PardalotePardalotus striatus
- Crescent HoneyeaterPhylidonyris pyrrhopterus
- Fairy MartinPetrochelidon ariel
- Striated ThornbillAcanthiza lineata
- Australian Reed-WarblerAcrocephalus australis
- Scarlet RobinPetroica boodang
- Yellow-faced HoneyeaterCaligavis chrysops
- Satin FlycatcherMyiagra cyanoleuca
- Southern Emu-wrenStipiturus malachurus
- Australian Golden WhistlerPachycephala pectoralis
- Spotted PardalotePardalotus punctatus
Other birds32 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Crimson RosellaPlatycercus elegans
- GalahEolophus roseicapilla
- Eastern Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
- Coconut LorikeetTrichoglossus haematodus
- Eastern RosellaPlatycercus eximius
- CootFulica atra
- KookaburraDacelo novaeguineae
- Yellow-tailed Black CockatooZanda funerea
- Common BronzewingPhaps chalcoptera
- Sulphur-crested CockatooCacatua galerita
- Horsfield's Bronze CuckooChrysococcyx basalis
- Crested PigeonOcyphaps lophotes
- Pallid cuckooCuculus pallidus
- Yellow-tailed Black CockatooCalyptorhynchus funereus
- Fan-tailed CuckooCacomantis flabelliformis
- Blue-winged ParrotNeophema chrysostomaVU
- Little CorellaCacatua sanguinea
- Stubble QuailCoturnix pectoralis
- Buff-banded RailGallirallus philippensis
- Australian CrakePorzana fluminea
- Needle-tailed SwiftHirundapus caudacutus
- Brush BronzewingPhaps elegans
- Shining cuckooChrysococcyx lucidus
- Australasian SwamphenPorphyrio melanotus
- Western SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- Swift ParrotLathamus discolorCR
- EmuDromaius novaehollandiae
- Sacred KingfisherTodiramphus sanctus
- Pacific KoelEudynamys orientalis
- Dusky MoorhenGallinula tenebrosa
- 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 January.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan24°/15°48 mm
- Feb23°/15°56 mm
- Mar22°/14°54 mm
- Apr19°/12°67 mm
- May16°/10°60 mm
- Jun13°/9°77 mm
- Jul12°/8°70 mm
- Aug13°/8°76 mm
- Sep15°/9°65 mm
- Oct17°/10°68 mm
- Nov20°/12°74 mm
- Dec21°/13°62 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Ninety Mile Beach Marine National Park.
Protected area in Victoria, Australia
Ninety Mile Beach Marine National Park is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Australia.
176 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 5,500 open records.
The most recorded are the Silver Gull, the Australian Magpie and the Pacific Gull.
34 species come for the summer, 25 for the winter and 0 only pass through.
5 are threatened worldwide, including Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Curlew Sandpiper and Blue-winged Parrot.
The most species are recorded in January.
Get there and watch
- Former Seaspray Caravan Parkcampsite · 4.3 km · 6 within 10 km
- Mount Hotham Airport (MHU)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 153 km in a straight lineCar hire in PakenhamDiscover 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
- 6campsites within 10 kmFormer Seaspray Caravan Park, Seaspray Caravan Park, Mcgaurans Beach Dispersed camping and 3 more
- 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
- 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 Ninety Mile Beach Marine National Park.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas2 mountains within 25 kmHoddinott Hill · 10 kmBig Tower Hill · 24 km
Coastya1 beaches within 10 kmMcgauran Beach · 7.9 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.
Ninety Mile Beach Marine National Park
Australia
- 66Birdyas Score
- 176Species
- 59Migrants
- 5Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q7038572) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 5,500 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 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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