Australia Important Bird Area
Southern Yorke Peninsula Important Bird Area
49 bird species recorded; the most in October.
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
6 species in January.23 species in February.32 species in March.9 species in April.10 species in May.17 species in June.0 species in July.2 species in August.0 species in September.40 species in October.15 species in November.11 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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No records for this month.
No records for this month.
VUVU- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
49 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).
- 49Speciesrecorded more than once
- 18Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 1ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 455Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 3Raptors
- 2Gulls & seabirds
- 1Herons, ibises & grebes
- 30Songbirds
- 13Other 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 49 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors3 species
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- Nankeen KestrelFalco cenchroides
- Wedge-tailed EagleAquila audax
- Swamp HarrierCircus approximans
Gulls & seabirds2 species
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- Pacific GullLarus pacificus
- Silver GullChroicocephalus novaehollandiae
Herons, ibises & grebes1 species
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- Australian PelicanPelecanus conspicillatus
Songbirds30 species
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- Grey CurrawongStrepera versicolor
- Purple-gaped HoneyeaterLichenostomus cratitius
- Australian Golden WhistlerPachycephala pectoralis
- Inland ThornbillAcanthiza apicalis
- Purple-backed FairywrenMalurus assimilis
- Red WattlebirdAnthochaera carunculata
- Western Whipbird (Black-throated)Psophodes nigrogularis
- SilvereyeZosterops lateralis
- Grey ShrikethrushColluricincla harmonica
- White-browed ScrubwrenSericornis frontalis
- Rhipidura albiscapaRhipidura albiscapa
- Little RavenCorvus mellori
- Brown-headed HoneyeaterMelithreptus brevirostris
- Spotted PardalotePardalotus punctatus
- Australian MagpieGymnorhina tibicen
- New Holland HoneyeaterPhylidonyris novaehollandiae
- Scarlet RobinPetroica boodang
- Southern Scrub RobinDrymodes brunneopygia
- Grey ButcherbirdCracticus torquatus
- Welcome SwallowHirundo neoxena
- Striated PardalotePardalotus striatus
- Spiny-cheeked HoneyeaterAcanthagenys rufogularis
- Singing HoneyeaterGavicalis virescens
- WeebillSmicrornis brevirostris
- White-browed BabblerPomatostomus superciliosus
- Yellow-rumped ThornbillAcanthiza chrysorrhoa
- Willie-wagtailRhipidura leucophrys
- Black-faced CuckooshrikeCoracina novaehollandiae
- Australasian PipitAnthus novaeseelandiae
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
Other birds13 species
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- MalleefowlLeipoa ocellataVU
- EmuDromaius novaehollandiae
- GalahEolophus roseicapilla
- Brush BronzewingPhaps elegans
- Tawny FrogmouthPodargus strigoides
- Common BronzewingPhaps chalcoptera
- Mulga ParrotPsephotellus varius
- Painted ButtonquailTurnix varius
- Horsfield's Bronze CuckooChrysococcyx basalis
- Coconut LorikeetTrichoglossus haematodus
- Crested PigeonOcyphaps lophotes
- Fan-tailed CuckooCacomantis flabelliformis
- Australian Owlet-NightjarAegotheles cristatus
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 October.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan22°/18°13 mm
- Feb22°/18°15 mm
- Mar21°/18°20 mm
- Apr19°/17°29 mm
- May17°/15°45 mm
- Jun15°/14°61 mm
- Jul14°/13°56 mm
- Aug14°/12°50 mm
- Sep16°/13°40 mm
- Oct17°/14°21 mm
- Nov19°/15°20 mm
- Dec20°/17°18 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Southern Yorke Peninsula Important Bird Area.
Important Bird Area in South Australia
Southern Yorke Peninsula Important Bird Area is an Important Bird Area (BirdLife) in Australia.
49 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 455 open records.
The most recorded are the Grey Currawong, the Malleefowl and the Purple-gaped Honeyeater.
13 species come for the summer, 5 for the winter and 0 only pass through.
1 are threatened worldwide, including Malleefowl.
The most species are recorded in October.
Get there and watch
- Breeze Waycampsite · 11 km · 24 within 10 km
- Kingscote Airport (KGC)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 75 km in a straight lineCar hire at ADL airport (Adelaide)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
- 24campsites within 10 kmBreeze Way, Fallen Giant, Next Door and 21 more
- 1places to stay within 10 km
- 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
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Southern Yorke Peninsula Important Bird Area.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas10 mountains within 25 kmBlack Hill · 4.3 kmMeehan Hill · 14 kmPhillips Hill · 14 kmCutcutculier Hill · 14 kmFoul Hill · 16 kmCoonarie Hill · 16 kmBald Hill · 18 kmMount Pleasant · 21 km
Coastya2 beaches within 10 kmJolly Beach · 9.5 kmGym Beach · 9.7 km
Lakeyas2 lakes within 15 kmSnow Lake1.9 km² · 8.6 kmMarion Lake0.6 km² · 12 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
Southern Yorke Peninsula Important Bird Area
Australia
- 40Birdyas Score
- 49Species
- 18Migrants
- 1Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q7570638) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 455 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 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
The family
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