Birdwatching Near Townsville
Where to go birdwatching near Townsville. Wingmate maps 11 birding locations within 75 km of the city centre, and lists the bird species recorded at each one.
The birds recorded at the most locations around Townsville are Brown-backed Honeyeater, Yellow Honeyeater, Little Kingfisher, White-browed Robin and Oriental Cuckoo.
The Town Common conservation park, the Ross River and the dry tropics woodland inland give Townsville a different species list from the Wet Tropics further north. The closest spot to the centre is Upper Mundy Creek Lagoon & Grasslands, about 3 km out. A flame marks any location with a sighting logged in the last 30 days.
Top 11 birding spots near Townsville
The locations within reach of Townsville where the Wingmate community has recorded the most species.
- Townsville Town Common Conservation Park🔥79 species · 84 sightings · seen 6 days ago
- Horseshoe Bay Lagoon Conservation Park🔥31 species · 33 sightings · seen 2 days ago
- Riverway Lagoons🔥8 species · 9 sightings · seen 10 days ago
- Riverside Gardens🔥8 species · seen 10 days ago
- Palmetum Botanic Garden🔥7 species · seen 10 days ago
- Cape Pallarenda Conservation Park🔥1 species · seen 10 days ago
- Fairfield Waters Wetland10 species listed
- Old Flinders Hwy Woodstock to Ross River Dam10 species listed
- Page Rd (Hervey Range)10 species listed
- Toomulla Beach10 species listed
- Upper Mundy Creek Lagoon & Grasslands10 species listed
Every birding spot near Townsville
11 spots · 6 active11 locations
- Upper Mundy Creek Lagoon & Grasslands10 species recorded
- Fairfield Waters Wetland10 species recorded
- 🔥Palmetum Botanic Garden7 species · seen 10 days ago
- 🔥Cape Pallarenda Conservation Park1 species · seen 10 days ago
- 🔥Riverside Gardens8 species · seen 10 days ago
- 🔥Townsville Town Common Conservation Park79 species · 84 sightings · seen 6 days ago
- 🔥Riverway Lagoons8 species · 9 sightings · seen 10 days ago
- 🔥Horseshoe Bay Lagoon Conservation Park31 species · 33 sightings · seen 2 days ago
- Old Flinders Hwy Woodstock to Ross River Dam10 species recorded
- Page Rd (Hervey Range)10 species recorded
- Toomulla Beach10 species recorded
Birds you can see around Townsville
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- Brown-backed Honeyeater
- Yellow Honeyeater
- Little Kingfisher
- White-browed Robin
- Oriental Cuckoo
- Cotton Pygmy-Goose
- Yellow-spotted Honeyeater
- White-browed Crake
- Black-throated Finch
- Helmeted Friarbird
- Scaly-breasted Munia
- Large-tailed Nightjar
- Rufous Owl
- Squatter Pigeon
- Sahul Sunbird
- Red-backed Buttonquail
- Ground Cuckooshrike
- Plum-headed Finch
- Comb-crested Jacana
- Black-faced Monarch
- Dusky Myzomela
- Noisy Pitta
- Australian Swiftlet
- Sahul Brush Cuckoo
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