Best Birdwatching Spots in Queensland
Where to go birdwatching in Queensland. Wingmate maps 260 birdwatching locations across QLD and lists the bird species recorded at each one, with a map, directions and recent community sightings.
The birds recorded at the most locations in QLD are Pale-headed Rosella, Mangrove Honeyeater, Spotted Bowerbird, Plum-headed Finch and Brown-backed Honeyeater.
The Wet Tropics around Cairns and the Atherton Tableland, the Lamington rainforests and the wetlands of the southeast hold rainforest birds found nowhere else in Australia. Search the list below or use the map to find birding spots near you. A flame marks any location with a sighting logged in the last 30 days.
Top 10 birding spots in Queensland
The QLD locations where the Wingmate community has recorded the most species.
- Banks Street Reserve🔥139 species · 142 sightings · seen 8 days ago
- Sandy Camp Road Wetlands Reserve🔥128 species · 446 sightings · seen 7 days ago
- Townsville Town Common Conservation Park🔥79 species · 84 sightings · seen 7 days ago
- Bowra Wildlife Sanctuary🔥56 species · 185 sightings · seen 8 days ago
- Oxley Creek Common🔥56 species · 139 sightings · seen 7 days ago
- Wynnum Mangrove Boardwalk🔥53 species · 134 sightings · seen 7 days ago
- Tinchi Tamba Wetlands Reserve🔥51 species · 56 sightings · seen 22 days ago
- Kholo Botanic Gardens36 species · 49 sightings · seen 39 days ago
- O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat🔥35 species · 108 sightings · seen 12 days ago
- Kedron Brook Wetlands Reserve🔥32 species · 33 sightings · seen 2 days ago
Every birding spot in Queensland
260 spots · 39 active260 locations
- (Jim Weir Rd) Julatten10 species recorded
- Abattoir Swamp Julatten10 species recorded
- Aquatic Paradise Park West8 species recorded
- Arkarra Lagoons10 species recorded
- Atherton Holiday Park1 species · seen 87 days ago
- Baldy Top10 species recorded
- 🔥Banks Street Reserve139 species · 142 sightings · seen 8 days ago
- Barcaldine Botanical Walk9 species recorded
- Barramundi Fish Farms10 species recorded
- Beardmore Dam8 species recorded
- Bedourie10 species recorded
- 🔥Berrinba Wetlands13 species · 14 sightings · seen 7 days ago
- Big Mitchell Creek Reserve10 species recorded
- Bishops Marsh10 species recorded
- Bladensburg National Park10 species recorded
- 🔥Bowra Wildlife Sanctuary56 species · 185 sightings · seen 8 days ago
- Boynedale Bushcamp10 species recorded
- Bringalily State Forest10 species recorded
- Bromfield Swamp Viewing Platform10 species recorded
- Buckinbah Weir7 species recorded
- Bulgwoyn Park10 species recorded
- 🔥Bundaberg Botanic Gardens2 species · seen 7 days ago
- Bunya Crossing Reserve10 species recorded
- Bunya Mountains National Park8 species · seen 238 days ago
- Burke and Wills Dig Tree9 species recorded
- Burke River at Boulia10 species recorded
- Burtons Well Camping Area10 species recorded
- Cairns Cattana Wetlands20 species · 22 sightings · seen 35 days ago
- Cairns Esplanade11 species · 13 sightings · seen 96 days ago
- Cairns Pier3 species · seen 67 days ago
- 🔥Cape Pallarenda Conservation Park1 species · seen 11 days ago
- 🔥Cape Tribulation2 species · seen 14 days ago
- Castle Rock camping area10 species recorded
- Cathedral Fig Tree10 species recorded
- Chambers Wildlife Rainforest Lodges10 species recorded
- Chilli Beach10 species recorded
- Chilli Beach10 species recorded
- Chinaman Dam10 species recorded
- Claudie River Boat ramp8 species recorded
- Cobbold Gorge10 species recorded
- Colleges Crossing9 species · seen 64 days ago
- Cooks Hut Campground8 species recorded
- 🔥Cooktown Airport1 species · seen 4 days ago
- Coolmunda Dam Boat Ramp8 species recorded
- Coolum Parade Wetlands10 species recorded
- 🔥Coombabah Lakelands Conservation Area (Arundel section)7 species · seen 10 days ago
- Corfield8 species recorded
- Crater Lakes Rainforest Cottages9 species recorded
- Cunnamulla Conservation Bushlands10 species recorded
- Curtain Fig Tree1 species · seen 173 days ago
- Daintree Ferry9 species · seen 153 days ago
- Daintree River Cruise Centre22 species · 26 sightings · seen 62 days ago
- Decker Park7 species · seen 235 days ago
- Diamantina National Park10 species recorded
- Diggings Rd (Eungella NP)10 species recorded
- Dowse Lagoon Sandgate Reserve10 species recorded
- East Mary Road10 species recorded
- East Shores8 species recorded
- Edmund Kennedy (Girramay NP)10 species recorded
- Emerald Botanic Gardens1 species · seen 236 days ago
- 🔥Eromanga Natural History Museum1 species · seen 8 days ago
- Etty Bay Beach1 species · 2 sightings · seen 258 days ago
- Eubenangee Swamp National Park10 species recorded
- Eulo9 species recorded
- 🔥Eulo Bore1 species · seen 8 days ago
- Eungella Dam10 species recorded
- Eungella National Park-Broken River Section10 species recorded
- Evening Star Tourist Park10 species recorded
- Fairfield Waters Wetland10 species recorded
- Fearnley Bird Hide10 species recorded
- Finch Hatton Gorge10 species recorded
- Fogarty Park10 species recorded
- Girraween Environmental Lodge9 species recorded
- Girraween National Park13 species · 15 sightings · seen 85 days ago
- Godwin Beach10 species recorded
- 🔥Gold Coast Regional Botanic Gardens21 species · 24 sightings · seen 2 days ago
- Gold Creek Reservoir7 species · seen 77 days ago
- Goomboora Park10 species recorded
- Goondiwindi Botanic Gardens9 species recorded
- Grange Forest Park2 species · seen 88 days ago
- 🔥Green Mountain Campground2 species · seen 9 days ago
- 🔥Hamilton Island8 species · 11 sightings · seen 25 days ago
- Hardings Paddock10 species recorded
- Hartley's Crocodile Adventures1 species · seen 40 days ago
- 🔥Hasties Swamp Bird Hide13 species · 17 sightings · seen 7 days ago
- Hasties Swamp National Park3 species · seen 45 days ago
- Heritage Lodge In The Daintree6 species recorded
- Heritage Walk (Wongabel State Forest)10 species recorded
- Heron Island10 species recorded
- Highfields Falls10 species recorded
- Hinterland Regional Park1 species · seen 57 days ago
- Homestead & Campground Bowra Wildlife Sanctuary10 species recorded
- Honeyeater Crescent Park6 species recorded
- 🔥Horseshoe Bay Lagoon Conservation Park31 species · 33 sightings · seen 3 days ago
- 🔥Hughenden Recreational Lake2 species · seen 5 days ago
- Humbug Pt10 species recorded
- Idalia National Park10 species recorded
- Inskip Point10 species recorded
- Iron Range Ranger Station10 species recorded
- Jesse Wickman Park, Minden7 species recorded
- Jindalba Boardwalk7 species · seen 102 days ago
- Joseph Banks Conservation Park10 species recorded
- Jumrum Creek Conservation Park7 species recorded
- 🔥Kakadu Beach Bird Roost1 species · seen 4 days ago
- Kalpowar State Forest10 species recorded
- 🔥Karumba2 species · seen 4 days ago
- 🔥Kedron Brook Wetlands Reserve32 species · 33 sightings · seen 2 days ago
- Kerribee Park10 species recorded
- Kholo Botanic Gardens36 species · 49 sightings · seen 39 days ago
- Kianawah Road Wetland (Hemmant)10 species recorded
- Kilcowera Station10 species recorded
- Kilcowera Station10 species recorded
- King Island (Conservation Park)28 species · 47 sightings · seen 49 days ago
- Kingfisher Park Birdwatchers Lodge10 species recorded
- Kroombit Tops National Park10 species recorded
- Kutini-Payamu (Iron Range) NP10 species recorded
- Lady Elliot Island2 species · seen 218 days ago
- Lake Alford Park Gympie1 species · seen 143 days ago
- Lake Barrine10 species recorded
- Lake Bindegolly Day-Use Area10 species recorded
- Lake Bindegolly National Park10 species recorded
- 🔥Lake Broadwater Conservation Park3 species · seen 30 days ago
- Lake Cooby, Loveday Road10 species recorded
- Lake Coolmunda Caravan Park7 species recorded
- Lake Dunn6 species recorded
- Lake Eacham10 species recorded
- Lake Eacham8 species recorded
- Lake Eacham Tourist Park2 species · seen 228 days ago
- 🔥Lake Eden6 species · seen 25 days ago
- Lake Moondarra10 species recorded
- 🔥Lamington National Park6 species · seen 7 days ago
- Lammermoor Native Gardens10 species recorded
- Lark Quarry Conservation Park10 species recorded
- Lawnton Lakes9 species recorded
- Lockhart River Road at Airport Road10 species recorded
- Lockhart River Wastewater Treatment Plant10 species recorded
- Logan River Parklands10 species recorded
- Longreach9 species recorded
- Longreach Tourist Park6 species recorded
- Lower Mount Lewis Road10 species recorded
- Maaroom Boat Ramp10 species recorded
- Mackay Regional Botanic Gardens10 species recorded
- Main Range National Park10 species recorded
- Main Range National Park, Goomburra Section1 species · seen 32 days ago
- 🔥Malanda Falls Conservation Park3 species · seen 11 days ago
- Mamu Tropical Skywalk3 species · seen 247 days ago
- 🔥Mapleton Falls National Park6 species · seen 4 days ago
- Marina Plains Rd at Lilyvale Rd10 species recorded
- Maroochydore Rotary park9 species · 10 sightings · seen 42 days ago
- Memorial (Lake Mitchell)10 species recorded
- Millaa Millaa Falls7 species recorded
- Minnippi Parkland5 species · seen 132 days ago
- Mirage Country Club10 species recorded
- Mission Beach1 species · seen 53 days ago
- Moggill Conservation Park1 species · seen 69 days ago
- Mon Repos Walking Track1 species · seen 268 days ago
- Mooloolah River National Park19 species · 21 sightings · seen 187 days ago
- Moreton Telegraph Station10 species recorded
- Morgan Park Resources Reserve6 species recorded
- Mossman Gorge5 species · seen 96 days ago
- Mossman Gorge Cultural Centre9 species recorded
- Mount Barney National Park10 species recorded
- Mount Glorious Community Hall7 species · 8 sightings · seen 203 days ago
- Mount Hypipamee National Park1 species · 2 sightings · seen 269 days ago
- Mount Hypipamee NP Picnic Area10 species recorded
- Mount Kooyong Rd (Julatten)10 species recorded
- Mount Molloy10 species recorded
- Mount Molloy State School10 species recorded
- Mt Lewis9 species recorded
- Mt Lewis Road Rainforest Clearing8 species recorded
- Musgrave Roadhouse10 species recorded
- Myall Park Botanic Gardens10 species recorded
- Myrtletown Reserve10 species recorded
- Neil Turner Weir7 species recorded
- Nerang National Park1 species · seen 256 days ago
- New Farm Park1 species · seen 218 days ago
- Newell Beach10 species recorded
- Nifold Plains (Rinyirru Lakefield NP)10 species recorded
- Nindooinbah Dam10 species recorded
- 🔥Noosa Spit Recreation Reserve1 species · seen 24 days ago
- Nudgee Waterhole Reserve23 species · seen 118 days ago
- 🔥O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat35 species · 108 sightings · seen 12 days ago
- Old Flinders Hwy Woodstock to Ross River Dam10 species recorded
- Osprey House Environmental Centre4 species · 5 sightings · seen 153 days ago
- 🔥Oxley Creek Common56 species · 139 sightings · seen 7 days ago
- Page Rd (Hervey Range)10 species recorded
- Palm Cove Jetty10 species recorded
- 🔥Palmetum Botanic Garden7 species · seen 11 days ago
- Pentland10 species recorded
- Point Danger7 species recorded
- Point Lookout George Walk4 species · seen 210 days ago
- 🔥Pooh Corner Bushland Reserve1 species · seen 7 days ago
- Port Of Brisbane Park10 species recorded
- Port of Brisbane Shorebird Roost8 species · seen 224 days ago
- Portland Roads Road at -12,73434 143,284717 species recorded
- Portland Roads Road at -12,73914 143,284966 species recorded
- Pullenvale Forest Park10 species recorded
- 🔥Queen Mary Falls1 species · seen 7 days ago
- Queens park warwick6 species recorded
- Rainforest Campgrounds at -1271275 143288855 species recorded
- Rainforest Camping Area (Iron Ranges NP)6 species recorded
- Ravensbourne National Park10 species recorded
- Redwood Park6 species · seen 154 days ago
- Reg Tanna Park7 species recorded
- Ric Nattrass Environmental Park7 species recorded
- 🔥Riverside Gardens8 species · seen 11 days ago
- Riverview Nature Reserve9 species recorded
- 🔥Riverway Lagoons8 species · 9 sightings · seen 11 days ago
- Rocks Riverside Park7 species recorded
- 🔥Roma Bush Gardens1 species · seen 21 days ago
- Samford Eco Corridor10 species recorded
- 🔥Sandy Camp Road Wetlands Reserve128 species · 446 sightings · seen 7 days ago
- Schuster Park4 species · seen 248 days ago
- Seven Mile Lagoon10 species recorded
- Sheep Station Creek Conservation Park10 species recorded
- Shelley Road Park10 species recorded
- Sherwood Arboretum16 species · seen 97 days ago
- Sir Charles Kingsford Smith Memorial10 species recorded
- Skull Hole10 species recorded
- St. Lawrence Wetlands Lookout/Bird Hide10 species recorded
- Stewart Creek Road10 species recorded
- Sundown National Park9 species recorded
- Table Top Bushland Reserve4 species · seen 231 days ago
- Talaroo Hot Springs10 species recorded
- Tamborine Mountain Sports Centre10 species recorded
- Taunton National Park10 species recorded
- Taylors Beach10 species recorded
- Thala Beach Nature Reserve10 species recorded
- The University of Queensland Gatton Campus10 species recorded
- Theresa Creek Dam10 species recorded
- Tinaburra Drive Boat Ramp10 species recorded
- 🔥Tinchi Tamba Wetlands Reserve51 species · 56 sightings · seen 22 days ago
- Toomulla Beach10 species recorded
- 🔥Townsville Town Common Conservation Park79 species · 84 sightings · seen 7 days ago
- Trail (Yandina Creek Wetland)2 species · seen 42 days ago
- 🔥Tree Top Walk9 species · seen 7 days ago
- Tregole National Park9 species recorded
- Twin View Turf8 species recorded
- TYTO Wetlands9 species recorded
- TYTO Wetlands10 species recorded
- Undara Experience10 species recorded
- Upper Mundy Creek Lagoon & Grasslands10 species recorded
- Wader Roost10 species recorded
- Warrego Riverside Tourist Park10 species recorded
- Welford National Park10 species recorded
- Wellington Point Recreation Reserve11 species · 13 sightings · seen 69 days ago
- West Claudie River (Iron Range NP)7 species recorded
- West Mary Road10 species recorded
- Whites Hill Reserve11 species · 14 sightings · seen 84 days ago
- Williams Park10 species recorded
- Wondecla State Forest10 species recorded
- 🔥World War II Airfield free camping & rest area1 species · seen 16 days ago
- Wugudaji-Adels Grove9 species recorded
- Wunjunga Wetlands1 species · seen 192 days ago
- 🔥Wynnum Mangrove Boardwalk53 species · 134 sightings · seen 7 days ago
- Yelarbon Lagoon6 species recorded
- Yelarbon State Forest9 species recorded
- Yeppen Lagoon10 species recorded
- Yeronga Memorial Park7 species recorded
- Yungaburra and Surrounds10 species recorded
Birds you can see in Queensland
The species listed at the most QLD birding locations. Open one to see where to find it.
- Pale-headed Rosella
- Mangrove Honeyeater
- Spotted Bowerbird
- Plum-headed Finch
- Brown-backed Honeyeater
- Variegated Fairywren
- Pale-vented Bush-hen
- Atherton Scrubwren
- Australian Swiftlet
- Yellow Honeyeater
- Cotton Pygmy-Goose
- Bower's Shrikethrush
- Russet-tailed Thrush
- Torresian Kingfisher
- Pied Monarch
- Tooth-billed Bowerbird
- Fairy Gerygone
- Striped Honeyeater
- Regent Bowerbird
- Bridled Honeyeater
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet
- Sahul Sunbird
- Hall's Babbler
- Comb-crested Jacana
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