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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.

  1. Banks Street Reserve🔥139 species · 142 sightings · seen 8 days ago
  2. Sandy Camp Road Wetlands Reserve🔥128 species · 446 sightings · seen 7 days ago
  3. Townsville Town Common Conservation Park🔥79 species · 84 sightings · seen 7 days ago
  4. Bowra Wildlife Sanctuary🔥56 species · 185 sightings · seen 8 days ago
  5. Oxley Creek Common🔥56 species · 139 sightings · seen 7 days ago
  6. Wynnum Mangrove Boardwalk🔥53 species · 134 sightings · seen 7 days ago
  7. Tinchi Tamba Wetlands Reserve🔥51 species · 56 sightings · seen 22 days ago
  8. Kholo Botanic Gardens36 species · 49 sightings · seen 39 days ago
  9. O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat🔥35 species · 108 sightings · seen 12 days ago
  10. Kedron Brook Wetlands Reserve🔥32 species · 33 sightings · seen 2 days ago

Every birding spot in Queensland

260 spots · 39 active

260 locations

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Birds you can see in Queensland

The species listed at the most QLD birding locations. Open one to see where to find it.

Birdwatching near a city in Queensland

Track the birds you see in Queensland

Wingmate records your sightings, builds your Australian life list and shows you which species you are still missing at each QLD location.

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