Where to Watch Birds

Adelaide River Bridge

The Adelaide River Bridge on Arnhem Highway is my most reliable spot to see Mangrove Golden Whistler. The river is wide at this point and tidal, so mangroves and mangrove specialists flourish along it's edge. This is the location for one of the famous Jumping Crocodile Cruises and there are lots of big crocodiles in the water here. Don't go close to the waters edge!

The native bamboo Bambusa arnhemica also grows thickly here. Buff-sided Robin has an association with this bamboo and I have seen and heard the Robin here occasionally.

Other good birding locations to visit in the outer Darwin area are:-

Howard Springs Nature Park

McMinn's Lagoon

Fogg Dam

Marrakai Track

Experience the Wild tours often visit this location on the way to Kakadu.

Species seen here recently

Birds ( 53 )

Magpie Goose
Anseranas semipalmata

Plumed Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna eytoni

Peaceful Dove
Geopelia striata

Bar-shouldered Dove
Geopelia humeralis

Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove
Ptilinopus regina

Pied Imperial-Pigeon
Ducula bicolor

Little Black Cormorant
Phalacrocorax sulcirostris

Intermediate Egret
Ardea intermedia

Striated Heron
Butorides striata

Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellus

Australian White Ibis
Threskiornis molucca

Straw-necked Ibis
Threskiornis spinicollis

White-bellied Sea-Eagle
Haliaeetus leucogaster

Whistling Kite
Haliastur sphenurus

Black Kite
Milvus migrans

Brown Goshawk
Accipiter fasciatus

Brolga
Grus rubicunda

Masked Lapwing
Vanellus miles

Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo
Calyptorhynchus banksii

Little Corella
Cacatua sanguinea

Red-collared Lorikeet
Trichoglossus rubritorquis

Little Bronze-Cuckoo
Chalcites minutillus

Brush Cuckoo
Cacomantis variolosus

Forest Kingfisher
Todiramphus macleayii

Rainbow Bee-eater
Merops ornatus

Rainbow Pitta
Pitta iris

Mangrove Gerygone
Gerygone levigaster

Green-backed Gerygone
Gerygone chloronota

White-gaped Honeyeater
Lichenostomus unicolor

Rufous-banded Honeyeater
Conopophila albogularis

Red-headed Honeyeater
Myzomela erythrocephala

Varied Triller
Lalage leucomela

Mangrove Golden Whistler
Pachycephala melanura

Little Shrike-thrush
Colluricincla megarhyncha

Australasian Figbird
Sphecotheres vieilloti

Yellow Oriole
Oriolus flavocinctus

Olive-backed Oriole
Oriolus sagittatus

Spangled Drongo
Dicrurus bracteatus

Arafura Fantail
Rhipidura dryas

Willie Wagtail
Rhipidura leucophrys

Torresian Crow
Corvus orru

Broad-billed Flycatcher
Myiagra ruficollis

Leaden Flycatcher
Myiagra rubecula

Shining Flycatcher
Myiagra alecto

Paperbark Flycatcher
Myiagra nana

Restless Flycatcher
Myiagra inquieta

Magpie-lark
Grallina cyanoleuca

Lemon-bellied Flycatcher
Microeca flavigaster

Buff-sided Robin
Poecilodryas cerviniventris

Zitting Cisticola
Cisticola juncidus

Golden-headed Cisticola
Cisticola exilis

Yellow White-eye
Zosterops luteus

Crimson Finch
Neochmia phaeton

Butterflies ( 3 )

Lemon Migrant
Catopsilia pomona

Common Crow
Euploea core

Lesser Wanderer
Danaus chrysippus