HOT SPOTS IN THE REGION For more information visit THE GOONDIWINDI REGION www.grc.qld.gov.au lies in the heart of the Brigalow Belt, on the FOR border between Queensland and New South Wales. It’s a place where the tropical north meets birdwatching WATCHING the temperate south and the wetter conditions of • Goondiwindi Botanic Gardens the east blend with the arid west. Where streams • Goondiwindi Town Common IN THE GOONDIWINDI REGION merge into rivers before breaking out into a lazy inland delta of billabongs, anabranches and flood • Goondiwindi River Walk runners. It’s an area diverse in habitat and home • Goondiwindi Natural Heritage GOONDIWINDI REGIONAL VISITOR to a rich array of , with over 200 species and Waterpark INFORMATION CENTRE identified. • Lake Coolmunda P: (07) 4671 7474 For information about specific locations and to • Lake Coolmunda – Boat Ramp area E: [email protected] learn about what other bird watchers have sighted in our region, we recommend you visit the eBird • Lake Coolmunda Caravan Park 100 MARSHALL STREET, GOONDIWINDI website https://ebird.org/australia/home or download the app for eBird . • Mosquito Creek Road CARAVAN PARKING AVAILABLE ON BOWEN STREET, GOONDIWINDI • Macintyre Brook – Cement Mills The locations highlighted in this brochure cover • Cement Mills Road between OPEN: 7 DAYS a range of habitat types from remnant woodlands Cunningham Hwy and Cement Mills to riverine areas, open grasslands and natural lagoons. So take your time, stay awhile and INGLEWOOD VISITOR discover the scenic spots and abundant bird life SEE MAPS INSIDE BROCHURE FOR INFORMATION CENTRE on offer in the Goondiwindi region. MORE DETAILS.... P: (07) 4652 0270 E: [email protected] ALBERT STREET, INGLEWOOD OPEN: MONDAY - FRIDAY

goondiwindi THANKYOU: TO BIRDS QUEENSLAND GOONDIWINDI FOR ITS ASSISTANCE IN PREPARING THIS BROCHURE AND PROVIDING THE PHOTOS resng place of bird BIRD LIST BIRD LIST

❑❑Emu ❑❑Nankeen Night Heron ❑❑Dusky Moorhen ❑❑ Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo ❑❑ ❑❑ Black-Chinned ❑❑ White-Browed Woodswallow ❑❑Plum-Headed Finch ❑ ❑Stubble Quailcommon❑❑Australasian Bitternname ❑❑Black-Tailed Native-Hen ❑❑Cockatiel ❑ ❑Rainbow Bee-eatercommon❑❑Brown Honeyeater name ❑❑ Black-Faced Woodswallow ❑❑Diamond Firetail ❑❑Brown Quail ❑❑Glossy Ibis ❑❑Eurasion Coot ❑❑Rainbow Lorikeet ❑❑Dollarbird ❑❑Painted Honeyeater ❑❑Dusky Woodswallow ❑❑ Chestnut-Breasted Mannikin ❑❑Magpie Goose ❑❑Australian White Ibis ❑❑Australian Bustard ❑❑Scaly-Breaster Lorikeet ❑❑Brown Treecreeper ❑❑Eastern Spinebill ❑❑ ❑❑Mistletoebird ❑❑Plumed Whistling-Duck ❑❑Straw-Necked Ibis ❑❑Little Button-quail ❑❑Little Lorikeet ❑❑Superb Fairy-Wren ❑❑Jacky Winter ❑❑ ❑❑ White-Backed Swallow ❑❑Blue-Billed Duck ❑❑Royal Spoonbill ❑❑Latham’s Snipe ❑❑Australian King-Parrot ❑❑Variegated Fairy-Wren ❑❑Red-Capped Robin ❑❑ ❑❑Welcome Swallow ❑❑Musk Duck ❑❑Yellow-Billed Spoonbill ❑❑Common Greenshank ❑❑Red-Wigned Parrot ❑❑ White-winged Fairy-Wren ❑❑Rose Robin ❑❑Pied Currawong ❑❑Tree Martin ❑❑Freckled Duck ❑❑Black-Necked Stork ❑❑Comb-crested Jacana ❑❑Eastern Rosella ❑❑Spotted Pardalote ❑❑Hooded Robin ❑❑ ❑❑Fairy Martin

❑❑Black Swan ❑❑Pacific Baza ❑❑Black-Winged Stilt ❑❑Pale-Headed Rosella ❑❑Striated Pardalote ❑❑Eastern Yellow Robin ❑❑Torresian Crow ❑❑ Australian Reed-Warbler ❑❑Australian Wood Duck ❑❑Black-Shouldered Kite ❑❑Black-Fronted Dotterel ❑❑Australian Ringneck ❑❑Weebill ❑❑Grey-Crowned Babbler ❑❑White-winged Chough ❑❑Rufous Songlark ❑❑Pacific Duck ❑❑Square -Tailed Kite ❑❑Red-Kneed Dotterel ❑❑Blue Bonnet ❑❑Western Gerygone ❑❑White-Browed Babbler ❑❑ ❑❑Brown Songlark

❑❑Australasian Shoveler ❑❑Black Kite ❑❑Masked Lapwing ❑❑Red-rumped Parrot ❑❑ White-Throated Gerygone ❑❑Crested Shrike-Tit ❑❑Spotted ❑❑ Golden-Headed Cisticola ❑❑Grey Teal ❑❑ ❑❑Australian Pratincole ❑❑Budgerigar ❑❑Inland Thornbill ❑❑Crested Bellbird ❑❑Horsefield’s Bushlark ❑❑

❑❑Chestnut Teal ❑❑White-Bellied Sea- Eagle ❑❑Silver Gull ❑❑Pallid Cuckoo ❑❑ Chestnut-Rumped Thornbill ❑❑Golden Whistler ❑❑ ❑❑Common Blackbird ❑❑Pink-Eared Duck ❑❑Spotted Harrier ❑❑Gull-Billed Tern ❑❑Fan-Tailed Cuckoo ❑❑Buff-Rumped Thornbill ❑❑Rufous Whistler ❑❑House Sparrow ❑❑Common Starling ❑❑Hardhead ❑❑ ❑❑Caspian Tern ❑❑Horsfields Bronze-Cuckoo ❑❑Yellow-Rumped Thornbill ❑❑Grey Shrike-Thrush ❑❑Zebra Finch ❑❑Common Myna ❑❑Australasian Grebe ❑❑Brown Goshawk ❑❑Whiskered Tern ❑❑Common Koel ❑❑Yellow Thornbill ❑❑Leaden Flycatcher ❑❑Double-Barred Finch ❑❑Australasian Darter ❑❑Grey Goshawk ❑❑Rock Dove ❑❑Channel-Billed Cuckoo ❑❑Southern Whiteface ❑❑Restless Flycatcher

❑❑Little Pied Cormorant ❑❑ ❑❑Spotted Turtle-Dove ❑❑Pheasant Coucal ❑❑ Spiny-Cheeked Honeyeater ❑❑Magpie-Lark ❑❑Pied Cormorant ❑❑Wedge-Tailed Eagle ❑❑Common Bronzewing ❑❑Barking Owl ❑❑Striped Honeyeater ❑❑Grey Fantail ❑❑Little Black Cormorant ❑❑Little Eagle ❑❑Crested Pigeon ❑❑Southern Boobook ❑❑Noisy Friarbird ❑❑Willie Wagtail

❑❑Great Cormorant ❑❑Brown Falcon ❑❑Diamond Dove ❑❑Barn Owl ❑❑Little Friarbird ❑❑ Black-Faced Cuckoo-Shrike

❑❑Australian Pelican ❑❑Australian ❑❑Peaceful Dove ❑❑Tawny Frogmouth ❑❑ Blue-Faced Honeyeater ❑❑ White-Bellied Cuckoo-Shrike ❑❑White-Faced Heron ❑❑ ❑❑Bar-Shouldered Dove ❑❑Australian Owlet-Nightjar ❑❑Noisy Miner ❑❑Ground Cuckoo-Shrike ❑❑Little Egret ❑❑Peregrine Falcon ❑❑ Red-Tailed Black-Cockatoo ❑❑White-Throated Needletail ❑❑Yellow-Throated Miner ❑❑White-Winged Triller ❑❑White -Necked Heron ❑❑Nankeen Kestrel ❑❑Glossy Black-Cockatoo ❑❑Pacific ❑❑ Yellow-Faced Honeyeater ❑❑Olive-Backed Oriole

❑❑Great Egret ❑❑Brolga ❑❑ Yellow-Tailed Black-Cockatoo ❑❑Azure Kingfisher ❑❑Singing Honeyeater ❑❑Figbird

❑❑Intermediate Egret ❑❑Baillon’s Crake ❑❑Galah ❑❑Laughing Kookaburra ❑❑ White-Eared Honeyeater ❑❑ White-Breasted Woodswallow ❑❑Cattle Egret ❑❑Australasian ❑❑Little Corella ❑❑Red-Backed Kingfisher ❑❑ White-Plumed Honeyeater ❑❑Masked Woodswallow BIRD WATCHING SITES IN BIRD WATCHING SITES IN goondiwindi inglewood

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Lake CoolmundaLake Coolmunda River WRiveralk Walk NaturalNatural Heritage Heritage & Water& Wa Parkter Park INTERESTING BIRDS TO KEEP COMMON BIRDS TO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR IN THE AN EYE OUT FOR IN THE goondiwindi region goondiwindi region • Woodswallows • Pacific Black Duck • Eastern Yellow Robin • Red-winged Parrot white - breasted woodswallows red - capped robin • Blue Bonnet • Grey-crowned Babbler • Plum-headed Finch • Apostlebird • Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater • Black-shouldered Kite • White-winged Fairywren • Wedge-tailed Eagle • Pheasant Coucal • Masked Lapwing • Diamond Dove white - winged fairy wren apostlebird • Great/Intermediate/Little Egrets • White-necked Heron • Sacred Kingfisher • Black Swan • Galah • Sulphur-crested Cockatoo • Blue-faced Honeyeater plum - headed finch blue bonnet red - winged parrot

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PHOTOGRAPHERS: Paul Turner, Vince Bugeja, Micha V Jackson, Jon Norling, Mel Stewart, Ross Monks, Ian & Jill Brown.