White-bellied Sea-Eagle from Cooktown QLD, Australia on November 4, 2024 at 08:28 AM by Jeff Giddins

Cooktown is at the junction of three distinct ecoregions, the Wet Tropics rainforest, Cape York Peninsula, and the Einsleigh uplands. The bird species thus include a mix from these three regions, with several endemics.

Jan 1, 2025 · Explore a complete list of bird species observations in this region.

Explore a complete list of bird species observations in this region.

Cape Tribulation is one of the best spots to obverse the iconic southern cassowary as well as the leaden flycatcher, yellow-breasted boatbill, pied monarch, wompoo fruit dove, shining flycatcher, azure kingfisher, Pacific heron, white-bellied sea-eagle and little shrike thrush.

The national park offers opportunities for watching seabirds. Many species can be seen around the shores, including the eastern reef egret, eastern osprey, white-bellied sea-eagle, Australian pied oystercatcher , beach stone-curlew, silver gull, caspian tern, bridled tern, sooty tern, crested tern, lesser crested tern and common noddy.

Native wildlife of Cooktown 100K map tile. Total number of species: 2158. Download this information in .CSV format

Jan 19, 2024 · Around the beaches, look for large ocean birds such as white-bellied sea-eagles and ospreys soaring high above the ocean's surface. Along the walking tracks on Lizard Island land birds such as pheasant coucals, yellow-bellied sunbirds and, in summer, pied imperial-pigeons, can be seen.

Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2013) Birds of Cooktown 100K map tile, Wetland Info website, accessed 30 January 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/wildlife/?AreaID=tile-100k-cooktown&Kingdom=animals&Class=birds.

White-bellied Sea-Eagle bird photographs and text. Courtesy of Chambers Wildlife Rainforest Lodge, Atherton Tableland, North Queensland, Australia