Mount Carbine Dam Qld

Survey Point	Mount Carbine Dam Qld
Latitude	-16.5313900 (16° 31′ 53″ S)
Longitude	145.1225000 (145° 7′ 21″ E)

About 1km east of the Mount Carbine Roadhouse on the Mulligan Hwy, when the tailings dam has enough water in it the wetland birding here is phenomenal, the surrounding bushland birding can be patchy. There are no entry signs here now

Camp rating 5 About 2km west along the Mulligan Hwy is the Mount Carbine Cemetery, it’s possible to camp opposite it, there is no established campsite here.

Surveys done 3

Blogs:

Melbourne to Cairns area via Newell Hwy, Carnarvon NP, Eungela NP. Return via Julia Creek, Quilpie, Lake Bindagolly. 2010

Birdsville track and Cape York trip 2015

Mitchell River surveys lower Cape York 2017

Hardhead

Aythya australis

2 (66.67%)
Pacific Black Duck

Anas superciliosa

1 (33.33%)
Green Pygmy-goose

Nettapus pulchellus

1 (33.33%)
Squatter Pigeon

Geophaps scripta

2 (66.67%)
Peaceful Dove

Geopelia placida

3 (100.00%)
Bar-shouldered Dove

Geopelia humeralis

2 (66.67%)
Horsfield’s Bronze-Cuckoo

Chalcites basalis

1 (33.33%)
Little Bronze-Cuckoo

Chalcites minutillus

1 (33.33%)
Fan-tailed Cuckoo

Cacomantis flabelliformis

1 (33.33%)
Australian Bustard

Ardeotis australis

2 (66.67%)
Brolga

Antigone rubicunda

1 (33.33%)
Bush Stone-curlew

Burhinus grallarius

1 (33.33%)
Black-winged Stilt

Himantopus leucocephalus

1 (33.33%)
Black-fronted Dotterel

Elseyornis melanops

2 (66.67%)
Masked Lapwing

Vanellus miles

3 (100.00%)
Comb-crested Jacana

Irediparra gallinacea

1 (33.33%)
Red-chested Button-quail

Turnix pyrrhothorax

1 (33.33%)
Australian Pelican

Pelecanus conspicillatus

1 (33.33%)
Nankeen Night-Heron

Nycticorax caledonicus

1 (33.33%)
Great Egret

Ardea alba

3 (100.00%)
Intermediate Egret

Ardea intermedia

2 (66.67%)
White-faced Heron

Egretta novaehollandiae

1 (33.33%)
Australian White Ibis

Threskiornis moluccus

2 (66.67%)
Straw-necked Ibis

Threskiornis spinicollis

1 (33.33%)
Royal Spoonbill

Platalea regia

1 (33.33%)
Glossy Ibis

Plegadis falcinellus

1 (33.33%)
Little Pied Cormorant

Microcarbo melanoleucos

3 (100.00%)
Little Black Cormorant

Phalacrocorax sulcirostris

3 (100.00%)
Australasian Darter

Anhinga novaehollandiae

3 (100.00%)
Wedge-tailed Eagle

Aquila audax

1 (33.33%)
Whistling Kite

Haliastur sphenurus

2 (66.67%)
Black Kite

Milvus migrans

3 (100.00%)
Rainbow Bee-eater

Merops ornatus

2 (66.67%)
Laughing Kookaburra

Dacelo novaeguineae

3 (100.00%)
Blue-winged Kookaburra

Dacelo leachii

1 (33.33%)
Australian Hobby

Falco longipennis

1 (33.33%)
Brown Falcon

Falco berigora

1 (33.33%)
Red-winged Parrot

Aprosmictus erythropterus

2 (66.67%)
Pale-headed Rosella

Platycercus adscitus

1 (33.33%)
Rainbow Lorikeet

Trichoglossus moluccanus

2 (66.67%)
Red-backed Fairy-wren

Malurus melanocephalus

1 (33.33%)
Scarlet Honeyeater

Myzomela sanguinolenta

1 (33.33%)
Helmeted Friarbird

Philemon buceroides

1 (33.33%)
Noisy Friarbird

Philemon corniculatus

1 (33.33%)
Little Friarbird

Philemon citreogularis

1 (33.33%)
Brown Honeyeater

Lichmera indistincta

1 (33.33%)
Blue-faced Honeyeater

Entomyzon cyanotis

2 (66.67%)
Yellow Honeyeater

Stomiopera flava

1 (33.33%)
Striated Pardalote

Pardalotus striatus

1 (33.33%)
Western Gerygone

Gerygone fusca

1 (33.33%)
Weebill

Smicrornis brevirostris

2 (66.67%)
Grey-crowned Babbler

Pomatostomus temporalis

1 (33.33%)
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike

Coracina novaehollandiae

1 (33.33%)
White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike

Coracina papuensis

1 (33.33%)
Pied Butcherbird

Cracticus nigrogularis

2 (66.67%)
Willie Wagtail

Rhipidura leucophrys

2 (66.67%)
Grey Fantail

Rhipidura fuliginosa

1 (33.33%)
Torresian Crow

Corvus orru

3 (100.00%)
Magpie-lark

Grallina cyanoleuca

2 (66.67%)
Apostlebird

Struthidea cinerea

1 (33.33%)
Double-barred Finch

Taeniopygia bichenovii

1 (33.33%)
Rufous Songlark

Cincloramphus mathewsi

1 (33.33%)
Australian Reed-Warbler

Acrocephalus australis

1 (33.33%)

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