Burkes Lagoon Kowanyama Rd Qld

The lagoon is on the south side of the road about 5km NW 0f the Dunbar-Koolatah Rd junction, when it has water it is excellent birding.

Camp rating 5 there is no established campsite here with little scope to get off the road, one can’t drive to the lake’s edge.

Surveys done 1

Blogs:

Mitchell River surveys lower Cape York 2017

• Magpie Goose
  Anseranas semipalmata
  1 (100.00%)
• Plumed Whistling-Duck
  Dendrocygna eytoni
  1 (100.00%)
• Wandering Whistling-Duck
  Dendrocygna arcuata
  1 (100.00%)
• Radjah Shelduck
  Radjah radjah
  1 (100.00%)
• Hardhead
  Aythya australis
  1 (100.00%)
• Pacific Black Duck
  Anas superciliosa
  1 (100.00%)
• Green Pygmy-goose
  Nettapus pulchellus
  1 (100.00%)
• Australasian Grebe
  Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
  1 (100.00%)
• Crested Pigeon
  Ocyphaps lophotes
  1 (100.00%)
• Diamond Dove
  Geopelia cuneata
  1 (100.00%)
• Peaceful Dove
  Geopelia placida
  1 (100.00%)
• Bar-shouldered Dove
  Geopelia humeralis
  1 (100.00%)
• Sarus Crane
  Antigone antigone
  1 (100.00%)
• Brolga
  Antigone rubicunda
  1 (100.00%)
• Black-fronted Dotterel
  Elseyornis melanops
  1 (100.00%)
• Masked Lapwing
  Vanellus miles
  1 (100.00%)
• Comb-crested Jacana
  Irediparra gallinacea
  1 (100.00%)
• Black-necked Stork
  Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
  1 (100.00%)
• Australian Pelican
  Pelecanus conspicillatus
  1 (100.00%)
• Cattle Egret
  Bubulcus ibis
  1 (100.00%)
• White-necked Heron
  Ardea pacifica
  1 (100.00%)
• Great Egret
  Ardea alba
  1 (100.00%)
• Intermediate Egret
  Ardea intermedia
  1 (100.00%)
• Pied Heron
  Egretta picata
  1 (100.00%)
• White-faced Heron
  Egretta novaehollandiae
  1 (100.00%)
• Straw-necked Ibis
  Threskiornis spinicollis
  1 (100.00%)
• Glossy Ibis
  Plegadis falcinellus
  1 (100.00%)
• Little Pied Cormorant
  Microcarbo melanoleucos
  1 (100.00%)
• Australasian Darter
  Anhinga novaehollandiae
  1 (100.00%)
• Wedge-tailed Eagle
  Aquila audax
  1 (100.00%)
• Brown Goshawk
  Accipiter fasciatus
  1 (100.00%)
• White-bellied Sea-Eagle
  Haliaeetus leucogaster
  1 (100.00%)
• Whistling Kite
  Haliastur sphenurus
  1 (100.00%)
• Black Kite
  Milvus migrans
  1 (100.00%)
• Rainbow Bee-eater
  Merops ornatus
  1 (100.00%)
• Forest Kingfisher
  Todiramphus macleayii
  1 (100.00%)
• Sacred Kingfisher
  Todiramphus sanctus
  1 (100.00%)
• Red-backed Kingfisher
  Todiramphus pyrrhopygius
  1 (100.00%)
• Blue-winged Kookaburra
  Dacelo leachii
  1 (100.00%)
• Brown Falcon
  Falco berigora
  1 (100.00%)
• Galah
  Eolophus roseicapilla
  1 (100.00%)
• Great Bowerbird
  Ptilonorhynchus nuchalis
  1 (100.00%)
• Red-backed Fairy-wren
  Malurus melanocephalus
  1 (100.00%)
• Little Friarbird
  Philemon citreogularis
  1 (100.00%)
• Blue-faced Honeyeater
  Entomyzon cyanotis
  1 (100.00%)
• Rufous-throated Honeyeater
  Conopophila rufogularis
  1 (100.00%)
• White-gaped Honeyeater
  Stomiopera unicolor
  1 (100.00%)
• Weebill
  Smicrornis brevirostris
  1 (100.00%)
• White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike
  Coracina papuensis
  1 (100.00%)
• White-winged Triller
  Lalage tricolor
  1 (100.00%)
• Rufous Whistler
  Pachycephala rufiventris
  1 (100.00%)
• Pied Butcherbird
  Cracticus nigrogularis
  1 (100.00%)
• Willie Wagtail
  Rhipidura leucophrys
  1 (100.00%)
• Grey Fantail
  Rhipidura fuliginosa
  1 (100.00%)
• Torresian Crow
  Corvus orru
  1 (100.00%)
• Restless Flycatcher
  Myiagra inquieta
  1 (100.00%)
• Magpie-lark
  Grallina cyanoleuca
  1 (100.00%)
• Apostlebird
  Struthidea cinerea
  1 (100.00%)
• Black-throated Finch
  Poephila cincta
  1 (100.00%)
• Double-barred Finch
  Taeniopygia bichenovii
  1 (100.00%)