Survey Point | Cockatoo Lagoon Keep River NP NT |
Latitude | -15.9702778 (15° 58′ 13″ S) |
Longitude | 129.0400000 (129° 2′ 24″ E) |
Signposted from the Victoria Hwy about 3km east of the NT/WA border, the site is about 3km from the Victoria Hwy at the visitor centre for Keep River NP. One can walk along the west edge of the lagoon a short way. The lagoon often dries up during the course of the dry season, and becomes an important waterhole as the land dries up.
No camping is allowed here
Surveys done 8
Blogs see main page archives:
SA coast, Stuart Hwy, Central Australia, East Kimberley, Darwin region, Kakadu NP, Barkly Hwy, inland NE Qld 2017
Melbourne to Timber Creek NT via Sturt NP, Ranken Rd, Barkly Stock Route, Buchanan Hwy 2020Keep River NP Kakadu NP Darwin region 2021
Keep River Np Kakadu NP Darwin region 2021
Western Australia 2021
Shark Bay, Mt Augustus, Gibb River Rd, Purnululu(Bungles),Stuart Hwy, Eyre Hwy 2023
- Magpie Goose Anseranas semipalmata 5 (62.50%)
- Plumed Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna eytoni 5 (62.50%)
- Wandering Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna arcuata 4 (50.00%) (B)
- Radjah Shelduck Radjah radjah 2 (25.00%)
- Hardhead Aythya australis 2 (25.00%)
- Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa 2 (25.00%)
- Grey Teal Anas gracilis 1 (12.50%)
- Green Pygmy-goose Nettapus pulchellus 3 (37.50%)
- Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae 1 (12.50%)
- Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes 2 (25.00%)
- Peaceful Dove Geopelia placida 6 (75.00%)
- Bar-shouldered Dove Geopelia humeralis 5 (62.50%)
- Pheasant Coucal Centropus phasianinus 3 (37.50%)
- Eastern Koel Eudynamys orientalis 2 (25.00%)
- Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus 1 (12.50%)
- Australian Bustard Ardeotis australis 1 (12.50%)
- Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio 2 (25.00%)
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra 1 (12.50%)
- Brolga Antigone rubicunda 3 (37.50%)
- Bush Stone-curlew Burhinus grallarius 2 (25.00%)
- Black-fronted Dotterel Elseyornis melanops 3 (37.50%)
- Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles 1 (12.50%)
- Comb-crested Jacana Irediparra gallinacea 2 (25.00%)
- Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus 2 (25.00%)
- Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus 1 (12.50%)
- Nankeen Night-Heron Nycticorax caledonicus 3 (37.50%)
- White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica 1 (12.50%)
- Great Egret Ardea alba 2 (25.00%)
- Intermediate Egret Ardea intermedia 4 (50.00%)
- White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae 3 (37.50%)
- Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis 4 (50.00%)
- Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos 2 (25.00%)
- Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris 3 (37.50%)
- Australasian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae 1 (12.50%)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax 1 (12.50%)
- Grey Goshawk Accipiter novaehollandiae 1 (12.50%)
- Brown Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus 2 (25.00%)
- Collared Sparrowhawk Accipiter cirrocephalus 1 (12.50%)
- Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus 6 (75.00%) (B)
- Black Kite Milvus migrans 3 (37.50%)
- Southern Boobook Ninox boobook 3 (37.50%)
- Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus 5 (62.50%)
- Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis 3 (37.50%)
- Azure Kingfisher Ceyx azureus 1 (12.50%)
- Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus 2 (25.00%)
- Blue-winged Kookaburra Dacelo leachii 4 (50.00%)
- Australian Hobby Falco longipennis 2 (25.00%)
- Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus 5 (62.50%)
- Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus banksii 2 (25.00%)
- Galah Eolophus roseicapilla 3 (37.50%)
- Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea 7 (87.50%)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita 1 (12.50%)
- Red-collared Lorikeet Trichoglossus rubritorquis 5 (62.50%)
- Great Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus nuchalis 4 (50.00%)
- Red-backed Fairy-wren Malurus melanocephalus 1 (12.50%)
- Silver-crowned Friarbird Philemon argenticeps 1 (12.50%)
- Little Friarbird Philemon citreogularis 3 (37.50%)
- Banded Honeyeater Cissomela pectoralis 1 (12.50%)
- Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta 6 (75.00%)
- Blue-faced Honeyeater Entomyzon cyanotis 2 (25.00%)
- White-throated Honeyeater Melithreptus albogularis 4 (50.00%)
- Rufous-throated Honeyeater Conopophila rufogularis 3 (37.50%)
- White-gaped Honeyeater Stomiopera unicolor 2 (25.00%)
- Yellow-tinted Honeyeater Ptilotula flavescens 1 (12.50%)
- White-throated Gerygone Gerygone olivacea 1 (12.50%)
- Grey-crowned Babbler Pomatostomus temporalis 2 (25.00%)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae 3 (37.50%)
- White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike Coracina papuensis 1 (12.50%)
- Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris 1 (12.50%)
- Olive-backed Oriole Oriolus sagittatus 1 (12.50%)
- Pied Butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis 2 (25.00%)
- White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus 1 (12.50%)
- Northern Fantail Rhipidura rufiventris 1 (12.50%)
- Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys 4 (50.00%)
- Torresian Crow Corvus orru 7 (87.50%)
- Restless Flycatcher Myiagra inquieta 4 (50.00%)
- Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca 7 (87.50%)
- Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum 2 (25.00%)
- Crimson Finch Neochmia phaeton 1 (12.50%)
- Star Finch Neochmia ruficauda 1 (12.50%)
- Masked Finch Poephila personata 1 (12.50%)
- Long-tailed Finch Poephila acuticauda 2 (25.00%)
- Double-barred Finch Taeniopygia bichenovii 4 (50.00%)
- Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis 1 (12.50%)
- Fairy Martin Petrochelidon ariel 1 (12.50%)