Fitzroy River WA

Survey Point Fitzroy River WA
Latitude-18.2111100 (18° 12′ 40″ S)
Longitude125.5794400 (125° 34′ 46″ E)

The site is about 2km east of Fitzroy Crossing at the bridge, the west bank is the best habitat with some rank grasses near the bridge hosting a good sized flock of Star Finch sometimes. There is access to the river which always has water in it with waterbirds using the pools.

No camping allowed here, the Fitzroy River Lodge which can be incorporated into the site has a campground, but it’s expensive and we don’t recommend staying in the town.

Surveys done 10

Blogs:

Tanami Rd, Kimberley region 2018

Fitzroy Crossing along WA coast and hinterland to Perth 2018

SW WA and Great Northern Hwy to Broome 2019

Western Australia 2021

  • Radjah Shelduck Radjah radjah 2 (20.00%)
  • Hardhead Aythya australis 1 (10.00%)
  • Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa 5 (50.00%)
  • Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata 2 (20.00%)
  • Peaceful Dove Geopelia placida 10 (100.00%)
  • Bar-shouldered Dove Geopelia humeralis 6 (60.00%)
  • Pallid Cuckoo Heteroscenes pallidus 1 (10.00%)
  • Brolga Antigone rubicunda 1 (10.00%)
  • Black-winged Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus 7 (70.00%)
  • Black-fronted Dotterel Elseyornis melanops 8 (80.00%)
  • Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles 4 (40.00%)
  • Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 1 (10.00%)
  • Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia 3 (30.00%)
  • Australian Pratincole Stiltia isabella 1 (10.00%)
  • Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida 1 (10.00%)
  • Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus 3 (30.00%)
  • Great Egret Ardea alba 2 (20.00%)
  • Intermediate Egret Ardea intermedia 1 (10.00%)
  • Little Egret Egretta garzetta 2 (20.00%)
  • Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis 7 (70.00%)
  • Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 2 (20.00%)
  • Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos 4 (40.00%)
  • Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris 3 (30.00%)
  • Australasian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae 3 (30.00%)
  • Black-breasted Buzzard Hamirostra melanosternon 1 (10.00%)
  • Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax 1 (10.00%)
  • White-bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster 1 (10.00%)
  • Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus 9 (90.00%)
  • Black Kite Milvus migrans 9 (90.00%)
  • Barking Owl Ninox connivens 1 (10.00%)
  • Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus 9 (90.00%)
  • Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis 2 (20.00%)
  • Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus 4 (40.00%)
  • Blue-winged Kookaburra Dacelo leachii 2 (20.00%)
  • Brown Falcon Falco berigora 1 (10.00%)
  • Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus 4 (40.00%)
  • Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus banksii 4 (40.00%)
  • Galah Eolophus roseicapilla 3 (30.00%)
  • Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea 8 (80.00%)
  • Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita 3 (30.00%)
  • Red-winged Parrot Aprosmictus erythropterus 5 (50.00%)
  • Red-collared Lorikeet Trichoglossus rubritorquis 3 (30.00%)
  • Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus 2 (20.00%)
  • Great Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus nuchalis 4 (40.00%)
  • Variegated Fairy-wren Malurus lamberti 3 (30.00%)
  • Red-backed Fairy-wren Malurus melanocephalus 3 (30.00%)
  • Little Friarbird Philemon citreogularis 9 (90.00%)
  • Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta 6 (60.00%)
  • Black-chinned Honeyeater Melithreptus gularis 3 (30.00%)
  • White-throated Honeyeater Melithreptus albogularis 1 (10.00%)
  • Rufous-throated Honeyeater Conopophila rufogularis 5 (50.00%)
  • White-gaped Honeyeater Stomiopera unicolor 5 (50.00%)
  • Yellow-tinted Honeyeater Ptilotula flavescens 8 (80.00%)
  • White-plumed Honeyeater Ptilotula penicillata 1 (10.00%)
  • Red-browed Pardalote Pardalotus rubricatus 2 (20.00%)
  • Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus 4 (40.00%) (B)
  • Weebill Smicrornis brevirostris 1 (10.00%)
  • Grey-crowned Babbler Pomatostomus temporalis 5 (50.00%)
  • Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae 4 (40.00%)
  • White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike Coracina papuensis 3 (30.00%)
  • White-winged Triller Lalage tricolor 5 (50.00%)
  • Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris 5 (50.00%)
  • Olive-backed Oriole Oriolus sagittatus 1 (10.00%)
  • Masked Woodswallow Artamus personatus 1 (10.00%)
  • Black-faced Woodswallow Artamus cinereus 4 (40.00%)
  • Little Woodswallow Artamus minor 1 (10.00%)
  • White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus 1 (10.00%)
  • Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys 5 (50.00%)
  • Torresian Crow Corvus orru 6 (60.00%)
  • Restless Flycatcher Myiagra inquieta 8 (80.00%)
  • Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca 9 (90.00%)
  • Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum 1 (10.00%)
  • Crimson Finch Neochmia phaeton 1 (10.00%)
  • Star Finch Neochmia ruficauda 5 (50.00%)
  • Double-barred Finch Taeniopygia bichenovii 5 (50.00%)
  • Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis 1 (10.00%)
  • Fairy Martin Petrochelidon ariel 6 (60.00%) (B)
Star Finch