Where to Watch Birds  

Burrunggui (Nourlangie)

The view of Burrunggui from Gunwarddewardde lookout © Ashley Maple

We often see and hear White-lined Honeyeaters on this section of the circuit walk at Burrunggui

 

A 1.5 km circuit walk takes you through an area that Aboriginal people used as a wet season shelter for countless generations. See one amazing art site after another, and watch out for the sandstone endemic species including White-lined Honeyeater, Sandstone Helmeted Friarbird and Black Wallaroo.

Take in the rugged beauty of the area from the Gunwarddewarde lookout, which is the best place to see Banded Fruit-Dove, Silver-crowned Friarbird and Northern Rosella in the savannah woodland below.

The Traditional Owners of this area successfully resisted the efforts of an international mining company to mine uranium right here!

Other good birding locations to visit in
Kakadu National Park are:- 

Watch out for Top End Firetail Skinks on the stone steps leading away from the Gunwarddewardde Lookout

Mamukala Wetlands

Ubirr 

 
 
 
 
The Kakadu Nature's Way 5 day, 4 day and 3 day tours visit this location as well as the Best of Top End Birding and Top End Birding Adventure (photography tour).
 

 

 

 

 

Species seen here recently

  

Birds ( 52 ) 

Orange-footed Scrubfowl
Megapodius reinwardt 

Emerald Dove
Chalcophaps indica 

Pacific Emerald Dove
Chalcophaps longirostris 

Partridge Pigeon
Geophaps smithii 

Peaceful Dove
Geopelia striata 

Bar-shouldered Dove
Geopelia humeralis 

Banded Fruit-Dove
Ptilinopus cinctus 

Little Pied Cormorant
Microcarbo melanoleucos 

Wedge-tailed Eagle
Aquila audax 

Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo
Calyptorhynchus banksii 

Little Corella
Cacatua sanguinea 

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Cacatua galerita 

Red-collared Lorikeet
Trichoglossus rubritorquis 

Red-winged Parrot
Aprosmictus erythropterus 

Northern Rosella
Platycercus venustus 

Pheasant Coucal
Centropus phasianinus 

Brush Cuckoo
Cacomantis variolosus 

Blue-winged Kookaburra
Dacelo leachii 

Forest Kingfisher
Todiramphus macleayii 

Sacred Kingfisher
Todiramphus sanctus 

Rainbow Bee-eater
Merops ornatus 

Dollarbird
Eurystomus orientalis 

Rainbow Pitta
Pitta iris 

Black-tailed Treecreeper
Climacteris melanura 

Great Bowerbird
Ptilonorhynchus nuchalis 

White-lined Honeyeater
Meliphaga albilineata 

White-gaped Honeyeater
Lichenostomus unicolor 

Dusky Honeyeater
Myzomela obscura 

Brown Honeyeater
Lichmera indistincta 

White-throated Honeyeater
Melithreptus albogularis 

Blue-faced Honeyeater
Entomyzon cyanotis 

Helmeted Friarbird
Philemon buceroides 

Silver-crowned Friarbird Philemon argenticeps 

Little Friarbird
Philemon citreogularis 

Grey-crowned Babbler
Pomatostomus temporalis 

White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike
Coracina papuensis 

Varied Triller
Lalage leucomela 

Rufous Whistler
Pachycephala rufiventris 

Sandstone Shrike-thrush
Colluricincla woodwardi 

Grey Shrike-thrush
Colluricincla harmonica 

Yellow Oriole
Oriolus flavocinctus 

Olive-backed Oriole
Oriolus sagittatus 

Little Woodswallow
Artamus minor 

Pied Butcherbird
Cracticus nigrogularis 

Spangled Drongo
Dicrurus bracteatus 

Arafura Fantail
Rhipidura dryas 

Northern Fantail
Rhipidura rufiventris 

Willie Wagtail
Rhipidura leucophrys 

Torresian Crow
Corvus orru 

Leaden Flycatcher
Myiagra rubecula 

Shining Flycatcher
Myiagra alecto 

Mistletoebird
Dicaeum hirundinaceum 

Mammals ( 2 ) 

Agile Wallaby
Macropus agilus 

Black Wallaroo
Macropus bernardus 

Reptiles ( 1 )

Frilled Lizard
Chlamydosaurus kingii