Where to Watch Birds

Policeman's Point

Policeman's Point is only four kilometres from the Timber Creek township and has a little picnic location high up overlooking the Victoria River. The river's edge is particularly rich in birdlife with gems such as Purple-crowned Fairywren and many finch species including Gouldian Finch.

As with any waterway in the Top End, keep clear, there are crocodiles!

Species seen here recently

Birds ( 60 )

Crested Pigeon

Ocyphaps lophotes

Diamond Dove

Geopelia cuneata

Peaceful Dove

Geopelia striata

Bar-shouldered Dove

Geopelia humeralis

Australasian Darter

Anhinga novaehollandiae

Little Pied Cormorant

Microcarbo melanoleucos

Pied Cormorant

Phalacrocorax varius

Australian Pelican

Pelecanus conspicillatus

Black-necked Stork

Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus

Eastern Great Egret

Ardea modesta

Intermediate Egret

Ardea intermedia

White-faced Heron

Egretta novaehollandiae

Whistling Kite

Haliastur sphenurus

Black Kite

Milvus migrans

Brolga

Grus rubicunda

Australian Bustard

Ardeotis australis

White-winged Black Tern

Chlidonias leucopterus

Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo

Calyptorhynchus banksii

Galah

Eolophus roseicapillus

Little Corella

Cacatua sanguinea

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

Cacatua galerita

Varied Lorikeet

Psitteuteles versicolor

Red-winged Parrot

Aprosmictus erythropterus

Pheasant Coucal

Centropus phasianinus

Blue-winged Kookaburra

Dacelo leachii

Rainbow Bee-eater

Merops ornatus

Great Bowerbird

Ptilonorhynchus nuchalis

Purple-crowned Fairy-wren

Malurus coronatus

Red-backed Fairy-wren

Malurus melanocephalus

Weebill

Smicrornis brevirostris

White-throated Gerygone

Gerygone albogularis

White-gaped Honeyeater

Lichenostomus unicolor

Yellow-tinted Honeyeater

Lichenostomus flavescens

Rufous-banded Honeyeater

Conopophila albogularis

Rufous-throated Honeyeater

Conopophila rufogularis

Dusky Honeyeater

Myzomela obscura

Banded Honeyeater

Cissomela pectoralis

Brown Honeyeater

Lichmera indistincta

Blue-faced Honeyeater

Entomyzon cyanotis

Silver-crowned Friarbird

Philemon argenticeps

Little Friarbird

Philemon citreogularis

Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike

Coracina novaehollandiae

White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike

Coracina papuensis

White-winged Triller

Lalage sueurii

Rufous Whistler

Pachycephala rufiventris

Black-faced Woodswallow

Artamus cinereus

Pied Butcherbird

Cracticus nigrogularis

Willie Wagtail

Rhipidura leucophrys

Torresian Crow

Corvus orru

Paperbark Flycatcher

Myiagra nana

Buff-sided Robin

Poecilodryas cerviniventris

Golden-headed Cisticola

Cisticola exilis

Fairy Martin

Petrochelidon ariel

Tree Martin

Petrochelidon nigricans

Double-barred Finch

Taeniopygia bichenovii

Long-tailed Finch

Poephila acuticauda

Masked Finch

Poephila personata

Crimson Finch

Neochmia phaeton

Gouldian Finch

Erythrura gouldiae

Chestnut-breasted Mannikin

Lonchura castaneothorax