Yungaburra

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Overview

The small township of Yungaburra is located in the heart of the Southern Atherton Tablelands. The surrounding area offers much to interest visiting birders, most notably Lake Tinaroo, Platypus Creek and Curtain Fig Tree National Park. Lake Eacham, a part of the Crater Lakes National Park lies just 4 kms to the east.

Birds

Notable Species

The immediately surrounding area is rich in bird life, and good birds can often be had in the town itself. These include: Southern Cassowary, Australian Brush Turkey, Orange-footed Scrubfowl, Wompoo Fruit Dove, Pacific Black Duck, Black Kite, Whistling Kite, Spotted Harrier, Black-shouldered Kite, Pacific Baza, Grey Goshawk, Purple Swamphen, Nankeen Kestrel, Emerald Dove, Bar-shouldered Dove, Peaceful Dove, Brown Cuckoo Dove, Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Rainbow Lorikeet, Scaly-breasted Lorikeet, Double-eyed Fig Parrot, Australian King Parrot, Papuan Frogmouth, Large-tailed Nightjar, White-throated Needletail, Australian Swiftlet, Channel-billed Cuckoo, Sooty Owl, Laughing Kookaburra, Rainbow Bee-eater, White-throated Treecreeper, Red-backed Fairywren, Barred Cuckooshrike, Black-faced Cuckooshrike, Varied Triller, Cicadabird, Little Shrike Thrush, Bower's Shrike Thrush, Large-billed Scrubwren, Brown Gerygone, Pale Yellow Robin, Grey-headed Robin, Yellow-breasted Boatbill, Pied Monarch, Spectacled Monarch, Black-faced Monarch, Leaden Flycatcher, Willie Wagtail, Grey Fantail, Rufous Fantail, Chowchilla, Eastern Whipbird, Dusky Honeyeater, Macleay's Honeyeater, Lewin's Honeyeater, Scarlet Honeyeater, White-breasted Woodswallow, Pied Currawong, Spotted Catbird, Tooth-billed Bowerbird, Victoria's Riflebird, Spangled Drongo, Australian Pipit, Horsfield's Bush Lark, Golden-headed Cisticola, Red-browed Firetail, Olive-backed Sunbird, Mistletoebird, Welcome Swallow, and Silvereye.

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