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BANQ has produced birding guides for a variety of locations in North Queensland, as shown in the list below. These brochures are the copyright of Birds Australia North Queensland, but subject to not infringing copyright (for financial gain, for example) we encourage you to download and print them for personal use.
The brochures are in Adobe Acrobat portable document format (pdf) and you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view them. This is pre-installed in most computers and can be downloaded from this location:
To download a brochure, right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh) on the brochure name in the first column and select appropriate instruction (Save Target As . . . or Download Linked File . . .). You can also open a brochure in your internet browser by double-clicking on its name but you may need to set the browser security options to allow this.
North Queensland Species List: Confirmed sightings in the BANQ area (North from Ayr to the Torres Strait, and West to the Queensland-Northern Territory border). » Download brochure (143KB)
Binoculars & Telescopes: A guide to aid in selecting and purchasing binoculars and telescopes for bird watching. » Download brochure (168KB)
Brochures for North Queensland districts & birding sites:
| Townsville and District | Covers the area from Giru north to Mt Spec: bird list. | » Download brochure (149KB) |
| Ingham and District | Covers an area within 50 Km of the township of Ingham: bird list. | » Download brochure (146KB) |
Cardwell and District |
Cardwell is a coastal township in the wet tropics near Hinchinbrook Island, 203km south of Cairns and 163km north of Townsville on the Bruce Highway: bird list. |
» Download brochure (145KB) |
Innisfail and District |
Innisfail is 93km south of Cairns; sugar-cane and fruit growing area with rich rainforest and coastal habitats: information and bird list. |
» Download brochure (151KB) |
Eubenangee Swamp |
Coastal freshwater wetland 62km south of Cairns & 9km from Miriwinni on the Bruce Highway: information and bird list. |
» Download brochure (146KB) |
| Birding around Cairns | Key birding sites in and around Cairns City: information and map. | » Download brochure (166KB) |
| Birds of Cairns Gardens | Beginners' guide to birds and birdscaping gardens, in the Cairns area. | » Download brochure (139KB) |
| Cairns Foreshore | List of bird species recorded on the Cairns Esplanade and foreshore and their status. | » Download brochure (144KB) |
| Cairns Foreshore Migrants | An overview of the Cairns foreshore as an important regional site for migrant waders and part of the East Asian - Australasian Flyway. | » Download brochure (169KB) |
| Redden Island | Redden Island, accessible by road, is part of the Cairns suburb of Machans Beach, just north of the Airport: map and bird list. | » Download brochure (156KB) |
| Lake Morris/Copperlode Dam | Lake Morris/Copperlode Dam is 22km southwest of Cairns: map and bird list. | » Download brochure (133KB) |
| Yorkeys Knob | Yorkeys Knob is 14km north-west of Cairns and contains a golf course and a lagoon: map and bird list. | » Download brochure (137KB) |
| Atherton Tableland | The Atherton Tableland is the area west of Cairns from the coastal range inland to Mareeba, Ravenshoe, Malanda and Herberton: bird list. | » Download brochure (150KB) |
| Hasties Swamp | Hasties Swamp is a wetland with bird hide, 3km south of Atherton township on the Atherton Tableland: map and birdlist. | » Download brochure (144KB) |
| Lake Eacham | 43 ha volcanic lake surrounded by rainforest, forming part of the Crater Lakes National Park on the Atherton Tableland: information and bird list. | » Download brochure (149KB) |
| Lake Barrine | Crater lake surrounded by rainforest 9km north east of Yungaburra on the Atherton Tableland: information and bird list. | » Download brochure (136KB) |
| Pelican Point | 20 ha of revegetated forest and grassland on the shores of Lake Tinaroo on the Atherton Tableland, 12 km northeast of Atherton township: information and bird list. | » Download brochure (137KB) |
| Atherton Township | On the Atherton Tableland 84km West of Cairns: information and bird list. | » Download brochure (144KB) |
| Weipa and District | Weipa, on the northwestern coast of Cape York, has access to a wide variety of good bird habitats: dunes, wetlands, mangroves and forests: bird list. | » Download brochure (138KB) |
| Bamaga and 'The Tip' | Coming soon. |
| Forty Mile Scrub | Vine Scrub - 'Dry Rainforest' - 60km west of Mount Garnet on the Kennedy Highway: information and bird list. | » Download brochure (137KB) |
| Mount Isa and District | Rugged hills covered in spinifex and open snappy gum woodlands; water holes and some wetlands: information and bird list. | » Download brochure (148KB) |
| Mount Surprise | On the edge of the Undara Lava Fields with varied habitat including eucalyptus, melaleuca, vine thickets, creeks and granite area with large boulders: information and bird list. | » Download brochure (148KB) |
