Southeast Queensland Birding

Green Mountains - Lamington National Park

The Green Mountains Section of Lamington is home to O'reillys Guest House as well as an amazing National Parks campground. The birding in this area is amongst the best in the world.

Getting there

Easily accessible by car. No public transport but tour buses travel there regularly.

GPS Coordinates: 28°13.818′S, 153°8.124′E

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Wildlife

Butterflies	3 species
Macleay's Swallowtail (Graphium macleayanus)	1
Large Citrus Butterfly, Orchard Butterfly, Orchard Swallowtail (Papilio aegeus)	1
Blue Triangle (Graphium sarpedon)	1
Mammals	2 species
Red-necked Pademelon (Thylogale thetis)	7
Whiptail Wallaby (Macropus parryi)	5	1 also dead on roadside
Land Birds	43 species
Yellow-throated Scrubwren (Sericornis citreogularis)	43
White-browed Scrubwren (Sericornis frontalis)	23
Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans)	23
Eastern Yellow Robin (Eopsaltria australis)	17
Satin Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus)	14	about 50% males; Male attending an active bower in the picnic ground.
Regent Bowerbird (Sericulus chrysocephalus)	12	including 6 breeding plumage males
Australian Logrunner (Orthonyx temminckii)	9	all male-female pairs
Australian Brushturkey (Alectura lathami)	9
Eastern Whipbird (Psophodes olivaceus)	9
Lewin's Honeyeater (Meliphaga lewinii)	8
Pied Currawong (Strepera graculina)	8
Brown Gerygone (Gerygone mouki)	8
Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena)	5
Grey Shrikethrush (Colluricincla harmonica)	4
Rose Robin (Petroica rosea)	4
Torresian Crow (Corvus orru)	3
Australian King Parrot (Alisterus scapularis)	3
Eastern Spinebill (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris)	3	Observed, among others, a pair bark-foraging like sitella.
Large-billed Scrubwren (Sericornis magnirostra)	3
Marbled Frogmouth (Podargus ocellatus)	3
Superb Fairywren (Malurus cyaneus)	2
Wonga Pigeon (Leucosarcia melanoleuca)	2
Grey Fantail (Rhipidura albiscapa)	2
Willie Wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys)	2
Topknot Pigeon (Lopholaimus antarcticus)	2
Paradise Riflebird (Ptiloris paradiseus)	2	heard only
Green Catbird (Ailuroedus crassirostris)	2
Australian Golden Whistler (Pachycephala pectoralis)	2
Albert's Lyrebird (Menura alberti)	1
Shining Bronze Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx lucidus)	1
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita)	1
Fan-tailed Cuckoo (Cacomantis flabelliformis)	1
Rufous Fantail (Rhipidura rufifrons)	1
Brown Thornbill (Acanthiza pusilla)	1
Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)	1
Varied Triller (Lalage leucomela)	1	heard
Slender-billed Cuckoo-Dove (Macropygia amboinensis)	1
Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis)	1
Russet-tailed Thrush (Zoothera heinei)	1
White-throated Treecreeper (Cormobates leucophaea)	1
Red-browed Finch (Neochmia temporalis)	1
Bassian Thrush (Zoothera lunulata)	1
Noisy Pitta (Pitta versicolor)	1
Damselflies	1 species
Whitewater Rockmaster (Diphlebia lestoides)	1
Terrestrial Reptiles	4 species
Eastern Water-skink (Eulamprus quoyii)	2
Carpet & Diamond Pythons (Morelia spilota)	1
Lace Monitor (Varanus varius)	1
Land Mullet (Bellatorias major)	1