Challenge

Australian City Birds

Q: Where is the best place to see Australian City Birds?

Sydney. In Sydney, Australia, the chance of seeing all 5 (rainbow lorikeet, australian magpie, sulphur-crested cockatoo, laughing kookaburra and noisy miner) on the same day is about 20%, the highest of the 9 places where all of them live, and over a three-day visit it rises to about 80%. Next come Royal National Park (about 10% a day), Brisbane (about 10% a day) and Melbourne (about 10% a day). It multiplies each animal's daily chance, as if they were independent, so read it as a rough guide.

Q: Which of Australian City Birds is hardest to see?

Laughing kookaburra. In Sydney, the best place for Australian City Birds, about about 50% of wildlife watchers report the laughing kookaburra on a given day, against about 90% for the noisy miner. The hardest one decides how many days you need.

Q: How do you complete Australian City Birds on Wallace's Line?

Mark them as seen. Tick ✓ Seen on each animal's card, add your trips, or link your iNaturalist account. Your passport counts Australian City Birds three ways: anywhere in the world, all in one park, and all in a single trip.

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The checklist: 5 animals

Trichoglossus haematodus

Daily sighting probability ~90% · Very likely

Gymnorhina tibicen

Daily sighting probability ~90% · Very likely

Cacatua galerita

Daily sighting probability ~80% · Very likely

LC Endemic

Dacelo novaeguineae

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

LC Endemic

Manorina melanocephala

Daily sighting probability ~90% · Very likely

Where to go

Chance of seeing in

Month by month at Royal National Park

~70%

Jan

~80%

Feb

~70%

Mar

~60%

Apr

~60%

May

~70%

Jun

~80%

Jul

~80%

Aug

~80%

Sep

~90%

Oct

~90%

Nov

~80%

Dec

Time of day

Where they are recorded most Parks with some of them Cities with some of them

Parks

#	Park	Country	Animals	All 5 in 3 days
1	Royal National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	5 of 5	~80%
	Coconut Lorikeet			>90%
	Australian Magpie			~90%
	Sulphur-crested Cockatoo			>90%
	Laughing Kookaburra			>90%
	Noisy Miner			~90%
2	Blue Mountains National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	5 of 5	~50%
	Coconut Lorikeet			~90%
	Australian Magpie			~90%
	Sulphur-crested Cockatoo			>90%
	Laughing Kookaburra			~90%
	Noisy Miner			~70%
3	Springbrook National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	5 of 5	~40%
	Coconut Lorikeet			~90%
	Australian Magpie			~80%
	Sulphur-crested Cockatoo			~80%
	Laughing Kookaburra			~90%
	Noisy Miner			~70%
4	Noosa National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	5 of 5	~10%
	Coconut Lorikeet			>90%
	Australian Magpie			~90%
	Sulphur-crested Cockatoo			~20%
	Laughing Kookaburra			~80%
	Noisy Miner			>90%
5	Lamington National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	5 of 5	<5%
	Coconut Lorikeet			~50%
	Australian Magpie			~80%
	Sulphur-crested Cockatoo			~60%
	Laughing Kookaburra			~50%
	Noisy Miner			~30%
6	Booderee National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	4 of 5	Missing: Noisy miner
	Coconut Lorikeet			>90%
	Australian Magpie			~70%
	Sulphur-crested Cockatoo			~30%
	Laughing Kookaburra			~90%
7	Great Otway National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	4 of 5	Missing: Noisy miner
	Coconut Lorikeet			~20%
	Australian Magpie			>90%
	Sulphur-crested Cockatoo			>90%
	Laughing Kookaburra			~90%
8	Wilsons Promontory National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	4 of 5	Missing: Noisy miner
	Coconut Lorikeet			~60%
	Australian Magpie			>90%
	Sulphur-crested Cockatoo			~60%
	Laughing Kookaburra			~80%
9	Grampians National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	4 of 5	Missing: Noisy miner
	Coconut Lorikeet			~50%
	Australian Magpie			>90%
	Sulphur-crested Cockatoo			>90%
	Laughing Kookaburra			>90%
10	Hattah-Kulkyne National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	4 of 5	Missing: Rainbow lorikeet
	Australian Magpie			>90%
	Sulphur-crested Cockatoo			~90%
	Laughing Kookaburra			~70%
	Noisy Miner			>90%
11	Daintree National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	3 of 5	Missing: Australian magpie, Noisy miner
	Coconut Lorikeet			~90%
	Sulphur-crested Cockatoo			~90%
	Laughing Kookaburra			~60%
12	Kosciuszko National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	3 of 5	Missing: Rainbow lorikeet, Noisy miner
	Australian Magpie			>90%
	Sulphur-crested Cockatoo			~70%
	Laughing Kookaburra			~90%
13	Flinders Chase	🇦🇺 Australia	3 of 5	Missing: Laughing kookaburra, Noisy miner
	Coconut Lorikeet			~60%
	Australian Magpie			>90%
	Sulphur-crested Cockatoo			~20%
14	Flinders Ranges National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	2 of 5	Missing: Rainbow lorikeet, Sulphur-crested cockatoo, Noisy miner
	Australian Magpie			>90%
	Laughing Kookaburra			~80%
15	Maria Island National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	2 of 5	Missing: Rainbow lorikeet, Sulphur-crested cockatoo, Noisy miner
	Australian Magpie			>90%
	Laughing Kookaburra			>90%
16	Raja Ampat	🇮🇩 Indonesia	2 of 5	Missing: Australian magpie, Laughing kookaburra, Noisy miner
	Coconut Lorikeet			~70%
	Sulphur-crested Cockatoo			~80%
17	Freycinet National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	2 of 5	Missing: Rainbow lorikeet, Sulphur-crested cockatoo, Noisy miner
	Australian Magpie			~40%
	Laughing Kookaburra			~80%
18	Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	2 of 5	Missing: Rainbow lorikeet, Australian magpie, Noisy miner
	Sulphur-crested Cockatoo			~40%
	Laughing Kookaburra			~60%
19	Kakadu National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1 of 5	Missing: Rainbow lorikeet, Australian magpie, Laughing kookaburra, Noisy miner
	Sulphur-crested Cockatoo			>90%
20	Nitmiluk National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1 of 5	Missing: Rainbow lorikeet, Australian magpie, Laughing kookaburra, Noisy miner
	Sulphur-crested Cockatoo			~90%
21	Litchfield National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1 of 5	Missing: Rainbow lorikeet, Australian magpie, Laughing kookaburra, Noisy miner
	Sulphur-crested Cockatoo			~90%
22	Egmont National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	1 of 5	Missing: Rainbow lorikeet, Sulphur-crested cockatoo, Laughing kookaburra, Noisy miner
	Australian Magpie			~90%
23	Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1 of 5	Missing: Rainbow lorikeet, Sulphur-crested cockatoo, Laughing kookaburra, Noisy miner
	Australian Magpie			~70%
24	Rottnest Island	🇦🇺 Australia	1 of 5	Missing: Rainbow lorikeet, Sulphur-crested cockatoo, Laughing kookaburra, Noisy miner
	Australian Magpie			~70%
25	Arthur's Pass National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	1 of 5	Missing: Rainbow lorikeet, Sulphur-crested cockatoo, Laughing kookaburra, Noisy miner
	Australian Magpie			~60%
26	Aoraki Mount Cook National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	1 of 5	Missing: Rainbow lorikeet, Sulphur-crested cockatoo, Laughing kookaburra, Noisy miner
	Australian Magpie			~30%
27	Fiordland National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	1 of 5	Missing: Rainbow lorikeet, Sulphur-crested cockatoo, Laughing kookaburra, Noisy miner
	Australian Magpie			~20%

Cities

#	City	Country	Animals	All 5 in 3 days
1	Sydney	🇦🇺 Australia	5 of 5	~80%
	Coconut Lorikeet			>90%
	Australian Magpie			>90%
	Sulphur-crested Cockatoo			~90%
	Laughing Kookaburra			~90%
	Noisy Miner			>90%
2	Brisbane	🇦🇺 Australia	5 of 5	~60%
	Coconut Lorikeet			>90%
	Australian Magpie			>90%
	Sulphur-crested Cockatoo			~70%
	Laughing Kookaburra			~90%
	Noisy Miner			>90%
3	Melbourne	🇦🇺 Australia	5 of 5	~40%
	Coconut Lorikeet			>90%
	Australian Magpie			>90%
	Sulphur-crested Cockatoo			~80%
	Laughing Kookaburra			~50%
	Noisy Miner			>90%
4	Hobart	🇦🇺 Australia	5 of 5	<5%
	Coconut Lorikeet			~50%
	Australian Magpie			~60%
	Sulphur-crested Cockatoo			~80%
	Laughing Kookaburra			~30%
	Noisy Miner			~30%
5	Perth	🇦🇺 Australia	3 of 5	Missing: Sulphur-crested cockatoo, Noisy miner
	Coconut Lorikeet			>90%
	Australian Magpie			>90%
	Laughing Kookaburra			~70%
6	Auckland	🇳🇿 New Zealand	1 of 5	Missing: Rainbow lorikeet, Sulphur-crested cockatoo, Laughing kookaburra, Noisy miner
	Australian Magpie			~50%
7	Jakarta	🇮🇩 Indonesia	1 of 5	Missing: Rainbow lorikeet, Australian magpie, Laughing kookaburra, Noisy miner
	Sulphur-crested Cockatoo			~30%
8	Singapore	🇸🇬 Singapore	1 of 5	Missing: Australian magpie, Sulphur-crested cockatoo, Laughing kookaburra, Noisy miner
	Coconut Lorikeet			~20%

Zoos & centres

#	Zoo / Centre	Country
1	Featherdale Sydney Wildlife Park	🇦🇺 Australia	4 of 5 in captivity
2	ZooParc de Beauval	🇫🇷 France	3 of 5 in captivity
3	Barcelona Zoo	🇪🇸 Spain	3 of 5 in captivity
4	Parc des oiseaux	🇫🇷 France	3 of 5 in captivity
5	Aquarama Barcelona	🇪🇸 Spain	3 of 5 in captivity
6	Badoca Safari Park	🇵🇹 Portugal	3 of 5 in captivity
7	Bali Bird Park	🇮🇩 Indonesia	3 of 5 in captivity
8	Bird Paradise	🇸🇬 Singapore	3 of 5 in captivity
9	Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary	🇦🇺 Australia	3 of 5 in captivity
10	Columbus Zoo and Aquarium	🇺🇸 United States	3 of 5 in captivity
11	Edward Youde Aviary	🇭🇰 Hong Kong SAR China	3 of 5 in captivity
12	Kansas City Zoo	🇺🇸 United States	3 of 5 in captivity
13	Lisbon Zoo	🇵🇹 Portugal	3 of 5 in captivity
14	Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary	🇦🇺 Australia	3 of 5 in captivity
15	Loro Parque	🇪🇸 Spain	3 of 5 in captivity
16	Montecasino Bird Gardens	🇿🇦 South Africa	3 of 5 in captivity
17	Parc zoologique de Fréjus	🇫🇷 France	3 of 5 in captivity
18	Pyrénées Animal Park	🇫🇷 France	3 of 5 in captivity
19	Rainforest Wild Asia	🇸🇬 Singapore	3 of 5 in captivity
20	Singapore Zoo	🇸🇬 Singapore	3 of 5 in captivity

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Before you go

Where is the best place to see Australian City Birds?

Sydney

In Sydney, Australia, the chance of seeing all 5 (rainbow lorikeet, australian magpie, sulphur-crested cockatoo, laughing kookaburra and noisy miner) on the same day is about 20%, the highest of the 9 places where all of them live, and over a three-day visit it rises to about 80%. Next come Royal National Park (about 10% a day), Brisbane (about 10% a day) and Melbourne (about 10% a day). It multiplies each animal's daily chance, as if they were independent, so read it as a rough guide.

Which of Australian City Birds is hardest to see?

Laughing kookaburra

In Sydney, the best place for Australian City Birds, about about 50% of wildlife watchers report the laughing kookaburra on a given day, against about 90% for the noisy miner. The hardest one decides how many days you need.

How do you complete Australian City Birds on Wallace's Line?

Mark them as seen

Tick ✓ Seen on each animal's card, add your trips, or link your iNaturalist account. Your passport counts Australian City Birds three ways: anywhere in the world, all in one park, and all in a single trip.

← All challenges

Australian City Birds

The checklist: 5 animals

Coconut Lorikeet

Australian Magpie

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

Laughing Kookaburra

Noisy Miner

Where to go

Month by month at Sydney

Month by month at Royal National Park

Month by month at Royal National Park

Month by month at Sydney

Month by month at Sydney

Month by month at Royal National Park

Time of day

Parks

Cities

Zoos & centres

Before you go

Where is the best place to see Australian City Birds?

Which of Australian City Birds is hardest to see?

How do you complete Australian City Birds on Wallace's Line?