Archerfield Wetlands provide an important habitat for a diverse range of bird species, some of which are uncommon within the wider-Brisbane area.

Record your sightings for science!

You can become a citizen scientist by recording your own bird sightings as your walk along the Wetlands Discovery Trail.  Your observations will contribute to scientific research and help gain an understanding of the abundance and diversity of bird species within Archerfield Wetlands over time.

To record your sightings online visit Ebird or Birddata.

Birds surveyed at Archerfield Wetlands to date

Below is a list of the bird species surveyed to date* within Archerfield Wetlands. Further information relating to these species can be found in the links below.

This eBird graph shows a visual representation of the variation in sighting frequency of birds at Archerfield Wetlands through the seasons.

*Note: survey last conducted August 2023

		Common name	Species name and link to further information
1		Australasian darter	Anhinga novaehollandiae
2		Australasian figbird	Sphecotheres vieilloti
3		Australasian gannet	Morus serrator
4		Australasian grebe	Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
5		Australasian swamphen	Porphyrio melanotus
6		Australian bittern	Ixobrychus dubius
7		Australian brushturkey	Alectura lathami
8		Australian golden whistler	Pachycephala pectoralis
9		Australian hobby	Falco longipennis
10		Australian kestrel	Falco cenchroides
11		Australian king-parrot	Alisterus scapularis
12		Australian magpie	Gymnorhina tibicen
13		Australian pelican	Pelecanus conspicillatus
14		Australian reed warbler	Acrocephalus australis
15		Australian tern	Gelochelidon macrotarsa
16		Australian white ibis	Threskiornis molucca
17		Azure kingfisher	Ceyx azureus
18		Bar-shouldered dove	Geopelia humeralis
19		Black kite	Milvus migrans
20		Black swan	Cygnus atratus
21		Black-faced cuckoo-shrike	Coracina novaehollandiae
22		Black-faced monarch	Monarcha melanopsis
23		Black-fronted dotterel	Elseyornis melanops
24		Black-necked stork	Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
25		Black-shouldered kite	Elanus axillaris
26		Blue-breasted quail	Excalfactoria chinensis
27		Blue-faced honeyeater	Entomyzon cyanotis
28		Brahminy kite	Haliastur indus
29		Brown cuckoo-dove	Macropygia phasianella
30		Brown falcon	Falco berigora
31		Brown goshawk	Accipiter fasciatus
32		Brown honeyeater	Lichmera indistincta
33		Brown quail	Coturnix ypsilophora
34		Brown songlark	Cincloramphus cruralis
35		Brown treecreeper	Climacteris picumnus
36		Brush cuckoo	Cacomantis variolosus
37		Buff-banded rail	Gallirallus philippensis
38		Bush stone curlew	Burhinus grallarius
39		Cattle egret	Bubulcus ibis
40		Channel-billed cuckoo	Scythrops novaehollandiae
41		Chestnut-breasted mannikin	Lonchura castaneothorax
42		Chestnut teal	Anas castanea
43		Collared sparrowhawk	Accipiter cirrocephalus
44		Comb-crested jacana	Irediparra gallinacea
45		Common myna	Acridotheres tristis
46		Common starling	Sturnus vulgaris
47		Crested pigeon	Ocyphaps lophotes
48		Double-barred finch	Taeniopygia bichenovii
49		Dusky moorhen	Gallinula tenebrosa
50		Eastern barn owl	Tyto javanica
51		Eastern cattle egret	Bubulcus coromandus
52		Eastern koel	Eudynamys orientalis
53		Eastern spinebill	Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris
54		Eastern whipbird	Psophodes olivaceus
55		Eastern yellow robin	Eopsaltria australis
56		Eurasian coot	Fulica atra
57		Fairy martin	Petrochelidon ariel
58		Fan-tailed cuckoo	Cacomantis flabelliformis
59		Forest kingfisher	Todiramphus macleayii
60		Galah	Eolophus roseicapilla
61		Glossy ibis	Plegadis falcinellus
62		Golden-headed cisticola	Cisticola exilis
63		Great cormorant	Phalacrocorax carbo
64		Great egret	Ardea alba
65		Grey butcherbird	Cracticus torquatus
66		Grey fantail	Rhipidura albiscapa
67		Grey goshawk	Accipiter novaehollandiae
68		Grey shrike-thrush	Colluricincla harmonica
69		Grey teal	Anas gracilis
70		Hardhead	Aythya australis
71		Horsfield’s bronze cuckoo	Chrysococcyx basalis
72		Intermediate egret	Ardea intermedia
73		Jacky-winter	Microeca fascinans
74		Latham’s snipe	Gallinago hardwickii
75		Laughing kookaburra	Dacelo novaeguineae
76		Leaden flycatcher	Myiagra rubecula
77		Lewin’s honeyeater	Meliphaga lewinii
78		Lewin’s rail	Lewinia pectoralis
79		Little black cormorant	Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
80		Little bronze-cuckoo	Chrysococcyx minutillus
81		Little corella	Cacatua sanguinea
82		Little eagle	Hieraaetus morphnoides
83		Little egret	Egretta garzetta
84		Little friarbird	Philemon citreogularis
85		Little grassbird	Poodytes gramineus
86		Little lorikeet	Parvipsitta pusilla
87		Little pied cormorant	Microcarbo melanoleucos
88		Little wattlebird	Anthochaera chrysoptera
89		Little x long-billed corella (hybrid)	Cacatua sanguinea x tenuirostris
90		Long-billed Corella	Cacatua tenuirostris
91		Magpie goose	Anseranas semipalmata
92		Magpie-lark	Grallina cyanoleuca
93		Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos
94		Maned duck	Chenonetta jubata
95		Mangrove gerygone	Gerygone levigaster
96		Masked lapwing*	Vanellus miles
97		Mistletoebird	Dicaeum hirundinaceum
98		Muscovy duck	Cairina moschata
99		Musk lorikeet	Glossopsitta concinna
100		Noisy friarbird	Philemon corniculatus
101		Noisy miner	Manorina melanocephala
102		Nutmeg mannikin	Lonchura punctulata
103		Olive-backed oriole	Oriolus sagittatus
104		Oriental cuckoo	Cuculus optatus
105		Oriental dollarbird	Eurystomus orientalis
106		Osprey	Pandion haliaetus
107		Pacific baza	Aviceda subcristata
108		Pacific black duck	Anas superciliosa
109		Pacific heron	Ardea pacifica
110		Pale-headed rosella	Platycercus adscitus
111		Pale-vented bush-hen	Amaurornis moluccana
112		Pallid Cuckoo	Cacomantis pallidus
113		Peaceful dove	Geopelia placida
114		Peregrine falcon	Falco peregrinus
115		Pheasant coucal	Centropus phasianinus
116		Pied butcherbird	Cracticus nigrogularis
117		Pied cormorant	Phalacrocorax varius
118		Pied currawong	Strepera graculina
119		Plumed egret	Ardea plumifera
120		Plumed whistling-duck	Dendrocygna eytoni
121		Powerful owl	Ninox strenua
122		Rainbow bee-eater	Merops ornatus
123		Rainbow lorikeet	Trichoglossus moluccanus
124		Red-backed fairy-wren	Malurus melanocephalus
125		Red-browed finch	Neochmia temporalis
126		Restless flycatcher	Myiagra inquieta
127		Rock dove	Columba livia
128		Rose robin	Petroica rosea
129		Royal spoonbill	Platalea regia
130		Rufous fantail	Rhipidura rufifrons
131		Rufous night heron	Nycticorax caledonicus
132		Rufous shrikethrush	Colluricincla rufogaster
133		Rufous whistler	Pachycephala rufiventris
134		Sacred kingfisher	Todiramphus sanctus
135		Scaly-breasted lorikeet	Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus
136		Scarlet myzomela	Myzomela sanguinolenta
137		Shining bronze cuckoo	Chrysococcyx lucidus
138		Silvereye	Zosterops lateralis
139		Slender-billed cicadabird	Edolisoma tenuirostre
140		Southern boobook	Ninox boobook
141		Spangled drongo	Dicrurus bracteatus
142		Spectacled monarch	Symposiarchus trivirgatus
143		Spotless crake	Zapornia tabuensis
144		Spotted dove	Streptopelia chinensis
145		Spotted harrier	Circus assimilis
146		Spotted pardalote	Pardalotus punctatus
147		Square-tailed kite	Lophoictinia isura
148		Straw-necked ibis	Threskiornis spinicollis
149		Striated pardalote	Pardalotus striatus
150		Striped honeyeater	Plectorhyncha lanceolata
151		Sulphur-crested cockatoo	Cacatua galerita
152		Superb fairy-wren	Malurus cyaneus
153		Swamp harrier	Circus approximans
154		Tawny frogmouth	Podargus strigoides
155		Tawny grassbird	Cincloramphus timoriensis
156		Topknot pigeon	Lopholaimus antarcticus
157		Torresian crow	Corvus orru
158		Tree martin	Petrochelidon nigricans
159		Varied triller	Lalage leucomela
160		Variegated fairy-wren	Malurus lamberti
161		Wandering whistling-duck	Dendrocygna arcuata
162		Wedge-tailed eagle	Aquila audax
163		Welcome swallow	Hirundo neoxena
164		Whistling kite	Haliastur sphenurus
165		White-bellied cuckooshrike	Coracina papuensis
166		White-bellied sea eagle	Haliaeetus leucogaster
167		White-breasted woodswallow	Artamus leucorynchus
168		White-browed scrubwren	Sericornis frontalis
169		White-faced heron	Egretta novaehollandiae
170		White-headed pigeon	Columba leucomela
171		White-throated gerygone	Gerygone olivacea
172		White-throated honeyeater	Melithreptus albogularis
173		White-throated needletail	Hirundapus caudacutus
174		White-throated treecreeper	Cormobates leucophaea
175		White-winged triller	Lalage tricolor
176		Willie wagtail	Rhipidura leucophrys
177		Yellow-faced honeyeater	Caligavis chrysops

The Oxley Ham and Bacon Factory

Between 1894 and 1994, a meat processing factory operated in the north-western area of the Archerfield Wetlands Parklands. If you are interested in learning more, the Oxley-Chelmer History Group have published a book on the history of the Oxley Ham and Bacon Factory.

Click here for further information.

Local community groups

The following historical and environmental organisations are active in the local area. For further information, including volunteering opportunities and future events, visit: