Come for the flowers, stay for the birds! The Cairns Botanic Gardens is known for its gorgeous plants, but beautiful birds also abound here.
The Garden’s cast of feathered characters changes with the seasons, and you can make bird watching a repeat activity throughout the year to enjoy them all.
Please do NOT feed the birds.
View the list below or download a list of common birds ( PDF, 0.02 MB ) you might spot in the Gardens.
- Australian Brush-turkey - Alectura lathami
- Orange-footed Scrubfowl - Megapodius reinwardt
- Emerald Dove - Chalcophaps indica
- Wompoo Fruit-Dove - Ptilinopus magnificus
- Superb Fruit-Dove - Ptilinopus superbus
- Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove - Ptilinopus regina
- Pied Imperial-Pigeon - Ducula bicolor
- Pacific Baza - Aviceda subcristata
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo - Cacatua galerita
- Rainbow Lorikeet - Trichoglossus haematodus
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet - Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus
- Double-eyed Fig-Parrot - Cyclopsitta diophthalma
- Pheasant Coucal - Centropus phasianinus
- Channel-billed Cuckoo.(Summer migrant) - Scythrops novaehollandiae
- Little Bronze-Cuckoo - Chrysococcyx minutillus
- Brush Cuckoo - Cacomantis variolosus
- Buff-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher.(Summer migrant) - Tanysiptera sylvia
- Laughing Kookaburra - Dacelo novaeguineae
- Rainbow Bee-eater - Merops ornatus
- Noisy Pitta - Pitta versicolor
- Red-backed Fairy-wren - Malurus melanocephalus
- Lovely Fairy-wren - Malurus amabilis
- Large-billed Scrubwren - Sericornis magnirostra
- Fairy Gerygone - Gerygone palpebrosa
- Yellow-spotted Honeyeater - Meliphaga notata
- Graceful Honeyeater - Meliphaga gracilis
- Dusky Honeyeater - Myzomela obscura
- Helmeted Friarbird - Philemon buceroides
- Macleay's Honeyeater - Xanthotis macleayanus
- White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike - Coracina papuensis
- Barred Cuckoo-shrike - Coracina lineata
- Cicadabird - Coracina tenuirostris
- Varied Triller - Lalage leucomela
- Grey Whistler - Pachycephala simplex
- Australasian Figbird - Sphecotheres vieilloti
- Yellow Oriole - Oriolus flavocinctus (AKA Green Oriole)
- Black Butcherbird - Cracticus quoyi
- Spangled Drongo - Dicrurus bracteatus
- Rufous Fantail - Rhipidura rufifrons
- Northern Fantail - Rhipidura rufiventris
- Leaden Flycatcher - Myiagra rubecula
- Spectacled Monarch - Monarcha trivirgatus
- Pied Monarch - Arses kaupi
- Yellow-breasted Boatbill - Machaerirhynchus flaviventer
- Pale-yellow Robin - Tregellasia capito
- Metallic Starling - Aplonis metallica
- Mistletoebird - Dicaeum hirundinaceum
- Olive-backed Sunbird - Cinnyris jugularis (AKA Yellow-bellied Sunbird)
- Red-browed Finch - Neochmia temporalis
- Chestnut-breasted Mannikin - Lonchura castaneothorax
