Chilli Beach Iron Range NP Qld

Survey Point Chilli Beach Iron Range NP Qld
Latitude -12.6319400 (12° 37′ 55″ S)
Longitude 143.4269400 (143° 25′ 37″ E)

This is a popular spot to camp amid the coconut palms and the sea breeze. Pre-booking a campsite is essential. The beach is wonderful and the islets offshore are worth scoping. If you stay until sunset you can watch thousands of Metallic Starlings come in to roost on the islet just off shore.

Surveys done 2

Blogs: Birdsville track and Cape York trip 2015,

  • Australian Brush-turkey
    Alectura lathami
    1 (50.00%)
  • Bar-shouldered Dove
    Geopelia humeralis
    2 (100.00%)
  • Brown-capped Emerald-Dove
    Chalcophaps longirostris
    1 (50.00%)
  • Torresian Imperial-Pigeon
    Ducula spilorrhoa
    1 (50.00%)
  • Australian Pied Oystercatcher
    Haematopus longirostris
    1 (50.00%)
  • Pacific Golden Plover
    Pluvialis fulva
    2 (100.00%)
  • Red-capped Plover
    Charadrius ruficapillus
    2 (100.00%)
  • Lesser Sand Plover
    Charadrius mongolus
    2 (100.00%)
  • Greater Sand Plover
    Charadrius leschenaultii
    1 (50.00%)
  • Masked Lapwing
    Vanellus miles
    2 (100.00%)
  • Whimbrel
    Numenius phaeopus
    1 (50.00%)
  • Red-necked Stint
    Calidris ruficollis
    2 (100.00%)
  • Grey-tailed Tattler
    Tringa brevipes
    2 (100.00%)
  • Silver Gull
    Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
    2 (100.00%)
  • Bridled Tern
    Onychoprion anaethetus
    1 (50.00%)
  • Australian Gull-billed Tern
    Gelochelidon macrotarsa
    2 (100.00%)
  • Black-naped Tern
    Sterna sumatrana
    1 (50.00%)
  • Lesser Crested Tern
    Thalasseus bengalensis
    1 (50.00%)
  • Crested Tern
    Thalasseus bergii
    2 (100.00%)
  • Little Egret
    Egretta garzetta
    1 (50.00%)
  • Eastern Reef Egret
    Egretta sacra
    2 (100.00%)
  • Whistling Kite
    Haliastur sphenurus
    1 (50.00%)
  • Sacred Kingfisher
    Todiramphus sanctus
    1 (50.00%)
  • Rainbow Lorikeet
    Trichoglossus moluccanus
    1 (50.00%)
  • White-breasted Woodswallow
    Artamus leucorynchus
    1 (50.00%)
  • Red-browed Finch
    Neochmia temporalis
    1 (50.00%)
  • Metallic Starling
    Aplonis metallica
    1 (50.00%)