Coastal Bird Atlas

The Coastal Bird Atlas database includes records for seabirds, migratory shorebirds and other bird species that occur on Queensland islands and coastal areas. These records date back as far as 1819. The Atlas includes data from birds that have been captured, monitoring data for seabird colonies and observational data.

The data predominantly relates to the Great Barrier Reef islands, cays and reefs and the coastal waters but data is also present from the Gulf of Carpentaria.

The incorporation of the Atlas into the Environmental Protections Agency's corporate wildlife database and the data upload system (Wetland Information Capture System (WIC)) has been jointly funded by the Queensland Wetlands Program and the Fitzroy Basin Association.

A proforma can be downloaded here for contributing data to the Coastal Bird Atlas programme. If you would like further information, or are interested in participating in the programme, please contact us.

We recommend Adobe Acrobat Reader version 8 or above, although the proforma will work with version 7. Please visit Adobe to determine the system requirements for your operating system and download an Acrobat Reader.

The Queensland Wetlands Program will deliver Coastal Bird Atlas data in a range of formats, including through WIC, wetland summary information and WetlandMaps.

Atlas sites and data are presently available by request or in spreadsheet or shapefile format. To access this information, or to register your interest, please contact us.

Last updated: 22 October 2009