Birds Queensland The web site of the Queensland Ornithological Society Inc.

Record a sighting

Please record any sightings using this form

If you use this form, please do not write the same record into the sightings book at the meetings.

We welcome all reports of unusual (in area or locality) or rare birds that have been seen in Queensland and close Northern NSW or Eastern NT (Please do not report sightings that are more than a 100km or so outside Queensland as they will not be recorded). Please use the BQ Forum for any sightings for other areas that you think will be of interest. ). The easiest way to report sightings is to use this Report Sightings Page. It automatically sends an email to the sightings officer so there is no need to send a second email to the sightings officer, or to write in the Sightings Book, if you use this form. Records will be added to the sightings page as quickly as possible.

Please provide as much information as possible and include a contact point so that truly rare birds can be verified and credit can be given! Details that you might provide include the sex or age of the bird if it is known, strange behaviour or unusual plumage of a bird and location might also include map references (UBD Map + Grid Reference) or GPS readings, if in a country area (use the same field) - if you can of course.

Please also submit a Rare Birds Report form if the bird is rare or otherwise highly unexpected. You can download a report form here:
Download in printable PDF format ( pdf file, 30KB) OR Download in MS Word format for editing. ( Word file, 30kb)

Notes:
* These are mandatory fields
# This information is so that we can check for more details if necessary. It will not be reported on the site

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