Birds Queensland encourages birders to submit their bird lists to eBird.
Birds that are rare or outside their expected range will be reviewed for eBird by local experts.
From 2024 onwards, Birds Qld no longer seeks sightings for reporting in the newsletter. The position of sightings officer has accordingly been discontinued.
We encourage our members to report all their trip sightings to their preferred online platform as a valuable contribution to citizen science.
Rare Birds
In the case of the species in our rarities list you should also prepare a Rare Birds Report and email it to our Birds Queensland Rarities Appraisal Committee .
You can download a report form here: Download in printable PDF format OR Download in MS Word format for editing. It may also be appropriate to fill out a report for sightings of species significantly outside their normal range. The form should be emailed here.
Please Note: The sections ‘Description of Bird’ and ‘How is it distinguished from other species?’ in the report form must be answered fully. A PHOTO ALONE IS NOT SUFFICIENT.
If the species is of National significance then the report will be referred on to BARC.
Reports of previous determinations are listed on the page that describes the committee
