Where can you see the Hooded Plover?
Some of the best places to see the Hooded Plover in the wild include Fitzgerald River National Park (Australia), Lincoln National Park (Australia) and Coffin Bay National Park (Australia) — among 13 wildlife hotspots across Australia. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
Ben Boyd National Park
Eden, Australia
+255 birds+47 mammals
Where the temperate forests of the far south coast meet towering sea cliffs, Ben Boyd National Park unveils one of New South Wales' most dramatic coastal…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCoffin Bay National Park
Australia
+143 birds+5 mammals
Across South Australia's Eyre Peninsula, where limestone headlands rise above turquoise shallows and eucalypt woodland gives way to coastal heath, lies a 1,319-square-kilometre sanctuary shaped by…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCoorong National Park
Australia
+217 birds+15 mammals
Where the Murray River meets the Southern Ocean, a chain of shallow lagoons stretches across the South Australian coast, separated from the sea by a ribbon…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKFitzgerald River National Park
Fitzgerald River National Park, Australia
+209 birds+11 mammals
Where granite peaks rise above windswept heathlands and pristine river systems carve through untamed wilderness, one of Australia's most biodiverse landscapes unfolds across the southwestern corner…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKFlinders Chase National Park
Australia
+142 birds+14 mammals
Granite ridges and windswept mallee scrubland define this 1,630-square-kilometre expanse on Kangaroo Island, where ancient rock formations rise abruptly from coastal heathland and woodland mosaics. The…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKFreycinet National Park
Coles Bay, Australia
+115 birds+9 mammals
Granite peaks rise abruptly from the Tasmanian coast where Coles Bay opens into the Freycinet Peninsula, sculpting one of southeastern Australia's most dramatically vertical national parks.…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGreat Otway National Park
Australia
+255 birds+42 mammals
Temperate rainforest and wet eucalyptus woodland cloak the ridges and gullies of Victoria's Great Otway National Park, where persistent moisture and mild year-round temperatures sustain a…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKInnes National Park
Barcelona, Australia
+141 birds+10 mammals
Granite ridges and weathered stone outcrops rise across South Australia's Fleurieu Peninsula, defining a landscape where ancient rock formations meet open eucalypt woodland and heathland scrub.…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLincoln National Park
Australia
+149 birds+5 mammals
Across the mid-north of South Australia, where the landscape transitions from coastal lowlands toward semi-arid interior plains, sprawls a wilderness of 2,671 square kilometres where red-earth…
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