Tour Highlights
- Gouldian Finch
- Star Finch
- Pictorella Mannikin
- Crested Shrike-tit
- Purple-crowned Fairy-wren
- Partridge Pigeon
- Budgerigar
- Chestnut Rail
- Banded Fruit-Dove (local endemic)
- 2 x Sunrise boat cruises (Mary River & Yellow Water)
- Kakadu National Park
- Category
Start
DarwinEnd
Darwin
- Birdwatching focus
- high
- Wildlife focus
- moderate
- Photography focus
- moderate
- Culture focus
- low
- Walks rating
- moderate
- Number of boat cruises
- Public1Private0
- Sleeping options
- ensuite
Tour notes & Add-ons
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Check out this epic Finch Frenzy video made by our guest Denis from the August 2022 Finch Frenzy tour.
Tour Summary
Join NT Bird Specialists on a ’Finch Frenzy’ ofthe best birding sites for Gouldian Finch and up to 200 species spanning the Top End. Start & finish in Darwin. Scour the countryside for over 10 species of finches, including the fantastic and colourful Gouldian, Long-tailed, Masked and Star finches, as well as Yellow-rumped and Pictorella Mannikins. Seek locally endemic bush birds, parrots, sandstone specialists and a plethora of geese, ducks and other waterbirds that call this part of the country home.
Regions Visited
- Darwin
- Mary River
- Kakadu
- Pine Creek
- Katherine
- Timber Creek