Tyto is a 120 hectare wetland site located in close proximity to the township of Ingham. The wetlands are also less than a kilometre from the Bruce Highway. The wetland integrates lagoons, interpretive signs, lookouts and hides, to entice visitors to spend more time at Tyto. The extensive walking tracks throughout the wetlands allow visitors the unique opportunity to view wildlife closely without interference or disturbance to wildlife and their habitats. The name of the wetland comes from the endangered eastern Grass Owl (Tyto Capensis). The observation deck allows visitors a chance to see the Grass Owl as it flies out at dusk. Visitors also have the opportunity to to see the Osprey nest site. |

Grass Owl |
How to Get There Vehicles approaching Ingham from the south along Townsville Road should turn left down Cooper Street and park in the carpark on the right hand side at the end of the street. From here a walking track passes to the left of the Brothers Club and continues on to the wetland. History Tyto Wetlands original aim was to restore and preserve an existing degraded wetland. The restoration work involved the eradication and control of introduced weed and tree species such as parragrass, hymenachne, lantana, guava and african tulip. The replanting of naturally occurring vegetation took place as well as the re-establishment of permanent lagoons. The project now aims to conserve an ecosystem for species of wildlife such as grass owls and crimson finches, as well as provide an educational resource for the community in promoting an environmentally significant link between rural and urban communities.
Bird List Updated 2008 ***Breeds locally **Regular Visitor *Rare Visitor ** | Orange-footed Scrubfowl | ** | Australian Hobby | *** | Common Koel | ** | Australian Brush-turkey | ** | Brolga | *** | Channel-billed Cuckoo | *** | Brown Quail | *** | Red-necked Crake | *** | Pheasant Coucal | *** | King Quail | *** | Bush-hen | ** | Southern Boobook | ** | Common Peafowl (peacock) | *** | Buff-banded Rail | *** | Barn Owl | *** | Wandering Whistling -Duck | *** | Spotless Crake | *** | Grass Owl | *** | Plumed Whistling-Duck | *** | White-browed Crake | *** | Masked Owl | ** | Australian Wood Duck | ** | Purple Swamp-hen | *** | Tawny Frogmouth | ** | Black Swan | ** | Eurasian Coot | ** | Australian Owlet-nightjar | *** | Magpie Goose | *** | Bush Stone-Curlew | ** | White-throated Nightjar | ** | Cotton Pygmy-Goose | *** | Red-backed Button-quail | *** | Large-tailed Nightjar | *** | Green pygmy-Goose | ** | Latham’s Snipe | ** | Spotted Nightjar | ** | Hardhead | ** | Bar-tailed Godwit | ** | White-Rumped Swiftlet | ** | Mallard | ** | Eastern Curlew | ** | Fork-tailed Swift | *** | Pacific Black Duck | ** | Little Curlew | ** | White-throated Needletail | ** | Grey Teal | ** | Common Greenshank | *** | Little Kingfisher | ** | Great Crested Grebe | ** | Marsh Sandpiper | *** | Azure Kingfisher | ** | Hoary-headed Grebe | * | Wood Sandpiper | ** | Laughing Kookaburra | *** | Australasian Grebe | ** | Common Sandpiper | *** | Blue-winged Kookaburra | ** | Darter | ** | Red-necked Stint | ** | Forest Kingfisher | ** | Little Black Cormorant | * | Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | ** | Sacred Kingfisher | ** | Pied Cormorant | ** | Curlew Sandpiper | * | Red-backed Kingfisher | ** | Little Pied Cormorant | *** | Comb-crested Jacana | ** | Buff-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher | ** | Black-necked Stork | ** | Black-winged Stilt | ** | Rainbow Bee-eater | ** | Australian Pelican | * | Pacific Golden Plover | ** | Dollarbird | ** | White-necked Heron | * | Red-kneed Dotterel | * | Noisy Pitta | *** | White-faced Heron | *** | Black-fronted Dotterel | *** | Lovely Fairy-wren | ** | Pied Heron | *** | Masked Lapwing | *** | Red-backed Fairy-wren | ** | Eastern Reef Egret | ** | Australian Pratincole | *** | Striated Pardalote | ** | Cattle Egret | ** | Silver Gull | ** | Large-billed Scrubwren | ** | Little Egret | ** | Whiskered Tern | *** | Large-billed Gerygone | ** | Great Egret | ** | Caspian Tern | *** | Fairy Gerygone | ** | Intermediate Egret | ** | Gull-billed Tern | *** | White-throated Gerygone | ** | Nankeen Night Heron | *** | Spotted Turtle-Dove | ** | Weebill | *** | Little Bittern | *** | Peaceful Dove | ** | Little Friarbird | *** | Black Bittern | *** | Bar-shouldered dove | ** | Noisy Friarbird | ** | Glossy Ibis | ** | Topknot Pigeon | *** | Helmeted Friarbird | ** | Straw-necked Ibis | ** | Emerald Dove | *** | Blue-faced Honeyeater | ** | Australian White Ibis | *** | Pied Imperial-Pigeon | ** | Lewin’s Honeyeater | ** | Royal Spoonbill | ** | Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove | *** | Yellow-spotted Honeyeater | ** | Yellow-billed Spoonbill | ** | Wompoo Fruit-Dove | *** | Graceful Honeyeater | *** | Black-shouldered Kite | ** | Red-tailed black-Cockatoo | *** | White-gaped Honeyeater | *** | Pacific Baza | ** | Galah | *** | Yellow Honeyeater | ** | Black Kite | ** | Little Corella | *** | White-throated Honeyeater | *** | Brahminy Kite | ** | Sulphur-crested cockatoo | *** | Brown-backed Honeyeater | ** | Whistling Kite | ** | Rainbow Lorikeet | ** | Macleay’s Honeyeater | ** | Collared Sparrowhawk | ** | Scaly-breasted Lorikeet | *** | Rufous-throated Honeyeater | ** | Brown Goshawk | ** | Red-winged Parrot | *** | Dusky Honeyeater | ** | Grey Goshawk | ** | Cockatiel | *** | Brown Honeyeater | *** | Osprey | ** | Pale-headed Rosella | *** | Lemon-bellied flycatcher | ** | White-bellied Sea-Eagle | ** | Oriental Cuckoo | ** | Eastern Yellow Robin | ** | Wedge-tailed Eagle | *** | Pallid Cuckoo | ** | Mangrove Robin | ** | Spotted Harrier | ** | Fan-tailed Cuckoo | *** | White Browed Robin | ** | Swamp Harrier | ** | Brush Cuckoo | ** | Varied Sitella | ** | Black Falcon | *** | Horsfield’s Bronze-Cuckoo | ** | Grey Whistler | *** | Brown Falcon | ** | Shining Bronze-Cuckoo | *** | Rufous Whistler | ** | Nankeen Kestrel | ** | Little Bronze-Cuckoo | ** | Grey Shrike-Thrush | ** | Peregrine Falcon | *** | Gould’s Bronze-Cuckoo | *** | Little Shrike-Thrush |
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Bower’s Shrike-Thrush |
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Black-faced Monarch |
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Spectacled Monarch | ** | White-eared Monarch |
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Broad-billed Flycatcher |
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Leaden Flycatcher | ** | Shining Flycatcher |
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Restless Flycatcher |
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Willie Wagtail | ** | Rufous Fantail |
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Grey Fantail |
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Northern Fantail | ***
| Black-faced Cuckoo-Shrike
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White-bellied Cuckoo-Shrike |
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Cicadabird | *** | White-winged Triller |
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Varied Triller |
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Olive-backed Oriole | ***
| Yellow Oriole |
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Figbird |
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White-breasted Woodswallow | **
| Masked Woodswallow |
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Black-faced Woodswallow |
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Black Butcherbird | ** | Pied Butcherbird |
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Magpie-lark |
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Australian Magpie | ** | Pied Currawong |
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Spangled Drongo |
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Australian Raven | **
| Torresian Crow |
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Great Bowerbird |
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Richard’s Pipit | **
| Singing Bushlark |
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Yellow Wagtail |
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Red-browed Finch | ***
| Crimson Finch |
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Zebra Finch |
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Chestnut-breasted Mannikin | ***
| Nutmeg Mannikin |
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Plum-headed Finch |
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House Sparrow | *** | Yellow-bellied Sunbird |
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Mistletoebird |
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Welcome Swallow | ** | Tree Martin |
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Fairy Martin |
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Clamorous Reed-Warbler | *** | Tawny Grassbird |
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Little Grassbird |
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Rufous Songlark | *** | Golden-headed Cisticola |
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Zitting Cisticola |
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Silvereye | *** | Metallic Starling |
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Common Myna |
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Updated 14/2/08 230 Bird Species |
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| | | | Useful Tips Please do not smoke in the wetlands All wildlife is protected Remember to carry your own drinking water Wear a hat and sunscreen; at times you will need insect repellant Please take your rubbish with you Do not feed the wildlife Wear comfortable walking shoes Be aware of crocodiles as they may inhabit the lagoon.
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