Mangalore Flora Reserve

Mangalore Flora Reserve is a great place to stop off if you are heading up the Hume or Goulburn Valley highways. Although the Flora Reserve runs along the highway access is only via Mangalore Road. It's a fairly small reserve but contains a number of interesting birds. Many cockatoos and parrots can be seen along the roadsides leading to the reserve. On the day we visited (January 09) on entering the reserve the first interesting bird we came across was a White-backed Swallow sitting in a dead tree. There were many White-browed Woodswallow, Dusky and Masked Woodswallows were also present. Other interesting birds in the reserve on the day we visited were, a White-bellied Cuckoo Shrike, White-browed Babbler, White-throated Needletail, Brown Treecreeper, Crested-shrike Tit and White-winged Chough.
Swift Parrots have been seen here in winter, also look out for cuckoos, Rainbow Bea-eaters, Tawny Frogmouth and Black-chinned Honeyeater.

Map of Mangalore Flora Reserve

Mangalore Flora Reserve Trip List

Mangalore Flora Reserve