Four children have been found after being abducted from a property in North Queensland.

Police issued an amber alert after four children – aged three, four, seven and eight – were taken from a property in The Leap north of Mackay at about 11.30am yesterday.

28-year-old Joshua Carter, a caucasian man with a shaved head and a bushy beard, was seen with them and is yet to be found.

Carter also has multiple face and body tattoos – including Joker-themed facial tattoos.