Sunrise Birding, LLC http://www.sunrisebirding.com AUSTRALIA June/July 2009 – SPECIES LIST

Leaders: Steve Bird, Gina Nichol, and Roy Sonnenburg

No of Highest daily count days out C.= Common Scientific Name of 7 LC = Locally SPECIES recorded Common H.= Heard only

N/C.= No count Bold & E = Endemic ( ) = group or pair 1. Australian Brush-Turkey E Alectura lathami 6 3 2. Orange-footed Scrubfowl Megapodius reinwardt 6 6 3. Magpie Goose Anseranas semipalmata 2 (400) 4. Wandering Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna arcuata 1 2 5. Plumed Whistling-Duck E Dendrocygna eytoni 2 (3000) 6. Black Swan E Cygnus atratus 1 70 7. Radjah Shelduck Tadorna radjah 1 (2) 8. Green Pygmy-goose Nettapus pulchellus 1 20 9. Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosus 6 30+ 10. Grey Teal Anas gracilis 1 2 11. Hardhead Aythya australis 6 12 12. Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae 5 6 13. Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 1 4 14. Rock Dove Columba liviaied 5 N/C 15. Spotted Turtle-Dove Streptopelia chinensis 6 C 16. Brown Cuckoo Dove E Macropygia amboinensis 4 3 17. Emerald Ground-Dove Chalcophaps indica 5 3 18. Crested Pigeon E Geophaps lophotes 3 2 19. Squatter Pigeon E Geophaps scripta 1 4 20. Peaceful Dove Geopelia cuneata 7 C 21. Bar-shouldered Dove Geopelia humeralis 6 10+ 22. Wompoo Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus magnificus 3 2 23. Pied Imperial-Pigeon Ducula bicolor 1 2 24. Topknot Pigeon E Lopholaimus antarcticus 1 1 25. Papuan Frogmouth Podorgus papuensis 1 3 26. Australian Owlet Nightjar Aegotheles cristatus 1 2 27. Australian Swiftlet E Aerodramus terraereginae 6 50 28. Masked Booby Sula dactylatra 1 1 29. Brown Booby Sula leucogaster 2 30 30. Australasian Darter Anhinga melanogaster 5 6 31. Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos 5 6+ 32. Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 1 1 33. Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris 1 1 34. Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus 3 10 35. White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica 2 1 36. Eastern Great Egret Ardea modesta 7 12+ 37. Intermediate Egret Ardea intermedia 6 4 38. Great-billed Heron Ardea sumatrana 1 2 39. Cattle Egret Ardea ibis 7 L/C 40. Striated Heron Butorides striatus 2 3 41. White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae 5 2 42. Little Egret Egretta garzetta 4 25 43. Eastern Reef Egret Egretta sacra 1 4 44. Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus 2 2 Sunrise Birding, LLC - Australia 2009 – Species List 1 45. Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca 7 30+ 46. Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis 7 C 47. Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia 3 6 48. Eastern Osprey Pandion cristatus 4 2 49. Australian Kite E Elanus axillaris 6 3 50. Pacific Baza Aviceda subcristata 1 2 51. White-bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster 2 2 52. Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus 5 6+ 53. Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus 4 4 54. Black Kite Milvus migrans 6 10 55. Brown Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus 4 1 56. Collared Sparrowhawk Accipiter cirrocephalus 3 1 57. Grey Goshawk Accipiter novaehollandiae 3 2 58. Spotted Harrier Circus assimilis 3 5 59. Swamp Harrier Circus approximans 2 1 60. Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax 2 2 61. Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides 5 2 62. Brown Falcon Falco berigora 4 4 63. Australian Hobby Falco longipennis 3 1 64. Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 1 1 65. Sarus Crane Grus antigone 2 70 66. Brolga Grus rubicunda 1 30 67. Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio 3 50 White-browed Crake Amaurornis cinerea 1 H 68. Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa 1 4 69. Eurasian Coot Fulica atra 1 6 70. Australian Bustard Ardeotis australis 1 5 71. Bush Stone-curlew Burhinus grallarius 5 20+ 72. Beach Stone-curlew Esacus neglectus 1 1 73. Australian Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus longirostris 1 1 74. Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 2 20 75. Red-capped Plover Charadrius ruficapillus 1 2 76. Black-fronted Dotterel Elseyornis melanops 3 6 77. Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles 6 C 78. Comb-crested Jacana Irediparra gallinacea 2 10 79. Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 1 40 80. Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 2 15 81. Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis 1 2 82. Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris 1 25 83. Common Noddy Anous stolidus 1 50 84. Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscata 1 200 85. Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica 2 20 86. Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia 1 8 87. Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii 2 30 88. Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae 2 L/C 89. Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo E Calyptorhynchus banksii 2 40 90. Galah Cacatua roseicapillus 1 8 91. Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea 1 150 92. Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita 6 50+ 93. Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus 7 400+ 94. Scaly-breasted Lorikeet E Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus 6 10+ 95. Little Lorikeet E Glossopsitta pusilla 1 3 flyovers 96. Double-eyed Fig-Parrot Cyclopsitta diophthalma 5 12 97. Australian King-Parrot E Alisterus scapularis 1 8 98. Red-winged Parrot Aprosmictus erythropterus 1 8 99. Crimson Rosella E Platycercus elegans 1 1 100. Pale-headed Rosella E Platycercus adscitus 1 6 101. Pheasant Coucal Centropus phasianinus 2 2 102. Little Bronze-Cuckoo (Gould’s) Chrysococcyx minutillus 1 1 103. Masked Owl Tyto novaehollandiae 1 6 104. Azure Kingfisher Alcedo azureus 1 3 105. Little Kingfisher Alcedo pusilla 1 1 Sunrise Birding, LLC - Australia 2009 – Species List 2 106. Laughing Kookaburra E Dacelo novaeguineae 6 4 107. Blue-winged Kookaburra Dacelo leachii 3 3 108. Forest Kingfisher Todiramphus macleayii 6 8 109. Red-backed Kingfisher E Todiramphus pyrrhopygia 1 1 110. Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus 4 4 111. Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris 1 1 112. Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus 6 40+ 113. White-throated Treecreeper E Cormobates leucophaea 3 1 114. Brown Treecreeper E Climacteris picumnus 1 4 115. Spotted Catbird Ailuroedus melanotis 4 7 116. Tooth-billed Bowerbird E Scenopoeetes dentirostris 3 4 117. Golden Bowerbird E Amblyornis newtonianus 1 1 male 118. Satin Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus violaceus 1 6 119. Great Bowerbird E Ptilonorhynchus nuchalis 2 4 120. Red-backed Fairy-wren E Malurus melanocephalus 2 6 121. Lovely Fairy-wren E Malurus amabilis 1 4 122. Fernwren E Oreoscopus gutturalis 1 2 123. Yellow-throated Scrubwren E Sericornis citreogularis 2 8 124. Atherton Scrubwren E Sericornis keri 1 10 125. Large-billed Scrubwren E Sericornis magnirostris 4 6 126. Brown Gerygone E Gerygone mouki 2 6 127. Large-billed Gerygone Gerygone magnirostris 4 3 128. Fairy Gerygone Gerygone palpebrosa 2 2 129. White-throated Gerygone Gerygone albogularis 1 2 130. Mountain Thornbill E Acanthiza katherina 3 3 131. Striated Pardalote E Pardalotus striatus 1 1 132. Eastern Spinebill E Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris 2 3 133. Lewin’s Honeyeater E Meliphaga lewinii 5 L/C 134. Yellow-spotted Honeyeater E Meliphaga notata 5 6+ 135. Graceful Honeyeater Meliphaga gracilis 4 6 136. Bridled Honeyeater E Lichenostomus frenatus 4 10 137. Yellow-faced Honeyeater E Lichenostomus chrysops 3 2 138. Varied Honeyeater Lichenostomus versicolor 2 3 139. Yellow Honeyeater E Lichenostomus flavus 3 6 140. Brown-backed Honeyeater Ramsayornis modestus 1 3 141. Dusky Honeyeater Myzomela obscura 6 4 142. Scarlet Honeyeater Myzomela sanguinolenta 5 4 143. Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta 6 10 144. White-cheeked Honeyeater E Phylidonyris nigra 3 3 145. White-throated Honeyeater Melithreptus albogularis 3 2 146. Blue-faced Honeyeater Entomyzon cyanotis 4 6 147. Helmeted Friarbird Philemon buceroides 7 8+ 148. Macleay’s Honeyeater E Xanthotis macleayana 4 8 149. Grey-crowned Babbler Pomatostomus temporalis 1 1 150. Chowchilla E Orthonyx spaldingii 1 8 151. Eastern Whipbird E Psophodes olivaceus 3 3 152. Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae 2 4 153. White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike Coracina papuensis 3 3 154. Varied Triller Lalage leucomela 3 2 155. Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis 3 2 156. Grey Whistler Pachycephala simplex 2 2 157. Little Shrike-thrush Colluricincla megarhyncha 5 8 158. Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica 1 1 159. Australasian Figbird Sphecotheres vieilloti 5 20+ 160. Yellow Oriole Oriolus flavocinctus 4 6 161. White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus 5 20+ 162. Black Butcherbird Cracticus quoyi 2 4 163. Pied Butcherbird E Cracticus nigrogularis 3 4 164. Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen 3 6 165. Pied Currawong E Strepera graculina 3 10 166. Spangled Drongo Dicrurus bracteatus 6 6 167. Rufous Fantail Rhipidura rufifrons 4 4 Sunrise Birding, LLC - Australia 2009 – Species List 3 168. Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscarpa 5 4 169. Northern Fantail Rhipidura rufiventris 1 2 170. Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys 7 C 171. Torresian Crow Corvus orru 5 8 172. Leaden Flycatcher Myiagra rubecula 3 2 173. Shining Flycatcher Myiagra alecto 1 4 174. Restless Flycatcher E Myiagra inquieta 1 1 175. Spectacled Monarch Monarcha trivirgatus 5 4 176. Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca 6 80 177. Pied Monarch E Arses kaupi 3 2 178. Yellow-breasted Boatbill Machaerirhynchus flaviventer 3 3 179. Apostlebird E Struthidea cinerea 1 10 180. Victoria’s Riflebird E Ptiloris victoriae 5 2 181. Lemon-bellied Flycatcher Microeca flavigaster 1 5 182. Pale-yellow Robin E Tregellasia capito 5 4 183. Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis 1 1 184. Mangrove Robin Eopsaltria pulverulenta 1 2 185. Grey-headed Robin E Heteromyias cinerefrons 5 4 186. Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis 2 6 Australian Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus australis 1 H 187. Silvereye Zosterops lateralis 4 6 188. Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena 7 L/C 189. Fairy Martin E Hirundo ariel 4 10+ 190. Bassian Thrush Zoothera lunulata 1 1 191. Metallic Starling Aplonis metallica 3 200 192. Common Myna Acridotheres tristis 7 C 193. Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum 2 6 194. Olive-backed Sunbird Nectarinia jugularis 5 4 195. Double-barred Finch E Taeniopygia bichenovii 2 20 196. Black-throated Finch E Poephila cincta 1 2 197. Crimson Finch Neochmia phaeton 2 6 198. Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis 5 12 199. Blue-faced Parrot-Finch Erythrura trichroa 2 3 200. Nutmeg Mannikin Lonchura punctulata 2 50 201. Chestnut-breasted Mannikin Lonchura castaneothorax 5 8 202. House Sparrow Passer domesticus 6 C 203. Australasian Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae 5 6

Other Sightings: 1. Green Turtle Chelonia mydas 1 3 2. White-lipped Tree Frog Litoria infrafrenata 1 1 3. Desert Tree Frog Litoria rubella 1 1 4. Stony Creek Frog Litoria wilcoxi 1 1 5. Northern Dwarf Sedge Frog Litoria bicolor 1 1 6. Eastern Dwarf Reed Frog Litoria fallax 1 1 7. Duck-billed Platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus 1 1 8. Agile Wallaby Macropus agilis 1 6 9. Eastern Grey Kangaroo Macropus giganteus 1 30 10. Northern Brown Bandicoot Isoodon macrourus 3 2 11. Long-nosed Bandicoot Perameles nasuta 2 1 12. Striped Opossum Dactylopsila trivirgata 1 1 13. Australian Water-Rat Hydromys chrysogaster 1 1 14. Australian Bush Rat Rattus fuscipes 1 1 15. Musky Rat-Kangaroo Hypsiprymnodon moschatus 1 3 16. Spectacled Flying Fox Pteropus conspicillatus 1 200 17. Eastern Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus megaphyllus 1 1 18. Common Bottle-nosed Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 1 2 19. Cairn’s Birdwing (butterfly) Ornithoptera priamus 3 4 Many types of fish, sea slugs and corals etc on our day on the Great Barrier Reef White-tipped Reef Shark Napoleon (Maori) Wrasse Lump-headed Parrot Fish Sunrise Birding, LLC - Australia 2009 – Species List 4 Fox-faced Rabbit Fish Titan Trigger fish Trevally Unicorn Fish Red Anemone Fish Surgeon fish Oriental Sweetlips Spangled Emperor Long-finned Bat Fish Red-finned Butterfly Fish Tear-drop Butterfly Fish Regal Angel Blue Angel Moorish Idol Humbug Damsel Jewel Damsel Chocolate-dip Damsel Blue-streaked Cleaner Bird Wrasse Clown Fish Yellow-tailed Fusilier Five-striped Angel Fish Giant Clam Egg Cowrie Pineapple Sea Cucumber And much more unidentified !

Please note that our checklists do not include species seen by leaders only. We also do not include single observer sightings or very poor views. We do not count heard only or subspecies, although they are noted. This we believe gives us a very honest accurate group total.

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