Bird species recorded in the Faraway Bay area, North Kimberley, WA. The species list is compiled by Steve McIntosh (opportunistic recordings during the 2001 and 2002 dry seasons), Elisabeth Larsen (preliminary bird surveys 10-15 May 2002), and Geoff Lane (opportunistic recordings 9-14 May 2002).

* Not listed in the Striker Resources PER. 1 Brown quail Coturnix ypsilophora 2 King quail* Coturnix chinensis 7 Magpie goose* Anseranas semipalmata 4 Plumed whistling duck* Dendrocygna eytoni 5 Wandering whistling duck* Dendrocygna arcuata 6 Blue-billed duck* Oxyura australis 7 Radjah shelduck* Tadorna radjah 8 Green pygmy-goose* Nettapus pulchellus 9 Pink-eared duck Malacorhynchus membranaceu 10 Great crested grebe* Podiceps cristatus 11 Red-tailed tropicbird* Phaethon rubricauda ‘Near Threatened’ 12 White-tailed tropicbird* Phaethon lepturus 13 Brown booby* Sula leucogaster 14 Darter Anhinga melanogaster 15 Great cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 16 Little pied cormorant Phalacrocorax elanoleucos 17 Pied cormorant Phalacrocorax varius 18 Lesser frigatebird* Fregata ariel 19 White-faced heron Egretta novaehollandiae 20 Little egret Egretta garzetta 21 Great egret Ardea alba 22 Eastern reef egret* Egretta sacra 23 White-necked heron Ardea pacifica 24 Great-billed heron Ardea sumatrana 25 Pied heron* Ardea picata 26 Striated heron* Butorides striatus 27 Nankeen night heron Nycticorax caledonicus 28 Little bittern* xobrychus minutus ‘Near Threatened ’ 29 Black bittern Ixobrychus flavicollis 30 Glossy ibis* Plegadis falcinellus 31 Straw-necked ibis Threskiornis spinicollis 32 Australian white ibis Threskiornis molucca 33 Black-necked stork (Jabiru) Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus 34 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 35 Square-tailed kite Lophoictinia isura 36 Whistling kite Haliastur sphenurus 37 Black kite Milvus migrans 38 Black-breasted buzzard Hamirostra melanosternon 39 Brahminy kite Haliastur indus 40 White-bellied sea eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster 41 Swamp harrier* Circus approximans 42 Brown goshawk Accipiter fasciatus 43 Red goshawk Erythrotriorchis radiatus ‘Vulnerable’ 44 Wedge-tailed eagle Aquila audax 45 Australian hobby Falco longipennis 46 Grey falcon* Falco hypoleucos ‘Near Threatened’ 47 Brown falcon Falco berigora 48 Nankeen kestrel* Falco cenchroides 49 Brolga Grus rubicunda 50 Chestnut rail* Eulabeornis castaneoventris 51 Australian bustard Ardeotis australis ‘Near Threatened’ 52 Little curlew* Numenius minutus 53 Comb-crested jacana* Irediparra gallinacea 54 Beach stone-curlew* Esacus neglectus 55 Pied oystercatcher* Haematopus longirostris 56 Black-winged stilt Himantopus himantopus 57 Little ringed plover* Charadrius dubius 58 Silver gull* Larus novaehollandiae 59 Gull-billed tern* Sterna nilotica 60 Caspian tern* Sterna caspia 61 Lesser crested tern* Sterna bengalensis 62 Emerald dove Chalcophaps indica 63 Common bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera 64 Spinifex pigeon* Geophaps plumifera 65 White-quilled rock-pigeon* Petrophassa albipennis 66 Diamond dove Geopelia cuneata 67 Peaceful dove Geopelia striata 68 Bar-shouldered dove Geopelia humeralis 69 Sulphur-crested cockatoo Cacatua galerita 70 Red-tailed black cockatoo Calyptorhynchus banksii 71 Little corella Cacatua sanguinea 72 Rainbow lorikeet* Trichoglossus haematodus 73 Varied lorikeet Psitteuteles versicolor 74 Red-winged parrot Aprosmictus erythropterus 75 Common koel* Eudynamys scolopacea 76 Channel-billed cuckoo* Scythrops novaehollandiae 77 Pheasant coucal Centropus phasianinus 78 Barking owl* Ninox connivens 79 Southern boobook Ninox novaehollandiae 80 Azure kingfisher Alcedo azurea 81 Blue-winged kookaburra Dacelo leachii 82 Sacred kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus 83 Rainbow bee-eater Merops ornatus 84 Dollarbird* Eurystomus orientalis 85 Black-tailed treecreeper Climacteris melanura 86 Red-backed fairy-wren Malurus melanocephalus 87 Red-browed pardalote* Pardalotus rubricatus 88 Striated pardalote Pardalotus striatus 89 Weebill Smicrornis brevirostris 90 Mangrove gerygone* Gerygone levigaster 91 White-throated gerygone* Gerygone olivacea 92 Silver-crowned friarbird Philemon argenticeps 93 Little friarbird Philemon citreogularis 94 Singing honeyeater Lichenostomus virescens 95 Mangrove honeyeater Lichenostomus fasciogularis 96 Brown honeyeater Lichmera indistincta 97 Bar-breasted honeyeater Ramsayornis fasciatus

2 98 White-gaped honeyeater Lichenostomus unicolor 99 White-throated honeyeater Melithreptus albogularis 100 Sandstone shrike-thrush* Colluricincla woodwardi 101 Shining flycatcher Myiagra alecto 102 Leaden flycatcher* Myiagra rubecula 103 Broad-billed flycatcher* Myiagra ruficollis 104 Restless flycatcher Myiagra inquieta 105 Mangrove grey fantail* Rhipidura phasiana 106 Rufous fantail* //// Rhipidura rufifrons 107 Willie wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys 108 Lemon-bellied flycatcher Microeca flavigaster 109 Black-faced cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae 110 White-bellied cuckoo-shrike Coracina papuensis 111 Varied triller* Lalage leucomela 112 White-winged triller Lalage sueurii 113 Little woodswallow* Artamus minor 114 White-breasted woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus 115 Grey butcherbird Cracticus torquatus 116 Pied butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis 117 Magpielark* Grallina cyanoleuca 118 Torresian crow Corvus orru 119 Great bowerbird Chlamydera nuchalis 120 Zebra finch* Taeniopygia guttata 121 Double-barred finch* Taeniopygia bichenovii 122 Long-tailed finch Poephila acuticauda 123 Crimson finch Neochmia phaeton 124 Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum 125 Tree martin Hirundo nigricans 126 Fairy martin* Hirundo ariel 127 Yellow white-eye Zosterops luteus

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