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Birds of the Wet Tropics FAR NORTH QUEENSLAND’S PREMIER NATURE AND WILDLIFE ENCOUNTERS! BIRDS OF THE WET TROPICS ENDEMIC SPECIES SIGNIFICANT ENDEMIC SUBSPECIES Lesser Sooty Owl Double-eyed Fig-Parrot Generally elusive and difficult. Rainforest. Race macleayana occurs throughout the Wet Tropics, mostly Fernwren in coastal lowlands. Often elusive. Mostly in high altitude rainforest. Crimson Rosella Atherton Scrubwren Dark race nigrescens mostly in rainforest at higher altitudes. Higher altitudes in northern Wet Tropics rainforest. Southern Boobook Mountain Thornbill Small dark race lurida in rainforest at higher altitudes. Easily seen in rainforest at higher altitudes. White-throated Treecreeper Macleay’s Honeyeater Small race minor mostly in rainforest at higher altitudes. Easily seen at all altitudes. Pale-yellow Robin Bridled Honeyeater Race nana occurs throughout the Wet Tropics. Easily seen in rainforest at higher altitudes. Lower altitudes in Grey Fantail winter. Race keasti is resident in and confined to rainforest at higher Grey-headed Robin altitudes. Common and easily seen, mostly in higher altitude rainforest. Bassian Thrush Chowchilla Large race cuneata confined to rainforest at high altitudes. Can be elusive. Best chance is in rainforest at higher altitudes. Bower’s Shrike-thrush Fairly easily seen in rainforest at higher altitudes. Pied Monarch Often not easily located. Rainforest. Victoria’s Riflebird Throughout most rainforest, but elusive. Tooth-billed Bowerbird Easily seen at display courts in spring. Rainforest. Golden Bowerbird Males easily seen at bowers during breeding season. Rainforest. 0400 732 883 [email protected] FNQNATURETOURS.COM.AU FAR NORTH QUEENSLAND’S PREMIER NATURE AND WILDLIFE ENCOUNTERS! BIRDLIST CASSOWARIES, EMUS BOOBIES OSPREY, KITES, EAGLES, Southern Cassowary Masked Booby FALCONS Emu Red-footed Booby Osprey Brown Booby Pacific Baza MOUND BUILDERS Black-shouldered Kite Australian Brush-turkey DARTER, CORMORANTS Square-tailed Kite Orange-footed Scrubfowl Darter Black-breasted Buzzard Little Pied Cormorant Black Kite TRUE QUAIL Pied Cormorant Whistling Kite Stubble Quail Little Black Cormorant Brahminy Kite Brown Quail Great Cormorant White-bellied Sea-Eagle King Quail Spotted Harrier PELICANS Swamp Harrier GEESE, DUCKS, SWANS Australian Pelican Brown Goshawk Magpie Goose Grey Goshawk Plumed Whistling-Duck FRIGATEBIRDS Collared Sparrowhawk Wandering Whistling-Duck Great Frigatebird Red Goshawk Black Swan Lesser Frigatebird Wedge-tailed Eagle Radjah Shelduck Little Eagle Australian Wood Duck HERONS, EGRETS, BITTERNS Brown Falcon Cotton Pygmy-goose White-faced Heron Australian Hobby Green Pygmy-goose Little Egret Peregrine Falcon Pacific Black Duck Eastern Reef Egret Nankeen Kestrel Australasian Shoveler White-necked Heron Grey Teal Great-billed Heron CRANES Pink-eared Duck Pied Heron Sarus Crane Hardhead Great Egret Brolga Intermediate Egret GREBES Cattle Egret CRAKES, RAILS Australasian Grebe Striated Heron Red-necked Crake Hoary-headed Grebe Nankeen Night Heron Buff-banded Rail Great Crested Grebe Little Bittern Lewin’s Rail Black Bittern Bush-hen PETRELS, SHEARWATERS Baillon’s Crake Wedge-tailed Shearwater IBIS, SPOONBILLS Australian Spotted Crake Hutton’s Shearwater Glossy Ibis Spotless Crake Wilson’s Storm-Petrel Australian White Ibis White-browed Crake Straw-necked Ibis Purple Swamphen TROPICBIRDS Royal Spoonbill Dusky Moorhen Red-tailed Tropicbird Yellow-billed Spoonbill Black-tailed Native-hen White-tailed Tropicbird Eurasian Coot STORKS Black-necked Stork 0400 732 883 [email protected] FNQNATURETOURS.COM.AU FAR NORTH QUEENSLAND’S PREMIER NATURE AND WILDLIFE ENCOUNTERS! BIRDLIST BUSTARDS STONE-CURLEWS PIGEONS, DOVES Australian Bustard Bush Stone-curlew Rock Dove* Beach Stone-curlew White-headed Pigeon BUTTON-QUAIL Spotted Turtle-Dove* Red-backed Button-quail OYSTERCATCHERS, STILTS, Brown Cuckoo-Dove Red-chested Button-quail AVOCETS Emerald Dove Buff-breasted Button-quail Pied Oystercatcher Common Bronzewing Painted Button-quail Sooty Oystercatcher Crested Pigeon Black-winged Stilt Squatter Pigeon WADERS, SNIPE, GODWITS, Red-necked Avocet Diamond Dove SANDPIPERS, TATTLERS Peaceful Dove Latham’s Snipe PLOVERS, LAPWINGS Bar-shouldered Dove Swinhoe’s Snipe Pacific Golden Plover Wompoo Fruit-Dove Black-tailed Godwit Grey Plover Red-capped Plover Superb Fruit-Dove Bar-tailed Godwit Double-banded Plover Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove Little Curlew Lesser Sand Plover Pied Imperial Pigeon Whimbrel Greater Sand Plover Topknot Pigeon Eastern Curlew Oriental Plover Common Redshank Black-fronted Dotterel COCKATOOS Marsh Sandpiper Red-kneed Dotterel Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo Common Greenshank Banded Lapwing Galah Wood Sandpiper Masked Lapwing Little Corella Terek Sandpiper Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Common Sandpiper PRATINCOLES Cockatiel Grey-tailed Tattler Oriental Pratincole Wandering Tattler Australian Pratincole LORIKEETS, FIG-PARROTS Ruddy Turnstone Rainbow Lorikeet Asian Dowitcher GULLS, TERNS Scaly-breasted Lorikeet Great Knot Silver Gull Little Lorikeet Red Knot Gull-billed Tern Double-eyed Fig-Parrot Sanderling Caspian Tern Red-necked Stint Lesser Crested Tern PARROTS, ROSELLAS Pectoral Sandpiper Crested Tern Australian King-Parrot Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Roseate Tern Red-winged Parrot Curlew Sandpiper Black-naped Tern Crimson Rosella Broad-billed Sandpiper Common Tern Pale-headed Rosella Ruff Little Tern Budgerigar Fairy Tern PAINTED SNIPE Bridled Tern COUCALS Painted Snipe Sooty Tern Pheasant Coucal Whiskered Tern JACANAS White-winged Black Tern Comb-crested Jacana Common Noddy Black Noddy 0400 732 883 [email protected] FNQNATURETOURS.COM.AU FAR NORTH QUEENSLAND’S PREMIER NATURE AND WILDLIFE ENCOUNTERS! BIRDLIST HAWK OWLS, BARN OWLS TREECREEPERS FRIARBIRDS, MINERS, Rufous Owl White-throated Treecreeper HONEYEATERS Barking Owl Brown Treecreeper Helmeted Friarbird Southern Boobook Silver-crowned Friarbird Lesser Sooty Owl FAIRY-WRENS Noisy Friarbird Masked Owl Lovely Fairy-wren Little Friarbird Barn Owl Red-backed Fairy-wren Blue-faced Honeyeater Grass Owl Noisy Miner PARDALOTES Yellow-throated Miner FROGMOUTHS, NIGHTJARS, Spotted Pardalote Macleay’s Honeyeater OWLET-NIGHTJARS Red-browed Pardalote Lewin’s Honeyeater Tawny Frogmouth Striated Pardalote Yellow-spotted Honeyeater Papuan Frogmouth Graceful Honeyeater White-throated Nightjar FERNWRENS, SCRUBWRENS Bridled Honeyeater Spotted Nightjar Fernwren Yellow-faced Honeyeater Large-tailed Nightjar Yellow-throated Scrubwren Varied Honeyeater Australian Owlet-nightjar White-browed Scrubwren Mangrove Honeyeater Atherton Scrubwren White-gaped Honeyeater SWIFTLETS, NEEDLETAILS, Large-billed Scrubwren Yellow Honeyeater SWIFTS Fuscous Honeyeater White-rumped Swiftlet WEEBILLS, GERYGONES, White-plumed Honeyeater White-throated Needletail THORNBILLS Black-chinned Honeyeater Fork-tailed Swift Weebill White-throated Honeyeater House Swift Brown Gerygone White-naped Honeyeater Mangrove Gerygone Brown Honeyeater KINGFISHERS, KOOKABURRAS Western Gerygone White-streaked Honeyeater Azure Kingfisher Large-billed Gerygone Painted Honeyeater Little Kingfisher Fairy Gerygone White-checked Honeyeater Buff-br. Paradise-K’fisher White-throated Gerygone Brown-backed Honeyeater Laughing Kookaburra Mountain Thornbill Bar-breasted Honeyeater Blue-winged Kookaburra Buff-rumped Thornbill Rufous-throated Honeyeater Forest Kingfisher Yellow Thornbill Eastern Spinebill Red-backed Kingfisher Banded Honeyeater Sacred Kingfisher FLYCATCHERS, ROBINS Dusky Honeyeater Collared Kingfisher Jacky Winter Scarlet Honeyeater Lemon-bellied Flycatcher BEE-EATERS, DOLLARBIRDS Red-capped Robin CHOWCHILLAS (ROLLERS) Hooded Robin Chowchilla Rainbow Bee-eater Pale-yellow Robin Dollarbird Eastern Yellow Robin BABBLERS, WHIPBIRDS, Mangrove Robin SITTELLAS, SHRIKE-TITS PITTAS White-browed Robin Grey-crowned Babbler Noisy Pitta Grey-headed Robin Eastern Whipbird Varied Sittella Crested Shrike-tit 0400 732 883 [email protected] FNQNATURETOURS.COM.AU FAR NORTH QUEENSLAND’S PREMIER NATURE AND WILDLIFE ENCOUNTERS! BIRDLIST WHISTLERS, SHRIKE- WOODSWALLOWS SPARROWS, FINCHES, THRUSHES White-breasted Woodswallow MANNIKINS Golden Whistler Masked Woodswallow House Sparrow* Grey Whistler White-browed Woodswallow Zebra Finch Rufous Whistler Black-faced Woodswallow Double-barred Finch Little Shrike-thrush Dusky Woodswallow Black-throated Finch Bower’s Shrike-thrush Little Woodswallow Crimson Finch Grey Shrike-thrush Plum-headed Finch BUTCHERBIRDS, MAGPIES, Red-browed Finch BOATBILLS, MONARCHS, CURRAWONGS Nutmeg Mannikin* FLYCATCHERS Black Butcherbird Chestnut-breasted Mannikin Yellow-breasted Boatbill Grey Butcherbird Blue-faced Parrot-Finch Black-faced Monarch Pied Butcherbird Spectacled Monarch Australian Magpie SWALLOWS, MARTINS White-eared Monarch Pied Currawong White-backed Swallow Pied Monarch Barn Swallow Broad-billed Flycatcher RIFLEBIRDS Pacific Swallow Leaden Flycatcher Victoria’s Riflebird Welcome Swallow Satin Flycatcher Red-rumped Swallow Shining Flycatcher RAVENS, CROWS Tree Martin Restless Flycatcher Australian Raven Fairy Martin Torresian Crow MAGPIE-LARKS, FANTAILS, REED-WARBLERS, DRONGOS CHOUGHS, APOSTLEBIRDS GRASSBIRDS, SONGLARKS Magpie-lark White-winged Chough CISTICOLAS Rufous Fantail Apostlebird Australian Reed-Warbler Grey Fantail Tawny Grassbird Northern Fantail CATBIRDS, BOWERBIRDS Little Grassbird Willie Wagtail Spotted Catbird Rufous Songlark Spangled Drongo Tooth-billed Bowerbird Brown Songlark Golden Bowerbird Zitting Cisticola CUCKOO-SHRIKES, Satin Bowerbird Golden-headed Cisticola CICADABIRDS, TRILLERS Great Bowerbird Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike SILVEREYES Barred Cuckoo-shrike BUSHLARKS, PIPITS, Silvereye White-breasted Cuckoo-shrike WAGTAILS Cicadabird Singing Bushlark GROUND THRUSHES Ground Cuckoo-shrike Richard’s Pipit Bassian Thrush White-winged Triller Yellow Wagtail Russet-tailed Thrush Varied Triller Grey Wagtail STARLINGS, MYNAS ORIOLES, FIGBIRDS SUNBIRDS, MISTLETOEBIRDS Metallic Starling Yellow Oriole Yellow-bellied Sunbird Common Myna* Olive-backed Oriole Mistletoebird Figbird * = introduced 0400 732 883 [email protected] FNQNATURETOURS.COM.AU.
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