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Orange-footed Scrubfowl BIRDWATCHING LIST This birdwatching list is published by the Rapid Creek Landcare Group and covers PC the Rapid Creek catchment. Please see our website for more information on exploring Rapid Creek (www.rapidcreek.org.au). Species that can be seen in or from home Bar-shouldered Dove gardens are marked with an asterisk (*). EST OMMON AME CIENTIFIC AME AND C N S N R OVES UNES ANDS L O R L D F ET OOD ANG W AND W M H C ONSOON EA M B Megapode & Quail Orange-footed Scrubfowl * Megapodius reinwardt P P PC Brown Quail Synoicus ypsilophorus P P Torresian Imperial-Pigeon Ducks, Geese & Grebes Magpie Goose * Anseranas semipalmata P Plumed Whistling-Duck * Dendrocygna eytoni P Wandering Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna arcuata P Radjah Shelduck * Radjah radjah P P P Green Pygmy-goose Nettapus pulchellus P Grey Teal Anas gracilis P Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa P PC Hardhead Aythya australis P Tawny Frogmouth Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae P Hoary-headed Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus P Pigeons & Doves Brown-capped Emerald-Dove * Chalcophaps longirostris P P Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera P Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes P Peaceful Dove * Geopelia placida P P Bar-shouldered Dove * Geopelia humeralis P P P P Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus regina P PC Torresian Imperial-Pigeon * Ducula spilorrhoa P P P Australian White Ibis Frogmouth, Nightjars & Swift Tawny Frogmouth * Podargus strigoides P P P P Spotted Nightjar Eurostopodus argus P Large-tailed Nightjar * Caprimulgus macrurus P P P Australian Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles cristatus P P Fork-tailed Swift * Apus pacificus P P P P P Frigatebird, Darter & Cormorants Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel P PC Australasian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae P RAPID CREEK BIRDWATCHING LIST 1/7 Straw-necked Ibis EST OMMON AME CIENTIFIC AME AND C N S N R OVES UNES ANDS L O R L D F ET OOD ANG W AND W M H C ONSOON EA M B Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos P P P Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo P Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris P P P PC Great Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius P P P Whistling Kite Pelican & Stork Australian Pelican * Pelecanus conspicillatus P P Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus P P P Herons, Egrets and Bittern Black Bittern Ixobrychus flavicollis P P Great Egret * Ardea alba P P P Intermediate Egret Ardea intermedia P P P Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis P P Striated Heron Butorides striatus P P PC Pied Heron * Egretta picata P P P Brahminy Kite White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae P P P P Little Egret Egretta garzetta P P P Eastern Reef Egret Egretta sacra P P Nankeen Night-Heron Nycticorax caledonicus P P P P Ibis & Spoonbills Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus P Australian White Ibis * Threskiornis moluccus P P P P Straw-necked Ibis * Threskiornis spinicollis P P JB Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia P P Buff-banded Rail Yellow-billed Spoonbill Platalea flavipes P P P Eagles, Kites, Goshawks, Osprey & Falcons Osprey Pandion haliaetus P P P Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris P P Pacific Baza * Aviceda subcristata P P White-bellied Sea-Eagle * Haliaeetus leucogaster P P P Whistling Kite * Haliastur sphenurus P P P P P Brahminy Kite * Haliastur indus P P P P Black Kite * Milvus migrans P P P P P PC Brown Goshawk * Accipiter fasciatus P P Bush Stone-curlew Collared Sparrowhawk Accipiter cirrocephalus P P Grey Goshawk * Accipiter novaehollandiae P P P Spotted Harrier Circus assimilis P P Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax P Little Eagle * Hieraaetus morphnoides P Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides P P Brown Falcon Falco berigora P P Australian Hobby * Falco longipennis P P P JB Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus P P RAPID CREEK BIRDWATCHING LIST 2/7 Masked Lapwing EST OMMON AME CIENTIFIC AME AND C N S N R OVES UNES ANDS L O R L D F ET OOD ANG W AND W M H C ONSOON EA M B Crane, Crakes, Rail & Coot Brolga * Antigone rubicunda P Buff-banded Rail Hypotaenidia philippensis P P P PC Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla P Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo White-browed Crake Amaurornis cinerea P Eurasian Coot Fulica atra P Stone-curlews Bush Stone-curlew * Burhinus grallarius P P Beach Stone-curlew Esacus magnirostris P Oystercatchers, Stilt & Avocet Australian Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus longirostris P Sooty Oystercatcher Haematopus fuliginosus P Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus P P PC Red-necked Avocet Recurvirostra novaehollandiae P Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Plovers, Dotterels, Lapwing & Jacana Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva P P Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola P Red-capped Plover Charadrius ruficapillus P P Lesser Sand Plover Charadrius mongolus P P Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii P P Oriental Plover Charadrius veredus P P P Black-fronted Dotterel Elseyornis melanops P PC Red-kneed Dotterel Erythrogonys cinctus P Red-collared Lorikeet Masked Lapwing * Vanellus miles P P P Comb-crested Jacana Irediparra gallinacea P Snipe, Sandpipers, Godwits, Curlews & Stint Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii P Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala P Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa P Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica P Little Curlew Numenius minutus P Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus P JB Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis P P Red-winged Parrot Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus P P Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos P P P Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes P P Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia P P P Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis P P P Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola P Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres P Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris P JB Red Knot Calidris canutus P RAPID CREEK BIRDWATCHING LIST 3/7 Pheasant Coucal EST OMMON AME CIENTIFIC AME AND C N S N R OVES UNES ANDS L O R L D F ET OOD ANG W AND W M H C ONSOON EA M B Sanderling Calidris alba P Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis P P P Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata P P P JB Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea P P P Barking Owl Button-quails Red-backed Button-quail Turnix maculosa P P Red-chested Button-quail Turnix pyrrhothorax P P Pratincoles Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum P P Australian Pratincole Stiltia isabella P P Gull & Terns Little Tern Sternula albifrons P Common Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica P P PC Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia P P Blue-winged Kookaburra Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida P P Silver Gull Larus novaehollandiae P P P Cockatoos, Galah & Corella Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo * Calyptorhynchus banksii P P Galah * Eolophus roseicapilla P Little Corella * Cacatua sanguinea P P Sulphur-crested Cockatoo * Cacatua galerita P P P P Parrot, Lorikeets & Rosella JB Red-collared Lorikeet * Trichoglossus rubritorquis P P P P Forest Kingfisher Varied Lorikeet * Psitteuteles versicolor P P P Red-winged Parrot * Aprosmictus erythropterus P P P Northern Rosella Platycercus venustus P Cuckoos Pheasant Coucal * Centropus phasianinus P P P Asian Koel * Eudynamys scolopaceus P P P P Channel-billed Cuckoo * Scythrops novaehollandiae P P P Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo * Chalcites basalis P P Little Bronze-Cuckoo * Chalcites minutillus P P P JB Pallid Cuckoo * Heteroscenes pallidus P P P Rainbow Bee-eater Brush Cuckoo * Cacomantis variolosus P P P P Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus P P P P Owls Rufous Owl Ninox rufa P P Barking Owl * Ninox connivens P P P Southern Boobook Ninox boobook P P P Barn Owl Tyto alba P P Kingfishers & Bee-eater JB Azure Kingfisher * Ceyx azureus P P P RAPID CREEK BIRDWATCHING LIST 4/7 Oriental Dollarbird EST OMMON AME CIENTIFIC AME AND C N S N R OVES UNES ANDS L O R L D F ET OOD ANG W AND W M H C ONSOON EA M B Little Kingfisher Ceyx pusillus P P P Blue-winged Kookaburra * Dacelo leachii P P P Forest Kingfisher * Todiramphus macleayii P P P P PC Sacred Kingfisher * Todiramphus sanctus P P P P Rainbow Pitta Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris P P Rainbow Bee-eater * Merops ornatus P P P P P Dollarbird, Pitta & Bowerbird Oriental Dollarbird * Eurystomus orientalis P P P Rainbow Pitta Pitta iris P Great Bowerbird * Chlamydera nuchalis P P Fairy-wren Red-backed Fairy-wren Malurus melanocephalus P P JB Weebill, Gerygones & Pardalote Mangrove Gerygone Weebill * Smicrornis brevirostris P Mangrove Gerygone Gerygone levigaster P Large-billed Gerygone Gerygone magnirostris P P P Green-backed Gerygone * Gerygone chloronota P P P Striated Pardalote * 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P Varied Triller * Lalage leucomela P P P P Whistlers & Shrike-thrushes P P PC Brown Whistler Pachycephala simplex RAPID CREEK BIRDWATCHING LIST 5/7 Green Oriole EST OMMON AME CIENTIFIC AME AND C N S N R OVES UNES ANDS L O R L D F ET OOD ANG W AND W M H C ONSOON EA M B Rufous
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    Darwin and Northern Territory (06/22/2019 – 07/06/2019) – Birding Report Participants: Corey Callaghan and Diane Callaghan Email: [email protected] Overview: At an Australasian Ornithological Conference in Geelong, November 2017, they announced that the next conference would be in Darwin in 2019. I immediately booked it in the calendar that that is when I would do the typical Darwin birding trip. Diane was on board, and so we decided to do a solid birding trip before the conference in early July. There are some tricky ‘must-get’ birds here, and overall we did pretty well. We ended with 198 species for the trip, and got pretty much all the critical top end birds. Didn’t get any of the mangrove specialties (e.g., whistlers, and fantail), but I was still pleased with how we did. Highlights included all the finches that we saw, and the great spread of waterbirds. Chestnut Rail was also a highlight. When I went to the conference, I dropped Diane off to go hiking at Litchfield National Park, but before that we did a 10 day trip, driving out to Timber Creek and then back. Read below for day- by-day highlights, some photos, and various birding locations. Any hyperlinks should take you to the associated location and/or eBird checklists, which would provide precise coordinates and sometimes more detailed location notes. *Note: I follow the eBird/clements taxonomy, which differs in bird names from IOC. Blue-faced Honeyeater Day 1 (June 22nd, 2019): Flight from Sydney to Darwin We had an early flight from Sydney and got into Darwin at about 2:00 PM.