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 (*).

Common Name Scientific Name unes o r est D F et l ands ood l and ang r oves W and W

M onsoon ea c h 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 Common Name Scientific Name unes o r est D F et l ands ood l and ang r oves W and W

M onsoon ea c h 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 Common Name Scientific Name unes o r est D F et l ands ood l and ang r oves W and W

M onsoon ea c h 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 Common Name Scientific Name unes o r est D F et l ands ood l and ang r oves W and W

M onsoon ea c h 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 Common Name Scientific Name unes o r est D F et l ands ood l and ang r oves W and W

M onsoon ea c h 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 * Pardalotus striatus P Honeyeaters & Friarbirds White-gaped Honeyeater * Stomiopera unicolor P P P P Bar-breasted Honeyeater * Ramsayornis fasciatus P P P Rufous-banded Honeyeater * Conopophila albogularis P P P P PC Dusky Honeyeater * Myzomela obscura P P P P White-gaped Honeyeater Red-headed Honeyeater * Myzomela erythrocephala P P P Banded Honeyeater Cissomela pectoralis P Brown Honeyeater * Lichmera indistincta P P P P White-throated Honeyeater * Melithreptus albogularis P P P Blue-faced Honeyeater * Entomyzon cyanotis P P P Helmeted Friarbird * Philemon buceroides P P Silver-crowned Friarbird * Philemon argenticeps P P P P Little Friarbird * Philemon citreogularis P P PC Babbler & Sitella Red-headed Honeyeater Grey-crowned Babbler * Pomatostomus temporalis P Varied Sittella Daphoenositta chrysoptera P Cuckoo-shrikes & Trillers Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike * Coracina novaehollandiae P P P P White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike * Coracina papuensis P P P P White-winged Triller Lalage tricolor P 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 Common Name Scientific Name unes o r est D F et l ands ood l and ang r oves W and W

M onsoon ea c h M B

Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris P P P Little Shrike-thrush Colluricincla megarhyncha P P P Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica P JB Orioles & Figbird Masked Woodswallow Australasian Figbird * Sphecotheres vieilloti P P Green Oriole * Oriolus flavocinctus P P P Olive-backed Oriole * Oriolus sagittatus P P P Woodswallows & Butcherbirds White-breasted Woodswallow * Artamus leucoryn P P P P Masked Woodswallow Artamus personatus P Black-faced Woodswallow Artamus cinereus P Black Butcherbird * Melloria quoyi P P

PC Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus P

Black Butcherbird Pied Butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis P Drongo Spangled Drongo * Dicrurus bracteatus P P P P Fantails Rufous Fantail Rhipidura rufifrons P P P Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa P P Arafura Fantail Rhipidura dryas P Northern Fantail * Rhipidura isura P P P P Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys P P PC Crow Spangled Drongo Torresian Crow * Corvus orru P P P P P Flycatchers Broad-billed Flycatcher Myiagra ruficollis P P P P Leaden Flycatcher * Myiagra rubecula P P Shining Flycatcher Myiagra alecto P P P Restless Flycatcher * Myiagra inquieta P P Magpie-lark * Grallina cyanoleuca P P P Lemon-bellied Flycatcher * Microeca flavigaster P P P P JB Robin & Lark Lemon-bellied Flycatcher Mangrove Robin Peneonanthe pulverulenta P Horsfield's Bushlark Mirafra javanica P P Cisticolas Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis P Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis P P Grassbird, Songlark & White-eye Tawny Grassbird Cincloramphus timoriensis P Rufous Songlark Cincloramphus mathewsi P P P P P P PC Australian Yellow White-eye Zosterops luteus

Rapid Creek Birdwatching List 6/7 Golden-headed Cisticola Common Name Scientific Name unes o r est D F et l ands ood l and ang r oves W and W

M onsoon ea c h M B Martins Fairy Martin Petrochelidon ariel P P P P P Tree Martin * Petrochelidon nigricans P P P P P PC Mistletoebird Australian Yellow White-eye Mistletoebird * Dicaeum hirundinaceum P P P P Finches & Mannikins Double-barred Finch * Taeniopygia bichenovii P P P P Long-tailed Finch * Poephila acuticauda P P Masked Finch Poephila personata P P Black-bellied Crimson Finch * Neochmia phaeton P P P P Yellow-rumped Mannikin * Lonchura flaviprymna P P Chestnut-breasted Mannikin * Lonchura castaneothorax P P Pipit & Wagtail PC Australasian Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae P P Double-barred Finch Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis P

References BirdLife Australia. 2019. The BirdLife Australia Working List of Australian Birds; Version 3.

Donato, D, P Wilkins, G Smith & L Alford. 1997. Finding Birds in Australia’s Northern PC Territory. CSIRO and Loretta Productions Pty Ltd. Black-bellied Crimson Finch EcOz Environmental Services. 2009. Terrestrial Flora and Fauna Surveys of Darwin International Airport. NT Airports.

McCrie, N & R Noske. 2015. Birds of the Darwin region. CSIRO Publishing.

Personal Observations: Bryan Baker, Peter Cooke, Jan Cooke, David Donato, Greg Smith, Peter Wilkins.

Photographers PC

Chestnut-breasted Mannikin Jacinda Brown (JB)

Peter Cooke (PC)

Published by the Rapid Creek Landcare Group Inc., 2015 (bird names updated 2020) www.rapidcreek.org.au

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Rapid Creek Birdwatching List 7/7