Etheridge Shire Check list

Apostlebird C Black-tailed Native-hen R Eurasian Coot C Australasian Bittern (black) Black-throated finch C Fairy Martin C Australasian Darter C Black-winged Stilt C Forest Kingfisher C Australasian Grebe C Blue Faced Honeyeater Fork-tailed Swift R,Mn Australasian Pipit C Blue-winged Kookaburra C Galah C Australian Bustard C Brolga C Glossy Ibis U Australian Hobby U Brown Falcon C Great Bowerbird C C Brown Goshawk C Great Crested Grebe U Australian Kestrel Brown Honeyeater C Green Pygmy-goose C Australian Little Grebe Brown Quail U U Australian Owlet Nightjar R Brown Songlark R Grey Falcon Australian Pelican C Brown Treecreeper C Grey Fantail U Australian Pratincole R Brush Cuckoo U,Mn,h Grey Goshawk R Australian Raven U Budgerigar C Grey -thrush U Australian Shoveller R Buff-banded Rail U,h Grey Teal C Australian White Ibis U Bush Stone-curlew U,h Grey-crowned Babbler C Australian Wood Duck C Caspian Tern Grey-fronted Honeyeater U Azure Kingfisher Cattle Egret Ground Cuckoo-shrike U Baillon's Crake R Channel-billed Cuckoo U,Mn,h Hardhead C Banded Lapwing Chestnut-breasted Mannikin R Hoary-headed Grebe R Bar-breasted Honeyeater R Cockatiel C Horsefield's Bushlark C Barn Owl Collared Sparrowhawk U Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo U,h Banded Honeyeater U Comb-crested Jacana C House Sparrow R Bar-shouldered Dove C Common Bronzewing U Intermediate Egret C Black Bittern U Common Sandpiper Jacky Winter U Black Falcon R Cotton Pygmy-goose U Laughing Kookaburra U Black Kite C Crested Pigeon C Leaden Flycatcher U Black Swan R Crimson Chat Little Black Cormorant C Black-breasted Buzzard U Darter Little Button-quail R Black-chinned Honeyeater R Diamond Dove C Little Corella R Blue-faced Honeyeater C Dollarbird C,Mn Little Crow Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike C Double-barred Finch C Little Eagle R Black-faced Woodswallow C Dusky Moorhen R Little Egret U Black-fronted Dotterel C Eastern Great Egret C Little Friarbird C Black-necked Stork U Eastern Koel U,Mn,h Little Pied Cormorant C Black-shouldered Kite U Emu U R Etheridge Shire Bird Check list

Magpie Goose C Red-tailed Black-cockatoo C Varied Sitella C Magpie Lark C Red-winged Parrot C Variegated Fairy-wren C Mannikin U Restless Flycatcher C Wandering Whistling-Duck C Marsh Sandpiper R, Royal Spoonbill C Wedge-tailed Eagle C Masked Finch C Rufous Night Heron Weebill C Masked Lapwing C Rufous Songlark C Welcome Swallow R U Mn Rufous-throated Honeyeater C Whiskered Tern R Mistletoebird C Rufous Whistler C Whistling Kite C Nankeen Kestrel C Sacred Kingfisher C White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike C Nankeen Night-Heron U Sarus Crane U White-bellied Sea-Eagle R

Noisy Friarbird U Sharp-tailed Sandpiper U,Mn White-breasted Woodswallow Noisy Miner Singing Honeyeater R White-browed Woodswallow U Olive-backed Oriole U Southern Boobook U,h White-eyed Duck Pacific Baza Spinifex Pigeon R White-faced Heron C Pacific Black Duck C Spotted Harrier U White-naped Honeyeater R Pale-headed Rosella C Spotted Nightjar R White-rumped Miner Pallid Cuckoo U Square-tailed Kite R White-winged Triller C Peaceful Dove C Squatter Pigeon C White-necked Heron C Peregrine Falcon U Straw-necked Ibis C White-throated Honeyeater Pheasant Coucal C Striated Pardalote C,h White-throated Gerygone U Pictorella Mannikin U Stubble Quail Willie Wagtail C C Sulphur-crested Cockatoo C Yellow Honeyeater C Pied Cormorant R Sunbird Yellow-throated Miner C Pied Tawny Frogmouth C Yellow-tinted Honeyeater C Pink-eared Duck C Tree Martin U Yellow-billed Spoonbill U Plumed Whistling-Duck C Torresian Crow C Yellow-rumped Thornbill C Plum-headed Finch U Varied Lorikeet R Zebra Finch C

Purple Swamphen U C = Common (Likely to be recorded on most visits) Rainbow Bee-eater C U = Uncommon (Recorded regularly but not every visit) Rainbow Lorikeet C R = Rare (Recorded unfrequently) Red-backed Fairy-wren C H = More often heard than seen Red-backed Kingfisher C Mn = Migrant for the North (approx. Oct – Mar) Red-browed Pardalote C,h Definition: The C/U/R annotations in this list give an indication of how Red-capped Robin easy or difficult it might be to find a species. They indicate the likelihood that an experienced birder might record the species, during Red-chested Button-quail R a day bird-watching, at the right time of the year, in the appropriate Red-kneed Dotterel U habitat.