Australia’s Kimberley: A Voyage to the Outback -- April 14 - 28, 2017 Produced by Brent Stephenson Date of sighting in April - Key for Locations on Page 5 Common Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 MAMMALS Agile wallaby X Green tree-frog X Desert tree frog X Indo-Pacific bottle-nosed dolphin X X Green turtle X X X X X X Leatherback turtle Tawny nurse shark X X X X Black-spotted shark X Shovel-nosed ray X Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin X X X X Short-eared rock wallaby X X Monjon X Estuarine crocodile X X Common Name Scientific Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 BIRDS Plumed whistling-duck Dendrocygna eytoni X Orange-footed Scrubfowl Megapodius reinwardt X Brown quail Synoicus ypsilophorus X Hoary-headed Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus X Hutton's Shearwater Puffinus huttoni X Black-necked stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus X Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel X Masked Booby Sula dactylatra X Brown Booby Sula leucogaster X X Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius X X X Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus X White-necked (Pacific) heron Ardea pacifica X Common Name Scientific Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Great Egret Ardea alba X Intermediate Egret Ardea intermedia X White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae X Little Egret Egretta garzetta X Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra X X X X X X X X X Striated Heron Butorides striata X X X Glossy ibis Plegadis falcinellus X Australian White Ibis Threskiornis moluccus X Osprey Pandion haliaetus X X X X X X X Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax X X Brown Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus X X X Black Kite Milvus migrans X Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus X X X Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus X X X White-bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster X X X X X X Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis X Brolga Antigone rubicunda X Beach Thick-knee Esacus magnirostris X X X Pied Stlit Himantopus himantopus X Australian Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus longirostris X Sooty Oystercatcher Haematopus fuliginosus X X X Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola X Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva X Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles X Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii X X X Red-capped Plover Charadrius ruficapillus X X X X Red-kneed Dotterel Erythrogonys cinctus X Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus X X X X Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis X Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica X X Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres X X X Great knot Calidris tenuirostris X X Red Knot Calidris canutus X Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea X X Common Name Scientific Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis X X Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes X X X X X Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia X X X Chroicocephalus novaehol- Silver Gull X X X landiae Brown Noddy Anous stolidus X Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus X Little Tern Sternula albifrons X X X Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica X Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia X White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus X X X Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida X Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii X X Common Tern Sterna hirundo X Great Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii X X X X X X X Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis X X Pacific Emerald Dove Chalcophaps longirostris X Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes X White-quilled Rock-Pigeon Petrophassa albipennis X X Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata X X Peaceful Dove Geopelia placida X X Bar-shouldered Dove Geopelia humeralis X H X X X X X X Torresian Imperial-Pigeon Ducula spilorrhoa X X Azure Kingfisher Ceyx azureus X X Blue-winged Kookaburra Dacelo leachii X X Red-backed Kingfisher Todiramphus pyrrhopygius X Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus X X Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus X X X X X X X Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis X Australian (Nankeen) Kestrel Falco cenchroides X Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus X Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus banksii X Common Name Scientific Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea X X Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita X X Red-winged Parrot Aprosmictus erythropterus X X X X Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus X X X X X Great Bowerbird Chlamydera nuchalis X X X X Red-backed Fairywren Malurus melanocephalus X X White-gaped honeyeater Stomiopera unicolor X Singing Honeyeater Gavicalis virescens X Yellow-tinted Honeyeater Ptilotula flavescens X Bar-breasted Honeyeater Ramsayornis fasciatus X Rufous-throated Honeyeater Conopophila rufogularis X X X Red-headed Honeyeater Myzomela erythrocephala X X Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta X X X X X X X X Black-chinned Honeyeater Melithreptus gularis X Little Friarbird Philemon citreogularis X Silver-crowned Friarbird Philemon argenticeps X X X X X X Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus X X Green-backed Gerygone Gerygone chloronota X White-throated Gerygone Gerygone olivacea X Mangrove Gerygone Gerygone levigaster X Grey-crowned Babbler Pomatostomus temporalis X White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus X Black-faced Woodswallow Artamus cinereus X X Little Woodswallow Artamus minor X X X Pied Butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis X H X Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae X X X X X Varied Triller Lalage leucomela X X Sandstone Shrike-thrush Colluricincla woodwardi H X Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris X X White-breasted Whistler Pachycephala lanioides X Green Oriole Oriolus flavocinctus X X Common Name Scientific Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Australasian Figbird Sphecotheres vieilloti X Spangled Drongo Dicrurus bracteatus X X Northern Fantail Rhipidura rufiventris X Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys X Mangrove Fantail Rhipidura phasiana X Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca X X X Leaden Flycatcher Myiagra rubecula X Paperbark flycatcher Myiagra nana X Shining Flycatcher Myiagra alecto X Torresian Crow Corvus orru X X X Mangrove Robin Eopsaltria pulverulenta X X Australian Bushlark Mirafra javanica X Australian Yellow White-eye Zosterops luteus X X X Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum X Double-barred Finch Taeniopygia bichenovii X TOTAL NUMBER OF SPECIES 57 30 20 18 25 28 18 19 21 26 NOTES X - Confirmed Sighting H - Heard Species ? - Unconfirmed Sighting 1 - April 17 ~ Broome, Australia 2 - April 18 ~ Lacepede Islands 3 - April 19 ~ Montgomery Reef / Raft Point 4 - April 20 ~ Talbot Bay / Horizontal Waterfalls / Cyclone Creek 5 - April 21 ~ Freshwater Cover / Langgi 6 - April 22 ~ Hunter River / Mitchell Falls 7 - April 23 ~ Bigge & Sterna Islands 8 - April 24 ~ Jar Island / Vansittart Bay / Woku Woku Island 9 - April 25 ~ King George River 10 - April 26 ~ Tiwi Islands.