Square-tailed Kite Welcome to birdwatching around Richmond Valley Council area (RVC). Richmond Valley Council area lies within the lands Acknowledgements: Bird Trails of of the Bundjalung Nation who are the acknowledged This brochure was produced by traditional custodians of this land. members of Byron Bird Buddies with the assistance of BirdLife Northern Rivers (2019). The RVC region covers an area of almost Richmond 3,051 square kilometres and stretches Sponsors: about 85 km inland from the coast BirdLife Northern Rivers, Richmond Valley Council, at Evans Head to the foothills of Amarina Farm Stay & Gardens the Great Dividing Range. Like other Northern River areas it is Special thanks to photographers: Valley an overlay between tropical and temperate ecosystems known Ross Hollands, Ross Sargent, Anne Jones, Deborah Pearse, Swamp Harrier as the Macleay – McPherson Overlap; a region known for its June Harris, Bruce McNaughton, Sylvain Maury, Rodney Falconer extremely high biodiversity made possible by its landscape & A Birdwatchers Guide from climate. It is the southernmost limit for many tropical species Contributions from: as well as being the northernmost limit for many temperate Richmond/Brunswick Birdwatchers Coast to Hinterland species. The region comprises mountain bushland, dry & subtropical rainforest, hilly scrubland, timber country & grazing We encourage you to submit your bird observations to land, floodplains with sugarcane and tea tree stands, wetland produced by members of BirdLife Australia’s national database birdata.birdlife.org.au & swamp to coastal heath, rocky headlands & dunal systems. In Birdata, all birdwatching locations in this brochure have been Byron Bird Buddies Significantly, much of the RVC area lies within the Richmond defined as Shared Sites & under Program/details submit your River floodplain with numerous freshwater lagoons scattered observations as a General Birdata Survey. throughout the area. The dry sclerophyll woodlands to the west of Casino provide the best opportunity for observing dry woodland birds in our area. However, most of the floodplain is For more local information about birding within the privately owned, restricting birdwatching to road-side habitats. Richmond Valley, or to report a new bird sighting please email: [email protected] or These coast to hinterland habitat niches add up to provide food, [email protected] shelter, roosting & breeding needs for a great variety of birds & so is a wonderful area for birdwatchers to explore. To Download a PDF of the brochure: www.byronbirdbuddies.com or www.birdlife.org.au The brochure provides information on 23 locations & a list of known bird species (nearly 330) which have been recorded in For further information contact Casino Visitor Information Centre: the RVC area. Some vagrant & rare birds have been excluded www.discoverrichmondvalley.com.au or phone 66600325. from the list & only a small selection of birds sighted at each location has been provided. Many of the bird species listed may To protect wildlife please leave your dog at home. Fines apply in National Parks & on beaches. be viewed in suitable habitat & in the right season at multiple sites. A definitive list can be downloaded from the BBB website. Byron Bird Buddies - is an Avian Locality Group of Brunswick Valley Landcare Inc. While birdwatching, remember to dress appropriately & always protect yourself against sunburn & insect bites. A pair of bino- culars & a good field guide or bird App of Australian Birds will undoubtedly enhance your experience. www. Freckled Duck byronbirdbuddies. www. birdata. richmondvalley. (02) 6664 1157 com.au birdlife.org.au birdlife.org.au nsw.gov.au Grey-crowned Babbler Eastern Barn Owl Buff-banded Rail Crested Shrike-tit Eastern Ground Parrot Black-necked Stork Birds you may see in Geese, Ducks, Swans & Grebes Stubble Quail R Eastern Rosella C Brown Gerygone U Crows, Butcherbirds & Allies Richmond Valley Council area (RVC). Magpie Goose U Brown Quail C Musk Lorikeet R White-throated Gerygone C Pied Currawong C Key - Status relative to RVC Plumed Whistling-Duck U Painted Button-quail R Little Lorikeet U Mangrove Gerygone C Australian Magpie C Wandering Whistling-Duck U Rainbow Lorikeet C Speckled Warbler R Pied Butcherbird C Threatened Species - NSW Blue-billed Duck R Kites, Hawks, Eagles & Falcons Scaly-breasted Lorikeet C White-browed Scrubwren C Grey Butcherbird C C = Common (should encounter) Pink-eared Duck U Osprey C Large-billed Scrubwren C Torresian Crow C U = Uncommon (reasonable chance Black Swan C Black-shouldered Kite C Cuckoos Yellow-rumped Thornbill U Spangled Drongo C of encountering) Hardhead C Square-tailed Kite R Pheasant Coucal C Yellow Thornbill U R = Rare Australasian Shoveler U Pacific BazaC Eastern Koel C Striated Thornbill R Fantails, Flycatchers I = Introduced species Pacific Black DuckC Wedge-tailed Eagle C Channel-billed Cuckoo C Brown Thornbill C & White-eyes Grey Teal C Little Eagle U Horsfield’s Bronze-CuckooC Buff-rumped Thornbill R Willie Wagtail C Ocean Birds Chestnut Teal C Swamp Harrier C Shining Bronze-Cuckoo C Rufous Fantail R Short-tailed Shearwater U Freckled Duck R Spotted Harrier U Little Bronze-Cuckoo R Honeyeaters Grey Fantail C Fluttering Shearwater R Musk Duck R Grey Goshawk C Fan-tailed Cuckoo C Scarlet Honeyeater C Leaden Flycatcher C Australian Wood Duck C Brown Goshawk C Brush Cuckoo C Striped Honeyeater C Restless Flycatcher C Gannets, Gulls, Noddies & Terns Australasian Grebe C Collared Sparrowhawk U Pallid Cuckoo R Noisy Friarbird C Silvereye C Australasian Gannet C Hoary-headed Grebe U White-bellied Sea-Eagle U Little Friarbird U Varied Silver Gull C Great Crested Grebe U Whistling Kite C Kingfishers, Bee-eaters Brown Honeyeater C Monarchs & Mudnesters Sitella Australian Gull-billed Tern U Brahminy Kite C & Rollers New Holland Honeyeater R Magpie-lark C Caspian Tern U Herons, Egrets & Bitterns Black Kite C Rainbow Bee-eater C White-cheeked Honeyeater C Spectacled Monarch U Crested Tern C Australian Little Bittern R Nankeen Kestrel C Dollarbird C Blue-faced Honeyeater C Black-faced Monarch U Little Tern U Black Bittern R Australian Hobby C Azure Kingfisher U Black-chinned Honeyeater U White-fronted Tern U Nankeen Night-Heron U Brown Falcon U Forest Kingfisher U White-throated Honeyeater U Robins & Thrushes Common Tern C Striated Heron C Black Falcon R Sacred KingfisherC White-naped Honeyeater R Eastern Yellow Robin C Whiskered Tern U Cattle Egret C Peregrine Falcon U Laughing Kookaburra C Tawny-crowned Honeyeater R Jacky Winter C White-necked Heron C Eastern Spinebill C Rose Robin U Darters, Cormorants & Pelicans Great Egret C Frogmouths, Nightjars & Owls Swifts & Woodswallows Lewin’s Honeyeater C Scarlet Robin R Little Pied Cormorant C Intermediate Egret C Tawny Frogmouth C Masked Woodswallow R Little Wattlebird C Great Cormorant C White-faced Heron C White-throated Nightjar U White-browed Woodswallow R Red Wattlebird R Reed-warblers, Grassbirds & Allies Little Black Cormorant C Little Egret C Australian Owlet-nightjar C Dusky Woodswallow R Fuscous Honeyeater C Australian Reed-Warbler C Pied Cormorant C Eastern Reef Egret U Barn Owl C White-breasted Woodswallow C Yellow-faced Honeyeater C Rufous Songlark U Australasian Darter C Eastern Grass Owl R White-throated Needletail C Bell Miner U Tawny Grassbird C Australian Pelican C Ibis & Spoonbills Masked Owl R Noisy Miner C Little Grassbird C Australian White Ibis C Southern Boobook C Martins & Swallows Golden-headed Cisticola C Shorebirds Straw-necked Ibis C Fairy Martin C Babblers & Whipbirds Beach Stone-curlew U Yellow-billed Spoonbill U Pigeons & Doves Tree Martin C Grey-crowned Babbler U Finches, Mannikins Australian Pied Oystercatcher C Royal Spoonbill C Rock Dove I, C Welcome Swallow C Eastern Whipbird C & Flowerpeckers Sooty Oystercatcher C Glossy Ibis C White-headed Pigeon C Mistletoebird C Black-winged Stilt C Spotted Dove I, C Pittas, Lyrebirds & Treecreepers Cuckoo-shrikes, Trillers & Red-browed Finch C Pacific Golden PloverC Storks & Brolgas Brown Cuckoo-Dove C Noisy Pitta U Quail-thrush Plum-headed Finch R Red-capped Plover U Black-necked Stork C Wonga Pigeon C White-throated Treecreeper C Barred Cuckoo-shrike R Double-barred Finch C Double-banded Plover C Brolga U Common Bronzewing U Brown Treecreeper U Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike C Chestnut-breasted Mannikin C Black-fronted Dotterel C Crested Pigeon C White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike U Masked Lapwing C Crakes, Rails & Waterhens Peaceful Dove U Bowerbirds Cicadabird C Mynas, Sparrows & Pipits Red-kneed Dotterel C Lewin’s Rail R Bar-shouldered Dove C Green Catbird U White-winged Triller U Common Starling I, U Australian Painted Snipe R Buff-banded Rail C Brown-capped Emerald-Dove U Regent Bowerbird U Varied Triller C Common Myna I, C Comb-crested Jacana C Australian Spotted Crake U Wompoo Fruit-Dove U Satin Bowerbird C Varied Sittella U House Sparrow I, C Eastern Curlew C Baillon’s Crake U Topknot Pigeon C Spotted Quail-thrush R Australasian Pipit C Bar-tailed Godwit C Spotless Crake U Fairy-wrens Sharp-tailed Sandpiper C Pale-vented Bush-hen U Cockatoos, Parrots & Lorikeets Variegated Fairy-wren C Whistlers, Shrike-thrush, Latham’s Snipe C Purple Swamphen C Glossy Black-Cockatoo R Superb Fairy-wren C Figbirds & Orioles Grey-tailed Tattler C Dusky Moorhen C Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo C Red-backed Fairy-wren C Crested Shrike-tit U Common Greenshank C Eurasian Coot C Galah C Southern Emu-wren R Rufous Whistler C Marsh Sandpiper U Little Corella C Golden Whistler C Emu, Mound-Builders, Quails Sulphur-crested Cockatoo C Scrubwrens, Thornbills Little Shrike-thrush U & Button-quails Australian King-Parrot C & Pardalotes Grey Shrike-thrush C Coastal Emu R Crimson Rosella U Spotted Pardalote C Australasian Figbird C Australian Brush-turkey C Eastern Ground Parrot R Striated Pardalote C Olive-backed Oriole C Spotless Crake Pheasant Coucal Richmond Valley Birding Sites (RVC) of the Reserve. Access: See direction for from the Richmond River banks & pedestrian Access: (1) Evans River - Paddon Memorial Distances are approx.