Keep River National Park Bird List Information Sheet

Keep River National Park Bird List Information Sheet

Keep River National Park Bird List The birds listed are those most likely to be seen in Keep River National Park - it is by no means exhaustive in coverage. Stop in at Woorrilbem (Cockatoo Lagoon); it’s a great spot for birds. Any additional sightings can be provided to Rangers at the address below. COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME Emu Dromaius novaehollandiae Black Swan Cygnus atratus Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae Plumed Whistling-duck Dendrocygna eytoni Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius Radjah Shelduck Tadorna radjah Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Green Pygmy-goose Nettapus pulchellus Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos Grey Teal Anas gracilis Australasian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae Pink-eared Duck Malacorhynchus membranaceus Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus Hardhead Aythya australis White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica Brown Quail Coturnix ypsilophora Great-billed Heron Ardea sumatrana King Quail Excalfacatoria chinensis White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae Little Button-quail Turnix velox Pied Heron Egretta picata Red-chested Button-quail Turnix pyrrhothorax Cattle Egret Ardea ibis Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis Great Egret Ardea alba White-browed Crake Amaurornis cinereus Little Egret Egretta garzetta Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio Intermediate Egret Ardea intermedia Eurasian Coot Fulica atra Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus Australian Bustard Ardotis australis Black Bittern Ixobrychus flavicollis Brolga Grus rubicundus Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus Comb-crested Jacana Irediparra gallinacea Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis Bush Stone-curlew Burhinus grallarius Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia Australian Pratincole Stiltia isabella Yellow-billed Spoonbill Platalea flavipes Masked Lapwing (Plover) Vanellus miles Pacific Baza Aviceda subcristata Black-fronted Dotterel Elseyornis melanops Black Kite Milvus migrans Red-kneed Dotterel Erythrogonys cinctus Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus Oriental Plover Charadrius veredus Black-breasted Buzzard Hamirostra melanosternon Little Curlew Numenius minjtus Brown Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia Collared Sparrowhawk Accipiter cirrhocephalus Spotted Harrier Circus assimilis White-bellied Sea-eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax Grey Falcon Falco hypoleucos Brown Falcon Falco berigora Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides Australian Hobby Falco longipennis Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus Black Falcon Falco subniger Magpie Goose Anseranas semipalmata Wandering Whistling-duck Dendrocygna arcuata Parks & Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory Keep River Ranger Station Katherine Regional Office Ph: (08) 9167 8827 32 Giles St PO Box 344, KATHERINE NT 0851 www.parksandwildlife.nt.gov.au Ph: (08) 8973 8888 Bird List - Keep River National Park COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes Northern Fantail Rhipidura rufiventris Spinifex Pigeon Geophaps plumifera Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys White-quilled Rock-pigeon Petrophassa albipennis Grey-crowned Babbler Pomatostomus temporalis Bar-shouldered Dove Geopelia humeralis Tawny Grassbird Megalurus timoriensis Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata Golden-headed Cistocola Cisticola exilis Peaceful Dove Geopelia placida Rufous Songlark Cinclorhamphus mathewsi Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus banksii Variegated Fairy-wren Malurus lamberti Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita Red-backed Fairy-wren Malurus melanocephalus Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus Weebill Smicrornis brevirostris Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea Green-backed Gerygone Gerygone chloronota Galah Eulophus roseicapilla White-throated Gerygone Gerygone albogularis Red-collared Lorikeet Trichoglossus rubritorquis Varied Sittella Daphoensitta chrysoptera Varied Lorikeet Psitteuteles versicolor Black-tailed Treecreeper Climacteris melanura Red-winged Parrot Aprosmictus erythropterus Silver-crowned Friarbird Philemon argenticeps Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus Little Friarbird Philemon citreogularis Northern Rosella Platycercus venustus White-quilled Honeyeater Entomyzon albipennis Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus Yellow-throated Miner Manorina flavigula Pallid Cuckoo Cacomantis pallidus Singing Honeyeater Lichenostomus virescens Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus Grey-fronted Honeyeater Lichenostomus plumulus Horsfield’s Bronze-Cuckoo Chalcites basalis Yellow-tinted Honeyeater Lichenostomus flavescens Common Koel Eudynamys scolopacea Black-chinned Honeyeater Melithreptus gularis Channel-billed Cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae White-throated Honeyeater Melithreptus albogularis Pheasant Coucal Centropus phasianinus White-gaped Honeyeater Stomiopera unicolor Southern Boobook Ninox novaeseelandiae Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta Barking Owl Ninox connivens Bar-breasted Honeyeater Ramsayornis fasciatus Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides Rufous-throated Honeyeater Conopophila rufogularis Australian Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles cristatus Banded Honeyeater Cissomela pectoralis Spotted Nightjar Eurostopodus argus Dusky Honeyeater Myzomela obscura Fork-tailed Swift Apus pacificus Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum Blue-winged Kookaburra Dacelo leachii Red-browed Pardalote Pardalotus rubricatus Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sancta Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus Red-backed Kingfisher Todiramphus pyrrhopygius Crimson Finch Neochmia phaeton Azure Kingfisher Ceyx azurea Double-barred Finch Taeniopygia bichenovii Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus Masked Finch Poephila personata Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis Long-tailed Finch Poephila acuticauda Singing Bushlark Mirafra javanica Pictorella Mannikin Heteromunia pectoralis Tree Martin Petrochelidon nigricans Chestnut-breasted Mannikin Lonchura castaneothorax Fairy Martin Petrochelidon ariel Yellow-rumped Mannikin Lonchura flaviprymna Australasian Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae Gouldian Finch Erythrura gouldiae Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae Australasian Figbird Sphecotheres viridis White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike Coracina papuensis Yellow Oriole Oriolus flavocinctus White-winged Triller Lalage sueurii Olive-backed Oriole Oriolus sagittatus Hooded Robin Melanodryas cucullata Great Bowerbird Chlamydera nuchalis White-browed Robin Poecilodryas superciliosa Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca Jacky Winter Microeca leucophaea Black-faced Woodswallow Artamus cinereus Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris Masked Woodswallow Artamus personatus Sandstone Shrike-thrush Colluricincla woodwardi Little Woodswallow Artamus minor Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorhynchus Leaden Flycatcher Myiagra rubecula Silver-backed Butcherbird Cracticus argenteus Paperbark Flycatcher Myiagra nana Pied Butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis Shining Flycatcher Myiagra alecto Australian Magpie Cracticus tibicen Grey Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa Torresian Crow Corvus orru D/07/2020PWCNT Information Sheet For more information see our website: www.parksandwildlife.nt.gov.au or contact Katherine Visitor Centre on (08) 8972 2650.

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