NORTH EAST QUEENSLAND BIRD LIST Alan’S Wildlife Tours

NORTH EAST QUEENSLAND BIRD LIST Alan’S Wildlife Tours

NORTH EAST QUEENSLAND BIRD LIST Alan’s Wildlife Tours The scope of this list is from Etty Bay in the south to Cooktown in the north, from Georgetown in the west to the Great Barrier Reef in the east and their environs. It includes some vagrants but no one off sightings. Alan would be happy to hear of any errors or suggested additions. SOUTHERN CASSOWARY Casuarius casuarius DARTER Anhinga melanogaster BLACK-SHOULDERED KITE Elanus axillaris EMU Dromaius novaehollandiae LITTLE PIED CORMORANT Phalacrocorax SQUARE-TAILED KITE Lophoictinia isura melanoleucos AUSTRALASIAN GREBE Tachybaptus BLACK-BREASTED BUZZARD Hamirostra melanosternon PIED CORMORANT Phalacrocorax varius novaehollandiae BLACK KITE Milvus migrans HOARY-HEADED GREBE Poliocephalus LITTLE BLACK CORMORANT Phalacrocorax sulcirostris poliocephalus WHISTLING KITE Haliastur sphenurus GREAT CORMORANT Phalacrocorax carbo GREAT CRESTED GREBE Podiceps cristatus BRAHMINY KITE Haliastur indus AUSTRALIAN PELICAN Pelecanus conspicillatus ORANGE-FOOTED SCRUBFOWL Megapodius reinwardt WHITE-BELLIED SEA-EAGLE Haliaeetus leucogaster GREAT FRIGATEBIRD Fregata minor AUSTRALIAN BRUSH-TURKEY Alectura lathami SPOTTED HARRIER Circus assimilis LESSER FRIGATEBIRD Fregata ariel MAGPIE GOOSE Anseranas semipalmata SWAMP HARRIER Circus approximans WHITE-FACED HERON Egretta novaehollandiae PLUMED WHISTLING-DUCK Dendrocygna eytoni BROWN GOSHAWK Accipiter fasciatus LITTLE EGRET Egretta garzetta WANDERING WHISTLING-DUCK Dendrocygna arcuata GREY GOSHAWK Accipiter novaehollandiae EASTERN REEF EGRET Egretta sacra SPOTTED WHISTLING -DUCK Dendrocygna gutta COLLARED SPARROWHAWK Accipiter cirrhocephalus WHITE-NECKED HERON Ardea pacifica BLACK SWAN Cygnus atratus RED GOSHAWK Erythrotriorchis radiatus GREAT-BILLED HERON Ardea sumatrana RADJAH SHELDUCK Tadorna radjah WEDGE-TAILED EAGLE Aquila audax PIED HERON Egretta picata AUSTRALIAN WOOD DUCK Chenonetta jubata LITTLE EAGLE Hieraaetus morphnoides EASTERN GREAT EGRET Ardea modesta COTTON PYGMY-GOOSE Nettapus coromandelianus BROWN FALCON Falco berigora INTERMEDIATE EGRET Ardea intermedia GREEN PYGMY-GOOSE Nettapus pulchellus AUSTRALIAN HOBBY Falco longipennis CATTLE EGRET Ardea ibis PACIFIC BLACK DUCK Anas superciliosa BLACK FALCON Falco subniger STRIATED HERON Butorides striatus AUSTRALASIAN SHOVELER Anas rhynchotis PEREGRINE FALCON Falco peregrinus NANKEEN NIGHT HERON Nycticorax caledonicus GREY TEAL Anas gracilis NANKEEN KESTREL Falco cenchroides AUSTRALIAN LITTLE BITTERN Ixobrychus dubius PINK-EARED DUCK Malacorhynchus STUBBLE QUAIL Coturnix pectoralis membranaceus BLACK BITTERN Ixobrychus flavicollis BROWN QUAIL Coturnix ypsilophora HARDHEAD Aythya australis GLOSSY IBIS Plegadis falcinellus KING QUAIL Coturnix chinensis WEDGE-TAILED SHEARWATER Puffinus pacificus AUSTRALIAN WHITE IBIS Threskiornis molucca SARUS CRANE Grus antigone RED-TAILED TROPICBIRD Phaethon rubricauda STRAW-NECKED IBIS Threskiornis spinicollis BROLGA Grus rubicunda WHITE-TAILED TROPICBIRD Phaethon lepturus ROYAL SPOONBILL Platalea regia RED-NECKED CRAKE Rallina tricolor AUSTRALASIAN GANNET Morus serrator YELLOW-BILLED SPOONBILL Platalea flavipes BUFF-BANDED RAIL Gallirallus philippensis MASKED BOOBY Sula dactylatra BLACK-NECKED STORK Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus LEWIN’S RAIL Rallus pectoralis BROWN BOOBY Sula leucogaster EASTERN OSPREY Pandion cristatus PALE-VENTED BUSH-HEN Amaurornis moluccana RED-FOOTED BOOBY Sula sula PACIFIC BAZA Aviceda subcristata Alan’s Wildlife Tours ** =regional endemic or nearly so, * = significant subspecies BAILLON’S CRAKE Porzana pusilla CURLEW SANDPIPER Calidris ferruginea WHITE-WINGED BLACK TERN Chlidonias leucopterus AUSTRALIAN SPOTTED CRAKE Porzana fluminea BROAD-BILLED SANDPIPER Limicola falcinellus COMMON NODDY Anous stolidus SPOTLESS CRAKE Porzana tabuensis AUSTRALIAN PAINTED SNIPE Rostratula australis BLACK NODDY Anous minutus WHITE-BROWED CRAKE Porzana cinerea COMB-CRESTED JACANA Irediparra gallinacea ROCK DOVE Columba livia PURPLE SWAMPHEN Porphyrio porphyrio BUSH STONE-CURLEW Burhinus grallarius WHITE-HEADED PIGEON Columba leucomela DUSKY MOORHEN Gallinula tenebrosa BEACH STONE-CURLEW Esacus neglectus SPOTTED TURTLE-DOVE Streptopelia chinensis BLACK-TAILED NATIVE-HEN Gallinula ventralis BROWN CUCKOO-DOVE Macropygia amboinensis AUSTRALIAN PIED Haematopus longirostris EURASIAN COOT Fulica atra OYSTERCATCHER EMERALD DOVE Chalcophaps indica SOOTY OYSTERCATCHER Haematopus fuliginosus AUSTRALIAN BUSTARD Ardeotis australis COMMON BRONZEWING Phaps chalcoptera BLACK-WINGED STILT Himantopus himantopus RED-BACKED BUTTON-QUAIL Turnix maculosa CRESTED PIGEON Ocyphaps lophotes RED-NECKED AVOCET Recurvirostra LITTLE BUTTON-QUAIL Turnix velox SQUATTER PIGEON Geophaps scripta novaehollandiae RED-CHESTED BUTTON-QUAIL Turnix pyrrhothorax PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER Pluvialis fulva PEACEFUL DOVE Geopelia striata PAINTED BUTTON-QUAIL Turnix varia GREY PLOVER Pluvialis squatarola BAR-SHOULDERED DOVE Geopelia humeralis LATHAM’S SNIPE Gallinago hardwickii RED-CAPPED PLOVER Charadrius ruficapillus WOMPOO FRUIT-DOVE Ptilinopus magnificus SWINHOE’S SNIPE Gallinago megala LESSER SAND PLOVER Charadrius mongolus SUPERB FRUIT-DOVE Ptilinopus superbus BLACK-TAILED GODWIT Limosa limosa GREATER SAND PLOVER Charadrius leschenaultii ROSE-CROWNED FRUIT-DOVE Ptilinopus regina BAR-TAILED GODWIT Limosa lapponica ORIENTAL PLOVER Charadrius veredus PIED IMPERIAL-PIGEON Ducula bicolor LITTLE CURLEW Numenius minutus BLACK-FRONTED DOTTEREL Elseyornis melanops TOPKNOT PIGEON Lopholaimus antarcticus WHIMBREL Numenius phaeopus RED-KNEED DOTTEREL Erythrogonys cinctus RED-TAILED BLACK-COCKATOO Calyptorhynchus banksii EASTERN CURLEW Numenius BANDED LAPWING Vanellus tricolor GALAH Cacatua roseicapilla madagascariensis MASKED LAPWING Vanellus miles LITTLE CORELLA Cacatua sanguinea MARSH SANDPIPER Tringa stagnatilis AUSTRALIAN PRATINCOLE Stiltia isabella SULPHUR-CRESTED COCKATOO Cacatua galerita COMMON GREENSHANK Tringa nebularia SILVER GULL Larus novaehollandiae RAINBOW LORIKEET Trichoglossus haematodus WOOD SANDPIPER Tringa glareola AUSTRALIAN TERN Gelochelidon macrotarsa SCALY-BREASTED LORIKEET Trichoglossus TEREK SANDPIPER Xenus cinereus chlorolepidotus CASPIAN TERN Sterna caspia COMMON SANDPIPER Actitis hypoleucos VARIED LORIKEET Psitteuteles versicolor LESSER CRESTED TERN Sterna bengalensis GREY-TAILED TATTLER Heteroscelus brevipes LITTLE LORIKEET Glossopsitta pusilla GREATER CRESTED TERN Sterna bergii WANDERING TATTLER Heteroscelus incanus * DOUBLE-EYED FIG-PARROT Cyclopsitta diophthalma ROSEATE TERN Sterna dougallii RUDDY TURNSTONE Arenaria interpres AUSTRALIAN KING-PARROT Alisterus scapularis BLACK-NAPED TERN Sterna sumatrana GREAT KNOT Calidris tenuirostris RED-WINGED PARROT Aprosmictus erythropterus COMMON TERN Sterna hirundo RED KNOT Calidris canutus * CRIMSON ROSELLA Platycercus elegans LITTLE TERN Sterna albifrons SANDERLING Calidris alba PALE-HEADED ROSELLA Platycercus adscitus BRIDLED TERN Sterna anaethetus RED-NECKED STINT Calidris ruficollis ORIENTAL CUCKOO Cuculus saturatus SOOTY TERN Sterna fuscata LONG-TOED STINT Calidris subminuta PALLID CUCKOO Cuculus pallidus WHISKERED TERN Chlidonias hybridus SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER Calidris acuminata BRUSH CUCKOO Cacomantis variolosus Alan’s Wildlife Tours ** =regional endemic or nearly so, * = significant subspecies CHESTNUT-BREASTED CUCKOO Cacomantis RAINBOW BEE-EATER Merops ornatus BLUE-FACED HONEYEATER Entomyzon cyanotis castaneiventris DOLLARBIRD Eurystomus orientalis NOISY MINER Manorina melanocephala FAN-TAILED CUCKOO Cacomantis flabelliformis NOISY PITTA Pitta versicolor ** MACLEAY’S HONEYEATER Xanthotis macleayana BLACK-EARED CUCKOO Chrysococcyx osculans BARN SWALLOW Hirundo rustica LEWIN’S HONEYEATER Meliphaga lewinii HORSFIELD’S BRONZE-CUCKOO Chrysococcyx basalis WELCOME SWALLOW Hirundo neoxena YELLOW-SPOTTED HONEYEATER Meliphaga notata SHINING BRONZE-CUCKOO Chrysococcyx lucidus RED-RUMPED SWALLOW Cecropis daurica ** CRYPTIC HONEYEATER Microptilotis imitatrix LITTLE BRONZE-CUCKOO Chrysococcyx minutillus TREE MARTIN Hirundo nigricans ** BRIDLED HONEYEATER Lichenostomus frenatus EASTERN KOEL Eudynamys orieatalis FAIRY MARTIN Hirundo ariel * YELLOW-FACED HONEYEATER Lichenostomus chrysops CHANNEL-BILLED CUCKOO Scythrops novaehollandiae * WHITE-THROATED Cormobates leucophaeus VARIED HONEYEATER Lichenostomus versicolor PHEASANT COUCAL Centropus phasianinus TREECREEPER WHITE-GAPED HONEYEATER Lichenostomus unicolor RUFOUS OWL Ninox rufa BROWN TREECREEPER Climacteris picumnus YELLOW HONEYEATER Lichenostomus flavus BARKING OWL Ninox connivens LOVELY FAIRY-WREN Malurus amabilis FUSCOUS HONEYEATER Lichenostomus fuscus * SOUTHERN BOOBOOK Ninox novaeseelandiae RED-BACKED FAIRY-WREN Malurus melanocephalus YELLOW-TINTED HONEYEATER Lichenostomus flavescens] ** LESSER SOOTY OWL Tyto multipunctata SPOTTED PARDALOTE Pardalotus punctatus BLACK-CHINNED HONEYEATER Melithreptus gularis * MASKED OWL Tyto novaehollandiae STRIATED PARDALOTE Pardalotus striatus WHITE-THROATED HONEYEATER Melithreptus albogularis EASTERN BARN OWL Tyto javanica RED-BROWED PARDALOTE Pardalotus rubricatus WHITE-NAPED HONEYEATER Melithreptus lunatus EASTERN GRASS OWL Tyto longimembris ** FERNWREN Oreoscopus gutturalis BROWN HONEYEATER Lichmera indistincta TAWNY FROGMOUTH Podargus strigoides * YELLOW-THROATED Sericornis citreogularis SCRUBWREN WHITE-STREAKED HONEYEATER Trichodere cockerelli PAPUAN FROGMOUTH Podargus papuensis WHITE-BROWED SCRUBWREN Sericornis frontalis WHITE-CHEEKED HONEYEATER Phylidonyris nigra WHITE-THROATED NIGHTJAR Eurostopodus mystacalis ** ATHERTON SCRUBWREN Sericornis

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