Birds Observation Lists

Birds Observation Lists
1.     From a private residence in the Kuranda district.
Environment and habitats: Situated on the edge of the Northern Tablelands, altitude 370 metres. A large partially cleared garden with some bird attracting plantings, surrounded by tropical rainforest and other large gardens including a small dam. The area is dissected by numerous perennial and seasonal creeks.
Climate: Wet tropical. Temperatures are moderated due to altitude. Mean average temperatures Degrees C; day 27.41, night 18.50. Mean average rainfall 1,978 mm, 81% falling in the monsoon December to April.
Recorded in chronological order from June 2012 to May 2013. Includes overflying species.
1.       Yellow oriole 2.       Laughing Kookaburra, 3.       Willie wagtail 4.       Rufus fantail 5.       Eastern whipbird 6.       Forest kingfisher 7.       Pacific baza 8.       Yellow bellied sunbird 9.       Helmeted friarbird 10.    Magpie lark 11.    Welcome swallow 12.    Yellow spotted honeyeater 13.    Brush turkey 14.    Sulphur crested cockatoo 15.    Rainbow lorikeet 16.    Macleay’s honeyeater 17.    Bridled honeyeater 18.    Graceful honeyeater 19.    Dusky honeyeater 20.    Varied triller 21.    Silver eye 22.    Little shrike thrush 23.    Yellow breasted boatbill 24.    White eared monarch 25.    Square tailed kite 26.    Spectacled monarch 27.    Pale yellow robin 28.    Lesser sooty owl (call) 29.    Spotted cat bird 30.    Bar shouldered dove 31.    Scarlet honey eater 32.    Grey fantail 33.    Bush stone curlew 34.    Masked lapwing 35.    Fairy gerygone 36.    Emerald dove 37.    Yellow figbird 38.    Topknot pigeon 39.    Wompoo fruit dove 40.    Orange footed scrub fowl 41.    Pheasant coucal 42.    Peaceful dove 43.    King parrot 44.    Satin bowerbird	45.    White breasted sea eagle 46.    Australian swiftlet 47.    Rainbow bee-eater 48.    White breasted wood swallow 49.    Masked wood swallow 50.    Chowchilla 51.    Brown goshawk 52.    Mountain thornbill 53.    Great billed heron 54.    Pelican 55.    Australasian darter 56.    Wedge tailed eagle 57.    Black butcher bird 58.    Olive backed oriole 59.    Grey goshawk 60.    Victoria’s riflebird 61.    Black kite 62.    Whistling kite 63.    Large tailed nightjar (call) 64.    Brown cuckoo dove 65.    Spangled drongo 66.    Superb fruit dove 67.    Shinning bronze cuckoo 68.    Barred cuckoo shrike 69.    Pied monarch 70.    Horsfield’s bronze cuckoo 71.    Nankeen night heron 72.    White bellied cuckoo shrike 73.    Little kingfisher 74.    White headed pigeon 75.    Collard sparrowhawk 76.    Striated heron 77.    Red tailed black cockatoo 78.    Pacific black duck 79.    Black bitten 80.    Lovely fairy wren 81.    Black faced monarch 82.    Chestnut breasted manikin 83.    Red necked crake 84.    Fucus honeyeater 85.    Leaden flycatcher 86.    Azure kingfisher 87.    Pied currawong 88.    Double eyed fig parrot
2.     From a private residence in the Mossman district.
Environment and habitats: Situated on coast between Mossman and Daintree at an altitude of 40 metres. A large garden with some bird attracting plantings. Adjacent habitats include: ·       lowland tropical rain forest ·       large partially cleared gardens ·       sugar cane fields ·       cattle pasture paddocks ·       freshwater creeks with riparian forest ·       saltwater creeks fringed with mangrove forest ·       littoral zone with both sand, mud and rocky foreshores
Climate: Wet tropical. Mean average temperatures degrees C; day 29.0, night 20.8. Mean average rainfall 2,031 mm, 70% falling in the monsoon December to April.
Birds recorded in chronological order from May 2013 to date Species in lists 1 and 2 may be duplicated. Includes overflying species.
1.       Black butcher bird 2.       Black kite 3.       Yellow spotted honeyeater 4.       Graceful honeyeater 5.       Lovely fairy wren 6.       Spangled drongo 7.       Great egret 8.       Rainbow bee-eater 9.       Australian swiftlet 10.    Silver eye 11.    Laughing kookaburra 12.    Helmeted friarbird 13.    Whistling kite 14.    Yellow bellied sunbird 15.    Black shouldered kite 16.    Topknot pigeon 17.    Peregrine falcon 18.    Black faced cuckoo shrike 19.    Willie wagtail 20.    Yellow figbird 21.    White breasted sea eagle 22.    Sulphur crested cockatoo 23.    Weebill 24.    Red-Browed Finch 25.    Bush stone curlew 26.    Great cormorant 27.    Collard sparrowhawk 28.    Straw necked ibis 29.    Magpie lark 30.    Brown cuckoo dove 31.    Rainbow lorikeet 32.    Brown falcon 33.    Yellow oriole 34.    Eastern osprey 35.    Chestnut breasted manikin 36.    Varied triller 37.    Swamp harrier 38.    Peaceful dove 39.    Double eyed fig parrot 40.    Cattle egret 41.    White breasted wood swallow 42.    Spotted harrier 43.    Dusky honeyeater 44.    Grey goshawk 45.    Bar shouldered dove 46.    Pacific baza 47.    Little bronze cuckoo 48.    Nankeen kestrel 49.    Brahminy kite 50.    Rufus fantail 51.    Pied Imperial-Pigeon 52.    White-Winged triller 53.    Mistletoe bird	54.    Pelican 55.    Masked lapwing 56.    Jabiru stork 57.    Emerald dove 58.    Northern fantail 59.    Forest kingfisher 60.    Black-faced monarch 61.    Pheasant coucal 62.    Common Myna 63.    Welcome swallow 64.    Cicadabird 65.    Roller (Dollar Bird) 66.    Orange footed scrub foul 67.    Little shrike thrush 68.    Brolga 69.    Wompoo Fruit Dove 70.    White Throated Needletail 71.    Eastern Koel 72.    Channel Billed Cuckoo 73.    Victoria’s Riflebird 74.    Metallic Starling 75.    Common Noddy (during cyclone Ita) 76.    Crested tern (During Cyclone Ita) 77.    Scaly Breasted Lorikeet 78.    Little Friarbird 79.    Nutmeg Mannikin 80.    Rose Crowned Fruit Dove 81.    Brush Turkey 82.    Bridled honeyeater 83.    Lewin’s honeyeater 84.    Sacred Kingfisher 85.    Blue-faced Honeyeater 86.    Australasian Pipit 87.    Great Frigate Bird 88.    Torresian Crow 89.    Fork tailed swift 90.    Brown falcon 91.    Lesser Sooty Owl 92.    Tawny Frogmouth 93.    Red Goshawk 94.    Fan-tailed Cuckoo 95.    Collared Sparrowhawk 96.    Grey Fantail 97.    Spectacled Monarch 98.    Little Falcon 99.    Wedge-tailed Eagle 100.  White-bellied Cuckoo Shrike 101.  Brown-backed Honeyeater 102.  Red-backed fairy Wren 103.  Little Eagle 104.  Olive-backed Oriole 105. Fairy Gerygone
3.     From the region, predominantly within a 150 Km radius of the City of Cairns
Environment and habitats: The area includes a wide range of habits including: ·       Lowland and highland tropical rainforest ·       Wet and dry sclerophyll forest ·       Tropical savannah ·       Large lakes and wetlands ·       Perennial and seasonal creeks ·       Rivers ·       Mangrove forests The littoral zone and foreshores including: ·       sand beach, mudflats, coral reef and rock Agricultural land including: ·       Cattle pasture, sugar cane fields and tropical fruit plantations ·       Urban areas usually include park and garden plantings, and street trees attractive birds
Recorded in chronological order from June 2012 to date. Species recorded in lists 1 and 2 are not duplicated in this list.
1.       Eastern yellow robin 2.       Little pied cormorant 3.       Spotted pardalote 4.       Grey whistler 5.       Yellow honeyeater 6.       Green pygmy goose 7.       White throated honeyeater 8.       Red winged parrot 9.       Pale headed rosella 10.    Grey crowned babbler 11.    Bower’s shrike thrush 12.    Jacky winter 13.    Feral pigeon 14.    Magpie 15.    Blue winged kookaburra 16.    Double barred finch 17.    Intermediate egret 18.    Purple swamp hen 19.    Plumed whistling duck 20.    Black swan 21.    Striated pardalote 22.    Emu 23.    Golden whistler 24.    Weebill 25.    Red-Browed Finch 26.    Noisy pitta 27.    Southern cassowary 28.    White ibis 29.    Jacana, 30.    Australasian grebe 31.    White-Browed woodswallow 32.    Yellow bellied flycatcher 33.    Varied sittella 34.    Pied Heron 35.    Noisy friarbird 36.    Brown honeyeater 37.    Great crested grebe 38.    Little egret 39.    Australian bustard 40.    Magpie goose 41.    Sarus crane 42.    Eastern spinebill 43.    White browed scrub wren	44.    Dusky Moorhen 45.    Royal spoonbill 46.    Great egret 47.    Glossy ibis 48.    Black fronted dotterel 49.    Grey headed robin 50.    Beach stone curlew 51.    Eastern curlew 52.    Silver gull 53.    Pied butcher bird 54.    Eurasian coot 55.    Pale vented bush hen 56.    Hard head duck 57.    Large billed scrub wren 58.    Mallard duck 59.    Buff breasted paradise kingfisher 60.    Australian hobby 61.    Eurasian house sparrow 62.    White faced heron 63.    Eastern reef egret 64.    Pied oyster catcher 65.    Roseate tern 66.    White necked heron 67.    Little tern 68.    Wandering whistling duck 69.    Collard Kingfisher 70.    Horsefield’s bush lark 71.    Shinning flycatcher 72.    Great Billed Heron   73.    Gull Billed Tern 74.    Broad –billed Flycatcher 75.    Common sandpiper 76.    Brown-backed honeyeater 77.    Rufous Whistler 78.    Marsh Sandpiper 79.    Bridled Tern 80.    Caspian Tern 81.    Crimson Finch 82.    White-cheeked honeyeater 83.    Oriental Cuckoo 84.    Sooty Oystercatcher 85.    Mangrove Robin 86.    Little tern 87.    Blue –faced Parrot Finch 88.    Little tree creeper (White browed sub species)
Mammal Observation List
1.       Agile Wallaby 2.       Swamp Wallaby 3.       Red-legged Pademelon 4.       Bennet’s Tree-kangaroo 5.       Lumholtz’s Tree-kangaroo 6.       Eastern Grey Kangaroo 7.       Musky Rat-kangaroo 8.       Long Tailed Pygmy Possum 9.       Short-beaked Echidna 10.   Platypus 11.   White-tailed Rat 12.   Canefield Rat	13.   Black Rat 14.   Long-nosed Bandicoot 15.   Spectacled Flying-fox 16.   Little Red Flying-fox 17.   Black Flying-fox 18.   Micro Bats (unidentified) 19.   Common Brushtail Possum 20.   Common Ringtail Possum 21.   Dingo 22.   Snubfinned Dolphin 23.   Humpbacked Whale
Reptile Observation List. Includes some Cape York observations.
1.       Scrub Python 2.       Carpet Python 3.       Water Python 4.       Spotted Python 5.       Common Tree Snake 6.       Northern Tree Snake 7.       Brown Tree Snake 8.       Keelback 9.       Slaty Grey Snake 10.   Red Bellied Black Snake 11.   Rough Scaled Snake	12.   Eastern Taipan 13.   Eastern Brown Snake 14.   King Brown (Mulga) Snake 15.   Northern Death Adder 16.   Yellow Faced Whip Snake 17.   Black Whip Snake 18.   Papuan Whip Snake 19.   Brown Headed Snake 20.   Orange-naped Snake 21.   Little File Snake
1.       Major Skink 2.       Rainbow Skinks (5 species from Genus Carlia (C. logipes, rostralis, rubrigularis, vivax & munda) 3.       Litter Skink 4.       Yellow Blotched Forest Skink 5.       Pink – tongued Skink 6.       Eastern Striped Skink 7.       Lowlands Bar-lipped Skink 8.       Peron’s Snake-eyed skink 9.       Lace monitor 10.   Spotted Tree Monitor 11.   Yellow Monitor 12.   Mangrove Monitor 13.   Merton’s Monitor 14.   Rusty Monitor 15.   Sand Monitor	16.   Black Headed Monitor 17.   Boyds Forest Dragon 18.   Eastern Water Dragon 19.   Two Lined Dragon 20.   Bearded Dragon 21.   Frill Necked Lizard 22.   Burtons Snake Lizard 23.   Asian House Gecko 24.   Ring-Tailed Gecko 25.   Gecko (Gehyra dubia) 26.   Gecko (Oedura rhombifer) 27.   Saw Shelled Turtle 28.   Krefft’s River Turtle 29.   Green Turtle 30.   Freshwater Crocodile 31.   Saltwater (Estuarine) Crocodile
Amphibian Observation List
1.       Common Green Tree Frog 2.       White Lipped (Giant) Tree Frog 3.       Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog 4.       Northern Dwarf Tree Frog 5.       Dainty Green Tree Frog 6.       Green-eyed Tree Frog 7.       Kuranda Tree Frog 8.       Rocket Frog	9.       Laughing (Roth’s) Tree Frog 10.   Desert Tree Frog 11.   Stoney Creek Frog 12.   Leseur’s Frog 13.   Orange Thighed Frog 14.   Northern Barred Frog 15.   Wood Frog 16.   Cane Toad