Nature never did betray the heart that loved her. (William Wordsworth)
About Rainforest & Rainforest Margin Birds
All birds on this page were photographed within rainforest habitat or at the margin with other habitats. While a few species are considered as exclusive rainforest inhabitants, most are also likely to be encountered in a variety of other habitats including wet and dry sclerophyll forest, mangroves and well vegetated urban areas.Observing and photographing birds in dense low lit forests can be a frustrating business, calls and fleeting movements are the norm. A strategy of patience, camouflage and allowing birds to come to you can be rewarding. Knowledge of daily bird activity times and of food plants flowering or fruiting in the area will greatly increase sightings. Early morning and evening are not the only activity times.
Rainforest spans an altitude gradient from the coast to in excess of 1000 metres. Some species are confined to high or lower altitudes, however seasonal movements of several hundred metres occurs with many species.
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| Horn Bill Friarbird |
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| Horn Bill Friarbird |
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| Horn Bill Friarbird |
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| Dusky Honeyeater |
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| Dusky Honeyeater |
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| Yellow Spotted Honeyeater |
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| Yellow Spotted Honeyeater |
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| Yellow Spotted Honeyeater |
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| Lewin's Honeyeater |
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| Graceful Honeyeater (Juv) |
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| Graceful Honeyeater |
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| Graceful Honeyeater |
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| Macleay's Honeyeater |
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| Macleay's Honeyeater |
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| Bridled Honeyeater |
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| Scarlet Honeyeater (Female) |
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| Scarlet Honeyeater (Male) |
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| Scarlet Honeyeater (Male) |
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| Brown-Backed Honeyeater |
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| Yellow Honeyeater |
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| White-cheeked Honeyeater |
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| White-Throated Honeyeater |
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| Brown Honeyeater (Juv) |
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| Brown Honeyeater |
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| Varied Honeyeater |
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| Yellow-faced Honeyeater |
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| Blue-faced Honeyeater |
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| Blue-faced Honeyeater (Juv) |
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| Eastern Spinebill |
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| Olive-backed Sunbird (Male) |
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| Olive-backed Sunbird (Male) |
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| Olive-backed Sunbird (Female) |
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| Olive-backed Sunbird (Female) |
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| Olive-backed Sunbird (Female) and chicks |
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| Metallic Starling |
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| Metallic Starling |
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| Metallic Starling (Juv) |
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| White -Bellied Cuckoo-Shrike |
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| Black-faced Cucko-Shrike (Juv)
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| Cicadabird (Male) |
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| Barred Cuckoo-Shrike |
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| Magpie Lark (Male) |
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| Magpie Lark (Male) |
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| Magpie Lark (Female) |
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| Spangled Drongo |
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| Spangled Drongo |
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| Black Butcher Bird |
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| Black Butcher Bird (Juv) |
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| Pied Currawong |
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| Pied Currawong (Juv) |
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| Yellow Figbird (Male) |
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| Yellow Figbird (Male) |
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| Yellow Figbird (Females) |
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| Yellow Figbird (Juv Male) |
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| Common Myna (Introduced Origin India) |
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| Green Oriole |
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| Green Oriole |
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| Olive- Backed Oriole (Juv) |
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| Olive- Backed Oriole |
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| Eastern Koel (Male) |
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| Eastern Koel (Female) |
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| Eastern Koel (Juv) |
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| Spotted Catbird |
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| Spotted Catbird |
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| Spotted Catbird (Juv) |
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| Chowchilla (Northern log runner) |
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| Tooth-Billed Bowerbird |
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| White-Browed Woodswallow (Female) (C) |
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| White-Browed Woodswallow (Male) (C) |
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| Red Tailed Black Cockatoo |
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| Red Tailed Black Cockatoo (C) |
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| Red Tailed Black Cockatoo (C) |
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| Sulphur Crested Cockatoo |
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| Sulphur Crested Cockatoo |
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| Double Eyed Fig Parrot (Male) |
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| Double Eyed Fig Parrots (Female) |
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| Double Eyed Fig Parrot (Juv) |
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| Rainbow Lorikeet |
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| Rainbow Lorikeet |
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| Rainbow Lorikeet |
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| Scaly-breasted Lorikeet |
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| Scaly-breasted Lorikeet |
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| Scaly-breasted Lorikeet |
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| Crimson Rosella |
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| Australian King Parrot (Male) |
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| Australian King Parrot (Male) |
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| Australian King Parrot (Female) |
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| Eclectus Parrots (C) Male Green |
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| Pied Imperial Pigeon |
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| Pied Imperial Pigeons feeding on Scheffera fruits |
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| Topknot Pigeon |
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| Topknot Pigeon |
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| Bar-Shouldered Dove |
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| Bar-Shouldered Dove |
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| White-Headed Pigeon |
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| White-Headed Pigeon |
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| Common Bronzewing |
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| Peaceful Dove |
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| Wompoo Fruit-Dove |
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| Brown Cuckoo Dove |
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| Brown Cuckoo Dove |
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| Emerald Dove |
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| Emerald Dove |
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| Spotted Dove (Introduced origin Malaysia) |
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| Victoria's Riflebird (Female) |
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| Victoria's Riflebird (Female) |
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| Victoria's Riflebird (Male) |
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| Victoria's Riflebird (Male) |
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| Lovely Fairy Wren (Male) |
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| Lovely Fairy Wren (Eclipse Male) |
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| Lovely Fairy Wren (Female) |
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| Red-backed Fairy Wren (Male) |
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| Red-backed Fairy Wren (Female) |
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| Yellow-throated Scrubwren |
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| Atherton Scrubwren |
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| Varied Triller (Female) |
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| Varied Triller (Male) |
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| Brown Gerygone |
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| Brown Gerygone |
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| Large-billed Gerygone |
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| Fairy Gerygone |
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| Mistletoe bird (Male) |
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| Mistletoebird (Male) |
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| Mistletoebird (Female) |
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| Mountain Thornbill |
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| Spectacled Monarch |
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| Spectacled Monarch |
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| Black-faced Monarch |
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| Pied Monarch |
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| White-throated Treecreeper (Race Minor) |
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| Little Shrike-Thrush |
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| Little Bronze Cuckoo |
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| Shinning Bronze Cuckoo |
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| Fantailed Cuckoo |
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| Silvereye |
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| Silvereye |
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| Silvereye |
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| Rufous Whistler (Male) |
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| Golden Whistler (Male) |
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| Willie Wagtail |
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| Willie Wagtail |
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| Rufous Fantail |
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| Northern Fantail |
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| Grey Fantail (Juv race alisteri) |
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| Grey Fantail (Race keasti) |
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| Varied Sittella (race striata) |
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| Pale Yellow Robin |
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| Pale Yellow Robin |
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| Grey-Headed Robin |
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| Mangrove Robin |
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| Eastern Yellow Robin |
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| Eastern Yellow Robin |
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| Eastern Yellow Robin |
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| Shining Flycatcher (Male) |
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| Shining Flycatcher (Male) |
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| Shining Flycatcher (Female) |
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| Shining Flycatcher Nest |
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| Leaden Flycatcher (Male) |
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| Leaden Flycatcher (Female) |
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| Lemon-Bellied Flycatcher |
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| Blue-faced Parrot Finch |
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| Tawny Frogmouth |
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| Papuan Frogmouth On Nest |
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| Papuan Frogmouth On Nest |
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| Papuan Frogmouth |
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| Lesser Sooty Owl (C) |
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| Pheasant Coucal (Breeding) |
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| Pheasant Coucal (Breeding) |
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| Southern Cassowary (C) |
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| Southern Cassowary (Male) |
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| Southern Cassowary (Sub adult male) |
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| Australian Brush Turkey |
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| Orange-Footed Scrubfowl |
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| Orange-Footed Scrubfowl
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