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Birds in the Faraway Bay area

 

Find attached a bird species list from the Faraway Bay area compiled by Steve McIntosh (opportunistic recordings during the 2001 and 2002 dry seasons), Elisabeth Larsen (preliminary bird surveys 10-15 May 2002), and Geoff Lane (opportunistic recordings 9-14 May 2002).

Note that the species list consists of dry season recordings only. As yet, no data from the wet season is available from the area. A comprehensive bird list for Faraway Bay should also include species occurring mainly in the wet. This data is likely to add a considerable number of species to the total of 127 species recorded in our dry season surveys. Without wet season data, it is difficult to assess the area’s value as stop-over point for nomadic and vagrant waterbirds, including migratory waders.

 

1

Brown quail

Coturnix ypsilophora

 

2

King quail

Coturnix chinensis

 

7

Magpie goose

Anseranas semipalmata

 

4

Plumed whistling duck

Dendrocygna eytoni

 

5

Wandering whistling duck

Dendrocygna arcuata

 

6

Blue-billed duck

Oxyura australis

 

7

Radjah shelduck

Tadorna radjah

 

8

Green pygmy-goose

Nettapus pulchellus

 

9

Pink-eared duck

Malacorhynchus membranaceu

 

10

Great crested grebe

Podiceps cristatus

 

11

Red-tailed tropicbird

Phaethon rubricauda

‘Near Threatened’

12

White-tailed tropicbird

Phaethon lepturus

 

13

Brown booby

Sula leucogaster

 

14

Darter

Anhinga melanogaster

 

15

Great cormorant

Phalacrocorax carbo

 

16

Little pied cormorant

Phalacrocorax elanoleucos

 

17

Pied cormorant

Phalacrocorax varius

 

18

Lesser frigatebird

Fregata ariel

 

19

White-faced heron

Egretta novaehollandiae

 

20

Little egret

Egretta garzetta

 

21

Great egret

Ardea alba

 

22

Eastern reef egret

Egretta sacra

 

23

White-necked heron

Ardea pacifica

 

24

Great-billed heron

Ardea sumatrana

 

25

Pied heron

Ardea picata

 

26

Striated heron

Butorides striatus

 

27

Nankeen night heron

Nycticorax caledonicus

 

28

Little bittern

xobrychus minutus

‘Near Threatened

29

Black bittern

Ixobrychus flavicollis

 

30

Glossy ibis

Plegadis falcinellus

 

31

Straw-necked ibis

Threskiornis spinicollis

 

32

Australian white ibis

Threskiornis molucca

 

33

Black-necked stork (Jabiru)

Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus

 

34

Osprey

Pandion haliaetus

 

35

Square-tailed kite

Lophoictinia isura

 

36

Whistling kite

Haliastur sphenurus

 

37

Black kite

Milvus migrans

 

38

Black-breasted buzzard

Hamirostra melanosternon

 

39

Brahminy kite

Haliastur indus

 

40

White-bellied sea eagle

Haliaeetus leucogaster

 

41

Swamp harrier

Circus approximans

 

42

Brown goshawk

Accipiter fasciatus

 

43

Red goshawk

Erythrotriorchis radiatus

‘Vulnerable’

44

Wedge-tailed eagle

Aquila audax

 

45

Australian hobby

Falco longipennis

 

46

Grey falcon

Falco hypoleucos

‘Near Threatened’

47

Brown falcon

Falco berigora

 

48

Nankeen kestrel

Falco cenchroides

 

49

Brolga

Grus rubicunda

 

50

Chestnut rail

Eulabeornis castaneoventris

 

51

Australian bustard

Ardeotis australis

‘Near Threatened’

52

Little curlew

Numenius minutus

 

53

Comb-crested jacana

Irediparra gallinacea

 

54

Beach stone-curlew

Esacus neglectus

 

55

Pied oystercatcher

Haematopus longirostris

 

56

Black-winged stilt

Himantopus himantopus

 

57

Little ringed plover

Charadrius dubius

 

58

Silver gull

Larus novaehollandiae

 

59

Gull-billed tern

Sterna nilotica

 

60

Caspian tern

Sterna caspia

 

61

Lesser crested tern

Sterna bengalensis

 

62

Emerald dove

Chalcophaps indica

 

63

Common bronzewing

Phaps chalcoptera

 

64

Spinifex pigeon

Geophaps plumifera

 

65

White-quilled rock-pigeon

Petrophassa albipennis

 

66

Diamond dove

Geopelia cuneata

 

67

Peaceful dove

Geopelia striata

 

68

Bar-shouldered dove

Geopelia humeralis

 

69

Sulphur-crested cockatoo

Cacatua galerita

 

70

Red-tailed black cockatoo

Calyptorhynchus banksii

 

71

Little corella

Cacatua sanguinea

 

72

Rainbow lorikeet

Trichoglossus haematodus

 

73

Varied lorikeet

Psitteuteles versicolor

 

74

Red-winged parrot

Aprosmictus erythropterus

 

75

Common koel

Eudynamys scolopacea

 

76

Channel-billed cuckoo

Scythrops novaehollandiae

 

77

Pheasant coucal

Centropus phasianinus

 

78

Barking owl

Ninox connivens

 

79

Southern boobook

Ninox novaehollandiae

 

80

Azure kingfisher

Alcedo azurea

 

81

Blue-winged kookaburra

Dacelo leachii

 

82

Sacred kingfisher

Todiramphus sanctus

 

83

Rainbow bee-eater

Merops ornatus

 

84

Dollarbird

Eurystomus orientalis

 

85

Black-tailed treecreeper

Climacteris melanura

 

86

Red-backed fairy-wren

Malurus melanocephalus

 

87

Red-browed pardalote

Pardalotus rubricatus

 

88

Striated pardalote

Pardalotus striatus

 

89

Weebill

Smicrornis brevirostris

 

90

Mangrove gerygone

Gerygone levigaster

 

91

White-throated gerygone

Gerygone olivacea

 

92

Silver-crowned friarbird

Philemon argenticeps

 

93

Little friarbird

Philemon citreogularis

 

94

Singing honeyeater

Lichenostomus virescens

 

95

Mangrove honeyeater

Lichenostomus fasciogularis

 

96

Brown honeyeater

Lichmera indistincta

 

97

Bar-breasted honeyeater

Ramsayornis fasciatus

 

98

White-gaped honeyeater

Lichenostomus unicolor

 

99

White-throated honeyeater

Melithreptus albogularis

 

100

Sandstone shrike-thrush

Colluricincla woodwardi

 

101

Shining flycatcher

Myiagra alecto

 

102

Leaden flycatcher

Myiagra rubecula

 

103

Broad-billed flycatcher

Myiagra ruficollis

 

104

Restless flycatcher

Myiagra inquieta

 

105

Mangrove grey fantail

Rhipidura phasiana

 

106

Rufous fantail

Rhipidura rufifrons

 

107

Willie wagtail

Rhipidura leucophrys

 

108

Lemon-bellied flycatcher

Microeca flavigaster

 

109

Black-faced cuckoo-shrike

Coracina novaehollandiae

 

110

White-bellied cuckoo-shrike

Coracina papuensis

 

111

Varied triller

Lalage leucomela

 

112

White-winged triller

Lalage sueurii

 

113

Little woodswallow

Artamus minor

 

114

White-breasted woodswallow

Artamus leucorynchus

 

115

Grey butcherbird

Cracticus torquatus

 

116

Pied butcherbird

Cracticus nigrogularis

 

117

Magpielark

Grallina cyanoleuca

 

118

Torresian crow

Corvus orru

 

119

Great bowerbird

Chlamydera nuchalis

 

120

Zebra finch

Taeniopygia guttata

 

121

Double-barred finch

Taeniopygia bichenovii

 

122

Long-tailed finch

Poephila acuticauda

 

123

Crimson finch

Neochmia phaeton

 

124

Mistletoebird

Dicaeum hirundinaceum

 

125

Tree martin

Hirundo nigricans

 

126

Fairy martin

Hirundo ariel

 

127

Yellow white-eye

Zosterops luteus