

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 |
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2 |
King quail |
Coturnix chinensis |
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7 |
Magpie goose |
Anseranas semipalmata |
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4 |
Plumed whistling duck |
Dendrocygna eytoni |
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5 |
Wandering whistling duck |
Dendrocygna arcuata |
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6 |
Blue-billed duck |
Oxyura australis |
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7 |
Radjah shelduck |
Tadorna radjah |
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8 |
Green pygmy-goose |
Nettapus pulchellus |
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9 |
Pink-eared duck |
Malacorhynchus membranaceu |
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10 |
Great crested grebe |
Podiceps cristatus |
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11 |
Red-tailed tropicbird |
Phaethon rubricauda |
‘Near Threatened’ |
12 |
White-tailed tropicbird |
Phaethon lepturus |
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13 |
Brown booby |
Sula leucogaster |
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14 |
Darter |
Anhinga melanogaster |
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15 |
Great cormorant |
Phalacrocorax carbo |
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16 |
Little pied cormorant |
Phalacrocorax elanoleucos |
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17 |
Pied cormorant |
Phalacrocorax varius |
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18 |
Lesser frigatebird |
Fregata ariel |
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19 |
White-faced heron |
Egretta novaehollandiae |
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20 |
Little egret |
Egretta garzetta |
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21 |
Great egret |
Ardea alba |
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22 |
Eastern reef egret |
Egretta sacra |
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23 |
White-necked heron |
Ardea pacifica |
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24 |
Great-billed heron |
Ardea sumatrana |
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25 |
Pied heron |
Ardea picata |
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26 |
Striated heron |
Butorides striatus |
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27 |
Nankeen night heron |
Nycticorax caledonicus |
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28 |
Little bittern |
xobrychus minutus |
‘Near Threatened ’ |
29 |
Black bittern |
Ixobrychus flavicollis |
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30 |
Glossy ibis |
Plegadis falcinellus |
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31 |
Straw-necked ibis |
Threskiornis spinicollis |
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32 |
Australian white ibis |
Threskiornis molucca |
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33 |
Black-necked stork (Jabiru) |
Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus |
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34 |
Osprey |
Pandion haliaetus |
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35 |
Square-tailed kite |
Lophoictinia isura |
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36 |
Whistling kite |
Haliastur sphenurus |
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37 |
Black kite |
Milvus migrans |
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38 |
Black-breasted buzzard |
Hamirostra melanosternon |
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39 |
Brahminy kite |
Haliastur indus |
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40 |
White-bellied sea eagle |
Haliaeetus leucogaster |
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41 |
Swamp harrier |
Circus approximans |
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42 |
Brown goshawk |
Accipiter fasciatus |
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43 |
Red goshawk |
Erythrotriorchis radiatus |
‘Vulnerable’ |
44 |
Wedge-tailed eagle |
Aquila audax |
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45 |
Australian hobby |
Falco longipennis |
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46 |
Grey falcon |
Falco hypoleucos |
‘Near Threatened’ |
47 |
Brown falcon |
Falco berigora |
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48 |
Nankeen kestrel |
Falco cenchroides |
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49 |
Brolga |
Grus rubicunda |
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50 |
Chestnut rail |
Eulabeornis castaneoventris |
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51 |
Australian bustard |
Ardeotis australis |
‘Near Threatened’ |
52 |
Little curlew |
Numenius minutus |
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53 |
Comb-crested jacana |
Irediparra gallinacea |
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54 |
Beach stone-curlew |
Esacus neglectus |
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55 |
Pied oystercatcher |
Haematopus longirostris |
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56 |
Black-winged stilt |
Himantopus himantopus |
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57 |
Little ringed plover |
Charadrius dubius |
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58 |
Silver gull |
Larus novaehollandiae |
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59 |
Gull-billed tern |
Sterna nilotica |
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60 |
Caspian tern |
Sterna caspia |
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61 |
Lesser crested tern |
Sterna bengalensis |
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62 |
Emerald dove |
Chalcophaps indica |
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63 |
Common bronzewing |
Phaps chalcoptera |
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64 |
Spinifex pigeon |
Geophaps plumifera |
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65 |
White-quilled rock-pigeon |
Petrophassa albipennis |
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66 |
Diamond dove |
Geopelia cuneata |
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67 |
Peaceful dove |
Geopelia striata |
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68 |
Bar-shouldered dove |
Geopelia humeralis |
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69 |
Sulphur-crested cockatoo |
Cacatua galerita |
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70 |
Red-tailed black cockatoo |
Calyptorhynchus banksii |
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71 |
Little corella |
Cacatua sanguinea |
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72 |
Rainbow lorikeet |
Trichoglossus haematodus |
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73 |
Varied lorikeet |
Psitteuteles versicolor |
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74 |
Red-winged parrot |
Aprosmictus erythropterus |
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75 |
Common koel |
Eudynamys scolopacea |
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76 |
Channel-billed cuckoo |
Scythrops novaehollandiae |
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77 |
Pheasant coucal |
Centropus phasianinus |
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78 |
Barking owl |
Ninox connivens |
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79 |
Southern boobook |
Ninox novaehollandiae |
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80 |
Azure kingfisher |
Alcedo azurea |
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81 |
Blue-winged kookaburra |
Dacelo leachii |
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82 |
Sacred kingfisher |
Todiramphus sanctus |
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83 |
Rainbow bee-eater |
Merops ornatus |
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84 |
Dollarbird |
Eurystomus orientalis |
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85 |
Black-tailed treecreeper |
Climacteris melanura |
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86 |
Red-backed fairy-wren |
Malurus melanocephalus |
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87 |
Red-browed pardalote |
Pardalotus rubricatus |
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88 |
Striated pardalote |
Pardalotus striatus |
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89 |
Weebill |
Smicrornis brevirostris |
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90 |
Mangrove gerygone |
Gerygone levigaster |
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91 |
White-throated gerygone |
Gerygone olivacea |
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92 |
Silver-crowned friarbird |
Philemon argenticeps |
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93 |
Little friarbird |
Philemon citreogularis |
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94 |
Singing honeyeater |
Lichenostomus virescens |
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95 |
Mangrove honeyeater |
Lichenostomus fasciogularis |
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96 |
Brown honeyeater |
Lichmera indistincta |
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97 |
Bar-breasted honeyeater |
Ramsayornis fasciatus |
|
98 |
White-gaped honeyeater |
Lichenostomus unicolor |
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99 |
White-throated honeyeater |
Melithreptus albogularis |
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100 |
Sandstone shrike-thrush |
Colluricincla woodwardi |
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101 |
Shining flycatcher |
Myiagra alecto |
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102 |
Leaden flycatcher |
Myiagra rubecula |
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103 |
Broad-billed flycatcher |
Myiagra ruficollis |
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104 |
Restless flycatcher |
Myiagra inquieta |
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105 |
Mangrove grey fantail |
Rhipidura phasiana |
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106 |
Rufous fantail |
Rhipidura rufifrons |
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107 |
Willie wagtail |
Rhipidura leucophrys |
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108 |
Lemon-bellied flycatcher |
Microeca flavigaster |
|
109 |
Black-faced cuckoo-shrike |
Coracina novaehollandiae |
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110 |
White-bellied cuckoo-shrike |
Coracina papuensis |
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111 |
Varied triller |
Lalage leucomela |
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112 |
White-winged triller |
Lalage sueurii |
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113 |
Little woodswallow |
Artamus minor |
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114 |
White-breasted woodswallow |
Artamus leucorynchus |
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115 |
Grey butcherbird |
Cracticus torquatus |
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116 |
Pied butcherbird |
Cracticus nigrogularis |
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117 |
Magpielark |
Grallina cyanoleuca |
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118 |
Torresian crow |
Corvus orru |
|
119 |
Great bowerbird |
Chlamydera nuchalis |
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120 |
Zebra finch |
Taeniopygia guttata |
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121 |
Double-barred finch |
Taeniopygia bichenovii |
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122 |
Long-tailed finch |
Poephila acuticauda |
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123 |
Crimson finch |
Neochmia phaeton |
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124 |
Mistletoebird |
Dicaeum hirundinaceum |
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125 |
Tree martin |
Hirundo nigricans |
|
126 |
Fairy martin |
Hirundo ariel |
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127 |
Yellow white-eye |
Zosterops luteus |
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