Gulf Country Tour 21 June to 2 July 2008

checklist of species recorded

Tour leader: Philip Maher, Patricia Maher

Participants: Carmelita Sarao, Helen Manning, John Brooke and Hilary Brooke

Larger numbers are approximate, S=seen, H=heard, B=breeding, PR=pair, RK=road kill,
BV=black vent, WV=white vent

This tour set off from Cairns. No birding was done in Cairns but we had a briet stop in the rainforest on the Atherton Tablelands en route to Georgetown


Route: Cairns, Georgetown, Karumba, Burketown, Cloncurry, Mt Isa, Hughenden, Cairns


21 June — 2 July 2008 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1 2
Emu
S
        SB S
Australian Brush-turkey                       S
Orange-footed Scrubfowl S                      
Brown Quail            
Magpie Goose c200 S   S                
Plumed Whistling-Duck 2000 200                   S
Black Swan S   S             S    
Freckled Duck                        
Radjah Shelduck       S S              
Australian Wood Duck S S       S       S   S
Cotton Pygmy-goose                 S      
Green Pygmy-goose   S             S      
Pacific Black Duck S S S S       S S S S  
Grey Teal S S S S   S   S S S S S
Pink-eared Duck     S S   S       S S  
Hardhead S S S     S   S S S S  
Australasian Grebe S S S S   S   100 S S S  
Great Crested Grebe           SB   10   S    
Darter S S S S   S   S S S S  
Little Pied Cormorant S S S   S S     S S    
Pied Cormorant     S             S    
Little Black Cormorant   S S S   S   S S S    
Great Cormorant       S       S S S    
Australian Pelican     S S   S S S S S    
White-faced Heron   S S S S S   S   S   S
Little Egret   S S S S S   S   S    
White-necked Heron   S S S S S   S   S S S
Great-billed Heron                        
Pied Heron   S   S                
Great Egret   S S S S S   S   S S  
Intermediate Egret S S           S S S    
Cattle Egret S                      
Striated Heron     S                  
Nankeen Night Heron       S   S   S S      
Glossy Ibis                        
Australian White Ibis S   S S S S   S S S    
Straw-necked Ibis S S S S S S     S S S S
Royal Spoonbill   S S S   S   S   S   S
Yellow-billed Spoonbill           S   S     S  
Black-necked Stork (Jabiru)   S S S       S     S  
Osprey     S S                
Black-shouldered Kite S                      
Black-breasted Buzzard         S S            
Black Kite 100 50 200 1000s S S S S S S S S
Whistling Kite S S 100 S S S S S S S S S
Brahminy Kite S   S                  
White-bellied Sea-Eagle   S S   S S            
Spotted Harrier S   S               S  
Swamp Harrier S                      
Brown Goshawk   S S   S S         S S
Grey Goshawk                        
Collared Sparrowhawk S S S S   S   S       S
Wedge-tailed Eagle S S   S S S S S S   S S
Little Eagle     S S           S    
Brown Falcon S S S 200+ S S S S S S S S
Australian Hobby     S S   S       S   S
Black Falcon   S                 S  
Peregrine Falcon                        
Nankeen Kestrel S S S S S S S S S   S S
Sarus Crane 100s S   S S S            
Brolga 50 S 40 100+ 200+ S     S S S S
Aust Spotted Crake                        
Baillon's Crake                 S      
Purple Swamphen 100               S S S S
Dusky Moorhen S               S S S  
Eurasian Coot S S       S     S S S  
Australian Bustard S S S c12 10 S         S S
Little Button-quail                        
Whimbrel     S                  
Eastern Curlew     S                  
Marsh Sandpiper                        
Common Greenshank     S                  
Grey-tailed Tattler                        
Red-necked Stint     S                  
Comb-crested Jacana   S   S         S      
Pied Oystercatcher                        
Black-winged Stilt   S S S   S   S   S S  
Red-necked Avocet                        
Red-capped Plover     S                  
Black-fronted Dotterel   S S S 10     S S S   S
Red-kneed Dotterel     S     S       S    
Masked Lapwing S             S   S S S
Australian Pratincole     S S             S  
Silver Gull     S S                
Gull-billed Tern     S S         S S    
Caspian Tern     S S       S   S    
Crested Tern     S S                
Lesser Crested Tern     S S                
Whiskered Tern                   S    
Little Tern     S S                
Rock Dove S               S S S  
Spotted Turtle-Dove S                      
Brown Cuckoo-Dove H                      
Common Bronzewing       S                
Flock Bronzewing       7 150              
Crested Pigeon S S S S   S S S S S S S
Spinifex Pigeon   S     S   S     S    
Squatter Pigeon
blue-eye form
                       
Squatter Pigeon
red-eye form
                      S
Diamond Dove   100 S S           S S S
Peaceful Dove S S S S S S     H   S S
Bar-shouldered Dove S   S S S S            
Topknot Pigeon S                      
Wompoo Fruit-Dove                        
Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo 200 80                   S
Galah S S S S S S S S   S S S
Little Corella     S 1000 S S S S S S S S
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo S S   S S S S S S S   S
Cockatiel       500 S S           S
Rainbow Lorikeet S S S           S   S S
Rainbow Lorikeet red collar form                        
Scaly-breasted Lorikeet S                     S
Varied Lorikeet           S S S S S H  
Red-winged Parrot S S S S   S S S S S S S
Pale-headed Rosella S S                   S
Australian Ringneck (Cloncurry)               S S      
Budgerigar   1000s   1000s   100   S S   200 S
Fan-tailed Cuckoo                       S
Pallid Cuckoo                        
Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo     ? 2   S            
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo                        
Channel-billed Cuckoo                        
Pheasant Coucal   S       S            
Barking Owl                        
Southern Boobook           S     S      
Tawny Frogmouth           S S          
Spotted Nightjar   S                    
Australian Owlet-nightjar                        
White-rumped Swiftlet 80                      
Azure Kingfisher         S              
Laughing Kookaburra S                     S
Blue-winged Kookaburra S H   S S S       S S S
Forest Kingfisher S S                    
Red-backed Kingfisher
  S S S S S       S S S
Sacred Kingfisher           S            
Rainbow Bee-eater S S   S H S            
White-throated Treecreeper S                      
Brown Treecreeper (melanota)   S                    
Black-tailed Treecreeper             S S S S    
Purple-crowned Fairy-wren         S S            
Variegated Fairy-wren     S S S     S S   S S
White-winged Fairy-wren                        
Red-backed Fairy-wren       S S             S
Rufous-crowned Emu-wren             3          
Carpentarian Grasswren                 2      
Kalkadoon Grasswren             4          
Red-browed Pardalote   S       H H H H H    
Striated Pardalote (black head) H S     H H   S H H   S
White-browed Scrubwren                       S
Yellow-footed Scrubwren S                      
Large-billed Scrubwren S       S              
Weebill   H   S   S S S S S   S
Brown Gerygone S                      
Mangrove Gerygone     S                  
Fairy Gerygone                       S
White-throated Gerygone   S H S H S           H
Mountain Thornbill S                      
Inland Thornbill                 S      
Yellow-rumped Thornbill
                S S   S
Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater           ?       S S S
Striped Honeyeater                        
Silver-crowned Friarbird                        
Noisy Friarbird               S       S
Little Friarbird S S   50           S    
Blue-faced Honeyeater S S S S S           S S
Noisy Miner S                     S
Yellow-throated Miner   S S S S S S S S S   S
Lewin's Honeyeater S                     S
Bridled Honeyeater H                      
Yellow-faced Honeyeater                   S S  
Singing Honeyeater       S     S S S     S
White-gaped Honeyeater         S S   S        
Yellow Honeyeater   S S S                
Grey-headed Honeyeater             S S   S    
Grey-fronted Honeyeater             S   S S    
Yellow-tinted Honeyeater   S   S S S       S    
White-plumed Honeyeater               S S   S  
Black-chinned Honeyeater (golden-backed form)               S S      
White-throated Honeyeater   S     S S           S
White-naped Honeyeater                        
Brown Honeyeater S S S S S S   S S S S S
White-cheeked Honeyeater S                      
Painted Honeyeater                        
Rufous-throated Honeyeater   S                 S  
Eastern Spinebill S                      
Banded Honeyeater   S                    
Black Honeyeater       S                
Pied Honeyeater       S   S            
Red-headed Honeyeater     S   S              
Scarlet Honeyeater S                      
Crimson Chat       S S S S S S S S S
Orange Chat     S S           S S  
Jacky Winter S S       S S     S   S

Red-capped Robin

        S     S S S S S
Pale-yellow Robin S                      
Hooded Robin                        
Mangrove Robin         S              
White-browed Robin
buff-sided
        S S            
Grey-headed Robin S                      
Grey-crowned Babbler   S   S   S S S     S S
Eastern Whipbird S                      
Varied Sittella
white-wing form
            S          
Varied Sittella striated form   S                    
Crested Bellbird             S   H      
Mangrove Golden Whistler         S              
Golden Whistler H                      
White-breasted Whistler     S                  
Rufous Whistler   S S S S S S S S S S S
Little Shrike-thrush                       S
Bower's Shrike-thrush S                      
Grey Shrike-thrush         S S S S   S    
Leaden Flycatcher                        
Restless Flycatcher
(Paperbark)
  S   S S S   S S S S  
Magpie-lark S S S S S S S S S S S S
Grey Fantail S       S     S       S
Mangrove Grey Fantail     S                  
Northern Fantail         S              
Lemon-bellied Flycatcher         S              
Willie Wagtail S S S S S S S S S S S S
Spangled Drongo S     S S         S    
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike S S S S S       S     S
White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike     S S S             S
Ground Cuckoo-shrike       S                
White-winged Triller S S S S S     S     S S
Varied Triller                        
Yellow Oriole       S                
Olive-backed Oriole                        
Figbird S   S S               S
White-breasted Woodswallow         S              
Masked Woodswallow       100s   S            
White-browed Woodswallow       50+   S            
Black-faced Woodswallow S 100 S 100s S S S S S S S S
Little Woodswallow   S   S       S        
Grey Butcherbird S                      
Pied Butcherbird S S   S S S S S S S S S
Australian Magpie S S S S   S S S S S S S

Pied Currawong

S       S             S
Victoria's Riflebird S                      
Australian Raven H   S H S S S S S S S S
Little Crow   ?                    
Torresian Crow S S S S               S
Apostlebird S S   S   S S S   S   S
Spotted Catbird S           S S        
Toothbilled Bowerbird (Catbird) S                      
Satin Bowerbird S                      
Golden Bowerbird           S            
Spotted Bowerbird S               S S   S
Great Bowerbird   S S S S              
Singing Bushlark   S   S S S         S  
Australasian Pipit S   S S S S       S S  
House Sparrow S   S       S S S S S  
Zebra Finch   S S S S S S S S S S S
Double-barred Finch   S S S S S   S S S   S
Long-tailed Finch           S       4    
Black-throated Finch
black rump form
  100                    
Masked Finch   50       S            
Crimson Finch           S            
Plum-headed Finch   20                    
Star Finch                        
Painted Finch               50   S    
Chestnut-breasted Mannikin S                 S S  
Pictorella Mannikin       80                
Mistletoebird S S H H S H     S S S S
Welcome Swallow S   S S       S   S S  
Tree Martin     S S   S   S   S    
Fairy Martin   S       S       S    
Clamorous Reed-Warbler               S S H S  
Tawny Grassbird                        
Little Grassbird                 S      
Spinifexbird             2   S      
Rufous Songlark   S                   S
Brown Songlark       S S S         S  
Golden-headed Cisticola S   S S                
Yellow White-eye     S   S              
Silvereye                       S
Bassian Thrush S                      
Shining Starling                        
Common Myna S                     S
                         
MAMMALS                        
Short-beaked Echidna                        
Rufous Bettony                        
Agile Wallaby   S 100+ 100+ S S         S  
Antilopine Wallaroo                        
Eastern Grey Kangaroo                     S S
Euro S S         S S   S   S
Red Kangaroo       S         S S S S
Purple-necked Rock Wallaby             S          
Dingo                        
Feral Cat                 S      

One-humped Camel

            S S        
Feral Pig         S S            
Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin                        
                         
REPTILES                        
Freshwater Crocodile                        
Saltwater Crocodile                        
Gilbert's Dragon                        
Bearded Dragon                        
Sand Goanna                        
Water Python                        
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
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