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Species
Seen On Gulf Country Tour July 2003
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| CASUARIIDAE Emu |
Dromaius novaehollandiae |
MEGAPODIIDAE Australian Brush-turkey |
Alectura lathami |
ANSERANATIDAE Magpie Goose |
Anseranas semipalmata |
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Dendrocygna eytoni Dendrocygna arcuata Cygnus atratus Tadorna radjah Nettapus coromandelianus Nettapus pulchellus Anas superciliosa Anas gracilis Malacorhynchus membranaceus Aythya australis |
PODICIPEDIDAE Australasian Grebe Great Crested Grebe |
Tachybaptus novaehollandiae Podiceps cristatus |
ANHINGIDAE Darter |
Anhinga melanogaster |
PHALACROCORACIDAE Little Pied Cormorant Pied Cormorant Little Black Cormorant Great Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax melanoleucos Phalacrocorax varius Phalacrocorax sulcirostris Phalacrocorax carbo |
PELECANIDAE Australian Pelican |
Pelecanus conspicillatus |
ARDEIDAE White-faced Heron Little Egret White-necked Heron Great-billed Heron Great Egret Intermediate Egret Cattle Egret, Striated Heron, Nankeen Night Heron |
Egretta novaehollandiae Egretta garzetta Ardea pacifica Ardea sumatrana Ardea alba Ardea intermedia Ardea ibis Butorides striatus Nycticorax caledonicus |
THRESKIORNITHIDAE Glossy Ibis Australian White Ibis Straw-necked Ibis Royal Spoonbill Yellow-billed Spoonbill |
Plegadis falcinellus Threskiornis molucca Threskiornis spinicollis Platelea regia Platelea flavipes |
CICONIIDAE Black-necked Stork (jabiru) |
Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus |
ACCIPITRIDAE Osprey Black-shouldered Kite Black-breasted Buzzard Black Kite Whistling Kite Brahminy Kite White-bellied Sea-Eagle Spotted Harrier Collared Sparrowhawk Wedge-tailed Eagle Little Eagle Brown Falcon Australian Hobby Black Falcon Peregrine Falcon Nankeen Kestrel |
Pandion haliaetus Elanus axillaris Hamirostra melanosternon Milvus migrans Haliastur sphenurus Haliastur indus Haliaeetus leucogaster Circus assimilis Accipiter cirrhocephalus Aquila audax Hieraaetus morphnoides Falco berigora Falco longipennis Falco subniger Falco peregrinus Falco cenchroides |
GRUIFORMES Sarus Crane Brolga |
Grus antigone Grus rubicunda |
RALLIDAE Purple Swamphen Dusky Moorhen Eurasian Coot |
Porphyrio porphyrio Gallinula tenebrosa Fulica atra |
OTIDIDAE Australian Bustard |
Ardeotis australis |
SCOLOPACIDAE Whimbrel Eastern Curlew |
Numenius phaeopus Numenius madagascariensis |
JACANIDAE Comb-crested Jacana |
Irediparra gallinacea |
HAEMATOPODIDAE Pied Oystercatcher |
Haematopus longirostris |
RECURVIROSTRIDAE Black-winged Stilt |
Himantopus himantopus |
CHARADRIIDAE Black-fronted Dotterel Red-kneed Dotterel Banded Lapwing Masked Lapwing |
Elseyornis melanops Erythrogonys cinctus Vanellus tricolor Vanellus miles |
GLAREOLIDAE Australian Pratincole |
Stiltia isabella |
LARIDAE Silver Gull Gull-billed Tern Caspian Tern Crested Tern |
Larus novaehollandiae Sterna nilotica Sterna caspia Sterna bergii |
COLUMBIDAE Spotted Turtle-Dove Common Bronzewing Crested Pigeon Spinifex Pigeon Squatter Pigeon Diamond Dove Peaceful Dove Bar-shouldered Dove |
Streptopelia chinensis Phaps chalcoptera Ocyphaps lophotes Geophaps plumifera Geophaps scripta Geopelia cuneata Geopelia striata Geopelia humeralis |
CACATUIDAE Red-Tailed Black-Cockatoo Galah Little Corella Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cockatiel |
Calyptorhynchus banksii Cacatua roseicapilla Cacatua sanguinea Cacatua galerita Nymphicus hollandicus |
PSITTACIDAE Rainbow Lorikeet Scaly-breasted Lorikeet Varied Lorikeet Australian King-Parrot Red-winged Parrot Crimson Rosella Pale-headed Rosella Australian Ringneck (Cloncurry race) Budgerigar |
Trichoglossus haematodus Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus Psitteuteles versicolor Alisterus scapularis Aprosmictus erythropterus Platycercus elegans Platycercus adscitus Barnardius zonarius Melopsittacus undulatus |
CUCULIDAE Channel-billed Cuckoo |
Scythrops novaehollandiae |
CENTROPODIDAE Pheasant Coucal |
Centropus phasianinus |
STRIGIDAE Barking Owl Southern Boobook |
Ninox connivens Ninox novaeseelandiae |
PODARGIDAE Tawny Frogmouth |
Podargus strigoides |
CAPRIMULGIDAE Spotted Nightjar |
Eurostopodus argus |
APODIDAE White-rumped Swiftlet |
Collocalia spodiopygius |
ALCEDINIDAE Azure Kingfisher |
Alcedo azurea |
HALCYONIDAE Laughing Kookaburra Blue-winged Kookaburra Forest Kingfisher Red-backed Kingfisher Sacred Kingfisher |
Dacelo novaeguineae Dacelo leachii Todiramphus macleayii Todiramphus pyrrhopygia Todiramphus sanctus |
MEROPIDAE Rainbow Bee-eater |
Merops ornatus |
CLIMACTERIDAE Black-tailed Treecreeper |
Climacteris melanura |
MALURIDAE Purple-crowned Fairy-wren Variegated Fairy-wren Red-backed Fairy-wren Rufous-crowned Emu-wren Carpentarian Grasswren Dusky Grasswren (Kalkadoon) (heard only) |
Malurus coronatus Malurus lamberti Malurus melanocephalus Stipiturus ruficeps Amytornis dorotheae Amytornis purnelli ballarae |
PARDALOTIDAE Red-browed Pardalote Striated Pardalote Weebill Mangrove Gerygone Fairy Gerygone White-throated Gerygone Yellow-rumped Thornbill |
Pardalotus rubricatus Pardalotus striatus Smicrornis brevirostris Gerygone levigaster Gerygone palpebrosa Gerygone olivacea Acanthiza chrysorrhoa |
MELIPHAGIDAE Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater Silver-crowned Friarbird Noisy Friarbird Little Friarbird Blue-faced Honeyeater Noisy Miner Yellow-throated Miner Lewin's Honeyeater Bridled Honeyeater Yellow-faced Honeyeater Singing Honeyeater White-gaped Honeyeater Grey-headed Honeyeater Grey-fronted Honeyeater Yellow-tinted Honeyeater White-plumed Honeyeater Black-chinned Honeyeater (heard only) White-throated Honeyeater White-naped Honeyeater Brown Honeyeater Painted Honeyeater Bar-breasted Honeyeater Rufous-throated Honeyeater Banded Honeyeater Dusky Honeyeater Red-headed Honeyeater Scarlet Honeyeater Crimson Chat |
Acanthagenys rufogularis Philemon argenticeps Philemon corniculatus Philemon citreogularis Entomyzon cyanotis Manorina melanocephala Manorina flavigula Meliphaga lewinii Lichenostomus frenatus Lichenostomus chrysops Lichenostomus virescens Lichenostomus unicolor Lichenostomus keartlandi Lichenostomus plumulus Lichenostomus flavescens Lichenostomus penicillatus Melithreptus gularis Melithreptus albogularis Melithreptus lunatus Lichmera indistincta Grantiella picta Ramsayornis fasciatus Conopophila rufogularis Certhionyx pectoralis Myzomela obscura Myzomela erythrocephala Myzomela sanguinolenta Epthianura tricolor |
PETROICIDAE Jacky Winter Hooded Robin Mangrove Robin White-browed Robin (buff-sided form) |
Microeca fascinans Melanodryas cucullata Eopsaltria pulverulenta Poecilodryas superciliosa |
POMATOSTOMIDAE Grey-crowned Babbler |
Pomatostomus temporalis |
CINCLOSOMATIDAE Eastern Whipbird (heard only) |
Psophodes olivaceus |
NEOSITTIDAE Varied Sittella |
Daphoenositta chrysoptera |
PACHYCEPHALIDAE Crested Bellbird Mangrove Golden Whistler Rufous Whistler White-breasted Whistler Grey Shrike-thrush |
Oreoica gutturalis Pachycephala melanura Pachycephala rufiventris Pachycephala lanioides Colluricincla harmonica |
DICRURIDAE Leaden Flycatcher Restless Flycatcher Magpie-lark Grey Fantail Mangrove Grey Fantail Northern Fantail Willie Wagtail |
Myiagra rubecula Myiagra inquieta Grallina cyanoleuca Rhipidura fuliginosa Rhipidura phasiana Rhipidura rufiventris Rhipidura leucophrys |
CAMPEPHAGIDAE Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike Ground Cuckoo-shrike White-winged Triller Varied Triller |
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ORIOLIDAE Olive-backed Oriole Figbird |
Oriolus sagittatus Sphecotheres viridis |
ARTAMIDAE White-breasted Woodswallow Masked Woodswallow White-browed Woodswallow Black-faced Woodswallow Little Woodswallow Grey Butcherbird Pied Butcherbird Australian Magpie Pied Currawong |
Artamus leucorynchus Artamus personatus Artamus superciliosus Artamus cinereus Artamus minor Cracticus torquatus Cracticus nigrogularis Gymnorhina tibicen Strepera graculina |
CORVIDAE Australian Raven Little Crow Torresian Crow |
Corvus coronoides Corvus bennetti Corvus orru |
CORCORACIDAE Apostlebird |
Struthidea cinerea |
PTILONORHYNCHIDAE Spotted Bowerbird Great Bowerbird |
Chlamydera maculata Chlamydera nuchalis |
ALAUDIDAE Singing Bushlark |
Mirafra javanica |
MOTACILLIDAE Australasian Pipit |
Anthus novaeseelandiae |
PASSERIDAE House Sparrow Zebra Finch Double-barred Finch Long-tailed Finch Black-throated Finch Masked Finch Crimson Finch Painted Finch Chestnut-breasted Mannikin Pictorella Mannikin |
Passer domesticus Taeniopygia guttata Taeniopygia bichenovii Poephila acuticauda Poephila cincta Poephila personata Neochmia phaeton Emblema pictum Lonchura castaneothorax Heteromunia pectoralis |
DICAEIDAE Mistletoebird |
Dicaeum hirundinaceum |
HIRUNDINIDAE Welcome Swallow Tree Martin Fairy Martin |
Hirundo neoxena Hirundo nigricans Hirundo ariel |
SYLVIIDAE Clamorous Reed-Warbler Little Grassbird Spinifexbird Rufous Songlark Brown Songlark Golden-headed Cisticola |
Acrocephalus stentoreus Megalurus gramineus Eremiornis carteri Cincloramphus mathewsi Cincloramphus cruralis Cisticola exilis |
ZOSTEROPIDAE Yellow White-eye Silvereye |
Zosterops luteus Zosterops lateralis |
STURNIDAE Common Myna |
Acridotheres tristis |
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