Species
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- Wedge-tailed
Eagle: Around fourteen sightings, one pair
seen in Kakadu near Waterfall Creek, the others west of Katherine in the drier
country, often around road kills.
- Little Eagle: One dark phase bird
at Knuckeys Lagoon; light phase birds at Fogg Dam and Keep River between Timber
Creek and Western Australia border
- Brown
Falcon: Seen on almost everyday of the tour. Good numbers on the floodplains
around Adelaide River and between Timber Creek and the Western Australian
border
- Australian Hobby: Single birds seen
in Darwin on two occasions. Pair and a single in Kakadu NP
- Black
Falcon: One Knuckey's Lagoon south of Darwin; one at Victoria River Crossing;
at least two birds (three sightings) at Parry's Lagoon floodplain
- Peregrine
Falcon: One Mamukala wetland, one Joe's Creek, Gregory NP; one Lake Argyle
- Nankeen Kestrel: Not nearly as numerous
as Brown Falcon but a few seen most days of the tour. Highest numbers on Adelaide
River floodplain and Parry's Lagoon floodplain
- Brolga:
Three on Adelaide River floodplain; about 80 Lake Argyle and about 20 at Parry's
Lagoon
- Baillon's Crake: Two Lake Argyle boat
trip; three Lake Kununurra
- White-browed Crake: About six seen
at Fogg Dam, some quite tame
- Chestnut Rail: One furtive bird heard
and seen briefly at Charles Darwin NP; one seen well behind Palmeston Sewage
Treatment Works (STW), coincidentally, in simultaneous view, with a Scrub
Fowl.
- Purple
Swamphen: Good numbers at Lake Argyle; few Lake Kununurra
- Eurasian
Coot: Around 20, seen only at Parry's Lagoon near Wyndham
- Australian Bustard: The 10+ seen on
the foreshores of Lake Argyle, during the boat trip, were the only birds
sighted
- Red-backed
Button-quail: At least two flushed at Parry's Lagoon floodplain, reasonable
views
- Red-chested
Button-quail: Two flushed at Parry's Lagoon floodplain in slightly sparser
grass but within 100m of the Red-backed Button-quail
- Chestnut-backed
Button-quail: After a long, unsuccessful march through the woodland near
Mardugal in Kakadu NP, the troops were duly rewarded with an adult female
crossing the Kakadu highway about one kilometre north of the Old Darwin Rd
intersection. This was a painfully slow crossing with the bird taking about
10 minutes to reach the centre of the road - we eventually had to flush the
bird as a car was approaching from the opposite direction
- Black-tailed
Godwit: About 10 birds present on the drying out floodplain north of Parry's
Lagoon
- Whimbrel:
Only two seen at Nightcliff
- Eastern
Curlew: Only two seen at Nightcliff
- Marsh
Sandpiper: About 10 birds on the floodplain north of Parry's Lagoon
- Common Greenshank: At least three
birds on the floodplain north of Parry's Lagoon
- Wood Sandpiper: One at Parry's Lagoon
- Terek
Sandpiper: About four at Lee Point
- Common
Sandpiper: About 10 at East Point, Palmeston STW and Nightcliff; many
roosting in small mangrove trees at Lee Point and Nightcliff at high tide
- Grey-tailed
Tattler: About four at Lee Point
- Ruddy
Turnstone: Two at Lee Point
- Great
Knot: Two at Lee Point
- Sanderling:
Three at Lee Point
- Red-necked
Stint: Six at Lee Point; several hundred on the flood plain north of Parry's
Lagoon
- Curlew
Sandpiper: At least 50 on the flood plain north of Parry's Lagoon
- Comb-crested
Jacana: Good numbers - Knuckey's Lagoon, Adelaide River wetlands, Kakadu
wetlands, Lake Argyle, Parry's Lagoon
- Bush
Stone-curlew: Pair along East Point road; few around Cooinda at night
- Sooty
Oystercatcher: One at Nightcliff at high tide
- Black-winged
Stilt: Two at Knuckey's Lagoon; low numbers Fogg Dam; Lake Argyle and
Parry's Lagoon floodplain
- Red-necked
Avocet: Two on the floodplain north of Parry's Lagoon
- Red-capped
Plover: About 200 at Lee Point and several hundred on the flood plain
north of Parry's Lagoon
- Lesser
Sand Plover: About two at Lee Point
- Greater
Sand Plover: About 100 at Lee Point
- Black-fronted
Dotterel: About two at Knuckey's Lagoon; about five at Lake Argyle; about
20 at Parry's Lagoon
- Red-kneed
Dotterel: About 10 at Lake Argyle and six on the floodplain north of Parry's
Lagoon
- Masked
Lapwing: Good numbers around most wetlands and seen on most days of the
tour
- Australian
Pratincole: About 20 seen at Knuckey's lagoon; a few on Adelaide River
floodplain; one Mamukala; about 50 at Lake Argyle; about 200 Parry's Lagoon
floodplain
- Silver
Gull: Low numbers at Lee Point and Nightcliff
- Gull-billed
Tern: Few at Mamukala and Yellow Waters and at Lake Argyle and Parry's
Lagoon
- Caspian
Tern: One or two on Lake Argyle
- Lesser
Crested Tern: Around 20 at Lee Point
- Crested
Tern: Around 10 at Lee Point; one at Nightcliff
- Whiskered
Tern: Flocks at Palmerston STW; Adelaide River floodplain where they were
in their hundreds; Mamukala, Yellow Waters, Lake Argyle and Parry's Lagoon
- Rock
Dove: Flocks around Darwin - the only introduced species in this area
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