POTENTIAL BIRD AND MAMMAL LIST FOR EASTERN AUSTRALIA

Key:

1 = Should be seen

2 = May be seen

3 = Possible, but not very likely

Species shown in bold were seen during the 2007 tour.

Birds:

2 Southern Cassowary Casuarius casuarius

1 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus

2 Hoary-headed Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus

2 Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae

2 Little Penguin Eudyptula minor

1 Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans

1 Black-browed Albatross Diomedea melanophris

3 Yellow-nosed Albatross Diomedea chlororhynchos

2 Shy Albatross Diomedea canta

3 Cape Petrel Daption capense

1 Great-winged Petrel Pterodroma macroptera

1 Providence Petrel Pterodroma solandri

3 Fairy Prion Pachyptila turtur

3 Black Petrel Procellaria parkinsoni

3 White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis

2 Fleshy-footed Shearwater Puffinus carneipes

1 Wedge-tailed Shearwater Puffinus pacificus

1 Short-tailed Shearwater Puffinus tenuirostris

1 Fluttering Shearwater Puffinus gavia

2 Hutton's Shearwater Puffinus huttoni

1 Wilson's Storm-petrel Oceanites oceanicus

2 White-faced Storm-petrel Pelagodroma marina

1 Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus

1 Australasian Gannet Morus serrator

3 Red-footed Booby Sula sula

1 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster

1 Australian Darter Anhinga melanogaster

2 Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius

2 Little Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax melanoleucos

1 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo

1 Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris

1 Greater Frigatebird Fregata minor

2 Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel

2 Pacific Heron Ardea pacifica

1 Great Egret Ardea alba

1 White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollaniae

1 Little Egret Egretta garzetta

2 Intermediate Egret Egretta intermedia

2 Eastern Reef Egret Egretta sacra

1 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis

2 Striated Heron Butorides striatus

3 Rufous Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus

2 Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus

2 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus

1 Australian Sacred Ibis Threskiornis molucca

1 Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis

1 Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia

2 Yellow-billed Spoonbill Platalea flavipes

1 Magpie Goose Anseranas semipalmata

2 Wandering Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna arcuata

2 Plumed Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna eytoni

2 Black Swan Cygnus atratus

3 Australian Shelduck Tadorna tadornoides

1 Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa

1 Grey Teal Anas gibberifrons

2 Chestnut Teal Anas castanea

3 Pink-eared Duck Malacorhynchus membranaceus

1 Hardhead Aythya australis

3 Freckled Duck Stictonetta naevosa

1 Maned Duck Chenonetta jubata

1 Cotton Pygmy-Goose Nettapus coromandelianus

2 Green Pygmy-Goose Nettapus pulchellus

2 Osprey Pandion haliaetus

2 Pacific Baza Aviceda subcristata

1 Australian Black-shouldered Kite Elanus notatus

1 Black Kite Milvus migrans

2 Square-tailed Kite Lophoictinia isura

1 Brahminy Kite Milvus indus

1 Whistling Kite Milvus sphenurus

2 Collared Sparrowhawk Accipiter cirrhocephalus

1 Brown Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus

2 Grey Goshawk Accipiter novaeholandiae

1 White-breasted Sea Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster

3 Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax

2 Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides

1 Spotted Harrier Circus assimilis

2 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus

2 Brown Falcon Falco berigora

1 Australian Kestrel Falco cenchroides

1 Orange-footed Scrubfowl Megapodius reinwardt

1 Australian Brush-turkey Alectura lathami

1 Brown Quail Coturnix australis

1 Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis

2 White-browed Crake Poliolimnas cinereus

2 Red-necked Rail Rallina tricolor

2 Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa

1 Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio

1 Eurasian Coot Fulica atra

1 Eastern Sarus Crane Grus antigone

1 Australian Bustard Ardeotis australis

1 Comb-crested Jacana Irediparra gallinacea

1 Bush Thick-knee Burhinus grallarius

3 Beach Thick-knee Burhinus magnirostris

3 Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus

1 Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles

3 Grey (Black-bellied) Plover Pluvialis squatarola

1 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva

3 Red-kneed Dotterel Erythrogonys cinctus

2 Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii

2 Mongolian (Lesser) Sand Plover Charadrius mongolicus

3 Oriental Plover Charadrius veredus

3 Red-capped Plover Charadrius ruficapillus

2 Black-fronted Plover Elseyornis melanops

1 White-headed Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus

1 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres

1 Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis

2 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus

3 Little Curlew (Whimbrel) Numenius minutus

1 Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes

2 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos

1 Greenshank Tringa nebularia

2 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis

1 Terek Sandpiper Tringa terek

2 Asiatic Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus

2 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa

1 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica

2 Red Knot Calidris canutus

1 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris

1 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata

1 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis

3 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta

2 Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus

1 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea

3 Australian Pratincole Stiltia isabella

1 Silver Gull Larus novaehollandiae

3 Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus

1 Caspian Tern Hydropogne caspia

1 Gull-billed Tern Sterna nilotica

1 Crested Tern Sterna bergii

1 Lesser Crested Tern Sterna bengalensis

2 Common Tern Sterna hiruno

3 White-fronted Tern Sterna striata

1 Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana

1 Little Tern Sterna albifrons

3 Fairy Tern Sterna nereis

3 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida

3 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucoptera

1 Sooty Tern Sterna fuscata

1 Bridled Tern Sterna anaethetus

1 Common Noddy Anous stolidus

2 White-capped Noddy Anous minutus

2 Superb Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus superbus

2 Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus regina

1 Wompoo Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus magnificus

1 Torresian Imperial-Pigeon Ducula bicolor

1 Topknot Pigeon Lopholaimus antarcticus

1 White-headed Pigeon Columba leucomela

1 Brown Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia amboinensis

1 Peaceful Dove Geopelia placida

2 Bar-shouldered Dove Geopelia humeralis

1 Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica

3 Brush Bronzewing Phaps elegans

1 Squatter Pigeon Geophaps scripta

1 Crested Pigeon Geophaps lophotes

1 Wonga Pigeon Leucosarcia melanoleuca

1 Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus banksii

2 Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus funereus

2 Glossy Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus lathami

1 Galah Cacatua roseicapilla

3 Little Corella Cacatua pastinator

1 Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita

1 Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus

1 Scaly-breasted Lorikeet Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus

1 Double-eyed Fig-parrot Cyclopsitta diophthalma

1 Australian King Parrot Alisterus scapularis

1 Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans

2 Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius

2 Pale-headed Rosella Platycercus adscitus

3 Pallid Cuckoo Cuculus pallidus

1 Brush Cuckoo Cuculus variolosus

1 Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cuculus flabelliformis

3 Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx basalis

1 Shining Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx lucidus

2 Little Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx minutillus

2 Gould's Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx russatus

2 Channel-billed Cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae

1 Australian Koel Eudynamys cyanocephala

2 Pheasant Coucal Centropus phasianinus

3 Powerful Owl Ninox strenua

2 Southern Boobook Ninox novaeseelandiae

2 Barn Owl Tyto alba

3 Sooty Owl Tyto tenebricosa

2 Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides

2 Marbled Frogmouth Podargus ocellatus

2 Papuan Frogmouth Podargus papuensis

3 Australian Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles cristatus

1 White-rumped Swiftlet Aerodramus spodiopygia

1 White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus

2 Azure Kingfisher Alcedo azurea

3 Little Kingfisher Alcedo pusilla

1 Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae

2 Blue-winged Kookaburra Dacelo leachii

1 Forest Kingfisher Halcyon macleayii

1 Sacred Kingfisher Halcyon sancta

2 Collared Kingfisher Halcyon chloris

1 Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus

1 Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis

1 Noisy Pitta Pitta versicolor

1 Superb Lyrebird Menura novaehollandiae

2 Albert's Lyrebird Menura alberti

2 Eastern Bristlebird Dasyornis brachypterus

2 Singing Bushlark Mirafra javanica

1 Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena

2 Tree Martin Hirundo nigricans

2 Fairy Martin Hirundo ariel

1 Australasian Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae

1 Black-faced Cuckoo-Shrike Coracina novaehollandiae

1 Barred Cuckoo-Shrike Coracina lineata

1 White-bellied Cuckoo-Shrike Coracina papuensis

1 Cicadabird Coracina tenuirostris

1 White-winged Triller Lalage tricolor

1 Varied Triller Lalage leucomela

1 Russet-tailed Thrush Zoothera heinei

3 Bassian Thrush Zoothera lunulata

1 Rose Robin Petroica rosea

1 Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis

1 Pale-yellow Robin Tregellasia leucops

2 White-browed Robin Poecilodryas superciliosa

1 Grey-headed Robin Heteromyias albispecularis

2 Crested Shrike-Tit Falcunculus frontatus

1 Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis

2 Grey Whistler Pachycephala simplex

1 Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris

1 Little Shrike-Thrush Colluricincla megarhyncha

1 Bower's Shrike-Thrush Colluricincla boweri

2 Grey Shrike-Thrush Colluricincla harmonica

1 Yellow-breasted Boatbill Machaerirhynchus flaviventer

1 Black-faced Monarch Monarcha melanopsis

1 Spectacled Monarch Monarcha trivirgatus

2 White-eared Monarch Monarcha leucotis

2 Pied Monarch Arses kaupi

1 Leaden Flycatcher Myiagra rubecula

1 Rufous Fantail Rhipidura rufifrons

1 Grey Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa

1 Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys

1 Logrunner Orthonyx temminckii

1 Chowchilla Orthonyx spaldingii

1 Eastern Whipbird Psophodes olivaceus

2 Grey-crowned Babbler Pomatostomus temporalis

2 Australian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus

1 Tawny Grassbird Megalurus timoriensis

2 Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis

1 Superb Fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus

2 Variegated Fairy-wren Malurus lamberti

2 Lovely Fairy-wren Malurus amablis

1 Red-backed Fairy-wren Malurus melanocephalus

2 Southern Emu-wren Stipiturus malachurus

2 Chestnut-rumped Heathwren Sericornis pyrrhopygus

1 Large-billed Scrubwren Sericornis magnirostris

2 Atherton Scrubwren Sericornis keri

1 Yellow-throated Scrubwren Sericornis citreogularis

1 White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis

3 Australian Fernwren Crateroscelis gutturalis

2 Rock Warbler Origma soltaria

2 Pilotbird Pycnoptilus flocossus

1 Brown Gerygone Gerygone mouki

2 White-throated Gerygone Gerygone olivacea

2 Fairy Gerygone Gerygone palpebrosa

2 Weebill Smicrornis brevirostris

2 Mountain Thornbill Acanthiza katherina

1 Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla

2 Buff-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza reguloides

2 Yellow-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa

2 Striated Thornbill Acanthiza lineata

3 Varied Sittella Daphoenositta chrysoptera

1 White-throated Treecreeper Cormobates leucophaea

2 Red-browed Treecreeper Climacteris erythrops

1 Brown Treecreeper Climacteris picumnus

1 Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata

2 Brush (Little) Wattlebird Anthochaera chrysoptera

2 Helmeted Friarbird Philemon buceroides

1 Noisy Friarbird Philemon corniculatus

1 Little Friarbird Philemon citreogularis

1 Blue-faced Honeyeater Entomyzon cyanotis

2 Bell Miner Manorina melanophrys

1 Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala

1 Macleay's Honeyeater Xanthotis macleayana

1 Lewin's Honeyeater Meliphaga lewinii

1 Yellow-spotted Honeyeater Meliphaga notata

1 Graceful Honeyeater Meliphaga gracilis

1 Yellow-faced Honeyeater Lichenostomus chrysops

1 Bridled Honeyeater Lichenostomus frenatus

3 White-eared Honeyeater Lichenostomus leucotis

1 Varied Honeyeater Lichenostomus versicolor

1 Mangrove Honeyeater Lichenostomus fasciogularis

1 Yellow Honeyeater Lichenostomus flavus

2 White-throated Honeyeater Melithreptus albogularis

1 Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta

2 White-cheeked Honeyeater Phylidonyris nigra

2 Striped Honeyeater Plectorhyncha lanceolata

1 New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae

1 Tawny-crowned Honeyeater Phylidonyris melanops

1 Brown-backed Honeyeater Ramsayornis modestus

1 Eastern Spinebill Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris

2 Dusky Honeyeater Myzomela obscura

1 Scarlet Honeyeater Myzomela sanguinolenta

1 Yellow-bellied Sunbird Nectarinia jugularis

2 Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum

1 Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus

2 Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus

1 Silvereye Zosterops lateralis

1 Red-browed Firetail Neochmia temporalis

2 Beautiful Firetail Stagonopleura bella

1 Double-barred Finch Taeniopygia bichenovii

1 Black-throated Finch Poephila cincta

1 Chestnut-breasted Mannikin Lonchura castaneothorax

1 Metallic Starling Aplonis metallica

3 Yellow Oriole Oriolus falvocinctus

2 Olive-backed Oriole Oriolus sagittatus

1 Figbird Sphecotheres viridis

1 Spangled Drongo Dicrurus bracteatus

1 Golden Bowerbird Prionodura newtoniana

1 Satin Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus violaceus

1 Regent Bowerbird Sericulus chrysocephalus

2 Great Bowerbird Chlamydera nuchalis

1 Tooth-billed Bowerbird Scenopoeetes dentirostris

1 Spotted Catbird Ailuroedus melanotis

1 Green Catbird Ailuroedus crassirostris

1 Paradise Riflebird Ptiloris paradiseus

1 Victoria's Riflebird Ptiloris victoriae

1 Apostlebird Struthidea cinerea

1 Magpie-lark Grallinca cyanoleuca

1 White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorhynchus

2 Dusky Woodswallow Artamus cyanopterus

1 Black Butcherbird Cracticus quoyi

2 Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus

1 Pied Butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis

1 Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen

1 Pied Currawong Strepera graculina

3 Grey Currawong Strepera versicolor

1 Australian Raven Corvus coronoides

1 Torresian Crow Corvus orru

Mammals:

2	Short-beaked Echidna	Tachyglossus aculeatus
1	Platypus	Ornithorhynchus anatinus
2	Northern Brown Bandicoot	Isoodon macrourus
3	Koala	Phascolarctos cinereus
1	Mountain Brushtail Possum	Trichosurus caninus
1	'Coppery' Brushtail Possum	Trichosurus v. johnstoni
2	Common Ringtail Possum	Pseudocheirus peregrinus
1	Green Ringtail Possum	Pseudochirops archeri
1	Musky Rat-kangaroo	Hypsiprymnodon moschatus
2	Lumholtz's Tree Kangaroo	Dendrolagus lumholtzi
1	Agile Wallaby	Macropus agilis
1	Whiptail (Prettyface) Wallaby	Macropus parryi
2	Eastern Grey Kangaroo	Macropus giganteus
2	Common Wallaroo (Euro)	Macropus robustus
2	Red-necked Wallaby	Macropus rufogriseus
3	Red-legged Pademelon	Thylogale stigmatica
1	Red-necked Pademelon	Thylogale thetis
2	Black Flying-fox	Pteropus alecto
1	Spectacled Flying-fox	Pteropus conspicillatus
2	Common Dolphin	Delphinus delphis
2	Bottlenose Dolphin	Tursiops truncatus
2	Humpback Whale	Megaptera novaeangliae
2	Southern Right Whale	Eubalaena australis

12/07