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
1 Great-winged
Petrel Pterodroma
macroptera
1
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
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
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
3 Wedge-tailed
Eagle
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
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
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
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
1
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