Untitled Document

Top End Birding Tour

Darwin, Fogg Dam, Kakadu NP, Pine Creek, Katherine, Victoria River, Timber Creek, Kununurra (terminating in Kununurra)

13 to 26 June 2009

checklist of species recorded

larger numbers are approximate
S=seen, H=heard, B=breeding, PR=pair, RK=road kill, L = seen only by the leader, (S) = seen but not by the leader

Philip Maher, Patricia Maher, Ian Macartney, Corrie Macartney, Marg Beames, John Berggy, Fran Standing & Jim Standing

Species ..................June 2009

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Orange-footed Scrubfowl
Megapodius reinwardt

S

S

S

S

Brown Quail
Coturnix ypsilophora

S

S

S

Magpie Goose
Anseranas semipalmata

S

S

SB

S

Plumed Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna eytoni

H

H

S

S

S

Wandering Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna arcuata

S

SB

S

S

S

Radjah Shelduck
Tadorna radjah

S

S

SB

S

S

S

S

S

Green Pygmy-goose
Nettapus pulchellus

S

S

S

S

S

S

Pacific Black Duck
Anas superciliosa

S

S

S

S

S

Grey Teal
Anas gracilis

Pink-eared Duck
Malacorhynchus membranaceus

Hardhead
Aythya australis

S

Australasian Grebe
Tachybaptus novaehollandiae

S

S

S

S

S

S

Darter
Anhinga melanogaster

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Little Pied Cormorant
Phalacrocorax melanoleucos

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Pied Cormorant
Phalacrocorax varius

SB

S

Little Black Cormorant
Phalacrocorax sulcirostris

S

S

S

S

S

S

Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carbo

Australian Pelican
Pelecanus conspicillatus

S

S

White-faced Heron,
Egretta novaehollandiae

S

S

S

S

S

S

Little Egret
Egretta garzetta

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Eastern Reef Egret
Egretta sacra

S

S

Great-billed Heron
Ardea sumatrana

White-necked Heron
Ardea pacifica

S

S

S

S

Pied Heron
Ardea picata

S

S

S

S

S

Great Egret
Ardea alba

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Intermediate Egret
Ardea intermedia

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Cattle Egret
Ardea ibis

S

S

S

S

S

S

Striated Heron,
Butorides striatus

S

S

S

Nankeen Night Heron
Nycticorax caledonicus

S

S

S

Little Bittern
Ixobrychus minutus

S

Black Bittern
Ixobrychus flavicollis

S

Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellus

S

S

S

S

Australian White Ibis
Threskiornis molucca

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Straw-necked Ibis
Threskiornis spinicollis

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Royal Spoonbill
Platelea regia

S

S

S

Black-necked Stork (Jabiru) Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus

S

SB

S

SB

S

Osprey
Pandion haliaetus

S

SB

Pacific Baza
Aviceda subcristata

Black-shouldered Kite
Elanus axillaris

S

S

S

S

Square-tailed Kite
Lophoictinia isura

S

Black-breasted Buzzard
Hamirostra melanosternon

S

S

S

Black Kite
Milvus migrans

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Whistling Kite
Haliastur sphenurus

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Brahminy Kite
Haliastur indus

S

S

White-bellied Sea-Eagle
Haliaeetus leucogaster

S

S

S

S

S

S

SB

S

Spotted Harrier
Circus assimilis

S

S

Swamp Harrier
Circus approximans

S

S

S

Brown Goshawk
Accipiter fasciatus

S

S

S

S

S

Grey Goshawk
Accipiter novaehollandiae

S

S

S

Red Goshawk
Erythrotriorchis radiatus

(S)

Collared Sparrowhawk
Accipiter cirrhocephalus

S

S

Wedge-tailed Eagle
Aquila audax

S

S

S

S

S

Little Eagle
Hieraaetus morphnoides

Brown Falcon
Falco berigora

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Australian Hobby
Falco longipennis

S

S

S

S

S

Black Falcon
Falco subniger

Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinus

Nankeen Kestrel
Falco cenchroides

S

S

Brolga
Grus rubicunda

(S)

S

S

Buff-banded Rail
Gallirallus philippensis

Baillon's Crake
Porzana pusilla

S

Australian Spotted Crake
Porzana fluminea

S

Spotless Crake
Porzana tabuensis

S

S

White-browed Crake
Porzana cinerea

S

S

Chestnut Rail
Eulabeornis castaneoventris

S

S

S

Purple Swamphen
Porphyrio porphyrio

S

S

S

Eurasian Coot
Fulica atra

Australian Bustard
Ardeotis australis

S

Red-backed Button-quail
Turnix muculosa

S

Red-chested Button-quail
Turnix pyrrhothorax

S

Chestnut-backed Button-quail
Turnix castanota

S

Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola

Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica

Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus

S

Eastern Curlew
Numenius stagnatilis

Marsh Sandpiper
Tringa stagnatilis

Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia

Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos

Grey-tailed Tattler
Heteroscelus brevipes

S

Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres

Great Knot
Calidris tenuirostris

Sanderling
Calidris alba

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Calidris acuminata

Red-necked Stint
Calidris ruficollis

Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea

Comb-crested Jacana
Irediparra gallinacea

S

S

S

S

S

Painted Snipe
Rostratula australis

S

Bush Stone-curlew
Burhinus grallarius

S

S

S

S

S

S

Beach Stone-curlew
Esacus neglectus

S

Black-winged Stilt
Himantopus himantopus

S

S

S

S

S

Red-necked Avocet
Recurvirostra novaehollandiae

Red-capped Plover
Charadrius ruficapillus

S

S

Lesser Sand Plover
Charadrius mongolus

S

Greater Sand Plover
Charadrius leschenaultii

Black-fronted Dotterel
Elseyornis melanops

S

S

S

S

Red-kneed Dotterel
Erythrogonys cinctus

S

S

Masked Lapwing
Vanellus miles

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Australian Pratincole
Stiltia isabella

S

S

Silver Gull
Larus novaehollandiae

S

S

Gull-billed Tern
Sterna nilotica

S

S

Caspian Tern
Sterna caspia

S

Lesser Crested Tern
Sterna bengalensis

S

Crested Tern
Sterna bergii

Little Terns
Sterna albifron

Whiskered Tern
Chlidonias hybridus

S

S

S

S

S

S

White-winged Black Tern
Chlidonias leucopterus

Common Tern
Sterna hirundo

Rock Dove
Columba livia

Emerald Dove
Chalcophaps indica

S

Common Bronzewing
Phaps chalcoptera

S

S

S

S

S

Crested Pigeon
Ocyphaps lophotes

S

S

S

S

Spinifex Pigeon
Geophaps plumifera

S

S

Partridge Pigeon
Geophaps smithii (red eyed form)
Geophaps smithii blaauw(yellow eyed form)

S

White-quilled Rock-Pigeon
Petrophassa albipennis

S

S

Chestnut-quilled Rock-Pigeon
Petrophassa rufipennis

S

S

Diamond Dove
Geopelia cuneata

S

S

S

H

S

S

S

Peaceful Dove
Geopelia striata

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Bar-shouldered Dove
Geopelia humeralis

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Banded Fruit-Dove
Ptilinopus cinctus

S

S

Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove
Ptilinopus regina

S

S

H

H

Pied Imperial-Pigeon
Ducula bicolor

S

S

Red-tailed Black Cockatoo
Calyptorhynchus banksii

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Galah
Cacatua roseicapilla

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

SS

S

Little Corella
Cacatua sanguinea

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Cacatua galerita

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Cockatiel
Nymphicus hollandicus

S

S

S

Rainbow Lorikeet
Trichoglossus haematodus

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Varied Lorikeet
Psitteuteles versicolor

S

S

S

Red-winged Parrot
Aprosmictus erythropterus

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Northern Rosella
Platycercus venustus

S

S

S

Hooded Parrot
Psephotus dissimilis

S

S

S

Budgerigar
Melopsittacus undulatus

Pallid Cuckoo
Cuculus pallidus

S

Brush Cuckoo
Cacomantis variolosus

S

H

Black-eared Cuckoo
Chrysococcyx osculans

Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo
Chrysococcyx basalis

Little Bronze-Cuckoo
Chrysococcyx minutillus

S

S

S

Channel-billed Cuckoo
Scythrops novaehollandiae

Pheasant Coucal
Centropus phasianinus

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Rufous Owl
Ninox rufa

S

Barking Owl
Ninox connivens

S

H

H

H

H

H

Southern Boobook
Ninox novaeseelandiae

Barn Owl
Tyto alba

Tawny Frogmouth
Podargus strigoides

S

S

Spotted Nightjar
Eurostopodus argus

S

L

Australian Owlet-nightjar
Aegotheles cristatus

S

Large-tailed Nightjar
Caprimulgus macrurus

S

S

S

Azure Kingfisher
Alcedo azurea

2

2

2

S

S

Little Kingfisher
Alcedo pusilla

S

Blue-winged Kookaburra
Dacelo leachii

H

S

H

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

H

Forest Kingfisher
Todiramphus macleayii

S

S

S

S

S

S

Red-backed Kingfisher
Todiramphus pyrrhopygia

S

S

S

S

S

S

Sacred Kingfisher
Todiramphus sanctus

S

S

S

S

S

Collared Kingfisher
Todiramphus chloris

S

H

Rainbow Bee-eater
Merops ornatus

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Rainbow Pitta
Pitta iris

S

S

S

Black-tailed Treecreeper
Climacteris melanura

S

S

S

Purple-crowned Fairy-wren
Malurus coronatus

S

Variegated Fairy-wren
Malurus lamberti dulcis
Malurus lamberti rogersi
Malurus lamberti 3rd race Timber Cr

S

Red-backed Fairy-wren
Malurus melanocephalus

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Black Grasswren
Amytornis housei

S3

same 2 seen reccy 3/6/09

White-throated Grasswren
Amytornis woodwardi

S2

Red-browed Pardalote
Pardalotus rubricatus

S

S

Striated Pardalote
Pardalotus striatus

S

S

H

S

S

S

S

S

H

S

Weebill
Smicrornis brevirostris

S

S

S

S

S

Mangrove Gerygone
Gerygone levigaster

S

S

Large-billed Gerygone
Gerygone magnirostris

S

S

S

Green-backed Gerygone
Gerygone chloronotus

S

S

S

S

S

S

White-throated Gerygone
Gerygone olivacea

S

H

Helmeted Friarbird
Philemon buceroides

S

S

S

Silver-crowned Friarbird
Philemon argenticeps

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Little Friarbird
Philemon citreogularis

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Blue-faced Honeyeater
Entomyzon cyanotis

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Yellow-throated Miner
Manorina flavigula

S

S

H

S

White-lined Honeyeater
Meliphaga albilineata

S

(S)

S

split from white-lined

Kimberley Honeyeater
Meliphaga fordiana

S

Singing Honeyeater
Lichenostomus virescens

S

S

S

White-gaped Honeyeater
Lichenostomus unicolor

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Grey-fronted Honeyeater
Lichenostomus plumulus

S

Yellow-tinted Honeyeater
Lichenostomus flavescens

S

S

S

S

S

S

Black-chinned Honeyeater
Melithreptus gularis laetier

S

S

S

White-throated Honeyeater
Melithreptus albogularis

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Brown Honeyeater
Lichmera indistincta

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Bar-breasted Honeyeater
Ramsayornis fasciatus

S

S

S

S

S

S

Rufous-banded Honeyeater
Conopophila albogularis

S

S

S

S

Rufous-throated Honeyeater
Conopophila rufogularis

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Banded Honeyeater
Certhionyx pectoralis

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Dusky Honeyeater
Myzomela obscura

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Red-headed Honeyeater
Myzomela erythrocephala

S

SB

S

S

Yellow Chat
Ephthianura crocea

S5

Jacky Winter
Microeca fascinans

S

S

Lemon-bellied Flycatcher
Microeca flavigaster

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Red-capped Robin
Petroica goodenovii

Hooded Robin
Melanodryas cucullata

Mangrove Robin
Eopsaltria pulverulenta

H

S

S

split from white-browed

Buff-sided Robin
Poecilodryas cerviniventris

S

S

S

S

Grey-crowned Babbler
Pomatostomus temporalis

S

S

S

S

H

S

S

S

Varied Sittella
Daphoenositta chrysoptera

S

S

S

S

Crested Shrike-tit
Falcunculus frontatus

Mangrove Golden Whistler
Pachycephala melanura

S

Grey Whistler
Pachycephala simplex

S

S

S

S

S

Rufous Whistler
Pachycephala rufiventris

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

White-breasted Whistler
Pachycephala lanioides

S

Little Shrike-thrush
Colluricincla megarhyncha

S

S

Sandstone Shrike-thrush
Colluricincla woodwardi

S

S

Grey Shrike-thrush
Colluricincla harmonica

S

S

S

H

Broad-billed Flycatcher
Myiagra ruficollis

SB

S

S

Leaden Flycatcher
Myiagra rubecula

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Shining Flycatcher
Myiagra alecto

S

S

S

S

S

S

H

split from
restless

Paperbark Flycatcher
Myiagra nana

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Magpie-lark
Grallina cyanoleuca

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

split from
rufous

Arafura Fantail
Rhipidura dryas

S

S

S

S

S

Grey Fantail
Rhipidura fuliginosa

S

Mangrove Grey Fantail
Rhipidura phasiana

Northern Fantail
Rhipidura rufiventris

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Willy Wagtail
Rhipidura leucophrys

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Spangled Drongo
Dicrurus bracteatus

S

S

S

S

Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
Coracina novaehollandiae

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike
Coracina papuensis

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

White-winged Triller
Lalage sueurii

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Varied Triller
Lalage leucomela

S

S

S

S

S

Yellow Oriole
Oriolus flavocinctus

S

S

S

S

S

S

H

S

Olive-backed Oriole
Oriolus sagittatus

S

S

S

S

S

Figbird
Sphecotheres viridis

S

S

S

S

S

S

White-breasted Woodswallow
Artamus leucorynchus

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Masked Woodswallow
Artamus personatus

S

S

S

White-browed Woodswallow
Artamus superciliosus

S

Black-faced Woodswallow
Artamus cinereus

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Little Woodswallow
Artamus minor

S

S

S

S

S

Black Butcherbird
Cracticus quoyi

S

S

H

Grey Butcherbird
Cracticus torquatus

S

S

S Kimb

Pied Butcherbird
Cracticus nigrogularis

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Australian Magpie
Gymnorhina tibicen

S

S

Little Crow
Corvus bennetti

Torresian Crow
Corvus orru

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Apostlebird
Struthidea cinerea

S

Great Bowerbird
Chlamydera nuchalis

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Singing Bushlark
Mirafra javanica

S

S

S

Australasian Pipit
Anthus novaeseelandiae

S

Zebra Finch
Taeniopygia guttata

S

S

Double-barred Finch
Taeniopygia bichenovii

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Long-tailed Finch
Poephila acuticauda

S

S

S

S

S

S

SB

S

Masked Finch
Poephila personata

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Crimson Finch
Neochmia phaeton

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Star Finch
Neochmia ruficauda

S

S

S

S

Yellow-rumped Mannikin
Lonchura flaviprymna

S

Chestnut-breasted Mannikin
Lonchura castaneothorax

S

Pictorella Mannikin
Heteromunia pectoralis

S

S

S

Gouldian Finch
Erythrura gouldiae

S

S70

S50

Mistletoebird
Dicaeum hirundinaceum

S

S

H

H

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Welcome Swallow
Hirundo neoxena

Tree Martin
Hirundo nigricans

S

S

S

S

S

Fairy Martin
Hirundo ariel

S

S

Clamorous Reed-Warbler
Acrocephalus stentoreus

S

S

S

Tawny Grassbird
Megalurus gramineus

S

S

Rufous Songlark
Cincloramphus mathewsi

S

S

S

Brown Songlark
Cincloramphus cruralis

S

Zitting Cisticola
Cisticola juncidis

S

Golden-headed Cisticola
Cisticola exilis

S

S

S

S

S

S

Yellow White-eye
Zosterops luteus

S

S

S

MAMMALS

Northern Quoll
Dasyurus hallucatus

Agile Wallaby
Macropus agilis

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Antilopine Wallaroo
Macropus antilopinus

2RK

Euro (Common Walleroo)
Macropus robustus

S

RK

Black Wallaroo
Macropus bernardus

S

Northern Nailtail Wallaby Onychogalea unguifera

Short-eared Rock Wallaby
Petrogale assimilis

S10

Little Red Flying-fox
Pteropus scapulatus

S

Black Flying-fox
Pteropus

S

S

S

S

S

Dingo
Canis lupis dingo

S

S

Feral Donkey
Equus asinus

S

Feral Pig
Sus scrofa

S

S

S

Swamp Buffalo

REPTILES

Estuarine Crocodile

S

S

S

Freshwater Crocodile

S

S

S

Gould's Goanna

S

Northern Goanna

Merton's Water Monitor

House Gecko

S

Sandstone Dragon

S

Two-lined Dragon
Diporiphora bilineata

S

Water Python

S

Olive Python

S

Black-headed Python

1RK

Golden Tree Snake