Gulf CountryTour 18 to 29 May 2005

checklist of species recorded

Tour leader: Philip Maher, Patricia Maher

Participants: Don Jennings, Rhonda Jennings, Mike Doyle,
Rosemary Ryan, Colin Officer

Larger numbers are approximate, S=seen, H=heard, PR=pair, RK=road kill, BV=black vent, WV=white vent

This tour set off from Cairns; no birding was done in Cairns and we had only the briefest stop in the rainforest on the Atherton Tablelands en route to Georgetown

Trip report
Species                            May
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
Emu
S
Australian Brush-turkey
S
S
Brown Quail
S
S
Plumed Whistling-Duck
150
S
Freckled Duck
1
1
Radjah Shelduck
S
Australian Wood Duck
S
S
S
S
S
Green Pygmy-goose
S
S
Pacific Black Duck
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
Grey Teal
S
S
S
S
S
S
Pink-eared Duck
S
S
S
S
S
S
Hardhead
S
S
S
S
S
S
Australasian Grebe
S
S
S
S
S
S
Great Crested Grebe
S
S
S
Darter
S
S
S
S
S
Little Pied Cormorant
S
S
S
S
S
S
Pied Cormorant
S
Little Black Cormorant
S
S
S
S
Great Cormorant
S
Australian Pelican
S
S
S
S
S
S
White-faced Heron
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
Little Egret
S
S
S
S
White-necked Heron
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
Great Egret
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
Intermediate Egret
S
S
S
Cattle Egret
S
S
S
Striated Heron
S
S
Nankeen Night Heron
S
S
Glossy Ibis
S
Australian White Ibis
S
S
S
S
Straw-necked Ibis
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
Royal Spoonbill
S
S
S
S
Yellow-billed Spoonbill
S
Black-necked Stork (Jabiru)
S
S
S
S
Osprey
pr
S
Black-shouldered Kite
S
S
S
S
Black-breasted Buzzard
S
S
S
Black Kite
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
Whistling Kite
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
Brahminy Kite
S
White-bellied Sea-Eagle
S
S
S
Spotted Harrier
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
Brown Goshawk
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
Grey Goshawk (white)
S
Collared Sparrowhawk
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
Wedge-tailed Eagle
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
Little Eagle
S
S
Brown Falcon
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
Australian Hobby
S
S
S
Black Falcon
S1
Peregrine Falcon
S1
Nankeen Kestrel
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
Sarus Crane
S
S
S
S
?
Brolga
S
S
300
?
100
S
50
S
Aust Spotted Crake
S1
Purple Swamphen
S
S
Dusky Moorhen
S
S
S
S
Eurasian Coot
S
S
Australian Bustard
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
Little Button-quail
S
Whimbrel
20
Eastern Curlew
20
Marsh Sandpiper
40
S
Common Greenshank
S
S
Grey-tailed Tattler
S
Red-necked Stint
S
Comb-crested Jacana
S
S
Pied Oystercatcher
S
S
Black-winged Stilt
100
50
S
S
S
Red-necked Avocet
S
Red-capped Plover
50
S
Black-fronted Dotterel
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
Red-kneed Dotterel
S
S
S
S
Masked Lapwing
S
S
S
S
S
S
Australian Pratincole
S
S
S
Silver Gull
S
S
S
S
Gull-billed Tern
S
S
Caspian Tern
S
S
S
Rock Dove
S
S
Spotted Turtle-Dove
S
Brown Cuckoo-Dove
S
Common Bronzewing
S
S
S
S
Flock Bronzewing
350
15
Crested Pigeon
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
Spinifex Pigeon
80
30
Squatter Pigeon
blue-eye form
15
Squatter Pigeon
red-eye form
40
10
Diamond Dove
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
Peaceful Dove
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
Bar-shouldered Dove
S
S
S
S
S
S
Wompoo Fruit-Dove
S
Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo
S
S
S
H
S
100
Galah
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
Little Corella
S
1000s
S
S
S
S
S
S
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
Cockatiel
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
Rainbow Lorikeet
S
S
S
Rainbow Lorikeet red collar form
S
S
Varied Lorikeet
pr
100+
100+
50
100+
100+
S
S
Red-winged Parrot
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
Pale-headed Rosella
S
S
S
S
Australian Ringneck (Cloncurry)
S
S
S
S
Budgerigar
100+
50
100
100+
100
50
12
20
20
20
Pallid Cuckoo
S
Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo
S
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo
H
Channel-billed Cuckoo
S
Pheasant Coucal
S
S
S
Barking Owl
H
H
S
Southern Boobook
H
Spotted Nightjar
S
Australian Owlet-nightjar
S
White-rumped Swiftlet
S
Laughing Kookaburra
S
S
Blue-winged Kookaburra
?
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
Forest Kingfisher
S
S
Red-backed Kingfisher
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
Sacred Kingfisher
S
S
Rainbow Bee-eater
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
Brown Treecreeper (melanota)
S
Black-tailed Treecreeper
H
S
S
S
S
H
Purple-crowned Fairy-wren
S
S
Variegated Fairy-wren
S
S
S
S
White-winged Fairy-wren
S
Red-backed Fairy-wren
S
S
H
S
S
Rufous-crowned Emu-wren
S
S
Carpentarian Grasswren
4
Dusky Grasswren (Kalkadoon)
c3
Red-browed Pardalote
S
S
S
Striated Pardalote (black head)
S
S
H
S
S
S
H
H
H
S
Large-billed Scrubwren
S
S
Weebill
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
Brown Gerygone
S
Mangrove Gerygone
S
White-throated Gerygone
S
S
S
Mountain Thornbill
S
Inland Thornbill
S
Yellow-rumped Thornbill
S
Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater
S
S
S
S
S
S
H
S
Striped Honeyeater
S
Noisy Friarbird
S
Little Friarbird
S
S
S
S
Blue-faced Honeyeater
S
S
S
S
S
S
Noisy Miner
S
S
Yellow-throated Miner
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
Lewin's Honeyeater
S
Singing Honeyeater
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
White-gaped Honeyeater
S
S
Grey-headed Honeyeater
S
S
S
S
S
Grey-fronted Honeyeater
S
S
100+
S
S
S
Yellow-tinted Honeyeater
S
S
S
S
White-plumed Honeyeater
S
S
S
S
Black-chinned Honeyeater (golden-backed form)
H
S
White-throated Honeyeater
S
S
S
S
White-naped Honeyeater
Brown Honeyeater
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
Painted Honeyeater
S
Rufous-throated Honeyeater
S
Eastern Spinebill
S
Banded Honeyeater
S
S
Black Honeyeater
S
Red-headed Honeyeater
S
Crimson Chat
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
Orange Chat
S
Jacky Winter
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S

Red-capped Robin

S
S
S
Pale-yellow Robin
S
Hooded Robin
S
White-browed Robin
buff-sided
S
S
Grey-headed Robin
S
Grey-crowned Babbler
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
Eastern Whipbird
H
Varied Sittella white-wing form
S
Varied Sittella striated form
?
Crested Bellbird
S
S
White-breasted Whistler
20
Little Shrike-thrush
S
Rufous Whistler
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
Grey Shrike-thrush
S
S
S
S
S
S
Leaden Flycatcher
S
Restless Flycatcher
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
Magpie-lark
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
Grey Fantail
S
S
S
S
S
S
Mangrove Grey Fantail
S
Northern Fantail
S
Willie Wagtail
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike
S
S
S
H
S
Ground Cuckoo-shrike
S
S
S
White-winged Triller
S
S
S
S
S
S
Varied Triller
S
Olive-backed Oriole
S
S
Figbird
S
S
S
S
White-breasted Woodswallow
S
S
S
Masked Woodswallow
S
S
S
S
White-browed Woodswallow
100s
S
100s
S
Black-faced Woodswallow
80
S
30 wv
10 bv
50
20
100
20
20
50
20 wv
Grey Butcherbird
S
S
Pied Butcherbird
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S

Australian Magpie
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S

Pied Currawong

S
S
Victoria's Riflebird
S
Australian Raven
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
Little Crow
S
S
Torresian Crow
S
S
S
S
S
Apostlebird
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
Golden Bowerbird
S
Spotted Bowerbird
S
S
S
S
S
S
Great Bowerbird
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
Singing Bushlark
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
Australasian Pipit
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
House Sparrow
S
S
S
S
S
Zebra Finch
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
Double-barred Finch
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
Long-tailed Finch
S
S
Black-throated Finch
black rump form
50
Masked Finch
S
S
Crimson Finch
S
S
Star Finch
6
10
Painted Finch
60
S
100s
S
Chestnut-breasted Mannikin
50
Mistletoebird
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
Welcome Swallow
S
S
S
Tree Martin
S
S
S
S
S
S
Fairy Martin
S
S
S
S
Clamorous Reed-Warbler
S
Tawny Grassbird
S
Little Grassbird
S
Spinifexbird
H
S
Rufous Songlark
S
S
S
S
S
Brown Songlark
S
S
S
Golden-headed Cisticola
S
S
S
S
S
Yellow White-eye
S
Silvereye
S
Common Myna
S
S
MAMMALS
Short-beaked Echidna
1RK
Rufous Bettony
1RK
AgileWallaby
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
Antilopine Wallaroo
1RK
Eastern Grey Kangaroo
6
Euro
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
Red Kangaroo
S
S
S
S
S
S
Purple-necked Rock Wallaby
4
Dingo
S
House Cat

One-humped Camel
S
S
Feral Pig
S
Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin
c6
REPTILES
Freshwater Crocodile
S
Saltwater Crocodile
S
Gilbert's Dragon
S
Bearded Dragon
S
Sand Goanna
1 RK
Water Python
S
 
 
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