Gulf Country Tour 21 June to 2 July 2008

checklist of species recorded

Tour leader: Philip Maher, Patricia Maher

Participants: Carmelita Sarao, Helen Manning, John Brooke and Hilary Brooke

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

This tour set off from Cairns. No birding was done in Cairns but we had a briet stop in the rainforest on the Atherton Tablelands en route to Georgetown

Route: Cairns, Georgetown, Karumba, Burketown, Cloncurry, Mt Isa, Hughenden, Cairns

21 June — 2 July 2008

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

1

2

Emu

S

SB

S

Australian Brush-turkey

S

Orange-footed Scrubfowl

S

Brown Quail

Magpie Goose

c200

S

S

Plumed Whistling-Duck

2000

200

S

Black Swan

S

S

S

Freckled Duck

Radjah Shelduck

S

S

Australian Wood Duck

S

S

S

S

S

Cotton Pygmy-goose

S

Green Pygmy-goose

S

S

Pacific Black Duck

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Grey Teal

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Pink-eared Duck

S

S

S

S

S

Hardhead

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Australasian Grebe

S

S

S

S

S

100

S

S

S

Great Crested Grebe

SB

10

S

Darter

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Little Pied Cormorant

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Pied Cormorant

S

S

Little Black Cormorant

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Great Cormorant

S

S

S

S

Australian Pelican

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

White-faced Heron

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Little Egret

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

White-necked Heron

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Great-billed Heron

Pied Heron

S

S

Great Egret

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Intermediate Egret

S

S

S

S

S

Cattle Egret

S

Striated Heron

S

Nankeen Night Heron

S

S

S

S

Glossy Ibis

Australian White Ibis

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Straw-necked Ibis

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Royal Spoonbill

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Yellow-billed Spoonbill

S

S

S

Black-necked Stork (Jabiru)

S

S

S

S

S

Osprey

S

S

Black-shouldered Kite

S

Black-breasted Buzzard

S

S

Black Kite

100

50

200

1000s

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Whistling Kite

S

S

100

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Brahminy Kite

S

S

White-bellied Sea-Eagle

S

S

S

S

Spotted Harrier

S

S

S

Swamp Harrier

S

Brown Goshawk

S

S

S

S

S

S

Grey Goshawk

Collared Sparrowhawk

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Wedge-tailed Eagle

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Little Eagle

S

S

S

Brown Falcon

S

S

S

200+

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Australian Hobby

S

S

S

S

S

Black Falcon

S

S

Peregrine Falcon

Nankeen Kestrel

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Sarus Crane

100s

S

S

S

S

Brolga

50

S

40

100+

200+

S

S

S

S

S

Aust Spotted Crake

Baillon's Crake

S

Purple Swamphen

100

S

S

S

S

Dusky Moorhen

S

S

S

S

Eurasian Coot

S

S

S

S

S

S

Australian Bustard

S

S

S

c12

10

S

S

S

Little Button-quail

Whimbrel

S

Eastern Curlew

S

Marsh Sandpiper

Common Greenshank

S

Grey-tailed Tattler

Red-necked Stint

S

Comb-crested Jacana

S

S

S

Pied Oystercatcher

Black-winged Stilt

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Red-necked Avocet

Red-capped Plover

S

Black-fronted Dotterel

S

S

S

10

S

S

S

S

Red-kneed Dotterel

S

S

S

Masked Lapwing

S

S

S

S

S

Australian Pratincole

S

S

S

Silver Gull

S

S

Gull-billed Tern

S

S

S

S

Caspian Tern

S

S

S

S

Crested Tern

S

S

Lesser Crested Tern

S

S

Whiskered Tern

S

Little Tern

S

S

Rock Dove

S

S

S

S

Spotted Turtle-Dove

S

Brown Cuckoo-Dove

H

Common Bronzewing

S

Flock Bronzewing

7

150

Crested Pigeon

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Spinifex Pigeon

S

S

S

S

Squatter Pigeon
blue-eye form

Squatter Pigeon
red-eye form

S

Diamond Dove

100

S

S

S

S

S

Peaceful Dove

S

S

S

S

S

S

H

S

S

Bar-shouldered Dove

S

S

S

S

S

Topknot Pigeon

S

Wompoo Fruit-Dove

Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo

200

80

S

Galah

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Little Corella

S

1000

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Cockatiel

500

S

S

S

Rainbow Lorikeet

S

S

S

S

S

S

Rainbow Lorikeet red collar form

Scaly-breasted Lorikeet

S

S

Varied Lorikeet

S

S

S

S

S

H

Red-winged Parrot

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Pale-headed Rosella

S

S

S

Australian Ringneck (Cloncurry)

S

S

Budgerigar

1000s

1000s

100

S

S

200

S

Fan-tailed Cuckoo

S

Pallid Cuckoo

Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo

?

2

S

Shining Bronze-Cuckoo

Channel-billed Cuckoo

Pheasant Coucal

S

S

Barking Owl

Southern Boobook

S

S

Tawny Frogmouth

S

S

Spotted Nightjar

S

Australian Owlet-nightjar

White-rumped Swiftlet

80

Azure Kingfisher

S

Laughing Kookaburra

S

S

Blue-winged Kookaburra

S

H

S

S

S

S

S

S

Forest Kingfisher

S

S

Red-backed Kingfisher

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Sacred Kingfisher

S

Rainbow Bee-eater

S

S

S

H

S

White-throated Treecreeper

S

Brown Treecreeper (melanota)

S

Black-tailed Treecreeper

S

S

S

S

Purple-crowned Fairy-wren

S

S

Variegated Fairy-wren

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

White-winged Fairy-wren

Red-backed Fairy-wren

S

S

S

Rufous-crowned Emu-wren

3

Carpentarian Grasswren

2

Kalkadoon Grasswren

4

Red-browed Pardalote

S

H

H

H

H

H

Striated Pardalote (black head)

H

S

H

H

S

H

H

S

White-browed Scrubwren

S

Yellow-footed Scrubwren

S

Large-billed Scrubwren

S

S

Weebill

H

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

Brown Gerygone

S

Mangrove Gerygone

S

Fairy Gerygone

S

White-throated Gerygone

S

H

S

H

S

H

Mountain Thornbill

S

Inland Thornbill

S

Yellow-rumped Thornbill

S

S

S

Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater

?

S

S

S

Striped Honeyeater

Silver-crowned Friarbird

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