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BIRD LIST OF HINCHINBROOK ISLAND

SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME
   
Pholocrocorox melonoleucos Little pied cormorant
Ardea surnatrana Great billed heron
Ardea novoehollandice White-faced heron
Egretta alba Great egret
Egretta intermedia Intermediate egret
Egretta sacra Eastern reef egret (reef heron)
Butorides striatus Straited heron
Dupetor flovicollis Black bittern
Xenorhynchusasiaticus Black-necked stork (jabiru)
Threskiornis oethiopica Sacred ibis
Platalea regia Royal spoonbill
Platalea flovipes Yellow billed spoonbill
Pandion haliaetus Osprey
Holiastur sphenurus Whistling kite
Accipiter novoehollandice Grey Goshawk
Holiceetus leucogaster White breasted sea-eagle
Aquila audox Wedge-tailed eagle
Megapodius reinwardt Orange-footed scrub fowl
Alectura lathami Australian brush turkey
Rallina tricolor Red-necked crake
Fulica atra Eurasian coot
Burhinus magnirostris Bush thick knee
Burhinus neglectus Beach thick knee (beach stone curlew)
Hoematopus fuliginosus Sooty oystercatcher
Charadrius ruficapillus Red-capped plover
Charadrius melanops Black-fronted plover
Himantopus himantopus Black winged stilt
Numenius modagascariensis Eastern curlew
Numenius phaeopus Whimbrel
Numenius minutus Little curlew
Tringa brevipes Grey tailed tattler
Tringa hypoleucos Common sandpiper
Larus novoehollandiae Silver gull
Geloche/idon nilotica Gull billed tern
Hydroprogne caspia Caspian tern
Sterna surnatrona Black-naped tern
bergiiTerno Crested tern
Sterna bengolensis Lesser crested tern
Fltilinopus superbus Superb-fruit dove
Ptilinopus regina Rose crowned fruit dove
Ptilinopus magnificus Wompoo fruit dove
Cucala spilorrhoo Torresian imperial pigeon (Nutmeg orTorres Straight pigeon)
Lopholaimus antarticus Topknot pigeon
Columba /eucomela White-headed pigeon
Macropygia amboinensis Brown cuckoo dove
Geopelia plocida Peacful dove
Geopelia hurneralis Bar-shouldered dove
Chalcorphaps indica Emerald dove (greenwing pigeon)
Cacatuo golerita Sulphur crested cockatoo
Trichoglossus hoemotodus Rainbow lorikeet
Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus Scaly-breasted lorikeet
Cosuarius cosuarius Southern cassowary
Pelecorus conspicillatus Australian pelican
Sula leucogaster Brown booby
Anhingo melonogaster Darter
Pholocrocorox carbo Great cormorant
Pholocrocorax varius Pied coromant
Sericornis magnirostris Large billed scrubwren
Sericornis citreogularis Yellow throated scrubwren
Sericornis frontalis White-browned scrubwren
Gerygone mouki Brown gerygone
Gerygone loevigaster Mangrove gerygone
Gerygone palpebroso Fairy gerygone
Acanthiza reguloides Buff-rumped thorribill
Climacteris leucophaea White throated treecreeper
Anthochaero chrysoptera Little wattlebird
Philemon buceriodes Helmeted firebird
Xanthotis macleayana Noisy firebird
Meliphaga notata Macleays honeyeater
Meliphago gracilis Graceful honeyeater
Lkhenostomus flavus Yellow honeyeater
Melithreptus albogularis White-throated honeyeater
Lichmera indistincto Brown honeyeater
Ramsayomis modestus Brown backed honeyeater
Myzomela obscura Dusky honeyeater
Myzomela sanguinolento Scarlet honeyeater
Nectorinia jugularis Yellow-billed sunbird
Dicaeum hirundinacoem Mistletoebird
Pardolotus straitus Straited paralote
Zosterops citrinella Pale-white eye
Zosterops lateralis Silvereye
Emblema temporalis Red-browned firetail
Neochima phaeton Crimson finch
Aploris metalicca Metalic starling
Oriolus sagittatus Olive-backed oriole
Sphecotheres viridis Figbird
Dkrurus hottentottus Spangled drongo
Ailuroedus melanotis Spotted catbird
Ptiloiris victoriae Victoria's riflebird
Artamus leucorhynchus White breasted wood swallow
Artamus superciliosis White- browed wood swallow
Cracticus quoyi Black butcher bird
Craticus torquatus Grey butcherbird
Gymnorhina tibicen Australian magpie
Strepera groculina Pied currawong
Ahistrus scapularis Australian king parrot
Cuculus variolosus Brush cuckoo
Cuculus pyrrhophorius Fan-tailed cuckoo
Chrysococcyx lucidus Shining bronze cuckoo
Eudynamis scolopacea Common koel
Centropus phosioninus Pheasant coucal
Ninox rufa Rufus owl
Nonox novaeseetandice Southern boobook
Aegotheles cristatus Australian owlet-nightjar
Caprimulgas mystaccilis White-throated nightjar
Collocalia spodiopygio White rumped swiftlet
Ceyx azurea Azure kingfisher
Ceyx pusilla Little kingfisher
Docelo novaeguineae Laughing kookaburra
Docelo leachii Blue winged kookaburra
Halcyon soncta Sacred kingfisher
Halcyon chloris Collared kingfisher
Halcyon mocleayii Forest kingfisher
Merops ornatus Rainbow bee-eater
Pitto versicolor Noisy pitta
Hirundo neoxeno Welcome swallow
Cecriops ariel

Fairy martin

Motocillo cinerea

Grey wagtail
Coracina novoehollandiae Black-faced cuckoo strike
Coracina popuensis White-bellied cuckoo strike
Coracina tenuirostris Cicadabird
Lolage leucomela Varied triller
Eopsaltria pulverulento Mangrove robin
Eopsaltria oustrolis Eastern yellow robin
Microeca flavigaster Lemon-bellied flycatcher
Tregellosia capito Pale yellow robin
Poecilodryas albispecularis Grey-headed robin
Pachycephola pectoralis Golden whisiter
Pachycepholo simplex Grey whistler
Pachycephato rufiventris Rufous whistler
Collurincla megarhyncha Little strike thrush
Collurincla boweri Bowers-strike thrush
Collurinclo harmonica Grey strike-thrush
Machaerirhynchus floviventer Yellow-breasted boatbill
Monarcha melonopsis Black-faced monarch
Monarcho trivirgatus Spectacled monarch
Monarcho leucotis White-eared monarch
Arses koupi Pied monarch
Myiagro ruftcollis Broad-billed flycatcher
Myiagra rubecula Leaden flycatcher
Myiagra cyanoleuca Satin flycatcher
Myiagra afecto Shining flycatcher
Rhipidura ruffrons Rufous fantail
Rhipidura fuliginoso Grey fantail
Rhipidura rufiventris Northern fantail
Acrocepholus stentoreus Clamorous reed-warbler
Malurus famberti Variegated fairy-wren

SOURCE - The Land that Time Forgot
Arthur and Margaret Thorsborne.


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