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Kingfisher Park Birdwatchers Lodge Area Bird List

This list covers the area from McLeod River to the north and Mareeba to the south plus local areas such as Mt. Lewis, Mowbray National Park and the Julatten-Mount Molloy areas. The birds in bold are the ones that have been recorded at the lodge and within a 1.5km radius (215 species).

Status:

  • (r) - Resident in the lodge grounds
  • (C) - Common
  • (U) - Uncommon
  • (R) - Rare
  • (V) - Vagrant

The status can change due to weather conditions, fruiting and flowering events and should be used as a guide only. 298 Species Listed.
 

Southern Cassowary (U)
Australian Brush-turkey (r) (C)
Orange-footed Scrubfowl (r) (C)
Brown Quail (C)
King Quail (U)
Magpie Goose (U)
Plumed Whistling-Duck (U)
Wandering Whistling-Duck (C)
Freckled Duck (V)
Black Swan (C)
Rajah Shelduck (U)
Australian Wood Duck (U)
Cotton Pygmy-goose (U)
Green Pygmy-goose (U)
Pacific Black Duck (C)
Australasian Shoveller (V)
Grey Teal (C)
Chestnut Teal (V)
Pink-eared Duck (U)
Hardhead (C)
Australasian Grebe (C)
Hoary-headed Grebe (V)
Great-crested Grebe (V)
Darter (C)
Little Pied Cormorant (C)
Pied Cormorant (U)
Little Black Cormorant (C)
Great Cormorant (U)
Australian Pelican (C)
White-faced Heron (C)
Little Egret (C)
White-necked Heron (U)
Great-billed Heron (U)
Pied Heron (R)
Great Egret (C)
Intermediate Egret (C)
Cattle Egret (C)
Nankeen Night-Heron (U)
Black Bittern (U)
Glossy Ibis (U)
Australian White Ibis (C)
Straw-necked Ibis (C)
Royal Spoonbill (C)
Yellow-billed Spoonbill (U)
Black-necked Stork (U)
Osprey (U) (May-Jan)
Pacific Baza (U)
Black-shouldered Kite (U)
Square-tailed Kite (U)
Black-breasted Buzzard (R)
Black Kite (C)
Whistling Kite (C)
Brahminy Kite (C)
White-bellied Sea-Eagle (C)
Spotted Harrier (R)
Swamp Harrier (U)
Brown Goshawk (U)
Grey Goshawk (U)
Collared Sparrowhawk (R)
Red Goshawk (R)
Wedge-tailed Eagle (U)
Little Eagle (R)
Brown Falcon (U)
Australian Hobby (U)
Black Falcon (R)
Peregrine Falcon (R)
Nankeen Kestrel (C)
Sarus Crane (May-Dec) (U)
Brolga (U)
Red-necked Crake (r) (C)
Buff-banded Rail (r) (C)
Lewin's Rail (R)
Bush-hen (U)
Spotless Crake (U)
White-browed Crake (U)
Purple Swamphen (C)
Dusky Moorhen (U)
Eurasian Coot (C)
Australian Bustard (U)
Red-backed Button-quail (U)
Little Button-quail (V)
Red-chested Button-quail (R)
Buff-breasted Button-quail (R)
Painted Button-quail (U)
Latham's Snipe (U)
Swinhoe's Snipe (Sep-Apr) (U)
Little Curlew (Sep-Apr) (R)
Marsh Sandpiper (Sep-Apr) (U)
Common Greenshank (Sep-Apr) (U)
Wood Sandpiper (Sep-Apr) (R)
Common Sandpiper (Aug-Apr) (U)
Red-necked Stint (Sep-Apr) (U)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (Sep-Apr) (U)
Curlew Sandpiper (Sep-Apr) (U)
Painted Snipe (R)
Comb-crested Jacana (C)
Bush Stone-curlew (C)
Black-winged Stilt (C)
Pacific Golden Plover (Sep-Apr) (U)
Black-fronted Dotterel (C)
Red-kneed Dotterel (U)
Banded Lapwing (R)
Masked Lapwing (C)
Australian Pratincole (U)
Silver Gull (U)
Gull-billed Tern (U)
Caspian Tern (C)
Whiskered Tern (U)
White-winged Black Tern (Sep-May) (U)
White-headed Pigeon (U)
Spotted Turtle-Dove (U)
Brown Cuckoo-Dove (C)
Emerald Dove (r) (C)
Common Bronzewing (R)
Crested Pigeon (U)
Squatter Pigeon ((U)
Diamond Dove (V)
Peaceful Dove (r) (C)
Bar-shouldered Dove (r) (C)
Wompoo Fruit-Dove (C)
Superb Fruit-Dove (U)
Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove (R)
Pied Imperial Pigeon (Aug-Apr) (R)
Topknot Pigeon (U)
Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (C)
Galah (C)
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (C)
Rainbow Lorikeet (C)
Cockatiel (R)
Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (C)
Little Lorikeet (R)
Double-eyed Fig-Parrot (C)
Australian King-Parrot (U)
Red-winged Parrot (C)
Crimson Rosella (U)
Pale-headed Rosella (C)
Oriental Cuckoo (U)
Pallid Cuckoo (U)
Brush Cuckoo (C)
Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo (U)
Fan-tailed Cuckoo (U)
Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo (U)
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo (C)
Little Bronze-Cuckoo (U)
Gould's Bronze-Cuckoo (U)
Common Koel (Sep-Mar) (C)
Channel-billed Cuckoo (Sep-Mar) (C)
Pheasant Coucal (C)
Rufous Owl (U)
Barking Owl (U)


 

Southern Boobook (U)
Lesser Sooty Owl
(C)
Masked Owl
(U)
Barn Owl
(C)
Grass Owl
(U)
Tawny Frogmouth
(U)
Papuan Frogmouth
(r) (C)
White-throated Nightjar
(U)
Spotted Nightjar
(U)
Large-tailed Nightjar
(Sep-Feb) (C)
Australian Owlet-nightjar
(U)
White-rumped Swiftlet (C)
White-thr.Needletail (Oct-Mar) (U)
Fork-tailed Swift (Oct-Mar) (U)
Azure Kingfisher (U)
Little Kingfisher (R)
Buff-br. Paradise-Kingfisher (C) (Nov-Apr)
Laughing Kookaburra (r) (C)
Blue-winged Kookaburra (C)
Forest Kingfisher (r) (C)
Red-backed Kingfisher (U)
Sacred Kingfisher (U)
Rainbow Bee-eater (C)
Dollarbird (Sept-May) (C)
Noisy Pitta (C)
White-throated Treecreeper (C)
Brown Treecreeper (U)
Lovely Fairy-wren (U)
Red-backed Fairy-wren (U)
Spotted Pardalote (R)
Red-browed Pardalote (R)
Striated Pardalote (C)
Fernwren (C)
Yellow-throated Scrubwren (C)
Atherton Scrubwren (C)
Large-billed Scrubwren (r) (C)
Weebill (C)
Brown Gerygone (C)
Large-billed Gerygone (r) (C)
Fairy Gerygone (r) (C)
White-throated Gerygone (C)
Mountain Thornbill (C)
Buff-rumped Thornbill (R)
Helmeted Friarbird (V)
Noisy Friarbird (C)
Little Friarbird (C)
Blue-faced Honeyeater (C)
Macleay's Honeyeater (r) (C)
Lewin's Honeyeater (C)
Yellow-spotted Honeyeater (r) (C)
Graceful Honeyeater (r) (C)
Bridled Honeyeater (C)
Yellow-faced Honeyeater (r) (C)
White-gaped Honeyeater (R)
Yellow Honeyeater (C)
Black-chinned Honeyeater (U)
(Also Golden-backed form -R)
White-throated Honeyeater (r) (C)
White-naped Honeyeater (R)
Brown Honeyeater (C)
White-cheeked Honeyeater (U)
Brown-backed Honeyeater (C)
Bar-breasted Honeyeater (U)
Eastern Spinebill (U)
Banded Honeyeater (U)
Dusky Honeyeater (C)
Scarlet Honeyeater (C)
Lemon-bellied Flycatcher (C)
Pale-yellow Robin (r) (C)
Eastern Yellow Robin (U)
White-browed Robin
Grey-headed Robin (C)
Chowchilla (C)
Grey-crowned Babbler (C)
Eastern Whipbird (U)
Varied Sittella (U)
Golden Whistler (C)
Grey Whistler (r) (C)
Rufous Whistler (C)
Little Shrike-thrush (r) (C)
Bower's Shrike-thrush (C)
Grey Shrike-thrush (U)
Yellow-breasted Boatbill (r) (C)
Black-faced Monarch (C) (Sep-Apr)
Black-winged Monarch (R) (Oct-Apr)
Spectacled Monarch (r) (C)
White-eared Monarch
Pied Monarch (U)
Leaden Flycatcher (C)
Satin Flycatcher (U)
Shining Flycatcher (U)
Restless Flycatcher (U)
Magpie-lark (C)
Rufous Fantail (C)
Grey Fantail (C)
Northern Fantail (U)
Willie Wagtail (r) (C)
Spangled Drongo (C)
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (U)
Barred Cuckoo-shrike (C)
White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike (C)
Cicadabird (C)
White-winged Triller (U)
Varied Triller (C)
Yellow Oriole (U)
Olive-backed Oriole (C)
Figbird (C)
White-breasted Woodswallow (C)
Little Woodswallow (R)
Black-faced Woodswallow (R)
Black Butcherbird (C)
Grey Butcherbird (R)
Pied Butcherbird (C)
Black-backed Butcherbird (R)
Australian Magpie (C)
Pied Currawong (U)
Victoria's Riflebird (U)
Torresian Crow (C)
Apostlebird (C)
Spotted Catbird (r) (C)
Tooth-billed Bowerbird (C)
Golden Bowerbird (C)
Satin Bowerbird (R)
Great Bowerbird (C)
Singing Bushlark (U)
Richard's Pipit (C)
Grey Wagtail (V)
Double-barred Finch (U)
Black-throated Finch (U)
Red-browed Finch (r) (C)
Nutmeg Mannikin (U)
Chestnut-breasted Mannikin (C)
Blue-faced Parrot-Finch (U)
Gouldian Finch (R)
Yellow-bellied Sunbird (r) (C)
Mistletoebird (r) (C)
Welcome Swallow (C)
Tree Martin (C)
Fairy Martin (C)
Clamorous Reed-warbler (U)
Tawny Grassbird (U)
Rufous Songlark (V)
Brown Songlark (V)
Golden-headed Cisticola (C)
Silvereye (C)
Bassian Thrush (U)
Russet-tailed Thrush (U)
Metallic Starling (Aug-April) (C)
Common Myna (C)

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