Howard & Kate Broughton.
Tel 0115 9374474.
Email. Forestrub@aol.com

NORTH AUSTRALIA. JUNE 2000

Trip between May 29th and June 28th 2000.

Species List

Southern Cassowary -1 seen at Lacey’s Creek Rainforest Trail about 3 miles from Mission Beach.
Australian Brush Turkey -Common at K/F Park and most rain forest habitats
Orange Footed Scrubfowl -Common at K/F Park and most rain forest habitats.
Brown Quail -2 seen at roadside between Kennedy Highway and Millau Millau.
Magpie Goose -Many at Fogg Dam , Yellow Waters and other wetlands.
Plumed Whistling Duck -Common at most wetlands
Wandering Whistling Duck -Common at most wetlands
Black Swan -Seen only at Lake Mitchell
Radjah Shelduck -Northern Territory only, Darwin Sewage Farm, Fogg Dam
Green Pygmy Goose -Mamakula Wetlands, Yellow Waters, Innot Hot Springs
Cotton Pygmy Goose -Only seen at Innot Hot Springs.
Maned Duck -Ponds across road from K/F Park and at Lake Tinaroo
Pacific Black Duck -Commonest duck in Nth Queensland.
Azure Kingfisher -Daintree River boat trip.
Little Kingfisher -Daintree River, pond at Red Mill Guest House, creeks near Port Douglas.
Laughing Kookaburra -Most areas in Nth Queensland. K/F Park.
Blue-Winged Kookaburra -The only kookaburra in the Northern Territory and a few in Queensland.
Forest Kingfisher -Seen in most areas.
Sacred Kingfisher -Commonest kingfisher, seen everywhere.
Rainbow Bee-eater -Common.
Brush Cuckoo - 1 seen at Yellow Waters
Fan-Tailed Cuckoo -1 seen at K/F Park
Gould's Bronze Cuckoo - 1 seen near the boat jetty at Mission Beach
Shining Bronze Cuckoo - 1 seen at the Aborigine Culture Centre near the Skyrail.
Australian Koel -Family group seen at Cool Waters Campsite, Cairns.
Pheasant Coucal -1 seen by the road near Darwin Sewage Farm.
Rainbow Lorikeet -Common at K/F Park and Nth Queensland.
Scaley-Breasted -Lorikeet Seen at Mount Lewis and Innot Hot Springs.
Red-Tailed Black Cockatoo -Small numbers around Northern Territory.
Galah Holme’s Jungle and near Mount Carbine.
Sulpher-Crested Cockatoo -Common in most areas.
Little Corrella -Common in Northern Territory. A few at Lake Mitchell.
Double-Eyed Fig Parrot -Mount Lewis, Daintree River, and Mission Beach.
Australian King Parrot -Mount Lewis.
Red-Winged Parrot -Kakadu and Innot Hot Springs.
Pale-Headed Rosella -Mount Carbine, Lake Mitchell and Innot Springs.
White-Rumped Swiftlet -Only swift seen. Nth Queensland only.
Lesser Sooty Owl -Pair nesting near K/F Park.
Barn Owl -Pair nesting near K/F Park.
Barking Owl -Pair spot lighted at Yellow Waters Campsite.
Tawney Frogmouth -1 at K/F Park.
Papuan Frogmouth -2 seen on Daintree River boat trip.
Spotted Dove -Seen in Port Douglas.
Brown Cuckoo Dove -Seen at Mount Molloy, Mount Lewis, Malanda.
Emerald Ground Dove -Many at K/F Park, some at Malanda.
Crested Pigeon -Only seen at Innot Hot Springs, many there.
Partridge Pigeon -Seen by the lake at Jabiru, Northern Territory.
Squatter Pigeon -Seen in Mount Molloy near the school.
Peaceful Dove -Common
Bar-Shouldered Dove -Common.
Wompoo Fruit Dove -Only seen at Daintree River.
Torresian Imperial Pigeon -Only seen at Holmes Jungle Swamp.
Topknot Pigeon -Seen at Daintree River and Mount Lewis.
Austalian Bustard -Seen around the Mary Road areas towards Mt Carbine and 1 at Lake Mitchell
Brolga -Seen at Holmes Jungle Swamp, Mary Road and many around Atherton.
Red-Necked Crake -1 resident at K/F Park.
Buff-Banded Rail -4 on roadside between Malanda and Bromfield swamp and in the Tablelands.
White-Browed Crake -2 in crocodile farm wetlands, pool at end of the ‘Everglades’.
PurpleSwamphen -Abattoir Swamp, Hastie’s Swamp and Innot Hot Springs.
Dusky Moorhen -Lake Barrine, Hastie’s Swamp and Innot Hot Springs.
Common Coot -2 at Innot Springs.
Bar-Tailed Godwit -Always on Cairns Esplanade, Redden Island
Whimbrel -Many on Cairns Esplanade.
Far Eastern Curlew -Always at Cairns and a few at other beaches.
Grey-Tailed Tattler- A few at Cairns Esplanade.
Wandering Tattler -A few at Cairns Esplanade.
Ruddy Turnstone-On the rocks at Lee Point.
Great Knot -Some on Cairns Esplanade.
Sanderling -Seen at Lee Point and Redden Island.
Red-Necked Stint -Seen on Cairns Esplanade.
Curlew Sandpiper -A few on Cairns Esplanade.
Comb-Crested Jacana -Fogg Dam, Yellow Waters, and Lake Mitchell.
Bush Thick-Knee -Lee Point Camp, Crocodile Farm, Cairns City Campsite.
Beach Thick-Knee -2 on Cains Esplanade.
Eurasian Oystercatcher -1 on Cairns Esplanade.
Black-Winged Stilt -Humpty Doo wetlands from Wetlands Centre and Crocodile Farm.
Pacific Golden Plover -A few at Cairns.
Red-Capped Plover- Lee Point and Cairns.
Lesser Sand Plover (Mongolian) -Lee Point and Redden Island.
Greater Sand Plover- Lee Point.
Masked Lapwing -Common.
Black-Fronted Dotterel -Crocodile Farm.
Brown Skua -One seen off the boat on the way to Great Barrier Reef.
Silver Gull -Only gull seen. Common.
Gull-Billed Tern -Seen at most beaches.
Caspian Tern -Lee Point beach and Cairns.
Great Crested Tern -Common at Sea side.
Black-Naped tern -Small flock seen with Common Noddys at Hasting’s Reef.
Sooty tern -Many at Michaelmas Cay.
Whiskered Tern -1 seen at Fogg Dam.
Common Noddy -Many at Michaelmas Cay.
Black Noddy -1 seen at Michaelmas Cay.
Osprey -Seen at Cairns, Lake Mitchell and Mission Beach.
Pacific Baza -Seen at Howard Springs Nature Park and K/F Park.
Square-Tailed kite -1 Seen at Innot Hot Springs.
Australian (Black Shouldered) Kite. -2 seen from the road near Atherton.
Black Kite -Common
Whistling Kite -Common.
Brahminy Kite -Coastal in North Queensland.
White-Bellied Sea Eagle -Fogg Dam, Yellow Waters, Daintree River, Mission Beach.
Swamp Harrier -2 seen at Hastie’s Swamp.
Grey Goshawk -2 seen by the War Museum at East Point, Darwin.
Brown Goshawk -Seen at Yellow Waters, Near K/F Park, Lake Mitchell.
Collared Sparrowhawk -Seen at Yellow Waters and Redden Island.
Red Goshawk -Seen at Lea Point and Mamakula Wetlands.
Wedge-Tailed Eagle -Seen near Ubirr and Lake Mitchell.
Brown Falcon -1 seen in Mossman Town.
Australian Kestrel -Cairns Airport and around open area in Nth Queensland.
Australian Hobby -1 seen at the Alligator River between Jabiru and Barwin.
Australasian Grebe -A few on most lakes and wetlands.
Brown Booby -Many on Michaelmas Cay.
Australian Darter -A few on most wetlands.
Little Pied Cormorant -On most lakes and wetlands.
Pied Cormorant -Only seen at Fogg Dam.
Little Black Cormorant -Fogg Dam, Lake Mitchell.
Great Cormorant -Only seen at Lake Mitchell.
White-Faced Heron -Common at Cairns. A few at other creeks and wetlands.
Little Egret -Common
Pacific (Eastern Reef) Egret -Lee Point, Mission Beach, Innot Springs and at other beaches.
Pacific Heron -1 on Creek by Arnhem Highway.
Great-Billed heron -1 on Daintree River boat trip
Pied Heron -Darwin Sewage Farm, Rubbish Tip, Fogg Dam
Great Egret -Common
Intermediate Egret -Common
Cattle Egret -Daintree River, Tablelands.
Striated Heron -East point, Howard Springs NP, Cairns Esplanade & Botanic Gardens.
Rufous Night heron -Yellow waters, Daintree River boat trip
Black Bittern -Yellow Waters
Glossy Ibis -4 at Lake Mitchell
Australian Ibis -Common
Straw-Necked Ibis -Common
Royal Spoonbill -Cairns Esplanade, Innot Springs
Yellow-Billed Spoonbill -1 at Crocodile Farm
Australian Pelican -Cairns Esplanade and Lake Mitchell
Black-Necked stork -Fogg Dam, Yellow Waters, Lake Mitchell.
Great Frigate bird -Michaelmas Cay
Noisy Pitta -1 resident at K/F Park.
White-Throated Tree Creeper -Mount Lewis and Cathedral Fig Tree.
Black-Tailed Tree Creeper -Ubirr and Highway close to Bird Billabong.
Spotted Catbird -K/F Park.
Golden Bowerbird -2 male and 1 female seen on Mount Lewis. 1 female seen at the Crater.
Great Bowerbird -4 seen in Mount Molloy town.
Red-Backed Fairy Wren -Holme’s Jungle Swamp, Jabiru, West Mary Road, Lake Tinaroo
Dusky Honeyeater -Nourlangie Rock, Skyrail Car Park. \mt \whitfield.
Scarlet Honeyeater -Lake Tinaroo, Mt Molloy lily pond.
Brown Honeyeater -Common.
Graceful Honeyeater -Daintree River.
Yellow-Spotted Honeyeater -Common
Lewin's Honeyeater -K/F Park, Mt Lewis.
Bridled Honeyeater -Lake Tinaroo, Crater.
Yellow-Faced Honeyeater -Lake Tinaroo
Yellow Honeyeater -Lake Tinaroo, Cairns Botanical Gdns.
Varied Honeyeater -Cairns esplanade, Port Douglas.
White-Gaped Honeyeater -Kakadu
MacCleay's Honeyeater -Common at K/F Park. Malanda.
White-Throated Honeyeater -Lee Point Camp, Mt Molloy, Lake Tinaroo.
Little Friarbird -Lake Mitchell.
Helmeted Friarbird -Common.
Noisy Friarbird -Mount Carbine, Lake Mitchell.
White-Cheeked Honeyeater - Mount Lewis, Abattoir Swamp.
Bar-Breasted Honeyeater -Fogg Dam, Yellow Waters.
Rufous-Banded Honeyeater -Yellow Waters, East Point
Eastern Spinebill -Mount Lewis
Blue-Faced -Honeyeater Common
Noisy Miner -Innot Hot Springs.
Striated Pardelote -Lee Point Campsite, Holmes Jungle Swamp.
Atherton Scrubwren -Mount Lewis, Mossman Gorge, Lake Barrine, Lake Eacham.
Large-Billed Scrubwren -K/F Park, Skyrail, Lacey’s Creek.
Yellow-Throated Scrubwren -Mount Lewis, Mossman Gorge.
Mountain Thornbill -Mount Lewis.
Large-Billed Gerygone -Cairns Airport Boardwalk
Brown Gerygone -Lake Barrine, Lake Eacham
Lemon-Bellied Flycatcher -Howard Springs Campsite, Yellow Waters, Wetlands Centre.
Pale Yellow Robin -Skyrail, K/F Park, Lake Eacham, Lake Barrine,
Mangrove Robin -East Point, Cairns Airport Boardwalk.
Grey-Headed Robin -K/F Park, Crater, Lk Barrine, Lk Eacham.
Chowchilla -Mount Lewis.
Grey-Crowned Babbler -Jabiru Campsite, Mt Carbine Lake. Mt Molloy.
Eastern Whipbird -Mt Lewis, Heard at Malanda.
Apostlebird -Flock at Mt Carbine.
Grey Whistler -East Point,
Golden Whistler -Mt Lewis, Malanda.
Rufous Whistler -Mt Molloy.
Little Shrike Thrush -K/F Park, Daintree River, Lake Barrine.
Grey Shrike Thrush -Howard Springs NP, Malanda, K/F Park. Mt Whitfield.
Torresian Crow -Common
Victoria's Riflebird -1 male at Mossman Gorge, 1 female.at Lake Barrine.
Grey Butcherbird -Only seen at Innot Hot Springs.
Pied Butcherbird -Seen at Mt Carbine, Atherton Tablelands, Innot Hot Springs.
Black Butcherbird -Immature birds seen at K/F Park, Daintree Village.
Australian Magpie -Mount Carbine, Innot Hot Springs, Hastie’s Swamp.
Pied Currawong -Cathedral Fig Tree, Malanda, Innot Hot Springs.
White-Breasted -Woodswallow Common in Nth Queensland.
Little Woodswallow -Track to Bird Billabong
Yellow Oriole -East Point, Cool Waters Camp, Fogg Dam.
Figbird -Darwin Town, K/F Park, Cairns Esplanade and City Camp, 4 Mile Beach.
Black-Faced Cuckoo Shrike -East Point, Mamakula Wetlands, Jabiru, Mt Carbine, Redden Island
Barred Cuckoo Shrike -1 at 4 Mile Beach.
White-Bellied Cuckoo Shrike -Common
Varied Triller -East Point, Yellow Waters, Mt Whitfield, 4 Mile Beach.
Willie Wagtail -Common
Northern Fantail -Howard Springs NP,
Grey Fantail. -East Point, K/F Pk, Mt Carbine, Mt Molloy, Mossman Gorge, Lk Tinaroo.
Rufous Fantail -Mt Whitfield, K/F Park, Mossman Gorge,
Spangled Drongo- Common
Black-Faced Monarch - Mt Molloy
Spectacled Monarch -Mt Whitfield, K/F Pk, Lacey’s Creek, Port Douglas mangroves, Skyrail, Mt Molloy.
Leaden Flycatcher -Ubirr, Lake Mitchell, Daintree River, Pt Douglas mangroves, Airport Boardwalk.
Restless Flycatcher -Yellow Waters, Wetlands Centre, Daintree,
Shining Flycatcher -Howard Springs NP, Daintree River, Airport Boardwalk
Yellow-Breasted Boatbill -Mt Molloy, Mt Lewis
Australian Magpie-Lark -Common
Bassian Thrush -Mt Lewis
Rufus-Tailed Thrush -Mt Lewis
Metallic Starling -Flock at Cairns Botanical Gdns
Common Myna -Common in Nth Queensland
Welcome Swallow -Common in Nth Queensland
Tree Martin -Common
Golden-Headed Cisticola -Road down to Holmes Jungle.
Yellow White-Eye -East Point
Silvereye Skyrail, -Mt Molloy, Barron Gorge,
Australian Reed Warbler - Mount Carbiner
Mistletoe Bird -4 Mile Beach
Olive-Backed Sunbird -Common in Nth Queensland
House Sparrow -Cairns & Port Douglas.
Australian Pipit -1 by roadside at K/F Pk.
Red-Browed Firetail -Flock at K/F Pk, Mt Lewis,
Crimson Finch -Fogg Dam, Crocodile Farm,
Double-Barred Finch -Holmes Jungle, Ubirr, Lake Mitchell. Mt Molloy.
Masked Finch -Camp off Arnhem Highway, Yellow Waters,
Long-Tailed Finch -Lee Point Camp, Holmes Jungle, Yellow Waters,
Blue-Faced Parrot Finch -Mount Lewis
Nutmeg Manikin -Cairns Esplanade, Mossman Gorge, Crocodile Farm, Skyrail. Redden Island.
Chestnut-Breasted Manikin -Road down to Crocodile Farm.