POTENTIAL BIRD AND MAMMAL LIST FOR EASTERN AUSTRALIA

Key:

1 = Should be seen

2 = May be seen

3 = Possible, but not very likely

Species shown in bold were seen during the 2007 tour.

Birds:

2 Southern Cassowary Casuarius casuarius

1 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus

2 Hoary-headed Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus

2 Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae

2 Little Penguin Eudyptula minor

1 Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans

1 Black-browed Albatross Diomedea melanophris

3 Yellow-nosed Albatross Diomedea chlororhynchos

2 Shy Albatross Diomedea canta

3 Cape Petrel Daption capense

1 Great-winged Petrel Pterodroma macroptera

1 Providence Petrel Pterodroma solandri

3 Fairy Prion Pachyptila turtur

3 Black Petrel Procellaria parkinsoni

3 White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis

2 Fleshy-footed Shearwater Puffinus carneipes

1 Wedge-tailed Shearwater Puffinus pacificus

1 Short-tailed Shearwater Puffinus tenuirostris

1 Fluttering Shearwater Puffinus gavia

2 Hutton's Shearwater Puffinus huttoni

1 Wilson's Storm-petrel Oceanites oceanicus

2 White-faced Storm-petrel Pelagodroma marina

1 Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus

1 Australasian Gannet Morus serrator

3 Red-footed Booby Sula sula

1 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster

1 Australian Darter Anhinga melanogaster

2 Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius

2 Little Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax melanoleucos

1 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo

1 Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris

1 Greater Frigatebird Fregata minor

2 Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel

2 Pacific Heron Ardea pacifica

1 Great Egret Ardea alba

1 White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollaniae

1 Little Egret Egretta garzetta

2 Intermediate Egret Egretta intermedia

2 Eastern Reef Egret Egretta sacra

1 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis

2 Striated Heron Butorides striatus

3 Rufous Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus

2 Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus

2 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus

1 Australian Sacred Ibis Threskiornis molucca

1 Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis

1 Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia

2 Yellow-billed Spoonbill Platalea flavipes

1 Magpie Goose Anseranas semipalmata

2 Wandering Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna arcuata

2 Plumed Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna eytoni

2 Black Swan Cygnus atratus

3 Australian Shelduck Tadorna tadornoides

1 Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa

1 Grey Teal Anas gibberifrons

2 Chestnut Teal Anas castanea

3 Pink-eared Duck Malacorhynchus membranaceus

1 Hardhead Aythya australis

3 Freckled Duck Stictonetta naevosa

1 Maned Duck Chenonetta jubata

1 Cotton Pygmy-Goose Nettapus coromandelianus

2 Green Pygmy-Goose Nettapus pulchellus

2 Osprey Pandion haliaetus

2 Pacific Baza Aviceda subcristata

1 Australian Black-shouldered Kite Elanus notatus

1 Black Kite Milvus migrans

2 Square-tailed Kite Lophoictinia isura

1 Brahminy Kite Milvus indus

1 Whistling Kite Milvus sphenurus

2 Collared Sparrowhawk Accipiter cirrhocephalus

1 Brown Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus

2 Grey Goshawk Accipiter novaeholandiae

1 White-breasted Sea Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster

3 Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax

2 Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides

1 Spotted Harrier Circus assimilis

2 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus

2 Brown Falcon Falco berigora

1 Australian Kestrel Falco cenchroides

1 Orange-footed Scrubfowl Megapodius reinwardt

1 Australian Brush-turkey Alectura lathami

1 Brown Quail Coturnix australis

1 Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis

2 White-browed Crake Poliolimnas cinereus

2 Red-necked Rail Rallina tricolor

2 Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa

1 Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio

1 Eurasian Coot Fulica atra

1 Eastern Sarus Crane Grus antigone

1 Australian Bustard Ardeotis australis

1 Comb-crested Jacana Irediparra gallinacea

1 Bush Thick-knee Burhinus grallarius

3 Beach Thick-knee Burhinus magnirostris

3 Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus

1 Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles

3 Grey (Black-bellied) Plover Pluvialis squatarola

1 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva

3 Red-kneed Dotterel Erythrogonys cinctus

2 Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii

2 Mongolian (Lesser) Sand Plover Charadrius mongolicus

3 Oriental Plover Charadrius veredus

3 Red-capped Plover Charadrius ruficapillus

2 Black-fronted Plover Elseyornis melanops

1 White-headed Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus

1 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres

1 Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis

2 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus

3 Little Curlew (Whimbrel) Numenius minutus

1 Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes

2 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos

1 Greenshank Tringa nebularia

2 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis

1 Terek Sandpiper Tringa terek

2 Asiatic Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus

2 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa

1 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica

2 Red Knot Calidris canutus

1 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris

1 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata

1 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis

3 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta

2 Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus

1 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea

3 Australian Pratincole Stiltia isabella

1 Silver Gull Larus novaehollandiae

3 Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus

1 Caspian Tern Hydropogne caspia

1 Gull-billed Tern Sterna nilotica

1 Crested Tern Sterna bergii

1 Lesser Crested Tern Sterna bengalensis

2 Common Tern Sterna hiruno

3 White-fronted Tern Sterna striata

1 Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana

1 Little Tern Sterna albifrons

3 Fairy Tern Sterna nereis

3 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida

3 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucoptera

1 Sooty Tern Sterna fuscata

1 Bridled Tern Sterna anaethetus

1 Common Noddy Anous stolidus

2 White-capped Noddy Anous minutus

2 Superb Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus superbus

2 Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus regina

1 Wompoo Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus magnificus

1 Torresian Imperial-Pigeon Ducula bicolor

1 Topknot Pigeon Lopholaimus antarcticus

1 White-headed Pigeon Columba leucomela

1 Brown Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia amboinensis

1 Peaceful Dove Geopelia placida

2 Bar-shouldered Dove Geopelia humeralis

1 Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica

3 Brush Bronzewing Phaps elegans

1 Squatter Pigeon Geophaps scripta

1 Crested Pigeon Geophaps lophotes

1 Wonga Pigeon Leucosarcia melanoleuca

1 Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus banksii

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