Birds You Might See on Jonathan's Tours

 

# Common Name Scientific Name
1 Southern Cassowary Casuarius casuarius
2 Emu Dromaius novaehollandiae
3 Orange-footed Scrubfowl Megapodius reinwardt
4 Australian Brush-Turkey Alectura lathami
5 King Quail Coturnix chinensis
6 Brown Quail Coturnix ypsilophora
7 Magpie Goose Anseranas semipalmata
8 Black Swan Cygnus atratus
9 Plumed Whistling Duck Dendrocygna eytoni
10 Wandering Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arcuata
11 Australian Wood Duck Chenonetta jubata
12 Pink-eared Duck Malacorhynchus membranaceus
13 Grey Teal Anas gracilis
14 Radjah Shelduck Tadorna radjah
15 Freckled Duck Stictonetta naevosa
16 Hardhead Aythya australis
17 Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
18 Green Pygmy- Goose Nettapus pulchellus
19 Cotton Pygmy- Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
20 Australian Shoveler Anas rhynchotis
21 Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
22 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
23 White- tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus
24 Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda
25 Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
26 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
27 Darter Anhinga melanogaster
28 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
29 Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
30 Little Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax melanoleucos
31 Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
32 Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus
33 Great Frigatebird Fregata minor
34 Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
35 Great Egret Ardea alba
36 Intermediate Egret Ardea intermedia
37 Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
38 Little Egret Ardea (Egretta) garzetta
39 Eastern Reef Egret Ardea (Egretta) sacra
40 Great-billed Heron Ardea sumatrana
41 White-faced Heron Ardea novaehollandiae
42 White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica
43 Pied Heron Ardea picata
44 Rufous (Nankeen) Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
45 Striated Heron Butorides striatus
46 Black Bittern Ixobrychus flavicollis
47 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus
48 Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
49 Yellow-billed Spoonbill Platalea flavipes
50 Australian White Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis
51 Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis
52 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
53 Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
54 Brolga Grus rubicunda
55 Sarus Crane Grus antigone
56 Osprey Pandion haliaetus
57 Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
58 Black Kite Milvus migrans
59 Square-tailed Kite Lophoictinia isura
60 Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus
61 Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides
62 Black-breasted Buzzard Hamirostra melanosternon
63 Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax
64 White-bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster
65 Spotted Harrier Circus assimilis
66 Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
67 Papuan Harrier Circus spilonotus
68 Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris
69 Letter-winged Kite Elanus scriptus
70 Pacific Baza Aviceda subcristata
71 Collared Sparrowhawk Accipiter cirrhocephalus
72 Brown Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus
73 Grey Goshawk Accipiter novaehollandiae
74 Red Goshawk Erythrotriorchis radiatus
75 Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides
76 Australian Hobby Falco longipennis
77 Perigrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
78 Brown Falcon Falco berigora
79 Black Falcon Falco subniger
80 Grey Falcon Falco hypoleucos
81 Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa
82 Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
83 Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
84 Bush-hen Amaurornis olivaceus
85 White-browed Crake Porzana cinerea
86 Spotless Crake Porzana tabuensis
87 Baillon’s Crake Porzana pusilla
88 Lewin’s Rail Dryolimnas pectoralis
89 Red-necked Crake Rallina tricolor
90 Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
91 Australian Bustard Ardeotis australis
92 Red-backed Button-quail Turnix maculosa
93 Buff-breasted Button-quail Turnix castanota
94 Painted Button-quail Turnix varia
95 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
96 Latham’s Snipe Gallinago hardwickii
97 Painted Snipe Rostratula benghalensis
98 Asiatic Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus
99 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
100 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
101 Little Curlew Numenius minutus
102 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
103 Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis
104 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
105 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
106 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
107 Terek Sandpiper Tringa (Xenus) cinereus
108 Common Sandpiper Tringa (Actitis) hypoleucos
109 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata
110 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
111 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
112 Red Knot Calidris canutus
113 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris
114 Grey-tailed Tattler Heteroscelus brevipes
115 Sanderling Calidris alba
116 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
116 Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus
117 Comb-crested Jacana Metopidius (Iredipana) gallinacea
118 Bush Stone-curlew Burhinus grallarius
119 Beach Stone-curlew Esacus neglectus
120 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
121 Red-necked Avocet Recurvirostra novaehollandiae
122 Australian Pratincole Stiltia isabella
123 Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
124 Sooty Oystercatcher Haematopus fuliginosus
125 Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus longirostris
126 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
127 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
128 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius
129 Red-capped Plover Charadrius ruficapillus
130 Double-banded Plover Charadrius bicinctus
131 Lesser Sand Plover Charadrius mongolus
132 Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii
133 Oriental Plover Charadrius veredus
134 Black-fronted Dotterel Charadrius (Elseyornis) melanops
135 Red-kneed Dotterel Erythrogonys cinctus
136 Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
137 Banded Lapwing Vanellus tricolor
138 Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
139 Silver Gull Larus novaehollandiae
140 Laughing Gull Larus atricilla
141 Crested Tern Sterna bergii
142 Lesser Crested Tern Sterna bengalensis
143 Caspian Tern Sterna caspia
144 Gull-billed Tern Sterna nilotica
145 Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana
146 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
147 Little Tern Sterna albifrons
148 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus
149 Sooty Tern Sterna fuscata
150 Bridled Tern Sterna anaethetus
151 Common Noddy Anous stolidus
152 Black Noddy Anous minutus
153 White-headed Pigeon Columba leucomela
154 Pied Imperial Pigeon Ducula bicolor
155 Topknot Pigeon Lopholaimus antarcticus
156 Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes
157 Spinifex Pigeon Geophaps plumifera
158 Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera
159 Squatter Pigeon Geophaps scripta
160 Wompoo Fruit-dove Ptilinopus magnificus
161 Suberb Fruit-dove Ptilinopus superbus
162 Rose-crowned Fruit-dove Ptilinopus regina
163 Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
164 Brown Cuckoo-dove Macropygia amboinensis
165 Peaceful Dove Geopelia placida (striata)
166 Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata
167 Bar-shouldered Dove Geopelia humeralis
168 Spotted Turtle-Dove Streptopelia chinensis
169 Red-tailed Black Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus banksii
170 Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea
171 Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus
172 Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
173 Galah Cacatua roseicapilla
174 Rainbow Lorrikeet Trichoglossus haematodus
175 Scaly-breasted Lorrikeet Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus
176 Varied Lorrikeet Psitteuteles versicolor
177 Little Lorrikeet Glossopsitta pusilla
178 Double-eyed Fig-Parrot Cyclopsitta diophthalma
179 Australian King Parrot Alisterus scapularis
180 Red-winged Parrot Aprosmictus erythropterus
181 Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans elegans
182 Pale-headed Rosella Platycercus adscitus
183 Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
184 Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus
185 Pallid Cuckoo Cuculus pallidus
186 Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus
187 Black-eared Cuckoo Chrysococcyx osculans
188 Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo Cacomantis castaneiventris
189 Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis
190 Horsfield’s Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx basalis
191 Shining Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx lucidus
192 Little Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx minutillus
193 Gould’s Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx russatus
194 Common Koel Eudynamys scolopacea
195 Channel-billed Cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae
196 Pheasant Coucal Centropus phasianinus`
197 Rufous Owl Ninox rufa
198 Barking Owl Ninox connivens
199 Southern Boobook Ninox novaeseelandiae
200 Barn Owl Tyto alba
201 Grass Owl Tyto capensis
202 Masked Owl Tyto novaehollandiae
203 Lesser Sooty Owl Tyto multipunctata
204 Papuan Frogmouth Podargus papuensis
205 Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides
206 Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus
207 Spotted Nightjar Eurostopodus argus
208 White-throated Nightjar Eurostopodus mystacalis
209 Australian Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles cristatus
210 White-rumped Swiftlet Aerodramus spodiopygius
211 House Swift Apus affinis
212 Fork-tailed Swift Apus pacificus
213 White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
214 Azure Kingfisher Alcedo azurea
215 Little Kingfisher Alcedo pusilla
216 Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfisher Tanysiptera sylvia
217 Forest Kingfisher Todiramphus macleayii
218 Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
219 Red-backed Kingfisher Todiramphus pyrrhopygia
220 Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris
221 Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae
222 Blue-winged Kookaburra Dacelo leachii
223 Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus
224 Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
225 Noisy Pitta Pitta versicolor
226 White-throated Treecreeper Cormobates leucophaeus
227 Brown Treecreeper Climacteris picumnus
228 Lovely Fairy-wren Malurus amabilis
229 Red-backed Fairy-wren Malurus melanocephalus
230 Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus
231 Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus
232 Red-browed Pardalote Pardalotus rubricatus
233 Atherton Scrubwren Sericornis keri
234 Large-billed Scrubwren Sericornis magnirostris
235 Fernwren Oreoscopus gutturalis
236 Yellow-throated Scrubwren Sericornis citreogularis
237 White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis
238 Brown Gerygone Gerygone mouki
239 Mangrove Gerygone Gerygone levigaster
240 Large-billed Gerygone Gerygone magnirostris
241 Fairy Gerygone Gerygone palpebrosa
242 White-throated Gerygone Gerygone olivacea
243 Western Gerygone Gerygone fusca
244 Weebill Smicrornis brevirostris
245 Buff-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza reguloides
246 Mountain Thornbill Acanthiza katherina
247 Helmeted Friarbird Philemon buceroides
248 Noisy Friarbird Philemon corniculatus
249 Silver-crowned Friarbird Philemon argenticeps
250 Little Friarbird Philemon citreogularis
251 Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala
252 Blue-faced Honeyeater Entomyzon cyanotis
253 Macleay’s Honeyeater Xanthotis macleayana
254 Yellow-spotted Honeyeater Meliphaga notata
255 Lewin’s Honeyeater Meliphaga lewinii
256 Graceful Honeyeater Meliphaga gracilis
257 Yellow-faced Honeyeater Lichenostomus chrysops
258 Bridled Honeyeater Lichenostomus frenatus
259 White-gaped Honeyeater Lichenostomus unicolor
260 Varied Honeyeater Lichenostomus versicolor
261 Yellow Honeyeater Lichenostomus flavus
262 Fuscous Honeyeater Lichenostomus fuscus
263 Yellow-tinted Honeyeater Lichenostomus flavescens
264 Grey-fronted Honeyeater Lichenostomus plumulus
265 Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta
266 Brown-backed Honeyeater Ramsayornis modestus
267 Rufous-banded Honeyeater Conopophila albogularis
268 Rufous-throated Honeyeater Conopophila rufogularis
269 Bar-breasted Honeyeater Ramsayornis fasciatus
270 Painted Honeyeater Grantiella picta
271 White-cheeked Honeyeater Phylidonyris nigra
272 Black-chinned Honeyeater Melithreptus gularis
273 White-throated Honeyeater Melithreptus albogularis
274 White-naped Honeyeater Melithreptus lunatus
275 Banded Honeyeater Certhionix pectoralis
276 Eastern Spinebill Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris
277 Scarlet Honeyeater Myzomela sanguinolenta
278 Dusky Honeyeater Myzomela obscura
279 Yellow-bellied Sunbird Nectarinia jugularis
280 Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum
281 White-browed Robin Poecilodryas superciliosa
282 Grey-headed Robin Heteromyias albispecularis
283 Mangrove Robin Eopsaltria pulverulenta
284 Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis
285 Pale Yellow Robin Tregellasia capito
286 Lemon-bellied Flycatcher Microeca flavigaster
287 Jacky Winter Microeca fascinans
288 Chowchilla Orthonyx spaldingii
289 Eastern Whipbird Psophodes olivaceus
290 Grey-crowned Babbler Pomatostomus temporalis
291 Varied Sitella Daphoenositta chrysoptera
292 Crested Shrike-tit Falcunculus frontatus
293 Grey Whistler Pachycephala simplex
294 Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis
295 Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris
296 Bower’s Shrike-thrush Colluricincla boweri
297 Little Shrike-thrush Colluricincla megarhyncha
298 Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica
299 Pied Monarch Arses kaupi
300 White-eared Monarch Monarcha leucotis
301 Black-faced Monarch Monarcha melanopsis
302 Spectacled Monarch Monarcha trivirgatus
303 Yellow-breasted Boatbill Machaerirhynchus flaviventer
304 Leaden Flycatcher Myiagra rubecula
305 Satin Flycatcher Myiagra cyanoleuca
306 Shining Flycatcher Myiagra alecto
307 Restless Flycatcher Myiagra inquieta
308 Rufous Fantail Rhipidura rufifrons
309 Grey Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa
310 Northern Fantail Rhipidura rufiventris
311 Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
312 Spangled Drongo Dicrurus bracteatus
313 Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca
314 White-winged Triller Lalage sueurii
315 Varied Triller Lalage leucomela
316 Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae
317 White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike Coracina papuensis
318 Barred Cuckoo-shrike Coracina lineata
319 Cicadabird Coracina tenuirostris
320 Yellow Oriole Oriolus flavocinctus
321 Olive-backed Oriole Oriolus sagittatus
322 Figbird Sphecotheres viridis
323 White-breasted Woodswallow* Artamus leucorynchus
324 Masked Woodswallow Artamus personatus
325 White-browed Woodswallow Artamus superciliosus
326 Black-faced Woodswallow Artamus cinereus
327 Dusky Woodswallow Artamus cyanopterus
328 Little Woodswallow Artamus minor
329 Black Butcherbird Cracticus quoyi
330 Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus
331 Pied Butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis
332 Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
334 Pied Currawong Strepera graculina
335 Victoria’s Riflebird Ptilotis victoriae
336 Torresian Crow Corvus orru
337 Australian Raven Corvus coronoides
338 Apostlebird Struthidea cinerea
339 Spotted Catbird Ailuroedus melanotis
340 Golden Bowerbird Prionodura newtoniana
341 Satin Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus violaceus
342 Tooth-billed Bowerbird Scenopoeetes dentirostris
343 Great Bowerbird Chlamydera nuchalis
344 Singing Bushlark Mirafra javanica
345 Australian Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae
346 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
347 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
348 Bassian Thrush Zoothera lunulata
349 Russet-tailed Thrush Zoothera heinei
350 Metallic Starling Aplonis metallica
351 Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
352 Common Mynah Acridotheres tristris
353 Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata
354 Double-barred Finch Taeniopygia bichenovii
355 Black-throated Finch Poephila cincta
356 Gouldian Finch Erythrura gouldiae
357 Crimson Finch Neochmia phaeton
358 Masked Finch Poephila personata
359 Plum-headed Finch Neochmia modesta
360 Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis
361 Star Finch Neochmia ruficauda
362 Blue-faced Parrot Finch Erythrura trichroa
363 Chestnut-breasted Mannikin Lonchura castaneothorax
364 Nutmeg Mannikin Lonchura punctulata
365 House Sparrow Passer domesticus
366 Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
367 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
368 Red-rumped Swallow Hirundo daurica
369 Pacific Swallow Hirundo tahitica
370 White- backed Swallow Cheramoeca leucosternus
371 Fairy Martin Hirundo ariel
372 Tree Martin Hirundo nigricans
373 Clamorous Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
374 Tawny Grassbird Megalurus timoriensis
375 Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
376 Rufous Songlark Cincloramphus mathewsi
377 Brown Songlark Cincloramphus cruralis
378 Silvereye Zosterops lateralis

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