Azure Kingfisher by $hige
Chris Dahlberg's Daintree River Tours wildlife checklist for APRIL 2008.


s =sighting h =heard B =just before departure & A =just after tour finishes.

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Saltwater Crocodile             s         s   s s s s
Green Tree Snake s s   s s s   s   s s   s s s s s
Amethystine Python   s s s                          
Eastern Water Dragon             s         s   s   s  
Ulysses Butterfly s   s   s     s s   s       s s s
Orange-footed Scrubfowl   h                   sh sh sh sh sh h
Darter                                 s
Little Pied Cormorant                             s s s
Pacific Black Duck                                 s
Days 1st 3rd 4th 5th 7th 8th 9th 14th 15th 16th 18th 21st 22nd 24th 27th 28th 30th
Great-billed Heron   s   s   sh s             s s    
Cattle Egret s s s s s s s s s s s s s   s s s
Great Egret   s                              
Striated Heron s s s s   s         s sh s       s
Black Bittern s s s s s s s s s s     s        
Australian White Ibis s       s                        
Straw-necked Ibis                   s       s     s
Black-necked Stork   s           s           s      
Latham's Snipe             s                    
Common Sandpiper sh sh s sh                          
Masked Lapwing sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh h sh sh shB sh s sh
Pacific Baza           s       s              

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Whistling Kite         sA     sh       sh         s
Brahminy Kite   s s s s s             s        
White-bellied Sea-Eagle s s   s sB     s s     s   s s    
Grey Goshawk               s s                
Peregrine Falcon                 s         s      
Nankeen Kestrel         s                        
Superb Fruit-Dove                               h h
Wompoo Fruit-dove       h   h h h     h h h h h sh h
Pied Imperial Pigeon s   s s s s                      
Bar-shouldered Dove sh sh sh sh sh sh h sh   sh h h sh h sh h sh
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo   sh   sh sh sh   s sh sh h sh sh sh h h sh
Rainbow Lorikeet sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh
Double-eyed Fig-Parrot sh     sh h h sh   h sh h   sh sh   sh sh
Gould's Bronze-Cuckoo s     s       h h h h     h   h h
Channel-billed Cuckoo   sh s s sh       s s              
Pheasant Coucal                   s              

Days

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Papuan Frogmouth     s   s     s   s s s   s s    
White-rumped Swiftlet s         s sh       s   s   s s s
Azure Kingfisher sh sh h sh sh sh sh sB sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh
Little Kingfisher sh       sh sh sh         h s sh sh sh  
Laughing Kookaburra hB s shA shB   sB   s hB   h hB   s sh   h
Forest Kingfisher s sh sh s sh sh s sh sh sh sh s sh s sh sh s
Sacred kingfisher s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s
Rainbow Bee-eater                 sh s sh sh sh        
Days 1st 3rd 4th 5th 7th 8th 9th 14th 15th 16th 18th 21st 22nd 24th 27th 28th 30th
Dollarbird         sh sh                 s   s
Large-billed Gerygone sh h h sh sh sh sh h h sh sh h h sh sh sh h
Helmeted Friarbird s sh h     s h sh s sh h sh sh h s sh sh
Macleay's Honeyeater   h h   h   h h   h   h h sh h h s
Yellow-spotted Honeyeater sh sh sh h h h h h sh h sh sh h sh sh h sh
Graceful Honeyeater sh h sh h h h sh h h sh sh h h h h h h
Brown-backed Honeyeater     s                            
Dusky Honeyeater   s     sh sh sh h   sh sh sh   s sh sh  
Little Shrike-thrush   h   h   h h   h h   sh h h h sh sh
Golden Whistler                       s          
Grey Whistler sh hA     h h h     h   sh   h h h  
Grey Fantail                         h h h h sh
Days 1st 3rd 4th 5th 7th 8th 9th 14th 15th 16th 18th 21st 22nd 24th 27th 28th 30th
Rufous Fantail             sh h h h h h h sh h h  
Leaden Flycatcher                     sh sh sh        
Shining Flycatcher sh sh sh   sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh
Spectacled Monarch   h h sh sh h   h h h sh h   h h h h
Magpie Lark         sB                   s   shB
Spangled Drongo sh h sh h     sA sh h sh h h sh sh sh sh sh
Yellow Oriole sh sh h h sh sh sh sh h sh sh sh h sh h sh sh
Figbird   sh h sh h   sh sh sh s sh sh sh sh h sh sh
Cicadabird                           h   h  
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