August 2011 'WILDLIFE CHECKLIST'


 KEY  s = sighting  g = glimpse  h = heard  n = nesting  b = just before departure  a = just after tour finishes
 

2010% sightings

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Species

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25% s s     s s     s s Saltwater Crocodile s s s s s s
70% s s s   s s s s s s Green Tree Snake   s s s s  
10% s       s s s s s s Eastern Water Dragon   s s s   s
15%     b b s     b sh s Spectacled Flying-fox       s s h
40% sh h   h sh s s h sh h Orange-footed Scrubfowl h h h sh sh sh
100%               s     Australasian Darter s   s s s  
100% s s s s s s s s s s Little Pied Cormorant s s s s s s
10%                     Little Black Cormorant            
        s s   b       Magpie Goose            
5% s Radjah Shelduck
20%   s s s s s s s s s Pacific Black Duck s s s s s s
5%           s         Australian Wood Duck            
15% s                   Purple Swamphen            
                      Latham's Snipe           s
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35% sn hb sh s s     h s s Great-billed Heron           g
10% s     s       s s   White-faced Heron s s s   s s
100% s s s s s s s s s s Cattle Egret s s s s s s
65% s s   s   s         Great Egret           s
15% s         s       s Little Egret   s       s
5% s   s s             Intermediate Egret s          
35% s       s   s s   s Striated Heron   s s   s s
55% s       s       s   Nankeen Night Heron           s
10%                     Black Bittern            
20%   s s s s s   s     Australian White Ibis   s       s
5%       s     b       Straw-necked Ibis       s    
5%                     Royal Spoonbill            
10%         s       s   Black-necked Stork       s    
80% sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh Masked Lapwing   sh sh   sh sh
65% s s                 Black-fronted Dotterel            
                s     Black-shouldered Kite            
20%                     Pacific Baza     s      
10%             s   s s Eastern Osprey   s     s  
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Date

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75%   s a a s     s   s Whistling Kite         s s
25%               a     Brahminy Kite       s    
50%                   s White-bellied Sea-Eagle     s s    
                      Brown Goshawk       s    
5%                   s Grey Goshawk            
                      Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove           h
40% h sh sh h h h   h     Wompoo Fruit-Dove   sh s s h h
25%     s         s     Brown Cuckoo-Dove s s   s    
65% sh sh sh h h h h sh sh sh Bar-shouldered Dove s sh sh h h h
30% sh sh sh s sh sh   sh   sh Sulphur-crested Cockatoo s s sh     s
100% sh sh sh sh sh sh   h sh h Rainbow Lorikeet s s sh sh sh h
60% h h h h h h h   h h Double-eyed Fig-Parrot   h shn shn    
10%         h           Little Bronze-Cuckoo   h        
                      Eastern Koel            
5%       a a       s   Channel-billed Cuckoo s          
5%                     Pheasant Coucal           h
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Date

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90%   s s s s s s s s s Papuan Frogmouth s s s s s s
80% s s s s s s s   s s Australian Swiftlet   s s s s s
90% sh sh sh sh s sh sh sh sh sh Azure Kingfisher sh sh sh sh sh sh
60% sh s sh sh s sh g s sh sh Little Kingfisher sh sh sh gh   sh
5%         h   h     h Laughing Kookaburra           h
5%                     Blue-winged Kookaburra            
55% sh s s   s s s s   s Forest Kingfisher s   s s s  
100% s s s   s s s   s s Sacred Kingfisher s   s   g s
15%                     Rainbow Bee-eater            
                      Lovely Fairy-wren            
  sh     h     h       Fairy Gerygone       h    
85% shn shn shn shn sh sh sh sh sh sh Large-billed Gerygone sh sh sh shn shn shn
70% sh sh h sh sh sh sh sh   s Helmeted Friarbird s s sh sh sh  
15% h h h h h h h h   h Macleay's Honeyeater h sh sh sh sh sh
15% sh h h h sh h sh h sh h Yellow-spotted Honeyeater s sh sh sh h s\h
35% sh h h h h h h h h h Graceful Honeyeater s sh sh h h sh
35%   h h h sh sh       h Brown-backed Honeyeater s sh   sh sh shn
25% h   sh h sh sh h h   h Dusky Honeyeater s s s h h h
20% sh sh h sh   sh sh sh h h Little Shrike-thrush sh sh sh h sh h
5%     s s   s s s     Grey Whistler   s   s    
  h         s     h   Grey Fantail            
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        s   s g       Rufous Fantail s   s      
25%                     Leaden Flycatcher       s    
100% sh sh gh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh Shining Flycatcher sh sh sh sh sh sh
10% h sh gh h h sh h h h h Spectacled Monarch sh sh h sh h h
5%                     White-eared Monarch            
60%       sh       sh s   Spangled Drongo s     s sh h
95% sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh Yellow Oriole sh sh sh sh sh sh
75% sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh Australasian Figbird sh sh sh sh sh sh
15% h                   Spotted Catbird            
      s               Nutmeg Mannikin            
20%                     Barred Cuckoo-shrike            
    h h h sh   h sh h   Varied Triller sh     h h  
5% h                   Cicadabird            
30% s   a               White-breasted Woodswallow     s      
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45% sh h h h   sh h sh h h Black Butcherbird sh sh h sh sh sh
100% sh s s s s s s s s s Welcome Swallow s s s s sh s
10% s s s s s s       s Tree Martin     s      
15% sh   sh sh s sh sh sh s sh Olive-backed Sunbird s s sh sh sh sh
5% h   h h       h h h Mistletoebird s h     h  
10%                     Silvereye            
70%   sh sh sh sh s sh sh sh sh Metallic Starling sh sh sh sh sh sh
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