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(s = sighting, G= glimpse, h = heard, B= before tour, A=after tour)                 DECEMBER 2004

Wildlife Species

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Saltwater Crocodile       s s             s
Green Tree Snake       s   s     s      
Eastern Water Dreagon                   s    
Spectacled Flying-fox               sB sB sB    
Orange-footed Scrubfowl sh h sBh h h h sh h sB sh h sh
Australian Brush-turkey                        
Darter s sh sh s s s sh s s s   s
Little Pied Cormorant s s s s s s s s s s s s
Great Cormorant   s   s s   s   s   s  
Little Black Cormorant   s     s              
Magpie Goose                       sh
Days 1st 6th 7th 10th 12th 14th 15th 20th 22nd 27th 28th 30th
Wandering Whistling-Duck           s   s     sh  
Pacific Black Duck     sh   s           s s
Green Pygmy-goose sh   sh h   s            
Bush-hen hB       sh     sh hA   h hB
Dusky Moorhen                     s s
Purple Swamphen s     s s s s          
Great-billed Heron s   sh             s s s
White-faced Heron s s     s s s     s   s
Cattle Egret s s s s s s s   s   s  
Great Egret   shB     s sh sh s s s s s
Little Egret s   s s s s s   s   s s
Intermediate Egret     s s   s s          

Days

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Striated Heron s s s   s           s  
Nankeen Night Heron       s s              
Black Bittern s h s sh s s s sh s sh s s
Glossy Ibis         s              
Australian White Ibis   s   s s s s s s     s
Royal Spoonbill     s       s          
Bush Stone-curlew s sB       sBhA   s s   sB  
Masked Lapwing s sh sh sh sh sh sh   s sh sh sh
Black-fronted Dotterel s       sh sh            
Black-winged Stilt   s                    
Osprey           s s   s     s

Days

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Black-shouldered Kite                        
Black Kite sA                      
Whistling Kite                   s    
Brahminy Kite     sA         s s s   s
White-bellied Sea-Eagle   s s s sh sBA s s       s
Wompoo Fruit-dove   sh   h sh       sh sh   sh
Days 1st 6th 7th 10th 12th 14th 15th 20th 22nd 27th 28th 30th
Pied Imperial Pigeon s s s s s s s   s s s sh
Top Knot Pigeon     s                  
Brown Cuckoo-dove           h h          
Bar-shouldered Dove sB sh sh sh sh sB sh sh sh sh sh sh
Emerald Dove s h           s   s    
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo   h sh     s     h   h  
Rainbow Lorikeet sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh
Double-eyed Fig-Parrot shBh sh sh sh sh   sh sh sh h sh  
Oriental Cuckoo   s                    
Brush Cuckoo h s sh h h hB h hB h sh h h
Gould's Bronze-Cuckoo   h sh     sh h h s sh   sh
Common Koel sh sh sh h sh     h   s s  
Channel-billed Cuckoo hB h sh sh                
Pheasant Coucal sh sh h sh sh sh sh sh sh sh h h
Papuan Frogmouth s s s s s s s s s s s s

Days

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White-rumped swiftlet s   s s s   sB s   s s s
White-throated Needletail         s              
Fork-tailed Swift         s              
Azure Kingfisher sh sh sh sh s sh sh sh sh sh sh sh
Little Kingfisher   Gh   h?                
Laughing Kookaburra   s   s sB sB sBh sBh sh   hB s
Blue-winged Kookaburra   sB sB       shB       hB  
Forest Kingfisher sh h sh s sh   hsA sh sh h s sh
Collared Kingfisher s                      
Buff-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher h h h h sh h h h h     h
Dollarbird   h?                    
Lovely Fairy-wren h       h hA            
Days 1st 6th 7th 10th 12th 14th 15th 20th 22nd 27th 28th 29th
Large-billed Gerygone sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh
Helmeted Friarbird sh sh sh sh sh sh sh h sh sh sh sh
Macleay's Honeyeater   h s h h     s sh sh sh sh
Yellow-spotted Honeyeater sh sh sh h sh h h h sh h h h
Graceful Honeyeater h sh h   sh h   sh sh h sh sh
Brown-backed Honeyeater sh sh sh sh     sh sh sh   sh sh
Dusky Honeyeater   sh h h sh hB hB h sh sh sh sh
Little Shrike-thrush sh h h h h h sh sh sh h h h
Grey Whistler   h                    
Willie Wagtail         sB hB   sB        
Days 1st 6th 7th 10th 12th 14th 15th 20th 22nd 27th 28th 30th
Shining Flycatcher sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh
Spectacled Monarch h   h h h h h       h  
Magpie Lark s sB sB   sB sB sh sB sB     sB
Spangled Drongo   h   sh sh sh s sh   sh h  
Yellow Oriole sh sh sh sh sh h h sh h sh sh sh
Olive-backed Oriole h                      
Figbird sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh
Spotted Catbird   sh h   h     hB hB     h
Cicadabird h h sh h h   h     h h Gh
Varied Triller   h   h sh     sh shB h h sh
White-breasted Woodswallow sB sh sh   sh sh sh sh s   sh sh
Days 1st 6th 7th 10th 12th 14th 15th 20th 22nd 27th 28th 30th
Black Butcherbird sh sh sh sh   sh h sh   sh   h
Welcome Swallow s sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh s
Richard's Pipit             s          
Singing Bushlark           h sh          
Clamorous Reed-Warbler   h s h                
Golden-headed Cisticola h h h h h h h h h h h h
Chestnut-breasted Mannikin                        
Yellow-bellied Sunbird h sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh hB
Mistletoebird sh h sh h h h h sh h sh h h
Silvereye h                      
Metallic_Starling.............................. sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh
Common Myna sB sB       sB s sh        
Days 1st 6th 7th 10th 12th 14th 15th 20th 22nd 27th 28th 30th

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