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


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

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Saltwater Crocodile   s               s
Green Tree Snake     s s s s s s s s
Spectacled Flying-fox hB                  
Orange-footed Scrubfowl h   sh h hsA h   h hB  
Australian Brush-turkey           s        
Australasian Darter s s     s s s s s s
Little Pied Cormorant s s s s s s s s s s
Australasian Grebe s s                
Days 6th 7th 8th 12th 14th 16th 17th 22nd 24th 27th
Great-billed Heron s s         s     s
White-faced Heron s s s s s s s s s s
Cattle Egret s s s s s s s s s s
Great Egret s s sh sh s s   s s  
Little Egret           s     s  
Intermediate Egret         s     s s  
Striated Heron s       s s s s   s
Nankeen Night Heron   s           s   s
Australian White Ibis   s s s     s s s s
Straw-necked Ibis s s s s s s s s s s
Royal Spoonbill s                  
Black-necked Stork     s              
Masked Lapwing s sh sh sh sh sh   sh sh sh
Black-fronted Dotterel                 sh sh
Pacific Baza   s     sh sh        
Osprey s                  

Days

 6th 7th 8th 12th 14th 16th 17th 22nd 24th 27th
Black Kite   s       sA        
Whistling Kite s   sh sh sh sh   sh h hA
Brahminy Kite s sh   s hB   s     s
White-bellied Sea-Eagle     s              
Brown Goshawk s                  
Swamp Harrier s                  
Peregrine Falcon       s       s    
Australian Hobby         s          
Nankeen Kestrel       sA   aA        
Superb Fruit-Dove h                  
Wompoo Fruit-Dove h sh   sh sh h   h   sh
Topknot Pigeon   s     s s        
Brown Cuckoo-Dove   h       h       s
Bar-shouldered Dove sh   h sh s   s h h sh
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo sh sh s     h h sh sh  
Rainbow Lorikeet sh sh sh sh sh sh h sh sh sh
Double-eyed Fig-Parrot     s sh sh h       sh
Gould's Bronze-Cuckoo       s           h

Days

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Papuan Frogmouth s s s s   s s s s s
White-rumped Swiftlet s s s s s s s s s s
Azure Kingfisher sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh  
Little Kingfisher sh     sh sh sh   sh   sh
Laughing Kookaburra     sB sh shB shB     sh sh
Forest Kingfisher s s s s s sh s sh   sh
Sacred Kingfisher s s s s s s s s s s
Rainbow Bee-eater                   sh
Days 6th 7th 8th 12th 14th 16th 17th 22nd 24th 27th
Large-billed Gerygone sh sh h sh sh sh h sh sh sh
Helmeted Friarbird sh sh sh sh sh sh sh   sh sh
Macleay's Honeyeater h h   h h sh   h s sh
Lewin's Honeyeater         h         h
Yellow-spotted Honeyeater sh h h sh h h h h h h
Graceful Honeyeater sh sh h sh h h h h h sh
Dusky Honeyeater                   s
Little Shrike-thrush h h sh sh sh sh h h sh sh
Golden Whistler     s         s    
Grey Whistler h h   h h sh   h s h
Grey Fantail h h h h h sh h h h sh
Days 6th 7th 8th 12th 14th 16th 17th 22nd 24th 27th
Rufous Fantail h h   h   sh h      
Willie Wagtail                    
Leaden Flycatcher h sh   sh   sh s h sh s
Shining Flycatcher sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh
Spectacled Monarch h sh h h h h h h sh h
Pied Monarch   h       h        
Magpie Lark h       sA          
Spangled Drongo h sh sh sh h sh sh h h sh
Yellow Oriole sh sh h h sh sh h sh sh sh
Australasian Figbird s sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh
Victoria's Riflebird                    
Spotted Catbird                    
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike s                  
Varied Triller h h   sh h sh     h h
White-breasted Woodswallow sh           shA sh   s
Days 6th 7th 8th 12th 14th 16th 17th 22nd 24th 27th
Black Butcherbird h h   h sh h hB hB   s
Torresian Crow h                  
Welcome Swallow sh s sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh
Tree Martin s s s sh s s s s s s
Yellow-bellied Sunbird   sh       h h h sh sh
Mistletoebird h h h sh h h h h h h
Silvereye           sh        
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