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

2 hour tours at 6:00am
 s =sighting h =heard B =just before departure & A =just after tour finishes.  *tides restricted access to Papuan Frogmouths on 16&17th.

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30% s     s s         Green Tree Snake s     s         s    
20% s         s       Eastern Water Dragon           s   s      
5%                   Ulysses Butterfly                   s  
20%       h sh sh h h sh Orange-footed Scrubfowl h         s         h
15%               s   Australian Brush-turkey             sB   s    
60%   s   s s   s   s Australasian Darter s   s s s   s     s s
95% s s s s s s s s s Little Pied Cormorant s   s s s s s s s s s
10%                   Great Cormorant       s           s  
10%         s s       Little Black Cormorant                      
15%   s         shB     Magpie Goose         s            
5%                   Pacific Black Duck       h       s      
35% hB sh hB hB         sh Pale-vented Bush-hen sh hB hBA sh hB sh   h   s sh
25% s     s s         Purple Swamphen s   s                
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35%           s sh   sh Great-billed Heron s         s s s      
30% s   s             White-faced Heron   s s s           s  
100% s s s s s s s s s Cattle Egret s s s s s s s s s s s
55% s s s s           Great Egret s s s   s s   s   s  
35%     s       s     Little Egret   s s s           s s
10%                   Intermediate Egret       s         s    
20% s   s             Striated Heron           s     s    
20%             s     Nankeen Night Heron         s s   s      
90%   s s s   s s sh s Black Bittern s s s s s s s s s sh s
75%   s s s s s s     Australian White Ibis s     s s s s sB sB s s
15%     s             Royal Spoonbill       s             s
5%                   Black-necked Stork                   s  
15%     sB             Common Sandpiper     s         s      
10%     s s           Comb-crested Jacana                      
85% sh h sh s sh sh     sh Masked Lapwing sh sh sh sh s s s sB s s s
50% s s       s sh   sh Black-fronted Dotterel sh sh   sh           sh s
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 13th 15th 16th 17th 19th 20th 22nd 25th 27th 29th 30th
5%   s               Black Kite                      
25%       s           Whistling Kite     s s     s     sh  
5%                 s Brahminy kite                      
25%     hB   s s       White-bellied Sea-Eagle       s s   s        
5%                   Peregrine Falcon                 s    
25%   sh   h h h     h Wompoo Fruit-Dove sh       s         sh sh
100% s s s s s s s s s Pied Imperial pigeon s s s s s s s s s s s
20%     h s   s     s Brown Cuckoo-Dove   h                 s
75% sh sh sh s   s sh sh s Bar-shouldered Dove s s   s s s s   sh    
5%         sA         Emerald Dove                      
65% sh s s h sh s   sh h Sulphur-crested Cockatoo     s sh sh sh sh     sh s
100% sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh Rainbow Lorikeet sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh
20%               s   Scaly-breasted Lorikeet               h sh sh sh
50% sh sh sh sh sh sh h h sh Double-eyed Fig-Parrot h         h sh     sh sh
      h h h   h   h Brush Cuckoo h h h h h h   h h h h
25% h h h sh sh h h h h Little (Gould's) Bronze-Cuckoo h h h h sh sh   h sh h h
75% s sh sh sh h sh sh sh sh Eastern Koel sh sh s sh sh sh h sh      
20%             sh     Channel-billed Cuckoo     h     s shB hB     hB
35% h sh h h sh h   h h Pheasant Coucal sh     sh hA s sh sh h h h
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 13th 15th 16th 17th 19th 20th 22nd 25th 27th 29th 30th
90% s s s s s s s s s Papuan Frogmouth s s * * s s s s s s s
65%   s s s s s   s   Australian Swiftlet     s s s s   s   s s
5%                   White-throated Needletail       s              
100% sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sB Azure Kingfisher sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh
20% sh h h sh h       h Laughing Kookaburra   h sh h sh           h
5%                 hB Blue-winged Kookaburra   hA   h hB s   hb     shB
85% sh sh sh sh s   sh sh sh Forest Kingfisher sh s s s sh sh s sh sA h h
30%   s s s s         Sacred Kingfisher   s   s              
5%           s       Collared Kingfisher                      
        h h h h h h Buff-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher h h     h h h h h   h
50% s       s   s s s Dollarbird s sh sh sh sh       h    
        h   h h     Lovely Fairy-wren   h       h          
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5% h h   h       h   Fairy Gerygone               sh   h  
85% sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh Large-billed Gerygone h sh sh sh sh sh h sh h sh sh
100% sh sh sh sh sh sh s sh sh Helmeted Friarbird sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh
15%   h h h h h   h sh Macleay's Honeyeater h   sh h h sh   h h h h
15%   h h h sh h sh h h Yellow-spotted Honeyeater h h h h h h h sh h h h
50% sh sh h h h sh h h sh Graceful Honeyeater sh h h h sh sh   sh sh h sh
100% sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh Brown-backed Honeyeater sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh
20%       s s   s     Dusky Honeyeater                   sh h
20%     h h h s   sh sh Little Shrike-thrush   h h h sh h h h h h h
10% h   h s   s h     Grey Whistler                     h
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100% sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh Shining Flycatcher sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh
  h h       h h h h Spectacled Monarch h h h h h h h h h h h
20%         sB   sA     Magpie Lark           sB       s  
60% sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh Spangled Drongo sh   h       sh     h sh
95% sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh Yellow Oriole sh sh h sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh
100% sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh Australasian Figbird sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh
5%         h         Spotted Catbird       h s           h
5%         h     h sh Cicadabird       h              
35% h h h sh sh sh s sh h Varied Triller h   h   sh   sh   h h  
90%   s sh s   s sh s s White-breasted Woodswallow sh s s s sh sh sh sh s sh sh
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55% sh sh sh   sh h sh h sh Black Butcherbird   h h sh sh h h h sh sh sh
100% sh s sh sh s sh sh sh s Welcome Swallow s s s sh sh s s s sh s s
  h h h h h h   h h Golden-headed Cisticola h h h   h h         h
    h h   h         Australian Reed-Warbler                      
25%   sh h sh sh h   h   Olive-backed Sunbird   h h sh h h   sh h    
30% h h h h sh sh h h h Mistletoebird h h h h h sh sh h sh sh h
                    Silvereye     h             h sh
100% sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh Metallic Starling sh s sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh
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