October 2011 'WILDLIFE CHECKLIST'
KEY  s = sighting  g = glimpse  h = heard  n = nesting  b = just before departure  a = just after tour finishes

 

 OCT 2010 sightings %

 1st 4th 5th 6th 17th 18th 20th 21st

Species

 22nd 23rd 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 31st
52%             s   Saltwater Crocodile   s s s s   s s
29%   s   s s     s Green Tree Snake     s   s s s  
71% s s     s s s s Eastern Water Dragon s s s     s s s
5% sh sh sh sh sh sh   sh Spectacled Flying-fox   sh sh sh sh sh sh sh
                  Cairns Birdwing       s s s s  
71%           s     Ulysses Butterfly   s   s s s s s
33% h   s sh sh h   s Orange-footed Scrubfowl     h sh sh sh h s
33% s s   s       s Australian Brush-turkey         s      
57% s s s s s s s s Australasian Darter s s s s
100% s s s s s s s s Little Pied Cormorant s s s s s s s s
29%   s             Great Cormorant                
24%       s         Little Black Cormorant       s        
14%       s s       Magpie Goose s s s s s s s s
10% s s   s s   s   Pacific Black Duck s s s s s s s s
10%                 Pale-vented Bush-hen       s        
  1st 4th 5th 6th 17th 18th 20th 21st Date 22nd 23rd 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 31st
10% s     s         Great-billed Heron     s   s s s  
100% s s s s s s s s Cattle Egret s s s s s s s s
53%   s   s     s s Great Egret s s   s s s s s
29% s   s s         Little Egret         s s s s
                  Intermediate Egret             s  
53%   s   s s       Striated Heron s           s s
19%   s       s     Nankeen Night Heron     s     s s s
67% s   s     s a s Black Bittern s s s   s s s  
14% s s s   s     s Australian White Ibis s s   s s   s s
          s s s s Purple Swamphen s s s s s s s  
5%                 Royal Spoonbill             s s
5%                 Common Sandpiper         s      
5%   s             Latham's Snipe                
5%                 Comb-crested Jacana                
19%                 Bush Stone-curlew           s    
62% s s s sh sh sh s sh Masked Lapwing sh   s   s s s s
10%   s             Black-fronted Dotterel             s  
5%             s s Whiskered Tern                
              s s Black-naped Tern                
5%                 Crested Tern                
14%                 Pacific Baza                
14% s               Eastern Osprey                
  1st 4th 5th 6th 17th 18th 20th 21st

Date

 22nd 23rd 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 31st
81% s s s s s   s s Whistling Kite     s s   s s s
19%     s           Brahminy Kite     s   s     s
24%     s     s s   White-bellied Sea-Eagle s     s s      
71% h   sh h   sh     Wompoo Fruit-Dove   s s h h   h  
                  Superb Fruit-Dove s     g     g g
100% s sh sh s sh sh s s Pied Imperial pigeon s s s s s s sh s
10%                 Topknot Pigeon s              
14%     s s         Brown Cuckoo-Dove g s s s s     h
100% sh sh sh h sh s h sh Bar-shouldered Dove sh h h       h s
5%                 Emerald Dove                
52%   sh h   s h s   Sulphur-crested Cockatoo s s s s s s s s
52% h sh sh sh sh sh sh sh Rainbow Lorikeet sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh
5%                 Scaly-breasted Lorikeet                
52% h h h shn   h   g Double-eyed Fig-Parrot h s h sh sh sh shn h
10%           h   h Brush Cuckoo h h h h h h    
24%           h     Little Bronze-Cuckoo sh h   h   h h  
67%   sh sh sh sh sh h sh Eastern Koel sh sh sh sh sh sh h s
14%                 Channel-billed Cuckoo   h            
10%   sh h sh s   h s Pheasant Coucal h h   sh s s   h
1st 4th 5th 6th 17th 18th 20th 21st

Date

 22nd 23rd 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 31st
100% s sn sn sn sn sn sn sn Papuan Frogmouth sn sn sn sn sn sn sn sn
95% s s s s s s s s Australian Swiftlet s s s s s s s s
100% sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh Azure Kingfisher sh s sh sh sh sh sh sh
14% sh sh sh     g sh   Little Kingfisher h       s sh sh sh
14%         s       Laughing Kookaburra                
29%                 Blue-winged Kookaburra         h      
62% sh   g       s s Forest Kingfisher     s   sh s   s
10%           s     Sacred Kingfisher             s  
5%                 Rainbow Bee-eater                
10%                 Dollarbird s s            
5%                 Lovely Fairy-wren                
5%                 Fairy Gerygone h h   h h h   h
100% sh sh sh sh sh h g shn Large-billed Gerygone shn shn sh sh shn shn sh shn
62% h s sh sh s h shn sh Helmeted Friarbird sh sh s s sh sh sh s
19% h h h h h h   sh Macleay's Honeyeater h s s h   s h s
24% h h sh h h sh   h Yellow-spotted Honeyeater h h s h h s h h
48% h h h h h h   sh Graceful Honeyeater h h s s h s h h
100% shn shn shn shn     s   Brown-backed Honeyeater sh shn shn shn shn shn shn shn
29%   h             Dusky Honeyeater h   s s s      
33% sh s h h sh h h   Little Shrike-thrush h h h h h   s s
5%           h     Grey Whistler                
  1st 4th 5th 6th 17th 18th 20th 21st Date 22nd 23rd 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 31st
5%                 Rufous Fantail                
5%                 Leaden Flycatcher                
10%                 Satin Flycatcher                
100% shn shn shn shn shn shn sh shn Shining Flycatcher sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh
    sh       s     Spectacled Monarch h   s         s
                  Pied Monarch                
76% sh sh   sh sh h   sh Spangled Drongo sh h sh sh sh sh sh s
100% sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh Yellow Oriole sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh
90% sh sh s s sh sh s sh Australasian Figbird sh sh ah sh sh sh sh s
5%       h s       Spotted Catbird h     h        
5%     h         h Cicadabird   s       h   h
14%   h       s   h Varied Triller h h   h h h h  
71%             s s White-breasted Woodswallow   s   s   s    
  1st 4th 5th 6th 17th 18th 20th 21st Date 22nd 23rd 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 31st
62% sh sh sh sh sh sh h sh Black Butcherbird h shn shn shn h shn shn shn
100% sh s s s s s s s Welcome Swallow s s s s s s s s
5%     s       s s Tree Martin   s s     s   s
5%                 Singing Bushlark                
5%   s h h         Golden-headed Cisticola                
33% sh s h shn sh h   sh Olive-backed Sunbird sh sh sh sh h sh h h
19%                 Mistletoebird h h         h  
                  Silvereye h   h       h  
100% sh sh sh sh sh   sh sh Metallic Starling sh sh s sh sh sh sh sh
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