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


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

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33%   s   s   s     s Saltwater Crocodile     s s          
39%   s s     s s s s Green Tree Snake       s          
16%               s   Eastern Water Dragon       s s        
33%               s s Amethystine Python s s   s s        
        sB           Spectacled Flying-fox                  
44%   sh h sh sh h sh     Orange-footed Scrubfowl sh   sh   s   s h h
44%         s     s s Australian Brush-turkey s s   s   s s   s
6%                   Australian Pelican     s            
94% s s s   s s s s s Australasian Darter s s s s s s s s s
100% s s s s s s s s s Little Pied Cormorant s s s s s s s s s
44%               s s Little Black Cormorant s   s s   s s s  
33%             s s   Pacific Black Duck     s s   s   s  
6%                   White-browed Crake     s            
                    Bush-hen                 h
6%             s     Dusky Moorhen                  
6%             s     Purple Swamphen                  
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16%       s           Great-billed Heron   s     s        
39% s   s         s   White-faced Heron   s s s   s      
100% s s s sB s s sB s s Cattle Egret s s s s s s s s s
72% s s s   s         Great Egret s s s s s s sA s s
16% s   s             Little Egret s                
11% s           s     Striated Heron                  
39% s s s s         s Nankeen Night Heron       s s        
16%             s     Black Bittern     s       s    
6%                   Glossy Ibis         s        
61% s s s s       s   Australian White Ibis s s s s s     sA  
16%             sB     Straw-necked Ibis       sB         sB
33% s   s s           Royal Spoonbill s s s            
                    Black-necked Stork       s          
39%   s         s   sB Common Sandpiper         s s s   s
6%     s             Latham's Snipe                  
11%               s s Bush Stone-curlew                  
89% sh sh sh   h sB sh sh sh Masked Lapwing sh sh sh sA sh sh sh s sh
11%           s       Pacific Baza     s            
22% sB sB sB sB           Eastern Osprey                  
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44%             sA s   Black Kite sA s s       sA sA s
61% sh h h sh h s sh   h Whistling Kite     s   s s sA s sA
6%                   White-bellied Sea-Eagle             s    
6%                   Grey Goshawk     s            
16%                   Peregrine Falcon       s   s   s  
    h             h Superb Fruit-Dove           h     h
33%       sh     sh sh   Wompoo Fruit-Dove         h sh sh h sh
72% s       s s sB s s Pied Imperial pigeon   s   s s sh s s s
11%   s               Brown Cuckoo-Dove sh   h         h  
94% sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh   Bar-shouldered Dove sB s s s s s s s s
11%                 s Emerald Dove   sA              
67%   h   sh sh   sh h sh Sulphur-crested Cockatoo sh sh sh   s sh sB s s
100% sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh Rainbow Lorikeet sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh
72% h sh sh sh sh sh sh h sh Double-eyed Fig-Parrot sh   sh h   sh sh sh sh
22% hB h       h h   h Little (Gould's) Bronze-Cuckoo h   h   h sh sh s s
78%   hB s s   s sh h sh Eastern Koel sh h sh s sh sh sh sh sh
22%     sh hB s   sh s   Channel-billed Cuckoo h             h  
                    Pheasant Coucal   h h h h h h h sh
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94%   s s s s s s s s Papuan Frogmouth s s s s s s s s s
94% s s s s   s s s s Australian Swiftlet s s s s s s s s s
94% sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh Azure Kingfisher sh sh sh sh sh sh h sh sh
33%     h sA h   sh   sA Laughing Kookaburra     sA sh sh       h
28%       sh   sh s     Blue-winged Kookaburra   h     sB       sA
89%   h sh sh sh s sh sh sh Forest Kingfisher sh sh sh sA sh sh sh sh hsA
83% s s s s s s s s   Sacred Kingfisher sB s s s     s s s
6%             sh     Rainbow Bee-eater                  
6%                   Dollarbird               s  
              h   h Lovely Fairy-wren h   h   hB h h    
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6%                   Fairy Gerygone               sh  
89% sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh Large-billed Gerygone sh h sh sh sh sh sh sh h
89%   h sh sh sh sh sh sh sh Helmeted Friarbird sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh
16% h h h h   h h sh h Macleay's Honeyeater   h h h h h   s s
28% h h h sh h h h h h Yellow-spotted Honeyeater sh h sh h h h sh h sh
33%   h h sh h sh sh h h Graceful Honeyeater sh h   sh h h h h sh
100% sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh Brown-backed Honeyeater sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh
56% sh sh       h h s   Dusky Honeyeater sh   s sh s s s   s
39% h sh sh sh h h sh h h Little Shrike-thrush h h sh   h sh sh h  
11% s sh   h h h h     Grey Whistler           h      
11% h h h sh h   s h h Grey Fantail         h     h h
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6% h               h Rufous Fantail       h sh   h   h
22% hA s     hB hB hB   sh Leaden Flycatcher   s         s    
100% sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh Shining Flycatcher sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh
6%             s     Black-faced Monarch                  
33% sh   h sh sh s     h Spectacled Monarch   hB     sh     sh h
    h               Pied Monarch                  
    h               White-eared Monarch                  
50% shB   sB   sh   shB   sB Magpie Lark       sB sB sB     sB
94% shB sh s sh sh s h sh sh Spangled Drongo sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh
94% sh sh sh sh h sh sh sh sh Yellow Oriole sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh
16%                   Olive-backed Oriole   s s h h   sh   h
100% sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh Australasian Figbird sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh
                h   Spotted Catbird       h   h      
94% sh s   s s s s s s Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike s s s s s s s s s
28%       h           Barred Cuckoo-shrike     sh sh   s   s sh
                    White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike                  
6%     h       h h   Cicadabird h h h h h sh   h  
56%   sh   sh h sh sh   s Varied Triller h h s h sh h sh sh sh
72%   s s s     hB sB shB White-breasted Woodswallow   s sA sA s s s s sh
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83% h sh sh sh sh sh sh h sh Black Butcherbird sh sh h sh sh sh sh sh sh
22% s   sh         h   Torresian Crow     sh       sB h  
100% sh sh sh sh sh s sh sh sh Welcome Swallow sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh
72% s s s s s   s   s Tree Martin   s   s   s s s s
6%                   Singing Bushlark                 sh
6%                 sh Chestnut-breasted Mannikin                  
44% sh sh sh h h h sh h sh Olive-backed Sunbird sh sh sh h h        
16% h sh h h h h sh h h Mistletoebird h h h h h h h sh h
                    Silvereye                 h
100% sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh Metallic Starling sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh s
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