Azure Kingfisher by $hige
Chris Dahlberg's Daintree River Tours wildlife checklist for September 2010.


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

SEP/09 %
sightings

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59%   s     s s s s   Saltwater Crocodile     s   s s s s
24% s   s             Green Tree Snake       s s      
29% s           s     Eastern Water Dragon   s     s     s
                    Spectacled Flying-fox                
18%   sh   sh   h   h   Orange-footed Scrubfowl h h       sh   h
41% s s   s     s     Australian Brush-turkey s   s       s  
82%   s s s     s s s Australasian Darter 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
6%                   Great Cormorant s              
12%         s     s   Little Black Cormorant                
12%                   Magpie Goose         s   s  
6%             s     Black Swan                
35%   s   s     s   s Pacific Black Duck     s     s    
            h       Pale-vented Bush-hen h       h      
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35% s   h         s s Great-billed Heron hB       s   G s
100% s s s s s s s s s Cattle Egret s s s s s s s s
29%   s     s sA       Great Egret     s     s    
41% s   s s       s s Little Egret       s s      
18%     s s           Striated Heron       s        
12%   s               Nankeen Night Heron     s          
48%   sh       h s   sh Black Bittern s s   s s   s  
18%       s s   sA     Australian White Ibis                
6%         s         Royal Spoonbill                
6%                   Comb-crested Jacana               s
6%         s         Bush Stone-curlew                
88% sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh s Masked Lapwing sh sh sh   sh sh   sh
41%       s     sh sh sh Black-fronted Dotterel sh sh sh     h    
  h                 Pacific Baza                
24%             sh     Eastern Osprey         s   sh s
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Date

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70% s s sh     s       Whistling Kite s s s G s s sh s
12%       s           Brahminy Kite               s
12%                   White-bellied Sea-Eagle   s s          
59%     sh     hB sh s s Wompoo Fruit-Dove sh   s s   s s sh
94%   s G s s s s s s Pied Imperial pigeon s s s sA s s sA sA
6%                   Topknot Pigeon         s      
29% h   s s           Brown Cuckoo-Dove   s       s   s
88% sh sh sh sh h sh sh sh h Bar-shouldered Dove sh s sh sh s s s s
53% s s   sh     sh sh sh Sulphur-crested Cockatoo     h sB sh     sh
6% h                 Scaly-breasted Lorikeet sh       h      
65% sh sh sh sh   sh sh sh sh Rainbow Lorikeet sh sh h   h h sh h
53% sh sh sh sh h h   Gh sh Double-eyed Fig-Parrot sh   h   h h Gh Gh
12%   h h h h h GhA     Little (Gould's) Bronze-Cuckoo sh     h h h sh h
65% h sh s sh   sh h sh sh Eastern Koel sh   sB sh sh h h s
12%   hB         hB sh   Channel-billed Cuckoo hB hB         hB sh
18%   h h h hB sh h sh h Pheasant Coucal hA sh h h   h   h
76%         s s s s s Papuan Frogmouth s s s s s s s s
82% s s s     s s s s Australian Swiftlet s s s s s   s s
100% sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh Azure Kingfisher sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sBh
12% sh h h     sh h h h Little Kingfisher     h          
18%   s s       sh     Laughing Kookaburra                
29%   h h h sh sh sh h hB Blue-winged Kookaburra shB hB sh   sh h hB  
76% sh sh sh sh h h sh sh sh Forest Kingfisher sh h sh sh sh s   s
35% s s   s s   s     Sacred Kingfisher         s      
          h         Rainbow Bee-eater                
6%                   Dollarbird             s  
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              h     Lovely Fairy-wren h h            
70% h sh sh sh h h sh sh sh Large-billed Gerygone sh sh sh sh h sh h sh
70% sh h sh sh   h sh sh sh Helmeted Friarbird sh h sh sH   sh sh sh
24% h h sh h h h h sh h Macleay's Honeyeater h h sh sh h h h h
12% h sh h h h h h h h Yellow-spotted Honeyeater h h h h h h h sh
29% h h h h h sh h h sh Graceful Honeyeater h sh h h sh h sh  
100% sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh s Brown-backed Honeyeater sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh
24%   sh h h     sh   sh Dusky Honeyeater h h           sh
29% h h h   h s h h h Little Shrike-thrush sh h h sh h sh h sh
6%       h   s       Grey Whistler     h          
6% s Grey Fantail
6%           sh       Leaden Flycatcher                
100% sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh Shining Flycatcher sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh
  h h h h h h       Spectacled Monarch h   h       h h
70% s s hB sh shB s s s s Spangled Drongo sh sh         s sh
94% sh sh sh sh h sh sh sh sh Yellow Oriole sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh
6%             hA sh   Olive-backed Oriole                
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94% sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh Australasian Figbird sh sh h sh sh sh sh sh
    h   h   hB h   h Spotted Catbird h h     h     h
  h h h     h Gh     Cicadabird                
12%   sh   h h h h sh   Varied Triller h       h   h h
24% sh                 White-breasted Woodswallow shB sh     s      
59% h Gh sh sh shB sh sh h sh Black Butcherbird sh h h   h h Gh Gh
100% sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh Welcome Swallow sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh
12%               s s Tree martin                
6%         h         Singing Bushlark           sh    
                    Golden-headed Cisticola               h
6%                   Chestnut-breasted Mannikin             s  
41% h h h     h sh sh h Olive-backed Sunbird sh sh   Gh h   sh sh
24%   h h h h sh h sh sh Mistletoebird h h h h h h sh h
12%             sh   h Silvereye               sh
94% sh sh sh sh h sh sh sh sh Metallic Starling sh sh sh shB sh sh sh sh
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