September 2011 'WILDLIFE CHECKLIST'

KEY  s =sighting  g=glimpse  h = heard  n = nesting  b = just before departure  a =just after tour finishes.

 

SEPT '10
sighting %

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Species

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59% s   g s   s s s Saltwater Crocodile s       s
24%   s s s       s Green Tree Snake     s s  
29% s s s s   s s   Eastern Water Dragon s s   s  
0% s   s         h Spectacled Flying-fox h h s sh sh
0% s       s       Ulysses Butterfly          
0%                 Cairns Birdwing Butterfly     s s  
18% sh s s   sh h h sh Orange-footed Scrubfowl h   s sh  
41%   s s         s Australian Brush-turkey   s   s s
82%       s s s s s Australasian Darter s s s s s
100% s s s s s s s s Little Pied Cormorant s s s s s
6%                 Great Cormorant          
12%                 Little Black Cormorant          
12%                 Magpie Goose     s    
0%         s       Australasian Grebe          
0%     s           Green Pygmy-Goose          
6%                 Black Swan          
0% s               Radjah Shelduck       s s
35% s s s s s s s s Pacific Black Duck s s s s s
0%                 Pale-vented Bush-hen          
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35% s       h s     Great-billed Heron s   a   s
100% s s s s s s s s Cattle Egret s s s s s
29% s s s s s       Great Egret          
0% s               Intermediate Egret         s
41% s           s   Little Egret         s
0% s     s         White-faced Heron          
0%         s       White-necked Heron          
18%         s s s   Striated Heron s s   s  
12% s s s s s   s   Nankeen Night Heron s s   s  
48%                 Black Bittern          
18%     s   s     s Australian White Ibis   s     s
6%                 Royal Spoonbill          
6%                 Comb-crested Jacana          
6%                 Bush Stone-curlew     s    
88% s sh sh sh sh s sh sh Masked Lapwing sh sh sh sh sh
41%             s   Black-fronted Dotterel sh     s  
0%             s   Pacific Baza         s
24% s   s s s   s   Eastern Osprey          
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Date

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70% s s   s s s s s Whistling Kite s s s s s
12%         s       Brahminy Kite     s s s
12%     s           White-bellied Sea-Eagle   s      
59% h h s s sh h s s Wompoo Fruit-Dove   s h s  
94% s s s s sh s s s Pied Imperial pigeon s s s s s
6% s       s s   s Topknot Pigeon          
                  Emerald Dove       s  
29%       s s g   s Brown Cuckoo-Dove s s s s  
88% sh h sh s sh sh sh sh Bar-shouldered Dove sh sh h s h
53% sh   h h s h sh s Sulphur-crested Cockatoo sh sh s sh  
6%                 Scaly-breasted Lorikeet          
65% sh sh h h sh h sh h Rainbow Lorikeet sh sh sh s h
53%   shn s shn shn shn h shn Double-eyed Fig-Parrot shn h h gh sh
12%       h h     h Little Bronze-Cuckoo h   s s h
65%             s   Eastern Koel     s s  
12%       b         Channel-billed Cuckoo          
18%     s   h     h Pheasant Coucal         s
76%   s       s s s Papuan Frogmouth   s s s s
82% s s s s s s s s Australian Swiftlet s s s s s
100% sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh Azure Kingfisher sh sh s sh sh
12% sh sh sh   sh sh sh sh Little Kingfisher sh sh s sh sh
18%     h   h     h Laughing Kookaburra          
29%                 Blue-winged Kookaburra          
76%       s         Forest Kingfisher   s s   h
35% s s s   s s s s Sacred Kingfisher s   s    
0%                 Rainbow Bee-eater          
6%                 Dollarbird          
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0%         h h   h Lovely Fairy-wren          
70% shn shn sh sh shn shn shn shn Large-billed Gerygone shn shn shn shn shn
70% sh sh h sh sh sh sh sh Helmeted Friarbird sh sh sh sh  
24% h   h sh h h h h Macleay's Honeyeater h h sh h h
0%           sh     Bridled Honeyeater          
12% h h h sh sh sh sh sh Yellow-spotted Honeyeater sh h sh sh sh
29% h h h h h h h sh Graceful Honeyeater h h sh h h
100% sh shn sh sh shn shn shn shn Brown-backed Honeyeater shn shn shn shn shn
24% h h     sh sh sh sh Dusky Honeyeater sh h h s  
29% sh h sh sh h h h sh Little Shrike-thrush h h h sh sh
6%       h         Grey Whistler          
6%                 Grey Fantail          
6%                 Leaden Flycatcher          
100% sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh Shining Flycatcher sh sh sh shn sh
0% h   sh sh sh sh h sh Spectacled Monarch h h h sh  
70% sh sh h sh sh sh sh sh Spangled Drongo sh sh sh sh sh
94% sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh Yellow Oriole sh sh sh sh sh
6%                 Olive-backed Oriole          
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94% sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh Australasian Figbird sh sh sh s sh
0% h               Spotted Catbird          
0%     h       sh   Cicadabird          
12%         h sh sh sh Varied Triller     s s  
24%                 White-breasted Woodswallow       s  
59% sh h s sh h h sh h Black Butcherbird sh sh h sh h
100% sh s s s s s s s Welcome Swallow sh s s s s
12% s s s s s   s s Tree Martin s s   s  
6%                 Singing Bushlark          
0%                 Golden-headed Cisticola   h h    
6%                 Chestnut-breasted Mannikin   s      
41% sh sh h shn shn shn shn shn Olive-backed Sunbird shn sh sh sh h
24%   h   sh h       Mistletoebird   h   h  
12%                 Silvereye          
94%v sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh Metallic Starling sh sh sh sh sh
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