Local Birds
This list has been provided by Jonathan Munro of Wild Watch Australia http://www.wildwatch.com.au/
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
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Southern Cassowary |
Casuarius casuarius |
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Emu |
Dromaius novaehollandiae |
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Orange-footed Scrubfowl |
Megapodius reinwardt |
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Australian Brush-Turkey |
Alectura lathami |
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King Quail |
Coturnix chinensis |
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Stubble Quail |
Coturnix pectoralis |
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Brown Quail |
Coturnix ypsilophora |
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Magpie Goose |
Anseranas semipalmata |
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Black Swan |
Cygnus atratus |
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Plumed Whistling Duck |
Dendrocygna eytoni |
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Wandering Whistling Duck |
Dendrocygna arcuata |
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Australian Wood Duck |
Chenonetta jubata |
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Pink-eared Duck |
Malacorhynchus membranaceus |
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Grey Teal |
Anas gracilis |
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Radjah Shelduck |
Tadorna radjah |
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Freckled Duck |
Stictonetta naevosa |
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Hardhead |
Aythya australis |
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Pacific Black Duck |
Anas superciliosa |
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Green Pygmy- Goose |
Nettapus pulchellus |
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Cotton Pygmy- Goose |
Nettapus coromandelianus |
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Australian Shoveler |
Anas rhynchotis |
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Australasian Grebe |
Tachybaptus novaehollandiae |
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Hoary-headed Grebe |
Poliocephalus poliocephalus |
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Great Crested Grebe |
Podiceps cristatus |
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Darter |
Anhinga melanogaster |
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Great Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax carbo |
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Little Black Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax sulcirostris |
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Little Pied Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax melanoleucos |
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Australian Pelican |
Pelecanus conspicillatus |
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Great Egret |
Ardea alba |
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Intermediate Egret |
Ardea intermedia |
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Cattle Egret |
Ardea ibis |
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Little Egret |
Ardea (Egretta) garzetta |
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White-faced Heron |
Ardea novaehollandiae |
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White-necked Heron |
Ardea pacifica |
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Pied Heron |
Ardea picata |
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Rufous (Nankeen) Night Heron |
Nycticorax caledonicus |
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Black Bittern |
Ixobrychus flavicollis |
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Little Bittern |
Ixobrychus minutus |
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Royal Spoonbill |
Platalea regia |
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Yellow-billed Spoonbill |
Platalea flavipes |
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Australian White Ibis |
Threskiornis spinicollis |
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Straw-necked Ibis |
Threskiornis spinicollis |
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Glossy Ibis |
Plegadis falcinellus |
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Black-necked Stork |
Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus |
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Brolga |
Grus rubicunda |
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Sarus Crane |
Grus antigone |
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Osprey |
Pandion haliaetus |
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Brahminy Kite |
Haliastur indus |
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Black Kite |
Milvus migrans |
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Square-tailed Kite |
Lophoictinia isura |
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Whistling Kite |
Haliastur sphenurus |
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Little Eagle |
Hieraaetus morphnoides |
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Black-breasted Buzzard |
Hamirostra melanosternon |
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Wedge-tailed Eagle |
Aquila audax |
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White-bellied Sea-Eagle |
Haliaeetus leucogaster |
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Spotted Harrier |
Circus assimilis |
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Swamp Harrier |
Circus approximans |
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Black-shouldered Kite |
Elanus axillaris |
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Letter-winged Kite |
Elanus scriptus |
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Pacific Baza |
Aviceda subcristata |
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Collared Sparrowhawk |
Accipiter cirrhocephalus |
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Brown Goshawk |
Accipiter fasciatus |
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Grey Goshawk |
Accipiter novaehollandiae |
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Red Goshawk |
Erythrotriorchis radiatus |
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Nankeen Kestrel |
Falco cenchroides |
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Australian Hobby |
Falco longipennis |
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Peregrine Falcon |
Falco peregrinus |
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Brown Falcon |
Falco berigora |
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Black Falcon |
Falco subniger |
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Grey Falcon |
Falco hypoleucos |
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Dusky Moorhen |
Gallinula tenebrosa |
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Purple Swamphen |
Porphyrio porphyrio |
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Eurasian Coot |
Fulica atra |
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Bush-hen |
Amaurornis olivaceus |
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White-browed Crake |
Porzana cinerea |
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Spotless Crake |
Porzana tabuensis |
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Baillon's Crake |
Porzana pusilla |
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Lewin's Rail |
Dryolimnas pectoralis |
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Red-necked Crake |
Rallina tricolor |
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Buff-banded Rail |
Gallirallus philippensis |
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Australian Bustard |
Ardeotis australis |
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Red-backed Button-quail |
Turnix maculosa |
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Red-chested Button-quail |
Turnix pyrrhothorax |
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Buff-breasted Button-quail |
Turnix olivii |
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Painted Button-quail |
Turnix varia |
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Latham's Snipe |
Gallinago hardwickii |
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Painted Snipe |
Rostratula benghalensis |
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Bar-tailed Godwit |
Limosa lapponica |
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Little Curlew |
Numenius minutus |
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Whimbrel |
Numenius phaeopus |
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Eastern Curlew |
Numenius madagascariensis |
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Common Greenshank |
Tringa nebularia |
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Marsh Sandpiper |
Tringa stagnatilis |
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Wood Sandpiper |
Tringa glareola |
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Common Sandpiper |
Tringa (Actitis) hypoleucos |
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Sharp-tailed Sandpiper |
Calidris acuminata |
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Curlew Sandpiper |
Calidris ferruginea |
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Red-necked Stint |
Calidris ruficollis |
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Broad-billed Sandpiper |
Limicola falcinellus |
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Comb-crested Jacana |
Metopidius (Iredipana) gallinacea |
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Bush Stone-curlew |
Burhinus grallarius |
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Black-winged Stilt |
Himantopus himantopus |
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Red-necked Avocet |
Recurvirostra novaehollandiae |
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Australian Pratincole |
Stiltia isabella |
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Oriental Pratincole |
Glareola maldivarum |
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Oriental Plover |
Charadrius veredus |
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Black-fronted Dotterel |
Charadrius (Elseyornis) melanops |
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Red-kneed Dotterel |
Erythrogonys cinctus |
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Masked Lapwing |
Vanellus miles |
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Banded Lapwing |
Vanellus tricolor |
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Silver Gull |
Larus novaehollandiae |
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Caspian Tern |
Sterna caspia |
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Whiskered Tern |
Chlidonias hybridus |
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White-headed Pigeon |
Columba leucomela |
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Pied Imperial Pigeon |
Ducula bicolor |
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Topknot Pigeon |
Lopholaimus antarcticus |
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Crested Pigeon |
Ocyphaps lophotes |
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Spinifex Pigeon |
Geophaps plumifera |
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Common Bronzewing |
Phaps chalcoptera |
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Squatter Pigeon |
Geophaps scripta |
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Wompoo Fruit-dove |
Ptilinopus magnificus |
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Suberb Fruit-dove |
Ptilinopus superbus |
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Rose-crowned Fruit-dove |
Ptilinopus regina |
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Emerald Dove |
Chalcophaps indica |
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Brown Cuckoo-dove |
Macropygia amboinensis |
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Peaceful Dove |
Geopelia placida (striata) |
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Diamond Dove |
Geopelia cuneata |
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Bar-shouldered Dove |
Geopelia humeralis |
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Spotted Turtle-Dove |
Streptopelia chinensis |
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Red-tailed Black Cockatoo |
Calyptorhynchus banksii |
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Little Corella |
Cacatua sanguinea |
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Cockatiel |
Nymphicus hollandicus |
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Sulphur-crested Cockatoo |
Cacatua galerita |
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Galah |
Cacatua roseicapilla |
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Rainbow Lorrikeet |
Trichoglossus haematodus |
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Scaly-breasted Lorrikeet |
Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus |
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Varied Lorrikeet |
Psitteuteles versicolor |
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Little Lorrikeet |
Glossopsitta pusilla |
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Double-eyed Fig-Parrot Le |
Cyclopsitta diophthalma marshalli |
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Australian King Parrot |
Alisterus scapularis |
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Red-winged Parrot |
Aprosmictus erythropterus |
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Crimson Rosella |
Platycercus elegans elegans |
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Pale-headed Rosella |
Platycercus adscitus |
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Budgerigar |
Melopsittacus undulatus |
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Oriental Cuckoo |
Cuculus saturatus |
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Pallid Cuckoo |
Cuculus pallidus |
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Brush Cuckoo |
Cacomantis variolosus |
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Black-eared Cuckoo |
Chrysococcyx osculans |
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Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo |
Cacomantis castaneiventris |
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Fan-tailed Cuckoo |
Cacomantis flabelliformis |
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Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo |
Chrysococcyx basalis |
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Shining Bronze-Cuckoo |
Chrysococcyx lucidus |
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Little Bronze-Cuckoo |
Chrysococcyx minutillus |
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Gould's Bronze-Cuckoo |
Chrysococcyx russatus |
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Common Koel |
Eudynamys scolopacea |
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Channel-billed Cuckoo |
Scythrops novaehollandiae |
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Pheasant Coucal |
Centropus phasianinus` |
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Rufous Owl |
Ninox rufa |
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Barking Owl |
Ninox connivens |
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Southern Boobook |
Ninox novaeseelandiae |
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Barn Owl |
Tyto alba |
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Grass Owl |
Tyto capensis |
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Masked Owl |
Tyto novaehollandiae |
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Lesser Sooty Owl Le |
Tyto multipunctata |
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Tawny Frogmouth |
Podargus strigoides |
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Large-tailed Nightjar |
Caprimulgus macrurus |
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Spotted Nightjar |
Eurostopodus argus |
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White-throated Nightjar |
Eurostopodus mystacalis |
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Australian Owlet-nightjar |
Aegotheles cristatus |
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White-rumped Swiftlet |
Aerodramus spodiopygius |
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House Swift |
Apus affinis |
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Fork-tailed Swift |
Apus pacificus |
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White-throated Needletail |
Hirundapus caudacutus |
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Azure Kingfisher |
Alcedo azurea |
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Little Kingfisher |
Alcedo pusilla |
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Forest Kingfisher |
Todiramphus macleayii |
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Sacred Kingfisher |
Todiramphus sanctus |
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Red-backed Kingfisher |
Todiramphus pyrrhopygia |
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Laughing Kookaburra |
Dacelo novaeguineae |
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Blue-winged Kookaburra |
Dacelo leachii |
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Rainbow Bee-eater |
Merops ornatus |
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Dollarbird |
Eurystomus orientalis |
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Noisy Pitta |
Pitta versicolor |
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White-throated Treecreeper |
Cormobates leucophaeus |
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Brown Treecreeper |
Climacteris picumnus |
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Lovely Fairy-wren |
Malurus amabilis |
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Red-backed Fairy-wren |
Malurus melanocephalus |
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Spotted Pardalote |
Pardalotus punctatus |
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Striated Pardalote |
Pardalotus striatus |
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Red-browed Pardalote |
Pardalotus rubricatus |
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Atherton Scrubwren Le |
Sericornis keri |
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Large-billed Scrubwren |
Sericornis magnirostris |
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Fernwren Le |
Oreoscopus gutturalis |
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Yellow-throated Scrubwren |
Sericornis citreogularis |
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White-browed Scrubwren |
Sericornis frontalis |
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Brown Gerygone |
Gerygone mouki |
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Large-billed Gerygone |
Gerygone magnirostris |
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Fairy Gerygone |
Gerygone palpebrosa |
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White-throated Gerygone |
Gerygone olivacea |
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Western Gerygone |
Gerygone fusca |
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Buff-rumped Thornbill |
Acanthiza reguloides |
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Yellow Thornbill |
Acanthiza nana |
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Mountain Thornbill Le |
Acanthiza katherina |
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Weebill |
Smicrornis brevirostris |
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Helmeted Friarbird |
Philemon buceroides |
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Noisy Friarbird |
Philemon corniculatus |
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Little Friarbird |
Philemon citreogularis |
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Noisy Miner |
Manorina melanocephala |
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Blue-faced Honeyeater |
Entomyzon cyanotis |
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Macleay's Honeyeater Le |
Xanthotis macleayana |
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Yellow-spotted Honeyeater |
Meliphaga notata |
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Lewin's Honeyeater |
Meliphaga lewinii |
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Graceful Honeyeater |
Meliphaga gracilis |
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Yellow-faced Honeyeater |
Lichenostomus chrysops |
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Bridled Honeyeater Le |
Lichenostomus frenatus |
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White-gaped Honeyeater |
Lichenostomus unicolor |
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Yellow Honeyeater |
Lichenostomus flavus |
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Fuscous Honeyeater |
Lichenostomus fuscus |
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Yellow-tinted Honeyeater |
Lichenostomus flavescens |
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Grey-fronted Honeyeater |
Lichenostomus plumulus |
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Brown Honeyeater |
Lichmera indistincta |
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Brown-backed Honeyeater |
Ramsayornis modestus |
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Rufous-banded Honeyeater |
Conopophila albogularis |
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Rufous-throated Honeyeater |
Conopophila rufogularis |
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Bar-breasted Honeyeater |
Ramsayornis fasciatus |
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Painted Honeyeater |
Grantiella picta |
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White-cheeked Honeyeater |
Phylidonyris nigra |
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Black-chinned Honeyeater |
Melithreptus gularis |
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White-throated Honeyeater |
Melithreptus albogularis |
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White-naped Honeyeater |
Melithreptus lunatus |
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Banded Honeyeater |
Certhionix pectoralis |
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Eastern Spinebill |
Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris |
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Scarlet Honeyeater |
Myzomela sanguinolenta |
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Dusky Honeyeater |
Myzomela obscura |
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Yellow-bellied Sunbird |
Nectarinia jugularis |
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Mistletoebird |
Dicaeum hirundinaceum |
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White-browed Robin |
Poecilodryas superciliosa |
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Grey-headed Robin Le |
Heteromyias albispecularis |
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Eastern Yellow Robin |
Eopsaltria australis |
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Pale Yellow Robin |
Tregellasia capito |
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Lemon-bellied Flycatcher |
Microeca flavigaster |
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Jacky Winter |
Microeca fascinans |
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Chowchilla Le |
Orthonyx spaldingii |
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Eastern Whipbird |
Psophodes olivaceus |
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Spotted Quail-thrush A population discovered near Ravenshoe in 2008 |
Cinclosoma punctatum |
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Grey-crowned Babbler |
Pomatostomus temporalis |
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Varied Sitella |
Daphoenositta chrysoptera |
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Crested Shrike-tit |
Falcunculus frontatus |
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Grey Whistler |
Pachycephala simplex |
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Golden Whistler |
Pachycephala pectoralis |
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Rufous Whistler |
Pachycephala rufiventris |
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Bower's Shrike-thrush Le |
Colluricincla boweri |
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Little Shrike-thrush |
Colluricincla megarhyncha |
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Grey Shrike-thrush |
Colluricincla harmonica |
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Pied Monarch Le |
Arses kaupi |
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White-eared Monarch |
Monarcha leucotis |
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Black-faced Monarch |
Monarcha melanopsis |
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Black-winged Monarch |
Monarcha frater |
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Spectacled Monarch |
Monarcha trivirgatus |
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Yellow-breasted Boatbill |
Machaerirhynchus flaviventer |
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Leaden Flycatcher |
Myiagra rubecula |
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Satin Flycatcher |
Myiagra cyanoleuca |
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Restless Flycatcher |
Myiagra inquieta |
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Rufous Fantail |
Rhipidura rufifrons |
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Grey Fantail |
Rhipidura fuliginosa |
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Northern Fantail |
Rhipidura rufiventris |
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Willie Wagtail |
Rhipidura leucophrys |
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Spangled Drongo |
Dicrurus bracteatus |
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Magpie-lark |
Grallina cyanoleuca |
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White-winged Triller |
Lalage sueurii |
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Varied Triller |
Lalage leucomela |
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Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike |
Coracina novaehollandiae |
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White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike |
Coracina papuensis |
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Barred Cuckoo-shrike |
Coracina lineata |
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Cicadabird |
Coracina tenuirostris |
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Yellow Oriole |
Oriolus flavocinctus |
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Olive-backed Oriole |
Oriolus sagittatus |
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Figbird |
Sphecotheres viridis |
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White-breasted Woodswallow |
Artamus leucorynchus |
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Masked Woodswallow |
Artamus personatus |
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White-browed Woodswallow |
Artamus superciliosus |
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Black-faced Woodswallow |
Artamus cinereus |
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Dusky Woodswallow |
Artamus cyanopterus |
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Little Woodswallow |
Artamus minor |
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Black Butcherbird |
Cracticus quoyi |
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Grey Butcherbird |
Cracticus torquatus |
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Pied Butcherbird |
Cracticus nigrogularis |
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Australian Magpie |
Gymnorhina tibicen |
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Pied Currawong * |
Strepera graculina |
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Victoria's Riflebird Le |
Ptilotis victoriae |
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Torresian Crow |
Corvus orru |
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Australian Raven |
Corvus coronoides |
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Apostlebird |
Struthidea cinerea |
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Spotted Catbird Le |
Ailuroedus melanotis |
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Golden Bowerbird Le |
Prionodura newtoniana |
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Satin Bowerbird |
Ptilonorhynchus violaceus |
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Tooth-billed Bowerbird Le |
Scenopoeetes dentirostris |
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Great Bowerbird |
Chlamydera nuchalis |
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Singing Bushlark |
Mirafra javanica |
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Australian Pipit |
Anthus novaeseelandiae |
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Yellow Wagtail |
Motacilla flava |
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Grey Wagtail |
Motacilla cinerea |
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Bassian Thrush |
Zoothera lunulata |
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Russet-tailed Thrush |
Zoothera heinei |
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Metallic Starling |
Aplonis metallica |
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Common Mynah |
Acridotheres tristris |
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Zebra Finch |
Taeniopygia guttata |
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Double-barred Finch |
Taeniopygia bichenovii |
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Black-throated Finch |
Poephila cincta |
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Gouldian Finch |
Erythrura gouldiae |
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Crimson Finch |
Neochmia phaeton |
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Masked Finch |
Poephila personata |
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Plum-headed Finch |
Neochmia modesta |
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Red-browed Finch |
Neochmia temporalis |
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Blue-faced Parrot Finch |
Erythrura trichroa |
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Pictorella Mannikin |
Lonchura pectoralis |
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Chestnut-breasted Mannikin |
Lonchura castaneothorax |
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Nutmeg Mannikin |
Lonchura punctulata |
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House Sparrow |
Passer domesticus |
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Welcome Swallow |
Hirundo neoxena |
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Red-rumped Swallow |
Hirundo daurica |
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Barn Swallow |
Hirundo rustica |
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Pacific Swallow |
Hirundo tahitica |
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White- backed Swallow |
Cheramoeca leucosternus |
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Fairy Martin |
Hirundo ariel |
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Tree Martin |
Hirundo nigricans |
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Clamorous Reed-Warbler |
Acrocephalus stentoreus |
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Tawny Grassbird |
Megalurus timoriensis |
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Little Grassbird |
Megalurus gramineus |
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Golden-headed Cisticola |
Cisticola exilis |
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Rufous Songlark |
Cincloramphus mathewsi |
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Brown Songlark |
Cincloramphus cruralis |
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Silvereye |
Zosterops lateralis |
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HABITATS |
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Upland Rainforest |
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Highland Rainforest |
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Wet Sclerophyll Woodland |
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Dry Sclerophyll Woodland |
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Savannah/Savannah Woodland |
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Freshwater Wetlands |
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Arable Lands/Pasture Land |