eBird Field Checklist
Cairns Esplanade--Southern End
Cairns, Queensland, AU
ebird.org/hotspot/L3812503
204 species (+21 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
Magpie Goose
Wandering Whistling-Duck
Radjah Shelduck
Pacific Black Duck
Gray Teal
Megapodes
Australian Brushturkey
Orange-footed Megapode
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Wild Turkey
Grebes
Australasian Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
White-headed Pigeon
Spotted Dove
Crested Pigeon
Peaceful Dove
Bar-shouldered Dove
Superb Fruit-Dove
Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove
fruit-dove sp.
Torresian Imperial-Pigeon
imperial-pigeon sp.
Cuckoos
Pacific Koel
Channel-billed Cuckoo
Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo
Little Bronze-Cuckoo
Frogmouths
Papuan Frogmouth
Swifts
White-throated Needletail
Australian Swiftlet
Pacific Swift
swift sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Buff-banded Rail
Australasian Swamphen
Pale-vented Bush-hen
Shorebirds
Beach Thick-knee
Bush Thick-knee
Pied Stilt
Red-necked Avocet
Pied Oystercatcher
Sooty Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
Pacific Golden-Plover
Black-fronted Dotterel
Masked Lapwing
Red-kneed Dotterel
Siberian Sand-Plover
Greater Sand-Plover
sand-plover sp.
Double-banded Plover
Red-capped Plover
plover sp.
Whimbrel
Little Curlew
Far Eastern Curlew
Bar-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
godwit sp.
Asian Dowitcher
Terek Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Gray-tailed Tattler
Wandering Tattler
Gray-tailed/Wandering Tattler
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Nordmann's Greenshank
Common Greenshank
Ruddy Turnstone
Great Knot
Red Knot
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Red-necked Stint
peep sp.
Calidris sp.
shorebird sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Silver Gull
Laughing Gull
Kelp Gull
Brown Noddy
Black Noddy
Sooty Tern
Bridled Tern
Little Tern
Australian Tern
Gull-billed/Australian Tern
Caspian Tern
Whiskered Tern
White-winged Tern
Common Tern
Black-naped Tern
Roseate Tern
Sterna sp.
Lesser Crested Tern
Great Crested Tern
tern sp.
Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Short-tailed Shearwater
Storks
Black-necked Stork
Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets
Lesser Frigatebird
Great Frigatebird
Red-footed Booby
Brown Booby
Cormorants and Anhingas
Australasian Darter
Little Pied Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Little Black Cormorant
cormorant sp.
Pelicans
Australian Pelican
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Black Bittern
Nankeen Night Heron
Pacific Reef-Heron
Little Egret
Pied Heron
White-faced Heron
Striated Heron
Eastern Cattle Egret
Pacific Heron
Great Egret
Plumed Egret
Great-billed Heron
white egret sp.
Glossy Ibis
Australian Ibis
Straw-necked Ibis
Royal Spoonbill
Yellow-billed Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Osprey
Black-shouldered Kite
Pacific Baza
Gray Goshawk
Brown Goshawk
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Black Kite
Whistling Kite
Brahminy Kite
White-bellied Sea-Eagle
Owls
Barn Owl
Rufous Owl
Kingfishers
Azure Kingfisher
Little Kingfisher
Laughing Kookaburra
Red-backed Kingfisher
Forest Kingfisher
Torresian Kingfisher
Sacred Kingfisher
kingfisher sp.
Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies
Rainbow Bee-eater
Falcons and Caracaras
Nankeen Kestrel
Australian Hobby
Peregrine Falcon
diurnal raptor sp.
Cockatoos
Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Crimson Rosella
Double-eyed Fig-Parrot
Little Lorikeet
Scaly-breasted Lorikeet
Rainbow Lorikeet
Scrub-birds and Bowerbirds
Great Bowerbird
Fairywrens
Lovely Fairywren
Red-backed Fairywren
Honeyeaters
Yellow-spotted Honeyeater
Lewin's Honeyeater
Cryptic Honeyeater
Yellow Honeyeater
Varied Honeyeater
Brown-backed Honeyeater
Dusky Myzomela
Brown Honeyeater
Blue-faced Honeyeater
Macleay's Honeyeater
Little Friarbird
Helmeted Friarbird
Noisy Friarbird
friarbird sp.
Pardalotes
Striated Pardalote
Thornbills and Allies
Large-billed Scrubwren
Brown Gerygone
Large-billed Gerygone
Cuckooshrikes
Barred Cuckooshrike
Black-faced Cuckooshrike
White-bellied Cuckooshrike
Varied Triller
Common Cicadabird
Old World Orioles
Olive-backed Oriole
Green Oriole
Australasian Figbird
Woodswallows
White-breasted Woodswallow
Masked Woodswallow
White-browed Woodswallow
Bellmagpies and Allies
Gray Butcherbird
Pied Butcherbird
Black Butcherbird
Pied Currawong
Fantails
Willie-wagtail
Australian Rufous Fantail
Gray Fantail
Drongos
Spangled Drongo
Monarch Flycatchers
Spectacled Monarch
Magpie-lark
Leaden Flycatcher
Shining Flycatcher
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Torresian Crow
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Australasian Robins
Mangrove Robin
Pale-yellow Robin
Cisticolas and Allies
Golden-headed Cisticola
Martins and Swallows
Welcome Swallow
Fairy Martin
Tree Martin
Fairy/Tree Martin
swallow sp.
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
Silvereye
Starlings and Mynas
Metallic Starling
Common Myna
Flowerpeckers
Mistletoebird
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Sahul Sunbird
Estrildids
Crimson Finch
Red-browed Firetail
Scaly-breasted Munia
Chestnut-breasted Munia
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
Eastern Yellow Wagtail
Australian Pipit
Others
passerine sp.
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