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Location

species 1.

Nordmann's Greenshank

Count 1

Joshua Moody

Cairns Esplanade

species 2.

Red Knot

Count 2

Joshua Moody

Cairns Esplanade

species 3.

Nankeen Night Heron

Count 1

Joshua Moody

Cairns Esplanade

species 4.

Torresian Imperial-Pigeon

Count 324

Norton Gill

Royal Harbour Cairns Esplanade. Birds seen from my Balcony.

species 5.

Australian Swiftlet

Count 31

Norton Gill

Royal Harbour Cairns Esplanade. Birds seen from my Balcony.

species 6.

Brown Honeyeater

Count 8

Norton Gill

Royal Harbour Cairns Esplanade. Birds seen from my Balcony.

species 7.

Noisy Pitta

Count 1

Mary Clarke

Gallet Rd

species 8.

Spectacled Monarch

Count 1

Mary Clarke

Gallet Rd

species 9.

Pale-yellow Robin

Count 2

Mary Clarke

Gallet Rd

species 10.

Sahul Sunbird

Count 4

Margaret Jensen

Behana Gorge Service Road

species 11.

Black-fronted Dotterel

Count 6

Rebel Warren and David Parsons

France Rd Turf Farm (Edmonton)

species 12.

Masked Lapwing

Count 54

Rebel Warren and David Parsons

France Rd Turf Farm (Edmonton)

species 13.

Sacred Kingfisher

Count 1

Joshua Moody

Cairns Esplanade

species 14.

Double-eyed Fig-Parrot

Count 4

Joshua Moody

Cairns Esplanade

species 15.

Yellow Honeyeater

Count 2

Joshua Moody

Cairns Esplanade

species 16.

Common Greenshank

Count 3

Rebel Warren and David Parsons

Esplanade, Cairns City, Queensland, AU (-16.913, 145.772)

species 17.

Great Crested Tern

Count 2

Rebel Warren and David Parsons

Esplanade, Cairns City, Queensland, AU (-16.913, 145.772)

species 18.

Pacific Emerald Dove

Count 1

Mary Clarke

Gallet Rd

species 19.

Buff-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher

Count 6

Mary Clarke

Gallet Rd

species 20.

Scaly-breasted Lorikeet

Count 12

Mary Clarke

Gallet Rd

species 21.

Red-backed Fairywren

Count 2

Mary Clarke

Gallet Rd

species 22.

Cryptic Honeyeater

Count 2

Mary Clarke

Gallet Rd

species 23.

Dusky Myzomela

Count 2

Mary Clarke

Gallet Rd

species 24.

Large-billed Scrubwren

Count 3

Mary Clarke

Gallet Rd

species 25.

Yellow-breasted Boatbill

Count 2

Mary Clarke

Gallet Rd

species 26.

Bush Thick-knee

Count 11

Mary Clarke

Cnr Little Mulgrave Rd and Beryl Ann Dr

species 27.

Pacific Swift

Count 30

Monica Mesch

Mark Close, Holloways Beach Qld

species 28.

Bar-shouldered Dove

Count 3

Mary Clarke

Irvin Access, Little Mulgrave, Queensland, AU (-17.132, 145.701)

species 29.

Pheasant Coucal

Count 2

Mary Clarke

Irvin Access, Little Mulgrave, Queensland, AU (-17.132, 145.701)

species 30.

Laughing Kookaburra

Count 3

Mary Clarke

Irvin Access, Little Mulgrave, Queensland, AU (-17.132, 145.701)

species 31.

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

Count 16

Mary Clarke

Irvin Access, Little Mulgrave, Queensland, AU (-17.132, 145.701)

species 32.

Common Cicadabird

Count 1

Mary Clarke

Irvin Access, Little Mulgrave, Queensland, AU (-17.132, 145.701)

species 33.

Victoria's Riflebird

Count 1

Mary Clarke

Irvin Access, Little Mulgrave, Queensland, AU (-17.132, 145.701)

species 34.

Radjah Shelduck

Count 2

Sonia Patterson

Saltwater Creek (Centenary Lakes)

species 35.

Australian Brushturkey

Count 11

Sonia Patterson

Saltwater Creek (Centenary Lakes)

species 36.

Australian Ibis

Count 30

Sonia Patterson

Saltwater Creek (Centenary Lakes)

species 37.

Orange-footed Megapode

Count 4

John Gorey

Mount Whitfield Conservation Park - Blue Arrow Track

species 38.

Spotted Catbird

Count 1

John Gorey

Mount Whitfield Conservation Park - Blue Arrow Track

species 39.

Blue-faced Honeyeater

Count 1

John Gorey

Mount Whitfield Conservation Park - Blue Arrow Track

species 40.

Yellow-throated Scrubwren

Count 1

John Gorey

Mount Whitfield Conservation Park - Blue Arrow Track

species 41.

Varied Triller

Count 3

John Gorey

Mount Whitfield Conservation Park - Blue Arrow Track

species 42.

Large-tailed Nightjar

Count 1

Dave & Annie Anderson

Kanimbla yard

species 43.

Australian Tern

Count 1

John Gorey

Cairns Esplanade

species 44.

Helmeted Friarbird

Count 4

Rebel Warren and David Parsons

Stewarts Rd, Caravonica

species 45.

Hardhead

Count 2

Dave & Annie Anderson

Gravel Pit, Northern Sands, Captain Cook Hwy

species 46.

Pied Stilt

Count 2

Dave & Annie Anderson

Gravel Pit, Northern Sands, Captain Cook Hwy

species 47.

Caspian Tern

Count 8

Dave & Annie Anderson

Gravel Pit, Northern Sands, Captain Cook Hwy

species 48.

Whiskered Tern

Count 1

Dave & Annie Anderson

Gravel Pit, Northern Sands, Captain Cook Hwy

species 49.

Little Black Cormorant

Count 18

Dave & Annie Anderson

Gravel Pit, Northern Sands, Captain Cook Hwy

species 50.

Little Friarbird

Count 1

John Gorey

217 Woodward Street, Whitfield, Queensland, AU (-16.9, 145.731)

species 51.

Singing Bushlark

Count 1

Dave & Annie Anderson

Morabito Rd

species 52.

Chestnut-breasted Munia

Count 12

Dave & Annie Anderson

Morabito Rd

species 53.

Tawny Grassbird

Count 1

Rebel Warren and David Parsons

Redford Rd, Caravonica

species 54.

Crimson Finch

Count 4

Rebel Warren and David Parsons

Redford Rd, Caravonica

species 55.

Brown-backed Honeyeater

Count 20

Daniel Winters-McAppion

Leonis Access, Gordonvale AU-QLD (-17.1004,145.7740)

species 56.

Little Egret

Count 3

Dave & Annie Anderson

Dunne Rd ephemeral wetland

species 57.

Great Egret

Count 2

Dave & Annie Anderson

Dunne Rd ephemeral wetland

species 58.

Royal Spoonbill

Count 13

Dave & Annie Anderson

Dunne Rd ephemeral wetland

species 59.

Brahminy Kite

Count 2

Dave & Annie Anderson

Dunne Rd ephemeral wetland

species 60.

Great-billed Heron

Count 1

Margaret Jensen

Daintree Village Boat Cruise

species 61.

Dusky Moorhen

Count 1

Elizabeth Fischer

Hartleys Creek Walk

species 62.

Black-necked Stork

Count 2

Elizabeth Fischer

Hartleys Creek Walk

species 63.

Australian Pelican

Count 2

Sonia Patterson

Cairns Esplanade--Southern End

species 64.

Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove

Count 1

Chris Springer

Green Island National Park

species 65.

Buff-banded Rail

Count X

Chris Springer

Green Island National Park

species 66.

Black Noddy

Count X

Chris Springer

Green Island National Park

species 67.

Lesser Frigatebird

Count 1

Chris Springer

Green Island National Park

species 68.

Plumed Egret

Count 1

Chris Springer

Green Island National Park

species 69.

Silvereye

Count X

Chris Springer

Green Island National Park

species 70.

Yellow-spotted Honeyeater

Count 5

Margaret Jensen

Mossman Gorge

species 71.

Black-tailed Godwit

Count 2

Hayden de Villiers

Cairns Esplanade

species 72.

Little Tern

Count 3

Hayden de Villiers

Cairns Esplanade

species 73.

Pacific Golden-Plover

Count 16

John Gorey

Saltwater Creek (Centenary Lakes)

species 74.

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper

Count 1

John Gorey

Saltwater Creek (Centenary Lakes)

species 75.

Osprey

Count 2

John Gorey

Saltwater Creek (Centenary Lakes)

species 76.

White-throated Needletail

Count 1

Shawn Depper

347 Pease St

species 77.

Brush Cuckoo

Count 2

Shane Kennedy

Robson's Lookout State Route 52, Lamb Range, Queensland, AU (-17.156, 145.702)

species 78.

White-throated Treecreeper

Count 1

Shane Kennedy

Robson's Lookout State Route 52, Lamb Range, Queensland, AU (-17.156, 145.702)

species 79.

Leaden Flycatcher

Count 3

Shane Kennedy

Robson's Lookout State Route 52, Lamb Range, Queensland, AU (-17.156, 145.702)

species 80.

Lemon-bellied Flyrobin

Count 4

Shane Kennedy

Robson's Lookout State Route 52, Lamb Range, Queensland, AU (-17.156, 145.702)

species 81.

Mistletoebird

Count 1

Sara Caplan

Port Douglas Sporting Complex

species 82.

Pacific Black Duck

Count 16

Luke Jackson

France Rd Turf Farm (Edmonton)

species 83.

Australasian Swamphen

Count 3

Luke Jackson

France Rd Turf Farm (Edmonton)

species 84.

Australian Pipit

Count 6

Luke Jackson

France Rd Turf Farm (Edmonton)

species 85.

Bridled Honeyeater

Count 1

Chris Springer

Mossman Gorge

species 86.

Bar-tailed Godwit

Count 60

Adrian Walsh

Cairns Esplanade

species 87.

Great Knot

Count 104

Adrian Walsh

Cairns Esplanade

species 88.

Striated Heron

Count 2

Chris Springer

Lower Daintree River Boat Cruise

species 89.

Comb-crested Jacana

Count 2

Rebel Warren and David Parsons

Cattana Wetlands

species 90.

Spangled Drongo

Count 6

Rebel Warren and David Parsons

Cattana Wetlands

species 91.

Magpie Goose

Count 3

Leonie Beaulieu

Botanica Environs

species 92.

Plumed Whistling-Duck

Count 40

Leonie Beaulieu

Botanica Environs

species 93.

Wandering Whistling-Duck

Count 2

Leonie Beaulieu

Botanica Environs

species 94.

Pacific Heron

Count 2

Leonie Beaulieu

Botanica Environs

species 95.

Wompoo Fruit-Dove

Count 2

Mary Clarke

Gallet Rd

species 96.

Lovely Fairywren

Count 2

Mary Clarke

Gallet Rd

species 97.

Macleay's Honeyeater

Count 2

Mary Clarke

Gallet Rd

species 98.

Eastern Whipbird

Count 1

Mary Clarke

Gallet Rd

species 99.

Rufous Shrikethrush

Count 3

Mary Clarke

Gallet Rd

species 100.

Terek Sandpiper

Count 6

Shane Kennedy

Cairns Esplanade--Northern End

species 101.

Gray-tailed Tattler

Count 7

Shane Kennedy

Cairns Esplanade--Northern End

species 102.

Curlew Sandpiper

Count 7

Shane Kennedy

Cairns Esplanade--Northern End

species 103.

Lesser Crested Tern

Count 4

Shane Kennedy

Cairns Esplanade--Northern End

species 104.

Torresian Kingfisher

Count 2

Shane Kennedy

Cairns Esplanade--Northern End

species 105.

Little Bronze-Cuckoo

Count 1

Jude Friesen

Dunne Rd park and swamp, Smithfield

species 106.

Latham's Snipe

Count 1

Jude Friesen

Dunne Rd park and swamp, Smithfield

species 107.

Little Pied Cormorant

Count 3

Jude Friesen

Dunne Rd park and swamp, Smithfield

species 108.

Shining Flycatcher

Count 2

Jude Friesen

Dunne Rd park and swamp, Smithfield

species 109.

Golden-headed Cisticola

Count 6

Jude Friesen

Dunne Rd park and swamp, Smithfield

species 110.

Rainbow Bee-eater

Count 3

Dave & Annie Anderson

Goomboora Park

species 111.

Large-billed Gerygone

Count 2

Dave & Annie Anderson

Goomboora Park

species 112.

Green Oriole

Count 6

Dave & Annie Anderson

Goomboora Park

species 113.

Black Butcherbird

Count 4

Dave & Annie Anderson

Goomboora Park

species 114.

Great Cormorant

Count 8

Leonie Beaulieu

Stewarts Rd, Caravonica

species 115.

White-bellied Sea-Eagle

Count 2

Leonie Beaulieu

Stewarts Rd, Caravonica

species 116.

Nankeen Kestrel

Count 2

Leonie Beaulieu

Stewarts Rd, Caravonica

species 117.

Fairy Martin

Count 1

Leonie Beaulieu

Stewarts Rd, Caravonica

species 118.

Spotted Dove

Count 3

Monica Mesch

Holloways Beach, Cairns

species 119.

Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo

Count 12

Monica Mesch

Holloways Beach, Cairns

species 120.

Metallic Starling

Count 60

Monica Mesch

Holloways Beach, Cairns

species 121.

Blue-winged Kookaburra

Count 1

Luke Jackson

Behana Gorge

species 122.

Gray Goshawk

Count 2

Shawn Depper

347 Pease St

species 123.

Papuan Frogmouth

Count 1

John Gorey

Daintree Village Boat Cruise

species 124.

Azure Kingfisher

Count 2

John Gorey

Daintree Village Boat Cruise

species 125.

Forest Kingfisher

Count 3

John Gorey

Daintree Village Boat Cruise

species 126.

Black Bittern

Count 3

Jacopo Bartholomew

Daintree Village Boat Cruise

species 127.

Tawny Frogmouth

Count 1

Rohan Etherington

Atherton St, Whitfield AU-QLD (-16.9076,145.7265)

species 128.

Pacific Reef-Heron

Count 9

John Gorey

Cairns Esplanade--Southern End

species 129.

Greater Sand-Plover

Count 2

Jude Friesen

Cairns Esplanade--Northern End

species 130.

Far Eastern Curlew

Count 14

Jude Friesen

Cairns Esplanade--Northern End

species 131.

Rainbow Lorikeet

Count 200

Jude Friesen

Cairns Esplanade--Northern End

species 132.

Australasian Darter

Count 7

Sandra Ozols

Yorkeys Lagoon and golf course

species 133.

Peregrine Falcon

Count 1

Jan Lile

17 Hartley St, Cairns City AU-QLD -16.92812, 145.77615

species 134.

Rock Pigeon

Count 250

Margaret Jensen

Cairns Esplanade

species 135.

Peaceful Dove

Count 75

Margaret Jensen

Cairns Esplanade

species 136.

Pied Oystercatcher

Count 16

Margaret Jensen

Cairns Esplanade

species 137.

Whimbrel

Count 10

Margaret Jensen

Cairns Esplanade

species 138.

Silver Gull

Count 18

Margaret Jensen

Cairns Esplanade

species 139.

Varied Honeyeater

Count 8

Margaret Jensen

Cairns Esplanade

species 140.

Willie-wagtail

Count 40

Margaret Jensen

Cairns Esplanade

species 141.

Welcome Swallow

Count 50

Margaret Jensen

Cairns Esplanade

species 142.

Common Myna

Count 150

Margaret Jensen

Cairns Esplanade

species 143.

House Sparrow

Count 19

Margaret Jensen

Cairns Esplanade

species 144.

White-breasted Woodswallow

Count 25

Margaret Jensen

Fogarty Park

species 145.

Channel-billed Cuckoo

Count 3

Max Chalfin-Jacobs

Eubenangee Swamp National Park

species 146.

Superb Fruit-Dove

Count 3

Dave & Annie Anderson

Behana Gorge

species 147.

Fairy Gerygone

Count 2

Dave & Annie Anderson

Behana Gorge

species 148.

Gray Whistler

Count 1

Dave & Annie Anderson

Behana Gorge

species 149.

Magpie-lark

Count 35

Sonia Patterson

253–263 Esplanade, Cairns North AU-QLD -16.90702, 145.76472

species 150.

Scarlet Myzomela

Count 2

Dave & Annie Anderson

Robson's Lookout

species 151.

White-throated Honeyeater

Count 4

Dave & Annie Anderson

Robson's Lookout

species 152.

Striated Pardalote

Count 4

Dave & Annie Anderson

Robson's Lookout

species 153.

White-bellied Cuckooshrike

Count 2

Dave & Annie Anderson

Robson's Lookout

species 154.

Rufous Whistler

Count 1

Dave & Annie Anderson

Robson's Lookout

species 155.

Australasian Figbird

Count 8

Dave & Annie Anderson

Robson's Lookout

species 156.

Red-browed Firetail

Count 4

Dave & Annie Anderson

Robson's Lookout

Exotic: Provisional

species 157.

Helmeted Guineafowl

Count 3

Rebel Warren and David Parsons

France Rd Turf Farm (Edmonton)

Additional taxa

white egret sp.

Count 5

Dave & Annie Anderson

Morabito Rd

friarbird sp.

Count 1

Chris Springer

Stewart Creek Rd

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GBBC Feb 16-19, 2024

Explore recent checklists of birds in this area.
Observer	Date	Location	Species
Joshua Moody	19 Feb 2024	Cairns Esplanade	19
Megan Moody	19 Feb 2024	Cairns Esplanade	19
Norton Gill	19 Feb 2024	Royal Harbour Cairns Esplanade. Birds seen from my Balcony.	20
Monica Mesch	19 Feb 2024	Mark Close, Holloways Beach Qld	9
Dave & Annie Anderson	19 Feb 2024	Smithfield Bypass Walking Track	1
Dave & Annie Anderson	19 Feb 2024	Smithfield Bypass Walking Track	1
Mary Clarke	19 Feb 2024	Gallet Rd	14
Margaret Jensen	19 Feb 2024	Behana Gorge Service Road	5
Rebel Warren and David Parsons	19 Feb 2024	France Rd Turf Farm (Edmonton)	15
Joshua Moody	19 Feb 2024	Cairns Esplanade	22

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Species

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Rank	Hotspot name	Total
1	Cairns Esplanade	44
2	Cairns Esplanade--Northern End	38
3	Stewarts Rd, Caravonica	31
4	Yorkeys Lagoon and golf course	27
5	Goomboora Park	26
6	Redford Rd, Caravonica	25
7	Behana Gorge	23
8	Saltwater Creek (Centenary Lakes)	23
9	Botanica Environs	21
10	Daintree Village Boat Cruise	21