eBird Field Checklist
Cairns Esplanade
Cairns, Queensland, AU
ebird.org/hotspot/L930524
282 species (+36 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
Magpie Goose
Plumed Whistling-Duck
Wandering Whistling-Duck
Black Swan
Radjah Shelduck
Maned Duck
Pacific Black Duck
Mallard
Gray Teal
Pink-eared Duck
Hardhead
Megapodes
Australian Brushturkey
Orange-footed Megapode
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Brown Quail
Grebes
Australasian Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
White-headed Pigeon
Spotted Dove
Brown Cuckoo-Dove
Pacific Emerald Dove
Common Bronzewing
Crested Pigeon
Peaceful Dove
Bar-shouldered Dove
Wompoo Fruit-Dove
Superb Fruit-Dove
Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove
fruit-dove sp.
Torresian Imperial-Pigeon
imperial-pigeon sp.
Topknot Pigeon
pigeon/dove sp.
Cuckoos
Pheasant Coucal
Pacific Koel
Channel-billed Cuckoo
Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo
Little Bronze-Cuckoo
Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Brush Cuckoo
Oriental Cuckoo
Frogmouths
Papuan Frogmouth
Nightjars
Spotted Nightjar
Owlet-nightjars
Australian Owlet-nightjar
Swifts
White-throated Needletail
Australian Swiftlet
Pacific Swift
swift sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Buff-banded Rail
Dusky Moorhen
Eurasian Coot
Australasian Swamphen
White-browed Crake
Pale-vented Bush-hen
Red-necked Crake
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
Oriental Plover
Siberian Sand-Plover
Greater Sand-Plover
sand-plover sp.
Double-banded Plover
Red-capped Plover
small plover sp.
plover sp.
Comb-crested Jacana
Whimbrel
Little Curlew
Far Eastern Curlew
curlew sp.
Bar-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
godwit sp.
Asian Dowitcher
Latham's Snipe
Terek Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Gray-tailed Tattler
Wandering Tattler
Gray-tailed/Wandering Tattler
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Redshank
Nordmann's Greenshank
Common Greenshank
Nordmann's/Common Greenshank
Tringa sp.
Ruddy Turnstone
Great Knot
Red Knot
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Long-toed Stint
Red-necked Stint
Sanderling
Pectoral Sandpiper
Curlew x Pectoral Sandpiper (hybrid)
peep sp.
Calidris sp.
Scolopacidae sp.
Red-chested Buttonquail
Australian Pratincole
shorebird sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Silver Gull
Laughing Gull
Franklin's Gull
Kelp Gull
gull sp.
Brown Noddy
Black Noddy
Sooty Tern
Bridled Tern
Little Tern
Australian Fairy Tern
Gull-billed 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.
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Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Short-tailed Shearwater
Hutton's 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
Pied 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
Wedge-tailed Eagle
Swamp Harrier
Spotted Harrier
Gray Goshawk
Brown Goshawk
Collared Sparrowhawk
Black Kite
Whistling Kite
Brahminy Kite
White-bellied Sea-Eagle
Owls
Barn Owl
Rufous Owl
Barking Owl
Kingfishers
Azure Kingfisher
Little Kingfisher
Laughing Kookaburra
Blue-winged Kookaburra
Red-backed Kingfisher
Forest Kingfisher
Torresian Kingfisher
Sacred Kingfisher
Buff-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher
kingfisher sp.
Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies
Rainbow Bee-eater
Dollarbird
Falcons and Caracaras
Nankeen Kestrel
Australian Hobby
Brown Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
falcon sp.
diurnal raptor sp.
Cockatoos
Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo
Cockatiel
Galah
Little Corella
Long-billed Corella
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Australian King-Parrot
Red-winged Parrot
Crimson Rosella
Pale-headed Rosella
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Double-eyed Fig-Parrot
Budgerigar
Little Lorikeet
Scaly-breasted Lorikeet
Rainbow Lorikeet
parakeet sp.
parrot sp.
Old World Pittas
Noisy Pitta
Scrub-birds and Bowerbirds
Spotted Catbird
Satin Bowerbird
Great Bowerbird
Australian Treecreepers
White-throated Treecreeper
Fairywrens
Lovely Fairywren
Red-backed Fairywren
Honeyeaters
Eastern Spinebill
Yellow-spotted Honeyeater
Lewin's Honeyeater
Cryptic Honeyeater
Yellow Honeyeater
Yellow-faced Honeyeater
Varied Honeyeater
Fuscous Honeyeater
Brown-backed Honeyeater
Dusky Myzomela
Scarlet Myzomela
Brown Honeyeater
White-cheeked Honeyeater
Blue-faced Honeyeater
White-throated Honeyeater
Macleay's Honeyeater
Little Friarbird
Helmeted Friarbird
Noisy Friarbird
friarbird sp.
Pardalotes
Striated Pardalote
Thornbills and Allies
Large-billed Scrubwren
Brown Gerygone
Fairy Gerygone
Large-billed Gerygone
White-throated Gerygone
gerygone sp.
Cuckooshrikes
Barred Cuckooshrike
Black-faced Cuckooshrike
White-bellied Cuckooshrike
Varied Triller
Common Cicadabird
Whipbirds and Wedgebills
Eastern Whipbird
Whistlers and Allies
Rufous Shrikethrush
Gray Whistler
Old World Orioles
Olive-backed Oriole
Green Oriole
Australasian Figbird
Woodswallows
White-breasted Woodswallow
Masked Woodswallow
White-browed Woodswallow
Black-faced Woodswallow
woodswallow sp.
Bellmagpies and Allies
Gray Butcherbird
Pied Butcherbird
Black Butcherbird
Pied Currawong
Fantails
Northern Fantail
Willie-wagtail
Australian Rufous Fantail
Gray Fantail
Drongos
Spangled Drongo
Monarch Flycatchers
Black-faced Monarch
Spectacled Monarch
Magpie-lark
Leaden Flycatcher
Restless Flycatcher
Shining Flycatcher
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Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Torresian Crow
Australasian Robins
Lemon-bellied Flyrobin
Mangrove Robin
Eastern Yellow Robin
Pale-yellow Robin
Cisticolas and Allies
Golden-headed Cisticola
Grassbirds and Allies
Brown Songlark
Tawny Grassbird
Martins and Swallows
Welcome Swallow
Barn 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
Plum-headed Finch
Double-barred Finch
Zebra Finch
Scaly-breasted Munia
Chestnut-breasted Munia
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
House x Eurasian Tree Sparrow (hybrid)
Wagtails and Pipits
Eastern Yellow Wagtail
Australian Pipit
Others
passerine sp.
bird sp.
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