Checklist for Cairns, Queensland, AU

eBird Field Checklist

Cairns, Queensland, AU

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408 species (+81 other taxa) - Year-round, All years

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Cassowaries and Emu

Southern Cassowary

Waterfowl

Magpie Goose

Spotted Whistling-Duck

Plumed Whistling-Duck

Wandering Whistling-Duck

whistling-duck sp.

Graylag Goose

Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type)

Black Swan

Radjah Shelduck

Muscovy Duck

Green Pygmy-Goose

Cotton Pygmy-Goose

Maned Duck

Australasian Shoveler

Pacific Black Duck

Mallard

Muscovy Duck x Mallard (hybrid)

Mallard x Pacific Black Duck (hybrid)

Gray Teal

Chestnut Teal

teal sp.

Pink-eared Duck

Hardhead

Megapodes

Australian Brushturkey

Orange-footed Megapode

Grouse, Quail, and Allies

Helmeted Guineafowl

Wild Turkey

Indian Peafowl

Red Junglefowl

Brown Quail

Blue-breasted Quail

Stubble Quail

Grebes

Australasian Grebe

Hoary-headed Grebe

Great Crested Grebe

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon

White-headed Pigeon

African Collared-Dove

Spotted Dove

Brown Cuckoo-Dove

Pacific Emerald Dove

Common Bronzewing

Crested Pigeon

Diamond Dove

Peaceful Dove

Bar-shouldered Dove

Nicobar Pigeon

Wompoo Fruit-Dove

Superb Fruit-Dove

Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove

fruit-dove sp.

Torresian Imperial-Pigeon

imperial-pigeon sp.

Topknot Pigeon

pigeon/dove sp.

Bustards

Australian Bustard

Cuckoos

Pheasant Coucal

Pacific Koel

Channel-billed Cuckoo

Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo

Shining Bronze-Cuckoo

Little Bronze-Cuckoo

Pallid Cuckoo

Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo

Fan-tailed Cuckoo

Brush Cuckoo

Oriental Cuckoo

cuckoo sp. (Cuculidae sp.)

Frogmouths

Tawny Frogmouth

Papuan Frogmouth

Nightjars

Spotted Nightjar

White-throated Nightjar

Large-tailed Nightjar

nightjar sp.

Owlet-nightjars

Australian Owlet-nightjar

Swifts

White-throated Needletail

Australian Swiftlet

swiftlet sp.

Pacific Swift

Apus/Tachymarptis sp.

swift sp.

Rails, Gallinules, and Allies

Chestnut Rail

Buff-banded Rail

Dusky Moorhen

Eurasian Coot

Australasian Swamphen

White-browed Crake

Pale-vented Bush-hen

Red-necked Crake

Baillon's Crake

Spotless Crake

Cranes

Sarus Crane

Brolga

crane sp.

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

Banded Lapwing

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.

Australian Painted-Snipe

Comb-crested Jacana

Whimbrel

Little Curlew

Far Eastern Curlew

curlew sp.

Bar-tailed Godwit

Black-tailed Godwit

godwit sp.

Asian Dowitcher

Swinhoe's Snipe

Latham's Snipe

snipe sp.

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

Ruff

Broad-billed Sandpiper

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper

Curlew Sandpiper

Long-toed Stint

Red-necked Stint

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Sanderling

Pectoral Sandpiper

Curlew x Pectoral Sandpiper (hybrid)

peep sp.

Calidris sp.

Scolopacidae sp.

Red-backed Buttonquail

Little Buttonquail

Red-chested Buttonquail

Painted Buttonquail

buttonquail sp.

Australian Pratincole

Oriental Pratincole

shorebird sp.

Skuas and Jaegers

Long-tailed Jaeger

Parasitic Jaeger

Pomarine Jaeger

skua sp.

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

Silver Gull

Laughing Gull

Franklin's Gull

Kelp Gull

gull sp.

White Tern

Brown Noddy

Black Noddy

Brown/Black Noddy

Sooty Tern

Bridled Tern

Sooty/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.

Tropicbirds

White-tailed Tropicbird

Red-tailed Tropicbird

tropicbird sp.

Storm-Petrels

Wilson's Storm-Petrel

White-bellied Storm-Petrel

storm-petrel sp.

Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels

Northern Giant-Petrel

Cape Petrel

Pterodroma sp.

Tahiti Petrel

Wedge-tailed Shearwater

Short-tailed Shearwater

Sooty/Short-tailed Shearwater

Hutton's Shearwater

Fluttering Shearwater

shearwater sp.

Storks

Black-necked Stork

Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets

Lesser Frigatebird

Great Frigatebird

frigatebird sp.

Australasian Gannet

Red-footed Booby

Brown Booby

Masked Booby

booby sp.

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

Black-backed 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

heron sp.

white egret sp.

Glossy Ibis

Australian Ibis

Straw-necked Ibis

Royal Spoonbill

Yellow-billed Spoonbill

Vultures, Hawks, and Allies

Osprey

Black-shouldered Kite

Black-breasted Kite

Square-tailed Kite

Pacific Baza

Little Eagle

Wedge-tailed Eagle

Swamp Harrier

Spotted Harrier

Gray Goshawk

Brown Goshawk

Collared Sparrowhawk

Accipiter sp.

Black Kite

Whistling Kite

Brahminy Kite

White-bellied Sea-Eagle

hawk sp.

Owls

Sooty Owl

Australian Masked-Owl

Australasian Grass-Owl

Barn Owl

Rufous Owl

Barking Owl

Southern Boobook

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

Black 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

Papuan Eclectus

Rose-ringed Parakeet

Crimson Rosella

Pale-headed Rosella

Red-rumped Parrot

Double-eyed Fig-Parrot

Budgerigar

Little Lorikeet

Musk Lorikeet

Scaly-breasted Lorikeet

Rainbow Lorikeet

rainbow lorikeet sp.

lorikeet sp.

Rosy-faced Lovebird

parakeet sp.

parrot sp.

Old World Pittas

Noisy Pitta

Scrub-birds and Bowerbirds

Spotted Catbird

Tooth-billed Bowerbird

Golden Bowerbird

Satin Bowerbird

Great Bowerbird

Australian Treecreepers

White-throated Treecreeper

Brown Treecreeper

Fairywrens

Lovely Fairywren

Red-backed Fairywren

fairywren sp.

Honeyeaters

Eastern Spinebill

Yellow-spotted Honeyeater

Lewin's Honeyeater

Cryptic Honeyeater

Meliphaga/Territornis/Microptilotis sp.

Yellow Honeyeater

Yellow-faced Honeyeater

Bridled Honeyeater

Varied Honeyeater

Fuscous Honeyeater

Brown-backed Honeyeater

Bar-breasted Honeyeater

Rufous-throated Honeyeater

Dusky Myzomela

Scarlet Myzomela

Banded Honeyeater

Brown Honeyeater

White-cheeked Honeyeater

White-streaked Honeyeater

Blue-faced Honeyeater

White-throated Honeyeater

White-naped Honeyeater

Black-chinned Honeyeater

Melithreptus sp.

Macleay's Honeyeater

Little Friarbird

Helmeted Friarbird

Silver-crowned Friarbird

Noisy Friarbird

friarbird sp.

Meliphagidae sp.

Pardalotes

Spotted Pardalote

Striated Pardalote

pardalote sp.

Thornbills and Allies

Fernwren

Weebill

Yellow-throated Scrubwren

White-browed Scrubwren

Atherton Scrubwren

Large-billed Scrubwren

scrubwren sp.

Yellow-rumped Thornbill

Yellow Thornbill

Mountain Thornbill

Buff-rumped Thornbill

Brown Gerygone

Fairy Gerygone

Large-billed Gerygone

White-throated Gerygone

Mangrove Gerygone

gerygone sp.

Pseudo-Babblers

Gray-crowned Babbler

Logrunners

Chowchilla

Cuckooshrikes

Barred Cuckooshrike

Black-faced Cuckooshrike

White-bellied Cuckooshrike

Coracina sp.

White-winged Triller

Varied Triller

Common Cicadabird

Sittellas

Varied Sittella

Whipbirds and Wedgebills

Eastern Whipbird

Shrike-tits

Eastern Shrike-tit

Whistlers and Allies

Bower's Shrikethrush

Gray Shrikethrush

Rufous Shrikethrush

Golden Whistler

Black-tailed Whistler

Gray Whistler

Rufous Whistler

Old World Orioles

Olive-backed Oriole

Green Oriole

Australasian Figbird

Boatbills

Yellow-breasted Boatbill

Woodswallows

White-breasted Woodswallow

Masked Woodswallow

White-browed Woodswallow

Black-faced Woodswallow

Dusky Woodswallow

Little Woodswallow

woodswallow sp.

Bellmagpies and Allies

Gray Butcherbird

Pied Butcherbird

Black Butcherbird

Australian Magpie

Pied Currawong

Fantails

Northern Fantail

Willie-wagtail

Australian Rufous Fantail

Gray Fantail

Drongos

Spangled Drongo

Birds-of-Paradise

Victoria's Riflebird

Monarch Flycatchers

White-eared Monarch

Black-faced Monarch

Monarcha sp.

Spectacled Monarch

Pied Monarch

Magpie-lark

Leaden Flycatcher

Broad-billed Flycatcher

Satin Flycatcher

Leaden/Satin Flycatcher

Restless Flycatcher

Shining Flycatcher

Myiagra sp.

White-winged Chough and Apostlebird

Apostlebird

Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens

Torresian Crow

crow/raven sp.

Australasian Robins

Lemon-bellied Flyrobin

Jacky-winter

Gray-headed Robin

White-browed Robin

Mangrove Robin

Eastern Yellow Robin

Pale-yellow Robin

Larks

Singing Bushlark

lark sp.

Cisticolas and Allies

Golden-headed Cisticola

Reed Warblers and Allies

Australian Reed Warbler

Grassbirds and Allies

Brown Songlark

Rufous Songlark

Tawny Grassbird

Martins and Swallows

Welcome Swallow

Barn Swallow

Red-rumped Swallow

Fairy Martin

Tree Martin

Fairy/Tree Martin

swallow sp.

White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies

Ashy-bellied White-eye

Silvereye

Zosterops sp.

white-eye sp.

Starlings and Mynas

Metallic Starling

European Starling

Common Myna

Thrushes

Bassian Thrush

Russet-tailed Thrush

Zoothera sp.

Flowerpeckers

Mistletoebird

Sunbirds and Spiderhunters

Sahul Sunbird

sunbird sp.

Estrildids

Crimson Finch

Red-browed Firetail

Plum-headed Finch

Double-barred Finch

Zebra Finch

Black-throated Finch

Java Sparrow

Scaly-breasted Munia

Chestnut-breasted Munia

Lonchura sp.

Blue-faced Parrotfinch

estrildid finch sp.

Old World Sparrows

House Sparrow

Eurasian Tree Sparrow

House x Eurasian Tree Sparrow (hybrid)

Wagtails and Pipits

Gray Wagtail

Eastern Yellow Wagtail

White Wagtail

Australian Pipit

Others

passerine sp.

bird sp.