eBird Field Checklist
Gold Coast, Queensland, AU
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376 species (+77 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
Magpie Goose
Plumed Whistling-Duck
Wandering Whistling-Duck
Graylag Goose
Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type)
Freckled Duck
Black Swan
Radjah Shelduck
Muscovy Duck
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
Blue-billed Duck
Musk Duck
duck sp.
Megapodes
Australian Brushturkey
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Helmeted Guineafowl
Indian Peafowl
Red Junglefowl
Brown Quail
Blue-breasted Quail
Grebes
Australasian Grebe
Hoary-headed Grebe
grebe sp.
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
White-headed Pigeon
Spotted Dove
Brown Cuckoo-Dove
Pacific Emerald Dove
Common Bronzewing
Crested Pigeon
Wonga Pigeon
Peaceful Dove
Bar-shouldered Dove
Wompoo Fruit-Dove
Superb Fruit-Dove
Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove
fruit-dove 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
Shining/Little Bronze-Cuckoo
bronze-cuckoo sp.
Pallid Cuckoo
Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Brush Cuckoo
Oriental Cuckoo
Frogmouths
Tawny Frogmouth
Marbled Frogmouth
Nightjars
White-throated Nightjar
nightjar sp.
Owlet-nightjars
Australian Owlet-nightjar
Swifts
White-throated Needletail
Pacific Swift
Apus/Tachymarptis sp.
swift sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Lewin's Rail
Buff-banded Rail
Australian Crake
Dusky Moorhen
Eurasian Coot
Australasian Swamphen
Pale-vented Bush-hen
Baillon's Crake
Spotless Crake
Porzana/Zapornia/Hapalocrex sp.
Shorebirds
Beach Thick-knee
Bush Thick-knee
Pied Stilt
Banded Stilt
Red-necked Avocet
Pied Oystercatcher
Sooty Oystercatcher
Pacific Golden-Plover
Black-fronted Dotterel
Masked Lapwing
Red-kneed Dotterel
Siberian Sand-Plover
Greater Sand-Plover
Double-banded Plover
Red-capped Plover
plover sp.
Australian Painted-Snipe
Comb-crested Jacana
Whimbrel
Far Eastern Curlew
curlew sp.
Bar-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
godwit sp.
Latham's Snipe
snipe sp.
Terek Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Gray-tailed Tattler
Wandering Tattler
Gray-tailed/Wandering Tattler
Marsh Sandpiper
Common Greenshank
Ruddy Turnstone
Great Knot
Red Knot
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Red-necked Stint
Sanderling
Pectoral Sandpiper
peep sp.
Calidris sp.
Painted Buttonquail
Black-breasted Buttonquail
buttonquail sp.
shorebird sp.
Skuas and Jaegers
Long-tailed Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed/Parasitic Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
Brown Skua
South Polar Skua
jaeger sp.
skua sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Silver Gull
Pacific Gull
Kelp Gull
Larus sp.
gull sp.
White Tern
Brown Noddy
Black Noddy
Gray Noddy
Sooty Tern
Bridled Tern
Sooty/Bridled Tern
Little Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Australian Tern
Caspian Tern
Whiskered Tern
White-winged Tern
Arctic Tern
Common Tern
Black-naped Tern
White-fronted Tern
Sterna sp.
Lesser Crested Tern
Great Crested Tern
large tern sp.
tern sp.
Tropicbirds
White-tailed Tropicbird
Red-tailed Tropicbird
Albatrosses
Snowy Albatross
Antipodean Albatross
Snowy/Tristan/Antipodean Albatross
Light-mantled Albatross
Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross
Buller's Albatross
White-capped Albatross
Salvin's Albatross
Black-browed Albatross
small albatross sp.
Storm-Petrels
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
White-faced Storm-Petrel
White-bellied Storm-Petrel
New Caledonian Storm-Petrel
Black-bellied Storm-Petrel
Polynesian Storm-Petrel
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel
Matsudaira's Storm-Petrel
Hydrobates sp.
storm-petrel sp.
Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels
Southern Giant-Petrel
Northern Giant-Petrel
Southern/Northern Giant-Petrel
Cape Petrel
Gray-faced Petrel
Great-winged/Gray-faced Petrel
Kermadec Petrel
Providence Petrel
White-headed Petrel
Mottled Petrel
White-necked Petrel
Black-winged Petrel
Cook's Petrel
Gould's Petrel
Pterodroma sp.
Fairy Prion
Antarctic Prion
prion sp.
Bulwer's Petrel
Tahiti Petrel
Parkinson's Petrel
Westland Petrel
Streaked Shearwater
Flesh-footed Shearwater
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Buller's Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Short-tailed Shearwater
Sooty/Short-tailed Shearwater
Hutton's Shearwater
Fluttering Shearwater
Hutton's/Fluttering Shearwater
Little Shearwater
shearwater sp.
Common Diving-Petrel
Storks
Black-necked Stork
Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets
Lesser Frigatebird
Great Frigatebird
frigatebird sp.
Australasian Gannet
Red-footed Booby
Brown Booby
Masked 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
Australasian Bittern
Black Bittern
Black-backed Bittern
Nankeen Night Heron
Pacific Reef-Heron
Little Egret
White-faced Heron
Striated Heron
Eastern Cattle Egret
Pacific Heron
Great Egret
Plumed Egret
white egret sp.
Glossy Ibis
Australian Ibis
Straw-necked Ibis
Royal Spoonbill
Yellow-billed Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Osprey
Black-shouldered 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
Barn Owl
Powerful Owl
Barking Owl
Southern Boobook
owl sp.
Kingfishers
Azure Kingfisher
Laughing Kookaburra
Forest Kingfisher
Torresian Kingfisher
Sacred 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
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo
Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo
Glossy Black-Cockatoo
Cockatiel
Galah
Pink Cockatoo
Little Corella
Long-billed Corella
corella sp.
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
corella/white cockatoo sp.
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Australian King-Parrot
Papuan Eclectus
Alexandrine Parakeet
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Turquoise Parrot
Swift Parrot
Crimson Rosella
Eastern Rosella
Pale-headed Rosella
Eastern x Pale-headed Rosella (hybrid)
Little Lorikeet
Musk Lorikeet
Scaly-breasted Lorikeet
Rainbow Lorikeet
Scaly-breasted/Rainbow Lorikeet
lorikeet sp.
parakeet sp.
parrot sp.
Old World Pittas
Noisy Pitta
Lyrebirds
Albert's Lyrebird
Scrub-birds and Bowerbirds
Rufous Scrub-bird
Green Catbird
Regent Bowerbird
Satin Bowerbird
Australian Treecreepers
White-throated Treecreeper
Red-browed Treecreeper
australian treecreeper sp.
Fairywrens
Variegated Fairywren
Superb Fairywren
Red-backed Fairywren
fairywren sp.
Honeyeaters
Eastern Spinebill
Lewin's Honeyeater
Yellow-faced Honeyeater
Bell Miner
Noisy Miner
Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater
Little Wattlebird
Red Wattlebird
wattlebird sp.
Mangrove Honeyeater
Dusky Myzomela
Scarlet Myzomela
Brown Honeyeater
White-cheeked Honeyeater
Blue-faced Honeyeater
White-throated Honeyeater
White-naped Honeyeater
Black-chinned Honeyeater
Melithreptus sp.
Striped Honeyeater
Little Friarbird
Noisy Friarbird
Pardalotes
Spotted Pardalote
Striated Pardalote
Thornbills and Allies
Speckled Warbler
Weebill
Yellow-throated Scrubwren
White-browed Scrubwren
Large-billed Scrubwren
Yellow-rumped Thornbill
Yellow Thornbill
Striated Thornbill
Brown Thornbill
Buff-rumped Thornbill
thornbill sp.
Brown Gerygone
White-throated Gerygone
Mangrove Gerygone
gerygone sp.
Pseudo-Babblers
Gray-crowned Babbler
Logrunners
Australian Logrunner
Quail-thrushes and Jewel-babblers
Spotted Quail-thrush
Cuckooshrikes
Barred Cuckooshrike
Black-faced Cuckooshrike
White-bellied Cuckooshrike
White-winged Triller
Varied Triller
Common Cicadabird
Sittellas
Varied Sittella
Whipbirds and Wedgebills
Eastern Whipbird
Shrike-tits
Eastern Shrike-tit
Whistlers and Allies
Gray Shrikethrush
Rufous Shrikethrush
Olive Whistler
Golden Whistler
Rufous Whistler
Old World Orioles
Olive-backed Oriole
Australasian Figbird
Woodswallows
White-breasted Woodswallow
Masked Woodswallow
White-browed Woodswallow
Dusky Woodswallow
woodswallow sp.
Bellmagpies and Allies
Gray Butcherbird
Pied Butcherbird
Australian Magpie
Pied Currawong
Fantails
Willie-wagtail
Australian Rufous Fantail
Gray Fantail
Drongos
Spangled Drongo
Birds-of-Paradise
Paradise Riflebird
Monarch Flycatchers
White-eared Monarch
Black-faced Monarch
Spectacled Monarch
Magpie-lark
Leaden Flycatcher
Satin Flycatcher
Leaden/Satin Flycatcher
Restless Flycatcher
Shining Flycatcher
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Torresian Crow
crow sp.
crow/raven sp.
Australasian Robins
Rose Robin
Jacky-winter
Eastern Yellow Robin
Pale-yellow Robin
Larks
lark sp.
Cisticolas and Allies
Golden-headed Cisticola
Reed Warblers and Allies
Australian Reed Warbler
Grassbirds and Allies
Little Grassbird
Brown Songlark
Rufous Songlark
Tawny Grassbird
Poodytes/Cincloramphus/Megalurus sp.
Martins and Swallows
Welcome Swallow
Fairy Martin
Tree Martin
Fairy/Tree Martin
swallow sp.
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
Silvereye
Starlings and Mynas
European Starling
Common Myna
Thrushes
Bassian Thrush
Russet-tailed Thrush
Bassian/Russet-tailed Thrush
Zoothera sp.
Flowerpeckers
Mistletoebird
Estrildids
Red-browed Firetail
Plum-headed Finch
Double-barred Finch
Scaly-breasted Munia
Chestnut-breasted Munia
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
Australian Pipit
Others
passerine sp.
bird sp.