eBird Field Checklist
Cairns Esplanade
Cairns, Queensland, AU
ebird.org/hotspot/L930524
130 species (+8 other taxa) - Year-round, Current year
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Waterfowl
Magpie Goose
Plumed Whistling-Duck
Radjah Shelduck
Pacific Black Duck
Megapodes
Australian Brushturkey
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
White-headed Pigeon
Spotted Dove
Crested Pigeon
Peaceful Dove
Bar-shouldered Dove
Wompoo Fruit-Dove
Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove
Torresian Imperial-Pigeon
Cuckoos
Channel-billed Cuckoo
Little Bronze-Cuckoo
Swifts
White-throated Needletail
Australian Swiftlet
Pacific Swift
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Buff-banded Rail
Shorebirds
Beach Thick-knee
Bush Thick-knee
Pied Stilt
Pied Oystercatcher
Sooty Oystercatcher
Black-fronted Dotterel
Masked Lapwing
Siberian Sand-Plover
Greater Sand-Plover
Red-capped Plover
Whimbrel
Far Eastern Curlew
Bar-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
godwit sp.
Latham's Snipe
Terek Sandpiper
Gray-tailed Tattler
Nordmann's Greenshank
Common Greenshank
Great Knot
Red Knot
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Red-necked Stint
shorebird sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Silver Gull
Laughing Gull
Bridled Tern
Little Tern
Australian Tern
Caspian Tern
Common Tern
Lesser Crested Tern
Great Crested Tern
Storks
Black-necked Stork
Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets
Great Frigatebird
Cormorants and Anhingas
Little Pied Cormorant
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
Great Egret
Plumed Egret
white egret sp.
Australian Ibis
Straw-necked Ibis
Royal Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Osprey
Wedge-tailed Eagle
Gray Goshawk
Brown Goshawk
Black Kite
Whistling Kite
Brahminy Kite
White-bellied Sea-Eagle
Owls
Barn Owl
Kingfishers
Azure Kingfisher
Laughing Kookaburra
Torresian Kingfisher
Sacred Kingfisher
kingfisher sp.
Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies
Rainbow Bee-eater
Falcons and Caracaras
Nankeen Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
falcon sp.
diurnal raptor sp.
Cockatoos
Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Double-eyed Fig-Parrot
Little Lorikeet
Scaly-breasted Lorikeet
Rainbow Lorikeet
Honeyeaters
Yellow-spotted Honeyeater
Yellow Honeyeater
Varied Honeyeater
Brown-backed Honeyeater
Dusky Myzomela
Brown Honeyeater
Blue-faced Honeyeater
White-throated Honeyeater
Helmeted Friarbird
Noisy Friarbird
friarbird sp.
Thornbills and Allies
Large-billed Gerygone
Cuckooshrikes
White-bellied Cuckooshrike
Varied Triller
Old World Orioles
Olive-backed Oriole
Green Oriole
Australasian Figbird
Woodswallows
White-breasted Woodswallow
White-browed Woodswallow
Bellmagpies and Allies
Black Butcherbird
Pied Currawong
Fantails
Northern Fantail
Willie-wagtail
Gray Fantail
Drongos
Spangled Drongo
Monarch Flycatchers
Spectacled Monarch
Magpie-lark
Leaden Flycatcher
Shining Flycatcher
Australasian Robins
Mangrove Robin
Martins and Swallows
Welcome Swallow
Tree Martin
Starlings and Mynas
Metallic Starling
Common Myna
Flowerpeckers
Mistletoebird
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Sahul Sunbird
Estrildids
Scaly-breasted Munia
Chestnut-breasted Munia
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
House x Eurasian Tree Sparrow (hybrid)