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Count
Date
Observer
Location
Native and Naturalized (82)
Pied Stilt
Himantopus leucocephalus
#
Count:
1
Date:
3 Oct 2022
Observer:
Nicholas Murray
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Pied Oystercatcher
Haematopus longirostris
#
Count:
5
Date:
3 Oct 2022
Observer:
Nicholas Murray
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
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Black-bellied Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
#
Count:
4
Date:
3 Oct 2022
Observer:
Nicholas Murray
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulva
#
Count:
16
Date:
3 Oct 2022
Observer:
Nicholas Murray
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Siberian Sand-Plover
Anarhynchus mongolus
#
Count:
X
Date:
3 Oct 2022
Observer:
Nicholas Murray
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Greater Sand-Plover
Anarhynchus leschenaultii
#
Count:
X
Date:
3 Oct 2022
Observer:
Nicholas Murray
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Red-capped Plover
Anarhynchus ruficapillus
#
Count:
8
Date:
3 Oct 2022
Observer:
Nicholas Murray
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
#
Count:
110
Date:
3 Oct 2022
Observer:
Nicholas Murray
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Far Eastern Curlew
Numenius madagascariensis
#
Count:
145
Date:
3 Oct 2022
Observer:
Nicholas Murray
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
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Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica
#
Count:
65
Date:
3 Oct 2022
Observer:
Nicholas Murray
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Gray-tailed Tattler
Tringa brevipes
#
Count:
91
Date:
3 Oct 2022
Observer:
Nicholas Murray
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Great Knot
Calidris tenuirostris
#
Count:
25
Date:
3 Oct 2022
Observer:
Nicholas Murray
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Silver Gull
Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
#
Count:
16
Date:
3 Oct 2022
Observer:
Nicholas Murray
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Little Tern
Sternula albifrons
#
Count:
13
Date:
3 Oct 2022
Observer:
Nicholas Murray
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Australian Tern
Gelochelidon macrotarsa
#
Count:
21
Date:
3 Oct 2022
Observer:
Nicholas Murray
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Caspian Tern
Hydroprogne caspia
#
Count:
4
Date:
3 Oct 2022
Observer:
Nicholas Murray
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Lesser Crested Tern
Thalasseus bengalensis
#
Count:
7
Date:
3 Oct 2022
Observer:
Nicholas Murray
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Great Crested Tern
Thalasseus bergii
#
Count:
3
Date:
3 Oct 2022
Observer:
Nicholas Murray
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Australian Pelican
Pelecanus conspicillatus
#
Count:
2
Date:
3 Oct 2022
Observer:
Nicholas Murray
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Australian Ibis
Threskiornis molucca
#
Count:
3
Date:
3 Oct 2022
Observer:
Nicholas Murray
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Osprey
Pandion haliaetus
#
Count:
1
Date:
3 Oct 2022
Observer:
Nicholas Murray
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Varied Honeyeater
Gavicalis versicolor
#
Count:
4
Date:
3 Oct 2022
Observer:
Nicholas Murray
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Magpie-lark
Grallina cyanoleuca
#
Count:
2
Date:
3 Oct 2022
Observer:
Nicholas Murray
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Welcome Swallow
Hirundo neoxena
#
Count:
6
Date:
3 Oct 2022
Observer:
Nicholas Murray
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Beach Thick-knee
Esacus magnirostris
#
Count:
2
Date:
9 Mar 2021
Observer:
Brad Woodworth
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Red Knot
Calidris canutus
#
Count:
30
Date:
9 Mar 2021
Observer:
Brad Woodworth
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
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Great Egret
Ardea alba
#
Count:
2
Date:
9 Mar 2021
Observer:
Brad Woodworth
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
White-bellied Sea-Eagle
Icthyophaga leucogaster
#
Count:
1
Date:
9 Mar 2021
Observer:
Brad Woodworth
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Rainbow Bee-eater
Merops ornatus
#
Count:
60
Date:
9 Mar 2021
Observer:
Brad Woodworth
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Mangrove Honeyeater
Gavicalis fasciogularis
#
Count:
3
Date:
9 Mar 2021
Observer:
Brad Woodworth
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Brown Honeyeater
Lichmera indistincta
#
Count:
2
Date:
9 Mar 2021
Observer:
Brad Woodworth
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Calidris acuminata
#
Count:
6
Date:
29 Nov 2020
Observer:
angus thompson
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Red-necked Stint
Calidris ruficollis
#
Count:
2
Date:
29 Nov 2020
Observer:
angus thompson
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Little Pied Cormorant
Microcarbo melanoleucos
#
Count:
1
Date:
30 Sep 2020
Observer:
angus thompson
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Striated Heron
Butorides striata
#
Count:
1
Date:
9 May 2020
Observer:
angus thompson
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Black Kite
Milvus migrans
#
Count:
2
Date:
9 May 2020
Observer:
angus thompson
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Leaden Flycatcher
Myiagra rubecula
#
Count:
1
Date:
9 May 2020
Observer:
angus thompson
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Shining Flycatcher
Myiagra alecto
#
Count:
2
Date:
9 May 2020
Observer:
angus thompson
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Torresian Crow
Corvus orru
#
Count:
1
Date:
9 May 2020
Observer:
angus thompson
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Peaceful Dove
Geopelia placida
#
Count:
1
Date:
9 May 2020
Observer:
angus thompson
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Australasian Darter
Anhinga novaehollandiae
#
Count:
1
Date:
9 May 2020
Observer:
angus thompson
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Little Bronze-Cuckoo
Chrysococcyx minutillus
#
Count:
3
Date:
12 Apr 2020
Observer:
Sam Barton
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Little Egret
Egretta garzetta
#
Count:
2
Date:
12 Apr 2020
Observer:
Sam Barton
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Royal Spoonbill
Platalea regia
#
Count:
1
Date:
12 Apr 2020
Observer:
Sam Barton
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Sacred Kingfisher
Todiramphus sanctus
#
Count:
2
Date:
12 Apr 2020
Observer:
Sam Barton
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Rainbow Lorikeet
Trichoglossus moluccanus
#
Count:
60
Date:
12 Apr 2020
Observer:
Sam Barton
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Helmeted Friarbird
Philemon buceroides
#
Count:
7
Date:
12 Apr 2020
Observer:
Sam Barton
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Mangrove Gerygone
Gerygone levigaster
#
Count:
2
Date:
12 Apr 2020
Observer:
Sam Barton
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
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Black-faced Cuckooshrike
Coracina novaehollandiae
#
Count:
3
Date:
12 Apr 2020
Observer:
Sam Barton
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Varied Triller
Lalage leucomela
#
Count:
4
Date:
12 Apr 2020
Observer:
Sam Barton
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Rufous Shrikethrush
Colluricincla rufogaster
#
Count:
1
Date:
12 Apr 2020
Observer:
Sam Barton
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Sahul Sunbird
Cinnyris frenatus
#
Count:
2
Date:
12 Apr 2020
Observer:
Sam Barton
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
#
Count:
2
Date:
18 Nov 2019
Observer:
Anne Lawrance
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Plumed Egret
Ardea plumifera
#
Count:
1
Date:
18 Nov 2019
Observer:
Anne Lawrance
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
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Details:
Whistling Kite
Haliastur sphenurus
#
Count:
2
Date:
18 Nov 2019
Observer:
Anne Lawrance
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Australasian Figbird
Sphecotheres vieilloti
#
Count:
1
Date:
18 Nov 2019
Observer:
Anne Lawrance
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
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Details:
Pacific Black Duck
Anas superciliosa
#
Count:
2
Date:
19 Oct 2019
Observer:
Nicholas Murray
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Bar-shouldered Dove
Geopelia humeralis
#
Count:
1
Date:
17 Oct 2019
Observer:
Anne Lawrance
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
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Details:
Great Bowerbird
Chlamydera nuchalis
#
Count:
1
Date:
17 Oct 2019
Observer:
Anne Lawrance
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
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Details:
Mistletoebird
Dicaeum hirundinaceum
#
Count:
2
Date:
17 Oct 2019
Observer:
Anne Lawrance
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
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Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster
#
Count:
17
Date:
12 May 2018
Observer:
Cheryl and Paul Curran
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Brahminy Kite
Haliastur indus
#
Count:
1
Date:
12 May 2018
Observer:
Cheryl and Paul Curran
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Australian Raven
Corvus coronoides
#
Count:
2
Date:
12 May 2018
Observer:
Cheryl and Paul Curran
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Yellow Honeyeater
Stomiopera flava
#
Count:
2
Date:
6 Apr 2016
Observer:
Peter Sawyer
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Blue-faced Honeyeater
Entomyzon cyanotis
#
Count:
2
Date:
6 Apr 2016
Observer:
Peter Sawyer
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Willie-wagtail
Rhipidura leucophrys
#
Count:
2
Date:
6 Apr 2016
Observer:
Peter Sawyer
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
House Sparrow
Passer domesticus
#
Count:
12
Date:
6 Apr 2016
Observer:
Peter Sawyer
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosa
#
Count:
1
Date:
28 Feb 2014
Observer:
Niel Bruce
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
#
Count:
3
Date:
28 Feb 2014
Observer:
Niel Bruce
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Masked Lapwing
Vanellus miles
#
Count:
X
Date:
10 Jan 2014
Observer:
Stanley Tang
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
#
Count:
X
Date:
10 Jan 2014
Observer:
Stanley Tang
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Pacific Reef-Heron
Egretta sacra
#
Count:
X
Date:
10 Jan 2014
Observer:
Stanley Tang
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
White-faced Heron
Egretta novaehollandiae
#
Count:
X
Date:
10 Jan 2014
Observer:
Stanley Tang
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellus
#
Count:
X
Date:
10 Jan 2014
Observer:
Stanley Tang
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Common Tern
Sterna hirundo
#
Count:
1
Date:
30 Nov 2012
Observer:
George and Teresa Baker
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Pied Cormorant
Phalacrocorax varius
#
Count:
6
Date:
4 Aug 2012
Observer:
George and Teresa Baker
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo
Calyptorhynchus banksii
#
Count:
4
Date:
20 Feb 2012
Observer:
George and Teresa Baker
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Marsh Sandpiper
Tringa stagnatilis
#
Count:
28
Date:
19 Oct 2009
Observer:
George and Teresa Baker
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Terek Sandpiper
Xenus cinereus
#
Count:
2
Date:
18 Sep 2009
Observer:
George and Teresa Baker
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Bush Thick-knee
Burhinus grallarius
#
Count:
X
Date:
3 Nov 2006
Observer:
Marbry Hopkins
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
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Pied Butcherbird
Cracticus nigrogularis
#
Count:
1
Date:
3 Nov 2006
Observer:
Marbry Hopkins
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Golden-headed Cisticola
Cisticola exilis
#
Count:
X
Date:
3 Nov 2006
Observer:
Marbry Hopkins
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar