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Date
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Great Knot
Calidris tenuirostris
#
Count:
1850
Date:
2 Feb 2008
Observer:
George and Teresa Baker
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica
#
Count:
246
Date:
2 Feb 2008
Observer:
George and Teresa Baker
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Greater Sand-Plover
Anarhynchus leschenaultii
#
Count:
150
Date:
12 Nov 2008
Observer:
John Lowry
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Gray-tailed Tattler
Tringa brevipes
#
Count:
140
Date:
16 May 2008
Observer:
George and Teresa Baker
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
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Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
#
Count:
80
Date:
28 Oct 2011
Observer:
George and Teresa Baker
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Pacific Black Duck
Anas superciliosa
#
Count:
30
Date:
4 Aug 2012
Observer:
George and Teresa Baker
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Pied Oystercatcher
Haematopus longirostris
#
Count:
30
Date:
2 Feb 2008
Observer:
George and Teresa Baker
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosa
#
Count:
30
Date:
2 Feb 2008
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
Australian Tern
Gelochelidon macrotarsa
#
Count:
18
Date:
16 May 2008
Observer:
George and Teresa Baker
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster
#
Count:
17
Date:
12 May 2018
Observer:
Cheryl and Paul Curran
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Red Knot
Calidris canutus
#
Count:
15
Date:
6 Jan 2011
Observer:
George and Teresa Baker
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Red-necked Stint
Calidris ruficollis
#
Count:
15
Date:
24 Aug 2008
Observer:
George and Teresa Baker
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Little Tern
Sternula albifrons
#
Count:
12
Date:
2 Feb 2008
Observer:
George and Teresa Baker
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Caspian Tern
Hydroprogne caspia
#
Count:
12
Date:
16 May 2008
Observer:
George and Teresa Baker
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
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Calidris acuminata
#
Count:
10
Date:
24 Aug 2008
Observer:
George and Teresa Baker
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Little Egret
Egretta garzetta
#
Count:
9
Date:
16 May 2008
Observer:
George and Teresa Baker
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Pied Stilt
Himantopus leucocephalus
#
Count:
8
Date:
18 Sep 2009
Observer:
George and Teresa Baker
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Magpie-lark
Grallina cyanoleuca
#
Count:
8
Date:
16 May 2008
Observer:
George and Teresa Baker
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Australian Ibis
Threskiornis molucca
#
Count:
7
Date:
24 Aug 2008
Observer:
George and Teresa Baker
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Australian Pelican
Pelecanus conspicillatus
#
Count:
5
Date:
16 May 2008
Observer:
George and Teresa Baker
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Striated Heron
Butorides striata
#
Count:
4
Date:
1 Aug 2011
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
Varied Honeyeater
Gavicalis versicolor
#
Count:
4
Date:
3 Oct 2022
Observer:
Nicholas Murray
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
Little Bronze-Cuckoo
Chrysococcyx minutillus
#
Count:
3
Date:
12 Apr 2020
Observer:
Sam Barton
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulva
#
Count:
3
Date:
16 May 2008
Observer:
George and Teresa Baker
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Silver Gull
Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
#
Count:
3
Date:
2 Feb 2008
Observer:
George and Teresa Baker
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Australasian Darter
Anhinga novaehollandiae
#
Count:
3
Date:
24 Aug 2008
Observer:
George and Teresa Baker
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Pied Cormorant
Phalacrocorax varius
#
Count:
3
Date:
24 Aug 2008
Observer:
George and Teresa Baker
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Black-faced Cuckooshrike
Coracina novaehollandiae
#
Count:
3
Date:
12 Apr 2020
Observer:
Sam Barton
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Beach Thick-knee
Esacus magnirostris
#
Count:
2
Date:
2 Feb 2008
Observer:
George and Teresa Baker
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Masked Lapwing
Vanellus miles
#
Count:
2
Date:
24 Aug 2008
Observer:
George and Teresa Baker
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Siberian Sand-Plover
Anarhynchus mongolus
#
Count:
2
Date:
16 May 2008
Observer:
George and Teresa Baker
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
#
Count:
2
Date:
12 Nov 2008
Observer:
John Lowry
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Lesser Crested Tern
Thalasseus bengalensis
#
Count:
2
Date:
2 Feb 2008
Observer:
George and Teresa Baker
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Great Crested Tern
Thalasseus bergii
#
Count:
2
Date:
2 Feb 2008
Observer:
George and Teresa Baker
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Whistling Kite
Haliastur sphenurus
#
Count:
2
Date:
29 Sep 2011
Observer:
George and Teresa Baker
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Sacred Kingfisher
Todiramphus sanctus
#
Count:
2
Date:
16 Jul 2011
Observer:
George and Teresa Baker
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
Brown Honeyeater
Lichmera indistincta
#
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
Mangrove Gerygone
Gerygone levigaster
#
Count:
2
Date:
12 Apr 2020
Observer:
Sam Barton
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
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Willie-wagtail
Rhipidura leucophrys
#
Count:
2
Date:
6 Apr 2016
Observer:
Peter Sawyer
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:
2
Date:
4 Jun 2012
Observer:
George and Teresa Baker
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
Welcome Swallow
Hirundo neoxena
#
Count:
2
Date:
18 Sep 2009
Observer:
George and Teresa Baker
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Mistletoebird
Dicaeum hirundinaceum
#
Count:
2
Date:
17 Oct 2019
Observer:
Anne Lawrance
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
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Sahul Sunbird
Cinnyris frenatus
#
Count:
2
Date:
12 Apr 2020
Observer:
Sam Barton
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:
Black-bellied Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
#
Count:
1
Date:
16 May 2008
Observer:
George and Teresa Baker
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
#
Count:
1
Date:
29 Sep 2011
Observer:
George and Teresa Baker
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
Little Pied Cormorant
Microcarbo melanoleucos
#
Count:
1
Date:
30 Sep 2020
Observer:
angus thompson
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
White-faced Heron
Egretta novaehollandiae
#
Count:
1
Date:
16 May 2008
Observer:
George and Teresa Baker
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Great Egret
Ardea alba
#
Count:
1
Date:
2 Feb 2008
Observer:
George and Teresa Baker
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Plumed Egret
Ardea plumifera
#
Count:
1
Date:
16 May 2008
Observer:
George and Teresa Baker
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Royal Spoonbill
Platalea regia
#
Count:
1
Date:
18 Sep 2009
Observer:
George and Teresa Baker
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Osprey
Pandion haliaetus
#
Count:
1
Date:
24 Aug 2008
Observer:
George and Teresa Baker
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Black Kite
Milvus migrans
#
Count:
1
Date:
3 Nov 2006
Observer:
Marbry Hopkins
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Brahminy Kite
Haliastur indus
#
Count:
1
Date:
31 Aug 2011
Observer:
George and Teresa Baker
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
White-bellied Sea-Eagle
Icthyophaga leucogaster
#
Count:
1
Date:
4 Jun 2012
Observer:
George and Teresa Baker
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Rainbow Bee-eater
Merops ornatus
#
Count:
1
Date:
28 Feb 2014
Observer:
Niel Bruce
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Great Bowerbird
Chlamydera nuchalis
#
Count:
1
Date:
17 Oct 2019
Observer:
Anne Lawrance
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
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Mangrove Honeyeater
Gavicalis fasciogularis
#
Count:
1
Date:
6 Jan 2011
Observer:
George and Teresa Baker
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Helmeted Friarbird
Philemon buceroides
#
Count:
1
Date:
17 Oct 2019
Observer:
Anne Lawrance
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
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Rufous Shrikethrush
Colluricincla rufogaster
#
Count:
1
Date:
12 Apr 2020
Observer:
Sam Barton
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Australasian Figbird
Sphecotheres vieilloti
#
Count:
1
Date:
17 Oct 2019
Observer:
Anne Lawrance
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
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Details:
Pied Butcherbird
Cracticus nigrogularis
#
Count:
1
Date:
3 Nov 2006
Observer:
Marbry Hopkins
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Leaden Flycatcher
Myiagra rubecula
#
Count:
1
Date:
12 Apr 2020
Observer:
Sam Barton
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Peaceful Dove
Geopelia placida
#
Count:
X
Date:
10 Jan 2014
Observer:
Stanley Tang
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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Red-capped Plover
Anarhynchus ruficapillus
#
Count:
X
Date:
29 Sep 1990
Observer:
Gillie Matthew
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
#
Count:
X
Date:
29 Sep 1990
Observer:
Gillie Matthew
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Far Eastern Curlew
Numenius madagascariensis
#
Count:
X
Date:
29 Sep 1990
Observer:
Gillie Matthew
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Terek Sandpiper
Xenus cinereus
#
Count:
X
Date:
29 Sep 1990
Observer:
Gillie Matthew
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
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellus
#
Count:
X
Date:
10 Jan 2014
Observer:
Stanley Tang
Location:
Ross River Mouth Sand Bar
Rainbow Lorikeet
Trichoglossus moluccanus
#
Count:
X
Date:
12 May 2018
Observer:
Cheryl and Paul Curran
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