SANDSTONE SHRIKE-THRUSH

Photographed at Duwadarri Lookout, Boodjamulla National Park, Queensland October 2015

725            SANDSTONE SHRIKE-THRUSH             Colluricincla woodwardi

Australia          (567)

Found in sandstone escarpments/gorges. 24-26 cm. Range: from escarpments of “Gulf fall” in far nw Q, Kakadu NP and Litchfield  Ck NP (NT), to w. Kimberley (WA), s. to region of Fitroy Crossing. Common in suitable habitat.

ARAFURA FANTAIL

Photographed at Adel's Grove, Lawn Hill, Queensland October 2015

724            ARAFURA FANTAIL               Rhipidura dryas

Australia           (566)

Also known as Wood Fantail. Similar to the Rufous but now a species on its own. Found in mangroves, riverine forests of melaleuca, pandanus; monsoon rainforest and vine thickets. 16 cm, wingspan to c. 21 cm. Range: Banda-Arafura Arch. -Lesser Sunda Is., s. New Guinea and n. Aust. Coastal n. Aust. from Yampi Sound (WA) to w. Cape York, n. to Aurukun (Q). Sedentary.

Darwin, January 2024

BUFF-SIDED ROBIN

Photographed at Boodjamulla national Park, Queensland October 2015

723          BUFF-SIDED ROBIN            Poecilodryas cerniventris

Australia            (565)

Was sub-species of White-browed Robin. Found mainly in riverine gallery forest, monsoon rainforest, deciduous vine scrubs, bamboo and pandanus thickets. 15-17 cm. Range: from Gregory R. in Gulf lowlands (Q), w. on middle to low reaches of rivers, marginally to mangroves, to w. Kimberley region and upper Fitroy R. (WA). Locally, patchy, generally uncommon. Declined in Kimberley due to destruction of waterside thickets by cattle and burning.

Photographed at Adel's Grove, Lawn Hill, Queensland October 2015

VARIED LORIKEET

Photographed at Running Creek, near Lawn Hill National Park, Queensland October 2015

722          VARIED LORIKEET            Psitteuteles versicolor

Australia           (564)

Found in tropical eucalypt, paperbark woodlands, flowering trees on foothills and coastal plains; trees on watercourses nd in grasslands. 17-20 cm. Range: tropical n. Aust., and coastal islands, from Kimberley (WA), Top End (NT), e. to n. -c. Q and w. Cape York Pen.; exceptionally e., to Atherton region (N. Q); good seasons inland cause irregular inland movement to Channel country of sw. Q. and elsewhere. Common Top End and Kimberley (WA); less common Q. Nomadic, irregular.

RUFOUS-THROATED HONEYEATER

Photographed at Cumberland Dam, north Queensland October 2015

721         RUFOUS-THROATED HONEYEATER           Canopophila rufogularis

Australia        (563)

Found near water; paperbarks, mangroves, scrublands, grassed woodlands; river red gum thickets; gardens, street trees. 13-14 cm. Range: coastal n. Aust.; from c. Broome (WA) to Cape York Pen. (n. to Embley Ra., c. 80 kms inland of Weipa); inland part of Atherton Tableland, s. to Ayr (Q); casual s. to Gympie-Fraser Is. Common in n. patchy e. coast. Blossom nomad.

BLACK NODDY

Photagraphed at Michelmas cay, Queensland October 2015

720          BLACK NODDY       Anous minutus

Australia        (562)

Also known as White-capped Noddy. 33-36 cm, wingspan c. 65 cm. Found over tropical, subtropical oceans; woodlands on islands; cays. Range: inhabits regular island colonies (some huge) in e. Aust. on Capricorn and Bunker Groups, s. Gt Barrier; Norfolk I, possibly Lord Howe Is., also Quoin Is. (ne Q) and Coral Sea. Adults sedentary, young dispersive.

SOOTY TERN

Photograhed on Michelmas Cay, Queensland October 2015

719         SOOTY TERN      Sterna fuscata   

Australia        (561)

Also known as Wideawake. Found over tropical or subtropical seas; islands, cays. 40-46 cm, wingspan c. 90 cm. Range; breeds n. from Abrolhos Group (WA) to n. Gt Barrier Reef, Coral sea; Norfolk Is. Has breed SA. Migratory, dispersive.

BROAD-BILLED SANDPIPER

Photographed from the Cairns Esplanade, Queensland October 2015

718            BROAD-BILLED SANDPIPER          Limicola falcinellus

Australia             (560)

Found in tidal mudflats, reefs, saltmarshes, freshwater, wetlands, sewerage ponds; favours muddy ooze. 16-18 cm. Range: breeds in Arctic Eurasia: winters Africa, India, se Asia, Indonesia to PNG. Scarce summer migrant mostly to coastal Aust.; small numbers inland.

LARGE-BILLED GERYGONE

Photographed on the Daintree River, near Daintree Village October 2015

717             LARGE-BILLED GERYGONE         Gerygone magnirostris

Australia       (559)

Also known as Floodbird and Large-billed Warbler. 10.5-11.5 cm. Found in rainforests, paperbarks on streams; eucalyptus woodlands, mangroves, gardens. Range: coastal n. Aust., and islands, from McKay (Q) to w.Kimberley (WA). Common, sedentary.

Large-billed Gerygone nest

BLACK BITTERN

Photographed on the Daintree River, near Daintree Village, Queensland October 2015

716         BLACK BITTERN             Ixobrychus flavicollis

Australia         (558)

Found in shadowy, leafy waterside trees: callistemons, casuarinas, paperbarks, eucalypts, mangroves, willows; tidal creeks, sheltered mudflats, oyster-slats. 54-66 cm. range: coastal n., e. and sw Aust., Torres Strait and Christmas Is. From Pilbara (WA) to far e. Vic, where a few pairs breed; rare s. of Sydney (NSW) and far sw. WA Sedentary.

BRUSH CUCKOO

The only photograph I could get, taken at Cattana Wetlands, Cains, Queensland October 2015

715         BRUSH CUCKOO             Cacomantis variolosus

Australia         (557)

Found in rainforests, forests, woodlands, mangroves, scrubby roadsides. 22-26 cm. Range: coastal n. and e. Aust., regular breeding migrant to se. Aust., mostly in forests of Dividing Ra. in se. Q, NSW and e. Vic., arriving Sept.-Oct., departing Feb.-April; casual nw. Vic mallee, adjacent SA. In n. Aust. both resident and passage migrant. Common in n., uncommon in s. Aust.

CICADABIRD

Photographed at Centennial Lakes, Cains, Queensland October 2015

714           CICADABIRD             Coracina tenuirostris

Australia           (556)

Found in the canopy of rainforests, eucalyptus forests, woodlands; paperbarks, mangroves. 24-26 cm. Range: coastal n. Aust.: from Kimberley (WA) to Cape York (Q); e. Aust., s. to e. of Melbourne (Vic.); casual s. SA. Breeding migrant in se. Just., winters in n. Aust., PNG. Uncommon.