LONG-TAILED NIGHTJAR

Photographed in northern Queensland

698                      LONG-TAILED NIGHTJAR                     Caprimulgus macrurus

AUSTRALIA                        540

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WHITE-STREAKED HONEYEATER

Photographed at Mount Tozer, Queensland October 2015

697        WHITE-STREAKED HONEYEATER            Trichodere cockerelli

Australia       (539)

Also known as Brush-throated Honeyeater. Only bird endemic to Cape York Pen; Range: s. to Archer R. on w. coast, Helenvale on e. coast. Found in paperbarks, tropical heathlands, vine scrubs, eucalypt woodlands. Fairly common. Locally nomadic.

ECLECTUS PARROT

Photographed at Iron Range, Queensland October 2015

696            ECLECTUS PARROT               Eclectus roratus

Australia          (538)

Also known as Red-sided Parrot. 40-43 cm. Found in rainforest; nearby eucalypt woodlands. Range: e. Cape York Pen. (Q), from Pascoe R. s to McIlwaith Ra. Locally common. Sedentary. Also Solomons, PNG, e. Indonesia.

Comment: ‘Reversed’colouring: male is bright green with orange bill, red flanks, flight feathers, bend of wing blue, wing-linings scarlet, dark tail tipped yellow. Female: wine-red, with blue eye-ring, shoulders and broad blue band across chest, wing-lining blue, tail tip orange

TROPICAL SCRUBWREN

Photographed at Iron range, Queensland October 2015

695       TROPICAL SCRUBWREN           Sericornis beccarii

Australia         (537)

Also known as Little Scrubwren. 11.5 cm. Found in rainforests, monsoon forests, vine-scrubs on watercourses. Range: Cape York Pen. (Q), s. to Archer R., Coen and Rocky R. Race minimum occupies n. part of the range; merges with dubious c. Iron Range-Lockhart R. on e. coast and Wedlock-Watson-Archer Rs. in w. Common. Sedentary.

AUSTRALIAN SWIFTLET

Photographed over Portland road, Iron range, Queensland October 2015

694              AUSTRALIAN SWIFTLET             Collocalia spodiopygius

Australia         (536)

Used to be called White-rumped Swiftlet, also known as Grey Swiftlet. 11-12 cm. Found in airspace over rainforest, cleared lands, beaches, gorges; breeds in isolated caves, cavities between boulders on coastal islands, mountain gorges, hills. Range: coastal ne. Q, continental islands, highland areas to over 1000 m; from Claudie R., s. to Finch Hatton Gorge-Eungella NP, near Mackay. Common below 500 m. Sedentary. Casual se Q, ne NSW, SA.

TAWNY-BREASTED HONEYEATER

Photographed at Gordon's Creek crossing, Iron Range, Queensland October 2015

693         TAWNY-BREASTED HONEYEATER             Xanthotis flaviventer

Australia          (535)

Also known as Buff-breasted Honeyeater. 18-20 cm. Found in vine scrub; edges of rainforests; eucalyptus woodlands; heathlands, mangroves. Range: n. Cape York Pen. (Q): s. to Aurukun on w. coast; Rocky R. on e. coast. Uncommon. Sedentary.

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GREEN-BACKED HONEYEATER

Photographed in Iron Range, Queensland October 2015

692         GREEN-BACKED HONEYEATER             Glycichaera fallax

Australia        (534)

11-12 cm. Found in rainforest, vine forest, blossoming eucalypt woodlands. Range: e. Cape York Pen. (Q), from Iron Range s. to McIlwraith Ra., w. to near Weipa. Fairly common. Sedentary.

GREAT FRIGATEBIRD

photographed at Lockhart River jetty, Queensland October 2015

691            GREAT FRIGATEBIRD           Fregata minor

Australia         (533)

Also known as Man-o'-war Bird or Hawk. Found in tropical or sub-tropical seas, coastlines or islands. Range: breeds on islands in Coral Sea, incl. outer Gt Barrier Reef. Largest local breeding stations are Christmas and Cocos Is. in Indian Ocean. Scarce coastal n. Aust.; regular on islands of Gt Barrier Reef and offshore s. to Fraser Is (Q); casual coastal se Q and ne. NSW. 

Comment:  when first named 1789, it was called the Lesser Pelican, Pelecanus minor, so the Latin minor still stands.

WHITE-FACED ROBIN

Photographed at Gordon's Creek crossing, Iron Range, Queensland October 2015

690        WHITE-FACED ROBIN             Tregellasia leucops

Australia         (532)

12-13 cm. Found in tropical rainforests, vine-scrubs, especially lawyer-vine near watercourses. Range: Aust., race, albigularis: far ne Q, patchily from Cape York s. to Rocky R. Locally common. Sedentary.

FAWN-BREASTED BOWERBIRD

Photographed in Lockhart River township, Queensland October 2015

689        FAWN-BREASTED BOWERBIRD         Chlamydera cerviniventris

Australia     (531)

26-30 cm. Found in dense coastal vegetation: cypress pine scrubs, mangrove fringes; eucalypts, paperbarks, with tall grass, scattered bushes; thickets on watercourses. Range: from Cape York (Q) s. to c. Silver Plains, e. of Coen. Locally fairly common. Sedentary.