YELLOW-BREASTED BOATBILL

Photographed near Kingfisher Lodge, Julatten, Queensland September 2015

662            YELLOW-BREASTED BOATBILL             Machaerirhynchus flaviventer   

Australia            (504)

11-12.5 cm. Found in rainforest, vine scrub, creekside vegetation, eucalypt woodland, lantana. Range: from C. York (Q), s. to Archer R. on w. coast; s. to Ingham on e. coast. Locally common.

METALLIC STARLINGS

Photographed at Tully, Queensland September 2015

 661         METALLIC STARLING        Aplonis metallica

Australia          (503)

Also known as Glossy or Shining Starling and Whirlwindbird. Found in rainforest, coastal woodlands, scrubs, mangroves, gardens. 21-24 cm Range: from Cape York (Q) s. to c. Mackay; inland to Big Tableland near Cooktown-Atherton Tableland. migratory; arrives from PNG mostly Aug.-Sept. to breed.; departs Feb.-April. Common in lowlands, less common in highlands. Nests in colonies, has three broods, the first two broods helping with raising the young in further broods. 

ORANGE-FOOTED SCRUBFOWL

Photographed at Kingfisher Park, Julatten, Queensland September 2015

 660         ORANGE-FOOTED SCRUBFOWL               Megapodius reinwardt

Australia        ( 502)

Found mostly in lowland rainforests, beach and vine scrubs. 40-50 cm. Range: n. Aust. and islands; from nw Kimberley (WA), to e. Arnham Land and Groote Island (NT); in Q, from MitchellR., w. Cape York Pen. and islands in Torres Strait, s. on e coast to near Byfield. Common; sedentary.  

LESSER SOOTY OWL

Photographed at Kingfisher Lodge, Julatten, Queensland September 2015

659        LESSER SOOTY OWL        Tyto multipunctata

Australia           (501)

Also known as Silvery Owl. 38-38 cm. Found install tropical mountain forests; adjacent tall eucalyptforests. Range: rainforests and margins, adjacent tall eucalypt forests of Great Dividing Range., from Cooktown to c. Paluma, near Townsville, and Hinchenbrook I. (ne Q). Sedentary.

PAPUAN FROGMOUTH

Photographed at Kingfisher Lodge, Jelatten, Queensland september 2015

658             PAPUAN FROGMOUTH     Podargus papuensis

Australia            (500)

50-60 cm. Found in the margins of rainforests, tracks, clearings, eucalypt woodlands, scrubs, watercourse vegetation, swamp, dune woodland, mangroves, suburban parks with trees; campgrounds. Range: ne Q., and islands: large, pale race rogersi: C. York, s on Gyulf coast to Staten R., s. on e. coast to c. Cooktown; smaller darker rainforest dwelling race baileyi: s to c. Mt Spec NP, near Townsville. Common in n., scare, mostly coastal s. of Cooktown. Sedentary.

PIED-IMPERIAL PIGEON

Photographed on the Cairns Esplanade, Cairns, Queensland September 2015

657             PIED-IMPERIAL PIGEON         Ducula bicolor

Australia          (499)

Also known as Nutmeg, Torresian Imperial or Torres Strait Pigeon. Found in rainforests; adjacent eucalypt woodland; coastal scrubs; creeks, rivers, mangroves; vegetated cays and islands. 38-44 cm. Range: coastal n. Aust., and many islands, incl. Gt Barrier Reef, from Kimberley (WA) to near Broad Sound (Q). Kimberley population resident, non-migratory. population from Top End (NT) to e. Q. migratory arriving from Indonesia-PNG arriving in Aug, departing Feb-April.

GREY-HEADED ROBIN

photographed at Kingfisher Birdwatching Lodge, Julatten, Queensland September 2015

656       GREY-HEADED ROBIN               Heteromyias albispecularis

Australia    (498)

16-18 cm. Found mostly in highland rainforests and margins of tracks, roads, lawns in rainforest parks, but to near sea-level where habitat runs unbroken down from highlands. Range: ne. Queensland: coastal highlands (and some lowlands) from near Cooktown to My. Spec, near Townsville. Common. Sedentary.

YELLOW-SPOTTED HONEYEATER

Photographed at Crystal Creek caravan park, September 2015

655          YELLOW SPOTTED HONEYEATER      Meliphaga notata

Australia         (497)

Also known as Lesser Lewin Honeyeater. 17.5 cm. Found in rainforests, monsoon forests, vine scrubs, eucalypt woodlands, watercourses, mangroves, bananas, cultivation, lantana, gardens; mostly below c. 400m. Range: ne. Queensland from Cape York s. to Aurukun R. on w. coast; Townsville on e. coast in lower foothills, coastal islands. Nomadic.

LOVELY FAIRYWREN

Photographed at Crystal Creek caravan Park, Queensland September 2015

654          LOVELY FAIRYWREN       Malurus amabilis

Australia        (496)

11.5-13 cm. Found in margins, clearings/tracks in rainforests; vine scrub, swamp-woodland, mangroves; well-vegetated watercourses, wastelands. Range: ne. Queensland: from Townsville-Atherton Tableland to Cape York Pen., s. on w coast to c. Edward R.  Common, sedentary.