Birdwatching at Paluma

COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME LLOYD NIELSEN REF NOTES
Southern Cassowary Casuarius casuarius 205 Uncommon
Australian Brush-turkey Alectura lathami 205 Very common
Grey Goshawk Accipter novaehollandiae 219 Uncommon breeding resident
Red-necked Crake Rallina tricolor 221 More heard than seen
Red-backed Button-quail Turnix maculosa 223 Most commonly seen button-quail
White-headed Pigeon Columba leucomela 236 August-May
Brown Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia amboinensis 236 Common
Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica 236 Common
Wompoo Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus magnificus 237 Breeding resident
Superb Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus superbus 237 More heard than seen
Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus regina 238 Uncommon
Topknot Pigeon Lopholaimus antarcticus 238 Breeding visitor August-March
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita 239 Breeding resident
Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus 239 Occasionally
Double-eyed Fig-Parrot Cyclopsitta diophthalma 240 Inconspicuous
Australian King-Parrot Alisterus scapularis 240 Breeding resident
Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans 240 Common
Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus 241 Irregular visitor
Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis 241 Common
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx lucidus 242 More heard than seen
Pheasant Coucal Centropus phasianinus 243 Uncommon
Southern Boobook Ninox novaeseelandiae 244 Resident
Lesser Sooty Owl Tyto multipunctata 244 Sparse breeding resident
Papuan Frogmouth Podargus papuensis 245 Probably resident
White-rumped Swiftlet Collocalia spodiopygius 246 Occasionally
White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus 246 Occasionally
Buff-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher Tanysiptera sylvia 247 November-March
Blue-winged Kookaburra Dacelo leachii 247 Occasionally
Forest Kingfisher Todiramphus macleayii 248 Irregular visitor
Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus 248 Irregular visitor
Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus 248 February-April & September-October
Noisy Pitta Pitta versicolor 249 Common
White-throated Treecreeper Cormobates leucophaeus 249 Breeding resident
Fernwren Oreoscopus gutturalis 250 Common
Yellow-throated Scrubwren Sericornis citreogularis 251 Common
White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis 251 Uncommon
Large-billed Scrubwren Sericornis magnirostris 251 Common
Brown Gerygone Gerygone mouki 252 Common
Mountain Thornbill Acanthiza katherina 253 Breeding resident
Macleay's Honeyeater Xanthotis macleayana 254 Common
Lewin's Honeyeater Meliphaga lewinii 255 Common
Bridled Honeyeater Lichenostomus frenatus 255 Common
White-cheeked Honeyeater Phylidonyris nigra 258 Common
Eastern Spinebill Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris 259 Common
Dusky Honeyeater Myzomela obscura 259 Fairly common
Scarlet Honeyeater Myzomela sanguinolenta 259 Nomadic
Pale-yellow Robin Tregellasia capito 260 Common
Grey-headed Robin Heteromyias albispecularis 261 Common
Chowchilla Orthonyx spaldingii 261 Common
Eastern Whipbird Psophodes olivaceus 262 Common
Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis 263 Common
Little Shrike-thrush Colluricincla megarhyncha 263 Common
Bower's Shrike-thrush Colluricincla boweri 263 Common
Yellow-breasted Boatbill Machaerirhynchus flaviventer 264 More often heard than seen
Black-faced Monarch Monarcha melanopsis 264 Summer breeding visitor
Spectacled Monarch Monarcha trivirgatus 264 Fairly common
White-eared Monarch Monarcha leucotis 264 Inconspicuous & uncommon
Pied Monarch Arses kaupi 265 Uncommon
Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca 266 Irregular visitor
Rufous Fantail Rhipidura rufifrons 266 Most frequently January-May
Grey Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa 266 Common
Spangled Drongo Dicrurus bracteatus 267 Summer visitor
Barred Cuckoo-shrike Coracina lineata 267 Probably breeding resident
Cicadabird Coracina tenuirostris 267 Summer visitor
Varied Triller Lalage leucomela 268 Inconspicuous
Figbird Sphecotheres viridis 269 November-April
White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus 269 Unpredictable, occasionally flocks of 20-40 birds
Pied Currawong Strepera graculina 270 Numerous in some years
Victoria's Riflebird Ptiloris victoriae 271 Common
Spotted Catbird Ailuroedus melanotis 272 Common
Tooth-billed Bowerbird Scenopoeetes dentirostris 272 Common
Golden Bowerbird Prionodura newtoniana 272 Moderately common above 900m
Satin Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus violaceus 272 Moderately common breeding resident
Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis 275 Common
Yellow-bellied Sunbird Nectarinia jugularis 276 Unusual & erratic visitor
Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum 276 Common
Silvereye Zosterops lateralis 279 Probably resident
Bassian Thrush Zoothera lunulata 279 Musical call
Russet-tailed Thrush
Zoothera heinei 279 Two-note call

 

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