Some bird species seen during the trip |
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White-Bellied Sea Eagle (Haliaetus leucogaster), Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory |
White-Bellied Sea Eagle, Broome region, Western Australia |
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Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax), Northern Territory |
Wedge-tailed Eagle, Northern Territory |
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Brown Falcon (Falco berigora), Lakefield National Park, Queensland
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Osprey (Pandion haliaetus), Broome region, Western Australia |
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Black Kite (Milvus migrans), common all over Australia. The main carrion-cleaner in the country |
Black Kite, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory |
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Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus), Broome region, Western Australia |
Black-shouldered Kite (Elanus axillaris), Broome region, Western Australia |
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Nankeen Kestrel (Falco cenchroides), Broome region, Western Australia |
Nankeen Kestrel, Derby, Western Australia |
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Little Eagle (Hieraaetus morphnoides), Marlgu Billabong, Parry Lagoons Nature Reserve, Wyndham, Western Australia |
Brown Goshawk (Accipiter fasciatus), Broome region |
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Spotted Harrier (Circus assimilis), Gulf Developmental Road, Queensland |
Spotted Harrier, Gulf Developmental Road, Queensland |
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Whistling Kite (Haliastur sphenurus), Adelaide River, Northern Territory |
Whistling Kite, Queensland |
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Australasian Grebe (Tachybaptus novaehollandiae), Marlgu Billabong, Western Australia |
Wandering Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna arcuata), Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory |
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Plumed Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna eytoni), Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory |
Radjah Shelduck (Tadorna radjah), Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory |
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Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa), Broome region, Western Australia |
Hardhead (Aythya australis), Marlgu Billabong, Western Australia |
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Magpie Goose (Anseranas semipalmata), Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory |
Magpie Goose, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory |
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Green Pygmy Goose (Nettapus pulchellus), Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory |
Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus), Cairns Esplanade, Queensland | |
Australian Pelicans (Pelecanus conspicillatus), Roebuck Bay, Western Australia |
Pacific Reef Egret (Egretta sacra), Cairns Esplanade, Queensland |
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Intermediate Egret (Ardea intermedia), Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory |
Nankeen Night Heron (Nycticorax caledonicus), Kimberley, Western Australia |
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Nankeen Night Heron, Cairns Esplanade, Queensland |
Striated (Mangrove) Heron (Butorides striata), Derby, Western Australia |
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White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae), Broome region, Western Australia |
White-necked Heron (Ardea pacifica), Broome region, Western Australia |
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Great Egret (Ardea ibis), Broome region, Western Australia |
Pied Heron (Ardea picata), Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory
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Royal Spoonbill (Platalea regia), Cairns Esplanade, Queensland |
Black-necked Stork (female) (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus), Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory |
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Brolga (Grus rubicunda), Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory |
Darter (Anhinga melanogaster), Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory
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Brolga (Grus rubicunda) and Sarus Crane (Grus antigone), Lakefield National Park, Queensland
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Little Pied Cormorant (Platalea regia), Daintree National Park, Queensland |
Nankeen Night Heron (Nycticorax caledonicus), Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory |
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Straw-necked Ibis (Threskiornis spinicollis), Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory |
Australian White Ibis (Threskiornis molucca), Yungaburra, Queensland |
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Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus), Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory |
Australasian Swamphen (Porphyrio melanotus), Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory |
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Orange-footed Scrubfowl (Megapodius reinwardt), Daintree National Park, Queensland |
Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles), Cairns Esplanade, Queensland |
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Red-necked Avocet (Recurvirostra novaehollandiae), Roebuck Bay, Western Australia |
Australian Bustard (Ardeotis australis), Savannah Way, west of Normanton, Queensland |
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Black-Fronted Dotterel (Elseyornis melanops), Cairns Esplanade, Queensland
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Red-Kneed Dotterel (Erythrogonys cinctus) , Derby, Western Australia |
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Bush Stone Curlew (Burhinus grallarius), Cairns Esplanade | Bush Stone Curlew, Cairns Esplanade | |
Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica), Roebuck Bay, Western Australia |
Pied Oystercatcher (Haematopus longirostris), Broome Bird Observatory, Western Australia |
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Three Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica), three Great Knot (Calidris tenuirostris) and one Black-Tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa), Roebuck Bay, Broome Bird Observatory, Western Australia. Norsk: Lappspove, Sibirsnipe og Svarthalespove |
Lots of shorebird species here (September 21st). Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus), Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica), Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres), Great Knot (Calidris tenuirostris), Grey-Tailed Tattler (Tringa brevipes), Greater Sand Plover (Charadrius leschenault), Silver Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae) and Greater Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii). Roebuck Bay |
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Greater Sand Plover (Charadrius leschenault), Roebuck Bay |
Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea), Roebuck Bay |
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Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus), Roebuck Bay |
Grey-Tailed Tattler (Tringa brevipes), Roebuck Bay |
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Grey-Tailed Tattler, Whimbrel, Greater Sand Plover and two flying Ruddy Turnstones (norsk: Sibirvandresnipe, Småspove, Ørkenlo og Steinvender) |
Darter, Roebuck Bay, Western Australia |
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Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus), Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory |
Comb-crested Jacana (Irediparra gallinacea), Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory |
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Far Eastern Curlew (Numenius madagascariensis), Cairns Esplanade, Queensland |
Silver Gull (Larus novaehollandiae), Derby, Western Australia |
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Sooty Tern (Sterna fuscata), Michaelmas Cay, Queensland |
Sooty Tern (immature), Michaelmas Cay, Queensland |
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Greater Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii), Michaelmas Cay, Queensland |
Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica), Marlgu Billabong, Western Australia |
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Black-Naped Tern (Sterna sumatrana) and Lesser Crested Tern (Thalasseus bengalensis), Michaelmas Cay, Queensland |
Brown (Common) Noddy |
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Caspian Tern (Sterna caspia), Cairns, Queensland |
Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida), Kakadu, Queensland |
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Greater Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii), Roebuck Bay, Western Australia |
Black-Naped Tern (Sterna sumatrana) in front of Greater Crested (left) and Lesser Crested Tern, Michaelmas Cay |
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Brown Noddy, Michaelmas Cay |
Brown (Common) Noddy (Anous stolidus), Michaelmas Cay, Queensland
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Great Frigatebird (Fregata minor), Michaelmas Cay |
Lesser Frigatebird (Fregata ariel), reef 35 km outside Broome, Western Australia |
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Hutton's Shearwater (Puffinus huttoni), New South Wales |
Sooty Oystercatchers (Haematopus fuliginosus), Roebuck Bay, Western Australia |
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Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster), Michaelmas Cay, Queensland |
Brown Booby, reef 35 km outside Broome, Western Australia | |
Wilson's Storm-Petrel (Oceanites oceanicus), reef 35 km outside Broome, Western Australia |
Wilson's Storm-Petrels, reef 35 km outside Broome |
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Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae), Daintree region, Queensland |
Blue-winged Kookaburra (Dacelo leachii), Timber Creek, Northern Territory |
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Forest Kingfisher (Todiramphus macleayii), Daintree National Park, Queensland |
Forest Kingfisher, Daintree National Park, Queensland |
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Sacred Kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus), Lakeland National Park, Queensland |
Red-Backed Kingfisher (Todiramphus pyrrhopygius), Alice Springs, Northern Territory |
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Azure Kingfisher (Alcedo azurea), Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory |
Azure Kingfisher, Daintree National Park, Queensland
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Is it a branch? Papuan Frogmouth (Podargus papuensis), Daintree National Park, Queensland |
Papuan Frogmouth, Daintree National Park, Queensland |
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For comparison, here is the Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides), Broome Zoo (captive bird)
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Diamond Dove (Geopelia cuneata), Queensland |
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Crested Pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes), Broome region, Western Australia |
Bar-shouldered Dove (Geopelia humeralis), Broome region, Western Australia |
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White-quilled Rock Pigeon (Petrophassa albipennis), Bell Gorge, Western Australia |
Torresian Imperial Pigeon (Ducula spilorrhoa), Cairns, Queensland |
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Peaceful Dove (Geopelia placida), Bell Gorge, Western Australia |
Pheasant Coucal (Centropus phasianinus), Derby, Western Australia |
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Red-collared Lorikeet (Trichoglossus rubritorquis), Timber Creek, Northern Territory |
Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus), Lakeland National Park, Queensland
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Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii), east of Timber Creek, Northern Territory |
Varied Lorikeet (Psitteuteles versicolor), Bell Gorge, Western Australia |
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Gallah (Eolophus roseicapillus), Derby, Western Australia |
Little Corella (Cacatua sanguinea), Bungle Bungles National Park, Western Australia |
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Sulfur-creasted Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita), Cape Crawford, Northern Territory |
Crimson Rosella (Crimson Rosella), Southern Australia |
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Scaly-Breasted Lorikeet (Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus), Queensland |
Eastern Pale-Headed Rosella (Platycercus adscitus), Queensland |
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Black-faced Cuckoo-Shrike (Coracina novaehollandiae), Derby, Western Australia |
White-winged Triller - left (Lalage tricolor), and Rufous-throated Honeyeater (Conopophila rufogularis), Kimberley, Western Australia |
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Yellow-tinted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus flavescens), Victoria Highway, Northern Territory |
Blue-faced Honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis), Kakadu, Northern Territory |
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Bar-breasted Honeyeater (Ramsayornis faciatus), Bell Gorge, Western Australia |
Brown Honeyeater (Lichmera indistincta), Kimberley, Western Australia |
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Lewin's Honeyeater (Meliphaga lewinii), Yungaburra, east of Atherton, Queensland |
Rufous-throated Honeyeater (Conopophila rufogularis), Victoria Highway, Northern Territory |
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Singing Honeyeater (Licheostomus virescens), Broome Bird Observatory, Western Australia |
White-throated Honeyeater (Melithreptus albogularis), Bell River Gorge, Western Australia |
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Rufous-banded Honeyeater (Conopophila albogularis), Kakadu, Northern Territor |
Probably Brown Honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis), Lakefield NP |
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Yellow Honeyeater (Lichenostomus flavus), Lakeland National Park, feeding on a Coral Tree flower (Erythrina sp.), Queensland |
Yellow-throated Miner (Manorina flavigula ssp. lutea), Derby, Western Australia |
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Grey-crowned Babbler (Pomatostomus temporalis), Derby, Western Australia |
Macleay's Honeyeater (Xanthotis macleayanus), Julatten, Queensland |
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Silver-crowned Friarbird (Philemon argenticeps), Timber Creek, Northern Territory |
Little Friarbird (Philemon citreogularis), Timber Creek, Northern Territory |
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Silver-crowned Friarbird (Philemon argenticeps), Timber Creek, Northern Territory |
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Rainbow Bee-eater (Merops ornatus), Kimberley, Western Australia |
Australian Figbird (Sphecotheres vieilloti), Cairns, Queensland |
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Double-barred Finch (Taeniopygia bichenovi), Bell River Gorge, Western Australia |
Crimson Finch (Neochmia phaeton), Bell River Gorge, Western Australia |
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Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata), Broome region, Western Australia |
Australian Brush-Turkey (Alectura lathami), Lakeland National Park |
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Female Red-backed Fairywren (Malurus melanocephalus), Derby, Western Australia |
Red-backed Fairywren, Derby, Western Australia |
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Spectacled Monarch (Monarcha trivirgatus), Mt. Lewis, Julatten, Queensland |
Rufous Whistler (Pachycephala rufiventris), Broome Bird Observatory, Western Australia |
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White-Breasted Woodswallow (Artamus leucorynchus), Derby, Western Australia |
Rufous Whistler (Pachycephala rufiventris), Bungle Bungles National Park, Western Australia |
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Mangrove Fantail (Rhipidura phasiana), Broome region, Western Australia |
Grey Shrike Thrush (Colluricincla harmonica), Broome region, Western Australia |
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Grey Fantail (Rhipidura albiscapa ssp. keasti), Mt. Lewis, Queensland |
Northern Fantail (Rhipidura rufiventris), Bell Gorge, Kimberley, Western Australia |
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Wille Wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys), Cairns, Queensland |
Black-Faced Woodswallow (Artamus cinereus), Northern Territory
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Pied Butcherbird (Cracticus nigrogularis), Derby, Western Australia |
Silver-backed Butcherbird (Cracticus argenteus), El Questro Station, Western Australia |
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Apostlebird (Struthidea cinerea), Daly Waters, Northern Territory |
Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis) , an introduced species to Australia. In 2008, the bird was named "The Most Important Pest/Problem" in Australia |
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Paperbark Flycatcher (Myiagra nana), Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory |
Paperbark Flycatcher (Myiagra nana), Broome, Western Australia |
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Shining Flycatcher (Myiagra alecto), Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory |
Little Woodswallow (Artamus minor), Windjana Gorge, Western Australia |
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Male Olive-backed Sunbird (Nectarinia jugularis), Daintree National Park, Queensland |
Female Olive-backed Sunbird in the nest (Nectarinia jugularis), Daintree National Park, Queensland |
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Mistletoebird (Dicaeum hirundinaceum), Broome Bird Observatory, Western Australia |
Leaden Flycatcher (Myiagra rubecula), Lakefield National Park, Queensland |
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Broad-billed Flycatcher (Myiagra ruficollis), Broome Bird Observatory, Western Australia |
Great Bowerbird (Chlamydrea nuchalis), Bell River Gorge, Western Australia |
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Magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca), Daily Waters, Northern Territory |
Torresian Crow (Corvus orru), Lakefield National Park, Queensland |
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