Lake Eacham Bird List

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(Number refers to page number in Simpson & Day field guide supplied in each Lodge)
COMMON NAME	SCIENTIFIC NAME Page 1
Southern Cassowary 17 Australian Brush-turkey 79 Orange-Footed Scrub Fowl 79 Brown Quail 79 King Quail 79 Pacific Black Duck 61 Grey Teal 6 Hardhead 163 Australasian Grebe 19 Great Crested Grebe 19 Darter 45 Little Pied Cormorant 45 Little Black Cormorant 45 Great Cormorant 45 Australian Pelican 43 White-faced Heron 49 White-necked Heron 49 Great Egret 51 Cattle Egret 51 Australian White Ibis 55 Straw-necked Ibis 55 Pacific Baza 67 Black-shouldered Kite 67 Square-tailed Kite 69 Black-breasted Buzzard 69 Black Kite 69 Whistling Kite 69 Brahminy Kite 69 White-bellied Sea-Eagle 73 Spotted Harrier 75 Swamp Harrier 75 Brown Goshawk 71 Grey Goshawk 71 Collared Sparrowhawk 71 Wedge-tailed Eagle 73 Little Eagle 73 Brown Falcon 75 Australian Hobby 7 Peregrine Falcon 75 Nankeen Kestrel 75 Sarus Crane 91 Brolga 91 Red-necked Crake 85 Buff-banded Rail 85 Bush-hen 89 Purple Swamphen 89 Dusky Moorhen 89 Eurasian Coot 89	Casuarius casuarius Alectura lathami Megapodius rienwardt Coturnix ypsilophora Coturnix chinensis Anas superciliosa Anas gibberifrons Aythya australis Tachybaptus novaehollandiae Podiceps cristatus Anhinga melanogasta Phalacrocorax varius Phalacrocorax sulcirostris Phalacrocorax carbo Pelecanus conspicillatus Egretta noveahollandiae Ardea pacifica Ardea alba Ardea ibis Threskiornis molucca Threskiornis spinicollis Aviceda subcristata Elanus axillaris Lophoictinia isura Hamirostra melanosternon Milveus migrans Haliastur sphenurus Haliastur indus Haliaeetus leucogaster Circus assimilis Circus approximans Accipiter fasciatus Accipiter novaehollandiae Accipiter cirrhocephalus Aquila audax Hieraaetus morphnoides Falco berigora Falco longipennis Falco peregrinus Falco cenchroides Grus antigone Grus rubicunda Rallina tricolor Gallirallus philippensis Amaurornis olivaceus Porphyrio porphyrio Gallinula tenebrosa Fulica atra
COMMON NAME	SCIENTIFIC NAME Page 2
Bush Stone-curlew 93 Masked Lapwing 95 Caspian Tern 117 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) 127 White-Headed Pigeon 127 Brown Cuckoo-Dove 127 Emerald Dove 129 Peaceful Dove 129 Bar-shouldered Dove 129 Wompoo Fruit-Dove 125 Superb Fruit-Dove 125 Rose-Crowned Fruit-Dove 125 Pied Imperial-Pigeon 125 Topknot Pigeon 125 Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo 133 Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo 135 Rainbow Lorikeet 137 Scaly-Breasted Lorikeet 137 Double-Eyed Fig-Parrot 137 Australian King Parrot 139 Crimson Rosella 143 Pale-headed Rosella 143 Oriental Cuckoo 149 Brush Cuckoo 149 Fan-Tailed Cuckoo 149 Horsefield's Bronze-Cuckoo 151 Bronze Cuckoo 151 Little Bronze Cuckoo 151 Common Koel 151 Channel-billed Cuckoo 151 Pheasant Coucal 151 Barking Owl 153 Southern Boobook 153 Lesser Sooty Owl 155 Barn Owl 155 Tawny Frogmouth 157 Papuan Frogmouth 157 Spotted Nightjar 157 Australian Owlet-Nightjar 157 White-Rumped Swiflet 159 White-throated Needletail 159 Fork-tailed Swift 159 Azure Kingfisher 161 Laughing Kookaburra 161 Blue-winged Kookaburra 161 Forest Kingfisher 161 Sacred Kingfisher 161 Rainbow Bee-Eater 163 Dollarbird 163 Noisy Pitta 165 White-throated Treecreeper 223 Red-backed Fairy-Wren 207 Spotted Pardalote 247 Yellow-throated Scrubwren 213 White-browed Scrubwren 213 Atherton Scrubwren 213	Burhinus grallarius Vanellus miles Sterna caspia Columba livia Columba leucomela Macropygya amboinensis Chalcophaps indica Geopelia placida Geopelia humeralis Ptilinopus magnificus Ptilinopus superbus Ptilinopus regina Ducula bicolor Lopholaimus antarcticus Calyptorhynchus banksii Cacatua galerita Trichoglossus haematodus Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus Cyclopsitta diophthalma Alisterus scapularis Platycercus elegans Platycerus adscitus Cuculus saturatus Cacomantis variolosus Cacomantis flabelliformis Chrysococcyx basalis Chrysococcyx lucidus Chrysococcyx minutillus Eudynamys scolopacea Scythrops novaehollandiae Centropus phasianinus Ninox connivens Ninox novaeseelandiae Tyto multipunctata Tyto alba Podargus strigoides Podargus papuensis Eurostopodus argus Aegotheles cristatus Aerodramus spodiopygia Hirundapus caudacutus Apus pacificus Alcedo azurea Dacelo novaeguineae Dacelo leachii Todiramphys macleayii Todiramphys sanctus Meropus orantus Eurystomus orientalis Pitta versicolor Cormobates leucophaeus Malurus melanocephalus Pardalotus punctaus Sericornis citreogularis Sericornis frontalis Sericornis keri
COMMON NAME	SCIENTIFIC NAME Page 3
Large-Billed Scrubwren 213 Brown Gerygone 217 Fairy Gerygone 217 White-throated Gerygone 217 Mountain Thornbill 219 Helmeted Friarbird 227 Noisy Friarbird 227 MacLeay's Honeyeater 229 Lewin's Honeyeater 231 Graceful Honeyeater 231 Bridled Honeyeater 231 Brown Honeyeater 239 White-cheecked Honeyeater 239 Eastern Spinebill 241 Dusky Honeyeater 243 Scarlet Honeyeater 243 Pale-yellow Robin 181 Eastern Yellow Robin 177 Grey-headed Robin 181 Chowchilla 195 Eastern Whipbird 195 Golden Whistler 183 Grey Whistler 185 Rufous Whistler 185 Little Shrike-Thrush 187 Bower's Shrike-Thrush 187 Grey Shrike-Thrush 187 Yellow-Breasted Boatbill 189 Black-Faced Monarch 189 Spectacled Monarch 189 White-Eared Monarch 189 Pied Monarch 189 Leaden Flycatcher 191 Satin Flycatcher 191 Magpie-Lark 265 Rufous Fantail 193 Grey Fantail 193 Northern Fantail 193 Willie Wagtail 193 Spangled Drongo 259 Black-faced Cuckoo-Shrike 171 Barred Cuckoo-Shrike 171 White-bellied Cuckoo-Shrike 171 Cicadabird 171 White-winged Triller 171 Varied Triller 171 Olive-Backed Oriole 259 Figbird 259 White-breasted Woodswallow 265 Black Butcherbird 267 Pied Butcherbird 267 Australian Magpie 267 Pied Currawong 269 Victoria's Riflebird 263	Sericornis magnirostris Gerygone mouki Gerygone palpebrosa Gerygone olivacea Acanthiza katherina Philemon buceroides Philemon corniculatus Xanthotis macleayana Meliphaga lewinii Meliphaga gracilis Lichenostomus frenatus Lichmera indistincta Phylidonyris nigra Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris Myzomela obscura Myzomela sanguinolenta Tregallasia capito Eopsaltria australis Heteromyias albispecularis Orthonyx spaldingii Psophodes olivaceus Pachycephala pectoralis Pachycephala simplex Pachycephala rufiventris Colluricincla megarhyncha Colluricincla boweri Colluricincla harminoca Machaerirhynchus flaviventer Monarcha melanopsis Monarcha trivirgatus Monarcha leucotis Arses kaupi Myiagra rubecula Myiagra cyanoleuca Grallina cyanoleuca Rhipidura rufifrons Rhipidura fuliginosa Rhipidura rufiventris Rhipidura leucophrys Dicrurus bracteatus Coracina novaehollandiae Coracina lineata Coracina papuensis Coracina tenuirostirs Lalage sueurii Lalage leucomela Oriolis sagittatus Sphecotheres viridis Artamus leucorynchus Cracticus quoyi Cracticus nigrogularis Gymnorhina tibicen Strepera graculina Ptilorus victoriae
COMMON NAME	SCIENTIFIC NAME Page 4
Torresian Crow 271 Spotted Catbird 263 Tooth-Billed Bowerbird 263 Satin Bowerbird 261 Singing Bushlark 167 Richard's Pipit 169 House Sparrow 127 Red-browed Finch 253 Chestnut-breasted Mannikin 257 Yellow-bellied Sunbird 247 Mistletoe Bird 247 Welcome Swallow 167 Tree Martin 167 Fairy Martin 167 Clamorous Reed-Warbler 201 Tawny Grassbird 201 Golden-headed 201 Silvereye 249 Bassian Thrush 173 Metallic Starling 259 Common Myna 259**	Corvus orru Ailuroedus melanotis Scenopoeetes dentirostris Ptilonorhynchus violaceus Mirafra javanica Anthus novaeseelandiae Passer domesticus Neochima temporalis Lonchura castanethorax Nectarinia jugularis Dicaeum hirundinaceum Hirundo neoxena Hirundo nigricans Hirundo ariel Acrocephalus stentoreus Megalurus timoriensis Cisticola exilis Zosterops lateralis Zoothera lunulata Aplonis metallica Acridotheres tristis
Research Courtesy of: Tableland National Parks Volunteers