CAIRNS BOTANICAL GARDENS
AUSTRALIALOCALE
| # Species: | 236 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 236 |
| # Endemics: | 39 |
| # Near Endemics: | 32 |
BIRD CHECKLIST
The table below lists species recorded at this locale but does not indicate frequency of occurrence there. It does indicate whether each species is globally threatened or endangered according to the IUCN and also whether it is migratory, very rare, or accidental in the country. The list is based on available data and may be incomplete.*
| 1 | 9Black Bittern** | 9flavicollis |
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| 2 | Magpie Goose | Anseranas semipalmata |
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| 3 | Spotted Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna guttata |
| 4 | Plumed Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna eytoni |
| 5 | Wandering Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna arcuata |
| 6 | Black Swan | Cygnus atratus |
| 7 | Radjah Shelduck | Rajah radjah |
| 8 | Green Pygmy-Goose | Nettapus pulchellus |
| 9 | Maned Duck | Chenonetta jubata |
| 10 | Pacific Black Duck | Anas superciliosa |
| 11 | Gray Teal | Anas gracilis |
| 12 | Hardhead | Aythya australis |
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| 13 | Australian Brushturkey | Alectura lathami |
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| 14 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia |
| 15 | White-headed Pigeon | Columba leucomela |
| 16 | Spotted Dove | Spilopelia chinensis |
| 17 | Brown Cuckoo-Dove | Macropygia phasianella |
| 18 | Pacific Emerald Dove | Chalcophaps longirostris |
| 19 | Common Bronzewing | Phaps chalcoptera |
| 20 | Crested Pigeon | Ocyphaps lophotes |
| 21 | Peaceful Dove | Geopelia placida |
| 22 | Bar-shouldered Dove | Geopelia humeralis |
| 23 | Wompoo Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus magnificus |
| 24 | Superb Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus superbus |
| 25 | &Rose-crowned Fruit-Dovel | Ptilinopus regina |
| 26 | Torresian Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula spilorrhoa |
| 27 | Topknot Pigeon | Lopholaimus antarcticus |
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| 28 | Oriental Cuckoo | Cuculus optatus |
| 29 | (Pheasant Coucal) | Centropus phasianinus |
| 30 | Pacific Koel | Eudynamys orientalis |
| 31 | (Channel-billed Cuckoo) | Scythrops novaehollandiae |
| 32 | Little Bronze-Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx minutillus |
| 33 | Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo | Chalcites basalis |
| 34 | Shining Bronze-Cuckoo | Chalcites lucidus |
| 35 | Pallid Cuckoo | Heteroscenes pallidus |
| 36 | Fan-tailed Cuckoo | Cacomantis flabelliformis |
| 37 | (Sahul Brush Cuckoo) | Cacomantis variolosus |
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| 38 | Tawny Frogmouth | Podargus strigoides |
| 39 | Papuan Frogmouth | Podargus papuensis |
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| 40 | /White-throated Needletail/ | Hirundapus caudacutus |
| 41 | Australian Swiftlet | Aerodramus terraereginae |
| 42 | /Pacific Swift/ | Apus pacificus |
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| 43 | Buff-banded Rail | Gallirallus philippensis |
| 44 | Dusky Moorhen | Gallinula tenebrosa |
| 45 | &Eurasian Cootl | Fulica atra |
| 46 | Australasian Swamphen | Porphyrio melanotus |
| 47 | White-browed Crake | Poliolimnas cinerea |
| 48 | Rufous-tailed Bush-hen | Amaurornis moluccana |
| 49 | Red-necked Crake | Rallina tricolor |
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| 50 | Brolga | Antigone rubicunda |
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| 51 | Beach Thick-knee | Esacus magnirostris |
| 52 | Bush Thick-knee | Burhinus grallarius |
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| 53 | Pied Stilt | Himantopus leucocephalus |
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| 54 | Pied Oystercatcher | Haematopus longirostris |
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| 55 | /Black-bellied Plover/ | Pluvialis squatarola |
| 56 | Black-fronted Dotterel | Thinornis melanops |
| 57 | Masked Lapwing | Vanellus miles |
| 58 | /Siberian Sand-Plover/ | Anarhynchus mongolus |
| 59 | Red-capped Plover | Anarhynchus ruficapillus |
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| 60 | Comb-crested Jacana | Irediparra gallinacea |
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| 61 | /Whimbrel/ | Numenius phaeopus |
| 62 | /Far Eastern Curlew/ | Numenius madagascariensis |
| 63 | /Bar-tailed Godwit/ | Limosa lapponica |
| 64 | /Latham's Snipe/ | Gallinago hardwickii |
| 65 | /Terek Sandpiper/ | Xenus cinereus |
| 66 | /Common Sandpiper/ | Actitis hypoleucos |
| 67 | /Gray-tailed Tattler/ | Tringa brevipes |
| 68 | /Marsh Sandpiper/ | Tringa stagnatilis |
| 69 | /Common Greenshank/ | Tringa nebularia |
| 70 | /Great Knot/ | Calidris tenuirostris |
| 71 | /Sharp-tailed Sandpiper/ | Calidris acuminata |
| 72 | /Red-necked Stint/ | Calidris ruficollis |
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| 73 | Silver Gull | Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae |
| 74 | Little Tern | Sternula albifrons |
| 75 | Australian Tern | Gelochelidon macrotarsa |
| 76 | Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia |
| 77 | Great Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii |
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| 78 | Australasian Grebe | Tachybaptus novaehollandiae |
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| 79 | Black-necked Stork | Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus |
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| 80 | #Lesser Frigatebird# | Fregata ariel |
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| 81 | Australasian Darter | Anhinga novaehollandiae |
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| 82 | Little Pied Cormorant | Microcarbo melanoleucos |
| 83 | Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo |
| 84 | Little Black Cormorant | Phalacrocorax sulcirostris |
| 85 | Pied Cormorant | Phalacrocorax varius |
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| 86 | Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus |
| 87 | Australian Ibis | Threskiornis molucca |
| 88 | Straw-necked Ibis | Threskiornis spinicollis |
| 89 | Royal Spoonbill | Platalea regia |
| 90 | Yellow-billed Spoonbill | Platalea flavipes |
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| 91 | Nankeen Night Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus |
| 92 | Pacific Reef-Heron | Egretta sacra |
| 93 | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta |
| 94 | Pied Heron | Egretta picata |
| 95 | White-faced Heron | Egretta novaehollandiae |
| 96 | Striated Heron | Butorides striata |
| 97 | Eastern Cattle-Egret | Bubulcus coromandus |
| 98 | Pacific Heron | Ardea pacifica |
| 99 | Great Egret | Ardea alba |
| 100 | Plumed Egret | Ardea plumifera |
| 101 | Great-billed Heron | Ardea sumatrana |
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| 102 | Australian Pelican | Pelecanus conspicillatus |
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| 103 | Osprey | Pandion haliaetus |
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| 104 | &Black-shouldered Kitel | Elanus axillaris |
| 105 | Pacific Baza | Aviceda subcristata |
| 106 | Square-tailed Kite | Lophoictinia isura |
| 107 | Wedge-tailed Eagle | Aquila audax |
| 108 | Collared Sparrowhawk | Tachyspiza cirrocephalus |
| 109 | Gray Goshawk | Tachyspiza novaehollandiae |
| 110 | Brown Goshawk | Tachyspiza fasciatus |
| 111 | &Spotted Harrierl | Circus assimilis |
| 112 | Black Kite | Milvus migrans |
| 113 | Whistling Kite | Haliastur sphenurus |
| 114 | Brahminy Kite | Haliastur indus |
| 115 | White-bellied Sea-Eagle | Icthyophaga leucogaster |
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| 116 | Rufous Owl | Ninox rufa |
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| 117 | Rainbow Bee-eater | Merops ornatus |
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| 118 | Azure Kingfisher | Ceyx azureus |
| 119 | Little Kingfisher | Ceyx pusillus |
| 120 | Laughing Kookaburra | Dacelo novaeguineae |
| 121 | Blue-winged Kookaburra | Dacelo leachii |
| 122 | Forest Kingfisher | Todiramphus macleayii |
| 123 | Torresian Kingfisher | Todiramphus sordidus |
| 124 | (Sacred Kingfisher) | Todiramphus sanctus |
| 125 | (Buff-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher) | Tanysiptera sylvia |
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| 126 | (Oriental Dollarbird) | Eurystomus orientalis |
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| 127 | &Nankeen Kestrell | Falco cenchroides |
| 128 | Australian Hobby | Falco longipennis |
| 129 | Brown Falcon | Falco berigora |
| 130 | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus |
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| 131 | Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo | Calyptorhynchus banksii |
| 132 | Galah | Eolophus roseicapilla |
| 133 | Little Corella | Cacatua sanguinea |
| 134 | Sulphur-crested Cockatoo | Cacatua galerita |
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| 135 | &Red-winged Parrotl | Aprosmictus erythropterus |
| 136 | Pale-headed Rosella | Platycercus adscitus |
| 137 | Double-eyed Fig-Parrot | Cyclopsitta diophthalma |
| 138 | &Little Lorikeetl | Psitteuteles pusilla |
| 139 | Scaly-breasted Lorikeet | Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus |
| 140 | Rainbow Lorikeet | Trichoglossus moluccanus |
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| 141 | Noisy Pitta | Pitta versicolor |
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| 142 | Spotted Catbird | Ailuroedus maculosus |
| 143 | Tooth-billed Bowerbird | Scenopoeetes dentirostris |
| 144 | Great Bowerbird | Chlamydera nuchalis |
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| 145 | Lovely Fairywren | Malurus amabilis |
| 146 | Red-backed Fairywren | Malurus melanocephalus |
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| 147 | Eastern Spinebill | Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris |
| 148 | Yellow-spotted Honeyeater | Meliphaga notata |
| 149 | Lewin's Honeyeater | Meliphaga lewinii |
| 150 | Cryptic Honeyeater | Meliphaga imitatrix |
| 151 | Yellow Honeyeater | Stomiopera flavus |
| 152 | Yellow-faced Honeyeater | Caligavis chrysops |
| 153 | Bridled Honeyeater | Bolemoreus frenatus |
| 154 | Varied Honeyeater | Gavicalis versicolor |
| 155 | Fuscous Honeyeater | Ptilotula fuscus |
| 156 | Brown-backed Honeyeater | Ramsayornis modestus |
| 157 | &Rufous-throated Honeyeaterl | Conopophila rufogularis |
| 158 | Dusky Myzomela | Myzomela obscura |
| 159 | Scarlet Myzomela | Myzomela sanguinolenta |
| 160 | Brown Honeyeater | Lichmera indistincta |
| 161 | White-cheeked Honeyeater | Phylidonyris niger |
| 162 | Blue-faced Honeyeater | Entomyzon cyanotis |
| 163 | White-naped Honeyeater | Melithreptus lunatus |
| 164 | White-throated Honeyeater | Melithreptus albogularis |
| 165 | Macleay's Honeyeater | Xanthotis macleayanus |
| 166 | Little Friarbird | Philemon citreogularis |
| 167 | Helmeted Friarbird | Philemon buceroides |
| 168 | Noisy Friarbird | Philemon corniculatus |
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| 169 | Spotted Pardalote | Pardalotus punctatus |
| 170 | Striated Pardalote | Pardalotus striatus |
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| 171 | Large-billed Scrubwren | Sericornis magnirostra |
| 172 | Brown Gerygone | Gerygone mouki |
| 173 | Fairy Gerygone | Gerygone palpebrosa |
| 174 | Large-billed Gerygone | Gerygone magnirostris |
| 175 | White-throated Gerygone | Gerygone olivacea |
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| 176 | &Barred Cuckooshrikel | Coracina lineata |
| 177 | Black-faced Cuckooshrike | Coracina novaehollandiae |
| 178 | White-bellied Cuckooshrike | Coracina papuensis |
| 179 | White-winged Triller | Lalage tricolor |
| 180 | Varied Triller | Lalage leucomela |
| 181 | Sahul Cicadabird | Edolisoma tenuirostre |
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| 182 | Eastern Whipbird | Psophodes olivaceus |
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| 183 | Bower's Shrikethrush | Colluricincla boweri |
| 184 | Gray Shrikethrush | Colluricincla harmonica |
| 185 | Rufous Shrikethrush | Colluricincla rufogaster |
| 186 | Golden Whistler | Pachycephala pectoralis |
| 187 | Gray Whistler | Pachycephala simplex |
| 188 | Rufous Whistler | Pachycephala rufiventris |
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| 189 | Olive-backed Oriole | Oriolus sagittatus |
| 190 | Green Oriole | Oriolus flavocinctus |
| 191 | Australasian Figbird | Sphecotheres vieilloti |
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| 192 | White-breasted Woodswallow | Artamus leucorynchus |
| 193 | &White-browed Woodswallowl | Artamus superciliosus |
| 194 | Black-faced Woodswallow | Artamus cinereus |
| 195 | Gray Butcherbird | Cracticus torquatus |
| 196 | Pied Butcherbird | Cracticus nigrogularis |
| 197 | Black Butcherbird | Melloria quoyi |
| 198 | Pied Currawong | Strepera graculina |
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| 199 | Northern Fantail | Rhipidura rufiventris |
| 200 | Willie-wagtail | Rhipidura leucophrys |
| 201 | Australian Rufous Fantail | Rhipidura rufifrons |
| 202 | Gray Fantail | Rhipidura albiscapa |
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| 203 | Spangled Drongo | Dicrurus bracteatus |
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| 204 | Victoria's Riflebird | Ptiloris victoriae |
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| 205 | White-eared Monarch | Carterornis leucotis |
| 206 | Black-faced Monarch | Monarcha melanopsis |
| 207 | Australian Monarch | Symposiachrus trivirgatus |
| 208 | Pied Monarch | Arses kaupi |
| 209 | Magpie-lark | Grallina cyanoleuca |
| 210 | Leaden Flycatcher | Myiagra rubecula |
| 211 | Satin Flycatcher | Myiagra cyanoleuca |
| 212 | Restless Flycatcher | Myiagra inquieta |
| 213 | Shining Flycatcher | Myiagra alecto |
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| 214 | Apostlebird | Struthidea cinerea |
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| 215 | Torresian Crow | Corvus orru |
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| 216 | Mangrove Robin | Melanodryas pulverulenta |
| 217 | Eastern Yellow Robin | Eopsaltria australis |
| 218 | Pale-yellow Robin | Eopsaltria capito |
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| 219 | Golden-headed Cisticola | Cisticola exilis |
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| 220 | Australian Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus australis |
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| 221 | Tawny Grassbird | Cincloramphus timoriensis |
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| 222 | Welcome Swallow | Hirundo neoxena |
| 223 | Fairy Martin | Petrochelidon ariel |
| 224 | Tree Martin | Petrochelidon nigricans |
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| 225 | Silvereye | Zosterops lateralis |
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| 226 | Metallic Starling | Aplonis metallica |
| 227 | Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis |
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| 228 | &Mistletoebirdl | Dicaeum hirundinaceum |
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| 229 | Sahul Sunbird | Cinnyris frenatus |
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| 230 | Red-browed Firetail | Neochmia temporalis |
| 231 | Crimson Finch | Neochmia phaeton |
| 232 | &Double-barred Finchl | Stizoptera bichenovii |
| 233 | Scaly-breasted Munia | Lonchura punctulata |
| 234 | Chestnut-breasted Munia | Lonchura castaneothorax |
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| 235 | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus |
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| 236 | Australian Pipit | Anthus australis |
*Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through 2021 maintained by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, which relies largely on the AOU and SACC nomenclature committees. IUCN status may reflect splits not currently recognized by Clements.
**Species not accepted by Clements, AOU, or SACC that we recognize based on the IOC, field observations along with geographical separation, consensus opinions of field guide authors, and other sources. These species are potential splits in future Clements updates.
OTHER LOCALES
PRESENCE CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| // | Boreal Visitor | 16 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 0 |
| || | Transient | 0 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 1 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 12 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 6 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 1 |
| [] | Accidental | 0 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 7 |
| V | Vulnerable | 2 |
| EN | Endangered | 2 |
| CR | Critically Endangered | 0 |
Species counts in code tables depend on completeness of the data. For some countries or locales, data may not include all species or information on species presence may be incomplete.