MOUNT LEWIS
AUSTRALIALOCALE
| # Species: | 210 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 210 |
| # Endemics: | 57 |
| # Near Endemics: | 35 |
| Habitat: Highland forest | |
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.*
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| 1 | Southern Cassowary | Casuarius casuarius |
| 2 | Emu | Dromaius novaehollandiae |
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| 3 | Magpie Goose | Anseranas semipalmata |
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| 4 | Plumed Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna eytoni |
| 5 | Wandering Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna arcuata |
| 6 | Pacific Black Duck | Anas superciliosa |
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| 7 | Australian Brushturkey | Alectura lathami |
| 8 | Orange-footed Megapode | Megapodius reinwardt |
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| 9 | Brown Quail | Synoicus ypsilophora |
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| 10 | White-headed Pigeon | Columba leucomela |
| 11 | Spotted Dove | Spilopelia chinensis |
| 12 | Brown Cuckoo-Dove | Macropygia phasianella |
| 13 | Pacific Emerald Dove | Chalcophaps longirostris |
| 14 | Common Bronzewing | Phaps chalcoptera |
| 15 | Squatter Pigeon | Geophaps scripta |
| 16 | Peaceful Dove | Geopelia placida |
| 17 | Bar-shouldered Dove | Geopelia humeralis |
| 18 | Wompoo Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus magnificus |
| 19 | Superb Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus superbus |
| 20 | &Rose-crowned Fruit-Dovel | Ptilinopus regina |
| 21 | Torresian Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula spilorrhoa |
| 22 | Topknot Pigeon | Lopholaimus antarcticus |
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| 23 | Australian Bustard | Ardeotis australis |
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| 24 | Oriental Cuckoo | Cuculus optatus |
| 25 | (Pheasant Coucal) | Centropus phasianinus |
| 26 | Pacific Koel | Eudynamys orientalis |
| 27 | (Channel-billed Cuckoo) | Scythrops novaehollandiae |
| 28 | Little Bronze-Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx minutillus |
| 29 | Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo | Chalcites basalis |
| 30 | Shining Bronze-Cuckoo | Chalcites lucidus |
| 31 | Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo | Cacomantis castaneiventris |
| 32 | Fan-tailed Cuckoo | Cacomantis flabelliformis |
| 33 | (Sahul Brush Cuckoo) | Cacomantis variolosus |
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| 34 | Papuan Frogmouth | Podargus papuensis |
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| 35 | Australian Owlet-nightjar | Aegotheles cristatus |
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| 36 | /White-throated Needletail/ | Hirundapus caudacutus |
| 37 | Australian Swiftlet | Aerodramus terraereginae |
| 38 | /Pacific Swift/ | Apus pacificus |
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| 39 | Buff-banded Rail | Gallirallus philippensis |
| 40 | Australasian Swamphen | Porphyrio melanotus |
| 41 | Rufous-tailed Bush-hen | Amaurornis moluccana |
| 42 | Red-necked Crake | Rallina tricolor |
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| 43 | Sarus Crane | Antigone antigone |
| 44 | Brolga | Antigone rubicunda |
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| 45 | Bush Thick-knee | Burhinus grallarius |
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| 46 | Masked Lapwing | Vanellus miles |
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| 47 | &Little Buttonquaill | Turnix velox |
| 48 | Painted Buttonquail | Turnix varius |
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| 49 | Australasian Grebe | Tachybaptus novaehollandiae |
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| 50 | Australasian Darter | Anhinga novaehollandiae |
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| 51 | Little Pied Cormorant | Microcarbo melanoleucos |
| 52 | Little Black Cormorant | Phalacrocorax sulcirostris |
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| 53 | Australian Ibis | Threskiornis molucca |
| 54 | Straw-necked Ibis | Threskiornis spinicollis |
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| 55 | Nankeen Night Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus |
| 56 | White-faced Heron | Egretta novaehollandiae |
| 57 | Eastern Cattle-Egret | Bubulcus coromandus |
| 58 | Pacific Heron | Ardea pacifica |
| 59 | Great Egret | Ardea alba |
| 60 | Plumed Egret | Ardea plumifera |
| 61 | Great-billed Heron | Ardea sumatrana |
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| 62 | Australian Pelican | Pelecanus conspicillatus |
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| 63 | Osprey | Pandion haliaetus |
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| 64 | &Black-shouldered Kitel | Elanus axillaris |
| 65 | Pacific Baza | Aviceda subcristata |
| 66 | Wedge-tailed Eagle | Aquila audax |
| 67 | Collared Sparrowhawk | Tachyspiza cirrocephalus |
| 68 | Gray Goshawk | Tachyspiza novaehollandiae |
| 69 | Brown Goshawk | Tachyspiza fasciatus |
| 70 | Black Kite | Milvus migrans |
| 71 | Whistling Kite | Haliastur sphenurus |
| 72 | Brahminy Kite | Haliastur indus |
| 73 | White-bellied Sea-Eagle | Icthyophaga leucogaster |
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| 74 | Sooty-Owl | Tyto tenebricosa |
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| 75 | Rufous Owl | Ninox rufa |
| 76 | Australian Boobook | Ninox boobook |
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| 77 | Rainbow Bee-eater | Merops ornatus |
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| 78 | Azure Kingfisher | Ceyx azureus |
| 79 | Little Kingfisher | Ceyx pusillus |
| 80 | Laughing Kookaburra | Dacelo novaeguineae |
| 81 | Blue-winged Kookaburra | Dacelo leachii |
| 82 | &Red-backed Kingfisherl | Todiramphus pyrrhopygius |
| 83 | Forest Kingfisher | Todiramphus macleayii |
| 84 | (Sacred Kingfisher) | Todiramphus sanctus |
| 85 | (Buff-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher) | Tanysiptera sylvia |
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| 86 | (Oriental Dollarbird) | Eurystomus orientalis |
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| 87 | &Nankeen Kestrell | Falco cenchroides |
| 88 | Brown Falcon | Falco berigora |
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| 89 | Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo | Calyptorhynchus banksii |
| 90 | Galah | Eolophus roseicapilla |
| 91 | Little Corella | Cacatua sanguinea |
| 92 | Sulphur-crested Cockatoo | Cacatua galerita |
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| 93 | Australian King-Parrot | Alisterus scapularis |
| 94 | &Red-winged Parrotl | Aprosmictus erythropterus |
| 95 | Crimson Rosella | Platycercus elegans |
| 96 | Pale-headed Rosella | Platycercus adscitus |
| 97 | Double-eyed Fig-Parrot | Cyclopsitta diophthalma |
| 98 | &Little Lorikeetl | Psitteuteles pusilla |
| 99 | Scaly-breasted Lorikeet | Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus |
| 100 | Rainbow Lorikeet | Trichoglossus moluccanus |
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| 101 | Noisy Pitta | Pitta versicolor |
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| 102 | Spotted Catbird | Ailuroedus maculosus |
| 103 | Tooth-billed Bowerbird | Scenopoeetes dentirostris |
| 104 | Golden Bowerbird | Prionodura newtoniana |
| 105 | Satin Bowerbird | Ptilonorhynchus violaceus |
| 106 | Great Bowerbird | Chlamydera nuchalis |
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| 107 | White-throated Treecreeper | Cormobates leucophaea |
| 108 | Brown Treecreeper | Climacteris picumnus |
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| 109 | Lovely Fairywren | Malurus amabilis |
| 110 | Red-backed Fairywren | Malurus melanocephalus |
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| 111 | Eastern Spinebill | Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris |
| 112 | Yellow-spotted Honeyeater | Meliphaga notata |
| 113 | Lewin's Honeyeater | Meliphaga lewinii |
| 114 | Cryptic Honeyeater | Meliphaga imitatrix |
| 115 | Yellow Honeyeater | Stomiopera flavus |
| 116 | White-gaped Honeyeater | Stomiopera unicolor |
| 117 | Yellow-faced Honeyeater | Caligavis chrysops |
| 118 | Noisy Miner | Manorina melanocephala |
| 119 | Bridled Honeyeater | Bolemoreus frenatus |
| 120 | Gray-headed Honeyeater | Ptilotula keartlandi |
| 121 | Brown-backed Honeyeater | Ramsayornis modestus |
| 122 | Dusky Myzomela | Myzomela obscura |
| 123 | Scarlet Myzomela | Myzomela sanguinolenta |
| 124 | Brown Honeyeater | Lichmera indistincta |
| 125 | White-cheeked Honeyeater | Phylidonyris niger |
| 126 | Blue-faced Honeyeater | Entomyzon cyanotis |
| 127 | White-naped Honeyeater | Melithreptus lunatus |
| 128 | White-throated Honeyeater | Melithreptus albogularis |
| 129 | Macleay's Honeyeater | Xanthotis macleayanus |
| 130 | Little Friarbird | Philemon citreogularis |
| 131 | Helmeted Friarbird | Philemon buceroides |
| 132 | Noisy Friarbird | Philemon corniculatus |
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| 133 | Spotted Pardalote | Pardalotus punctatus |
| 134 | Striated Pardalote | Pardalotus striatus |
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| 135 | Fernwren | Oreoscopus gutturalis |
| 136 | Yellow-throated Scrubwren | Neosericornis citreogularis |
| 137 | White-browed Scrubwren | Sericornis frontalis |
| 138 | Atherton Scrubwren | Sericornis keri |
| 139 | Large-billed Scrubwren | Sericornis magnirostra |
| 140 | Mountain Thornbill | Acanthiza katherina |
| 141 | Buff-rumped Thornbill | Acanthiza reguloides |
| 142 | Brown Gerygone | Gerygone mouki |
| 143 | Fairy Gerygone | Gerygone palpebrosa |
| 144 | Large-billed Gerygone | Gerygone magnirostris |
| 145 | White-throated Gerygone | Gerygone olivacea |
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| 146 | Gray-crowned Babbler | Pomatostomus temporalis |
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| 147 | Chowchilla | Orthonyx spaldingii |
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| 148 | &Barred Cuckooshrikel | Coracina lineata |
| 149 | Black-faced Cuckooshrike | Coracina novaehollandiae |
| 150 | White-bellied Cuckooshrike | Coracina papuensis |
| 151 | Varied Triller | Lalage leucomela |
| 152 | Sahul Cicadabird | Edolisoma tenuirostre |
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| 153 | Varied Sittella | Daphoenositta chrysoptera |
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| 154 | Eastern Whipbird | Psophodes olivaceus |
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| 155 | Bower's Shrikethrush | Colluricincla boweri |
| 156 | Gray Shrikethrush | Colluricincla harmonica |
| 157 | Rufous Shrikethrush | Colluricincla rufogaster |
| 158 | Golden Whistler | Pachycephala pectoralis |
| 159 | Gray Whistler | Pachycephala simplex |
| 160 | Rufous Whistler | Pachycephala rufiventris |
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| 161 | Olive-backed Oriole | Oriolus sagittatus |
| 162 | Green Oriole | Oriolus flavocinctus |
| 163 | Australasian Figbird | Sphecotheres vieilloti |
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| 164 | Yellow-breasted Boatbill | Machaerirhynchus flaviventer |
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| 165 | White-breasted Woodswallow | Artamus leucorynchus |
| 166 | Pied Butcherbird | Cracticus nigrogularis |
| 167 | Black Butcherbird | Melloria quoyi |
| 168 | Australian Magpie | Gymnorhina tibicen |
| 169 | Pied Currawong | Strepera graculina |
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| 170 | Northern Fantail | Rhipidura rufiventris |
| 171 | Willie-wagtail | Rhipidura leucophrys |
| 172 | Australian Rufous Fantail | Rhipidura rufifrons |
| 173 | Gray Fantail | Rhipidura albiscapa |
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| 174 | Spangled Drongo | Dicrurus bracteatus |
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| 175 | Victoria's Riflebird | Ptiloris victoriae |
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| 176 | White-eared Monarch | Carterornis leucotis |
| 177 | Black-faced Monarch | Monarcha melanopsis |
| 178 | (Black-winged Monarch) | Monarcha frater |
| 179 | Australian Monarch | Symposiachrus trivirgatus |
| 180 | Pied Monarch | Arses kaupi |
| 181 | Magpie-lark | Grallina cyanoleuca |
| 182 | Leaden Flycatcher | Myiagra rubecula |
| 183 | Satin Flycatcher | Myiagra cyanoleuca |
| 184 | Restless Flycatcher | Myiagra inquieta |
| 185 | Shining Flycatcher | Myiagra alecto |
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| 186 | Apostlebird | Struthidea cinerea |
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| 187 | Torresian Crow | Corvus orru |
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| 188 | Lemon-bellied Flyrobin | Microeca flavigaster |
| 189 | Gray-headed Robin | Heteromyias cinereifrons |
| 190 | White-browed Robin | Poecilodryas superciliosa |
| 191 | Eastern Yellow Robin | Eopsaltria australis |
| 192 | Pale-yellow Robin | Eopsaltria capito |
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| 193 | Golden-headed Cisticola | Cisticola exilis |
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| 194 | Australian Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus australis |
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| 195 | Welcome Swallow | Hirundo neoxena |
| 196 | Tree Martin | Petrochelidon nigricans |
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| 197 | Silvereye | Zosterops lateralis |
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| 198 | Metallic Starling | Aplonis metallica |
| 199 | Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis |
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| 200 | Bassian Thrush | Zoothera lunulata |
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| 201 | &Mistletoebirdl | Dicaeum hirundinaceum |
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| 202 | Sahul Sunbird | Cinnyris frenatus |
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| 203 | Red-browed Firetail | Neochmia temporalis |
| 204 | Crimson Finch | Neochmia phaeton |
| 205 | &Double-barred Finchl | Stizoptera bichenovii |
| 206 | Scaly-breasted Munia | Lonchura punctulata |
| 207 | Chestnut-breasted Munia | Lonchura castaneothorax |
| 208 | Blue-faced Parrotfinch | Erythrura trichroa |
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| 209 | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus |
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| 210 | 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 | 2 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 0 |
| || | Transient | 0 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 0 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 10 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 7 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 0 |
| [] | Accidental | 0 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 2 |
| V | Vulnerable | 4 |
| EN | Endangered | 1 |
| 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.