ReefBlitz 2015 Rowes Bay Common Bird Species

This is a guide to the common bird species found in Rowes Bay, QLD, compiled from the Atlas of Living Australia for ReefBlitz 2015.

All 128

Australian Kite ¹
Elanus axillaris

Black Kite ²
Milvus migrans

Brahminy Kite ³
Haliastur indus

Whistling Kite ³
Haliastur sphenurus

Eastern Osprey ⁴
Pandion haliaetus cristatus

Pacific Baza ⁵
Aviceda (Aviceda) subcristata

Swamp Harrier ⁶
Circus approximans

Brush Cuckoo ⁷
Cacomantis (Cacomantis) variolosus

Channel-billed Cuckoo ⁸
Scythrops novaehollandiae

Little Bronze-Cuckoo ⁹
Chrysococcyx minutillus

Oriental Cuckoo ¹⁰
Cuculus (Cuculus) optatus

Black-faced Cuckoo-Shrike ¹¹
Coracina novaehollandiae

White-Bellied Cuckoo-Shrike ¹²
Coracina (Coracina) papuensis

Bar-shouldered Dove ⁷
Geopelia humeralis

Rock Dove ⁷
Columba (Columba) livia

Spotted Dove ⁹
Streptopelia (Spilopelia) chinensis

Zebra Dove ⁹
Geopelia striata

Cattle Egret ¹³
Ardea (Bubulcus) ibis

Great Egret ¹⁴
Ardea (Casmerodius) modesta

Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo ³
Chrysococcyx basalis

Intermediate Egret ¹⁵
Ardea (Mesophoyx) intermedia

Little Egret ¹⁶
Egretta garzetta

Crimson Finch ³
Neochmia phaeton

Double-barred Finch ⁹
Taeniopygia bichenovii

Red-browed Finch ³
Neochmia temporalis

Zebra Finch ¹⁷
Taeniopygia guttata

Brown Gerygone ¹⁸
Gerygone mouki

Fairy Gerygone ⁷
Gerygone palpebrosa

Large-billed Gerygone ¹⁹
Gerygone magnirostris

Mangrove Gerygone ²⁰
Gerygone levigaster

White-throated Gerygone ⁷
Gerygone olivacea

Green-Backed Heron ²¹
Butorides striata

Pacific Reef-Heron ²²
Egretta sacra

Rufous Night-Heron ²³
Nycticorax caledonicus

White-faced Heron ²⁴
Egretta novaehollandiae

Blue-faced Honeyeater ⁹
Entomyzon cyanotis

Brown-backed Honeyeater ¹
Ramsayornis modestus

Brown Honeyeater ⁷
Lichmera (Lichmera) indistincta

Dusky Honeyeater ²⁵
Myzomela obscura

Rufous-throated Honeyeater ¹⁹
Conopophila (Conopophila) rufogularis

Singing Honeyeater ¹
Lichenostomus virescens

White-Gaped Honeyeater ²⁶
Stomiopera unicolor

White-Throated Honeyeater ⁷
Melithreptus (Melithreptus) albogularis

Yellow Honeyeater ²⁶
Lichenostomus flavus

Australian White Ibis ²⁷
Threskiornis molucca

Glossy Ibis ⁹
Plegadis falcinellus

Straw-necked Ibis ²⁸
Threskiornis spinicollis

Azure Kingfisher ⁷
Ceyx azureus

Forest Kingfisher ³
Todiramphus macleayii

Little Kingfisher ²⁹
Ceyx pusillus

Sacred Kingfisher ³⁰
Todiramphus (Todiramphus) sanctus

Bar-tailed Godwit ¹⁶
Limosa lapponica

Black-bellied Plover ³¹
Pluvialis squatarola

Black-fronted Dotterel ³²
Elseyornis melanops

Black Noddy ³³
Anous minutus

Bridled Tern ³⁴
Onychoprion anaethetus

Brown Booby ³
Sula leucogaster

Red-Capped Plover ³⁵
Charadrius (Charadrius) ruficapillus

Caspian Tern ³¹
Hydroprogne caspia

Common Sandpiper ³⁶
Actitis hypoleucos

Common Tern ³⁷
Sterna (Sterna) hirundo

Crested Tern ³⁸
Thalasseus bergii

Grey-Tailed Tattler ³⁹
Tringa (Heteroscelus) brevipes

Gull-billed Tern ³⁵
Gelochelidon nilotica

Lesser Frigatebird ⁴⁰
Fregata ariel

Little Tern ⁴¹
Sternula albifrons

Pied Oystercatcher ⁴²
Haematopus longirostris

Sharp-Tailed Sandpiper ⁴³
Calidris (Erolia) acuminata

Silver Gull ⁴⁴
Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae

Sooty Oystercatcher ⁴⁵
Haematopus fuliginosus

Australian Reed Warbler ³⁶
Acrocephalus (Acrocephalus) australis

Australian Brush-turkey ²⁵
Alectura lathami

Pacific Black Duck ⁴⁶
Anas (Anas) superciliosa

Australian Darter ⁴⁷
Anhinga novaehollandiae

Magpie Goose ⁴⁸
Anseranas semipalmata

Australasian Pipit ²⁶
Anthus (Anthus) novaeseelandiae

Pacific Swift ⁴⁹
Apus (Apus) pacificus

Australian Bustard ⁵⁰
Ardeotis australis

White-Breasted Woodswallow ⁹
ArtamusArtamus (Artamus) leucorynchus

Bush-Stone Curlew ¹⁹
Burhinus (Burhinus) grallarius

Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo ⁵¹
Cacatua (Cacatua) galerita

Red-Tailed Black Cockatoo ⁹
Calyptorhynchus (Calyptorhynchus) banksii

Golden-Headed Cisticola ¹⁰
Cisticola (Cisticola) exilis

Grey Shrike-thrush ⁹
Colluricincla harmonica

Little Shrike-Thrush ⁷
Colluricincla megarhyncha

Australian Raven
Corvus coronoides

Torresian Crow ⁹
Corvus orru

Pied Butcherbird ⁷
Cracticus nigrogularis

Australian Magpie ⁹
Cracticus tibicen

Blue-Winged Kookaburra ²⁴
Dacelo (Dacelo) leachii

Laughing Kookaburra ⁴²
Dacelo novaeguineae

Mistletoebird ⁴⁵
Dicaeum (Dicaeum) hirundinaceum

Spangled Drongo ¹
Dicrurus bracteatus

Pied Currawong ⁹
Strepera graculina

Red-backed Fairy-wren ⁷
Malurus melanocephalus

Australasian Figbird ²⁶
Sphecotheres vieilloti

Nutmeg Mannkin ⁹
Lonchura punctulata

Australasian Grebe ¹
Tachybaptus novaehollandiae

Australasian Lark ³²
Mirafra (Mirafra) javanica

Australian Pelican ⁹
Pelecanus conspicillatus

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