Happy New Year,
This week we came back from a 2-week-trip to the Cairns area and to Iron Range.
Cairns - Michaelmas Cay - Kuranda - Julatten - Yungaburra - Cairns - Lockhart
River - Cairns.
We had 242 bird species this year (compared to December 2008 in the
Cairns/Townsville area only: 248 species - total for both trips combined: 285
bird species)
27 mammal species this year (combined with last year: 35)
29 reptile species (combined with last year: 32)
12 amphibian species (combined with last year: 14)
18 butterfly species
In the Cairns area we focused on high altitude mammals (Striped, Daintree
River, Herbert River, Lemuroid Ringtail Possum) rather than birds (and
consequently dipped on some birds again - e.g. Little Kingfisher, Beach
Stone-Curlew, Laughing Gull), but saw some nice "old friends": e.g. Golden
Bowerbird, Lesser Sooty Owl.
In Iron Range we tried so see all the "specialty" bird species and saw all of
them, but dipped on some "less special" ones (e.g. Rufous Owl, Little
Kingfisher, Bech Stone-Curlew). Some birds such as Northern Scrub Robin and
Marbled Frogmouth were surprisingly easy and we got them several times on
different spots. A bit tricky was YB Kingfisher which we heard almost
everywhere, but which only showed once. BTW to my ears their calls are totally
different from Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo which we heard about as often. The
Cuckoo sounds more like a Fantail Cuckoo, the Kingfisher's short call sounds
more like that of an Ash-throated Flycatcher (in America), the Kingfisher's
long call is unique and unmistakable. We saw Trumpet Manucode only twice and
heard it five or six times. There were still 9 actively calling RB Pittas, one
of which showed well. In addition to the known FB Bowerbird we found a "new"
one right at Lockhart River Airport. The only bird we only
saw fly by were Marshall's Fig-parrots. Herps were great. Three species of
python, three species of monitors, Frilled Lizard, Boyd's Forest Dragon (the
latter not in Iron Range)... lots of Litorias and other frogs. The amphibian
downside was that we saw 12 species and not 11 - but there was no way to
overlook No. 12: Cane Toad.
Mammals: great in the Atherton Tableland, but in Iron Range we had our big dip
of the trip: we did not only dip on Gray Cuscus, but also on Spotted! Can't
believe it! This is the excuse to come back! We heard flapping sounds at night
which we believe might have been hovering Bare-backed Fruitbats.
Cheers,
Nikolas
Southern Cassowary
Australian Brush-turkey
Orange-footed Scrubfowl
Brown Quail
Magpie Goose
Spotted Whistling-Duck
Wandering Whistling-Duck
Black Swan
Australian Wood Duck
Green Pygmy-Goose
Grey Teal
Pacific Black Duck
Hardhead
Australasian Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
Spotted Dove
Brown Cuckoo-Dove
Emerald Dove
Peaceful Dove
Bar-shouldered Dove
Wompoo Fruit-Dove
Superb Fruit-Dove
Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove
Pied Imperial-Pigeon
Topknot Pigeon
Papuan Frogmouth
Marbled Frogmouth
Large-tailed Nightjar
Australian Owlet-nightjar
Australian Swiftlet
White-throated Needletail
Fork-tailed Swift
Great Frigatebird
Red-footed Booby
Brown Booby
Australasian Darter
Little Pied Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Little Black Cormorant
Australian Pelican
Eastern Great Egret
Intermediate Egret
Cattle Egret
Striated Heron
Pied Heron
Little Egret
Eastern Reef Egret
Nankeen Night Heron
Glossy Ibis
Australian White Ibis
Straw-necked Ibis
Royal Spoonbill
Eastern Osprey
Pacific Baza
White-bellied Sea-Eagle
Whistling Kite
Brahminy Kite
Black Kite
Brown Goshawk
Collared Sparrowhawk
Grey Goshawk
Nankeen Kestrel
Brown Falcon
Sarus Crane
Purple Swamphen
Red-necked Crake
Buff-banded Rail
Pale-vented Bush-hen
Eurasian Coot
Australian Bustard
Bush Stone-curlew
Pied Oystercatcher
Black-winged Stilt
Pacific Golden Plover
Red-capped Plover
Lesser Sand Plover
Greater Sand Plover
Black-fronted Dotterel
Masked Lapwing
Black-tailed Godwit
Bar-tailed Godwit
Whimbrel
Eastern Curlew
Terek Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Grey-tailed Tattler
Common Greenshank
Ruddy Turnstone
Asian Dowitcher
Great Knot
Red-necked Stint
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Common Noddy
Bridled Tern
Sooty Tern
Little Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black-naped Tern
Common Tern
Lesser Crested Tern
Crested Tern
Silver Gull
Palm Cockatoo
Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo
Galah
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Rainbow Lorikeet
Scaly-breasted Lorikeet
Double-eyed Fig-Parrot
Eclectus Parrot
Red-cheeked Parrot
Australian King-Parrot
Red-winged Parrot
Crimson Rosella
Pale-headed Rosella
Pheasant Coucal
Eastern Koel
Channel-billed Cuckoo
Little Bronze-Cuckoo
(Gould's Bronze-Cuckoo)
Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Brush Cuckoo
Oriental Cuckoo
Southern Boobook
(Lesser Sooty Owl)
Eastern Barn Owl
Azure Kingfisher
Buff-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher
Laughing Kookaburra
Blue-winged Kookaburra
Yellow-billed Kingfisher
Forest Kingfisher
Sacred Kingfisher
Collared Kingfisher
Rainbow Bee-eater
Dollarbird
Red-bellied Pitta
Noisy Pitta
White-throated Treecreeper
Spotted Catbird
Tooth-billed Bowerbird
Golden Bowerbird
Great Bowerbird
Fawn-breasted Bowerbird
Red-backed Fairy-wren
Lovely Fairy-wren
Fernwren
Yellow-throated Scrubwren
Atherton Scrubwren
Large-billed Scrubwren
Tropical Scrubwren
Brown Gerygone
Large-billed Gerygone
Fairy Gerygone
Mountain Thornbill
Eastern Spinebill
Lewin's Honeyeater
Yellow-spotted Honeyeater
Graceful Honeyeater
Bridled Honeyeater
Yellow-faced Honeyeater
Varied Honeyeater
Yellow Honeyeater
Brown-backed Honeyeater
Dusky Honeyeater
Scarlet Honeyeater
Green-backed Honeyeater
Brown Honeyeater
White-cheeked Honeyeater
White-streaked Honeyeater
White-throated Honeyeater
Blue-faced Honeyeater
Helmeted Friarbird
Silver-crowned Friarbird
Noisy Friarbird
Little Friarbird
Macleay's Honeyeater
Tawny-breasted Honeyeater
Chowchilla
Eastern Whipbird
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike
Barred Cuckoo-shrike
Cicadabird
Varied Triller
Golden Whistler
Grey Whistler
Rufous Whistler
Little Shrike-thrush
Bower's Shrike-thrush
Grey Shrike-thrush
Australasian Figbird
Yellow Oriole
Olive-backed Oriole
White-breasted Woodswallow
Black-faced Woodswallow
Black Butcherbird
Pied Butcherbird
Australian Magpie
Pied Currawong
Spangled Drongo
Rufous Fantail
Grey Fantail
Willie Wagtail
Torresian Crow
Leaden Flycatcher
Shining Flycatcher
Restless Flycatcher
White-eared Monarch
Black-faced Monarch
Black-winged Monarch
Spectacled Monarch
Magpie-lark
Frilled Monarch
Pied Monarch
Apostlebird
Trumpet Manucode
Victoria's Riflebird
Magnificent Riflebird
Lemon-bellied Flycatcher
Yellow-legged Flycatcher
Pale-yellow Robin
White-faced Robin
Mangrove Robin
Grey-headed Robin
Northern Scrub-robin
Golden-headed Cisticola
Silvereye
Welcome Swallow
Fairy Martin
Bassian Thrush
Metallic Starling
Common Myna
Mistletoebird
Olive-backed Sunbird
Red-browed Finch
Chestnut-breasted Mannikin
House Sparrow
Australasian Pipit
Mammals
Platypus
Northern Brown Bandicoot
Long-nosed Bandicoot
Coppery Brushtail Possum
Common Brushtail Possum
Striped Possum
Lemuroid Ringtail Possum
Common Ringtail Possum
Green Ringtail Possum
Daintree River Ringtail Possum
Herbert River Ringtail Possum
Musky Rat-kangaroo
Rufous Bettong
Agile Wallaby
Whiptail Wallaby
Mareeba Rock-wallaby
Red-legged Pademelon
Spectacled Flying-fox
Little Red Flying Fox
Little Bentwing Bat
Water Rat
Fawn-footed Melomys
Giant White-tailed Rat
Cape York Rat
Bush Rat
Pig
European Rabbit
Reptiles
Freshwater Crocodile
Estuarine Crocodile
Green Turtle
Saw-shelled Turtle
Krefft's Turtle
Chameleon Gecko
Asian House Gecko
Closed-litter Rainbow-Skink
Shaded-Litter Rainbow-Skink
Blue-throated Rainbow-Skink
Northern Red-throated Rainbow-Skink
Wall Skink
Major Skink
Marbled Skink
Grey-bellied Sunskink
Frilled Lizard
Boyd's Forest Dragon
Eastern Water-Dragon
Canopy Monitor
Merten's Water Monitor
Spotted Tree Monitor
Water Python
Amethyst Python
Green Python
Brown Tree Snake
Slaty-grey Snake
Keelback
Red-bellied Black Snake
Amphibians
Green Tree Frog
Dainty Tree Frog
White-lipped Tree Frog
Jungguy Frog
Bridle Frog
Red Tree Frog
Orange-thighed Tree Frog
Marbled Frog
Striped Marsh Frog
Northern Barred Frog
Water (Aus. Wood) Frog
Cane Toad
Butterflies
Five-barred Swordtail
Macleays Swallowtail
Blue Triangle
Ulysses Swallowtail
Fuscous Swallowtail
Checkered Swallowtail
New Guinea Birdwing
Grey Albatross
Orange Bush-brown
Northern Sword-grass Brown
Cruiser
Jezebel Nymph
Varied Eggfly
Blue-banded Eggfly
Leafwing
Lurcher
Black-eyed Plane
Hamadryad
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Nikolas Haass
Sydney, NSW
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