G'day All,
For those who may be interested, the following are some species or
sub-species of birds seen for the first time by myself on a recent trip to
IRON RANGE via CAIRNS & CENTRAL CAPE YORK. I trust to post a full species
list in the near future.
Regards,
Chris Coleborn
CAIRNS - IRON RANGE BIRD TRIP
DECEMBER 2006
NEW SPECIES
Orange-footed Scrubfowl - Race yorki (Iron Range)
Race castanotus (Cairns)
Great Frigatebird
Red-necked Crake - (Heard only)
Black-naped Tern
Sooty Tern
Bridled Tern
Black Noddy
Superb Fruit-Dove
Palm Cockatoo
Eclectus Parrot
Red-cheeked Parrot
Golden-shouldered Parrot
Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo
Gould's Bronze-Cuckoo
Rufous Owl - Race meesi (Iron Range)
Papuan Frogmouth - Race baleyi (Iron Range)
Race rogersi (Cairns)
Marbled Frogmouth - Race marmoratus
Buff-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher
Yellow-billed Kingfisher
Lovely Fairy-wren
Tropical Scrubwren Race - minimus (Iron Range)
Race - dubius (Wet Tropics Mts)
Large-billed Gerygone - Race cairnsensis (Iron Range & Cairns)
Mountain Thornbill
Bridled Honeyeater
Macleay's Honeyeater
Tawny-breasted Honeyeater
White-streaked Honeyeater
Green-backed Honeyeater
Brown Backed Honeyeater
Yellow-legged Flycatcher
Northern Scrub-Robin
Grey-headed Robin
White-faced Robin
Bower's Shrike-thrush
Grey Whistler
Yellow-breasted Boatbill - Race flaviventer (Iron Range)
Race secundus (Wet Tropics Mts)
Frill-necked Monarch
Black-winged Monarch
Victoria's Riflebird (Wet Tropics Mts)
Magnificent Riflebird
Trumpet Manucode
Tooth-billed Bowerbird
Spotted Catbird - Race joanae (Iron Range)
- Race maculosis (Wet Tropics Mts)
Golden Bowerbird (Heard only)
Fawn-breasted Bowerbird
Black-backed Butcherbird
NEW SUB SPECIES
Brush Turkey - Race purpureicollis (Iron Range)
Wompoo Fruit Dove - Race assimilis (Iron Range)
- Race keri (Cairns)
Brown Cuckoo-Dove - Race robinsoni (Iron Range)
Double-eyed Fig-Parrot - Race marshalli (Iron Range)
Pale-headed Rosella - Race adscitus (Central Cape York)
Azure Kingfisher - Race ruficollaris (Cairns & Iron Range)
Little Kingfisher - Race ramsayi (Iron Range)
Laughing Kookaburra - Race minor (Iron Range)
Noisy Pitta - Race versicolor (Iron Range)
- Race intermedia (Wet Tropics Mts)
White-throated Treecreeper - Race Minor (Wet Tropics Mts)
Large-billed Scrubwren - Race dubius (Iron Range)
- Race viridior (Wet Tropics Mts)
Yellow-throated Scrubwren - Race cairnsi (Wet Tropics Mts)
Fairy Gerygone - Race personata (Iron Range)
Silver-crowned Friarbird - Race kempi (Central Cape York & Iron Range)
Blue-faced Honeyeater - Race griseigularis (Central Cape York)
Yellow-spotted Honeyeater - Race notata (Iron Range)
Graceful Honeyeater (M) - Race gracilis (Iron Range)
Yellow Honeyeater - Race flavus (Central Cape York)
Eastern Spinebill - Race cairnsensis (Wet Tropics Mts)
Eastern Whipbird - Race lateralis (Cairns)
Pale-yellow Robin - Race nana (Wet Tropics Mts)
White-browed Robin - Race supercillosa (Iron Range)
Grey Shrike-thrush - Race superciliosa (Iron Range)
Golden Whistler - Race queenslandica (Wet Tropics Mts)
Grey Fantail - Race keasti (Wet Tropics Mts)
Shining Flycatcher - Race wardelli (Iron Range & Cairns)
Black-faced Monarch - Race pallida (Wet Tropics Mts)
Spectacled Monarch - Race albiventris (Iron Range)
Race melanorrhoa (Wet Tropics Mts)
Rufous Fantail (M) - Race intermedia (Wet Tropics Mts)
Olive-backed Oriole - Race grisescens (Wet Tropics Mts)
White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike - Race oriomo (Iron Range, Cairns & Central Cape
York)
Cicadabird - Race melvillensis (Cairns)
Varied Triller - Race yorki (Iron Range & Cairns)
Black-faced Woodswallow - Race normani (Central Cape York)
Black Butcherbird - Race jardini/ spaldingi (Iron Range)
Pied Currawong - Race magnirostris (Iron Range)
- Race robinsoni (Cairns)
Great Bowerbird Race yorki (Iron Range)
- Race orientalis (Cairns)
Singing Bushlark - Race athertonensis (Cairns & Central Cape York)
Crimson Finch - Race evangelinae (Central Cape York)
Red-browed Finch - Race minor (Iron Range)
Silvereye - Race vegetus (Iron Range)
Golden-headed Cisticola - Race diminuta (Cairns)
MAMMALS (*New Species)
Black Flying Fox
*Spectacled Flying Fox
Dingo
Pig
*Cape York Melomy
*Dusky-leaf-nosed Bat
*Northern Long-eared Bat
Feral Horse
Feral Cattle
*Spotted Cus Cus
*Bare-backed Flying Fox
Bottlenose Dolphin
*Delicate Mouse
Long-nosed Bandicoot
REPTILES (*New Species)
Taipan
*Carlia longipes Skink
Yellow-spotted Monitor
*Canopy Goanna
*Water Python
*Major Skink
*Giant Tree Gecko
Red-bellied Black Snake
Green Turtle
BUTTERFLIES
Dainty Grass-blue
Black-spotted Grass-blue
Long-tailed Pea-blue
Purple Cerulean
White-banded Cerulean
Orchid Flash
Lurcher
Bordered Rustic
Yellow Albatross
Scalloped Grassy-yellow
Cairns Birdwing
Ulysees Swallowtail
Cruiser
Clearwing Swallowtail
Fuscous Swallowtail
Varied Eggfly
Black-eyed Plane
Common Crow
Amethyst Jewel
Shining Oak-blue
Purple Oak-blue
Northern Hairstreak
Jezebel Nymph
Ceddar Bush-brown
Orange Albatross
Atlas Moth
Golden Jezebel
Black-spotted Flash
New Guinea Birdwing
Green Triangle
Lemon Migrant
Red Lacewing
Chocolate Argus
Caper White
Yellow-banded Jezebel
Orchid Butterfly
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