Birds of Cape Ferguson, North Queensland

Full description

A key to 74 species of bird found at Cape Ferguson, north Queensland. Birds covered in the key are mainly foliage (bush) birds but include some raptors, water birds and others; sea birds and waders are not covered. Additional notes are provided for some birds.
To provide a key to birds commonly seen in the locality of Cape Ferguson.
Species: Australian crow, bar shouldered dove, black backed magpie, black faced cuckoo shrike, black headed pardalote, black kite, blue faced honeyeater, blue winged kookaburra, brahminy kite, brolga, brown honeyeater, brown winged pigeon, channel billed cuckoo, crested pigeon, dollar bird, double bar finch, dusky honeyeater, fairy martin, fantail cuckoo, forest kingfisher, greater bowerbird, grey fantail, grey butcher bird, helmeted friar bird, jabiru, koel, laughing kookaburra, leaden flycatcher, Lewin honeyeater, little cuckoo shrike, magpie lark, masked lapwing, mistletoe bird, nankeen kestrel, noisy friar bird, olive backed oriole, osprey, pale headed rosella, peaceful dove, pheasant coucal, pied butcher bird, pied currawong, rainbow bee-eater, rainbow lorikeet, red backed wren, red browed finch, red tailed black cockatoo, red winged parrot, rufous shrike thrush, rufous whistler, sacred kingfisher, satin flycatcher, scaly breasted lorikeet, scrub turkey, shining flycatcher, southern figbird, southern stone curlew, spangled drongo, spice finch, straw necked ibis, sulphur crested cockatoo, tree martin, varied triller, wedge tailed eagle, whistling kite, white breasted sea eagle, white breasted wood swallow, white faced heron, white ibis, white naped honeyeater, white throated honeyeater, willie wagtail, yellow breasted sunbird, yellow honeyeater.

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Maintenance and Update Frequency: asNeeded

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Credit
Speare, Peter J, Mr (Principal Investigator)