Royal Spoonbill
Royal Spoonbill, Platalea regia
Grey Butcherbird
Grey Butcherbird, Cracticus torquatus
Pied Imperial Pigeon
Pied Imperial Pigeon, Ducula bicolor
Crimson Finch
Crimson Finch, Neochmia phaeton
Rainbow Bee-eater
Merops ornatus. This lovely green and blue bird is widespread throughotu Australia but mainly in tropical areas. The male has long tail points #428
Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo
Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii macrorhynchus) This is a male bird with the red flashes on its tail feathers. It landed briefly on a tree before rejoining a flock of maybe 50 birds that was flying by.
Eastern Spinebill
Eastern Spinebill, Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris
Grey-headed Robin
Grey-headed Robin Heteromyias cinereifrons at Crater National Park, Atherton Tablelands
Pale-headed Rosella
Pale-headed Rosella Platycercus adscitus. Nothern morph with blue cheeks and dark back. Walkamin Atherton Tablelands
Squatter Pigeon
Squatter Pigeon Geophaps scripta (peninsulae) Granite Gorge near Mareeba
Red-winged Parrot (female)
Red-winged Parrot
Red-winged Parrot (male) Aprosmictus eryhtropterus Taken in a garden near Mareeba
Olive-backed Sunbird
Olive-backed Sunbird, Cinnyris jugularis in a tree at Lake Eacham NQ
Black Butcherbird
Black Butcherbird; Cracticus quoyi; Port Douglas
Magpie Goose
Magpie Goose, Anseranas semipalmata
Great Bowerbird
Great Bowerbird, Chlamydera nuchalis
Cattle Egrets
Cattle Egrets, Bubulcus ibis
Yellow-spotted Honeyeater
Yellow-spotted Honeyeater; Meliphaga notata;Julatten
Yellow-faced Honeyeater
Yellow-faced Honeyeater, Lichenostomus chrysops
Brown-backed Honeyeater
Brown-backed Honeyeater; Ramsayornis modestus
Macleay's Honeyeater
Macleay's Honeyeater; Xanthotis macleayanus; Julatten
White-throated Honeyeater
White-throated Honeyeater; Melithreptus albogularis; Julatten
Dusky Honeyeater
Dusky Honeyeater;Myzomela obscura; Julatten;10-15
Black-throated Finch
Black-throated Finch, Poephila cincta
Chestnut Breasted Mannikin
Chestnut Breasted Mannikin, Lonchura castaneothorax
Metallic Starling
Metallic Starling Aplonis metallica near Mossman FNQ
Metallic Starlings
Metallic Starlings, Aplonis metallica
Helmeted Friarbird
Helmeted Friarbird, Philemon buceroides near Mossman FNQ
Black-winged Stilt
Red-necked Avocet
Red-necked Avocet; Recurvirostra novaehollandiae
Bush Stone-curlew
Bush Stone-curlew, Burhinus grallarius, near Port Douglas
Willie Wagtail
Willie Wagtail; Rhipidura leucophrys
Crested Pigeon
crested pigeon;(Ocyphaps lophotes
Little Corella
little corella; (Cacatua sanguinea)
Australian white ibis
Australian white ibis; (Threskiornis moluccus)
Eurasian coot
Eurasian coot; (Fulica atra)
