Logbook of Australian Bird Sightings

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Figbird - Sphecotheres viridis
Downtown Cairns, Queensland (male and female)


Olive-backed Sunbird - Nectarinia aspasia
On campus, Smithfield, Queensland (male and female)



Laughing Kookaburra - Dacelo novaguineae
Botanic gardens, Cairns, Queensland


Rainbow Lorikeet - Trichoglossus haematodus 
Esplanade, Cairns, Queensland


Australian Pelican - Pelecanus conspicillatus  
Cairns Harbour, Cairns, Queensland


Straw-necked Ibis - Threskiornis spinicollis
Manunda, Cairns, Queensland (immature)



Eastern Curlew - Numenius madagascariensis
Cairns Harbour, Cairns, Queensland



Bush Stone-curlew - Burhinus grallarius
Kuranda, Queensland


Australian Brush-turkey - Alectura lathami
Kuranda, Queensland (eastern form)



Masked Lapwing - Vanellus miles
Manunda, Cairns, Queensland



Peaceful Dove - Geopelia striata
Downtown Cairns, Queensland



Brown Cuckoo-Dove - Macropygia amboinensis 
On campus, Smithfield, Queensland

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo - Cacatua galerita
Smithfield, Queensland

Magpie-lark - Grallina cyanoleuca
Smithfield, Queensland


Common Myna - Sturnus tristis
Downtown Cairns, Queensland


Grey Fantail - Rhipidura fuliginosa
Manunda, Cairns, Queensland


Australian White Ibis  - Threskiornis molucca
Manunda, Cairns, Queensland


Eastern Great Egret - Ardea modesta
Cairns Harbour, Cairns, Queensland