Far North Queensland Bird Gallery

A few days in Cairns acclimatising then 11 days venturing far into Cape York in the heat of late October - Cooktown, Coen, Musgrave, The Iron Range, Moreton and finally Weipa. Over 180 bird species were seen plus crocs, gorgeous scenery, lots of sunshine, comfortable accommodation and good company - images are here.

 

Apostle Birds Australian Brush-turkey Banded Honeyeater Black-backed Butcherbird Black-breasted Buzzard Brahminy Kite

Black-fronted Dotterel

Blue-winged Kookaburra

Broad-billed Sandpiper

Brown Goshawk

Australian Bustard

Crimson Finch (race evangelinae)

 

Eastern Curlew Eastern Reef Egret Golden-shouldered Parrots, #2, #3 Graceful Honeyeater Grey-tailed Tattler Gull-billed Tern
Helmeted Friarbird, feeding Lesser Sand Plover Large-billed Gerygone Magnificent Riflebird Magpie Geese, another Mangrove Robin
Marbled Frogmouth Masked Finch Metallic Starling Northern Scrub-robin Olive-backed Sunbird Orange-footed Scrubfowl
Palm Cockatoo Papuan Frogmouth Rajah Shelduck Red-tailed black Cockatoo Rufous-banded Honeyeater Spangled Drongo
Spectacled Monarch Spotted Whistling duck Star Finches Tawny-breasted Honeyeater Terek Sandpiper Tropical Scrubwren
Varied Honeyeater White-faced Robin White-streaked Honeyeater White-throated Gerygone Wompoo Fruit-dove Yellow Honeyeater
Yellow Oriole Yellow-billed Kingfisher Yellow-breasted Boatbill Yellow-legged Flycatcher Bar-tailed Godwit Bush-stone Curlew
Pacific Golden Plover Long-tailed Nightjar Leaden Flycatcher (f)

                                                                                                           

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