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Darwin, Kakadu & the Top End - Possible Bird List
Casuariidae
- Emu
- Dromaius novaehollandiae
Megapodiidae
- Orange-footed Scrubfowl
- Megapodius reinwardt
Phasianidae
- Brown Quail
- Coturnix ypsilophora
- King Quail
- Coturnix chinensis
Anseranatidae
- Magpie Goose
- Anseranas semipalmata
Anatidae
- Wandering Whistling-Duck
- Dendrocygna arcuata
- Plumed Whistling-Duck
- Dendrocygna eytoni
- Radjah Shelduck
- Tadorna radjah
- Green Pygmy-Goose
- Nettapus pulchellus
- Hardhead
- Aythya australis
- Pacific Black Duck
- Anas superciliosa
- Pink-eared Duck
- Malacorhynchus membranaceus
- Grey Teal
- Anas gracilis
Podicipedidae
- Australasian Grebe
- Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
Sulidae
- Brown Booby
- Sula leucogaster
Anhingidae
- Darter
- Anhinga melanogaster
Phalacrocoracidae
- Great Cormorant
- Phalacrocorax carbo
- Little Black Cormorant
- Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
- Pied Cormorant
- Phalacrocorax varius
- Little Pied Cormorant
- Phalacrocorax melanoleucos
Pelecanidae
- Australian Pelican
- Pelecanus conspicillatus
Ardeidae
- Great-billed Heron
- Ardea sumatrana
- White-necked Heron
- Ardea pacifica
- White-faced Heron
- Egretta novaehollandiae
- Pied Heron
- Ardea picata
- Cattle Egret
- Ardea ibis
- Little Egret
- Egretta garzetta
- Eastern Reef-Egret
- Egretta sacra
- Great Egret
- Ardea alba
- Intermediate Egret
- Ardea intermedia
- Nankeen Night Heron
- Nycticorax caledonicus
- Striated Heron
- Butorides striatus
- Little Bittern
- Ixobrychus minutus
- Black Bittern
- Ixobrychus flavicollis
Threskiornithidae
- Glossy Ibis
- Plegadis falcinellus
- Straw-necked Ibis
- Threskiornis spinicollis
- Australian White Ibis
- Threskiornis molucca
- Royal Spoonbill
- Platalea regia
- Yellow-billed Spoonbill
- Platalea flavipes
Ciconiidae
- Black-necked Stork
- Ehippioryhnchus asiaticus
Accipitridae
- Black-shouldered Kite
- Elanus axillaris
- Pacific Baza
- Aviceda subcristata
- Black Kite
- Milvus migrans
- Brahminy Kite
- Haliastur indus
- Whistling Kite
- Haliastur sphenurus
- Square-tailed Kite
- Lophoictinia isura
- Black-breasted Buzzard
- Hamirostra melanosternon
- Red Goshawk
- Erythrotriorchis radiatus
- Collared Sparrowhawk
- Accipiter cirrhocephalus
- Brown Goshawk
- Accipiter fasciatus
- Grey Goshawk
- Accipiter novaehollandiae
- Osprey
- Pandion haliaetus
- White-bellied Sea-Eagle
- Haliaeetus leucogaster
- Little Eagle
- Hieraaetus morphnoides
- Wedge-tailed Eagle
- Aquila audax
- Spotted Harrier
- Circus assimilis
- Swamp Harrier
- Circus approximans
Falconidae
- Black Falcon
- Falco subniger
- Brown Falcon
- Falco berigora
- Nankeen Kestrel
- Falco cenchroides
- Peregrine Falcon
- Falco peregrinus
- Australian Hobby
- Falco longipennis
- Grey Falcon
- Falco hypoleucos
Gruidae
- Brolga
- Grus rubicundrus
Rallidae
- Bush Hen
- Amaurornis olivaceus
- Buff-banded Rail
- Gallirallus philippensis
- Baillon’s Crake
- Porzana pusilla
- White-browed Crake
- Porzana cinerea
- Purple Swamphen
- Porphyrio porphyrio
- Eurasian Coot
- Fulica atra
Otididae
- Australian Bustard
- Ardeotis australis
Turnicidae
Chestnut-backed Button-Quail Turnix castanota
- Red-backed Button-Quail
- Turnix maculosa
- Red-chested Button-Quail
- Turnix pyrrhothorax
Scolopacidae
- Swinhoe’s Snipe
- Gallinago megala
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Limosa lapponica
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Limosa limosa
- Eastern Curlew
- Numenius madagascariensis
- Whimbrel
- Numenius phaeopus
- Little Curlew
- Numenius minutes
- Common Greenshank
- Tringa nebularia
- Marsh Sandpiper
- Tringa stagnatilis
- Wood Sandpiper
- Tringa glareola
- Common Sandpiper
- Actitis hypoleucos
- Grey-tailed Tattler
- Heteroscelus brevipes
- Terek Sandpiper
- Xenus cinereus
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Arenaria interpres
- Red Knot
- Calidris canutus
- Great Knot
- Calidris tenuirostris
- Sanderling
- Calidris alba
- Red-necked Stint
- Calidris ruficollis
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
- Calidris acuminata
- Broad-billed Sandpiper
- Limicola falcinellus
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Calidris ferruginea
Jacanidae
- Comb-crested Jacana
- Irediparra gallinacea
Burhinidae
- Bush Stone-Curlew
- Burhinus grallarius
- Beach Stone-Curlew
- Esacus neglectus
Haematopodidae
- Pied Oystercatcher
- Haematopus longirostris
- Sooty Oystercatcher
- Haematopus fuliginosus
Recurvirostridae
- Black-winged Stilt
- Himantopus himantopus
Charadriidae
- Pacific Golden Plover
- Pluvialis apricaria
- Grey Plover
- Pluvialis squatarola
- Red-capped Plover
- Charadrius ruficapillus
- Lesser Sand Plover
- Charadrius mongolus
- Greater Sand Plover
- Charadrius leschenaultii
- Oriental Plover
- Charadrius veredus
- Red-kneed Dotterel
- Erythrogonys cinctus
- Black-fronted Dotterel
- Elseyornis melanops
- Masked Lapwing
- Vanellus miles
Glareolidae
- Australian Pratincole
- Stiltia Isabella
- Oriental Pratincole
- Glareola maldivarum
Laridae
- Silver Gull
- Larus novaehollandiae
- Whiskered Tern
- Chlidonias hybrida
- White-winged Black Tern
- Chlidonias leucopterus
- Caspian Tern
- Sterna caspia
- Gull-billed Tern
- Sterna nilotica
- Crested Tern
- Sterna bergii
- Lesser Crested Tern
- Sterna bengalensis
- Little Tern
- Sterna albifrons
Columbidae
- Feral Pigeon
- Columba livia
- Diamond Dove
- Geopelia cuneata
- Peaceful Dove
- Geopelia striata
- Bar-shouldered Dove
- Geopelia humeralis
- Emerald Dove
- Chalcophaps indica
- Common Bronzewing
- Phaps chalcoptera
- Crested Pigeon
- Ocyphaps lophotes
- Spinifex Pigeon
- Geophaps plumifera
- Partridge Pigeon
- Geophaps smithii
- Chestnut-quilled Rock Pigeon
- Petrophassa rufipennis
- Pied Imperial-Pigeon
- Ducula bicolour
- Banded Fruit-Dove
- Ptilinopus cinctus
- Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove
- Ptilinopus regina
Cacatuidae
- Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo
- Calyptorhynchus banksii
- Galah
- Cacatua roseicapilla
- Little Corella
- Cacatua sanguinea
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
- Cacatua galerita
- Cockatiel
- Nymphicus hollandicus
Psittacidae
- Rainbow Lorikeet
- Trichoglossus haematodus
- Varied Lorikeet
- Psitteuteles versicolor
- Red-winged Parrot
- Aprosmictus erythropterus
- Northern Rosella
- Platycercus venustus
- Hooded Parrot
- Psephotus dissimilis
- Budgerigar
- Melopsittacus undulates
Cuculidae
- Oriental Cuckoo
- Cuculus saturatus
- Pallid Cuckoo
- Cuculus pallidus
- Brush Cuckoo
- Cacomantis variolosus
- Horsfield’s Bronze-Cuckoo
- Chrysococcyx basalis
- Little Bronze-Cuckoo
- Chrysococcyx minutillus
- Black-eared Cuckoo
- Chrysococcyx osculans
- Common Koel
- Eudynamys scolopacea
- Channel-billed Cuckoo
- Scythrops novaehollandiae
Centropodidae
- Pheasant Coucal
- Centropus phasianinus
Strigidae
- Rufous Owl
- Ninox rufa
- Barking Owl
- Ninox connivens
- Southern Boobook
- Ninox novaeseelandiae
Tytonidae
- Barn Owl
- Tyto alba
- Grass Owl
- Tyto capensis
Podargidae
- Tawny Frogmouth
- Podargus strigoides
Caprimulgidae
- Large-tailed Nightjar
- Caprimulgus macrurus
- Spotted Nightjar
- Eurostopodus argus
Aegothelidae
- Owlet Nightjar
- Aegotheles cristatus
Alcedinidae
- Little Kingfisher
- Alcedo pusilla
- Azure Kingfisher
- Alcedo azurea
Halcyonidae
- Blue-winged Kookaburra
- Dacelo leachii
- Forest Kingfisher
- Todiramphus macleayii
- Sacred Kingfisher
- Todiramphus sanctus
- Collared Kingfisher
- Todiramphus chloris
- Red-backed Kingfisher
- Todiramphus pyrrhopygia
Meropidae
- Rainbow Bee-eater
- Merops ornatus
Coraciidae
- Dollarbird
- Eurystomus orientalis
Pittidae
- Rainbow Pitta
- Pitta iris
Climacteridae
- Black-tailed Treecreeper
- Climacteris melanura
Maluridae
- Variegated Fairy-wren
- Malurus lamberti
- Red-backed Fairy-wren
- Malurus melanocephalus
- White-throated Grasswren
- Amytornis woodwardi
Pardalotidae
- Red-browed Pardalote
- Pardalotus rubricatus
- Striated Pardalote
- Pardalotus striatus
- Large-billed Gerygone
- Gerygone magnirostris
- Mangrove Gerygone
- Gerygone levigaster
- Green-backed Gerygone
- Gerygone Chloronotus
- White-throated Gerygone
- Gerygone olivacea
- Weebill
- Smicrornis brevirostris
Meliphagidae
- Little Friarbird
- Philemon citreogularis
- Silver-crowned Friarbird
- Philemon argenticeps
- Helmeted Friarbird
- Philemon buceroides
- Blue-faced Honeyeater
- Entomyzon cyanotis
- Yellow-throated Miner
- Manorina flavigula
- White-lined Honeyeater
- Meliphaga albilineata
- White-gaped Honeyeater
- Lichenostomus unicolor
- Singing Honeyeater
- Lichenostomus virescens
- Yellow-tinted Honeyeater
- Lichenostomus flavescens
- Black-chinned Honeyeater
- Melithreptus gularis
- White-throated Honeyeater
- Melithreptus albogularis
- Bar-breasted Honeyeater
- Ramsayornis fasciatus
- Rufous-throated Honeyeater
- Conopophila rufogularis
- Rufous-banded Honeyeater
- Conopophila albogularis
- Banded Honeyeater
- Certhionyx pectoralis
- Dusky Honeyeater
- Myzomela obscura
- Red-headed Honeyeater
- Myzomela erythrocephala
- Brown Honeyeater
- Lichmera indistincta
- Yellow Chat
- Epthianura crocea
Petroicidae
- Lemon-bellied Flycatcher
- Microeca flavigaster
- Jacky Winter
- Microeca fascinans
- Mangrove Robin
- Eopsaltria pulverulenta
- Hooded Robin
- Melanodryas cucullata
- Buff-sided Robin
- Poecilodryas cerviniventris
Pomatostomidae
- Grey-crowned Babbler
- Pomatostomus temporalis
Neosittidae
- Varied Sittella
- Daphoenositta chrysoptera
Pachycephalidae
- Grey Whistler
- Pachycephala simplex
- Mangrove Golden Whistler
- Pachycephala melanura
- Rufous Whistler
- Pachycephala rufiventris
- White-breasted Whistler
- Pachycephala lanioides
- Grey Shrike-Thrush
- Colluricincla harmonica
- Little Shrike-Thrush
- Colluricincla megarhyncha
- Sandstone Shrike-Thrush
- Colluricincla woodwardi
Dicruridae
- Broad-billed Flycatcher
- Myiagra ruficollis
- Leaden Flycatcher
- Myiagra rubecula
- Shining Flycatcher
- Myiagra alecto
- Paperbark Flycatcher
- Myiagra nana
- Willie Wagtail
- Rhipidura leucophrys
- Rufous Fantail
- Rhipidura rufifrons
- Grey Fantail
- Rhipidura fuliginosa
- Mangrove Grey Fantail
- Rhipidura phasiana
- Northern Fantail
- Rhipidura rufiventris
- Magpie Lark
- Grallina cyanoleuca
- Spangled Drongo
- Dicrurus bracteatus
Campephagidae
- Black-faced Cuckoo-Shrike
- Coracina novaehollandiae
- White-bellied Cuckoo-Shrike
- Coracina papuensis
- Cicadabird
- Coracina tenuirostris
- White-winged Triller
- Lalage sueurii
- Varied Triller
- Lalage leucomela
Oriolidae
- Olive-backed Oriole
- Oriolus sagittatus
- Yellow Oriole
- Oriolus flavocinctus
- Figbird
- Sphecotheres viridis
Artamidae
- White-breasted Woodswallow
- Artamus leucorhynchus
- White-browed Woodswallow
- Artamus superciliosus
- Masked Woodswallow
- Artamus personatus
- Black-faced Woodswallow
- Artamus cinereus
- Dusky Woodswallow
- Artamus cyanopterus
- Little Woodswallow
- Artamus minor
- Black Butcherbird
- Cracticus quoyi
- Grey Butcherbird
- Cracticus torquatus
- Pied Butcherbird
- Cracticus nigrogularis
- Australian Magpie
- Gymnorhina tibicen
Corvidae
- Torresian Crow
- Corvus orru
Corcoracidae
- Apostlebird
- Struthidea cinerea
Ptilonorhynchidae
- Great Bowerbird
- Chlamydera nuchalis
Alaudidae
- Singing Bushlark
- Mirafra javanica
Motacillidae
- Australian Pipit
- Anthus australis
- Yellow Wagtail
- Montacilla flava
Passeridae
- Double-barred Finch
- Taeniopygia bichenovii
- Zebra Finch
- Taeniopygia guttata
- Masked Finch
- Poephila personata
- Long-tailed Finch
- Poephila acuticauda
- Crimson Finch
- Neochmia phaeton
- Chestnut-breasted Mannikin
- Lonchura castaneothorax
- Yellow-rumped Mannikin
- Lonchura flaviprymna
- Pictorella Mannikin
- Heteromunia pectoralis
- Gouldian Finch
- Erythrura gouldiae
Dicaeidae
- Mistletoebird
- Dicaeum hirundinaceum
Hirundinidae
- Welcome Swallow
- Hirundo neoxena
- Barn Swallow
- Hirundo rustica
- Tree Martin
- Hirundo nigricans
- Fairy Martin
- Hirundo ariel
Sylviidae
- Australian Reed-Warbler
- Acrocephalus australis
- Tawny Grassbird
- Megalurus timoriensis
- Brown Songlark
- Cinclorhamphus cruralis
- Rufous Songlark
- Cinclorhamphus mathewsi
- Golden-headed Cisticola
- Cisticola exilis
- Zitting Cisticola
- Cisticola juncidis
Zosteropidae
- Yellow White-eye
- Zosterops luteus
Great Crested Grebe
Rainbow Lorikeet
Crimson Finch