
At the end of November 2018 I was invited to ‘guide’ bird-walks at the Wild Mountains venue on the ‘Scenic-Rim’ in South-east Queensland. The trip was designed to coincide with the annual ‘Scrub-Jam’. I arrived early and did some reconnaissance, doing walks in various habitats such as rainforest and eucalypt, finding such ‘delights’ as Glossy Black-Cockatoo, Noisy Pitta, Paradise Riflebird and Crested Shrike-tit (…amongst others) The ‘designated’ walk itself went quite successfully with about 10 people turning up and around and 40+ species seen
Please have a look through this post and let me know what you think, I’ve created it with the new WordPress 5 software so there may be some errors or problems. ‘Wild Mountains’ is a wonderful area and a great place to visit if you love nature….please give me some ‘feed-back’.
Barred Cuckooshrike Wompoo Pigeon Dollarbird on Tartar Creek Rd
View View Mt Lindesay View
List of species observed (28 November to 3 December 2018)
Birds | |
Brown Quail | Synoicus ypsilophorus |
White-headed Pigeon | Columba leucomela |
Brown Cuckoo-Dove | Macropygia phasianella |
Pacific Emerald Dove | Chalcophaps longirostris |
Wompoo Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus magnificus |
Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus regina |
Topknot Pigeon | Lopholaimus antarcticus |
Channel-billed Cuckoo | Scythrops novaehollandiae |
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx lucidus |
Fan-tailed Cuckoo | Cacomantis flabelliformis |
Brush Cuckoo | Cacomantis variolosus |
Australian Owlet-nightjar | Aegotheles cristatus |
White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus |
Pacific Swift | Apus pacificus |
Laughing Kookaburra | Dacelo novaeguineae |
Sacred Kingfisher | Todiramphus sanctus |
Rainbow Bee-eater | Merops ornatus |
Glossy Black-Cockatoo | Calyptorhynchus lathami |
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo | Calyptorhynchus funereus |
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo | Cacatua galerita |
Australian King-Parrot | Alisterus scapularis |
Crimson Rosella | Platycercus elegans |
Rainbow Lorikeet | Trichoglossus haematodus |
Noisy Pitta | Pitta versicolor |
Dollarbird | Eurystomus orientalis |
Green Catbird | Ailuroedus crassirostris |
Regent Bowerbird | Sericulus chrysocephalus |
Satin Bowerbird | Ptilonorhynchus violaceus |
White-throated Treecreeper | Cormobates leucophaea |
Variegated Fairywren | Malurus lamberti |
Red-backed Fairywren | Malurus melanocephalus |
Eastern Spinebill | Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris |
Lewin’s Honeyeater | Meliphaga lewinii |
Yellow-faced Honeyeater | Caligavis chrysops |
Bell Miner | Manorina melanophrys |
Scarlet Honeyeater | Myzomela sanguinolenta |
White-naped Honeyeater | Melithreptus lunatus |
Spotted Pardalote | Pardalotus punctatus |
Striated Pardalote | Pardalotus striatus |
Yellow-throated Scrubwren | Sericornis citreogularis |
White-browed Scrubwren | Sericornis frontalis |
Brown Thornbill | Acanthiza pusilla |
Striated Thornbill | Acanthiza lineata |
White-throated Gerygone | Gerygone olivacea |
Brown Gerygone | Gerygone mouki |
Eastern Whipbird | Psophodes olivaceus |
Pied Currawong | Strepera graculina |
Barred Cuckooshrike | Coracina lineata |
Black-faced Cuckooshrike | Coracina novaehollandiae |
Varied Triller | Lalage leucomela |
Common Cicadabird | Edolisoma tenuirostre |
Crested Shrike-tit | Falcunculus frontatus |
Grey Shrikethrush | Colluricincla harmonica |
Little Shrikethrush | Colluricincla megarhyncha |
Golden Whistler | Pachycephala pectoralis |
Rufous Whistler | Pachycephala rufiventris |
Olive-backed Oriole | Oriolus sagittatus |
Australasian Figbird | Sphecotheres vieilloti |
Spangled Drongo | Dicrurus bracteatus |
Grey Fantail | Rhipidura albiscapa |
White-eared Monarch | Carterornis leucotis |
Black-faced Monarch | Monarcha melanopsis |
Spectacled Monarch | Symposiachrus trivirgatus |
Torresian Crow | Corvus orru |
Paradise Riflebird | Ptiloris paradiseus |
Pale-yellow Robin | Tregellasia capito |
Eastern Yellow Robin | Eopsaltria australis |
Welcome Swallow | Hirundo neoxena |
Silvereye | Zosterops lateralis |
Russet-tailed Thrush | Zoothera heinei |
Mistletoebird | Dicaeum hirundinaceum |
Red-browed Finch | Neochmia temporalis |
Mammals | |
Koala | Phascolarctos cinereus |
Dingo | Canis familiaris |
Red-necked Wallaby | Macropus rufogriseus |
Red-necked Pademelon | Thylogale thetis |