A mid-year update from me. I just returned from a week in Cairns as I covered in my wildlife watching thread; the weather was generally terrible but I managed alright. No tree-roo (this one stings a little because it was seen a day later at a sight I tried) nor cassowary (Daintree outing was cancelled due to weather). No sunbirds incredibly either! However, some amazing finds like seven mammal lifers, four different sightings of riflebird, two species of frigatebird among an enormous seabird colony out on the Great Barrier Reef, a Lesser Sooty Owl which is one of Australia’s harder-to-find owls, bustards, my first wild leaf-tailed gecko and a pair of new blue butterflies. I plan on doing a follow-up trip to cover Kuranda and Daintree of course. Don’t know when but I will as it’s only a quick two-hour flight.
Mammals:
12) Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops aduncus
13) Dingo Canis dingo
14) Agile Wallaby Notamacropus agilis
15) Platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus
16) Coppery Brushtail Possum Trichosurus johnstonii
17) Green Ringtail Possum Pseudochirops archeri
18) Spectacled Flying Fox Pteropus conspicillatus
19) Troughton's Sheathtail Bat Taphozous troughtoni
20) Mareeba Rock-Wallaby Petrogale mareeba
Birds
150) Comb-crested Jacana Irediparra gallinacea
151) Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo Zanda funerea
152) Australian Logrunner Orthonyx temminckii
000) Pale-headed x Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans × adscitus
153) Speckled Warbler Pyrrholaemus sagittatus
154) Scarlet Honeyeater Myzomela sanguinolenta
155) White-throated Honeyeater Melithreptus albogularis
156) Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus
157) White-throated Gerygone Gerygone olivacea
158) Pheasant Coucal Centropus phasianinus
159) Fuscous Honeyeater Ptilotula fusca
160) White-headed Pigeon Columba leucomela
161) Fairy Martin Petrochelidon ariel
162) Fairy Gerygone Gerygone palpebrosa
163) Forest Kingfisher Todiramphus macleayii
164) Hutton’s Shearwater Puffinus huttoni
165) Australasian Gannet Morus serrator
166) Wilson’s Storm Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
167) Providence Petrel Pterodroma solandri
168) Black-bellied Storm Petrel Fregetta tropica
169) Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
170) Red-footed Booby Sula sula
171) Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
172) Brown Falcon Falco berigora
173) Australian Bustard Ardeotis australis
174) Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
175) White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica
176) Blue-winged Kookaburra Dacelo leachii
177) Crimson-winged Parrot Aprosmictus erythropterus
178) Red-tailed Black Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus banksii
179) Metallic Starling Aplonis metallica
180) Black-fronted Dotterel Elseyornis melanops
181) Victoria’s Riflebird Ptiloris victoriae
182) Macleay’s Honeyeater Xanthotis macleayanus
183) Bridled Honeyeater Lichenostomus frenatus
184) Helmeted Friarbird Philemon buceroides
185) Dusky Honeyeater Myzomela obscura
186) Varied Triller Lalage leucomela
187) Lesser Sooty Owl Tyto multipunctata
188) Grey-headed Robin Heteromyias cinereifrons
189) Orange-footed Scrubfowl Megapodius reinwardt
190) Pied Monarch Arses kaupi
191) Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
192) Mountain Thornbill Acanthiza katherina
193) Spotted Catbird Ailuroedus maculosus
194) Double-eyed Fig Parrot Cyclopsitta diophthalma
195) Varied Honeyeater Gavicalis versicolor
196) Australian Swiftlet Aerodramus terraereginae
197) Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
198) Common Noddy Anous stolidus
199) Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
200) Great Frigatebird Fregata minor
201) Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax
202) White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike Haliaeetus leucogaster
Herptiles:
17) Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog Litoria fallax
18) Australian Scrub Python Simalia kinghorni
19) Northern Leaf-tailed Gecko Saltuarius cornutus
20) Green Sea Turtle Chelonia mydas
21) Lined Rainbow-skink Carlia jarnoldae
Fishes:
05)Common Toadfish Tetractenos hamiltoni
06)Sea Mullet Mugil cephalus
07) Sevenspot Archerfish Toxotes chatareus
08) Humphead Maori Wrasse Cheilinus undulatus
09) Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse Labroides dimidiatus
10)Sixbar Wrasse Thalassoma hardwicke
11) Giant Trevally Caranx ignobilis
12) Spangled Emperor Lethrinus nebulosus
13) Yellowtail Emperor Lethrinus atkinsoni
14) Red Bass Lutjanus bohar
15) Round Batfish Platax orbicularis
16) Common Coral Trout Plectropomus leopardus
17) Scissor-tailed Fusilier Caesio caerulaurea
18) Yellowtail Fusilier Caesio cuning
19) Pacific Orange-spine Unicornfish Naso lituratus
20) Lined Surgeonfish Acanthurus lineatus
21) Yellowmask Surgeonfish Acanthurus xanthopterus
22) Steephead Parrotfish Chlorurus microrhinos
23) Pacific Bullethead Parrotfish Chlorurus spilurus
24) Sixband Parrotfish Scarus frenatus
25) Sixbar Angelfish Pomacanthus sexstriatus
26) Moorish Idol Zanclus cornutus
27) Goldlined Rabbitfish Siganus lineatus
28) Spotted Rabbitfish Siganus punctatus
29) Foxface Siganus vulpinus
30) Blackback Butterflyfish Chaetodon melannotus
31) Saddle Butterflyfish Chaetodon ephippium
32) Scissortail Sergeant Abudefduf sexfasciatus
33) Lemon Damsel Pomacentrus moluccensis
34) Staghorn Damsel Amblyglyphidodon curacao
35) Spiny Chromis Acanthochromis polyacanthus
Invertebrates:
256) Epsilon chartergiforme [potter wasp]
257) Onceropyga anelia [moth]
258) Schellenberg's Soldier Bug Oechalia schellenbergii
259) Yellow-blotched Pearl Moth Eurrhyparodes bracteolalis
260) Cattle-poisoning Sawfly Lophyrotoma interrupta
261) Lecomyia cyanea [soldier fly]
262) Jumping Jack Ant Myrmecia nigrocincta
263) Hyalobathra crenulata [moth]
264) Green-blotched Moth Cosmodes elegans
265) Black-banded Hoverfly Episyrphus viridaureus
266) Native Drone Fly Eristalinus punctulatus
267) Stick Mantis Archimantis latistyla
268) Ellipsidion reticulatum [cockroach]
269) Echthromorpha agrestoria [ichneumon wasp]
270) Garden Soldier Fly Exaireta spinigera
271) Austalis copiosa [fly]
272) Havinthus rufovarius [assassin bug]
273) Purple Cerulean Jamides phaseli
274) Leptomyrmex rufithorax [ant]
275) Asura cervicalis [moth]
276) Asura bipars [moth]
277) Ferruginous-tailed Austral-Nomia Lipotriches phanerura
278) Ulysses Butterfly Papilio ulysses
279) Giant Golden Orbweaver Nephila pilipes
280) Orange Bush-Brown Mycalesis terminus
281) North Queensland Day Moth Alcides metaurus
282) Gigas Giant Clam Tridacna gigas
283) Green Tree Ant Oecophylla smaragdina
284) Blue Argus Junonia orithya
285) Chillagoe Cave Huntsman Yiinthi chillagoe
286) Eastern Treerunner Mantis Ciulfina biseriata
