Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Cairns
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List of the videos, photographs and sound recordings taken in Cairns
Materials recorded in Cairns
List of all the materials recorded in Cairns, sorted by rating.46 Videos
Royal Spoonbill (Platalea regia)
A bird feeding in the water
LocalityCairns, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species) Greg R Homel 01 January 1970 14 sec 4.6
Darter (Anhinga melanogaster)
A male sunning and preening on the ground
LocalityCentennial Lakes, Cairns, Queensland, Australia (ssp novaehollandiae) Eldert Groenewoud 05 August 2007 40 sec 4.5
Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
A winter-plumaged bird feeding on the mud
LocalityCairns Esplenade, Cairns, Queensland, Australia (ssp menzbieri) Keith Blomerley 10 November 2003 18 sec 4.5
Magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca)
A female walking on the ground
LocalityCairns, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species) Peter Nash 19 October 2006 31 sec 4.4
Straw-necked Ibis (Threskiornis spinicollis)
A bird foraging on the grass, and a small group of three birds at the end
LocalityCentennial Lakes, Cairns, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species) Eldert Groenewoud 05 August 2007 51 sec 4.4
Brown-backed Honeyeater (Ramsayornis modestus)
A bird moving around in a bush
LocalityCairns, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species) Keith Blomerley 02 November 2003 30 sec 4.3
Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus)
A bird feeding in a tree
LocalityCairns, Queensland, Australia (ssp moluccanus) Peter Nash 19 October 2006 57 sec 4.3
Magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca)
A male walking on the ground
LocalityCairns, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species) Peter Nash 19 October 2006 41 sec 4.3
Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus)
A bird rushing about and probing the mud.
LocalityCairns Esplenade, Cairns, Queensland, Australia Robert Schaefer 25 September 2010 33 sec 4.3
Brown-backed Honeyeater (Ramsayornis modestus)
A bird building the nest
LocalityCentennial Lakes, Cairns, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species) Eldert Groenewoud 07 August 2007 23 sec 4.2
Greater Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii)
An immature bird on the beach.
LocalityCairns Esplenade, Cairns, Queensland, Australia Robert Schaefer 23 September 2010 21 sec 4.2
Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica)
A bird flying and searching for a prey
LocalityCairns, Queensland, Australia (ssp macrotarsa) Peter Nash 19 October 2006 38 sec 4.1
Royal Spoonbill (Platalea regia)
An adult in non-breeding plumage feeding
LocalityCairns, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species) Philip Griffin 24 May 2004 27 sec 4.1
Double-eyed Fig-parrot (Cyclopsitta diophthalma)
female feeding in a tree
LocalityCairns, Queensland, Australia (ssp macleayana) Eldert Groenewoud 31 July 2009 28 sec 4
83 Photographs
Red-capped Plover (Charadrius ruficapillus)
Lateral view of adult bird standing on sand
LocalityCairns, Queensland, Australia Mikko Pyhälä 11 August 2010 4.4
Shining Starling (Aplonis metallica)
Immature birds feeding on palm-fruit.
LocalityCairns Esplenade, Cairns, Queensland, Australia Tom Tarrant 02 January 2009 4.2
Peaceful Dove (Geopelia placida)
On the ground
LocalityCairns, Queensland, Australia Guy Poisson 16 November 2005 4.2
Bush Thick-knee (Burhinus grallarius)
Bush Stone-curlew close up
LocalityCairns, Queensland, Australia David Taylor 01 January 2009 4.2
Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis)
an introduced species
LocalityCairns Esplenade, Cairns, Queensland, Australia Georges Olioso 18 September 2007 4.1
Willie Wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys)
portrait
LocalityCairns, Queensland, Australia (ssp picata) Georges Olioso 18 September 2007 4.1
Bush Thick-knee (Burhinus grallarius)
Two birds at rest in a garden in the town center !
LocalityCairns, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species) Georges Olioso 18 September 2007 4
Bush Thick-knee (Burhinus grallarius)
A pair resting in a local park
LocalityCairns, Queensland, Australia Lindsay Hansch 02 August 2009 4
Helmeted Friarbird (Philemon buceroides)
Single foraging for food in ornamental trees.
LocalityCairns Esplenade, Cairns, Queensland, Australia (ssp yorki) Tom Tarrant 02 January 2009 4
Far Eastern Curlew (Numenius madagascariensis)
a bird on the tide.
LocalityCairns Esplenade, Cairns, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species) Fran Trabalon 25 October 2007 4
Bush Thick-knee (Burhinus grallarius)
Bush Thick-knee portrait
LocalityCairns, Queensland, Australia David Taylor 01 January 2009 4
Bush Thick-knee (Burhinus grallarius)
On the background bird you can see a deformed hip (For a closer look, look here http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n65/nrg800/DS
LocalityCairns, Queensland, Australia nrg800 22 April 2009 4
Great Knot (Calidris tenuirostris)
Great Knot, Adult winter birds with Bar-tailed Godwit, Cairns, Queensland, Australia
LocalityCairns Esplenade, Cairns, Queensland, Australia Mark Andrews 15 February 2007 4
Papuan Frogmouth (Podargus papuensis)
A close-up.
LocalityCairns, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species) Fran Trabalon 22 October 2007 4
5 Sounds
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Far Eastern Curlew (Numenius madagascariensis)
Individual walking and foraging; the bird stood still for a few seconds, raised its head and made this call
Locality:Cairns, Queensland, Australia Joe Angseesing 02 March 2009 4
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Australasian Figbird (Sphecotheres vieilloti)
Calls made by adult birds foraging in a tree
Locality:Cairns, Queensland, Australia Joe Angseesing 02 March 2009 3.5
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Australasian Figbird (Sphecotheres vieilloti)
A juvenile begging from its mother
Locality:Cairns, Queensland, Australia Joe Angseesing 02 March 2009 2.5
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Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles)
A group call as they forage on a beach
Locality:Cairns, Queensland, Australia Joe Angseesing 02 March 2009 2.5
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Torresian Imperial-pigeon (Ducula spilorrhoa)
An adult claps its bill twice as it forages in a tree
Locality:Cairns, Queensland, Australia Joe Angseesing 02 March 2009 2.5
List of the species with videos, photos and sounds taken in Cairns
Species with materials recorded in Cairns
List of species with materials recorded in Cairns. Species that occur in Cairns but that do not have materials recorded there will not be included in the list.- Pelicans (Pelecanidae)
- Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus)
- Cormorants (Phalacrocoracidae)
- Little Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris)
- Darters (Anhingidae)
- Darter (Anhinga melanogaster)
- Herons (Ardeidae)
- Great-billed Heron (Ardea sumatrana)
- Great White Egret (Egretta alba)
- Intermediate Egret (Egretta intermedia)
- White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae)
- Eastern Reef-egret (Egretta sacra)
- Green-backed Heron (Butorides striatus)
- Ibises and Spoonbills (Threskiornithidae)
- Australian White Ibis (Threskiornis molucca)
- Straw-necked Ibis (Threskiornis spinicollis)
- Royal Spoonbill (Platalea regia)
- Ducks, Geese and Swans (Anatidae)
- Magpie Goose (Anseranas semipalmata)
- Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa)
- Megapodes (Megapodiidae)
- Australian Brush-turkey (Alectura lathami)
- Orange-footed Scrubfowl (Megapodius reinwardt)
- Rails, Gallinules and Coots (Rallidae)
- Red-necked Crake (Rallina tricolor)
- Buff-banded Rail (Gallirallus philippensis)
- Oystercatchers (Haematopodidae)
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher (Haematopus longirostris)
- Stilts and Avocets (Recurvirostridae)
- Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
- Thick-knees (Burhinidae)
- Bush Thick-knee (Burhinus grallarius)
- Plovers (Charadriidae)
- Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles)
- Red-capped Plover (Charadrius ruficapillus)
- Greater Sandplover (Charadrius leschenaultii)
- Sandpipers, Snipes and Phalaropes (Scolopacidae)
- Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
- Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
- Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
- Far Eastern Curlew (Numenius madagascariensis)
- Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
- Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus)
- Grey-tailed Tattler (Heteroscelus brevipes)
- Great Knot (Calidris tenuirostris)
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (Calidris acuminata)
- Gulls (Laridae)
- Silver Gull (Larus novaehollandiae)
- Terns (Sternidae)
- Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica)
- Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)
- Greater Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii)
- Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
- Zebra Dove (Geopelia striata)
- Peaceful Dove (Geopelia placida)
- Wompoo Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus magnificus)
- Pied Imperial-pigeon (Ducula bicolor)
- Torresian Imperial-pigeon (Ducula spilorrhoa)
- Parrots (Psittacidae)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus)
- Double-eyed Fig-parrot (Cyclopsitta diophthalma)
- Frogmouths (Podargidae)
- Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides)
- Papuan Frogmouth (Podargus papuensis)
- Swifts (Apodidae)
- Australian Swiftlet (Aerodramus terraereginae)
- Kingfishers (Alcedinidae)
- Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
- Bee-eaters (Meropidae)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (Merops ornatus)
- Cuckoo-shrikes (Campephagidae)
- White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike (Coracina papuensis)
- Fantails (Rhipiduridae)
- Willie Wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys)
- Australasian Robins (Petroicidae)
- Mangrove Robin (Peneoenanthe pulverulenta)
- Thornbills (Acanthizidae)
- Large-billed Gerygone (Gerygone magnirostris)
- Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)
- Varied Honeyeater (Lichenostomus versicolor)
- Yellow Honeyeater (Lichenostomus flavus)
- Brown-backed Honeyeater (Ramsayornis modestus)
- Helmeted Friarbird (Philemon buceroides)
- Orioles (Oriolidae)
- Australasian Figbird (Sphecotheres vieilloti)
- Green Oriole (Oriolus flavocinctus)
- Drongos (Dicruridae)
- Spangled Drongo (Dicrurus bracteatus)
- Mudlarks (Grallinidae)
- Magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca)
- Butcherbirds (Cracticidae)
- Black Butcherbird (Cracticus quoyi)
- Starlings (Sturnidae)
- Shining Starling (Aplonis metallica)
- Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis)
- Waxbills (Estrildidae)
- Scaly-breasted Munia (Lonchura punctulata)
Contributors
- Keith Blomerley ·
- Guy Poisson ·
- Georges Olioso ·
- Fran Trabalon ·
- Lindsay Hansch ·
- Peter Nash ·
- Eldert Groenewoud ·
- Rhonda Hansch ·
- Robert Schaefer ·
- Joe Angseesing ·
- Tom Tarrant ·
- Arthur Grosset ·
- Mikko Pyhälä ·
- Ken Havard ·
- Peter Waanders ·
- nrg800 ·
- David Taylor ·
- Aleix Comas ·
- Mark Andrews ·
- Mat Gilfedder ·
- jameswimbledon ·
- Curt Kessler ·
- Greg R Homel ·
- Philip Griffin ·
- denisknowles ·
- stevec63 ·
- Dave Townsend ·
- Tomas Grim ·