Red-browed finch
Photo: Robert Ashdown © Qld Govt
Department of National Parks, Sport and Racing
Birds
Fraser Island World Heritage Area
Mound-builders
Australian Brush-turkey
Quails and Pheasants
Brown Quail
King Quail
Geese, Swans and Ducks
Black Swan
Green Pygmy-goose
Australian Wood Duck
Musk Duck
Pacific Black Duck
Wandering Whistling-Duck
*Mallard
Chestnut Teal
Grey Teal
Hardhead
Grebes
Australasian Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
Hoary-headed Grebe
Penguins
Little Penguin
Petrels and Shearwaters
Black-winged Petrel
Blue Petrel
Cape Petrel
Gould’s Petrel
Great-winged Petrel
Kerguelen Petrel
Mottled Petrel
Northern Giant-Petrel
Providence Petrel
Southern Fulmar Petrel
Southern Giant-Petrel
Tahiti Petrel
White-headed Petrel
Antarctic Prion
Broad-billed Prion
Fairy Prion
Salvin’s Prion
Slender-billed Prion
Black Petrel
Westland Petrel
Buller’s Shearwater
Flesh-footed Shearwater
Fluttering Shearwater
Hutton’s Shearwater
Little Shearwater
Short-tailed Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Albatrosses
Black-browed Albatross
Buller’s Albatross
Grey-headed Albatross
Light-mantled Sooty Albatross
Shy Albatross
Sooty Albatross
Wandering Albatross
Storm Petrels
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
White-bellied Storm-Petrel
Tropicbirds
Red-tailed Tropicbird
White-tailed Tropicbird
Gannets and Boobies
Australasian Gannet
Masked Booby
Brown Booby
Darters
Darter
Cormorants
Little Pied Cormorant
Pied Cormorant
Little Black Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Pelicans
Australian Pelican
Frigatebirds
Great Frigatebird
Lesser Frigatebird
Herons, Egrets and Bitterns
White-faced Heron
Little Egret
Eastern Reef Egret
White-necked Heron
Great-billed Heron
Great Egret
Intermediate Egret
Cattle Egret
Striated Heron
Nankeen Night Heron
Black Bittern
Little Button-quail
Painted Button-quail
Black-breasted Button-quail
Ibises and Spoonbills
Australian White Ibis
Straw -necked Ibis
Royal Spoonbill
Curlews, Sandpipers, Snipes
and Godwits
Latham’s Snipe
Black-tailed Godwit
Bar-tailed Godwit
Little Curlew
Whimbrel
Eastern Curlew
Marsh Sandpiper
Common Greenshank
Terek Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Grey-tailed Tattler
Wandering Tattler
Ruddy Turnstone
Great Knot
Red Knot
Sanderling
Red-necked Stint
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Storks
Black-necked Stork
Osprey
Osprey
Kites, Goshawks, Eagles
and Harriers
Pacific Baza
Black-shouldered Kite
Black-breasted Buzzard
Black Kite
Whistling Kite
Brahminy Kite
White-bellied Sea-eagle
Swamp Harrier
Brown Goshawk
Grey Goshawk
Collared Sparrowhawk
Red Goshawk
Wedge-tailed Eagle
Little Eagle
Falcons
Brown Falcon
Australian Hobby
Peregrine Falcon
Nankeen Kestrel
Cranes
Brolga
Rails, Crakes, Swamphens
and Coots
Buff-banded Rail
Lewin’s Rail
Baillon’s Crake
Spotless Crake
Purple Swamphen
Dusky Moorhen
Eurasian Coot
Button-quails
Red-backed Button-quail
Stone-curlews
Bush Stone-curlew
Beach Stone-curlew
Oystercatchers
Pied Oystercatcher
Sooty Oystercatcher
Stilts and Avocets
Black-winged Stilt
Red-necked Avocet
Lapwings, Plovers and Dotterels
Double-banded Plover
Greater Sand Plover
Grey Plover
Lesser Sand Plover
Oriental Plover
Pacific Golden Plover
Red-capped Plover
Ringed Plover
Black-fronted Dotterel
Masked Lapwing
Gulls and Terns
Great Skua
Pomarine Jaeger
Long-tailed Jaeger
Pacific Gull
Kelp Gull
Silver Gull
Franklin’s Gull
Arctic Tern
Black-naped Tern
Bridled Tern
Caspian Tern
Common Tern
Crested Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Lesser Crested Tern
Little Tern
Roseate Tern
Sooty Tern
Whiskered Tern
White-fronted Tern
White-winged Black Tern
Common Noddy
Black Noddy
Grey Ternlet
White Tern
Pigeons and Doves
*Rock Dove
White-headed Pigeon
*Spotted Turtle-Dove
Brown Cuckoo-Dove
Emerald Dove
Common Bronzewing
Brush Bronzewing
Crested Pigeon
Bar-shouldered Dove
Peaceful Dove
Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove
Superb Fruit-Dove
Wompoo Fruit-Dove
Topknot Pigeon
Cockatoos and Parrots
Galah
Glossy Black-Cockatoo
Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Yellow -tailed Black-Cockatoo
Cockatiel
Rainbow Lorikeet
Scaly-breasted Lorikeet
Little Lorikeet
Australian King-Parrot
Red-winged Parrot
Pale-headed Rosella
Budgerigar
Turquoise Parrot
Ground Parrot
Parasitic Cuckoos and Coucals
Brush Cuckoo
Channel-billed Cuckoo
Common Koel
Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Horsefield’s Bronze-Cuckoo
Little Bronze-Cuckoo
Oriental Cuckoo
Pallid Cuckoo
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo
Pheasant Coucal
Hawk Owls
Powerful Owl
Barking Owl
Southern Boobook
Barn Owls
Masked Owl
Barn Owl
Frogmouths and Nightjars
Tawny Frogmouth
White-throated Nightjar
Large-tailed Nightjar
Australian Owlet-nightjar
Swifts
White-rumped Swiftlet
White-throated Needletail
Fork-tailed Swift
House Swift
Kingfishers, Bee-eaters
and Rollers
Azure Kingfisher
Laughing Kookaburra
Forest Kingfisher
Red-backed Kingfisher
Sacred Kingfisher
Collared Kingfisher
Rainbow Bee-eater
Dollarbird
Pittas
Noisy Pitta
Australian Treecreepers
White-throated
Treecreeper
Australian-Papuan Wrens
Variegated Fairy-wren
Red-backed Fairy-wren
Noisy Miner
Rufous-throated
Honeyeater
Scarlet Honeyeater
White-cheeked Honeyeater
White-naped Honeyeater
White-throated Honeyeater
Yellow -faced Honeyeater
Robins
Jacky Winter
Rose Robin
Pale-yellow Robin
Eastern Yellow Robin
Babblers
Grey-crowned Babbler
Wedgebills, Quailthrushes
and Whipbirds
Eastern Whipbird
Sittellas
Varied Sittella
Whistlers and Shrikethrushes
Golden Whistler
Rufous Whistler
Little Shrike-thrush
Grey Shrike-thrush
Monarchs, Flycatchers,
Drongo and Magpie-lark
Black-faced Monarch
Spectacled Monarch
White-eared Monarch
Leaden Flycatcher
Satin Flycatcher
Shining Flycatcher
Restless Flycatcher
Magpie-lark
Rufous Fantail
Grey Fantail
Willie Wagtail
Spangled Drongo
Pardalotes,Scrubwrens,
Thornbills & Australian
Warblers
Spotted Pardalote
Striated Pardalote
White-browed Scrubwren
Large-billed Scrubwren
Weebill
Brown Gerygone
Mangrove Gerygone
Fairy Gerygone
White-throated Gerygone
Brown Thornbill
Striated Thornbill
Buff-rumped Thornbill
Yellow -rumped Thornbill
Cuckoo-shrikes
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
Barred Cuckoo-shrike
White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike
Cicadabird
White-winged Triller
Varied Triller
Honeyeaters and
Australian Chats
Little Wattlebird
Noisy Friarbird
Little Friarbird
Blue-faced Honeyeater
Brown Honeyeater
Dusky Honeyeater
Eastern Spinebill
Lewin’s Honeyeater
Mangrove Honeyeater
* Introduced species
Orioles and Figbirds
Olive-backed Oriole
Figbird
Woodswallows, Butcherbirds
and Currawongs
Dusky Woodswallow
Little Woodswallow
Masked Woodswallow
White-breasted
Woodswallow
White-browed
Woodswallow
Grey Butcherbird
Pied Butcherbird
Australian Magpie
Pied Currawong
Crows
Australian Raven
Torresian Crow
*House Crow
Catbirds and Bowerbirds
Green Catbird
Regent Bowerbird
Satin Bowerbird
Larks
Singing Bushlark
Pipits and Wagtails
Richard’s Pipit
Black-backed Wagtail
Weavers and Waxbills
*House Sparrow
Red-browed Finch
Diamond Firetail
Double-barred Finch
Chestnut-breasted Mannikin
Gold Finches
*European Goldfinch
Flowerpeckers
Mistletoebird
Swallows and Martins
Barn Swallow
Welcome Swallow
Tree Martin
Fairy Martin
Old World Warblers
Clamorous Reed-Warbler
Tawny Grassbird
Little Grassbird
Golden-headed Cisticola
White-eyes
Silvereye
Old World Thrushes
Russet-tailed Thrush
Starlings and Mynas
*Common Blackbird
Metallic Starling
*Common Starling
*Common Myna
This list was compiled from the published literature, Queensland Museum
specimen records and observations made by Departmental Staff and
experienced naturalists. Bibliographic information can be obtained from
Fraser Island Ranger Stations. Interested persons are most welcome to
contribute their records. New and unusual sightings will be substantiated
before they can be included on any revised list.
Common names follow Christidis, L. and Boles, W.E. (1994) The taxonomy
and species of birds of Australia and its territories. RAOU Monograph 2.
List compiled June 2010 by:
R. Hobson & I. Thrash, Natural Resource Rangers, Fraser Island
Bp2029
Pratincoles
Oriental Pratincole