CAPE CONRAN
AUSTRALIA
LOCALE
| # Species: | 201 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 201 |
| # Endemics: | 70 |
| # Near Endemics: | 9 |
BIRD CHECKLIST
The table below lists species recorded at this locale but does not indicate frequency of occurrence there. It does indicate whether each species is globally threatened or endangered according to the IUCN and also whether it is migratory, very rare, or accidental in the country. The list is based on available data and may be incomplete.*
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| 1 | Black Swan | Cygnus atratus |
| 2 | Australian Shelduck | Tadorna tadornoides |
| 3 | Maned Duck | Chenonetta jubata |
| 4 | Pacific Black Duck | Anas superciliosa |
| 5 | Gray Teal | Anas gracilis |
| 6 | Chestnut Teal | Anas castanea |
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| 7 | Brown Quail | Synoicus ypsilophora |
| 8 | <Stubble Quail> | Coturnix pectoralis |
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| 9 | Spotted Dove | Spilopelia chinensis |
| 10 | Common Bronzewing | Phaps chalcoptera |
| 11 | Brush Bronzewing | Phaps elegans |
| 12 | Wonga Pigeon | Leucosarcia melanoleuca |
| 13 | Peaceful Dove | Geopelia placida |
| 14 | Topknot Pigeon | Lopholaimus antarcticus |
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| 15 | Pacific Koel | Eudynamys orientalis |
| 16 | Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo | Chalcites basalis |
| 17 | Shining Bronze-Cuckoo | Chalcites lucidus |
| 18 | Pallid Cuckoo | Heteroscenes pallidus |
| 19 | Fan-tailed Cuckoo | Cacomantis flabelliformis |
| 20 | (Sahul Brush Cuckoo) | Cacomantis variolosus |
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| 21 | White-throated Nightjar | Eurostopodus mystacalis |
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| 22 | Tawny Frogmouth | Podargus strigoides |
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| 23 | Australian Owlet-nightjar | Aegotheles cristatus |
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| 24 | /White-throated Needletail/ | Hirundapus caudacutus |
| 25 | /Pacific Swift/ | Apus pacificus |
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| 26 | Buff-banded Rail | Gallirallus philippensis |
| 27 | Australasian Swamphen | Porphyrio melanotus |
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| 28 | Beach Thick-knee | Esacus magnirostris |
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| 29 | Pied Stilt | Himantopus leucocephalus |
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| 30 | Pied Oystercatcher | Haematopus longirostris |
| 31 | Sooty Oystercatcher | Haematopus fuliginosus |
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| 32 | Hooded Plover | Thinornis cucullatus |
| 33 | Masked Lapwing | Vanellus miles |
| 34 | Red-capped Plover | Anarhynchus ruficapillus |
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| 35 | /Eurasian Whimbrel/ | Numenius phaeopus |
| 36 | /Far Eastern Curlew/ | Numenius madagascariensis |
| 37 | /Bar-tailed Godwit/ | Limosa lapponica |
| 38 | /Latham's Snipe/ | Gallinago hardwickii |
| 39 | /Common Sandpiper/ | Actitis hypoleucos |
| 40 | /Ruddy Turnstone/ | Arenaria interpres |
| 41 | /Red Knot/ | Calidris canutus |
| 42 | /Red-necked Stint/ | Calidris ruficollis |
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| 43 | /Parasitic Jaeger/ | Stercorarius parasiticus |
| 44 | /Pomarine Jaeger/ | Stercorarius pomarinus |
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| 45 | Silver Gull | Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae |
| 46 | Pacific Gull | Larus pacificus |
| 47 | Kelp Gull | Larus dominicanus |
| 48 | Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia |
| 49 | /Common Tern/ | Sterna hirundo |
| 50 | /White-fronted Tern/ | Sterna striata |
| 51 | Great Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii |
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| 52 | Australasian Grebe | Tachybaptus novaehollandiae |
| 53 | <Hoary-headed Grebe> | Poliocephalus poliocephalus |
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| 54 | Fiordland Penguin | Eudyptes pachyrhynchus |
| 55 | Royal Penguin | Eudyptes schlegeli |
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| 56 | #Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross# | Thalassarche carteri |
| 57 | #Buller's Albatross# | Thalassarche bulleri |
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| 58 | #Northern Giant-Petrel# | Macronectes halli |
| 59 | Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna pacificus |
| 60 | #Sooty Shearwater# | Ardenna griseus |
| 61 | (Short-tailed Shearwater) | Ardenna tenuirostris |
| 62 | #Hutton's Shearwater# | Puffinus huttoni |
| 63 | #Fluttering Shearwater# | Puffinus gavia |
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| 64 | Australasian Gannet | Morus serrator |
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| 65 | Australasian Darter | Anhinga novaehollandiae |
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| 66 | Little Pied Cormorant | Microcarbo melanoleucos |
| 67 | Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo |
| 68 | Little Black Cormorant | Phalacrocorax sulcirostris |
| 69 | Pied Cormorant | Phalacrocorax varius |
| 70 | Black-faced Cormorant | Phalacrocorax fuscescens |
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| 71 | Australian Ibis | Threskiornis molucca |
| 72 | Straw-necked Ibis | Threskiornis spinicollis |
| 73 | Yellow-billed Spoonbill | Platalea flavipes |
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| 74 | Pacific Reef-Heron | Egretta sacra |
| 75 | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta |
| 76 | White-faced Heron | Egretta novaehollandiae |
| 77 | Eastern Cattle-Egret | Bubulcus coromandus |
| 78 | Pacific Heron | Ardea pacifica |
| 79 | Great Egret | Ardea alba |
| 80 | Plumed Egret | Ardea plumifera |
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| 81 | Australian Pelican | Pelecanus conspicillatus |
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| 82 | <Black-shouldered Kite> | Elanus axillaris |
| 83 | Square-tailed Kite | Lophoictinia isura |
| 84 | Wedge-tailed Eagle | Aquila audax |
| 85 | Collared Sparrowhawk | Tachyspiza cirrocephalus |
| 86 | Gray Goshawk | Tachyspiza novaehollandiae |
| 87 | Brown Goshawk | Tachyspiza fasciatus |
| 88 | Swamp Harrier | Circus approximans |
| 89 | Whistling Kite | Haliastur sphenurus |
| 90 | White-bellied Sea-Eagle | Icthyophaga leucogaster |
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| 91 | Sooty-Owl | Tyto tenebricosa |
| 92 | Australian Masked-Owl | Tyto novaehollandiae |
| 93 | American Barn Owl | Tyto furcata |
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| 94 | Powerful Owl | Ninox strenua |
| 95 | Australian Boobook | Ninox boobook |
| 96 | Tasmanian Boobook | Ninox leucopsis |
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| 97 | Azure Kingfisher | Ceyx azureus |
| 98 | Laughing Kookaburra | Dacelo novaeguineae |
| 99 | (Sacred Kingfisher) | Todiramphus sanctus |
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| 100 | (Oriental Dollarbird) | Eurystomus orientalis |
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| 101 | <Nankeen Kestrel> | Falco cenchroides |
| 102 | Australian Hobby | Falco longipennis |
| 103 | Brown Falcon | Falco berigora |
| 104 | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus |
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| 105 | Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo | Zanda funereus |
| 106 | Glossy Black-Cockatoo | Calyptorhynchus lathami |
| 107 | Gang-gang Cockatoo | Callocephalon fimbriatum |
| 108 | Galah | Eolophus roseicapilla |
| 109 | Little Corella | Cacatua sanguinea |
| 110 | Sulphur-crested Cockatoo | Cacatua galerita |
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| 111 | Australian King-Parrot | Alisterus scapularis |
| 112 | Blue-winged Parrot | Neophema chrysostoma |
| 113 | Turquoise Parrot | Neophema pulchella |
| 114 | #Swift Parrot# | Lathamus discolor |
| 115 | Crimson Rosella | Platycercus elegans |
| 116 | Eastern Rosella | Platycercus eximius |
| 117 | <Little Lorikeet> | Psitteuteles pusilla |
| 118 | <Musk Lorikeet> | Trichoglossus concinna |
| 119 | Rainbow Lorikeet | Trichoglossus moluccanus |
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| 120 | Superb Lyrebird | Menura novaehollandiae |
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| 121 | Satin Bowerbird | Ptilonorhynchus violaceus |
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| 122 | White-throated Treecreeper | Cormobates leucophaea |
| 123 | Red-browed Treecreeper | Climacteris erythrops |
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| 124 | Southern Emuwren | Stipiturus malachurus |
| 125 | Superb Fairywren | Malurus cyaneus |
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| 126 | Eastern Spinebill | Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris |
| 127 | Lewin's Honeyeater | Meliphaga lewinii |
| 128 | Yellow-faced Honeyeater | Caligavis chrysops |
| 129 | White-eared Honeyeater | Lichenostomus leucotis |
| 130 | Bell Miner | Manorina melanophrys |
| 131 | Noisy Miner | Manorina melanocephala |
| 132 | <Red Wattlebird> | Anthochaera carunculata |
| 133 | Little Wattlebird | Anthochaera chrysoptera |
| 134 | Scarlet Myzomela | Myzomela sanguinolenta |
| 135 | Tawny-crowned Honeyeater | Gliciphila melanops |
| 136 | Crescent Honeyeater | Phylidonyris pyrrhopterus |
| 137 | New Holland Honeyeater | Phylidonyris novaehollandiae |
| 138 | White-cheeked Honeyeater | Phylidonyris niger |
| 139 | White-naped Honeyeater | Melithreptus lunatus |
| 140 | Brown-headed Honeyeater | Melithreptus brevirostris |
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| 141 | Eastern Bristlebird | Dasyornis brachypterus |
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| 142 | Spotted Pardalote | Pardalotus punctatus |
| 143 | Striated Pardalote | Pardalotus striatus |
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| 144 | Pilotbird | Pycnoptilus floccosus |
| 145 | Striated Fieldwren | Calamanthus fuliginosus |
| 146 | Weebill | Smicrornis brevirostris |
| 147 | White-browed Scrubwren | Sericornis frontalis |
| 148 | Large-billed Scrubwren | Sericornis magnirostra |
| 149 | Yellow-rumped Thornbill | Acanthiza chrysorrhoa |
| 150 | Striated Thornbill | Acanthiza lineata |
| 151 | Brown Thornbill | Acanthiza pusilla |
| 152 | Brown Gerygone | Gerygone mouki |
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| 153 | Spotted Quail-thrush | Cinclosoma punctatum |
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| 154 | Black-faced Cuckooshrike | Coracina novaehollandiae |
| 155 | White-bellied Cuckooshrike | Coracina papuensis |
| 156 | White-winged Triller | Lalage tricolor |
| 157 | Sahul Cicadabird | Edolisoma tenuirostre |
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| 158 | Varied Sittella | Daphoenositta chrysoptera |
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| 159 | Eastern Whipbird | Psophodes olivaceus |
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| 160 | Eastern Shrike-tit | Falcunculus frontatus |
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| 161 | Gray Shrikethrush | Colluricincla harmonica |
| 162 | Olive Whistler | Pachycephala olivacea |
| 163 | Golden Whistler | Pachycephala pectoralis |
| 164 | Rufous Whistler | Pachycephala rufiventris |
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| 165 | Olive-backed Oriole | Oriolus sagittatus |
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| 166 | Masked Woodswallow | Artamus personatus |
| 167 | <White-browed Woodswallow> | Artamus superciliosus |
| 168 | Dusky Woodswallow | Artamus cyanopterus |
| 169 | Gray Butcherbird | Cracticus torquatus |
| 170 | Australian Magpie | Gymnorhina tibicen |
| 171 | Pied Currawong | Strepera graculina |
| 172 | Gray Currawong | Strepera versicolor |
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| 173 | Willie-wagtail | Rhipidura leucophrys |
| 174 | Australian Rufous Fantail | Rhipidura rufifrons |
| 175 | Gray Fantail | Rhipidura albiscapa |
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| 176 | Black-faced Monarch | Monarcha melanopsis |
| 177 | Magpie-lark | Grallina cyanoleuca |
| 178 | Leaden Flycatcher | Myiagra rubecula |
| 179 | Satin Flycatcher | Myiagra cyanoleuca |
| 180 | Restless Flycatcher | Myiagra inquieta |
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| 181 | White-winged Chough | Corcorax melanorhamphos |
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| 182 | Australian Raven | Corvus coronoides |
| 183 | <Little Raven> | Corvus mellori |
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| 184 | Scarlet Robin | Petroica boodang |
| 185 | Flame Robin | Petroica phoenicea |
| 186 | Rose Robin | Petroica rosea |
| 187 | Pink Robin | Petroica rodinogaster |
| 188 | Jacky-winter | Microeca fascinans |
| 189 | Eastern Yellow Robin | Eopsaltria australis |
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| 190 | Rufous Songlark | Cincloramphus mathewsi |
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| 191 | Welcome Swallow | Hirundo neoxena |
| 192 | Fairy Martin | Petrochelidon ariel |
| 193 | Tree Martin | Petrochelidon nigricans |
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| 194 | Silvereye | Zosterops lateralis |
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| 195 | European Starling | Sturnus vulgaris |
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| 196 | Bassian Thrush | Zoothera lunulata |
| 197 | Eurasian Blackbird | Turdus merula |
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| 198 | <Mistletoebird> | Dicaeum hirundinaceum |
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| 199 | Beautiful Firetail | Stagonopleura bella |
| 200 | Red-browed Firetail | Neochmia temporalis |
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| 201 | Australian Pipit | Anthus australis |
*Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through 2021 maintained by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, which relies largely on the AOU and SACC nomenclature committees. IUCN status may reflect splits not currently recognized by Clements.
**Species not accepted by Clements, AOU, or SACC that we recognize based on the IOC, field observations along with geographical separation, consensus opinions of field guide authors, and other sources. These species are potential splits in future Clements updates.
OTHER LOCALES
PRESENCE CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| // | Boreal Visitor | 14 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 0 |
| || | Transient | 0 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 7 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 10 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 4 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 2 |
| [] | Accidental | 0 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 9 |
| V | Vulnerable | 6 |
| EN | Endangered | 3 |
| CR | Critically Endangered | 1 |
Species counts in code tables depend on completeness of the data. For some countries or locales, data may not include all species or information on species presence may be incomplete.
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