Birds at Normanton
Monday, October 18, 2010
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Birds at Double Lagoon...a video
Magpie Geese were at Double lagoon as well as Ibis, egrets, eagles, and brolgas.
Here are some of the birds in this first video...
Monday, August 16, 2010
Mangrove Forests are disappearing
How long will they stand? | BirdLife Community
Mangroves disappearing faster than land-based forests
The destruction of the world’s mangrove forests is happening up to four times faster than the world’s land-based forests, according to a new United Nations report.
A study commissioned by the U.N. Environmental Program (UNEP) reports that one fifth (around 35,500 square kilometers) of the world’s mangroves — forests straddling both land and sea — have been lost since 1980.
Although the study reports that annual destruction has slowed to 0.7 percent a year, the authors of the “World Atlas of Mangroves” report warn that continued coastal destruction and shrimp farming could cause financial and ecologic havoc.
Studies estimate mangroves generate between U.S.$2000 to $9000 per hectare annually from fishing — much more than the aquaculture, agriculture and tourism, which the U.N. says are the biggest drivers of mangrove loss.
Achim Steiner, U.N. Under-Secretary General and Executive Director, U.N. Environment Program (UNEP), said in a statement: “This atlas brings our attention onto mangroves and puts them up front and central, plotting where they are, describing where they have been lost, and underlining the immense costs those losses have had for people as well as nature.”
Mangroves cover around 150,000 square kilometers and are found in 123 countries worldwide. The biggest concentration (21 percent) of the world’s mangroves is in Indonesia, with Brazil home to around nine percent and Australia, seven percent.
The Mangroves are home to many birds
Mangroves disappearing faster than land-based forests
The destruction of the world’s mangrove forests is happening up to four times faster than the world’s land-based forests, according to a new United Nations report.
A study commissioned by the U.N. Environmental Program (UNEP) reports that one fifth (around 35,500 square kilometers) of the world’s mangroves — forests straddling both land and sea — have been lost since 1980.
Although the study reports that annual destruction has slowed to 0.7 percent a year, the authors of the “World Atlas of Mangroves” report warn that continued coastal destruction and shrimp farming could cause financial and ecologic havoc.
Studies estimate mangroves generate between U.S.$2000 to $9000 per hectare annually from fishing — much more than the aquaculture, agriculture and tourism, which the U.N. says are the biggest drivers of mangrove loss.
Achim Steiner, U.N. Under-Secretary General and Executive Director, U.N. Environment Program (UNEP), said in a statement: “This atlas brings our attention onto mangroves and puts them up front and central, plotting where they are, describing where they have been lost, and underlining the immense costs those losses have had for people as well as nature.”
Mangroves cover around 150,000 square kilometers and are found in 123 countries worldwide. The biggest concentration (21 percent) of the world’s mangroves is in Indonesia, with Brazil home to around nine percent and Australia, seven percent.
The Mangroves are home to many birds
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Ohio Bird Photo Collection
Ohio Bird Photo Collection: High Resolution Images
Awesome collection of birds in Ohio
http://jrscience.wcp.muohio.edu/birds/ohio_birds/toc.html
Awesome collection of birds in Ohio
http://jrscience.wcp.muohio.edu/birds/ohio_birds/toc.html
Friday, August 13, 2010
Bird List for August 14th 2010...What birds are in your locality?
http://birdata.com.au/homecontent.do
From here you can get a list of birds in your area by adding your postcode and getting a list of the birds in your area.
http://www.flickr.com/groups/1194632@N25/You can add any photos of birds to the group at Flickr....Birds of Field and the Sea
This is the common list of birds in the 4659 Postcode area of Queensland Australia
Birdata general lists are provided for non-commercial use only
Source: Atlas of Australian Birds
© Birds Australia 1998-2007
Suite 2-05, 60 Leicester St, Carlton, Victoria, Australia 3053
+61 3 9347 0757
atlas@birdsaustralia.com.au
From here you can get a list of birds in your area by adding your postcode and getting a list of the birds in your area.
This is the common list of birds in the 4659 Postcode area of Queensland Australia
Bird list for the one degree cell intersecting postcode 4659
| Common Name | Scientific Name | Species Profile | Map Species |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emu | Dromaius novaehollandiae | view | map |
| Australian Brush-turkey | Alectura lathami | view | map |
| Stubble Quail | Coturnix pectoralis | map | |
| Brown Quail | Coturnix ypsilophora | view | map |
| Magpie Goose | Anseranas semipalmata | view | map |
| Plumed Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna eytoni | view | map |
| Wandering Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna arcuata | view | map |
| Musk Duck | Biziura lobata | view | map |
| Black Swan | Cygnus atratus | view | map |
| Radjah Shelduck | Tadorna radjah | map | |
| Australian Wood Duck | Chenonetta jubata | view | map |
| Pink-eared Duck | Malacorhynchus membranaceus | view | map |
| Cotton Pygmy-goose | Nettapus coromandelianus | map | |
| Australasian Shoveler | Anas rhynchotis | view | map |
| Grey Teal | Anas gracilis | view | map |
| Chestnut Teal | Anas castanea | view | map |
| Northern Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | view | map |
| Pacific Black Duck | Anas superciliosa | view | map |
| Hardhead | Aythya australis | view | map |
| Blue-billed Duck | Oxyura australis | view | map |
| Australasian Grebe | Tachybaptus novaehollandiae | view | map |
| Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | view | map |
| Rock Dove | Columba livia | view | map |
| White-headed Pigeon | Columba leucomela | view | map |
| Spotted Dove | Streptopelia chinensis | view | map |
| Brown Cuckoo-Dove | Macropygia amboinensis | view | map |
| Emerald Dove | Chalcophaps indica | map | |
| Common Bronzewing | Phaps chalcoptera | view | map |
| Crested Pigeon | Ocyphaps lophotes | view | map |
| Diamond Dove | Geopelia cuneata | map | |
| Peaceful Dove | Geopelia striata | view | map |
| Bar-shouldered Dove | Geopelia humeralis | view | map |
| Wonga Pigeon | Leucosarcia picata | view | map |
| Wompoo Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus magnificus | view | map |
| Superb Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus superbus | view | map |
| Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus regina | view | map |
| Topknot Pigeon | Lopholaimus antarcticus | view | map |
| Tawny Frogmouth | Podargus strigoides | view | map |
| White-throated Nightjar | Eurostopodus mystacalis | map | |
| Large-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus macrurus | map | |
| Australian Owlet-nightjar | Aegotheles cristatus | view | map |
| White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | view | map |
| Fork-tailed Swift | Apus pacificus | map | |
| Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna pacifica | map | |
| Australasian Gannet | Morus serrator | view | map |
| Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | map | |
| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | map | |
| Australasian Darter | Anhinga novaehollandiae | view | map |
| Little Pied Cormorant | Microcarbo melanoleucos | view | map |
| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | view | map |
| Little Black Cormorant | Phalacrocorax sulcirostris | view | map |
| Pied Cormorant | Phalacrocorax varius | view | map |
| Australian Pelican | Pelecanus conspicillatus | view | map |
| Black-necked Stork | Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus | view | map |
| Australasian Bittern | Botaurus poiciloptilus | view | map |
| Black Bittern | Ixobrychus flavicollis | view | map |
| White-necked Heron | Ardea pacifica | view | map |
| Eastern Great Egret | Ardea modesta | view | map |
| Intermediate Egret | Ardea intermedia | map | |
| Great-billed Heron | Ardea sumatrana | map | |
| Cattle Egret | Ardea ibis | view | map |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striata | view | map |
| White-faced Heron | Egretta novaehollandiae | view | map |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | view | map |
| Eastern Reef Egret | Egretta sacra | view | map |
| Nankeen Night-Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus | view | map |
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | view | map |
| Australian White Ibis | Threskiornis molucca | view | map |
| Straw-necked Ibis | Threskiornis spinicollis | view | map |
| Royal Spoonbill | Platalea regia | view | map |
| Yellow-billed Spoonbill | Platalea flavipes | view | map |
| Eastern Osprey | Pandion cristatus | view | map |
| Black-shouldered Kite | Elanus axillaris | view | map |
| Square-tailed Kite | Lophoictinia isura | map | |
| Pacific Baza | Aviceda subcristata | view | map |
| White-bellied Sea-Eagle | Haliaeetus leucogaster | view | map |
| Whistling Kite | Haliastur sphenurus | view | map |
| Brahminy Kite | Haliastur indus | view | map |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | view | map |
| Brown Goshawk | Accipiter fasciatus | view | map |
| Collared Sparrowhawk | Accipiter cirrocephalus | view | map |
| Grey Goshawk | Accipiter novaehollandiae | view | map |
| Spotted Harrier | Circus assimilis | view | map |
| Swamp Harrier | Circus approximans | view | map |
| Wedge-tailed Eagle | Aquila audax | view | map |
| Little Eagle | Hieraaetus morphnoides | view | map |
| Nankeen Kestrel | Falco cenchroides | view | map |
| Brown Falcon | Falco berigora | view | map |
| Australian Hobby | Falco longipennis | map | |
| Grey Falcon | Falco hypoleucos | map | |
| Black Falcon | Falco subniger | view | map |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | view | map |
| Brolga | Grus rubicunda | view | map |
| Purple Swamphen | Porphyrio porphyrio | view | map |
| Lewin's Rail | Lewinia pectoralis | map | |
| Buff-banded Rail | Gallirallus philippensis | view | map |
| Baillon's Crake | Porzana pusilla | map | |
| Australian Spotted Crake | Porzana fluminea | map | |
| Spotless Crake | Porzana tabuensis | map | |
| Pale-vented Bush-hen | Amaurornis moluccana | map | |
| Black-tailed Native-hen | Tribonyx ventralis | view | map |
| Dusky Moorhen | Gallinula tenebrosa | view | map |
| Eurasian Coot | Fulica atra | view | map |
| Australian Bustard | Ardeotis australis | view | map |
| Bush Stone-curlew | Burhinus grallarius | view | map |
| Beach Stone-curlew | Esacus magnirostris | view | map |
| Australian Pied Oystercatcher | Haematopus longirostris | view | map |
| Sooty Oystercatcher | Haematopus fuliginosus | view | map |
| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | view | map |
| Red-necked Avocet | Recurvirostra novaehollandiae | view | map |
| Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fulva | view | map |
| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | view | map |
| Red-capped Plover | Charadrius ruficapillus | view | map |
| Double-banded Plover | Charadrius bicinctus | view | map |
| Lesser Sand Plover | Charadrius mongolus | map | |
| Greater Sand Plover | Charadrius leschenaultii | map | |
| Black-fronted Dotterel | Elseyornis melanops | view | map |
| Red-kneed Dotterel | Erythrogonys cinctus | view | map |
| Banded Lapwing | Vanellus tricolor | view | map |
| Masked Lapwing | Vanellus miles | view | map |
| Comb-crested Jacana | Irediparra gallinacea | view | map |
| Australian Painted Snipe | Rostratula australis | map | |
| Latham's Snipe | Gallinago hardwickii | view | map |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | map | |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | view | map |
| Little Curlew | Numenius minutus | view | map |
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | view | map |
| Eastern Curlew | Numenius madagascariensis | view | map |
| Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | view | map |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | view | map |
| Grey-tailed Tattler | Tringa brevipes | view | map |
| Wandering Tattler | Tringa incana | map | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | view | map |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | view | map |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | view | map |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | view | map |
| Great Knot | Calidris tenuirostris | map | |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | view | map |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | view | map |
| Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | view | map |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | view | map |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | view | map |
| Red-backed Button-quail | Turnix maculosus | map | |
| Black-breasted Button-quail | Turnix melanogaster | map | |
| Painted Button-quail | Turnix varius | map | |
| Red-chested Button-quail | Turnix pyrrhothorax | map | |
| Little Button-quail | Turnix velox | map | |
| Common Noddy | Anous stolidus | map | |
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | view | map |
| Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | view | map |
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | view | map |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | view | map |
| White-winged Black Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | map | |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | view | map |
| Lesser Crested Tern | Thalasseus bengalensis | map | |
| Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | view | map |
| Silver Gull | Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae | view | map |
| Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo | Calyptorhynchus banksii | map | |
| Glossy Black-Cockatoo | Calyptorhynchus lathami | view | map |
| Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo | Calyptorhynchus funereus | view | map |
| Galah | Eolophus roseicapillus | view | map |
| Long-billed Corella | Cacatua tenuirostris | view | map |
| Little Corella | Cacatua sanguinea | view | map |
| Sulphur-crested Cockatoo | Cacatua galerita | view | map |
| Cockatiel | Nymphicus hollandicus | view | map |
| Rainbow Lorikeet | Trichoglossus haematodus | view | map |
| Scaly-breasted Lorikeet | Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus | view | map |
| Little Lorikeet | Glossopsitta pusilla | map | |
| Australian King-Parrot | Alisterus scapularis | view | map |
| Red-winged Parrot | Aprosmictus erythropterus | view | map |
| Eastern Rosella | Platycercus eximius | view | map |
| Pale-headed Rosella | Platycercus adscitus | view | map |
| Ground Parrot | Pezoporus wallicus | view | map |
| Pheasant Coucal | Centropus phasianinus | view | map |
| Eastern Koel | Eudynamys orientalis | view | map |
| Channel-billed Cuckoo | Scythrops novaehollandiae | view | map |
| Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo | Chalcites basalis | view | map |
| Black-eared Cuckoo | Chalcites osculans | view | map |
| Shining Bronze-Cuckoo | Chalcites lucidus | map | |
| Little Bronze-Cuckoo | Chalcites minutillus | map | |
| Pallid Cuckoo | Cacomantis pallidus | view | map |
| Fan-tailed Cuckoo | Cacomantis flabelliformis | view | map |
| Brush Cuckoo | Cacomantis variolosus | view | map |
| Oriental Cuckoo | Cuculus optatus | map | |
| Powerful Owl | Ninox strenua | view | map |
| Barking Owl | Ninox connivens | view | map |
| Southern Boobook | Ninox novaeseelandiae | view | map |
| Masked Owl | Tyto novaehollandiae | view | map |
| Eastern Barn Owl | Tyto javanica | view | map |
| Eastern Grass Owl | Tyto longimembris | view | map |
| Azure Kingfisher | Ceyx azureus | view | map |
| Laughing Kookaburra | Dacelo novaeguineae | view | map |
| Blue-winged Kookaburra | Dacelo leachii | view | map |
| Forest Kingfisher | Todiramphus macleayii | view | map |
| Sacred Kingfisher | Todiramphus sanctus | view | map |
| Collared Kingfisher | Todiramphus chloris | map | |
| Rainbow Bee-eater | Merops ornatus | view | map |
| Dollarbird | Eurystomus orientalis | view | map |
| Noisy Pitta | Pitta versicolor | map | |
| White-throated Treecreeper | Cormobates leucophaea | view | map |
| Brown Treecreeper | Climacteris picumnus | view | map |
| Green Catbird | Ailuroedus crassirostris | view | map |
| Satin Bowerbird | Ptilonorhynchus violaceus | view | map |
| Great Bowerbird | Ptilonorhynchus nuchalis | map | |
| Superb Fairy-wren | Malurus cyaneus | view | map |
| Red-backed Fairy-wren | Malurus melanocephalus | map | |
| Variegated Fairy-wren | Malurus lamberti | view | map |
| White-browed Scrubwren | Sericornis frontalis | view | map |
| Large-billed Scrubwren | Sericornis magnirostra | view | map |
| Speckled Warbler | Chthonicola sagittata | map | |
| Weebill | Smicrornis brevirostris | view | map |
| Brown Gerygone | Gerygone mouki | view | map |
| Mangrove Gerygone | Gerygone levigaster | map | |
| Western Gerygone | Gerygone fusca | map | |
| Fairy Gerygone | Gerygone palpebrosa | map | |
| White-throated Gerygone | Gerygone albogularis | view | map |
| Striated Thornbill | Acanthiza lineata | view | map |
| Yellow Thornbill | Acanthiza nana | view | map |
| Yellow-rumped Thornbill | Acanthiza chrysorrhoa | view | map |
| Buff-rumped Thornbill | Acanthiza reguloides | map | |
| Brown Thornbill | Acanthiza pusilla | view | map |
| Spotted Pardalote | Pardalotus punctatus | view | map |
| Striated Pardalote | Pardalotus striatus | view | map |
| Eastern Spinebill | Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris | view | map |
| Lewin's Honeyeater | Meliphaga lewinii | view | map |
| Yellow-faced Honeyeater | Lichenostomus chrysops | view | map |
| Mangrove Honeyeater | Lichenostomus fasciogularis | map | |
| Yellow-tufted Honeyeater | Lichenostomus melanops | view | map |
| Fuscous Honeyeater | Lichenostomus fuscus | view | map |
| White-plumed Honeyeater | Lichenostomus penicillatus | view | map |
| Noisy Miner | Manorina melanocephala | view | map |
| Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater | Acanthagenys rufogularis | view | map |
| Little Wattlebird | Anthochaera chrysoptera | map | |
| Dusky Honeyeater | Myzomela obscura | map | |
| Scarlet Honeyeater | Myzomela sanguinolenta | view | map |
| Brown Honeyeater | Lichmera indistincta | view | map |
| White-cheeked Honeyeater | Phylidonyris niger | view | map |
| Black-chinned Honeyeater | Melithreptus gularis | view | map |
| Brown-headed Honeyeater | Melithreptus brevirostris | view | map |
| White-throated Honeyeater | Melithreptus albogularis | map | |
| White-naped Honeyeater | Melithreptus lunatus | view | map |
| Blue-faced Honeyeater | Entomyzon cyanotis | view | map |
| Noisy Friarbird | Philemon corniculatus | view | map |
| Little Friarbird | Philemon citreogularis | view | map |
| Striped Honeyeater | Plectorhyncha lanceolata | view | map |
| Grey-crowned Babbler | Pomatostomus temporalis | view | map |
| Eastern Whipbird | Psophodes olivaceus | view | map |
| Varied Sittella | Daphoenositta chrysoptera | view | map |
| Ground Cuckoo-shrike | Coracina maxima | map | |
| Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike | Coracina novaehollandiae | view | map |
| White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike | Coracina papuensis | map | |
| Barred Cuckoo-shrike | Coracina lineata | map | |
| Cicadabird | Coracina tenuirostris | map | |
| White-winged Triller | Lalage sueurii | view | map |
| Varied Triller | Lalage leucomela | map | |
| Crested Shrike-tit | Falcunculus frontatus | view | map |
| Golden Whistler | Pachycephala pectoralis | view | map |
| Rufous Whistler | Pachycephala rufiventris | view | map |
| Little Shrike-thrush | Colluricincla megarhyncha | map | |
| Grey Shrike-thrush | Colluricincla harmonica | view | map |
| Australasian Figbird | Sphecotheres vieilloti | view | map |
| Olive-backed Oriole | Oriolus sagittatus | view | map |
| White-breasted Woodswallow | Artamus leucorynchus | view | map |
| Masked Woodswallow | Artamus personatus | map | |
| White-browed Woodswallow | Artamus superciliosus | view | map |
| Black-faced Woodswallow | Artamus cinereus | view | map |
| Dusky Woodswallow | Artamus cyanopterus | view | map |
| Little Woodswallow | Artamus minor | map | |
| Grey Butcherbird | Cracticus torquatus | view | map |
| Pied Butcherbird | Cracticus nigrogularis | view | map |
| Australian Magpie | Cracticus tibicen | view | map |
| Pied Currawong | Strepera graculina | view | map |
| Spangled Drongo | Dicrurus bracteatus | view | map |
| Rufous Fantail | Rhipidura rufifrons | view | map |
| Grey Fantail | Rhipidura albiscapa | view | map |
| Willie Wagtail | Rhipidura leucophrys | view | map |
| Australian Raven | Corvus coronoides | view | map |
| Torresian Crow | Corvus orru | view | map |
| Leaden Flycatcher | Myiagra rubecula | view | map |
| Satin Flycatcher | Myiagra cyanoleuca | view | map |
| Shining Flycatcher | Myiagra alecto | map | |
| Restless Flycatcher | Myiagra inquieta | view | map |
| White-eared Monarch | Carternornis leucotis | map | |
| Black-faced Monarch | Monarcha melanopsis | view | map |
| Spectacled Monarch | Symposiarchus trivirgatus | view | map |
| Magpie-lark | Grallina cyanoleuca | view | map |
| White-winged Chough | Corcorax melanorhamphos | view | map |
| Apostlebird | Struthidea cinerea | view | map |
| Jacky Winter | Microeca fascinans | view | map |
| Red-capped Robin | Petroica goodenovii | view | map |
| Rose Robin | Petroica rosea | view | map |
| Eastern Yellow Robin | Eopsaltria australis | view | map |
| Horsfield�??s Bushlark | Mirafra javanica | view | map |
| Golden-headed Cisticola | Cisticola exilis | view | map |
| Australian Reed-Warbler | Acrocephalus australis | view | map |
| Tawny Grassbird | Megalurus timoriensis | map | |
| Little Grassbird | Megalurus gramineus | view | map |
| Rufous Songlark | Cincloramphus mathewsi | view | map |
| Silvereye | Zosterops lateralis | view | map |
| White-backed Swallow | Cheramoeca leucosterna | map | |
| Welcome Swallow | Hirundo neoxena | view | map |
| Fairy Martin | Petrochelidon ariel | view | map |
| Tree Martin | Petrochelidon nigricans | map | |
| Common Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | view | map |
| Common Myna | Sturnus tristis | view | map |
| Mistletoebird | Dicaeum hirundinaceum | view | map |
| Zebra Finch | Taeniopygia guttata | view | map |
| Double-barred Finch | Taeniopygia bichenovii | view | map |
| Plum-headed Finch | Neochmia modesta | map | |
| Red-browed Finch | Neochmia temporalis | view | map |
| Nutmeg Mannikin | Lonchura punctulata | view | map |
| Chestnut-breasted Mannikin | Lonchura castaneothorax | view | map |
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | view | map |
| Australasian Pipit | Anthus novaeseelandiae | view | map |
| Black Duck-Mallard hybrid | map | ||
| Muscovy Duck | map | ||
| Crow & Raven species | map |
Birdata general lists are provided for non-commercial use only
Source: Atlas of Australian Birds
© Birds Australia 1998-2007
Suite 2-05, 60 Leicester St, Carlton, Victoria, Australia 3053
+61 3 9347 0757
atlas@birdsaustralia.com.au
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