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bird sightings in Tuckombil
Bennett Family Sightings
SPECIES MONTH YEAR PROPERTY
Crested Pigeon May 1988 Bennett
Pied Butcherbird May 1988 Bennett
Pheasant Coucal May 1988 Bennett
Welcome swallow May 1988 Bennett
Magpie May 1988 Bennett
Pied Currawong May 1988 Bennett
Laughing Kookaburra May 1988 Bennett
Scaly Breasted Lorikeet June 1988 Bennett
Rainbow Lorikeet June 1988 Bennett
Tawny Frogmouth June 1988 Bennett
Australian Black Shouldered Kite June 1988 Bennett
Cattle Egret July 1988 Bennett
Green winged Pigeon July 1988 Bennett
Noisy Myna July 1988 Bennett
Black faced Cuckoo Shrike August 1988 Bennett
Bar shouldered Dove August 1988 Bennett
Superb Blue wren August 1988 Bennett
Red Headed Honeyeater September 1988 Bennett
Figbird September 1988 Bennett
Noisy Friarbird September 1988 Bennett
Whiteheaded pigeon September 1988 Bennett
Banded Rail December 1988 Bennett
Koel March 1989 Bennett
Brown Pigeon June 1989 Bennett
Blue faced Honeyeater September 1989 Bennett
Banded Plover September 1989 Bennett
Spangled Drongo February 1990 Bennett
Magpie Lark Peewee March 1990 Bennett
Galah July 1990 Bennett
Masked Plover August 1990 Bennett
Australian Black Shouldered Kite August 1990 Bennett
Satin Bowerbird August 1990 Bennett
Eastern Rosella September 1990 Bennett
Wonga Pigeon November 1990 Bennett
Willie Wagtail July 1991 Bennett
Fantailed Cuckoo July 1991 Bennett
Mistletoe bird July 1991 Bennett
Crested Hawk July 1992 Bennett
Topknot Pigeon August 1994 Bennett
Fantailed Cuckoo August 1994 Bennett
Grey Butcherbird September 1994 Bennett
Red Crowned Pigeon August 1994 Bennett
Whitefaced Heron December 1995 Bennett
Dollarbird January 1996 Bennett
Channel-billed Cuckoo February 1996 Bennett
Black Cockatoo July 2002 Bennett
  Devrell Family Sightings  
Common Name Resident Comment
Albert's Thrush Yes
Australian Brush Turkey Yes
Bar-Shouldered Dove Yes
Black-Faced Cuckoo-Shrike Yes
Blue-Faced Honeyeater No frequent Visitor
Boobook Owl No 1 sighting
Brown Cuckoo-Dove Yes
Brown Thornbill Yes
Buff Banded Rail Yes
Cattle Egret Yes
Channel-Billed Cuckoo No 1 sighting
Common Koel migrant Sept. to March
Crested Pigeon Yes
Dollarbird No migrant
Eastern Rosella Yes
Fan-Tailed Cuckoo Yes usually in winter
Figbird Yes
Forest Kingfisher 1 sighting
Galah Yes
Golden Whistler Yes
Grey Butcherbird Yes
Grey Fantail Yes Resident March to Sept.
Horsfield's Cuckoo Yes
Leaden Flycatcher No only female sighted
Laughing Kookaburra Yes
Lewin's Honeyeater Yes
Little Friarbird No usually August
Little Shrike-Thrush ? 1 sighting
Magpie Yes
Magpie-Lark (Peewit) No occasional visitor
Masked Lapwing Yes
Noisy Friarbird No Spring visitor
Noisy Miner Yes
Noisy Pitta 1st sighting 2002 (2 birds)
Pacific Baza Yes nested 2 years - 1999, 2000
Peregrine Falcon occasional sighting
Pheasant Coucal Yes
Pied Butcherbird Yes
Rainbow Lorikeet Yes
Red Backed Wren Yes
Red-Browed Firetail Finch Yes
Regent Bowerbird Yes male and female recorded
Restless Flycatcher No probably migratory
Rufous Fantail No migrant
Rufous Whistler ? male and female
Sacred Kingfisher No
Scally-Breasted Lorikeet No visitor in spring
Scarlet Honeyeater No occasional visitor
Silvereye Yes
Spangled Drongo Yes
Spotted Pardelote ?
Straw Necked Iris Yes
Striated Pardelote Yes
Striated Thornbill Yes
Buperb Blue Wren Yes
Tawny Frogmouth Yes
Topknot Pigeon Yes
Torresian Crow Yes
Varied Triller ? 1 sighting
Variegated Wren
WedgeTailed Eagle rare
Welcome Swallow Yes
Whistling Kite occasional
White Faced Heron Yes nested 2000, 2001
White Headed Pigeon Yes
White Winged Triller No female only 2 sightings
White-Browed Scrub Wren Yes
White-Throated Gerygone ? 3 sightings
Willy Wagtail Yes
Wonga Pigeon Yes
Yellowtail Black Cockatoo No frequent visitor
Hotson Family Sightings
Aust brush turkey
Aust white ibis
Blue-faced honeyeater
Brown cuckoo dove
Cattle egret
Common koel
Cormorant
Crested pigeon
Currawong
Dollarbird
Eastern Rosella
Figbird
Galah
Great egret

Grey butcherbird
Jabiru
King parrot
Laughing kookaburra
Magpie
Magpie lark (peewit)
Masked lapwing (plover) Noisy miner
Peregrine falcon
Pheasant coucal
Pied butcherbird
Rainbow lorikeet
Red-backed wren
Silvereye

Spotted pardelote
Spotted turtle dove
Straw necked ibis
Superb blue wren
Tawny frogmouth
Torresian crow
Wedge-tailed eagle
Welcome swallow
White-faced heron
White-headed pigeon
Willie wagtail
Wonga pigeon
Yellowtail black cockatoo

In addition to the Hotson family sightings another study was completed on their property. This species list was compiled by Stephen McKenna and Wendy Neilan , of the Rainforest Co-operative Research Centre and Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Griffith University. Its preparation was part of a project supervised by Dr. Carla Catterall and Dr. John Kanowski, resulting in the dissertation: Neilan W. L. 2004, Seeing the Forest Through the Weeds: An Investigation into the Potential for Rainforest Regeneration in Camphor Laurel-Dominated Regrowth in the Big Scrub. BSc (Hons) thesis, Griffith University.