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Emu WILDFOTO / Paul Thomsen

Emu

Dromaius novaehollandiae
Casuariidae Casuariiformes Iconic Observed
KnownWell known
Weight100
Locales16

Cape York, Central Australia, Channel Country, Eastern NSW, Gulf Count…

Fairy Gerygone Aviceda / CC BY-SA 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Fairy Gerygone

Gerygone palpebrosa
Acanthizidae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales3

Cape York, South-east Queensland, Wet Tropics

Fairy Martin WILDFOTO / Paul Thomsen

Fairy Martin

Petrochelidon ariel
Hirundinidae Passeriformes Hard Observed
KnownLess known
Weight25
Locales16

Cape York, Central Australia, Channel Country, Eastern NSW, Gulf Count…

Far Eastern Curlew WILDFOTO / Paul Thomsen

Far Eastern Curlew

Numenius madagascariensis
Scolopacidae Charadriiformes Expert Observed
KnownObscure
Weight10
Locales11

Cape York, Eastern NSW, Gulf Country, Kimberley, Nullarbor / Southern …

Fawn-breasted Bowerbird Stavenn / CC BY 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Fawn-breasted Bowerbird

Chlamydera cerviniventris
Ptilonorhynchidae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales2

Cape York, Wet Tropics

Forest Kingfisher WILDFOTO / Paul Thomsen

Forest Kingfisher

Todiramphus macleayii
Alcedinidae Coraciiformes Easy Observed
KnownFamiliar
Weight80
Locales5

Cape York, Gulf Country, Kimberley, Top End, Wet Tropics

Frill-necked Monarch Aviceda / CC BY-SA 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Frill-necked Monarch

Arses lorealis
Monarchidae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales2

Cape York, Wet Tropics

Galah WILDFOTO / Paul Thomsen

Galah

Eolophus roseicapilla
Cacatuidae Psittaciformes Iconic Observed
KnownWell known
Weight100
Locales16

Cape York, Central Australia, Channel Country, Eastern NSW, Gulf Count…

Glossy Ibis WILDFOTO / Paul Thomsen

Glossy Ibis

Plegadis falcinellus
Threskiornithidae Pelecaniformes Medium Observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales16

Cape York, Central Australia, Channel Country, Eastern NSW, Gulf Count…

Glossy Swiftlet Lip Kee / CC BY-SA 2.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Glossy Swiftlet

Collocalia esculenta
Apodidae Caprimulgiformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales2

Cape York, Wet Tropics

Golden-backed Honeyeater John Gould / William Matthew Hart / Public domain / via Wikimedia Commons

Golden-backed Honeyeater

Melithreptus laetior
Meliphagidae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales1

Cape York

Golden-headed Cisticola WILDFOTO / Paul Thomsen

Golden-headed Cisticola

Cisticola exilis
Cisticolidae Passeriformes Hard Observed
KnownLess known
Weight25
Locales5

Cape York, Gulf Country, Kimberley, Top End, Wet Tropics

Golden-shouldered Parrot JJ Harrison / CC BY-SA 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Golden-shouldered Parrot

Psephotellus chrysopterygius
Psittaculidae Psittaciformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales1

Cape York

Gouldian Finch WILDFOTO / Paul Thomsen

Gouldian Finch

Chloebia gouldiae
Estrildidae Passeriformes Medium Observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales5

Cape York, Gulf Country, Kimberley, Top End, Wet Tropics

Graceful Honeyeater Mike's Birds from Riverside, CA, US / CC BY-SA 2.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Graceful Honeyeater

Microptilotis gracilis
Meliphagidae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales2

Cape York, Wet Tropics

Great Bowerbird WILDFOTO / Paul Thomsen

Great Bowerbird

Chlamydera nuchalis
Ptilonorhynchidae Passeriformes Easy Observed
KnownFamiliar
Weight80
Locales5

Cape York, Gulf Country, Kimberley, Top End, Wet Tropics

Great Egret WILDFOTO / Paul Thomsen

Great Egret

Ardea alba
Ardeidae Pelecaniformes Easy Observed
KnownFamiliar
Weight80
Locales16

Cape York, Central Australia, Channel Country, Eastern NSW, Gulf Count…

Great Frigatebird Jason Corriveau / Public domain / via Wikimedia Commons

Great Frigatebird

Fregata minor
Fregatidae Pelecaniformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales3

Cape York, Top End, Wet Tropics

Great Knot Afsarnayakkan / CC BY-SA 4.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Great Knot

Calidris tenuirostris
Scolopacidae Charadriiformes Expert Observed
KnownObscure
Weight10
Locales11

Cape York, Eastern NSW, Gulf Country, Kimberley, Nullarbor / Southern …

Great-billed heron WILDFOTO / Paul Thomsen

Great-billed heron

Ardea sumatrana
Ardeidae Pelecaniformes Medium Observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales5

Cape York, Gulf Country, Kimberley, Top End, Wet Tropics

Greater Sand-Plover WILDFOTO / Paul Thomsen

Greater Sand-Plover

Anarhynchus leschenaultii
Charadriidae Charadriiformes Medium Observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales11

Cape York, Eastern NSW, Gulf Country, Kimberley, Nullarbor / Southern …

Green oriole Lip Kee from Singapore, Republic of Singapore / CC BY-SA 2.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Green oriole

Oriolus flavocinctus
Oriolidae Passeriformes Medium Observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales5

Cape York, Gulf Country, Kimberley, Top End, Wet Tropics

Green Pygmy Goose WILDFOTO / Paul Thomsen

Green Pygmy Goose

Nettapus pulchellus
Anatidae Anseriformes Easy Observed
KnownFamiliar
Weight80
Locales5

Cape York, Gulf Country, Kimberley, Top End, Wet Tropics

Green-backed Gerygone Alan Bell / CC BY 4.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Green-backed Gerygone

Gerygone chloronota
Acanthizidae Passeriformes Hard Not observed
KnownLess known
Weight25
Locales5

Cape York, Gulf Country, Kimberley, Top End, Wet Tropics