BIRD LIST FOR MT CARBINE AND ENVIRONS

(Does not include birds from Mt Spurgeon area)

I bis, Glossy  -  dry season visitor in very small numbers
          Straw-necked - irregular visitor, sometimes common
          White - rather uncommon visitor
Jacana, Comb-crested  -  a few records from tailings dam
Jacky Winter  -  a small population on Hurricane road
Kestrel, Australian
Kingfisher, Azure  -  along running creeks and Mitchell River
          Red-backed - a few turn up each winter on Mt Carbine/ Mt Molloy Road, on powerlines
          Sacred - winter visitor
          Forest - common

Kite, Black  -  common
          Black-shouldered - sometimes about Maryfarms
          Letter-winged - two birds about Maryfarms 1995
          Square-tailed - sometimes a pair winters about Maryfarms
          Whistling - common, breeding about the dams
Kookaburra, Blue-winged  -  common about the town and dams
          Laughing - common
Lapwing, Masked (Plover)  -  common
Lorikeet, Little  -  has been recorded flying over
          Rainbow - breeds in large numbers around Mt Carbine
          Scaly-breasted - common
          Varied  -  a flock on the Mitchell River, Hurricane Station, 1996
Magpie, Australian  -  common
Magpie-lark  -  common
Mannikin, Chestnut-breasted  -  more so along the Mt Molloy road
Martin, Fairy  -  mostly a winter visitor
          Tree - mostly a winter visitor
Mistletoebird  -  common

Monarch, Black-faced  -  sometimes along denser creeks on migration
Moorhen, Dusky  -  rare, sometimes about dams
Mynah, Common  -  common about Mt Carbine town (introduced)
Needletail, Spine-tailed  -  moderately common summer visitor
Night Heron, Nankeen  -  uncommon visitor to dams
Nightjar, Large-tailed  -  more so along Mt Molloy road
          Spotted - small numbers about Mt Carbine in hilly country
Oriole, Olive-backed  -  common
Osprey  -  a bird over the tailings dam, 1994
Owl, Barking  -  uncommon
          Barn - uncommon
          Rufous - pairs along Mitchell River
Owlet Nightjar, Australian  -  moderately common
Pardalote, Red-browed  -  rare, sometimes along Hurricane road
          Spotted - more so in denser woodland towards ranges in winter
          Striated - very common
Parrot, Red-winged  -  irregular but common
Pelican, Australian  -  sometimes on the dams
Pigeon, Crested  -  small numbers about the town area, more common towards Hurricane Station
          Squatter - common
Pipit, Richard's  -  moderately common, more so about Maryfarms
Pratincole, Australian  -  a couple of records from Mt Carbine
Pygmy-goose, Cotton  -  rare, a few records from the dams
          Green - rare, a few records from the dams
Quail  -  Brown
Reed-Warbler, Australian  -  sometimes moderately common in bull-rushes about the dams


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