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* [http://bioacoustics.cse.unsw.edu.au/birding-aus/ Birding-Aus Mailing List Archives] |
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* [http://users.bigpond.net.au/palliser/barc/barc-home.html Birds Australia Rarities Committee – decisions and case summaries] |
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* Clarke, Rohan H. (2004). The avifauna of northern Torres Strait: notes on a wet season visit. ''[[Australian Field Ornithology]]'' '''21''': 49-66. |
* Clarke, Rohan H. (2004). The avifauna of northern Torres Strait: notes on a wet season visit. ''[[Australian Field Ornithology]]'' '''21''': 49-66. |
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* Clarke, Rohan H. (2006). Papuan Spine-tailed Swifts ''Mearnsia novaeguineae'' on Boigu Island, Torres Strait, Queensland. ''[[Australian Field Ornithology]]'' '''23''': 125-129. |
* Clarke, Rohan H. (2006). Papuan Spine-tailed Swifts ''Mearnsia novaeguineae'' on Boigu Island, Torres Strait, Queensland. ''[[Australian Field Ornithology]]'' '''23''': 125-129. |
Revision as of 02:25, 3 November 2016
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The Birds of Boigu, Saibai and Dauan Islands (the Top Western group of Torres Strait), are of particular interest to Australian birders because the islands are home to, and visited by, birds which are essentially New Guinea species not found, or only occasionally seen as vagrants, elsewhere on Australian territory. The islands lie only a few kilometres from the mainland of New Guinea, though they are politically part of the state of Queensland, Australia.
Boigu and Saibai are low-lying alluvial islands of swampland and mangroves, subject to periodic flooding, while Dauan is a smaller but higher granite island. From an Australian birder's perspective, local bird specialities include grey-headed goshawk, Gurney's eagle, rufous-bellied kookaburra, collared imperial-pigeon, orange-bellied fruit-dove, Papuan needletail, red-capped flowerpecker, streak-headed mannikin and singing starling.
Access
Access to these islands is not easy. Permission to visit is required from the island councils. The few birders who visit, do so on pre-organised trips by chartered yacht or, occasionally, on day-trips by chartered light aircraft. Saibai and Boigu have airstrips.
List of birds
The following list is annotated with initials indicating which species have been recorded on the three islands. Because these islands have not been thoroughly surveyed or regularly monitored by birders, it is very likely that the list underestimates the number of species breeding on or visiting them.
- Megapodidae
- Anseranatidae
- Anatidae
- Podicipedidae
- Phalacrocoracidae
- Pelecanidae
- Fregatidae
- Ardeidae
- Great egret, Ardea alba - B-D-S
- Cattle egret, Ardea ibis - S
- Intermediate egret, Ardea intermedia - S
- Pied heron, Ardea picata - B-D-S
- Great-billed heron, Ardea sumatrana - B-S
- Striated heron, Butorides striatus - B-S
- Little egret, Egretta garzetta - B-S
- White-faced heron, Egretta novaehollandiae - B-D-S
- Eastern reef egret, Egretta sacra - B-D-S
- Black bittern, Ixobrychus flavicollis - S
- Nankeen night heron, Nycticorax caledonicus - B-D-S
- Threskiornithidae
- Ciconiidae
- Accipitridae
- Collared sparrowhawk, Accipiter cirrocephalus - S
- Brown goshawk, Accipiter fasciatus - S
- Grey-headed goshawk, Accipiter poliocephalus - S (not accepted by Birds Australia Rarities Committee)
- Gurney's eagle, Aquila gurneyi - B-S
- Pacific baza, Aviceda subcristata - B-D
- Swamp harrier, Circus approximans - B-D-S
- White-bellied sea-eagle, Haliaeetus leucogaster - B-S
- Brahminy kite, Haliastur indus - B-D
- Whistling kite, Haliastur sphenurus - B-S
- Black kite, Milvus migrans - S
- Osprey, Pandion haliaetus - B-S
- Falconidae
- Nankeen kestrel, Falco cenchroides - B-D-S
- Australian hobby, Falco longipennis - B-D-S
- Peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus - B
- Gruidae
- Brolga, Grus rubicunda - S
- Rallidae
- Turnicidae
- Red-backed buttonquail, Turnix maculosa - B-D-S
- Red-chested buttonquail, Turnix pyrrhothorax - S – (old record)
- Scolopacidae
- Common sandpiper, Actitis hypoleucos - B-S
- Ruddy turnstone, Arenaria interpres - D
- Sharp-tailed sandpiper, Calidris acuminata - S
- Pectoral sandpiper, Calidris melanotos - B
- Red-necked stint, Calidris ruficollis - S
- Great knot, Calidris tenuirostris - S
- Latham's snipe, Gallinago hardwickii - B
- Swinhoe's snipe, Gallinago megala - B-S
- Grey-tailed tattler, Tringa brevipes - B-D-S
- Wandering tattler, Tringa incana - D
- Eastern curlew, Numenius madagascariensis - B-S
- Whimbrel, Numenius phaeopus - B-D-S
- Little curlew, Numenius minutus - B-S
- Wood sandpiper, Tringa glareola - B
- Common greenshank, Tringa nebularia - B-S
- Marsh sandpiper, Tringa stagnatilis - B-S
- Burhinidae
- Recurvirostridae
- Charadriidae
- Glareolidae
- Laridae
- Whiskered tern, Chlidonias hybrida - S
- White-winged tern, Chlidonias leucopterus - B
- Silver gull, Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae - S
- Little tern, Sternula albifrons - B-D-S
- Bridled tern, Onychoprion anaethetus
- Sooty tern, Onychoprion fuscatus - S
- Lesser crested tern, Thalasseus bengalensis - B
- Greater crested tern, Thalasseus bergii - B
- Caspian tern, Hydroprogne caspia - B-S
- Roseate tern, Sterna dougallii - D
- Black-naped tern, Sterna sumatrana
- Gull-billed tern, Gelochelidon nilotica - B-S
- Columbidae
- Pacific emerald dove, Chalcophaps longirostris - D
- Peaceful dove, Geopelia striata - S
- Bar-shouldered dove, Geopelia humeralis - B-S
- Superb fruit dove, Ptilinopus superbus - S
- Rose-crowned fruit dove, Ptilinopus regina - B-D-S
- Orange-bellied fruit dove, Ptilinopus iozonus - B
- Collared imperial pigeon, Ducula mullerii - B-S
- Torresian imperial pigeon, Ducula spilorrhoa - B-D-S
- Topknot pigeon, Lopholaimus antarcticus - S
- Psittaculidae
- Cuculidae
- Fan-tailed cuckoo, Cacomantis flabelliformis
- Brush cuckoo, Cacomantis variolosus - B-S
- Shining bronze cuckoo, Chrysococcyx lucidus - S
- Little bronze cuckoo, Chrysococcyx minutillus - B-D-S
- Oriental cuckoo, Cuculus saturatus - B-D-S
- Pacific koel, Eudynamys orientalis - B-D
- Channel-billed cuckoo, Scythrops novaehollandiae - D-S
- Centropodidae
- Pheasant coucal, Centropus phasianinus - B-D-S
- Strigidae
- Caprimulgidae
- Apodidae
- Alcedinidae
- Little kingfisher, Ceyx pusillus - B-S
- Rufous-bellied kookaburra, Dacelo gaudichaud - S (no confirmed records as yet, but sight records)
- Buff-breasted paradise kingfisher, Tanysiptera sylvia - B
- Little paradise kingfisher, Tanysiptera hydrocharis - S
- Torresian kingfisher, Todiramphus sordidus - B-S
- Forest kingfisher, Todiramphus macleayii - B-D
- Sacred kingfisher, Todiramphus sanctus - B-D-S
- Meropidae
- Rainbow bee-eater, Merops ornatus - B-D-S
- Coraciidae
- Dollarbird, Eurystomus orientalis - B-S
- Pittidae
- Pardalotidae
- Meliphagidae
- Rufous-banded honeyeater, Conopophila albogularis - B-D-S
- Varied honeyeater, Gavicalis versicolor - B-S
- Brown honeyeater, Lichmera indistincta - S
- Yellow-spotted honeyeater, Meliphaga notata - S
- Red-headed honeyeater, Myzomela erythrocephala - B-S
- Dusky honeyeater, Myzomela obscura - B-S
- Brown-backed honeyeater, Ramsayornis modestus - B-S
- Tawny-breasted honeyeater, Xanthotis flaviventer - B-S
- Acrocephalidae
- Petroicidae
- Pachycephalidae
- Dicruridae
- Spangled drongo, Dicrurus bracteatus - B-D-S
- Monarchidae
- Frilled monarch, Arses telescophthalmus - B
- Magpie-lark, Grallina cyanoleuca - B-S
- Black-faced monarch, Monarcha melanopsis - B
- Spectacled monarch, Monarcha trivirgatus
- Shining flycatcher, Myiagra alecto - B-D-S
- Satin flycatcher, Myiagra cyanoleuca - B
- Paperbark flycatcher, Myiagra nana - S
- Leaden flycatcher, Myiagra rubecula - S
- Broad-billed flycatcher, Myiagra ruficollis - B-D-S
- Rhipiduridae
- Campephagidae
- Oriolidae
- Artamidae
- Paradisaeidae
- Corvidae
- Torresian crow, Corvus orru - B-D-S
- Motacillidae
- Estrildidae
- Chestnut-breasted mannikin, Lonchura castaneothorax - B-D
- Streak-headed mannikin, Lonchura tristissima - S (no confirmed records but 1 sight record)
- Red-browed finch, Neochmia temporalis - S
- Passeridae
- House sparrow, Passer domesticus - B-S
- Nectariniidae
- Dicaeidae
- Hirundinidae
- Fairy martin, Hirundo ariel - S
- Red-rumped swallow, Hirundo daurica - B
- Welcome swallow, Hirundo neoxena - B-S
- Tree martin, Hirundo nigricans - D-S
- Barn swallow, Hirundo rustica - B-D
- Cisticolidae
- Locustellidae
- Zosteropidae
- Sturnidae
- Singing starling, Aplonis cantoroides - B-D-S
- Metallic starling, Aplonis metallica - B-S
References
- Birding-Aus Mailing List Archives
- Birds Australia Rarities Committee – decisions and case summaries
- Clarke, Rohan H. (2004). The avifauna of northern Torres Strait: notes on a wet season visit. Australian Field Ornithology 21: 49-66.
- Clarke, Rohan H. (2006). Papuan Spine-tailed Swifts Mearnsia novaeguineae on Boigu Island, Torres Strait, Queensland. Australian Field Ornithology 23: 125-129.
- Clarke, Rohan H. (2007). An Orange-bellied Fruit-Dove, Ptilinopus iozonus, on Boigu Island, Torres Strait: The First Record for Australian Territory. Australian Field Ornithology 24: 44-48.
- Draffan, R.D.W.; Garnett, S.T.; & Malone, G.J. (1983). Birds of the Torres Strait: an annotated list and biogeographical analysis. Emu 83: 207-234.
- Morcombe, Michael. (2000). Field Guide to Australian Birds. Steve Parish Publishing: Brisbane. ISBN 1-876282-10-X