Site Report: Cattana Wetlands
Wandering Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna arcuata)
Sahul Sunbird (Cinnyris frenatus)
Black-necked Stork (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus)
Magpie Goose (Anseranas semipalmata)
Crimson Finch (Neochmia phaeton)
Willie-wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys)
White-browed Crake (Amaurornis cinerea)
Green Pygmy-goose (Nettapus pulchellus)
Little Bronze-Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx minutillus)
Green Oriole (Oriolus flavocinctus)
Tawny Grassbird (Megalurus timoriensis)
Golden-headed Cisticola (Cisticola exilis)
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Wandering Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna arcuata)
Sahul Sunbird (Cinnyris frenatus)
Black-necked Stork (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus)
Magpie Goose (Anseranas semipalmata)
Crimson Finch (Neochmia phaeton)
Willie-wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys)
White-browed Crake (Amaurornis cinerea)
Green Pygmy-goose (Nettapus pulchellus)
Little Bronze-Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx minutillus)
Green Oriole (Oriolus flavocinctus)
Tawny Grassbird (Megalurus timoriensis)
Golden-headed Cisticola (Cisticola exilis)
A small wetland area near the Cairns Airport.
Visits
- 2012-11-07: I woke up early to get a chance to check out these wetlands on my own. It was good to get back to driving on the wrong side of the road, and I found the wetland without much problem. Walking around the wetland was interesting as I saw my first Wallaby (a marsupial that is a little smaller than a kangaroo but very similar). As it turns out, a lot of the bird life that I saw in the wetland, I did not see anywhere else on my trip to Australia. After a couple of hours at the wetland, I was ready for an expensive breakfast, and I headed back into Cairns.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (25 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(25 records)
Class: Birds
(24 records)
- Order: Anseriformes
(4 records)
- Family: Magpie Geese
- Magpie Goose (Anseranas semipalmata)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Wandering Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna arcuata)
- Green Pygmy-goose (Nettapus pulchellus)
- Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- White-browed Crake (Poliolimnas cinereus)
- Order: Cuckoos
(1 record)
- Family: Cuckoos
- Little Bronze-Cuckoo (Chalcites minutillus)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(1 record)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Brown Cuckoo-Dove (Macropygia phasianella)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Swamp Harrier (Circus approximans)
- Order: Pelicans
(6 records)
- Family: Anhingas
- Australasian Darter (Anhinga novaehollandiae)
- Family: Grebes
- Australasian Grebe (Tachybaptus novaehollandiae)
- Family: Herons
- Plumed Egret (Ardea plumifera)
- Family: Jacanas
- Comb-crested Jacana (Irediparra gallinacea)
- Family: Stilts and Avocets
- Pied Stilt (Himantopus leucocephalus)
- Family: Storks
- Black-necked Stork (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus)
- Order: Perching Birds
(9 records)
- Family: Drongos
- Spangled Drongo (Dicrurus bracteatus)
- Family: Fantails
- Willie-wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Tawny Grassbird (Cincloramphus timoriensis)
- Family: Old World Orioles
- Green Oriole (Oriolus flavocinctus)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- Crimson Finch (Neochmia phaeton)
- Family: Paradise-flycatcher
- Leaden Flycatcher (Myiagra rubecula)
- Family: Prinias and Apalis
- Golden-headed Cisticola (Cisticola exilis)
- Family: Sunbirds
- Sahul Sunbird (Cinnyris frenatus)
- Family: Swallows
- Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(1 record)
- Family: Megapodes
- Orange-footed Megapode (Megapodius reinwardt)
Class: Mammals
(1 record)
- Order: Diprotodontia
(1 record)
- Family: Macropodidae
- Agile Wallaby (Macropus agilis)