Site Report: Port Douglas

Magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca)

Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus)

Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio melanotus)

Helmeted Friarbird (Philemon buceroides)

Port Douglass is a small town built on an estuary.

2012-11-07: We drove up to Port Douglass along the coast road, and I was keeping my eyes peeled for crocodiles every time we crossed water. There was one bridge from which I saw what looked to be a very large crocodile floating in a river, but my friend driving did not want to stop and confirm. That is too bad as we did not see any crocodile anywhere else. It would be nice to know whether or not the knobby crocodile shaped object was a log. Arriving in Port Douglass, we arranged a scuba trip for the next day, but otherwise spent a very short time in the village.

Kingdom: Animals (13 records)

Phylum: Chordates (13 records)

Class: Birds (13 records)

Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies (1 record)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Australasian Swamphen (Porphyrio melanotus)

Order: Parrots (1 record)
- Family: Old World Parrots
- Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus)

Order: Pelicans (4 records)
- Family: Herons
- Eastern Cattle Egret (Ardea coromanda)
- Family: Ibises and Spoonbills
- Straw-necked Ibis (Threskiornis spinicollis)
- Family: Oystercatchers
- Pied Oystercatcher (Haematopus longirostris)
- Family: Storks
- Black-necked Stork (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus)

Order: Perching Birds (5 records)
- Family: Honeyeaters
- Helmeted Friarbird (Philemon buceroides)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca)
- Family: Old World Orioles
- Olive-backed Oriole (Oriolus sagittatus)
- Green Oriole (Oriolus flavocinctus)
- Family: Swallows
- Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena)

Order: Shorebirds and Allies (2 records)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Silver Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae)
- Sooty Tern (Onychoprion fuscatus)