Site Report: Daintree Village
Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog (Litoria allax)
Australasian Figbird (Sphecotheres vieilloti)
Pacific Emerald Dove (Chalcophaps longirostris)
Metallic Starling (Aplonis metallica) - Immature
Sahul Sunbird (Cinnyris frenatus) - Female
Spangled Drongo (Dicrurus bracteatus)
Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus)
Black Butcherbird (Cracticus quoyi)
White-breasted Woodswallow (Artamus leucorynchus)
Australian Swiftlet (Aerodramus terraereginae)
Brown-backed Honeyeater (Ramsayornis modestus)
Graceful Honeyeater (Meliphaga gracilis)
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Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog (Litoria allax)
Australasian Figbird (Sphecotheres vieilloti)
Pacific Emerald Dove (Chalcophaps longirostris)
Metallic Starling (Aplonis metallica) - Immature
Sahul Sunbird (Cinnyris frenatus) - Female
Spangled Drongo (Dicrurus bracteatus)
Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus)
Black Butcherbird (Cracticus quoyi)
White-breasted Woodswallow (Artamus leucorynchus)
Australian Swiftlet (Aerodramus terraereginae)
Brown-backed Honeyeater (Ramsayornis modestus)
Graceful Honeyeater (Meliphaga gracilis)
A small town surrounded by a bunch of cow pastures.
Visits
- 2012-11-08: We arrived later in the afternoon to the Daintree Village for a three night stay. We were expecting rainforest, but the area is mostly cow pastures with a few patches of remnant rainforest. Anyway, there is a nearby waterfall, and for $10, you can walk on the road to visit it. After walking to the waterfall (which has a great swimming hole) we were shocked to find that the store had closed thus depriving us any chance to buy beer. We were forced to travel to a nearby "eco" lodge (the "eco" stands for "expensive and sterile").
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (24 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(24 records)
Class: Amphibians
(2 records)
- Order: Toads and Frogs
(2 records)
- Family: Tree Frogs
- Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog (Litoria allax)
- Family: True Toads
- Giant Cane Toad (Rhinella marina)
Class: Birds
(19 records)
- Order: Anseriformes
(1 record)
- Family: Magpie Geese
- Magpie Goose (Anseranas semipalmata)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(2 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Bar-shouldered Dove (Geopelia humeralis)
- Pacific Emerald Dove (Chalcophaps longirostris)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts
(1 record)
- Family: Swifts
- Australian Swiftlet (Aerodramus terraereginae)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots
(1 record)
- Family: Kingfishers
- Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
- Order: Parrots
(3 records)
- Family: Cockatoos
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita)
- Family: Old World Parrots
- Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus)
- Order: Pelicans
(1 record)
- Family: Herons
- Eastern Cattle Egret (Ardea coromanda)
- Order: Perching Birds
(9 records)
- Family: Drongos
- Spangled Drongo (Dicrurus bracteatus)
- Family: Honeyeaters
- Cryptic Honeyeater (Meliphaga imitatrix)
- Helmeted Friarbird (Philemon buceroides)
- Brown-backed Honeyeater (Ramsayornis modestus)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Black Butcherbird (Melloria quoyi)
- Family: Old World Orioles
- Australasian Figbird (Sphecotheres vieilloti)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- Metallic Starling (Aplonis metallica)
- Family: Sunbirds
- Sahul Sunbird (Cinnyris frenatus)
- Family: Woodswallows, Bellmagpies and Allies
- White-breasted Woodswallow (Artamus leucorynchus)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(1 record)
- Family: Megapodes
- Orange-footed Megapode (Megapodius reinwardt)
Class: Mammals
(3 records)
- Order: Diprotodontia
(1 record)
- Family: Macropodidae
- Red-legged Pademelon (Thylogale stigmatica)
- Order: Lagomorpha
(1 record)
- Family: Leporidae
- European Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
- Order: Monotremata
(1 record)
- Family: Ornithorhynchidae
- Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)