A complete checklist of Daintree birds, in order, can be found on our Daintree Birds Checklist page.

For more information on current and recent bird sightings:

• Weekly Bird Sightings
• Daintree Birding Bulletin

Common Daintree Bird Species: Southern Cassowary Little Kingfisher Azure Kingfisher Buff-breasted Paradise-kingfisher Forest Kingfisher Sacred Kingfisher Laughing Kookaburra Blue-winged Kookaburra Topknot Pigeon Wompoo Fruit-dove Superb Fruit-dove Peaceful Dove Bar-Shouldered Dove Emerald Dove Brown Cuckoo-dove Pied Imperial Pigeon Double-eyed Fig Parrot Rainbow Lorikeet Gould's Bronze Cuckoo White-rumped Swiftlet Orange-footed Scrubfowl Spangled Drongo Papuan Frogmouth Dollarbird Lovely Fairy-Wren Red-backed Fairy-Wren Masked Lapwing Black Necked Stork Large-billed Gerygone Rainbow Bee-Eater Helmeted Friarbird Yellow-spotted Honeyeater Graceful Honeyeater Yellow Honeyeater Dusky Honeyeater Macleays Honeyeater Brown-backed Honeyeater Cicadabird Varied Triller Yellow Oriole Figbird Black Butcherbird Yellow-bellied Sunbird Metallic Starling Mistletoebird Little Shrike-Thrush Spectacled Monarch Brush Turkey Bush Stone-Curlew Pacific Baza Black Kite Brahminy Kite Osprey White-bellied Sea-Eagle

Photo: Simon Fordham Photo: Mark Eagles Photo: Richard Fowler Photo: Don Dolga Photo: Taro Okauchi

Also, on the Daintree River a variety of species can be found including:

Great-billed Heron Black Bittern Nankeen Night Heron Striated Heron Shining Flycatcher Royal Spoonbill

Great Egret Little Egret Intermediate Egret White-faced Heron Pacific Heron Little Black Cormorant

For further information on Australian Birds we recommend Birdwatching Australia.