The following birds are found in the diverse habitats of the Daintree area. Some birds are common residents, others common migrants and others are more difficult to find. Unusual sightings have not been mentioned in this list, nor have waders.

2	Southern Cassowary	UR		401	Lesser Sooty Owl	UR*
4	Orange-footed Scrubfowl	CR		403	Barn Owl	UR
6	Australian Brush-Turkey	CR		406	Papuan Frogmouth	CR
92	Australian Pelican	UR		410	Large-tailed Nightjar	CR
103	Darter	CR		413	White-rumped Swiftlet	CR
106	Little Pied Cormorant	CR		415	White-throated Needletail	SM
107	Great Cormorant	UR		416	Fork-tailed Swift	SM
108	Little Black Cormorant	CR		418	Azure Kingfisher	CR
112	Magpie Goose	WM		419	Little Kingfisher	CR
116	Wandering Whistling-Duck	UR		420	Laughing Kookaburra	CR
120	Pacific Black Duck	CR		421	Blue-winged Kookaburra	CR
122	Grey Teal	UR		422	Forest Kingfisher	CR
132	Green Pygmy Goose	CR		424	Sacred Kingfisher	WM
135	Buff-banded Rail	CR		425	Collared Kingfisher	UR
139	Red-necked Crake	UR		427	Buff-breasted Paradise KF	SM
143	White-browed Crake	CR		428	Rainbow Bee-eater	SM
144	Bush-hen	UR		429	Dollarbird	SM
147	Dusky Moorhen	UR		432	Noisy Pitta	UR
148	Purple Swamphen	UR		449	Lovely Fairy-wren	CR
150	Great-billed Heron	CR		453	Red-backed Fairy-wren	CR
151	White-necked Heron	CR		490	Fairy Gerygone	CR
152	Pied Heron	UR		495	Large-billed Gerygone	CR
153	White-faced Heron	CR		517	Helmeted Friarbird	CR
154	Cattle Egret	CR		519	Noisy Friarbird	CR
155	Great Egret	CR		520	Little Friarbird	CR
156	Little Egret	CR		523	Macleay's Honeyeater	CR*
157	Intermediate Egret	CR		529	Lewin's Honeyeater	WM
159	Striated Heron	CR		530	Yellow-spotted Honeyeater	CR
160	Nankeen Night Heron	CR		531	Graceful Honeyeater	CR
163	Black Bittern	SM		533	Bridled Honeyeater	UR
166	Australian White ibis	CR		540	Yellow Honeyeater	CR
167	Straw-necked Ibis	CR		564	Brown Honeyeater	UR
168	Royal Spoonbill	CR		567	Brown-backed Honeyeater	SM
170	Black-necked Stork	CR		573	Dusky Honeyeater	CR
185	Common Sandpiper	CR		608	Mangrove Robin	UR
186	Common Greenshank	SM		616	Pale-yellow Robin	CR
192	Latham's Snipe	UR		620	Little Shrike-thrush	CR
222	Comb-crested Jacana	UR		629	Grey Whistler	CR
224	Bush Stone-curlew	CR		632	Northern Fantail	WM
225	Beach Stone-curlew	UR		633	Grey Fantail	WM
228	Masked Lapwing	CR		635	Rufous Fantail	WM
243	Black-fronted Dotterel	CR		636	Willie Wagtail	CR
245	Black-winged Stilt	CR		638	Leaden Flycatcher	WM
280	Pacific Baza	UR		639	Satin Flycatcher	WM
281	Black-shouldered Kite	CR		640	Shining Flycatcher	CR
283	Osprey	CR		642	Yellow-breasted Boatbill	UR
286	Black Kite	CR		643	Black-faced Monarch	WM
287	Whistling Kite	CR		645	Spectacled Monarch	CR
288	Brahminy Kite	CR		647	Pied Monarch	UR*
289	White-bellied Sea-Eagle	CR		649	Magpie Lark	CR
292	Brown Goshawk	WM		650	Spangled Drongo	CR
293	Collared Sparrowhawk	UR		651	Yellow Oriole	CR
294	Grey Goshawk	UR		652	Olive-backed Oriole	UR
300	Australian Hobby	UR		653	Figbird	CR
302	Brown Falcon	WM		655	Victoria's Riflebird	UR*
303	Nankeen Kestrel	CR		659	Spotted Catbird	CR
305	Superb Fruit-Dove	UR		668	Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike	WM
306	Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove	UR		669	Barred Cuckoo-shrike	SM
307	Wompoo Fruit-Dove	CR		670	White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike	CR
308	Pied Imperial-Pigeon	SM		671	Cicadabird	CR
310	Topknot Pigeon	CR		674	Varied Triller	CR
313	Spotted Turtle-Dove	UR#		675	White-breasted Woodswallow	CR
315	Brown Cuckoo-Dove	CR		681	Black Butcherbird	CR
316	Peaceful Dove	CR		693	Torresian Crow	UR
318	Bar-shouldered Dove	CR		698	Welcome Swallow	CR
319	Emerald Dove	CR		700	Tree Martin	CR
341	Sulphur-crested Cockatoo	CR		701	Fairy Martin	CR
344	Rainbow Lorikeet	CR		702	Australian Pipit	CR
345	Scaly-breasted Lorikeet	UR		711	Clamorous Reed-Warbler	UR
350	Double-eyed Fig-Parrot	CR		716	Golden-headed Cisticola	UR
351	Australian King Parrot	UR		717	Tawny Grassbird	UR
384	Brush Cuckoo	CR		720	House Sparrow	CR#
386	Fan-tailed Cuckoo	UR		737	Nutmeg Mannikin	CR#
391	Gould's Bronze-Cuckoo	CR		739	Chesnut-breasted Mannikin	CR
392	Common Koel	SM		742	Yellow-bellied Sunbird	CR
393	Channel-billed Cuckoo	SM		743	Mistletoebird	CR
394	Pheasant Coucal	CR		746	Silvereye	CR
395	Rufous Owl	UR		752	Metallic Starling	SM
397	Southern Boobook	UR		754	Common Myna	CR#

Ref:	Simpson and Day 1999
Code:	CR UR SM WM   * #	Commonly seen resident Uncommonly seen resident Summer migrant/visitor Winter migrant/visitor Endemic Introduced