Bird Tracker

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31/05/2020

Bird Fact: The Cassowary is the heaviest bird in Australia.

They may appear like the combination of turkey and ostrich while some tell they look like a 'giant prehistoric turkey, but Cassowaries are in fact descendants of dinosaurs. 😮 😮 😮

That explains why their large, black-feathered body, bluish skin on their head, reddish skin on their neck and blue-grey coloured legs are similar to a dinosaur.

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31/05/2020

Trumpet Manucode

The adult males are 31cm and the females are 28cm. They have overall glossy blue-black feathers with unique elongated 'head tufts' and loose neck feathers.

🐦 Behaviour: Males have loud and powerful calls during courtship.
🐦 Feeding: Fruits and invertebrates
🐦 Breeding: Monogamous, both male and female attend nest during incubation period, brooding and feeding

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31/05/2020

Papuan Frogmouth

A nocturnal bird that belongs to the Nightjars family and the largest Frogmouth when it comes to length. They can be identified from other Frogmouths through their large red eyes and bulbous bill.

🦉 Behaviour: Their call, a resonant 'ooom' or a laughing hoot is commonly heard before dawn and after dusk.
🦉 Feeding: Their diet is mainly insects, but they are also preying on mice, frogs or small reptiles.
🦉 Breeding: This type of bird breed from August to January. They will lay one or two eggs in a nest made of few sticks.

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29/04/2020

Green Python

A bright green snake that can reach 2 m in length and 1.6 kg in weight, with females slightly larger and heavier than males. Living generally in trees, the green tree python mainly hunts and eats small reptiles and mammals.

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29/04/2020

Chilli Beach Campground Map

Located behind the dunes and fringing coastal vegetation, including coconut palms, this popular camping area offers beach walking and fishing opportunities. Avoid camping and sitting under trees laden with coconuts. The camping area can be reached by four-wheel-drive vehicles only.

Number of sites: 25 numbered sites.

Camp sites are suitable for: tent camping beside your car or camper trailers.

29/04/2020

Trumpet Manucode

Male: 31 cm, 130-240 g
Female 28 cm, 130-182 g

The trumpet manucode is named after its powerful and loud trumpeting calls.

The trumpet manucode is approximately 31 cm long. It has elongated horn-like head tufts and loose neck feathers. The plumage is of an iridescent blackish glossed blue, green and purple. It has a red iris, long coiled trachea, and blackish bill, mouth and legs. The female resembles the male, but is smaller in size and duller in color.

Some of the subspecies vary slightly among themselves, most notably in size and iridescence color.

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29/04/2020

Kutini-Payamu (Iron Range) National Park (CYPAL)

A coastal park with spectacular views from the beaches and headlands to the heath-covered Tozer Range, which rises 543 m above sea level. The park is also of international significance as it contains the largest remaining area of lowland rainforest in Australia.

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03/04/2020

Magnificent Riflebird

✅ Can be found in rainforest on Cape York and in New Guinea.
✅ The males mostly black, with bright metallic blue chest and crown and shaggy black flank plumes.
✅ The Females brown above, pale with fine barred pattern below, strong white eyebrow, and brown moustachial mark.
✅ A large songbird with a very long curved bill

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03/04/2020

The Coastal Landscape in Queensland

Queensland has an extravagantly diverse landscape that is dominated by its extensive coastline which is home to more than 60% of its resident population. The state is famous for tropical islands and white sandy beaches.

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03/04/2020

Black-necked Stork

👉 The only stork found in Australia.
👉 Their identifier - black and white body plumage, glossy dark green and purple neck and massive black bill.
👉 They inhabits wetlands.
👉 They are feed on fish, small crustaceans and amphibians.

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03/04/2020

The Landscape of Cape York - Termite Mounds

A series of termite mounds formed from the old wooden poles of the telegraph line, Cape York, Australia.

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03/04/2020

Yellow-breasted boatbill

🐦 Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist forests at all altitudes.
🐦 The Yellow-breasted boatbill diets are insects, including beetles and caterpillars.
🐦 It breeds Aug–Mar in Australia; probably single-brooded.

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10/03/2020

The Gordon Creek & Cooks Hut camping areas is an awesome spot for birdwatching - offers a shady and sheltered area in the rainforest.

The Gordon Creek is located on the bank of Gordon Creek while the Cooks Hut is near the Claudie River.

09/03/2020

Eclectus Parrot 🦜🦜🦜

Can only be found in Cape York Peninsula in the state of Queensland, Australia.

The Eclectus Parrot is one of the largest of the nine subspecies - the length is about 42 cm and has a 18cm tail.

Their diet are berries and other fruit, nuts, seeds and blossoms.

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09/03/2020

Fawn-breasted Bowerbird 🐦

👉 The bird is about 30 cm long.
👉 Males are larger than females (Male weighing 145-182 g while the females weigh 117-170 g)
👉 The Fawn-breasted Bowerbird diets are fruits and insects, including beetles and caterpillars.

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04/03/2020

Birdwatchers come from all over Australia and the World to see the unique assortment of birds and animals found at Iron Range. 🦜

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