Annotated Top End Birdlist
Free printable checklist
All 290 species on this annotated list are organised in this Top End Birds Checklist. Birds of Darwin and surrounds including Kakadu, Arnhemland, Litchfield and areas to the west and east of Katherine. IOC v7.2 listing as of 2017.
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The list below is a work in progress as various notes will be added and updated on a regular basis. These notes are brief but thorough and accurate, due largely to the years of observation and notes compiled by Niven McCrie from decades of observing birds in the Top End and my own observations from since 2007.
Links to pages featuring the birds will be added as the data base of information and photos is built up. Please feel free to contribute any observations, comments or photos of these species. Please restrict contributions to birds seen or photographed in the Territory, even where the same species occurs in other states.
1. Emu - uncommon to rare, mostly southern and eastern Top End.
2. Orange-footed Scrubfowl Megapodius reinwardt - common in coastal areas, monsoon forest, mangroves and parks. Breeds August to July. View Profile
4. Brown Quail Coturnix ypsilophora - common and widespread, grassy understorey in open woodland. Breeds March to July.
5. King Quail - rare, dense riverine vegetation. Breeds January to May.
6. Magpie Goose Coturnix ypsilophora - common and widespread, wetlands, orchards. Breeds January to April.
7. Plumed Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna eytoni - moderately common, wetlands. Breeds January to June.
8. Wandering Whistling-Duck - common and widespread, wetlands. Breeds March - July.
9. Spotted Whistling-Duck - rare vagrant, wetlands. Increasingly appearing at Leanyer and sighted at Fogg Dam in 2013.
10. Freckled Duck - rare visitor, wetlands.
11. Black Swan - rare and irregular May to November, all regions.
12. Radjah Shelduck - common and widespread, all regions. Breeds March to July.
13. Australian Wood Duck - rare and irregular May to October, wetlands.
14. Pink-eared Duck - moderately common and widespread, all regions. Breeds at any time.
15. Green Pygmy-goose - common and widespread, all regions. Breeds January to May.
18. Grey Teal - common and widespread May to December, all regions. Breeding triggered by rainfall.
19. Pacific Black Duck - common and widespread, all regions May to December. Breeds January to June.
20. Hardhead - moderately common and widespread, all regions April to November.
21. Brolga - moderately common and widespread, greatest numbers May to November, wetlands, grasslands
22. Australian Swamphen - uncommon to moderately common, mainly May to November, wetlands
23. Chestnut Rail - moderately common resident, coastal mangroves
24. Buff-banded Rail - moderately common resident, mainly coastal and near coastal, wetlands, streams, estuaries and mangroves
25. Baillon's Crake - uncommon and irregular visitor to coastal and near coastal areas, wetlands
27. White-browed Crake - moderately common resident in coastal and near coastal areas, wetlands
28. Pale-vented Bush-hen - rare and localised, riverine woodland, monsoon forest, mangrove edges
31. Eurasian Coot - uncommon to moderately common and widespread dry season visitor, wetlands
32. Australian Bustard - uncommon to rare but widespread, mainly dry season in northerly areas, open woodlands, floodplains, grasslands
33. Red-backed Button-quail - uncommon to moderately common resident, mainly coastal and near coastal, wetland edges, floodplains, open woodlands
34. Chestnut-backed Button-quail - uncommon and localised resident, open woodlands with sparse grass grass cover, rocky ridges
35. Red-chested Button-quail - uncommon to moderately common, open woodland, wetland edges, grasslands
38. Australasian Grebe - common and widespread, all regions mainly April to November. Breeds September to May.
41. Great Crested Grebe - uncommon to rare and localised May to October, all regions.
47. Australasian Darter - common and widespread, inshore, harbours, creeks, rivers, wetlands
48. Little Pied Cormorant - common and widespread, inshore, harbours, creeks, rivers, wetlands
50. Little Black Cormorant - common and widespread, inshore, harbours, creeks, rivers, wetlands
51. Pied Cormorant - moderately common along coast, uncommon to rare inland
52. Australian Pelican - common and widespread, coast, wetlands
53. Black-necked Stork - moderately common and widespread resident, wetlands
55. Black Bittern - uncommon and widespread, wetlands, mangroves, rivers and paperbark forest
56. White-necked Heron - moderately common and widespread, more likely to be seen inland than on the coast, wetlands
57. Eastern Great Egret - common and widespread, estuaries, harbours and wetlands
58. Intermediate Egret - common and widespread, estuaries, harbours and wetlands
59. Great-billed Heron - uncommon to rare, all regions, estuaries, rivers, wetlands
60. Cattle Egret - moderately common and widespread, in pastures with cattle and horses, wetlands
61. Striated Heron - moderately common resident, mangroves, reefs, estuaries, creeks
62. Pied Heron - common and widespread visitor, wetlands, sewerage ponds, rubbish tips View Profile
63. White-faced Heron - moderately common and widespread though scarce near the coast, wetlands
64. Little Egret - moderately common and widespread, estuaries, reefs, wetlands
65. Eastern Reef Egret - moderately common coastal resident, coast, harbours and estuaries
66. Nankeen Night-Heron - moderately common and widespread, wetlands, paperbark forests
67. Glossy Ibis - moderately common and widespread visitor, wetlands
68. Australian White Ibis - common and widespread resident, mangroves, wetlands, parks
69. Straw-necked Ibis - common and widespread dry season visitor with some resident and breeding, wetlands, parks, woodlands
70. Royal Spoonbill - moderately common and widespread, especially May to October, wetlands
71. Yellow-billed Spoonbill - rare and irregular dry season visitor, wetlands
72. Eastern Osprey - uncommon resident, coastal and adjacent areas
73. Black-shouldered Kite - uncommon but widespread, grassland, wetlands, floodplains
74. Letter-winged Kite - rare, sporadic visitor, grasslands, floodplains, wetlands
75. Square-tailed Kite - uncommon but widespreadvisitor, open woodland, riverine woodland
76. Black-breasted Buzzard - moderately common and widespread, more often seen in north during dry season
77. Pacific Baza - uncommon but widespread, woodlands, monsoon forest, occasionally parks and suburbs
78. White-bellied Sea-Eagle - common and widespread, coasts, wetlands, estuaries and large rivers
79. Whistling Kite - common and widespread, wetlands, open woodland, rubbish tips, suburbs
80. Brahminy Kite - common resident of coastal areas, coast, wetlands, suburbs
81. Black Kite - common and widespread resident, numbers reduced during wet season, open woodland, beaches, rubbish tips, parks and suburbs
82. Brown Goshawk - common and widespread, migratory race boosts numbers during dry season, woodlands, mangroves, parks and suburbs
83. Collared Sparrowhawk - uncommon but widespread resident, woodlands, suburbs and parks
84. Grey Goshawk - uncommon but widespread resident, monsoon and riverine forest, mangroves, parks and suburbs
85. Spotted Harrier - uncommon but widespread dry season resident, grasslands, dry floodplains
86. Swamp Harrier - uncommon but widespread visitor, May to December, floodplains, wetlands
87. Red Goshawk - rare but widespread resident, open woodland, especially near large rivers
88. Wedge-tailed Eagle - moderately common and widespread, especially more inland, open woodland, plains and escarpments
89. Little Eagle - uncommon visitor, mainly southern areas, open woodlands and plains
90. Nankeen Kestrel - moderately common and widespread, open woodland, grasslands, parks
91. Brown Falcon - common and widespread resident, open woodland, wetlands and parks
92. Australian Hobby - moderately common and widespread, open woodland, wetlands and parks
93. Grey Falcon - rare visitor, open woodlands, riverine woodland, wetlands and plains
94. Black Falcon - uncommon but widespread, coastal and near coastal records mostly May to October, open woodland., wetlands, grassland
95. Peregrine Falcon - uncommon but widespread, wetlands, escarpments, coasts
96. Bush Stone-curlew - moderately common and widespread resident, woodlands, orchards, parks and suburbs
97. Beach Stone-curlew - uncommon resident along coasts, beaches, reefs, mudflats
98. Australian Pied Oystercatcher - uncommon to moderately common coastal resident, beaches, reefs, mudflats
99. Sooty Oystercatcher - uncommon common coastal resident, beaches, reefs, mudflats
100. White-headed Stilt - common and widespread resident, wetlands
101. Red-necked Avocet - rare, irregular dry season visitor, wetlands, sewerage ponds
102. Pacific Golden Plover - moderately common widespread visitor, September to May, beaches, mudflats, reefs, wetlands, grasslands, sewerage ponds
103. Grey Plover - moderately common coastal visitor, September to April, beaches, mudflats, reefs
104. Little Ringed Plover - uncommon to rare visitor, July to April, wetlands, sewrage ponds
105. Red-capped Plover - moderately common mainly coastal resident, beaches, wetlands, sewerage ponds
106. Lesser Sand Plover - moderately common coastal visitor September to April, beaches, mudflats
107. Greater Sand Plover - common coastal visitor September to April, beaches, mudflats
108. Oriental Plover - uncommon to moderately common passage visitor, August to November, mudflats, reefs, wetlands, floodplains, grasslands
109. Black-fronted Dotterel - moderately common and widespread with movement away from the coast December to March, wetlands, sewerage ponds, streams
110. Red-kneed Dotterel - uncommon to moderately common and widespread, April to October, wetlands, sewerage ponds
111. Masked Lapwing - very common and widespread, mudflats, reefs, wetlands, parks, suburbs
112. Comb-crested Jacana - common and widespread resident, wetlands
113. Australian Painted Snipe - vagrant, recorded at McMinn's Lagoon December 2006, wetlands
114. Swinhoe's Snipe - moderately common widespread coastal and near coastal visitor, November to April, wetlands, grasslands, rivers, mangrove edges
115. Black-tailed Godwit - moderately common and widespread visitor, September to April, beaches mudflats, wetlands
116. Bar-tailed Godwit - common visitor to coastal areas, September to April, beaches, mudflats
117. Little Curlew - moderately common and widespread passage migrant, late September to Dacember, grasslands, wetlands, floodplains, parks
118. Whimbrel - common coastal visitor, September to April, beaches, reefs, mudflats, parks
119. Far Eastern Curlew - common coastal visitor, September to April, beaches, mudflats
120. Terek Sandpiper - moderately common coastal visitor, September to April, beaches, mudflats
121. Common Sandpiper - moderately common coastal visitor, July to April, beaches, mudflats, reefs, wetlands
122. Grey-tailed Tattler - moderately common visitor, September to April, reefs, estuaries, mudflats
123. Common Greenshank - common and widespread visitor, September to April, reefs, estuaries, mudflats, wetlands
124. Marsh Sandpiper - common and widespread visitor, September to April, wetlands
125. Common Redshank - rare coastal visitor, October to April, mudflats, wetlands
126. Wood Sandpiper - moderately common and widespread visitor, September to April, wetlands
127. Ruddy Turnstone - moderately common to common coastal visitor, September to April, reefs, harbours, beaches
129. Great Knot - common coastal visitor, September to April, beaches, mudflats, reefs
130. Red Knot - uncommon to moderately common coastal visitor, September to April, beaches, mudflats
131. Sanderling - moderately common coastal visitor, September to October, beaches, mudflats, reefs
132. Red-necked Stint - moderately common and widespread visitor, September to April, beaches, mudflats, estuaries, wetlands
135. Sharp-tailed Sandpiper - moderately common and widespread visitor, late August to April, wetlands, floodplains
136. Curlew Sandpiper - uncommon to moderately common visitor, September to April, coasts, wetlands
137. Broad-billed Sandpiper - uncommon, irregular visitor, September to April, coasts, wetlands
140. Oriental Pratincole - uncommon to moderately common and widespread passage visitor, wetlands, floodplain, grasslands
141. Australian Pratincole - common and widespread visitor, April to November, wetlands, grasslands, plains
148. Little Tern - uncommon to moderaely common, mostly September to April, beaches, harbours
149. Australian Gull-billed Tern - moderately common and widespread, inshore, beaches, reefs, harbours, wetlands
149. Asian Gull-billed Tern - moderately common and widespread, beaches, reefs, harbours
150. Caspian Tern - moderately common and widespread resident, mudflats, beaches, wetlands
151. Whiskered Tern - common and widespread visitor, March to November, inshore, harbours, wetlands, floodplains
152. White-winged Black Tern - common coastal and near coastal visitor, Setember to April, inshore, beaches, wetlands
155. Common Tern - uncommon to moderately common coastal visitor, beaches, harbours
156. Lesser Crested Tern - moderately common, coastal, especially July to November, inshore, reefs, beaches
157. Crested Tern - common coastal resident, inshore, beaches, reefs, harbours
158. Silver Gull - common only along Darwin coastal area, beaches, reefs, harbours, rubbish tips
160. Rock Dove - common, urban, introduced.
161. Emerald Dove - moderately common, all regions. Breeds July to May.
162. Common Bronzewing - moderately common, open woodland. Breeds dry season.
163. Flock Bronzewing - rare, irregular April to October, wetlands. Breeds after wet season.
164. Crested Pigeon - moderately common and widespread, open woodland and urban. Breeds late dry season August.
165. Spinifex Pigeon - uncommon, open woodland, inland. Breeds dry season from June.
166. Partridge Pigeon - uncommon to moderately common, open woodlandBreeds March to July.
167. White-quilled Rock-Pigeon - uncommon and localised south-west escarpment areas. Breeds March to November.
168. Chestnut-quilled Rock-Pigeon - uncommon to moderately common and localised, Kakadu. Breeds January to April.
169. Diamond Dove - common and widespread, all regions. Breeds after rain.
170. Peaceful Dove - common and widespread, all regions. Breeds all months, mostly wet season.
171. Bar-shouldered Dove - common and widespread, all regions. Breeds September to June.
172. Black-banded Fruit-Dove - uncommon and localised, Kakadu escarpment. Breeds August to December.
173. Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove - moderately common, all regions. Breeds October to March.
174. Torresian Imperial-Pigeon - common and widespread July to April, all regions. Breeds August to April.
175. Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo - common and widespread resident, scarcer near coast during wet season, open woodland, wetland edges, urban areas, often feeds on newly burnt areas of savannah woodland
176. Galah - common and widespread resident, woodland, wetland edges, parks and suburbs
178. Little Corella - common and widespread resident, wetland edges, woodlands, parks
179. Sulphur-crested Cockatoo - common and widespread resident, wetland edges, riverine forest, woodlands, parks
180. Cockatiel - moderately common resident, widespread away from the coast, common from Pine Creek to the south, open woodland
181. Red-collared Lorikeet - common and widespread, woodland, parks, suburbs, roosts in city areas in Darwin and Palmerston
182. Varied Lorikeet - moderately common and widespread, highly nomadic, following flowering trees, open woodland, riverine woodland
183. Red-winged Parrot - common and widespread, woodlands, parks, suburbs
184. Northern Rosella - uncommon to moderately common, woodland, riverine forest
185. Hooded Parrot - uncommon, localised in Pine Creek and Katherine areas, open and riverine woodland
186. Budgerigar - rare to uncommon irregular dry season visitor, away from the coast, open woodland
187. Pheasant Coucal - common and widespread resident, woodlandsrivers and wetland areas, suburbs
188. Eastern Koel - moderately common and widespread breeding wet season visitor, woodlands, monsoon forest, wetland edges, parks and suburbs
189. Channel-billed Cuckoo - uncommon but widespread breeding visitor, woodlands, wetlands, parks
190. Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo - uncommon to moderately common and widespread dry season visitor, more inland than coastal
191. Black-eared Cuckoo - rare, irregular visitor, sporadic northerly records, May to October
192. Little Bronze-Cuckoo - moderately common and widespread resident, more common near the coast, mangroves, monsoon forest, wetland edges, parks
193. Pallid Cuckoo - uncommon to moderately common away from the coast, May to November, woodland, wetland edges
194. Brush Cuckoo - moderately common and widespread resident, seen more September to April, monsoon forest, woodlands, wetlands, suburbs
195. Oriental Cuckoo - uncommon but relaively widespread non-breeding wet season visitor, monsoon forest, riverine woodlands, likes to feed in open areas with dense vegetation nearby for hasty return to cover
196. Rufous Owl - uncommon. mainly coastal and near coastal resident, monsoon forest, paperbark and riverine forests, parks
197. Barking Owl - moderately common and widespread resident, woodland, monsoon forest, wetland edges, parks and suburbs
198. Southern Boobook - uncommon but widespread resident, open woodland, riverine woodland, parks
199. Masked Owl - rare resident in coastal and near coastal areas, open woodland
200. Eastern Barn Owl - uncommon but widespread resident, woodlands, escarpments, wetland edges
201. Eastern Grass Owl - uncommon but widespread resident, wetland edges, floodplains, grasslands
202. Tawny Frogmouth - moderately common and widespread, all areas. Breeds August to December.
203. Spotted Nightjar - moderately common and widespread, all areas. Breeds April to November
204. Large-tailed Nightjar - moderately common, closed forest. Breeds August to January.
205. Australian Owlet-nightjar - moderately common and widespread, all areas. breeds August to April.
206. White-throated Needletail - rarely seen
207. Fork-tailed Swift - moderately common, October to April
208. Azure Kingfisher - common and widespread resident, streams, pools in monsoon forests, mangroves, wetlands, rivers and creeks, wherever there ae small fish
209. Little Kingfisher - uncommon resident, streams and pools in monsoon forest and mangroves, densely vegetated wetlands, rivers and creeks
210. Blue-winged Kookaburra - common and widespread resident, wooodlands, wetland edges, parks and suburbs
211. Forest Kingfisher - common and widespread
212. Red-backed Kingfisher - moderately common and widespread, more inland than coastal and seen mostly May to October, wetland edges, woodlands, powerlines on roadsides
213. Sacred Kingfisher - common and widespread, influx in March with some passing through and others staying until about October, woodlands, wetlands, mangroves, reefs, suburbs
214. Torresian Kingfisher - moderately common resident in coastal areas, mangroves, reefs
215. Rainbow Bee-eater - common and widespread, some resident, majority visitors from April to Octber, woodlands, wetlands, coastal scrubs, suburbs
216. Dollarbird - common and widespread breeding visitor, August to May, open woodlands, wetlands, riverine woodland, suburbs
217. Rainbow Pitta - moderately common resident, more common near the coast, monsoon forest, easiest to find eptember to March, when it is more vocal and active View Profile
218. Black-tailed Treecreeper - moderately common and widespread resident though more common away from the coast, open woodland
219. Great Bowerbird - common and widespread resident, woodland escarpment, mangrove and monsoon forest edges, wetlands, parks and suburbs
220. Purple-crowned Fairy-wren - uncommon and localised resident in the Southwest region, dense grasses along Victoria River
221. Red-backed Fairy-wren - common and widespread resident, woodlands, grasslands
222. Variegated Fairy-wren - rare to moderately common resident, savannah woodland, escarpment, rocky hills, spinifex woodland. Race M. l. dulcis (Lavender-flanked Fairy-wren) occurs on sandstone escarpments in Kakadu and Katherine regions
223. White-throated Grasswren - rare. localised resident, Kakadu and Katherine regions, sandstone uplands and escarpments with spinifex, needs unburnt areas
224. Weebill - common and widespread, woodlands
225. Mangrove Gerygone - moderately common and widespread resident in coastal mangroves, mangroves adjoining saline flats
226. Large-billed Gerygone - moderately common and widespread resident in coastal mangroves, mangroves, monsoon forest, dense riverine forest
227. Green-backed Gerygone - moderately common and widespread resident, monsoon forest landward edge of mangroves, riverine forest, gardens
228. White-throated Gerygone - uncommon to moderately common and widespread, generally more inland, some resident, others moving from south to areas closer to the coast in the dry season, beautiful call and not as shy as other Gerygones
229. Red-browed Pardalote - uncommon to moderately common resident in southern areas, possibly some northwqard movement May to October, open woodland near water, call is distinctive and ventriloquial
230. Striated Pardalote - common and widespread resident, influx to more coastal areas March to October, during which time they breed and are very vocal, woodlands, creeks, parks and suburbs
231. White-lined Honeyeater - uncommon and localised resident, sandstone escarpment and surrounding woodlands in Kakadu and southwest regions
232. Singing Honeyeater - moderately common and widespread resident, scarce near the coast, open woodland
233. White-gaped Honeyeater - common and widespread resident, woodlands, forests, wetland edges, mangroves, parks and suburbs
234. Grey-headed Honeyeater - rare in southern Top End, nomadic, recorded in Southwest region, woodland, particularly on hillsides with spinifex
235. Grey-fronted Honeyeater - uncommon, nomadic, southern areas of Katherine and Southwest areas, open woodlands
236. Yellow-tinted Honeyeater - moderately common resident, widespread away from the coast, open or riverine woodland, parks and urban areas
237. White-plumed Honeyeater - vagrant to extreme south of Top End
238. Yellow-throated Miner - moderately common and widespread resident, generally away from the coast, woodlands, parks, suburbs, regularly seen in Palmerston, rarely in Darwin
239. Bar-breasted Honeyeater - moderately common and widespread resident, wetland edges, parks
240. Rufous-banded Honeyeater - common and widespread resident though mainly coastal and near coastal, monsoon forest, mangroves, riverine woodlands, wetland edges, parks and suburbs
241. Rufous-throated Honeyeater - common and widespread resident, more inland than coastal, some movement to the coast May to October, riverine and open woodland, wetland edges, escarpments
242. Crimson Chat - rare and irregular dry season visitor, Southwest region only, woodlands
243. Yellow Chat - rare and localised resident and nomadic visitor, wetland edges
244. Black Honeyeater - rare visitor or vagrant to Top End, recorded in Katherina and Southwest
245. Dusky Honeyeater - common and widespread resident, forests, wetland edges, parks and suburbs
246. Red-headed Honeyeater - common resident incoastal and near coastal areas, a mangrove specialist, sometimes seen in parks and gardens when there is little flowering in mangroves
247. Banded Honeyeater - common widespread resident away from the coast with irregular dry season movements into coastal areas, open woodlands, escarpments
248. Brown Honeyeater - very common and widespread resident, occurrs in almost all habitats
249. Golden-backed (Black-chinned) Honeyeater - uncommon resident, widespread across southern Top End, woodland, wetland edges, creeks and rivers
250. White-throated Honeyeater - common and widespread resident, woodlands, wetland edges, parks and suburbs
251. White-quilled (Blue-faced) Honeyeater - moderately common and widespread resident, woodlands, parks and suburbs
252. Helmeted Friarbird - moderately common resident, mangroves, monsoon forest, parks and suburbs
252. Sandstone Helmeted Friarbird - moderately common resident, escarpment specialist (race)
253. Silver-crowned Friarbird - common and widespread resident, woodland, escarpment, parks and suburbs
254. Little Friarbird - common and widespread resident, woodland, wetland edges, parks and suburbs
255. Grey-crowned Babbler - common and widespread resident, open woodlands, parks and suburbs
256. Varied Sittella - uncommon to moderately common resident and nomad, widespread away from teh coast, woodlands
257. Ground Cuckoo-shrike - rare to uncommon resident and nomadic visitor, Katherine and Southwest regions, open woodland
258. Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike - common and widespread resident, scarce from coastal areas October to April, woodlands, wetland edges, floodplains, parks and gardens
259. White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike - common and widespread resident, woodlands, wetland edges, floodplains, riverine woodland, parks and gardens
260. Cicadabird - uncommon resident, with local in and out of the Top End, monsoon forest, riverine forest, mangroves
261. White-winged Triller - common and widespread, resident in southern areas, dry season visitor to coastal areas, open woodland, parks
262. Varied Triller - common and widespread resident, less common away from the coast, mangroves, monsoon forest, riverine forest, parks and suburbs
263. Northern Shrike-tit - rare and little known nomadic resident, localised in southern and eastern Top End, Katherine, Kakadu and Southwest regions, open woodlands, wetland edges
264. Mangrove Golden Whistler - uncommon resident, mangroves, mainly coastal but occasionally estuarine, adjacent vine thickets
265. Brown (Grey) Whistler - common and widespread resident, mangroves, monsoon forest
266. Rufous Whistler - common and widespread resident, some dry season movement to coastal areas, woodlands
267. White-breasted Whistler - uncommon to rare coastal resident, mangroves
268. Little Shrike-thrush - uncommon to moderately common resident, widespread, mangroves, monsoon forest, dense riverine habitat
269. Sandstone Shrike-thrush - uncommon localised resident, restricted to sandstone escarpments
270. Grey Shrike-thrush - moderately common resident, widespread except in coastal areas, open woodland
271. Australasian Figbird - common and widespread resident, monsoon forest, parks and gardens
272. Green (Yellow) Oriole - common and widespread resident, monsoon forest, parks and gardens
273. Olive-backed Oriole - moderately common and widespread dry season resident, woodlands, parks, gardens
274. White-breasted Woodswallow - moderately common dry season resident, scarce or absent from the coast September to April, wetter habitats than other woodswallows
275. Masked Woodswallow - uncommon to moderately common nomadic visitor, scarce near the coast, open woodland
276. White-browed Woodswallow - uncommon to moderately common nomadic visitor, generally restriced to Southwest Top End, open woodland
277. Black-faced Woodswallow - common resident, widespread away from the coast, absent from Darwin but regular at Fogg Dam, plains, grasslands, wetland edges and woodland
278. Little Woodswallow - moderately common visitor, generally uncommon near the coast, woodlands, escarpment
279. Black Butcherbird - moderately common coastal resident, mangroves, occasionally monsoon forest and gardens
280. Silver-backed (Grey) Butcherbird - moderately common and widespread, more likely to see in Palmerston than Darwin, open forest, woodlands
281. Pied Butcherbird - common and widespread resident, open woodlands, wetland edges, parks
282. Australian Magpie - uncommon to moderately common resident in far south of Top End, rarely seen north of Katherine, woodlands, parks
283. Spangled Drongo - common and widespread resident, monsoon and riverine forest, wetland edges, parks, gardens
284. Arafura Fantail - uncommon to moderately common resident, monsoon forest, mangroves, dense riverine vegetation
285. Grey Fantail - uncommon to rare, probably migratory in dry season, mainly southern Top End, open and riverine woodland, mangroves
286. Mangrove Fantail - uncommon coastal resident, mangroves
287. Northern Fantail - common and widespread resident, open and riverine forests, mangroves, parks
288. Willie Wagtail - common and widespread resident, generally scarce from coastal areas in wet season, woodlands, edge of wetlands, parks
289. Torresian Crow - common and widespread resident, woodlands, rubbish tips
290. Broad-billed Flycatcher - moderately common resident, coastal and near coastal areas, mangroves, monsoon forest, paperbark woodland
291. Leaden Flycatcher - common and widespread resident, with local movements, open and riverine woodlands, mangroves, monsoon forest, wetland edges, parks and gardens
292. Shining Flycatcher - common and widespread resident, mangroves, monsoon forest and riverine forests
293. Paperbark Flycatcher - moderately common and widespread resident, paperbark and riverine forest, edges of wetlands, floodplains
294. Magpie-lark - common and widespread, some resident, significant numbers depart coastal areas October, returning in large flocks in early dry season
295. Apostlebird - moderately common resident in Southern TOp End, open and riverine woodlands, parks, along Victoria Highway oftn associated with water at cattleyards
296. Jacky Winter - moderately common resident away from the coast, riverine and open woodland, floodpalain edges
297. Lemon-bellied Flyrobin - common and widespread resident, monsoon forest, mangroves, riverine woodlands, parks
299. Hooded Robin - uncommon to moderately common, widespread in Southern Top End, localised in more northerly areas, woodlands
300. Mangrove Robin - moderately common coastal resident, mangroves
301. Buff-sided Robin - uncommon resident, dense riverine vegatation, especially where there is bamboo
302. Horsfield's Bushlark - common and widespread resident, grasslands, floodplains, wetland edges
303. Zitting Cisticola - moderately common resident, recorded all months but quiet in dry season, grassy wetland edges, floodplains
304. Golden-headed Cisticola - common and widespread resident, wet or dry floodplains, wetlands, grasslands
305. Australian Reed-Warbler - moderately common resident, wetlands with tall grasses and reeds, occasionally flooded forest wetland edges
306. Oriental Reed-Warbler - vagrant or very rare visitor to coastal and near coastal wetlands, wetlands with thickets
307. Tawny Grassbird - moderately common resident, wetlands, floodplains, quiet during dry season
308. Rufous Songlark - moderately common dry season visitor to Southern Top End with some sightings nearer the coast, open woodlands, floodplains, grasslands
309. Brown Songlark - rare to uncommon dry season visitor to southern areas, open woodlands, flodplains, grasslands
310. Canary (Yellow) White-eye - common resident in coastal mangroves Darwin and Kakadu
311. Barn Swallow - uncommon wet season visitor, mainly coastal, wetland areas, sewerage ponds
313. Fairy Martin - uncommon to moderatley common visitor, scarce in northern and coastal areas, wetlands, creeks, roadway drains and culverts (nests)
314. Tree Martin - common and widespread visitor, all year round but greater numbers during dry season, aerial over wetlands, sores, woodlands, urban, sewerage ponds
316. Mistletoebird - common and widespread resident, woodlands, monsoon forest, mangroves, parks and gardens
317. Zebra Finch - moderately common nomadic resident in south, woodlands
318. Double-barred Finch - common and widespread resident, woodlands, forests, mangroves, wetlands, parks and gardens
319. Long-tailed Finch - moderately common and widespread resident, woodlands, edge of wetlands and floodplains, parks and gardens
320. Masked Finch - moderately common and widespread resident, generally absent from coastal areas during wet season, open woodlands, grassy plains
321. Crimson Finch - common and widespread resident, rivers and streams, parks and gardens
322. Star Finch - uncommon and patchily distributed nomadic resident in Southwest, rivers and streams, wetland edges, occasionally open woodlands, parks and gardens
324. Gouldian Finch - View Profile -rare to uncommon nomadic resident, widespread in southern half of Top End, not seen in Darwin since the early 70's, open woodlands, grasslands, rivers
325. Yellow-rumped Mannikin - uncommon nomadic resident, mainly Southwest area, most Darwin records in flocks of Chestnut-breasted Mannikins at feeding stations, woodland, river and streamside vegetation, floodplain and wetland edges, parks and gardens
326. Chestnut-breasted Mannikin - moderately common and widespread resident, woodland, river and streamside vegetation, floodplain and wetland edges, parks and gardens
327. Pictorella Mannikin - rare to uncommon nomadic resident, more likey to see in the Southwest region, grassland, open woodland, wetland edges
328. Australasian Pipit - moderately common and widespread resident, grassland, floodplains, wetland edges, parks, ovals
329. Eastern Yellow Wagtail - uncommon wet season (October to April) visitor, most regular in coastal and near coastal areas, wetlands, floodplains, landward edge of mangroves, sewrage ponds, rain puddlese
330. Grey Wagtail - rare visitor, potentially in stone country and around waterfalls during the wet season, some records from Leanyer and Palmerston Sewerage Works and Kakadu
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