On the 23rd and 24th September 2015, five staff members from the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (QPWS) carried out morning bird surveys at six sites located around Plunkett Regional Park and the Wickham Timber Reserve.
At each site, all staff performed a total of 20 minutes surveying for birds in all shapes and forms!
At the end of the two mornings, a total of 37 bird species had been recorded over the six sites.

Scarlet Honeyeater (Photo courtesy Atlas of Living Australia)
Some of the more common species recorded at more than one site included the Scarlet Honeyeater, Yellow-faced Honeyeater, White-throated Honeyeater, Striated Pardalote, Noisy Friarbird and White-throated Treecreeper.
Other birds such as the White-browed Scrub-wren, White-bellied Sea-Eagle and Buff-rumped Thornbill were only recorded at one site.
The bird species recorded at each of the six sites will be added to other fauna data (including mammals, reptiles & frogs) recorded at the same sites in November 2014. The records gathered from this survey will be entered into WildNet and will provide information to update existing species lists for Plunkett Regional Park and Wickham Timber Reserve.
This bird list could certainly be added to in the future especially with respect to nocturnal species!
I would like to thank my QPWS colleagues from the Daisy Hill Management Unit and Estate Management Team for making these morning bird surveys a success!
(Report by Melissa Whitby)
Bird Species List – Plunkett Regional Park & Wickham Timber Reserve
Recorded on 23rd/24th September 2015
- Torresian Crow
- Brown Honeyeater
- Scarlet Honeyeater
- White-throated Honeyeater
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
- White-bellied Sea-Eagle
- Pale-headed Rosella
- Noisy Friarbird
- Little Friarbird
- Australian Magpie
- Mistletoe Bird
- King Parrot
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
- Striated Pardalote
- Spotted Pardalote
- Rainbow Bee-eater
- White-throated Treecreeper
- Grey Butcherbird
- Pied Butcherbird
- Pied Currawong
- Buff-rumped Thornbill
- Rainbow Lorikeet
- Laughing Kookaburra
- Leaden Flycatcher
- Grey Shrike-Thrush
- Rufous Whistler
- Weebill
- Olive-backed Oriole
- Red-browed Finch
- White-browed Scrub-wren
- Galah
- Common Bronzewing
- Eastern Whipbird
- Grey Fantail
- Pheasant Coucal
- Peaceful Dove
- Bar-shouldered Dove