Birds of the Gardens

Come for the flowers, stay for the birds!  The Cairns Botanic Gardens is known for its gorgeous plants, but beautiful birds also abound here.  The Garden’s cast of feathered characters changes with the seasons and you can make bird watching a repeat activity throughout the year to enjoy them all.

Please do NOT feed the birds.

1. Australian Brush-turkey - Alectura lathami
2. Orange-footed Scrubfowl - Megapodius reinwardt
3. Emerald Dove - Chalcophaps indica
4. Wompoo Fruit-Dove - Ptilinopus magnificus
5. Superb Fruit-Dove - Ptilinopus superbus
6. Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove - Ptilinopus regina
7. Pied Imperial-Pigeon - Ducula bicolor
8. Pacific Baza - Aviceda subcristata
9. Sulphur-crested Cockatoo - Cacatua galerita
10. Rainbow Lorikeet - Trichoglossus haematodus
11. Scaly-breasted Lorikeet - Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus
12. Double-eyed Fig-Parrot - Cyclopsitta diophthalma
13. Pheasant Coucal - Centropus phasianinus
14. Channel-billed Cuckoo.(Summer migrant) - Scythrops novaehollandiae
15. Little Bronze-Cuckoo - Chrysococcyx minutillus
16. Brush Cuckoo - Cacomantis variolosus
17. Buff-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher.(Summer migrant) - Tanysiptera sylvia
18. Laughing Kookaburra - Dacelo novaeguineae
19. Rainbow Bee-eater - Merops ornatus
20. Noisy Pitta - Pitta versicolor
21. Red-backed Fairy-wren - Malurus melanocephalus
22. Lovely Fairy-wren - Malurus amabilis
23. Large-billed Scrubwren - Sericornis magnirostra
24. Fairy Gerygone - Gerygone palpebrosa
25. Yellow-spotted Honeyeater - Meliphaga notata
26. Graceful Honeyeater - Meliphaga gracilis
27. Dusky Honeyeater - Myzomela obscura
28. Helmeted Friarbird - Philemon buceroides
29. Macleay's Honeyeater - Xanthotis macleayanus
30. White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike - Coracina papuensis  
31. Barred Cuckoo-shrike - Coracina lineata
32. Cicadabird - Coracina tenuirostris
33. Varied Triller - Lalage leucomela
34. Grey Whistler - Pachycephala simplex
35. Australasian Figbird - Sphecotheres vieilloti
36. Yellow Oriole - Oriolus flavocinctus (AKA Green Oriole)
37. Black Butcherbird - Cracticus quoyi
38. Spangled Drongo - Dicrurus bracteatus
39. Rufous Fantail - Rhipidura rufifrons
40. Northern Fantail - Rhipidura rufiventris
41. Leaden Flycatcher - Myiagra rubecula
42. Spectacled Monarch - Monarcha trivirgatus
43. Pied Monarch - Arses kaupi
44. Yellow-breasted Boatbill - Machaerirhynchus flaviventer
45. Pale-yellow Robin - Tregellasia capito
46. Metallic Starling - Aplonis metallica
47. Mistletoebird - Dicaeum hirundinaceum
48. Olive-backed Sunbird - Cinnyris jugularis (AKA Yellow-bellied Sunbird)
49. Red-browed Finch - Neochmia temporalis
50. Chestnut-breasted Mannikin - Lonchura castaneothorax