Bird Species of Bare Sand Island
(including adjacent islands & reefs)
Photo Credit: Peter Jackson
1. Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus
2. Australasian Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae
3. Australian Hobby Falco longipennis
4. Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus
5. Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
6. Beach Stone-curlew Esacus neglectus
7. Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae
8. Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana
9. Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhyncus asiaticus
10. Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
11. Broad-billed Flycatcher Myiagra ruficollis
12. Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
13. Brown Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus
14. Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta
15. Brown Quail Coturnix ypsilophora
16. Caspian Tern Sterna caspia
17. Chestnut-breasted Mannikin Lonchura castaneothorax
18. Collared Kingfisher Todirhamphus chloris
19. Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
20. Common Tern Sterna hirundo
21. Crested Tern Sterni bergii
22. Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
23. Darter Anhinga melanogaster
24. Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis
25. Eastern Reef Egret Egretta sacra
26. Golden-headed cisticola Cisticola exilis
27. Great Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus nuchalis
28. Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris
29. Great-billed Heron Ardea sumatrana
30. Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultia
31. Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
32. Grey-tailed Tattler Heteroscelus brevipes
33. Gull-billed Tern Sterna nilotica
34. Lemon-bellied Flycatcher Micoeca flavigaster
35. Lesser Crested Tern Sterna bengalensis
36. Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
37. Lesser Sand Plover Charadrius mongolus
38. Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea
39. Little Egret Egretta garzetta
40. Little Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax melanoleucos
41. Little Tern Sterna albifrons
42. Mangrove Fantail Rhipidura phasiana
43. Mangrove Golden Whistler Pachycephala melanura
44. Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum
45. Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides
46. Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
47. Northern Fantail Rhipidura rufiventris
48. Olive-backed Oriole Oriolus sagittatus
49. Orange-footed scrub fowl Megapodius reinwardt
50. Osprey Pandion haliatetus
51. Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
52. Peaceful Dove Geopelia striata
53. Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
54. Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus longirostris
55. Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus
56. Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus
57. Red Knot Calidris canutus
58. Red-capped Plover Charadrius ruficapillus
59. Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
60. Restless Flycatcher Myiagra inquieta
61. Rose-crowned Fruit Dove Ptilinopus regina
62. Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
63. Rufous Fantail Rhipidura rufifrons
64. Sacred Kingfisher Todirhamphus sanctus
65. Sanderling Calidris alba
66. Silver Gull Larus novahollandiae
67. Sooty Oystercatcher Haematopus fuliginosus
68. Spotted Harrier Circus assimilis
69. Striated Heron Butorides striatus
70. Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
71. Tree Martin Hirundo nigricans
72. Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
73. Whiskered Tern Chlidonia hybridus