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Burhinus grallarius

Bush Stone-curlew at Cairns City, QLD

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Identification history

Burhinus grallarius	11 Jul 2025	JasonPStewartNMsnc2016
Dacelo novaeguineae	11 Jul 2025	CarbonAI
Burhinus grallarius	11 Jul 2025	Clarel

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These two are part of a bigger flock that live in the pier carpark. Within Cairns, I also saw them along the esplanade, in the cemetery and in the suburbs of Whitfield and Edge Hill.

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JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 wrote:

11 Jul 2025

Yes.
Very frequent in the lowlands across this wet tropics bio-region from Townsville – Magnetic Island through to Cooktown .

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Location information

Coordinates 145.779067 -16.920541
Places Cairns City, QLD

Sighting information

16 - 100 Abundance
8 Jun 2025 05:27 PM Recorded on
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Species information

Burhinus grallarius Scientific name
Bush Stone-curlew Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 679.89m Recorded at altitude
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