Birds – Paluma – our village in the mist

Paluma has a diverse range of birds that live or pass through our village. Birdwatching is a popular activity for residents and visitors alike and each year the village hosts different groups who often come from interstate or overseas to record and photograph our distinctive residents.

if you are interested in getting to know some of our local birds, here are 5 easy species to get you started.

A larger selection of birds that can be seen around the village is shown below.

A complete list of the 216 birds recorded in Paluma is shown below and can be downloaded here.

Birds recorded in the Paluma Area (as of 2009)

Legend: *=Breeding; R=Resident; M=Migratory; N=Nomadic; O=Occasional; V=Vagrant

Count	Bird	Occurrence
1	Emu	N*
2	Southern Cassowary	R*
3	Australian Brush Turkey	R*
4	Brown Quail	M
5	King Quali	M
6	Plumed Whistleduck	V
7	Wandering Whistleduck	V
8	Magpie Goose	V
9	White-eyed Duck	V
10	Australian Wood Duck	V
11	Pacific Black Duck	O
12	Grey Teal	O
13	Great Crested Grebe	V
14	Australian Grebe	O
15	Darter	O
16	Little Black Cormorant	O
17	Little Pied Cormorant	O
18	Jabiru	V
19	Australian Pelican	V
20	White-necked Heron	V
21	White-faced Heron	V
22	Little Egret	V
23	Great Egret	V
24	Intermediate Egret	V
25	Nankeen Night Heron	V
26	Straw-necked Ibis	V
27	Australian White Ibis	V
28	Royal Spoonbill	V
29	Black-shouldered Kite	V
30	Pacific Baza	O
31	Black Kite	O
32	Whistling Kite	O
33	Square-tailed Kite	O
34	Collared Sparrowhawk	O
35	Brown Goshawk	O
36	Grey Goshawk	O*
37	White-bellied Sea Eagle	O*
38	Little Eagle	O
39	Wedge-tailed Eagle	O*
40	Spotted Harrier	V
41	Brown Falcon	O*
42	Nankeen Kestrel	V
43	Peregrine Falcon	O*
44	Brolga	O
45	Red-necked Crake	O
46	Bush-hen	O
47	Buff- banded Rail	O
48	Spotless Crake	O
49	Eurasian Coot	V
50	Australian Bustard	V
51	Bush Stone Curlew	O
52	Painted Button-quail	O
53	Little Button-quail	O
54	Red-chested Button-quail	O
55	Red-backed Button-quail	O
56	Latham's Snipe	O
57	Black-winged Stilt	O
58	Black-fronted Dotterel	O
59	Masked Lapwing	O
60	Diamond Dove	O
61	Peaceful Dove	R
62	Brown Cuckoo-dove	R*
63	Topknot Pigeon	R*
64	Emerald Dove	R*
65	White-winged Chough	O
66	Common Bronzewing	O
67	Crested Pigeon	O
68	Squatter Pigeon	R
69	Pied Imperial Pigeon	V
70	White-headed Pigeon	R*
71	Superb Fruit-dove	R*
72	Rose-crowned Fruit-dove	R*
73	Wampoo Fruit-dove	R*
74	Glossy Black Cockatoo	M*
75	Red-tailed Black Cockatoo	R*
76	Sulphur-crested Cockatoo	R*
77	Rainbow Lorikeet	R*
78	Scaly-breasted Lorikeet	R*
79	Little Lorikeet	R*
80	Double-eyed Fig Parrot	O
81	Australian King Parrot	R*
82	Crimson Rosella	R*
83	Pale-headed Rosella	R
84	Budgerigar	V
85	Pallid Cuckoo	V
86	Fantailed Cuckoo	M
87	Brush Cuckoo	M
88	Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo	V
89	Shining Bronze cuckoo	O
90	Common Koel	M
91	Channel-billed Cuckoo	M
92	Pheasant Coucal	O*
93	Rufous Owl	O
94	Barking Owl	O*
95	Southern Boobook	R*
96	Lesser Sooty Owl	R*
97	Barn Owl	O
98	Papuan Frogmouth	R*
99	Australian Owlet-nightjar	O
100	White-throated Nightjar	O
101	Large-tailed Nightjar	O
102	Spotted Nightjar	O
103	White-rumped Swiftlet	M
104	Fork-tailed Swift	M
105	White-throated Needletail	M
106	Little Kingfisher	O
107	Azure Kingfisher	O
108	Laughing Kookaburra	R
109	Blue-winged Kookaburrä	R
110	Forest Kingfisher	M
111	Sacred Kingfisher	M
112	Red-backed Kingfisher	O
113	Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfisher	M*
114	Rainbow Bee-eater	M
115	Dollarbird	M
116	Noisy Pitta	R+
117	White-throated Treecreeper	R+
118	Red-backed Fairy Wren	R+
119	Spotted Parladote	R+
120	Striated Parladote	R
121	White-browed Scrub Wren	O
122	Yellow-throated Scrub Wren	R
123	Fernwren	R*
124	Large-billed Scrub Wren	R*
125	Atherton Scrub Wren	O
126	Brown Gerygone	R*
127	Fairy Gerygone	O
128	Mountain Thornbill	R*
129	Yellow Thornbill	R
130	Little Friarbird	R
131	Noisy Friarbird	R*
132	Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater	O
133	Blue-faced Honeyeater	R*
134	Yellow-throated Miner	O
135	Noisy Miner	R*
136	Lewin's Honeyeater	R*
137	Yellow-spotted Honeyeater	R
138	Graceful Honeyeater	O
139	Bridled Honeyeater	R*
140	Yellow-faced Honeyeater	R*
141	Fuscous Honeyeater	R
142	White-throated Honeyeater	R*
143	White-naped Honeyeater	R*
144	White-cheeked Honeyeater	R*
145	Eastern Spinebill	R*
146	Macleay's Honeyeater	R*
147	Dusky Honeyeater	R*
148	Scarlet Honeyeater	R
149	Brown Honeyeater	M
150	Yellow-breasted Boatbill	O
151	Eastern Yellow Robin	R*
152	Pale Yellow Robin	R*
153	Grey-headed Robin	R*
154	Chowchilla	R*
155	Eastern Whipbird	R*
156	Varied Sitella	O
157	Eastern Shriketit	O
158	Golden Whistler	RR
159	Rufous Whistler	O
160	Grey Shrike-thrush	R
161	Little(Rufous) Shrike-thrush	R
162	Bower's Shrike-thrush	R
163	Black-faced Monarch	O
164	Spectacled Monarch	O
165	White-eared Monarch	O
166	Pied Monarch	O
167	Leaden Flycatcher	O
168	Satin Flycatcher	O
169	Willy Wagtail	O
170	Rufous Fantail	O
171	Grey Fantail	M+R*
172	Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike	R
173	White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike	R
174	Barred Cuckoo-shrike	R*
175	Cicadabird	O
176	Varied Triller	O
177	Olive-backed Oriole	O
178	Figbird	M
179	White -breasted Woodswalllow	N
180	Masked Woodswalllow	N
181	White-browed Woodswalllow	N
182	Dusky Woodswalllow	N
183	Black Butcherbird	V
184	Grey Butcherbird	R*
185	Pied Butcherbird	R*
186	Magpie-lark	O
187	Australian Magpie	R*
188	Pied Currawong	R
189	Victoria's Riflebird	R*
190	Spangled Drongo	M*
191	Australian Raven	O
192	Torresian Crow	R*
193	Apostlebird	R
194	Spotted Catbird	R*
195	Tooth-biller Bowerbird	R*
196	Golden Bowerbird	R*
197	Satin Bowerbird	R*
198	Spotted Bowerbird	V
199	Great Bowerbird	V
200	Grey Wagtail	V
201	Red-browed Finch	R
202	Chestnut-breasted Mannikin	O
203	Yellow-bellied Sunbird	O*
204	Mistletoebird	R*
205	Welcome Swallow	O
206	Tree Martin	O
207	Fairy Martin	O
208	Clamorous Reed-warbler	O
209	Tawny Grassbird	O
210	Brown Songlark	O
211	Rufous Songlark	O
212	Golden-headed Cisticola	O
213	Silvereye	O
214	Bassian Thrush	O
215	Russet-tailed Thrush	O
216	Metallic Starling	O*