Birds Australia North Queensland

Links and resources

BANQ has selected links we hope will provide useful information on birds and bird conservation relevant to north Queensland. Please note however, BANQ takes no responsibility for the content of third party sites. If you have new links we should know about, please contact us!

The links are in seven groups -

• Birds Australia activities and projects
• Bird conservation
• Other bird groups
• Bird sightings and lists
• Books, DVDs and CDs
• Bird images
• Bird tourism and trips

Birds Australia (BA) activities, projects and publications
BA national website About the Bird Atlas Birdata: Australian bird data access portal Nest Record Scheme IBAs (Important Bird Areas) Birds in Backyards Wingspan magazine and Supplement Downloads Emu: Journal (with CSIRO Publishing) BACap (BA Capricornia Group, Central Qld) BASQ (Southern Qld) Australasian Raptor Association BA Seabird Group BA Parrot Association BA Rarities Committee BirdLife International: Our international partner organisation Ethical Birding Policy (BASQ)	Birds in Backyards
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Bird Conservation Conservation and NRM (Natural Resource Management)
NRM Groups Collective Qld NRM Regions Qld NRM Plans Qld Environment (EPA) Federal Environment Fed. environment - Land Management Fed. Environment - Biodiversity Wet Tropics Management Authority World Heritage Areas in Queensland CSIRO Integrated Catchment Management publications	Grassy woodlands
Conservation: NRM - regions and catchments Torres Strait Cape York Northern Gulf Terrain (Wet Tropics) Mitchell River Barron River TREAT (Trees, Tablelands) Southern Gulf Burdekin Dry Tropics Desert Channels Desert Uplands Lake Eyre Basin	Herberton Range
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Fed. Environment wetlands Queensland wetlands Australian Wetlands Database Search Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority Townsville Town Common Restoration Project AIMS (Aust Institute of Marine Science)	Nardello's Lagoon
Conservation: Bird species and issues
Black-throated Finch Recovery Team Sarus Crane and Brolga (Ozcranes) Golden-shouldered Parrot Pied Imperial Pigeon (scroll down page) Southern Cassowary Red Goshawk Red-necked Stint Star Finch Seabirds Queensland Seabird Islands Shorebirds (waders) Shorebird (wader) ID sheets (download from WWF, 1.2MB) Asia-Pacific Shorebird Network Wildlife Friendly Fencing	Great Knot (courtesy Ian Montgomery, Birdway»)
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Other bird organisations and groups
ABSA (Australia Bird Study Assoc) Aust. Bird and Bat Banding Scheme BOCA (Bird Observation and Conservation Australia) national site TRBOCA (Townsville Region BOCA) Birds Queensland AWSG (Australasian Wader Study Group) Aviceda (Birding Southern Queensland) Australian Crane Network BIRD (Biodiversity Network, Victoria)
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Bird sightings and lists
BANQ bird lists and brochures Eremaea Birds, with the new Birdline North Queensland Cairns Birds The new Australian Bird List (Feb 2008) Birding-Aus More Sightings pages at Birds Queensland and TRBOCA (see above, Other Bird Organisations) and check the Birding Tourism links below.	Christidis and Boles 2008
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Birding books, CDs, DVDs
Where to Find Birds in NE Queensland (J Wieneke) Lloyd Nielsen Birding Shop The Birding Shop The new Christidis and Boles, sample chapters (CSIRO Publshing) Andrew Isles Natural History Books Action Plan for Australian Birds 2000 (full book available on the web) CSIRO Publishing (search Books) BOCA Shop 200 Wet Tropics Birds DVD John Young Enterprises	Where to Find Birds in North-East Queensland
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Australian Bird Images
Ian Montgomery: Birdway Sandy Carroll on Flickr Peter Merritt: Merritt Images Mick Todd: Wildlifing Aviceda Bird Image Database Tony Wilson: Tannin Australian Museum bird pages Australian Museum John Gould Exhibition John Gould images (commercial gallery site) Australian wader (shorebird) gallery - click thumbnails for large images The Len Webb Ecological Images Collection (many habitats in north Qld)	Australian Museum Birds Portal
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Bird tourism
North Queensland - general EPA birdwatching and walks Wet Tropics Management Authority, birds and walks Cassowary House and Sicklebill Safaris John Young Kirrama Tours Wild Watch
Daintree-Tablelands and Cairns Map of Cairns and environs, Wikipedia, jpg 38KB - useful for BANQ Cairns area brochures. Fine Feather Tours Kingfisher Park Red Mill House Daintree River Tours Mangrove Adventures (boat tours) Thala Beach Port Douglas (birdlist) Yorkeys Knob-Half Moon Bay Golf Course (see BANQ Brochure) Lake Morris-Copperlode Dam (see BANQ Brochure) Kewarra Beach (birdlist) Atherton Tourist Info Alan's Wildlife Tours Rose Gums Wilderness Retreat Blue Gum BnB (bird page) Mareeba Wetlands Jabiru Safari Lodge Hasties Swamp Bird Hide	Great-billed Heron, Daintree (Courtesy Ian Montgomery, Birdway»)
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Cairns-Townsville Innisfail Tourist Info Tyto Wetlands Ingham Great Tropical Drive (bird pages) Ecotourism in Townsville (City Council) Serpentine Lagoon, Woodstock (near Townsville) Thuringowa birds	Lakefield, Cape York Peninsula (courtesy G and J Holmes)
Cape York, Torres Strait, Gulf, NW Queensland Weipa Visitor Centre Lotusbird Lodge (Lakefield, CYP) Ferryman (Karumba) Outback at Isa Mount Isa (maps)
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