SOUTHERN CASSOWARY WITH THREE CHICKS, CASSOWARY HOUSE, KURANDA NATIONAL PARK, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA

   We can ID this bird as a Southern Cassowary by its very large size, black plumage, blue face and neck, red on the nape and horn-like brown casque sitting atop the head. 

   The Southern Cassowary is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 683. 

BUSH STONE-CURLEW OR BUSH THICK-KNEE, CAIRNS CEMETERY, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA

   We can ID this bird as a Bush Stone-curlew (also called Bush Thick-knee) by its mostly grey-brown above, streaked with black and having a rufous wash; whitish below with black streaks; small black bill; large eye and prominent white eyebrow.  

   The Bush Stone-curlew is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 682.

MASKED LAPWING OR SPUR-WINGED PLOVER, CAIRNS CEMETERY, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA

CAIRNS CITYSCAPES, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA

GREY-TAILED TATTLER, CAIRNS, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA

   We can ID this shorebird as a Grey-tailed Tattler by its unpatterned greyish upperparts, breast, face and neck; whitish underparts; long, straight, black bill; white eyebrow; and yellow legs and feet.  The barred flanks indicate this bird is starting to molt into breeding plumage. When it fully molts into breeding plumage the entire underparts will be barred.

   The Grey-tailed Tattler is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 681.

TEREK SANDPIPER, CAIRNS, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA

   We can ID this sandpiper as a Terek Sandpiper by its long upcurved bill (but not strongly upcurved), grey head, brown-grey upperparts, white eyebrow and orangish feet (you can see this in the one foot not covered by mud).

   The Terek Sandpiper is named after where it was first discovered, the Terek River, which flows into the Caspian Sea. 

   The Terek Sandpiper is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 680.

MALE AUSTRALASIAN FIGBIRD, CAIRNS, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA

   We can ID this bird as a Australasian Figbird by its black face contrasting with its pinkish (can also be red) eye patch, pinkish legs (see part of leg to right of branch), olive-green and yellow underparts and dark wings along flank (we can't see the rest of upperparts).

   The Australasian Figbird is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 679.