Outlook Online 2009
Table 2. Birds known to occur in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area and listed under the JAMBA and CAMBA agreements
Disclaimer Whilst every attempt has been made to include Great Barrier Reef species that are listed under the JAMBA and CAMBA agreements, for certainty the original source documents should be examined.
| Species | Scientific Name | ||
| Asiatic common tern | Sterna hirundo |
X |
X |
| Bar-tailed godwit | Limosa lapponica |
X |
X |
| Black tern | Chlidonias niger |
|
X |
| Black-naped tern | Sterna sumatrana |
X |
X |
| Black-tailed godwit | Limosa limosa |
X |
X |
| Bridled tern | Sterna anaethetus |
|
X |
| Brown booby | Sula leucogaster |
X |
X |
| Caspian plover | Charadrius asiaticus |
X |
|
| Caspian tern | Sterna caspia |
|
X |
| Cattle egret | Ardea ibis |
X |
X |
| Common noddy | Anous stolidus |
X |
X |
| Common sandpiper | Actitus hypoleucos |
X |
X |
| Crested tern | Sterna bergii |
X |
|
| Curlew sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea |
X |
X |
| Eastern curlew | Numenius madagascariensis |
X |
X |
| Eastern reef egret | Egretta sacra |
X |
|
| Fleshy-footed shearwater | Puffinus carneipes |
X |
|
| Glossy ibis | Plegadis falcinellus |
|
X |
| Great egret | Ardea alba |
|
X |
| Great knot | Calidris tenuirostris |
X |
X |
| Greater frigatebird | Fregata minor |
X |
X |
| Greater sand dotterel | Charadrius leschenaultii |
X |
X |
| Greenshank | Tringa nebularia |
X |
X |
| Grey plover | Pluvialis squatarola |
X |
X |
| Grey-tailed tattler | Heteroscelus brevipes |
X |
X |
| Lesser crested tern | Sterna bengalensis |
|
X |
| Lesser frigatebird | Fregata ariel |
X |
X |
| Lesser golden plover | Pluvialis dominica |
X |
X |
| Lesser sand plover | Charadrius mongolus |
X |
X |
| Little curlew | Numenius minutus |
X |
X |
| Little tern | Sterna albifrons |
X |
X |
| Marsh sandpiper | Tringa stagnatillis |
X |
X |
| Masked booby | Sula dactylatra |
X |
|
| Oriental cuckoo | Cuculus saturatus |
X |
X |
| Pin-tailed snipe | Gallinago stenura |
X |
|
| Red knot | Calidris canutus |
X |
X |
| Red-footed booby | Sula sula |
X |
X |
| Red-necked stint | Calidris ruficollis |
X |
X |
| Ruddy turnstone | Arenaria interpres |
X |
X |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba |
X |
X |
| Sharp-tailed sandpiper | Calidris acuminata |
X |
X |
| Swinhoe’s snipe | Gallinago megala |
|
X |
| Terek sandpiper | Xenus cinereus |
X |
X |
| Wandering tattler | Heteroscelus brevipes |
X |
|
| Wedge-tailed shearwater | Puffinus pacificus |
X |
|
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus |
X |
X |
| White egret | Egretta alba |
X |
|
| White-bellied sea eagle | Haliaeetus leucogaster |
|
X |
| White-tailed tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus |
X |
X |
| White-throated needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus |
X |
X |
| White-winged black tern | Chlidonias leucopterus |
X |
X |
| Wilson’s storm petrel | Oceanites oceanicus |
X |
|
| Wood sandpiper | Tringa glareola |
X |
X |
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