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Gouldian Finch WILDFOTO / Paul Thomsen

Gouldian Finch

Chloebia gouldiae
Estrildidae Passeriformes Medium Observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales5

Cape York, Gulf Country, Kimberley, Top End, Wet Tropics

Graceful Honeyeater Mike's Birds from Riverside, CA, US / CC BY-SA 2.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Graceful Honeyeater

Microptilotis gracilis
Meliphagidae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales2

Cape York, Wet Tropics

Great Bowerbird WILDFOTO / Paul Thomsen

Great Bowerbird

Chlamydera nuchalis
Ptilonorhynchidae Passeriformes Easy Observed
KnownFamiliar
Weight80
Locales5

Cape York, Gulf Country, Kimberley, Top End, Wet Tropics

Great Cormorant Mathew Schwartz / CC BY 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Great Cormorant

Phalacrocorax carbo
Phalacrocoracidae Suliformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales6

Eastern NSW, Murray-Darling Basin, South-east Queensland, South-east S…

Great Crested Grebe WILDFOTO / Paul Thomsen

Great Crested Grebe

Podiceps cristatus
Podicipedidae Podicipediformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales4

Eastern NSW, South-east South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Great Egret WILDFOTO / Paul Thomsen

Great Egret

Ardea alba
Ardeidae Pelecaniformes Easy Observed
KnownFamiliar
Weight80
Locales16

Cape York, Central Australia, Channel Country, Eastern NSW, Gulf Count…

Great Frigatebird Jason Corriveau / Public domain / via Wikimedia Commons

Great Frigatebird

Fregata minor
Fregatidae Pelecaniformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales3

Cape York, Top End, Wet Tropics

Great Knot Afsarnayakkan / CC BY-SA 4.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Great Knot

Calidris tenuirostris
Scolopacidae Charadriiformes Expert Observed
KnownObscure
Weight10
Locales11

Cape York, Eastern NSW, Gulf Country, Kimberley, Nullarbor / Southern …

Great-billed heron WILDFOTO / Paul Thomsen

Great-billed heron

Ardea sumatrana
Ardeidae Pelecaniformes Medium Observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales5

Cape York, Gulf Country, Kimberley, Top End, Wet Tropics

Great-winged Petrel JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/) / CC BY-SA 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Great-winged Petrel

Pterodroma macroptera
Procellariidae Procellariiformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales3

Eastern NSW, Tasmania, Victoria

Greater Crested Tern mattf1996 / CC BY 4.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Greater Crested Tern

Thalasseus bergii
Laridae Charadriiformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales6

Eastern NSW, South-east Queensland, South-east South Australia, South-…

Greater Sand-Plover WILDFOTO / Paul Thomsen

Greater Sand-Plover

Anarhynchus leschenaultii
Charadriidae Charadriiformes Medium Observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales11

Cape York, Eastern NSW, Gulf Country, Kimberley, Nullarbor / Southern …

Greater Sooty Owl Francesco Veronesi from Italy / CC BY-SA 2.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Greater Sooty Owl

Tyto tenebricosa
Tytonidae Strigiformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales4

Eastern NSW, South-east Queensland, Victoria, Wet Tropics

Green Catbird JJ Harrison / CC BY-SA 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Green Catbird

Ailuroedus crassirostris
Ptilonorhynchidae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales3

Eastern NSW, South-east Queensland, Wet Tropics

Green oriole Lip Kee from Singapore, Republic of Singapore / CC BY-SA 2.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Green oriole

Oriolus flavocinctus
Oriolidae Passeriformes Medium Observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales5

Cape York, Gulf Country, Kimberley, Top End, Wet Tropics

Green Pygmy Goose WILDFOTO / Paul Thomsen

Green Pygmy Goose

Nettapus pulchellus
Anatidae Anseriformes Easy Observed
KnownFamiliar
Weight80
Locales5

Cape York, Gulf Country, Kimberley, Top End, Wet Tropics

Green Rosella JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/) / CC BY-SA 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Green Rosella

Platycercus caledonicus
Psittaculidae Psittaciformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales1

Tasmania

Green-backed Gerygone Alan Bell / CC BY 4.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Green-backed Gerygone

Gerygone chloronota
Acanthizidae Passeriformes Hard Not observed
KnownLess known
Weight25
Locales5

Cape York, Gulf Country, Kimberley, Top End, Wet Tropics

Green-backed Honeyeater John Gould / Public domain / via Wikimedia Commons

Green-backed Honeyeater

Glycichaera fallax
Meliphagidae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales2

Cape York, Wet Tropics

Grey Butcherbird graeme lunt / CC BY 4.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Grey Butcherbird

Cracticus torquatus
Artamidae Passeriformes Medium Observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales16

Cape York, Central Australia, Channel Country, Eastern NSW, Gulf Count…

Grey Currawong John Anderson / CC BY-SA 2.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Grey Currawong

Strepera versicolor
Artamidae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales4

South-east South Australia, South-west WA, Tasmania, Victoria

Grey Falcon Christopher Watson (http://www.comebirdwatching.blogspot.com/) / CC BY-SA 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Grey Falcon

Falco hypoleucos
Falconidae Falconiformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales3

Central Australia, Channel Country, Mallee

Grey Fantail Brett Donald / CC BY-SA 2.5 / via Wikimedia Commons

Grey Fantail

Rhipidura albiscapa
Rhipiduridae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales6

Eastern NSW, South-east Queensland, South-east South Australia, South-…

Grey Goshawk Aviceda / CC BY-SA 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Grey Goshawk

Accipiter novaehollandiae
Accipitridae Accipitriformes Medium Observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales5

Cape York, Gulf Country, Kimberley, Top End, Wet Tropics