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Chestnut-backed Buttonquail Joshua Bergmark (Ornis Birding Expeditions) / CC BY 4.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Chestnut-backed Buttonquail

Turnix castanotus
Turnicidae Charadriiformes Expert Observed
KnownObscure
Weight10
Locales4

Cape York, Gulf Country, Kimberley, Top End

Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo Aviceda / CC BY-SA 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo

Cacomantis castaneiventris
Cuculidae Cuculiformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales2

Cape York, Wet Tropics

Chestnut-breasted Mannikin WILDFOTO / Paul Thomsen

Chestnut-breasted Mannikin

Lonchura castaneothorax
Estrildidae Passeriformes Hard Observed
KnownLess known
Weight25
Locales5

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

Chestnut-breasted Quail-thrush JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/) / CC BY-SA 4.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Chestnut-breasted Quail-thrush

Cinclosoma castaneothorax
Cinclosomatidae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales2

Mallee, Murray-Darling Basin

Chestnut-breasted Whiteface Ron Knight / CC BY 2.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Chestnut-breasted Whiteface

Aphelocephala pectoralis
Acanthizidae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales1

Central Australia

Chestnut-crowned Babbler Ron Knight / CC BY 2.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Chestnut-crowned Babbler

Pomatostomus ruficeps
Pomatostomidae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales3

Central Australia, Channel Country, Mallee

Chestnut-quilled Rock Pigeon WILDFOTO / Paul Thomsen

Chestnut-quilled Rock Pigeon

Petrophassa rufipennis
Columbidae Columbiformes Hard Observed
KnownLess known
Weight25
Locales2

Arnhem Land / Kakadu Stone Country, Top End

Chestnut-rumped Heathwren JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/) / CC BY-SA 4.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Chestnut-rumped Heathwren

Calamanthus pyrrhopygius
Acanthizidae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales3

Eastern NSW, South-east South Australia, Victoria

Chestnut-rumped Thornbill Watchthebirdie / CC BY-SA 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Chestnut-rumped Thornbill

Acanthiza uropygialis
Acanthizidae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales3

Central Australia, Channel Country, Mallee

Chiming Wedgebill Chocolateoak / CC BY-SA 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Chiming Wedgebill

Psophodes occidentalis
Psophodidae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales3

Central Australia, Channel Country, Mallee

Chirruping Wedgebill JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/) / CC BY-SA 4.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Chirruping Wedgebill

Psophodes cristatus
Psophodidae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales3

Central Australia, Channel Country, Mallee

Chowchilla Rick elis.simpson / CC BY-SA 4.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Chowchilla

Orthonyx spaldingii
Orthonychidae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales1

Wet Tropics

Cinnamon Quail-thrush JJ Harrison / CC BY-SA 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Cinnamon Quail-thrush

Cinclosoma cinnamomeum
Cinclosomatidae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales3

Central Australia, Channel Country, Mallee

Cockatiel WILDFOTO / Paul Thomsen

Cockatiel

Nymphicus hollandicus
Cacatuidae Psittaciformes Easy Observed
KnownFamiliar
Weight80
Locales16

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

Coconut Lorikeet Myloismylife - LOKE SENG HON / CC BY-SA 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Coconut Lorikeet

Trichoglossus haematodus
Psittaculidae Psittaciformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales3

Cape York, South-east Queensland, Wet Tropics

Collared Imperial-Pigeon Matt Howry from Ardmore, OK, USA / CC BY 2.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Collared Imperial-Pigeon

Ducula mullerii
Columbidae Columbiformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales2

Cape York, Wet Tropics

Collared Pratincole Steve Garvie (rainbirder) / CC BY 2.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Collared Pratincole

Glareola pratincola
Glareolidae Charadriiformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales2

Eastern NSW, Victoria

Collared Sparrowhawk Aviceda / CC BY-SA 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Collared Sparrowhawk

Accipiter cirrocephalus
Accipitridae Accipitriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales16

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

Comb-crested jacana WILDFOTO / Paul Thomsen

Comb-crested jacana

Irediparra gallinacea
Jacanidae Charadriiformes Iconic Observed
KnownWell known
Weight100
Locales5

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

Common Bronzewing WILDFOTO / Paul Thomsen

Common Bronzewing

Phaps chalcoptera
Columbidae Columbiformes Medium Observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales5

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

Common Cicadabird JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/) / CC BY-SA 4.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Common Cicadabird

Edolisoma tenuirostre
Campephagidae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales4

Cape York, Eastern NSW, South-east Queensland, Wet Tropics

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

Common Diving-Petrel

Pelecanoides urinatrix
Procellariidae Procellariiformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales3

Nullarbor / Southern Coast, Tasmania, Victoria

Common Greenshank WILDFOTO / Paul Thomsen

Common Greenshank

Tringa nebularia
Scolopacidae Charadriiformes Hard Observed
KnownLess known
Weight25
Locales11

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

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Common Gull-billed Tern

Gelochelidon nilotica
Laridae Charadriiformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales5

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