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Gilbert's Whistler Peter Jacobs from Australia / CC BY-SA 2.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Gilbert's Whistler

Pachycephala inornata
Pachycephalidae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales3

Mallee, Murray-Darling Basin, Victoria

Glossy Ibis WILDFOTO / Paul Thomsen

Glossy Ibis

Plegadis falcinellus
Threskiornithidae Pelecaniformes Medium Observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales16

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

Glossy Swiftlet Lip Kee / CC BY-SA 2.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Glossy Swiftlet

Collocalia esculenta
Apodidae Caprimulgiformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales2

Cape York, Wet Tropics

Golden Bowerbird Scott Williams / CC BY-SA 4.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Golden Bowerbird

Prionodura newtoniana
Ptilonorhynchidae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales1

Wet Tropics

Golden Whistler John Manger, CSIRO / CC BY 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Golden Whistler

Pachycephala pectoralis
Pachycephalidae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales5

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

Golden-backed Honeyeater John Gould / William Matthew Hart / Public domain / via Wikimedia Commons

Golden-backed Honeyeater

Melithreptus laetior
Meliphagidae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales1

Cape York

Golden-headed Cisticola WILDFOTO / Paul Thomsen

Golden-headed Cisticola

Cisticola exilis
Cisticolidae Passeriformes Hard Observed
KnownLess known
Weight25
Locales5

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

Golden-shouldered Parrot JJ Harrison / CC BY-SA 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Golden-shouldered Parrot

Psephotellus chrysopterygius
Psittaculidae Psittaciformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales1

Cape York

Gould's Petrel JJ Harrison / CC BY-SA 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Gould's Petrel

Pterodroma leucoptera
Procellariidae Procellariiformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales2

Eastern NSW, Victoria

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