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Coolmunda Dam

Region: Australia: Queensland
Location: 28°26'00"S 151°13'29"E
Description: Includes the free camping areas on the northern and southern foreshores, picnic areas 1 and 2, the dam wall and outflow creek. Coolmunda Dam is managed by Sunwater for irrigation downstream along the Macintyre Brook. Fishing and boating are permitted. The dam is bounded by private grazing properties on the eastern shore. A camping ground with cabins and facilities is close by.
Period: 1/25/2010
List: 55622
List Status: Published in Atlas
Observer:Chris Armstrong
Species:53
Prepared: 9/9/2010
 
Common Names

SpeciesScientific NameCommentCount
Black SwanCygnus atratus100+ 
Australian Wood DuckChenonetta jubata  
Pacific Black DuckAnas superciliosa  
Grey TealAnas gracilis100+ 
Pink-eared DuckMalacorhynchus membranaceus2 
HardheadAythya australis  
Musk DuckBiziura lobata6 
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus6 
Australian PelicanPelecanus conspicillatus40+ 
Little Black CormorantPhalacrocorax sulcirostris100+ 
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo  
Pied CormorantPhalacrocorax varius  
Australasian DarterAnhinga melanogaster  
White-faced HeronEgretta novaehollandiae1 
Little EgretEgretta garzetta3 
Straw-necked IbisThreskiornis spinicollis  
Royal SpoonbillPlatalea regia  
Yellow-billed SpoonbillPlatalea flavipes  
Black-shouldered KiteElanus axillaris1 
Black KiteMilvus migrans1 
Whistling KiteHaliastur sphenurus6+ 
White-bellied Sea-EagleHaliaeetus leucogaster2 
Australian HobbyFalco longipennis1 
Eurasian CootFulica atra100+ 
Masked LapwingVanellus miles50+ 
Red-capped PloverCharadrius ruficapillus4 
Black-winged StiltHimantopus leucocephalus  
Silver GullChroicocephalus novaehollandiae50+, more than I've seen before 
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia2 
GalahEolophus roseicapilla  
Little CorellaCacatua sanguinea  
CockatielNymphicus hollandicus  
Scaly-breasted LorikeetTrichoglossus chlorolepidotus2 
Red-rumped ParrotPsephotus haematonotus  
Red-winged ParrotAprosmictus erythropterus  
Australian KoelEudynamys cyanocephalusheard 
White-winged Fairy-wrenMalurus leucopterusat least 6 at the normal spot 
Superb Fairy-wrenMalurus cyaneus  
Noisy MinerManorina melanocephala  
Yellow-rumped ThornbillAcanthiza chrysorrhoa  
Pied ButcherbirdCracticus nigrogularis  
Australian MagpieGymnorhina tibicen  
Willie WagtailRhipidura leucophrys  
Magpie-larkGrallina cyanoleuca  
Torresian CrowCorvus orru  
ApostlebirdStruthidea cinereaat picnic area 1 
Welcome SwallowHirundo neoxena  
Tree MartinPetrochelidon nigricans  
Australian Reed-WarblerAcrocephalus australisheard 
Golden-headed CisticolaCisticola exilisheard 
Common MynaAcridotheres tristis  
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris  
Australasian PipitAnthus novaeseelandiae  



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