Discover the Kimberley Coastline-An Ancient Wilderness Voyage Map May 30-June 9 2024

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Discover the Kimberley Coastline: An Ancient Wilderness Darwin, Australia to Broome, Australia May 30 – June 9, 2024 Captain Erwan LeRouzic Discovery Leader Alice Forrest Total Nautical Miles = 1430 11 2 4 5 6 1 – Darwin, Australia (May 30) 2 – King George River & Falls (May 31) 3 – Vansittart Bay & Jar Island (June 1 AM ) – C -53 wreck (June 1 PM ) 4 – Ashmore Reef (June 2) 5 – Swift Bay (June 3) 6 – Prince Frederick Harbour & Hunter River (June 4) 7 – Hanover Bay (June 5) 8 – Freshwater Cove (June 6 AM) 9 – Montgomery Reef (June 6 PM) 10 – Talbot Bay & Horizontal Falls (June 7) 11 – Cape Leveque (June 8) 12 – Broome (June 9) Broome, Australia 1 9 3 7 10 Darwin, Australia 8 12

Critter Club – Wildlife Checklist

Discover the Kimberley Coastline: An Ancient Wilderness | May 30 – June 9, 2024

BIRDS

Australian white ibis Threskiornis molucca

Azure kingfisher Ceyx azureus

Bar-shouldered dove Geopelia humeralis

Black-faced cuckooshrike Coracina novaehollandiae

Black kite Milvus migrans

Brahminy kite Haliastur indus

Brown booby Sula leucogaster

Brown honeyeater Lichmera indistincta

Caspian tern Hydroprogne caspia

Common greenshank Tringa nebularia

Common noddy Anous stolidus

Double-barred finch Stizoptera bichenovii

Eastern osprey Pandion cristatus

Eastern reef egret Egretta sacra

Great bowerbird Chlamydera nuchalis

Great egret Ardea alba

Greater crested tern Thalasseus bergii

Grey tailed tattler Tringa brevipes

Lesser frigatebird Fregata ariel

Little wood swallow Artamus minor

Mangrove golden whistler Pachycephala pectoralis

Masked booby Sula dactylatra

Masked lapwing Vanellus miles

Mistletoe bird Dicaeum hirundinaceum

Pied oystercatcher Haematopus longirostris

Rainbow bee eater Merops ornatus

Red-backed fairy wren Malurus melanocephalus

Red-capped plover Anarynchus ruficapillus

Red-headed honeyeater Myzomela erythrocephala

Rufous whistler Pachycephala rufiventris

Sacred kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus

Silver crowned friarbird Philemon argenticeps

Sooty oystercatcher Haematopus fuliginosus

Sooty tern Onchoprion fuscatus

Sulphur crested cockatoo Cacatua galerita

Torresian imperial pigeon Ducula spilorrhoa

Wedge tailed eagle Aquila audax

Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus

Whistling kite Haliastur sphenurus

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Critter Club – Wildlife Checklist

Discover the Kimberley Coastline: An Ancient Wilderness | May 30 – June 9, 2024

BIRDS continued

White breasted wood swallow Artamus leucorynchus

White bellied cuckoo shrike Coracina papuensis

White bellied sea eagle Haleiaeetus leucogaster

Willie wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys

Yellow white eye Zosterops citrinella

MARINE LIFE

Australian snubfin dolphin Orcaella heinsohnii

Brittlestar Ophiuroidea spp.

Dugong Dugong dugon

Elegant fidler crab Tubuca elegans

Estuarine crocodile Crocodylus porosus

Flame backed fidler crab Tubuca flammula

Golden trevally Gnathanodon speciosus

Great hammerhead shark Sphyrna mokarran

Green sea turtle Chelonia mydas

Hermit crab Dardanus calidus

Mobular ray Mobula spp.

Mudskipper spp. Periopthalmus spp.

Olive sea snake Aipysurus laevis

Remora Remora spp.

Tawny nurse shark Nebrius ferrugineus

White spotted eagle ray Aetobatus narinari

TERRESTRIAL LIFE

Cane toad Rhinella marina

Dingo Canis lupus dingo

Goana Varanus spp.

Monjon Petrogale burbidgei

Mud dauber wasp Sceliphron spp.

Ningbing false antechinus (deceased) Pseudantechinus ningbing

Short eared rock wallaby Petrogale brachyotis

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