NORTHERN AUSTRALIA AND THE INDONESIAN ARCHIPELAGO
17 MARCH – 02 APRIL 2025
Captain: Erwan Le Rouzic
Discovery Leader: Patrick Horgan
Total Nautical Miles: 2756.9
Day 1: 17 March – Cairns
Day 2: 18 March – Lizard Island
Day 3: 19 March – Cape York
Day 4: 20 March – Thursday Island
Day 5: 21 March – At Sea
Day 6: 22 March – At Sea
Day 7: 23 March – Rama Beach (AM) and Matakus (PM), Tanimbar Islands
Day 8: 24 March – Ngurbloat Beach, Kei Islands
Day 9: 25 March – Banda Neira, Banda Islands
Day 10: 26 March – At Sea
Indonesia
Benoa, Bali Mojo; Badas Senggigi Komodo; Padar
Rama; Matakus Ngurbloat Kalabahi; Nuhakepa Larantuka Ende Banda Neira Thursday Island
Cape York
Day 11: 27 March – Kalabahi and Latafui Village (AM) and Nuhakepa Island (PM), Alor Islands
Day 12: 28 March – Larantuka and Lewotala and Kawaliwu Villages, Flores Island
Day 13: 29 March – Ende and Ndona Village and Kelimutu Lakes, Flores Island
Day 14: 30 March – Komodo Island (AM); Padar Pink Beach (PM), Padar Island
Day 15: 31 March – Tanjun Pasir Beach (AM), Mojo Island; Badas (PM), Sumbawa Island
Day 16: 01 April – Senggigi, Lombok Island
Day 17: 02 April – Bali, Lesser Sunda Islands
Australia Lizard Island
Cairns
Critter Club – Wildlife Checklist
Australian Magpie Cracticus tibicen
Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus moluccanus
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
White Ibis Threskiornis molucca
Australian Kestrel Falco cenchroides
Pied Imperial Pigeon Ducula bicolor
Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala
Eastern Reef Egret Egretta Sacra
White-Breasted Woodswallow Artamus Leucorynchus
Masked Lapwing (Plover) Vanellus miles
Bush Stone-curlew Burhinus grallarius
Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis
Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
Red Footed Booby Sula sula
Australasian Gannet Morus serrator
Common Tern Sterna hirundo
Wilson’s Storm-petrel Oceanites oceanicus
Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda
White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus
Osprey Pandion haliaetus
White Bellied Sea Eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphus
BRAHMINY KITE Haliastur indus
Black Noddy Anous minutus
Spangled Drongo Dicrurus bracteatus
Blue Winged Kookabura Dacelo leachii
Chestnut Breasted Mannikin Lonchura castaneothorax
Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
Silver crowed Friarbird Philemon argenticeps
Radjah Shellduck Tadorna radjah
Euarsian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
Jungle Fowel Gallus gallus
Whitetuffed Honeyeater Lichenostomus virescens x Barred Dove Geopelia striata
Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus
Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
Metalic Starling Aplonis metallica
Flores Spangled Drogno Dicrurus hottentottus
Flores Crow Corvus florensis
Flame Breasted Sunbird Leptocoma glamour
Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
Pacific Reef-Heron Egretta sacra
Eastern Cattle-Egret Merops philippinus
Blue Tailed Bee Eater Merops philippinus x White Nest Swiftlet Aerodramus fuciphagus
Critter Club – Wildlife Checklist
Northern Australia & the Indonesian Archipelago: 17 March - 2 April 2025
Beach Thick-knee Esacus magnirostris
Large Billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana
MAMMALS
Water Buffalo Bubalus bubalis
Timor Deer Rusa timorensis
Crab-eating (Long-tailed) Macaque Macaca fascicularis
Banded Pig Sus scrofa vittatu
MARINE MAMMALS
Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis x Spinner Dolphin Stenella longirostris x Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus x
FISH
Manta Ray Manta birostris
Blacktip Reef Shark Carcharhinus melanopterus x Whitetip Reef Shark Triaenodon obesus x Angel Fish Pomacanthus imperator
Parrot Fish Scarus spp.
Porccupine Puffer Diodon hystrix
Clownfish Amphiprion spp.
Suregonfish Acanthurus spp.
Damsel Fish Dascyllus trimaculatus Damsel Fish Pomacentrus spp. Red Tooth Trigger Fish Odonus niger
Butterfly Fish Chaetodon spp.
Moorish Idol Zanclus cornutus
Flying Fish Exocoetus volitans
Blue Tang Paracanthurus hepatus
Common Lionfish Pterois volitans
REPTILES
Saltwater Crocodile Crocodylus porosus Green Sea Turtle Chelonia mydas
Loggerhead Turtle Caretta caretta Hawkesbill Turtle Eretmochelys imbricata
Lizard Island Monitor Varanus lizard
Golden Orb Spider Trichonephila inaurata
Asian Water Monitor Varanus salvator
Komodo Dragon Varanus komodoensis
