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===Birds=== 111 species of birds have been recorded in Eungella National Park.<ref name="q gov 2015" /> The [[Eungella honeyeater]] (''Lichenostomus hindwoodi'') is endemic to the highland rainforest of the Clarke Range, including the park.<ref name="long and boles">Longmore, N. W., and W. E. Boles. 1983. Description and systematics of the Eungella Honeyeater ''Meliphaga hindwoodi'' . A new species of Honeyeater from Central Eastern Queensland, Australia. ''Emu'' 83:59-65.</ref> It can be distinguished from it is close relative and sister species the [[bridled honeyeater]] (''Lichenostomus frenata'') by its plumage colour and markings, size, bill colour and calls.<ref name="long and boles" /><ref name="nyari">Nyari, A. S., and L. Joseph. 2011. Systematic dismantlement of Lichenostomus improves the basis for understanding relationships within the honeyeaters (Meliphagidae) and the historical development of Australo-Papuan bird communities. ''Emu'' 111.</ref> It was first collected in 1975 and described in 1983, making it the most recently described Australian bird species.<ref name="long and boles" /><ref name=nyari /> It occurs in the park, and also feeds in adjacent eucalypt woodlands.<ref name="low 93" /> The [[red-necked crake]] (''Rallina tricolor''), previously thought to only occur as far south as [[Townsville]], was first observed in the park in 1981.<ref>Woodall, P. F., and L. B. Woodall. 1983. The Red-necked Crake Rallina tricolor in Eungella National Park, Queensland. ''Sunbird'' 13:68-70</ref> The [[buff-breasted paradise kingfisher]] (''Tanysiptera sylvia'') and the [[white-browed robin]] (''Poecilodryas superciliosa'') are at the southern extent of their distribution at Eungella.<ref name=winter /> The [[regent bowerbird]] (''Sericulus chrysocephalus'') occurs at its northern limit in the park and surrounding area,<ref name="bristowe">Bristowe, E. K., H. Laybourne-Smith, and A. Lendon. 1972. Records from an ornithological tour of Queensland. ''The Sunbird'' 3:67-75</ref><ref name="chisolm">Chisholm, A. H. 1965. Bird-notes from Eungella. ''Emu'' 65:164.</ref><ref>Robertson, J. S. 1961. Mackay report. ''Emu'' 61:270-274.</ref> as do the [[brown thornbill]] (''Acanthiza pusilla'')<ref name=bristowe /><ref>Hopkins, N. 1971. The Brown Thornbill at Eungella - and extension of range. ''The Sunbird'' 82.</ref> and the [[glossy black cockatoo]] (''Calyptorhynchus lathami'').<ref>Pierce, R. 1984. Range extension of Glossy Black Cockatoos. ''Sunbird'' 14:10-11.</ref> [[Australian swiftlet]]s (''Aerodramus terraereginae'') breed in caves in the Finch Hatton Creek area,<ref name=chisolm /><ref>Smyth, D. M. 1976. The Grey Swiftlet colony at Finch Hatton Gorge. ''Sunbird'' 7:65-66.</ref> and one of the few Australian records of [[glossy swiftlet]] (''Collocalia esculenta'') was in the park.<ref>Boles, W. E., and D. H. Barry. 1975. Glossy Swiftlet at Eungella National Park, Qld. ''Sunbird'' 6:97-98.</ref>
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