The Wet Tropics. There's always something happening.

Also known as the Stagemaker. Males clear a court on the forest floor and decorate it with upturned leaves. Heard far more often than seen, its loud mimicry echoing through upland rainforest.

Australia's smallest bowerbird and the only species to build a maypole bower. The male's golden plumage glows in the dim understorey of mountain rainforest above 900 m.

A loud, skulking ground-dweller whose dawn chorus of ringing calls is one of the signature sounds of the Wet Tropics. Forages by flicking leaf litter with powerful legs.

A tiny, secretive insectivore of mossy mountain rainforest. Creeps mouse-like through fern tangles and root masses, most reliably detected by its high-pitched descending song.

Restricted to rainforest above 600 m. Forages actively in the canopy and mid-storey, often joining mixed feeding flocks with gerygones and fantails.

A ground-hugging skulker of upland rainforest. Very similar to the Large-billed Scrubwren but restricted to the Wet Tropics above 600 m.

A common and conspicuous honeyeater of Wet Tropics gardens and rainforest edges. Bold yellow facial streaks and an assertive, chattering call make it easy to identify.

An upland specialist often seen at flowering trees and shrubs above 600 m. The yellow 'bridle' mark behind the eye is diagnostic.

A rich-voiced upland relative of the Grey Shrike-thrush. Forages methodically through the mid-storey and is often located by its melodious, far-carrying song.

The smallest of Australia's three riflebirds. Males perform a spectacular spread-wing courtship display on elevated perches. Females and juveniles forage quietly on tree trunks.

A striking black-and-white flycatcher that spirals up tree trunks gleaning insects, often flashing its erectile white nape ruff. Found in lowland and mid-altitude rainforest.

A quiet, confiding robin of the upland rainforest floor. Perches low and drops to the ground to snatch invertebrates, often allowing close approach.

A nocturnal specialist of dense upland rainforest. Its eerie descending shriek is often the only sign of its presence. Spotlighting on calm nights offers the best chance.

One of Australia's rarest and most elusive birds. Inhabits dry rainforest and vine thicket on the western margin of the Wet Tropics. Virtually never seen; presence often inferred from circular scratchings called platelets.

A large, stunningly colourful fruit-dove whose deep resonant "wompoo" call carries through the canopy. Despite vivid plumage, it can be surprisingly hard to spot among foliage.