Trying to cleanup Aussie land
Project progress - Bird Families of the World 224/250
90%
My second trip to Australia was an attempt to cleanup all missing families. Out of 7 families on my wish-list, 6 where seen & photographed. All seen in New South Wales and Victoria, so visiting West Australia on the trip’s second leg, just added new species.
I started with an endemic hard one: Scrub-birds – Rufous Scrub-bird on Gloucester Tops, NSW
219. Family #128: Scrub-birds (Atrichornithidae) | Rufous Scrub-bird
Next endemic – Bristlebirds – Eastern Bristlebird on Barren Grounds, NSW & Rufous Bristlebird on a few locations along the Great Ocean Road, VIC
220. Family #133: Bristlebirds (Dasyornithidae) | Rufous Bristlebird
Crusoe Reservoir near Bedigo, VIC contributed two new families: Australo-Papuan Bellbirds – Crested Bellbird & Owlet-nightjars – Australian Owlet-nightjar.
221. Family #144: Australo-Papuan Bellbirds (Oreoicidae) | Crested Bellbird
222. Family #26: Owlet-nightjars (Aegothelidae) | Australian Owlet-nightjar
Denilliquin, NSW area: The dipped family, Plains-Wanderer, was a great disappointment since the tour for it with Phil Maher scheduled almost a year earlier. We tried hard spotlighting for hours without success. The absence of rain for long time probably moved the birds to different areas. The good news – I’ll need to visit Australia again! Anyhow, Denilliquin is now on project map with another Australian endemic family: Shrike-tit – Crested Shrike-tit.
223. Family #145: Shrike-tit (Falcunculidae) | Crested Shrike-tit
Last but not least: Quail-thrushes – Spotted Quail-thrush on Brisbane Ranges NP, VIC
224. Family #138: Quail-thrushes and Jewel-babblers (Cinclosomatidae) | Spotted Quail-thrush
| Emu | Dromaius novaehollandiae |
south to Denilliqion |
| Plumed Whistling-Duck |
Dendrocygna eytoni |
around Denilliquin |
| Cape Barren Goose |
Cereopsis novaehollandiae |
Wilson Point |
| Freckled Duck |
Stictonetta naevosa |
Herdsman Lake, Perth |
| Mute Swan |
Cygnus olor |
around Denilliquin |
| Black Swan |
Cygnus atratus |
Crusoe Reservoir, @Kalbarry |
| Australian Shelduck |
Tadorna tadornoides |
Wilson Point |
| Maned Duck |
Chenonetta jubata |
Sydney->Karuhah |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos |
Margaret River |
| Pacific Black Duck |
Anas superciliosa |
Crusoe Reservoir, around Denilliquin |
| Gray Teal |
Anas gracilis |
Crusoe Reservoir |
| Chestnut Teal |
Anas castanea |
Gampians |
| Pink-eared Duck |
Malacorhynchus membranaceus |
Perth->Margaret River |
| White-eyed Duck |
Aythya australis |
@Perth |
| Blue-billed Duck | Oxyura australis |
Albany |
| Musk Duck |
Biziura lobata |
Albany |
| Australian Brush-Turkey |
Alectura lathami |
Sydney->Karuhah |
| Helmeted Guineafowl |
Numida meleagris |
Gloucester Tops |
| Australasian Grebe |
Tachybaptus novaehollandiae |
Crusoe Reservoir, Perth, Herdsman Lake |
| Hoary-headed Grebe |
Poliocephalus poliocephalus |
Joondalaup Lake |
| Great Crested Grebe |
Podiceps cristatus |
Albany |
| Australasian Gannet |
Morus serrator |
Jervis Bay, Kalbari NP |
| Little Black Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax sulcirostris |
Great Ocean Road |
| Great Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax carbo |
Jervis Bay, Great Ocean Road |
| Pied Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax varius |
Jervis Bay |
| Black-faced Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax fuscescens |
Great Ocean Road |
| Little Pied Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax melanoleucos |
around Denilliquin |
| Australasian Darter |
Anhinga novaehollandiae |
around Denilliquin |
| Australian Pelican |
Pelecanus conspicillatus |
Sydney->Karuhah |
| Pacific Heron |
Ardea pacifica |
Albany |
| Great Egret |
Ardea alba | @Swan River |
| Intermediate Egret |
Mesophoyx intermedia |
Jervis Bay, four mile pool (near Kalbari) |
| White-faced Heron |
Egretta novaehollandiae |
Gloucester Tops |
| Rufous Night-Heron |
Nycticorax caledonicus |
Margaret River |
| Glossy Ibis |
Plegadis falcinellus |
four mile pool (near Kalbari) |
| Australian Ibis |
Threskiornis moluccus |
Sydney->Karuhah |
| Straw-necked Ibis |
Threskiornis spinicollis |
Gloucester Tops, around Denilliquin |
| Yellow-billed Spoonbill |
Platalea flavipes |
around Denilliquin, Sawn Valley |
| Eastern Osprey |
Pandion cristatus |
Margaret River |
| Australian Kite |
Elanus axillaris |
Gloucester Tops |
| Square-tailed Kite | Lophoictinia isura |
around Denilliquin |
| Little Eagle |
Hieraaetus morphnoides |
around Denilliquin |
| Wedge-tailed Eagle |
Aquila audax |
around Denilliquin |
| Swamp Harrier |
Circus approximans |
around Denilliquin |
| Brown Goshawk |
Accipiter fasciatus |
Brisbane Range |
| Collared Sparrowhawk |
Accipiter cirrocephalus |
Gloucester Tops |
| Whistling Kite |
Haliastur sphenurus |
around Denilliquin |
| White-bellied Sea-Eagle |
Haliaeetus leucogaster |
Jervis Bay |
| Buff-banded Rail |
Gallirallus philippensis |
Perth, Herdsman Lake |
| Spotless Crake |
Porzana tabuensis |
Joondalaup Lake |
| Australasian Swamphen |
Porphyrio melanotus |
around Denilliquin, Great Ocean Road |
| Dusky Moorhen |
Gallinula tenebrosa |
around Denilliquin |
| Black-tailed Native-hen |
Tribonyx ventralis |
four mile pool (near Kalbari) |
| Eurasian Coot |
Fulica atra |
Crusoe Reservoir, @Perth |
| Pied Stilt |
Himantopus leucocephalus |
Pink Lake near Kalbari |
| Banded Stilt |
Cladorhynchus leucocephalus |
Wilson Point, Pink Lake near Kalbari |
| Red-necked Avocet |
Recurvirostra novaehollandiae |
Wilson Point, Pink Lake near Kalbari |
| Pied Oystercatcher |
Haematopus longirostris |
Esperance, Eleven Mile Lagoon |
| Sooty Oystercatcher |
Haematopus fuliginosus |
Sea Cliff Bridge |
| Banded Lapwing |
Vanellus tricolor |
around Denilliquin |
| Masked Lapwing |
Vanellus miles |
Sydney->Karuhah |
| Red-capped Plover |
Charadrius ruficapillus |
beach near Pinacles |
| Hooded Plover |
Thinornis cucullatus |
Great Ocean Road. aka Hooded Dotterel |
| Black-fronted Dotterel |
Elseyornis melanops |
Crusoe Reservoir |
| Inland Dotterel |
Peltohyas australis |
around Denilliquin |
| Wood Sandpiper |
Tringa glareola |
Pink Lake near Kalbari |
| Ruddy Turnstone |
Arenaria interpres |
beach near Pinacles |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax |
Point Wilson |
| Long-toed Stint |
Calidris subminuta |
Pink Lake (near Kalbarri) |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba |
beach near Pinacles |
| Painted Buttonquail |
Turnix varius |
Gloucester Tops |
| Silver Gull |
Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae |
Sydney->Karuhah, Great Ocean Road |
| Pacific Gull |
Larus pacificus |
Great Ocean Road. Apollo Bay |
| Fairy Tern |
Sternula nereis |
Cape Leeuwin |
| Caspian Tern |
Hydroprogne caspia |
Anglesea |
| Whiskered Tern |
Chlidonias hybrida |
Wilson Point |
| Common Tern |
Sterna hirundo |
Jervis Bay |
| Great Crested Tern |
Thalasseus bergii |
Great Ocean Road |
| Rock Pigeon |
Columba livia |
Sydney->Karuhah |
| White-headed Pigeon |
Columba leucomela |
Barren Grounds |
| Spotted Dove |
Streptopelia chinensis |
Sydney->Karuhah |
| Crested Pigeon |
Ocyphaps lophotes |
Sydney->Karuhah |
| Wonga Pigeon |
Leucosarcia melanoleuca |
Gloucester Tops |
| Diamond Dove |
Geopelia cuneata |
around Denilliquin, Kalbarry NP |
| Peaceful Dove |
Geopelia placida |
Crusoe Reservoir, near Danilliquin |
| Pallid Cuckoo |
Cacomantis pallidus |
Ararat |
| Horsfield’s Bronze-Cuckoo |
Chrysococcyx basalis |
around Denilliquin |
| Shining Bronze-Cuckoo |
Chrysococcyx lucidus |
Dryandra Forest (near Lions Village) * plagosus (Shining) |
| Pacific Koel |
Eudynamys cyanocephalus |
Gloucester Tops. aka Australian Koel, Eastern Koel |
| Channel-billed Cuckoo |
Scythrops novaehollandiae |
Gloucester Tops |
| Pheasant Coucal |
Centropus phasianinus |
Gloucester Tops |
| Eastern Barn Owl |
Tyto delicatula |
around Denilliquin |
| Powerful Owl |
Ninox strenua |
@Centennial Park |
| Southern Boobook |
Ninox novaeseelandiae |
around Denilliquin |
| Australian Owlet-Nightjar |
Aegotheles cristatus |
Crusoe Reservoir (photo on Kerry Noris’s back year) |
| Pacific Swift |
Apus pacificus |
Wilson Point |
| Laughing Kookaburra |
Dacelo novaeguineae |
Sydney->Karuhah |
| Sacred Kingfisher |
Todiramphus sanctus |
Perth->Margaret River |
| Sacred Kingfisher |
Todiramphus sanctus |
Crusoe Reservoir |
| Rainbow Bee-eater |
Merops ornatus |
around Denilliquin |
| Dollarbird | Eurystomus orientalis |
Gloucester Tops |
| Australian Kestrel |
Falco cenchroides |
|
| Australian Hobby |
Falco longipennis |
Cervants and north |
| Brown Falcon |
Falco berigora |
around Denilliquin |
| Black Falcon |
Falco subniger |
around Denilliquin |
| Peregrine Falcon |
Falco peregrinus |
@Grampians |
| Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo |
Calyptorhynchus banksii |
Albany |
| Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo |
Calyptorhynchus funereus |
Sydney->Karuhah |
| Carnaby’s Black-Cockatoo | Calyptorhynchus latirostris |
Margaret River |
| Baudin’s Black-Cockatoo |
Calyptorhynchus baudinii |
Margaret River |
| Galah | Eolophus roseicapilla |
Sydney->Karuhah |
| Long-billed Corella |
Cacatua tenuirostris |
Denilliqion |
| Western Corella |
Cacatua pastinator |
Perth->Margaret River |
| Little Corella |
Cacatua sanguinea |
Sydney->Karuhah |
| Sulphur-crested Cockatoo |
Cacatua galerita |
Sydney->Karuhah |
| Cockatiel | Nymphicus hollandicus |
around Denilliquin |
| Rainbow Lorikeet |
Trichoglossus moluccanus |
Sydney->Karuhah, @Perth |
| Musk Lorikeet |
Glossopsitta concinna |
@Halls Gap |
| Purple-crowned Lorikeet |
Glossopsitta porphyrocephala |
north to Esperance |
| Red-capped Parrot |
Purpureicephalus spurius |
Albany |
| Port Lincoln Parrot |
Barnardius zonarius |
Perth->Margaret River |
| Crimson Rosella |
Platycercus elegans |
Gloucester Tops, around Denilliquin. ‘Yellow Rosella’ * flaveolus (Yellow) |
| Eastern Rosella |
Platycercus eximius |
Gloucester Tops |
| Western Rosella |
Platycercus icterotis |
Margaret River |
| Red-rumped Parrot |
Psephotus haematonotus |
Crusoe Reservoir |
| Bluebonnet | Northiella haematogaster |
around Denilliquin |
| Blue-winged Parrot |
Neophema chrysostoma |
Brisbane Range |
| Rock Parrot |
Neophema petrophila |
Cape Leeuwin |
| Australian King-Parrot |
Alisterus scapularis |
Gloucester Tops |
| Superb Parrot |
Polytelis swainsonii |
around Denilliquin |
| Superb Lyrebird |
Menura novaehollandiae |
Gloucester Tops |
| Rufous Scrub-bird |
Atrichornis rufescens |
Gloucester Tops |
| Satin Bowerbird |
Ptilonorhynchus violaceus |
Gloucester Tops, Great Ocean Road |
| White-throated Treecreeper | Cormobates leucophaea |
Denilliqion |
| Red-browed Treecreeper |
Climacteris erythrops |
Gloucester Tops |
| Brown Treecreeper |
Climacteris picumnus |
Crusoe Reservoir |
| Rufous Treecreeper |
Climacteris rufus |
Dryandra Forest (near Lions Village) |
| Southern Emuwren |
Stipiturus malachurus |
Anglesea |
| Red-winged Fairywren |
Malurus elegans |
Margaret River |
| Blue-breasted Fairywren |
Malurus pulcherrimus |
Dryandra Forest (near Lions Village) |
| Variegated Fairywren |
Malurus lamberti |
Barren Grounds |
| Purple-backed Fairywren |
Malurus assimilis |
Kalbarri NP |
| Splendid Fairywren |
Malurus splendens |
Perth->Margaret River, @Kalbarri NP |
| Superb Fairywren |
Malurus cyaneus |
Sydney->Karuhah |
| White-winged Fairywren |
Malurus leucopterus |
around Denilliquin, Kalbarri NP |
| Eastern Spinebill |
Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris |
Fitzroy Falls |
| Western Spinebill |
Acanthorhynchus superciliosus |
Perth->Margaret River |
| Yellow-faced Honeyeater |
Lichenostomus chrysops |
Sydney->Karuhah, Great Ocean Road |
| Singing Honeyeater |
Lichenostomus virescens |
around Denilliquin, Pinacles |
| White-eared Honeyeater |
Lichenostomus leucotis |
Crusoe Reservoir |
| Yellow-tufted Honeyeater |
Lichenostomus melanops |
@Bendigo |
| White-plumed Honeyeater |
Lichenostomus penicillatus |
around Denilliquin, West Australia |
| White-fronted Honeyeater |
Purnella albifrons |
Sydney->Karuhah |
| Bell Miner |
Manorina melanophrys |
Gloucester Tops |
| Noisy Miner |
Manorina melanocephala |
Sydney->Karuhah, @Bendigo |
| Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater |
Acanthagenys rufogularis |
around Denilliquin |
| Red Wattlebird |
Anthochaera carunculata |
Sydney->Karuhah |
| Little Wattlebird |
Anthochaera chrysoptera |
Jervis Bay |
| Western Wattlebird |
Anthochaera lunulata |
Perth->Margaret River |
| White-fronted Chat |
Epthianura albifrons |
Wilson Point |
| Black Honeyeater |
Sugomel niger |
around Denilliquin |
| Tawny-crowned Honeyeater |
Gliciphila melanops |
Cheynes Beach Caravan Park |
| Brown Honeyeater |
Lichmera indistincta |
Margaret River |
| New Holland Honeyeater |
Phylidonyris novaehollandiae |
Sydney->Karuhah, Margaret River |
| White-cheeked Honeyeater | Phylidonyris niger |
@Perth |
| White-naped Honeyeater |
Melithreptus lunatus |
Sydney->Karuhah |
| Gilbert’s Honeyeater |
Melithreptus chloropsis |
Dryandra Forest (near Lions Village). aka Swan River HE |
| Brown-headed Honeyeater |
Melithreptus brevirostris |
Crusoe Reservoir, around Denilliquin |
| Little Friarbird |
Philemon citreogularis |
around Denilliquin |
| Noisy Friarbird |
Philemon corniculatus |
around Denilliquin |
| Striped Honeyeater |
Plectorhyncha lanceolata |
around Denilliquin |
| Painted Honeyeater |
Grantiella picta |
around Denilliquin |
| Eastern Bristlebird |
Dasyornis brachypterus |
Barren Grounds |
| Rufous Bristlebird |
Dasyornis broadbenti |
Great Ocean Road |
| Spotted Pardalote |
Pardalotus punctatus |
Bisbane Range, Great Ocean Road |
| Striated Pardalote |
Pardalotus striatus |
Gloucester Tops |
| White-browed Scrubwren |
Sericornis frontalis |
New South Wales, Kalbarry NP maculatus |
| Redthroat | Pyrrholaemus brunneus |
Kalbari NP |
| Speckled Warbler |
Pyrrholaemus sagittatus |
Bacchus Marsh |
| Western Fieldwren |
Calamanthus montanellus |
Kalbarri NP |
| Striated Fieldwren |
Calamanthus fuliginosus |
Apollo Bay Lookout |
| Chestnut-rumped Heathwren |
Hylacola pyrrhopygia |
Crusoe Reservoir |
| Buff-rumped Thornbill |
Acanthiza reguloides |
around Denilliquin |
| Western Thornbill |
Acanthiza inornata |
Dryandra Forest (near Lions Village) |
| Brown Thornbill |
Acanthiza pusilla |
Great Ocean Road |
| Inland Thornbill |
Acanthiza apicalis |
Perth->Margaret River |
| Yellow-rumped Thornbill |
Acanthiza chrysorrhoa |
around Denilliquin |
| Yellow Thornbill |
Acanthiza nana |
around Denilliquin |
| Striated Thornbill |
Acanthiza lineata |
Gloucester Tops, near Denilliquin |
| Weebill | Smicrornis brevirostris |
Crusoe Reservoir |
| Brown Gerygone |
Gerygone mouki |
Gloucester Tops |
| Western Gerygone |
Gerygone fusca |
around Denilliquin, Margaret River |
| Southern Whiteface |
Aphelocephala leucopsis |
around Denilliquin |
| White-browed Babbler |
Pomatostomus superciliosus |
around Denilliquin |
| Eastern Whipbird |
Psophodes olivaceus |
Gloucester Tops |
| Spotted Quail-thrush |
Cinclosoma punctatum |
Brisbane Range |
| White-breasted Woodswallow |
Artamus leucorynchus |
around Denilliquin |
| Masked Woodswallow |
Artamus personatus |
around Denilliquin |
| White-browed Woodswallow |
Artamus superciliosus |
Crusoe Reservoir |
| Dusky Woodswallow |
Artamus cyanopterus |
Crusoe Reservoir |
| Gray Butcherbird |
Cracticus torquatus |
around Denilliquin |
| Pied Butcherbird |
Cracticus nigrogularis |
Sydney->Karuhah |
| Australasian Magpie |
Gymnorhina tibicen |
@Perth, Great Ocean Road |
| Gray Currawong |
Strepera versicolor |
Grampiens NP |
| Pied Currawong |
Strepera versicolor |
Grampiens NP |
| Black-faced Cuckooshrike |
Coracina novaehollandiae |
Gloucester Tops, West Australia |
| White-winged Triller |
Lalage tricolor |
Crusoe Reservoir, Kalbari NP |
| Varied Sittella |
Daphoenositta chrysoptera |
around Deniliquin |
| Crested Shrike-tit |
Falcunculus frontatus |
around Denilliquin |
| Gilbert’s Whistler |
Pachycephala inornata |
around Denilliquin |
| Australian Golden Whistler |
Pachycephala pectoralis |
Gloucester Tops |
| Western Whistler |
Pachycephala occidentali |
Margaret River, Dryandra Forest (near Lions Village) |
| Rufous Whistler |
Pachycephala rufiventris |
Fitzroy Falls, @Barren Grounds |
| Crested Bellbird |
Oreoica gutturalis |
Crusoe Reservoir |
| Willie-wagtail | Rhipidura leucophrys |
Sydney->Karuhah |
| Rufous Fantail |
Rhipidura rufifrons |
Great Ocean Road |
| Gray Fantail |
Rhipidura albiscapa |
Sydney->Karuhah |
| Spectacled Monarch |
Symposiachrus trivirgatus |
Barren Grounds |
| Magpie-lark | Grallina cyanoleuca |
Sydney – Karuah |
| Restless Flycatcher |
Myiagra inquieta |
around Denilliquin |
| Australian Raven |
Corvus coronoides |
Sydney->Karuhah |
| Little Raven |
Corvus mellori |
Crusoe Reservoir |
| White-winged Chough |
Corcorax melanorhamphos |
Gloucester Tops, @Denilliquin |
| Apostlebird |
Struthidea cinerea |
Denilliquin |
| Jacky-winter | Microeca fascinans |
around Denilliquin |
| Scarlet Robin |
Petroica boodang |
Dryandra Forest (near Lions Village) |
| Red-capped Robin |
Petroica goodenovii |
Crusoe Reservoir |
| Hooded Robin |
Melanodryas cucullata |
around Denilliquin |
| Western Yellow Robin |
Eopsaltria griseogularis |
Margaret River |
| White-breasted Robin |
Eopsaltria georgiana |
Margaret River |
| Southern Scrub-Robin |
Drymodes brunneopygia |
Kalbarri NP |
| Australasian Bushlark |
Mirafra javanica |
around Denilliquin. aka Horsfield’s Bushlark |
| Welcome Swallow |
Hirundo neoxena |
Gloucester Tops |
| Fairy Martin |
Petrochelidon ariel |
Gloucester Tops |
| Tree Martin |
Petrochelidon nigricans |
around Denilliquin, Kalbarry NP |
| White-backed Swallow |
Cheramoeca leucosterna |
around Denilliquin, Pinacles |
| Brown Songlark |
Megalurus cruralis |
Kalbari NP |
| Tawny Grassbird |
Megalurus timoriensis |
@Eastparks Golf Cource |
| Silver-eye | Zosterops lateralis |
Barren Grounds |
| Eurasian Blackbird |
Turdus merula |
New South Wales |
| Common Myna |
Acridotheres tristis |
Sydney->Karuhah |
| European Starling |
Sturnus vulgaris |
Sydney->Karuhah |
| Mistletoebird | Dicaeum hirundinaceum |
Crusoe Reservoir |
| Australian Pipit |
Anthus australis |
around Denilliquin, West Australia |
| European Goldfinch |
Carduelis carduelis |
Great Ocean Road |
| House Sparrow |
Passer domesticus |
Sydney->Karuhah |
| Red-eared Firetail |
Stagonopleura oculata |
Albany |
| Red-browed Firetail |
Neochmia temporalis |
Gloucester Tops |
| Zebra Finch |
Taeniopygia guttata |
around Denilliquin |
