# World Bird Families#Australasia

milestone 37 | Australia 2022 | family 236/250

Wonderful plain plan for the Plains Wanderer

Project progress - Bird Families of the World 236/250
94%

Clean up Australian continent endemic families, clean up non-passerines families, second try after the failure in 2018, finally I’ve ticked Plains Wanderer!  Thanks Simon Starr for great tour!

After wandering an hour or so in the dark, wet grassy plains of in north Victoria, we’ve got my new, criticly endangered, nocturnal, monotype, polyandry, endemic bird family: Plains Wanderer!

236. Family #045: Plains Wanderer (Pedionomidae) |  Plains-Wanderer.

Australian ShelduckTadorna tadornoidesVIC
Maned DuckChenonetta jubataVIC
Pacific Black DuckAnas superciliosaVIC,La Trobe univercity
Chestnut TealAnas castaneaVIC,La Trobe univercity
Stubble QuailCoturnix pectoralisVIC, Terik Terik NR
Australasian GrebeTachybaptus novaehollandiaeVIC
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboVIC,La Trobe univercity
Little Pied CormorantPhalacrocorax melanoleucosVIC,La Trobe univercity
Australasian DarterAnhinga novaehollandiaeVIC
White-faced HeronEgretta novaehollandiaeQLD,Redcliffe
Australian IbisThreskiornis moluccusVIC,La Trobe univercity
Straw-necked IbisThreskiornis spinicollisVIC,Ingle Wood NR
Australian KiteElanus axillarisVIC
Square-tailed KiteLophoictinia isuraVIC
Little EagleHieraaetus morphnoidesVIC
Wedge-tailed EagleAquila audaxVIC,Karngon
Brown GoshawkAccipiter fasciatusVIC,Ingle Wood NR
Black KiteMilvus migransVIC,Karngon
Whistling KiteHaliastur sphenurusVIC,Karngon
Australasian SwamphenPorphyrio melanotusVIC,La Trobe univercity
Dusky MoorhenGallinula tenebrosaVIC,La Trobe univercity
Black-tailed Native-henTribonyx ventralisVIC
Banded LapwingVanellus tricolorVIC
Masked LapwingVanellus milesVIC
Black-fronted DotterelElseyornis melanopsVIC,Ingle Wood NR
Plains-wandererPedionomus torquatusVIC, Terik Terik NR
Painted ButtonquailTurnix variusVIC
Silver GullChroicocephalus novaehollandiaeVIC,La Trobe univercity
Rock PigeonColumba liviaQLD,Redcliffe
Spotted DoveStreptopelia chinensisVIC,La Trobe univercity
Common BronzewingPhaps chalcopteraVIC
Crested PigeonOcyphaps lophotesVIC
Peaceful DoveGeopelia placidaVIC,Karngon
Fan-tailed CuckooCacomantis flabelliformisVIC
Black-eared CuckooChrysococcyx osculansVIC, Ingle Wood NR
Horsfield’s Bronze-CuckooChrysococcyx basalisVIC
Laughing KookaburraDacelo novaeguineaeVIC
Nankeen KestrelFalco cenchroidesVIC,Karngon
GalahEolophus roseicapillaVIC
Long-billed CorellaCacatua tenuirostrisVIC
Sulphur-crested CockatooCacatua galeritaVIC
Rainbow LorikeetTrichoglossus moluccanusVIC,La Trobe univercity
Scaly-breasted LorikeetTrichoglossus chlorolepidotusQLD,Redcliffe
Port Lincoln ParrotBarnardius zonariusVIC
Crimson RosellaPlatycercus elegansVIC
Eastern RosellaPlatycercus eximiusVIC
Red-rumped ParrotPsephotus haematonotusVIC
Swift ParrotLathamus discolorVIC
Brown TreecreeperClimacteris picumnusVIC,Karngon
Superb FairywrenMalurus cyaneusVIC
White-winged FairywrenMalurus leucopterusVIC
Red-backed FairywrenMalurus melanocephalusQLD,Redcliffe
Yellow-faced HoneyeaterLichenostomus chrysopsVIC
Singing HoneyeaterLichenostomus virescensVIC,Karngon
White-eared HoneyeaterLichenostomus leucotisVIC, Ingle Wood NR
Yellow-tufted HoneyeaterLichenostomus melanopsVIC
Fuscous HoneyeaterLichenostomus fuscusVIC
Yellow-plumed HoneyeaterLichenostomus ornatusVIC
White-plumed HoneyeaterLichenostomus penicillatusVIC,Karngon
White-fronted HoneyeaterPurnella albifronsVIC,Ingle Wood NR
Bell MinerManorina melanophrysVIC,La Trobe univercity
Noisy MinerManorina melanocephalaVIC
Spiny-cheeked HoneyeaterAcanthagenys rufogularisVIC,Karngon
Red WattlebirdAnthochaera carunculataVIC
Tawny-crowned HoneyeaterGliciphila melanopsVIC,Ingle Wood NR
Brown HoneyeaterLichmera indistinctaQLD,Redcliffe
New Holland HoneyeaterPhylidonyris novaehollandiaeVIC,Ingle Wood NR
Black-chinned HoneyeaterMelithreptus gularisVIC
Brown-headed HoneyeaterMelithreptus brevirostrisVIC
Blue-faced HoneyeaterEntomyzon cyanotisQLD,Redcliffe
Noisy FriarbirdPhilemon corniculatusVIC
Painted HoneyeaterGrantiella pictaVIC,Karngon
Spotted PardalotePardalotus punctatusVIC
Striated PardalotePardalotus striatusVIC
White-browed ScrubwrenSericornis frontalisVIC
Chestnut-rumped HeathwrenHylacola pyrrhopygiaVIC
Shy HeathwrenHylacola cautaVIC, Ingle Wood NR
Buff-rumped ThornbillAcanthiza reguloidesVIC
Inland ThornbillAcanthiza apicalisVIC,Ingle Wood NR
Yellow ThornbillAcanthiza nanaVIC
WeebillSmicrornis brevirostrisVIC
Southern WhitefaceAphelocephala leucopsisVIC
White-browed BabblerPomatostomus superciliosusVIC,Karngon
Dusky WoodswallowArtamus cyanopterusVIC
Gray ButcherbirdCracticus torquatusQLD,Redcliffe
Australasian MagpieGymnorhina tibicenVIC
Gray CurrawongStrepera versicolorVIC
Black-faced CuckooshrikeCoracina novaehollandiaeVIC,Karngon
White-bellied CuckooshrikeCoracina papuensisVIC
Varied SittellaDaphoenositta chrysopteraVIC
Crested Shrike-titFalcunculus frontatusVIC, Karngon
Australian Golden WhistlerPachycephala pectoralisVIC
Western WhistlerPachycephala occidentaliVIC,Ingle Wood NR
Rufous WhistlerPachycephala rufiventrisVIC
Crested BellbirdOreoica gutturalisVIC
Olive-backed OrioleOriolus sagittatusVIC
Willie-wagtailRhipidura leucophrysVIC
Gray FantailRhipidura albiscapaVIC
Magpie-larkGrallina cyanoleucaVIC
Australian RavenCorvus coronoidesVIC,Karngon
Little RavenCorvus melloriVIC
White-winged ChoughCorcorax melanorhamphosVIC
Jacky-winterMicroeca fascinansVIC
Scarlet RobinPetroica boodangVIC
Red-capped RobinPetroica goodenoviiVIC
Hooded RobinMelanodryas cucullataVIC
Eastern Yellow RobinEopsaltria australisVIC
Australasian BushlarkMirafra javanicaVIC,Terik Terik NR
Welcome SwallowHirundo neoxenaVIC
Tree MartinPetrochelidon nigricansVIC
Brown SonglarkMegalurus cruralisVIC
Rufous SonglarkMegalurus mathewsiVIC, Karngon
Silver-eyeZosterops lateralisVIC
Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merulaVIC
Common MynaAcridotheres tristisQLD,Redcliffe
European StarlingSturnus vulgarisVIC
Australian PipitAnthus australisVIC,Terik Terik NR
House SparrowPasser domesticusVIC
Diamond FiretailStagonopleura guttataVIC
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