Great Victoria Desert Trip

birds, mammals and reptiles recorded 6 — 23 September 2002

 

Crew: Philip N Maher, Patricia Maher, Robert Nevinson, Philip J Maher

Particpants: Wendy Black, Eileen Collins, Jenny Flood, Hilary Hill, John Hill, Colin Officer, Ann Sutherland & Terry Wyatt

BIRDS
Emu Dromaius novaehollandiae
Stubble Quail Coturnix pectoralis
Brown Quail Coturnix ypsilophora
Musk Duck Biziura lobata
Black Swan Cygnus atratus
Australian Wood Duck Chenonetta jubata
Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
Grey Teal Anas gracilis
Chestnut Teal, Anas castanea
Hardhead Aythya australis
Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
Hoary-headed Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
Darter Anhinga melanogaster
Little Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax melanoleucos
Black-faced Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscescens
Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus
White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
Little Egret Egretta garzetta
Great Egret Ardea alba
Stubble Quail Coturnix pectoralis
Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca
Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis
Yellow-billed Spoonbill Platelea flavipes
Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris
Black Kite Milvus migrans
Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus
Spotted Harrier Circus assimilis
Collared Sparrowhawk Accipiter cirrhocephalus
Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax
Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides
Brown Falcon Falco berigora
Australian Hobby Falco longipennis
Black Falcon Falco subniger
Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides
Australian Spotted Crake Porzana fluminea
Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa
Black-tailed Native-hen Gallinula ventralis
Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
Australian Bustard Ardeotis australis
Little Button-quail Turnix velox
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
Banded Stilt Cladorhynchus leucocephalus
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
Red-necked Avocet Recurvirostra novaehollandiae
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
Red-capped Plover Charadrius ruficapillus
Inland Dotterel Charadrius australis
Black-fronted Dotterel Elseyornis melanops
Red-kneed Dotterel Erythrogonys cinctus
Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
Australian Pratincole Stiltia isabella
Pacific Gull Larus pacificus
Silver Gull Larus novaehollandiae
Gull-billed Tern Sterna nilotica
Caspian Tern Sterna caspia
Crested Tern Sterna bergii
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus
Rock Dove Columba livia
Spotted Turtle-Dove Streptopelia chinensis
Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera
Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes
Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata
Peaceful Dove Geopelia striata
Galah Cacatua roseicapilla
Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea
Major Mitchell's Cockatoo Cacatua leadbeateri
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
Musk Lorikeet Glossopsitta concinna
Purple-crowned Lorikeet Glossopsitta porphyrocephala
Adelaide Rosella Platycercus elegans adelaidae
Mallee Ringneck Barnardius barnardi whitei
Port Lincoln Ringneck Barnardius zonarius zonarius
Mulga Parrot Psephotus varius
Naretha Blue Bonnet Northiella haematogaster narethae
Red-rumped Parrot Psephotus haematonotus
Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
Blue-winged Parrot Neophema chrysostoma
Elegant Parrot Neophema elegans
Pallid Cuckoo Cuculus pallidus
Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis
Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx basalis
Southern Boobook Ninox novaeseelandiae heard only
Barn Owl Tyto alba road kill
Spotted Nightjar Eurostopodus argus
Australian Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles cristatus heard only
Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae
Red-backed Kingfisher Todiramphus pyrrhopygia
Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus
White-browed Treecreeper Climacteris affinis
Brown Treecreeper Climacteris picumnus
Rufous Treecreeper Climacteris rufa
Splendid Fairy-wren Malurus splendens
Variegated Fairy-wren Malurus lamberti
Blue-breasted Fairy-wren Malurus pulcherrimus
White-winged Fairy-wren Malurus leucopterus
Striated Grasswren Amytornis striatus (race oweni) sandhill form
Short-tailed Grasswren Amytornis merrotsyi
Thick-billed Grasswren Amytornis textilis modestus
Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus xanthopygus
Red-browed Pardalote Pardalotus rubricatus
Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus
White-browed Scrubwren (spotted form) Sericornis frontalis maculatus
Shy Heathwren Hylacola cauta
Rufous Fieldwren Calamanthus campestris
Redthroat Pyrrholaemus brunneus
Weebill Smicrornis brevirostris
Inland Thornbill Acanthiza apicalis
Chestnut-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza uropygialis
Slaty-backed Thornbill Acanthiza robustirostris
Slender-billed Thornbill Acanthiza iredalei
Yellow-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa
Southern Whiteface Aphelocephala leucopsis
Chestnut-breasted Whiteface Aphelocephala pectoralis
Banded Whiteface Aphelocephala nigricincta
Red Wattlebird Anthocaera carunculata
Little Wattlebird Anthocaera chrysoptera
Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater Acanthagenys rufogularis
Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala
Yellow-throated Miner Manorina flavigula
Singing Honeyeater Lichenostomus virescens
White-eared Honeyeater Lichenostomus leucotis
Yellow-plumed Honeyeater Lichenostomus ornatus
Grey-fronted Honeyeater Lichenostomus plumulus
White-plumed Honeyeater Lichenostomus penicillatus
Brown-headed Honeyeater Melithreptus brevirostris
New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
White-fronted Honeyeater Phylidonyris albifrons
Pied Honeyeater Certhionyx variegatus
Crimson Chat Epthianura tricolor
Orange Chat Epthianura aurifrons
White-fronted Chat Epthianura albifrons
Jacky Winter Microeca fascinans
Red-capped Robin Petroica goodenovii
Hooded Robin Melanodryas cucullata
Western Yellow Robin Eopsaltria griseogularis
Southern Scrub-robin Drymodes brunneopygia
White-browed Babbler Pomatostomus superciliosus
Chirruping Wedgebill Psophodes cristatus
Chiming Wedgebill Psophodes occidentalis
Chestnut Quail-thrush Cinclosoma castanotus
Cinnamon Quail-thrush Cinclosoma cinnamomeum
Nullarbor Quail-thrush Cinclosoma cinnamomeum alisteri
Varied Sittella (black-capped form) Daphoenositta chrysoptera
Crested Bellbird Oreoica gutturalis
Gilbert's Whistler Pachycephala inornata
Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis
Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris
Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica rufiventris
Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca
Grey Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa
Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae
Ground Cuckoo-shrike Coracina maxima
White-winged Triller Lalage sueurii
White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus
Masked Woodswallow Artamus personatus
White-browed Woodswallow Artamus superciliosus
Black-faced Woodswallow Artamus cinereus
Dusky Woodswallow Artamus cyanopterus
Little Woodswallow Artamus minor
Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus
Pied Butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis
Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
Grey Currawong Strepera versicolor
Australian Raven Corvus coronoides
Little Raven Corvus mellori
Little Crow Corvus bennetti
White-winged Chough Corcorax melanorhamphos
Singing Bushlark Mirafra javanica
Skylark Alauda arvensis
Australasian Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata
Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum
White-backed Swallow Cheramoeca leucosternus
Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
Tree Martin Hirundo nigricans
Fairy Martin Hirundo ariel
Clamorous Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
Little Grassbird Megalurus gramineus
Rufous Songlark Cincloramphus mathewsi
Brown Songlark Cincloramphus cruralis
Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
Common Blackbird `Turdus merula
Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris