Bird
list for Plains-wanderer Weekends November to January |
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This is
a list of species seen on Plains-wanderer Weekends over several years. * Nomadic or migratory species # Rarely encountered |
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CASUARIIDAE Emu |
Dromaius novaehollandiae |
PHASIANIDAE Stubble Quail #Brown Quail |
Coturnix pectoralis Coturnix ypsilophora |
ANSERANATIDAE Magpie Goose |
Anseranas semipalmata |
ANATIDAE Plumed Whistling-Duck |
Dendrocygna eytoni |
#Blue-billed Duck | Oxyura australis |
Musk Duck | Stictonetta naevosa |
Black Swan | Cygnus atratus |
*Freckled Duck | Stictonetta naevosa |
Australian Shelduck | Tadorna tadornoides |
Australian Wood Duck | Chenonetta jubata |
Black Duck | Anas superciliosa |
Chestnut Teal | Anas castanea |
Australasian Shoveler | Anas rhynchotis |
Pink-eared Duck | Malacorhynchus membranaceus |
Hardhead | Aythya australis |
PODICIPEDIDAE Australasian Grebe |
Tachybaptus novaehollandiae |
Hoary-headed Grebe | Poliocephalus poliocephalus |
#Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus |
ANHINGIDAE Darter |
Anhinga melanogaster |
PHALACROCORACIDAE Little Pied Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax melanoleucos |
#Pied Cormorant | Phalacrocorax varius |
Little Black Cormorant | Phalacrocorax sulcirostris |
Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo |
PELECANIDAE Australian Pelican |
Pelecanus conspicillatus |
ARDEIDAE White-faced Heron |
Egretta novaehollandiae |
#Little Egret | Egretta garzetta |
White-necked Heron | Ardea pacifica |
Great Egret | Ardea alba |
*Intermediate Egret | Ardea intermedia |
Cattle Egret | Ardea ibis |
*Nankeen Night-heron | Nycticorax caledonicus |
*Little Bittern (Black-backed) | Ixobrychus minutus |
Australasian Bittern | Botaurus poiciloptilus |
THRESKIONITHIDAE | |
Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus |
Australian White Ibis | Threskiornis molucca |
Straw-necked Ibis | Threskiornis spinicollis |
Royal Spoonbill | Platalea regia |
Yellow-billed Spoonbill | Platalea flavipes |
ACCIPITRIDAE Black-shouldered Kite |
Elanus axillaris |
#Letter-winged Kite | Elanus scriptus |
#*Square-tailed Kite | Lophoictinia isura |
Black Kite | Miilvus migrans |
Whistling Kite | Haliastur sphenurus |
White-bellied Sea-eagle | Haliaeetus leucogaster |
*Spotted Harrier | Circus assimilis |
Swamp Harrier | Circus approximans |
Brown Goshawk | Accipiter fasciatus |
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 |
Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus |
Nankeen Kestrel | Falco cenchroides |
GRUIDAE Brolga |
Grus rubicunda |
RALLIDAE Buff-banded Rail |
Gallirallus philippensis |
*Baillons Crake | Porzana pusilla |
*Australian Spotted Crake | Porzana fluminea |
Spotless Crake | Porzana tabuensis |
Purple Swamphen | Porphyrio porphyrio |
Dusky Moorhen | Gallinula tenebrosa |
*Black-tailed Native-hen | Gallinula ventralis |
Eurasian Coot |
Fulica atra |
TURNICIDAE *Little Button-quail |
Turnix velox |
*Red-chested Button-quail | Turnix pyrrhothorax |
Painted Button-quail | Turnix varia |
PEDIONOMIDAE Plains-wanderer |
Pedionomus torquatus |
SCOLOPACIDAE *Lathams Snipe |
Gallinago hardwickii |
*Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis |
*Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia |
*Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola |
*Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis |
*Long-toed Stint | Calidris subminuta |
*Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos |
*Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata |
*Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea |
*Ruff | Philomachus pugnax |
ROSTRATULIDAE #*Painted Snipe |
Rostratula benghalensis |
BURHINIDAE #Bush Stone-curlew |
Burhinus grallarius |
RECURVIROSTRIDAE *Black-winged Stilt |
Himantopus himantopus |
Banded Stilt | Cladorhynchus leucocephalus |
Red-necked Avocet | Recurvirostra novaehollandiae |
CHARADRIIDAE Red-capped Plover |
Charadrius ruficapillus |
*Inland Dotterel | Charadrius australis |
Black-fronted Dotterel | Elseyornis melanops |
Red-kneed Dotterel | Erythrogonys cinctus |
Banded Lapwing | Vanellus tricolor |
Masked Lapwing | Vanellus miles |
GLAREOLIDAE *Australian Pratincole |
Stiltia isabella |
LARIDAE Silver Gull |
Larus novaehollandiae |
*Gull-billed Tern | Sterna nilotica |
*Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybridus |
COLUMBIDAE 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 |
CACATUIDAE Galah |
Cacatua roseicapilla |
Long-billed Corella | Cacatua tenuirostris |
Little Corella | Cacatua sanguinea |
#Major Mitchells Cockatoo | Cacatua leadbeateri |
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo | Cacatua galerita |
*Cockatiel | Nymphicus hollandicus |
PSITTACIDAE *Musk Lorikeet |
Glossopsitta concinna |
Superb Parrot | Polytelis swainsonii |
Yellow Rosella C | Platycercus flaveolus |
Eastern Rosella | Platycercus eximius |
Australian Ringneck | Barnardius zonarius |
Blue Bonnet | Northiella haematogaster |
*Swift Parrot | Lathamus discolor |
Red-rumped Parrot | Psephotus haematonotus |
*Budgerigar | Melopsittacus undulatus |
*Blue-winged Parrot | Neophema chrysostoma |
CUCULIDAE Pallid Cuckoo |
Cuculus pallidus |
*Fan-tailed Cuckoo | Cacomantis flabelliformis |
*Black-eared Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx osculans |
Horsfields Bronze-cuckoo | Chrysococcyx basalis |
Shining Bronze-cuckoo | Chrysococcyx lucidus |
STRIGIDAE #Barking Owl |
Ninox connivens |
Southern Boobook | Ninox novaeseelandiae |
TYTONIDAE Barn Owl |
Tyto alba |
PODARGUS Tawny Frogmouth |
Podargus strigoides |
AEGOTHELIDAE Australian Owlet Nightjar |
Aegotheles cristatus |
APODIDAE *White-throated Needletail |
Hirundapus caudacutus |
*Fork-tailed Swift | Apus pacificus |
ALCEDINIDAE Azure Kingfisher |
Alcedo azurea |
Laughing Kookaburra | Dacelo novaeguineae |
*Red-backed Kingfisher | Todiramphus pyrrhopygia |
Sacred Kingfisher | Todiramphus sanctus |
MEROPIDAE *Rainbow Bee-eater |
Merops ornatus |
CORACIIDAE *Dollarbird |
Eurystomus orientalis |
CLIMACTERIDAE White-throated Treecreeper |
Cormobates leucophaeus |
Brown Treecreeper | Climacteris picumnus |
MALURIDAE Superb Fairy-wren |
Malurus cyaneus |
Variegated Fairy-wren | Malurus lamberti |
White-winged Fairy-wren | Malurus leucopterus |
PARDALOTIDAE Spotted Pardalote (red-rump race) |
Pardalotus punctatus |
Yellow-rumped Pardalote (race) C | Pardalotus punctatus xanthopygus |
Striated Pardalote | Pardalotus striatus |
White-browed Scrubwren | Sericornis frontalis |
Weebill | Smicrornis brevirostris |
*Western Gerygone | Gerygone fusca |
#Brown Thornbill | Acanthiza pusilla |
Chestnut-rumped Thornbill | Acanthiza uropygialis |
Buff-rumped Thornbill | Acanthiza reguloides |
Yellow-rumped Thornbill | Acanthiza chrysorrhoa |
Yellow Thornbill | Acanthiza nana |
Striated Thornbill | Acanthiza lineata |
Southern Whiteface | Aphelocephala leucopsis |
MELIPHAGIDAE *Red Wattlebird |
Anchochaera carunculata |
Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater | Acanthagenys rufogularis |
Striped Honeyeater | Plectorhyncha lanceolata |
Noisy Friarbird | Philemon corniculatus |
Little Friarbird | Philemon citreogularis |
Blue-faced Honeyeater | Entomyzon cyanotis |
Noisy Miner | Manorina melanocephala |
Yellow-throated Miner | Manorina flavigula |
Singing Honeyeater | Lichenostomus virescens |
White-plumed Honeyeater | Lichenostomus penicillatus |
*Black-chinned Honeyeater | Melithreptus gularis |
Brown-headed Honeyeater | Melithreptus brevirostris |
*Painted Honeyeater | Grantiella picta |
#White-fronted Honeyeater | Phylidonyris albifrons |
*Black Honeyeater | Certhionyx niger |
*#Pied Honeyeater | Certhionyx variegatus |
*#Crimson Chat | Epthianura tricolor |
*Orange Chat | Epthianura tricolor |
White-fronted Chat | Epthianura albifrons |
PETROICIDAE Jacky Winter |
Microeca fascinans |
Scarlet Robin | Petroica multicolor |
Red-capped Robin | Petroica goodenovii |
*Flame Robin | Petroica phoenicea |
Hooded Robin | Melanodryas cucullata |
POMATOSTOMIDAE Grey-crowned Babbler |
Pomatostomus temporalis |
White-browed Babbler | Pomatostomus superciliosus |
#Chestnut-crowned Babbler | Pomatostomus ruficeps |
NEOSITTIDAE Varied Sittella |
Daphoenositta chrysoptera |
PACHYCEPHALIDAE Crested Shrike-tit |
Falcunculus frontatus |
Gilberts Whistler | Pachycephala inornata |
Rufous Whistler | Pachycephala rufiventris |
Grey Shrike-thrush | Colluricincla harmonica |
DICRURIDAE *Leaden Flycatcher |
Myiagra rubecula |
*Restless Flycatcher | Myiagra inquieta |
Magpie Lark | Grallina cyanoleuca |
Grey Fantail | Rhipidura fuliginosa |
Willie Wagtail | Rhipidura leucophrys |
CAMPEPHAGIDAE Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike |
Coracina novaehollandiae |
*White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike | Coracina papuensis |
*Ground Cuckoo-shrike | Coracina maxima |
*White-winged Triller | Lalage sueurii |
ORIOLIDAE #Olive-backed Oriole |
Oriolus sagittatus |
ARTAMIDAE *White-breasted Woodswallow |
Artamus leucorynchus |
*Masked Woodswallow | Artamus personatus |
*White-browed Woodswallow | Artamus superciliosus |
Black-faced Woodswallow | Artamus cinereus |
Dusky Woodswallow | Artamus cyanopterus |
Grey Butcherbird | Cracticus torquatus |
Pied Butcherbird | Cracticus nigrogularis |
Australian Magpie | Gymnorhina tibicen |
CORVIDAE Australian Raven |
Corvus coronoides |
Little Raven |
Corvus mellori |
CORCORACIDAE White-winged Chough |
Corcorax melanorhamphos |
Apostlebird | Struthidea cinerea |
ALAUDIDAE Singing Bushlark |
Mirafra javanica |
MOTACILLIDAE Australian Pipit C |
Anthus novaeseelandiae |
PASSERIDAE House Sparrow |
Passer domesticus |
Zebra Finch | Taeniopygia guttata |
Red-browed Finch | Neochmia temporalis |
Diamond Firetail | Stagonopleura guttata |
FRINGILLIDAE European Goldfinch |
Carduelis carduelis |
DICAEIDAE Mistletoebird |
Dicaeum hirundinaceum |
HIRUNDINIDAE White-backed Swallow |
Cheramoeca leucosternus |
Welcome Swallow | Hirundo neoxena |
*Tree Martin | Hirundo nigricans |
*Fairy Martin | Hirundo ariel |
SYLVIIDAE *Clamorous Reed Warbler |
Acrocephalus stentoreus |
*Little Grassbird | Megalurus gramineus |
*Rufous Songlark | Cincloramphus mathewi |
*Brown Songlark | Cincloramphus cruralis |
*Golden-headed Cisticola | Cisticola exilis |
SYLVIIDAE Silvereye |
Zosterops lateralis |
MUSCICAPIDAE Common Blackbird |
Turdus merula |
STURNIDAE Common Starling |
Sturnus vulgaris |
C = Clements | |
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