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 |
| *Baillon’s 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 *Latham’s 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 Mitchell’s 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 |
| Horsfield’s 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 |
| Gilbert’s 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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