Strzelecki Track Outback Birding Tour

8 to 26 August 2005

checklist of birds seen

S=seen, H=heard, B=breeding Trks=tracks, Yng=young, PR=pair, GB=golden-backed form

Tour leaders: Philip Maher & Patricia Maher

Tour participants:
Ron & Alison Guthrie (Australia)
Peter & Robin Marsh (Australia)
Lisa & Peter Cockram (Australia)
Danel Grunberg (UK)
Jim Martin (Canada)
Claes-Göran Cedurlund (Sweden)
Carl-Lennart Nilson (Sweden)

August 05
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10
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12
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14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
1
Emu
Dromaius novaehollandiae
S
30
S
S
S
30
S
(1)
S
20
22
20
S
2
Malleefowl
Leipoa ocellata
trks
3
Stubble Quail
Coturnix pectoralis
6
S
S
4
Blue-billed Duck
Oxyura australis
10
5
Musk Duck
Biziura lobata
S
6
6
Freckled Duck
Stictonetta naevosa
8
7
Black Swan
Cygnus atratus
S
50
S
S
8
Australian Shelduck
Tadorna tadornoides
S
S
S
9
Australian Wood Duck
Chenonetta jubata
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
10
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
?
?
11
Pacific Black Duck
Anas superciliosa
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
12
Australasian Shoveler
Anas rhynchotis
S
S
S
S
13
Grey Teal
Anas gracilis
S
S
S
100
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
14
Chestnut Teal
Anas castanea
S
15
Pink-eared Duck
Malacorhynchus membranaceus
S
S
S
S
S
100
16
Hardhead
Aythya australis
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
17
Australasian Grebe
Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
50
S
18
Hoary-headed Grebe
Poliocephalus poliocephalus
S
S
50
30
50
60
19
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatus
15
20
Darter
Anhinga melanogaster
S
S
20
S
21
Little Pied Cormorant
Phalacrocorax melanoleucos
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
22
Pied Cormorant
Phalacrocorax varius
S
30
30
23
Little Black Cormorant
Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
50
10
24
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carbo
4
10
25
Australian Pelican
Pelecanus conspicillatus
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
26
White-faced Heron
Egretta novaehollandiae
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
27
White-necked Heron
Ardea pacifica
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
28
Great Egret
Ardea alba
S
S
S
S
S
29
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellus
S
30
Australian White Ibis
Threskiornis molucca
S
S
S
S