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PLAINS-WANDERER WEEKENDS 2009 — 2010 — 2011 CHECKLIST

# Rarely encountered
* Nomadic or migratory species

S = Seen H = Heard only L = Seen only by a leader B = Breeding M = Male F = Female PR = Pair J = Juvenile NEW SP. = Not recorded previously on a PW Weekend

2003, 2004 & 2005 checklist
2006, 2007 & 2008 checklist

SPECIES

14/15
Nov 2009

28/29
Nov 2009

5/6
Dec 2009

12/13
Dec 2009

2/3Jan
2010

6/7 Nov
2010

20/21 Nov
2010

4/5 Dec
2010

18/19 Dec
2010

26/27 Nov
2011

10/11 Dec
2011

31 Dec 11
1 Jan 12

2012

Emu
Dromaius novaehollandiae

Stubble Quail
Coturnix pectoralis

#Brown Quail
Coturnix ypsilophora

#Magpie Goose
Anseranas semipalmata

Plumed Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna eytoni

S18

Wandering Whistling-Duck (new sp.)
Dendrocygna arcuata

#Blue-billed Duck
Oxyura australis

Musk Duck
Stictonetta naevosa

Black Swan
Cygnus atratus

*Freckled Duck
Stictonetta naevosa

S PR

Australian Shelduck
Tadorna tadornoides

Australian Wood Duck
Chenonetta jubata

Black Duck
Anas superciliosa

Chestnut Teal
Anas castanea

Grey Teal
Anas gracilis

Australasian Shoveler
Anas rhynchotis

Pink-eared Duck
Malacorhynchus membranaceus

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

#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

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

S1M

Australasian Bittern
Botaurus poiciloptilus

Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellus

Australian White Ibis
Threskiornis molucca

Straw-necked Ibis
Threskiornis spinicollis

Royal Spoonbill
Platalea regia

Yellow-billed Spoonbill
Platalea flavipes

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

Brolga
Grus rubicunda

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

*Little Button-quail
Turnix velox

S1PR

*Red-chested Button-quail
Turnix pyrrhothorax

Painted Button-quail
Turnix varia

Plains-wanderer
Pedionomus torquatus

S5
2 F, 3 M

S3
1 M, 2 J

S8.1PR,
4F, 2M

1 PR

S2
1M, 1 F

S5
3F, 2M

S4
1 PR, 2 M

S2
1 M, 1 F

S2
1M, 1F

S2
1 PR

S1
1 F

*Latham’s Snipe
Gallinago hardwickii

*#Little Curlew
Numenius minutus

*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

#*Painted Snipe
Rostratula benghalensis

S1M

#Bush Stone-curlew
Burhinus grallarius

*Black-winged Stilt
Himantopus himantopus

Banded Stilt
Cladorhynchus leucocephalus

Red-necked Avocet
Recurvirostra novaehollandiae

Double-banded Plover
Charadrius bicinctus

Red-capped Plover
Charadrius ruficapillus

*Inland Dotterel
Charadrius australis

S (PR)

Black-fronted Dotterel
Elseyornis melanop

Red-kneed Dotterel
Erythrogonys cinctus

Banded Lapwing
Vanellus tricolor

Masked Lapwing
Vanellus miles

*Australian Pratincole
Stiltia isabella

Silver Gull
Larus novaehollandiae

*Gull-billed Tern
Sterna nilotica

*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

Long-billed Corella
Cacatua tenuirostris

Little Corella
Cacatua sanguinea

#Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo
Cacatua leadbeateri

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Cacatua galerita

*Cockatiel
Nymphicus hollandicus

*Musk Lorikeet
Glossopsitta concinna

Purple-crowned Lorikeet (new sp.)
Glossopsitta porphyrocephala

Superb Parrot
Polytelis swainsonii

Yellow Rosella (Clements)
Platycercus flaveolus

Eastern Rosella
Platycercus eximius

Australian Ringneck
Barnardius zonarius

Blue Bonnet
Northiella haematogaster

Red-rumped Parrot
Psephotus haematonotus

*Budgerigar
Melopsittacus undulatus

* Blue-winged Parrot
Neophema chrysostoma

Pallid Cuckoo
Cuculus pallidus

*Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Cacomantis flabelliformis

Horsfield’s Bronze-cuckoo
Chrysococcyx basalis

*Shining Bronze-cuckoo
Chrysococcyx lucidus

#Barking Owl
Ninox connivens

Southern Boobook
Ninox novaeseelandiae

Barn Owl
Tyto alba

Tawny Frogmouth
Podargus strigoides

Australian Owlet Nightjar
Aegotheles cristatus

*White-throated Needletail
Hirundapus caudacutus

*Fork-tailed Swift
Apus pacificus

Azure Kingfisher
Alcedo azurea

Laughing Kookaburra
Dacelo novaeguineae

*Red-backed Kingfisher
Todiramphus pyrrhopygia

Sacred Kingfisher
Todiramphus sanctus

*Rainbow Bee-eater
Merops ornatus

*Dollarbird
Eurystomus orientalis

White-throated Treecreeper
Cormobates leucophaeus

Brown Treecreeper
Climacteris picumnus

Superb Fairy-wren
Malurus cyaneus

Variegated Fairy-wren
Malurus lamberti

White-winged Fairy-wren
Malurus leucopterus

Spotted Pardalote (red-rump)
Pardalotus punctatus

Spotted Pardalote (yellow-rump)
Pardalotus punctatus xanthopygus

intermediate

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

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

S3B

S8B

#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

Jacky Winter
Microeca fascinans

Scarlet Robin
Petroica multicolor

Red-capped Robin
Petroica goodenovii

*Flame Robin
Petroica phoenicea

Hooded Robin
Melanodryas cucullata

Grey-crowned Babbler
Pomatostomus temporalis

White-browed Babbler
Pomatostomus superciliosus

#Chestnut-crowned Babbler
Pomatostomus ruficeps

Varied Sittella
Daphoenositta chrysoptera

Crested Shrike-tit
Falcunculus frontatus

Gilbert’s Whistler
Pachycephala inornata

Golden Whistler
Pachycephala pectoralis

Rufous Whistler
Pachycephala rufiventris

Grey Shrike-thrush
Colluricincla harmonica

*Leaden Flycatcher
Myiagra rubecula

*Restless Flycatcher
Myiagra inquieta

Magpie Lark
Grallina cyanoleuca

Rufous Fantail
Rhipidura rufifrons

Grey Fantail
Rhipidura fuliginosa

Willie Wagtail
Rhipidura leucophrys

Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
Coracina novaehollandiae

*White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike
Coracina papuensis

*Ground Cuckoo-shrike
Coracina maxima

*White-winged Triller
Lalage sueurii

*#Olive-backed Oriole
Oriolus sagittatus

*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

*Pied Currawong
Strepera graculina

Australian Raven
Corvus coronoides

Little Raven
Corvus mellori

White-winged Chough
Corcorax melanorhamphos

Apostlebird
Struthidea cinerea

Singing Bushlark
Mirafra javanica

Australian Pipit
Anthus novaeseelandiae

House Sparrow
Passer domesticus

Zebra Finch
Taeniopygia guttata

Red-browed Finch
Neochmia temporalis

Diamond Firetail
Stagonopleura guttata

European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelis

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 mathewi

*Brown Songlark
Cincloramphus cruralis

*Golden-headed Cisticola
Cisticola exilis

Silvereye
Zosterops lateralis

Common Blackbird
Turdus merula

Common Starling
Sturnus vulgaris

number of species seen

138

144

141

143

136

135

138

135

144

151

143

MAMMALS

Short-beaked Echidna
Tachyglossus aculeatus

Yellow-footed Antechinus
Antechinus flavipes

Fat-tailed Dunnart
Sminthopsis crassicaudata

Common Ringtail Possum
Pseudocheirus peregrinus

Common Brushtail Possum
Trichosurus vulpecula

Western Grey Kangaroo
Macropus fuliginosus

Eastern Grey Kangaroo
Macropus giganteus

Red Kangaroo
Macropus rufus

Swamp Wallaby
Wallabia bicolor

AMPHIBIANS & REPTILES

Great Bango Frog
Limnodynastes interioris

Spotted Grass Frog
Limnodynastes tasmaniensis

Spadefoot Frog
Neobatrachus sudelli

Crucifix Toad (Holy-cross Frog)
Notaden bennetti

Barking Frog
Limnodynastes fletcheri

Peron's Tree Frog
Litoria peronii

Long-necked Tortoise
Chelodina longicollis

Eastern Bearded Dragon
Pogona barbata

Sand Goanna
Varanus gouldii

Tree Goanna
Varanus varius

Curl Snake
Suta suta

Red-bellied Black Snake
Pseudechis porphyriacus

Eastern Brown Snake
Pseudonaja textilis

Tessellated Gecko
Diplodactylus tessellatus

Wood Gecko (Eastern Stone Gecko)
Diplodactylus vittata

Shingle-back Lizard
Tiliquaru rugosa

Blue-tongue Lizard
Tiliqua scincoides

Legless Lizard
Delma inornata

BUTTERFLIES

Australian Painted Lady

Common Brown

Dainty Swallowtail

Satin Azure

Cabbage White

Common Grassblue

Saltbush Blue

Tailed Emperor

Meadow Argus
Junonia villida

Caper White

Yellow Admiral

Narrow-winged Pearl-white

Amethyst Hairstreak

Lesser Wanderer

Chequered Swallowtail

Spotted Jezabel

Common Crow