Plains-wanderer Weekends 2006, 2007 & 2008

# 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

 

SPECIES
25/26
NOV 06
2/3
DEC 06
9/10
DEC 06
16/17
DEC 06
30/31
DEC 06
24/25
NOV
07
1/2
DEC
07
15/16
DEC
07
29/30
DEC
07
15/16
NOV
08

29/30
NOV
08

6/7
DEC
08
20/21
DEC
08

3/4
JAN
09

Emu
Dromaius novaehollandiae
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
       
Stubble Quail
Coturnix pectoralis
S
S
S
S
S
S
       
#Brown Quail
Coturnix ypsilophora
 
       
#Magpie Goose
Anseranas semipalmata


         
S
S
S
S
S
       
Plumed Whistling Duck
Dendrocygna eytoni
 
       
#Blue-billed Duck
Oxyura australis
 
       
Musk Duck
Stictonetta naevosa
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
       
Black Swan
Cygnus atratus
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
       
*Freckled Duck
Stictonetta naevosa
 
S
S
       
Australian Shelduck
Tadorna tadornoides
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
       
Australian Wood Duck
Chenonetta jubata
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
       
Black Duck
Anas superciliosa
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
       
Chestnut Teal
Anas castanea
S
S
S
S
S
S
       
Grey Teal
Anas gracilis
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
       
Australasian Shoveler
Anas rhynchotis
S
S
 
S
S
S
       
Pink-eared Duck
Malacorhynchus membranaceus
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
       
Hardhead
Aythya australis
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
       
Australasian Grebe
Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
       
Hoary-headed Grebe
Poliocephalus poliocephalus
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
       
#Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatus
 
       
Darter
Anhinga melanogaster
H
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
       
Little Pied Cormorant
Phalacrocorax melanoleucos
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
       
#Pied Cormorant
Phalacrocorax varius
 
       
Little Black Cormorant
Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
       
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carbo
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
       
Australian Pelican
Pelecanus conspicillatus
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
       
White-faced Heron
Egretta novaehollandiae
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
       
#Little Egret
Egretta garzetta
 
       
White-necked Heron
Ardea pacifica
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
       
Great Egret
Ardea alba
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
       
*Intermediate Egret
Ardea intermedia
 
S
       
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibis
 
       
*Nankeen Night-heron
Nycticorax caledonicus
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
       
*Little Bittern (Black-backed)
Ixobrychus minutus
 
S
S
S
       
Australasian Bittern
Botaurus poiciloptilus
S
S
 
S
S
S
       
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellus
S
S
S
 
S
       
Australian White Ibis
Threskiornis molucca
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
       
Straw-necked Ibis
Threskiornis spinicollis
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
       
Royal Spoonbill
Platalea regia
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
       
Yellow-billed Spoonbill
Platalea flavipes
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
       
Black-shouldered Kite
Elanus axillaris
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
       
#Letter-winged Kite
Elanus scriptus
 
       
#*Square-tailed Kite
Lophoictinia isura
 
       
Black Kite
Miilvus migrans
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
       
Whistling Kite
Haliastur sphenurus
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
       
White-bellied Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus leucogaster
S
S
S
       
*Spotted Harrier
Circus assimilis
S
S
 
S
       
Swamp Harrier
Circus approximans
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
       
Brown Goshawk
Accipiter fasciatus
S
S
       
Collared Sparrowhawk
Accipiter cirrhocephalus
S
 
S
S
S
       
Wedge-tailed Eagle
Aquila audax
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
       
Little Eagle
Hieraaetus morphnoides
S
S
S
S
S
S
       
Brown Falcon
Falco berigora
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
       
Australian Hobby
Falco longipennis
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
       
Black Falcon
Falco subniger
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
       
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinus
 
S
S
S
?
       
Nankeen Kestrel
Falco cenchroides
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
       
Brolga
Grus rubicunda
L
S