Checklist
of species seen on the second 2004 Strzelecki Tour
20 August to 7 September 2004
See list below the table for species seen on the first
2004 trip (29 July - 16 Aug) that were not seen on the second trip (20
Aug to 7 Sept 04) and vice versa.
H=Heard
S=Seen
Y=Young
Numerals are given for notable species or where a species is in significant
numers; larger numbers are approximate.
20
August - 7 Sept 2004 |
20
|
21
|
22
|
23
|
24
|
25
|
26
|
27
|
28
|
29
|
30
|
31
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
Emu Dromaius novaehollandiae |
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
50
|
S
|
S
|
|||
Stubble
Quail Coturnix pectoralis |
10
|
10
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
||||||||||||||
Musk
Duck Biziura lobata |
S
|
||||||||||||||||||
Black
Swan |
S
|
40
|
50
|
||||||||||||||||
Australian
Shelduck Tadorna tadornoides |
100
|
||||||||||||||||||
Australian
Wood Duck Chenonetta jubata |
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
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Pacific
Black Duck Anas superciliosa |
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
||||||||||
Australasian
Shoveler Anas rhynchotis |
S
|
S
|
S
|
||||||||||||||||
Grey
Teal Anas gracilis |
S
|
S
|
40
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
100+
|
||||||||
Pink-eared
Duck Malacorhynchus membranaceus |
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
30
|
||||||||||||||
Hardhead Aythya australis |
S
|
50
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
30
|
|||||||||||
Australasian
Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae |
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
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Hoary-headed
Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus |
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
|||||||||||||
Great
Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus |
4
|
||||||||||||||||||
Darter Anhinga melanogaster |
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
|||||||||||||||
Little
Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax melanoleucos |
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
|||||||||||||
Pied
Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius |
?
|
30
|
40
|
||||||||||||||||
Little
Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris |
S
|
40
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
20
|
||||||||||||
Great
Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo |
S
|
S
|
20
|
8
|
20
|
20
|
2
|
||||||||||||
Australian
Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus |
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
50+
|
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White-faced
Heron Egretta novaehollandiae |
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
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White-necked
Heron Ardea pacifica |
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
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Great
Egret Ardea alba |
S
|
S
|
S
|
||||||||||||||||
Australasian
Bittern Botaurus poiciloptilus |
S
|
||||||||||||||||||
Australian
White Ibis Threskiornis molucca |
S
|
S
|
S
|
||||||||||||||||
Straw-necked
Ibis |
S
|
S
|
S
|
200
|
|||||||||||||||
Royal
Spoonbill Platelea regia |
S
|
S
|
|||||||||||||||||
Yellow-billed
Spoonbill latelea flavipes |
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
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Black-shouldered
Kite Elanus axillaris |
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
||||||||||
Letter-winged
Kite Elanus scriptus |
1
|
||||||||||||||||||
Black-breasted
Buzzard Hamirostra melanosternon |
1
|
1
|
|||||||||||||||||
Black
Kite Milvus migrans |
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
|||||
Whistling
Kite Haliastur sphenurus |
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
|||||||||
Spotted
Harrier Circus assimilis |
S
|
S
|
?
|
S
|
S
|
||||||||||||||
Swamp
Harrier Circus approximans |
S
|
||||||||||||||||||
Brown
Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus |
?
|
S
|
|||||||||||||||||
Collared
Sparrowhawk Accipiter cirrhocephalus |
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
||||||||||||||
Wedge-tailed
Eagle Aquila audax |
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
||||||
Little
Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides |
S
|
S
|
S
|
||||||||||||||||
Australian
Hobby Falco longipennis |
1
|
||||||||||||||||||
Brown
Falcon Falco berigora |
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
|||
Black
Falcon Falco subniger |
S
|
S
|
|||||||||||||||||
Nankeen
Kestrel Falco cenchroides |
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
|||
Brolga Grus rubicunda |
6
|
3
|
|||||||||||||||||
Baillon's
Crake Porzana pusilla |
S
|
||||||||||||||||||
Australian
Spotted Crake Porzana fluminea |
S
|
||||||||||||||||||
Purple
Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio |
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
|||||||||||||||
Dusky
Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa |
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
|||||||||||||||
Black-tailed
Native-hen Gallinula ventralis |
S
|
S
|
30
|
S
|
50
|
S
|
|||||||||||||
Eurasian
Coot Fulica atra |
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
|||||||||||||
Australian
Bustard Ardeotis australis |
4
|
14
|
7
|
3
|
|||||||||||||||
Little
Button-quail Turnix velox |
1
|
2
|
|||||||||||||||||
Plains-wanderer
Pedionomus torquatus |
1
|
||||||||||||||||||
Marsh
Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis |
S
|
||||||||||||||||||
Red-necked
Stint Calidris ruficollis |
S
|
||||||||||||||||||
Sharp-tailed
Sandpiper Calidris acuminata |
S
|
||||||||||||||||||
Curlew
Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea |
1
|
||||||||||||||||||
Banded
Stilt Cladorhynchus leucocephalus |
S
|
||||||||||||||||||
Black-winged
Stilt Himantopus himantopus |
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
||||||||||||||
Red-necked
Avocet Recurvirostra novaehollandiae |
S
|
80
|
|||||||||||||||||
Red-capped
Plover Charadrius ruficapillus |
15
|
||||||||||||||||||
Inland
Dotterel Charadrius australis |
1+
3Y
|
4
|
3
|
||||||||||||||||
Black-fronted
Dotterel Elseyornis melanops |
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
||||||||||
Red-kneed
Dotterel Erythrogonys cinctus |
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
|||||||||||||
Banded
Lapwing Vanellus tricolor |
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
||||||||||
Masked
Lapwing |
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
|||||||||
Australian
Pratincole Stiltia isabella |
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
||||||||||||||
Silver
Gull Larus novaehollandiae |
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
|||||||||||||||
Caspian
Tern Sterna caspia |
S
|
100
|
|||||||||||||||||
Whiskered
Tern Chlidonias hybridus |
S
|
S
|
|||||||||||||||||
Rock
Dove Columba livia |
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
|||||||||||
Spotted
Turtle-Dove Streptopelia chinensis |
S
|
S
|
|||||||||||||||||
Common
Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera |
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
||||||||
Crested
Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes |
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
Diamond
Dove Geopelia cuneata |
20
|
S
|
S
|
||||||||||||||||
Peaceful
Dove Geopelia striata |
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
H
|
H
|
||||||||||
Bar-shouldered
Dove Geopelia humeralis |
S
|
H
|
|||||||||||||||||
Red-Tailed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus banksii |
H
|
8
|
|||||||||||||||||
Galah
Cacatua roseicapilla |
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
Long-billed
Corella Cacatua tenuirostris |
S
|
S
|
|||||||||||||||||
Little
Corella Cacatua sanguinea |
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
|||||
Major
Mitchell's Cockatoo Cacatua leadbeateri |
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
|||||||||||
Sulphur-crested
Cockatoo Cacatua galerita |
S
|
S
|
|||||||||||||||||
Cockatiel
Nymphicus hollandicus |
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
||||||||||||
Musk
Lorikeet Glossopsitta concinna |
S
|
||||||||||||||||||
Little
Lorikeet Glossopsitta pusilla |
S
|
||||||||||||||||||
Purple-crowned Lorikeet Glossopsitta porphyrocephala |
S
|
S
|
|||||||||||||||||
Red-winged
Parrot Aprosmictus erythropterus |
S
|
S
|
S
|
||||||||||||||||
Superb
Parrot Polytelis swainsonii |
6
|
||||||||||||||||||
Regent
Parrot Polytelis anthopeplus |
20
|
||||||||||||||||||
Crimson
Rosella Platycercus elegans |
S
|
||||||||||||||||||
Yellow
Rosella Platycercus flaveolus (Clements) |
S
|
S
|
S
|
||||||||||||||||
Adelaide
Rosella Platycercus adelaide (Clements) |
S
|
||||||||||||||||||
Eastern
Rosella Platycercus eximius |
S
|
S
|
|||||||||||||||||
Australian
Ringneck Barnardius zonarius |
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
|||||||
Blue
Bonnet yellow-vented form Northiella haematogaster |
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
|||||||
Blue
Bonnet |
S
|
S
|
S
|
||||||||||||||||
Red-rumped
Parrot Psephotus haematonotus |
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
|||||||||
Mulga
Parrot Psephotus varius |
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
|||||||||||
Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus |
30
|
60
|
30
|
300
|
200
|
10
|
20
|
50
|
|||||||||||
Bourke's
Parrot Neopsephotus bourkii |
7
|
20
|
|||||||||||||||||
Blue-winged
Parrot Neophema chrysostoma |
1
|
||||||||||||||||||
Elegant
Parrot Neophema elegans |
15
|
10
|
|||||||||||||||||
Pallid
Cuckoo Cuculus pallidus |
S
|
H
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
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Horsfield's
Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx basalis |
S
|
S
|
S
|
H
|
H
|
H
|
S
|
H
|
S
|
H
|
|||||||||
Barking
Owl Ninox connivens |
1
|
H
|
|||||||||||||||||
Southern
Boobook Ninox novaeseelandiae |
H
|
H
|
H
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||||||||||||||||
Barn
Owl Tyto alba |
1
|
||||||||||||||||||
Australian
Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles cristatus |
H
|
1
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Red-backed
Kingfisher |
H
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
H
|
H
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Laughing
Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae |
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
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Sacred
Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus |
S
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continued | Passerine checklist: Strzelecki Track Outback Tour: 20 August - 7 Sept 2004 |
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Track itinerary 2005
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Species
listed below were seen on the first Strzelecki
trip (29 July to 16 Aug 04) but not seen on the second trip (20 Aug to 7
Sept 04)
Freckled Duck Stictonetta naevosa
Chestnut Teal Anas castanea
Square-tailed Kite Lophoictinia isura
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis
Speckled Warbler Chthonicola sagittata
Striated Thornbill Acanthiza lineata
Gilbert's Whistler Pachycephala inornata
Skylark Alauda arvensis
Species listed below were seen on the second Strzelecki trip
(20 Aug to 7 Sept 04) but not seen on
the first trip (29 July
to 16 Aug 04)
Australasian
Bittern Botaurus poiciloptilus
Brown Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus
Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla
Little Button-quail Turnix velox
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
Bar-shouldered Dove Geopelia humeralis
Barking Owl Ninox connivens
Southern Boobook Ninox novaeseelandiae
Barn Owl Tyto alba
Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
Yellow-faced Honeyeater Lichenostomus chrysops
Yellow-tufted Honeyeater Lichenostomus melanops
Black-chinned Honeyeater Melithreptus gularis
White-naped Honeyeater Melithreptus lunatus
Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis
Olive-backed Oriole Oriolus sagittatus
Little Woodswallow Artamus minor
Singing Bushlark Mirafra javanica
European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis