List of species seen in Victoria - October 21-November 4

W Widespread; SWV South-West Victoria; TH Tower Hill; PC Point Cook; Y Yambuk Lake; SL Spectacle Lake; MS Murray-Sunset National Park; FG Fitzroy Gardens; RSF Rushworth State Forest; O Otway Range; PF Port Fairy Gr Grampians; H Hattah-Kulkyne National Park; PA Point Addis; ASP Angahook-Lorne State Park; Al Altona; GOR Great Ocean Road; C The 'Crags' Ou Ouyen Mi Mildura; Su Sugarloaf Reservoir; Pn Penshurst; CP Cape Patton; TF Toolangi State Forest; Mel Melbourne; Ya Yarra Glen;

 

* Species probably breeding (nest/young/food-carrying seen)

 

1.    Emu Dromaius novaehollandiae    TH* H

2.    Stubble Quail Coturnix pectoralis    PC

3.    Black Swan Cygnus atratus   W*

4.    Australian Shelduck Tadorna tadornoides   SWV*

5.    Australian Wood Duck Chenonetta jubata   W

6.    Mallard Anas platyrhynchos SWV

7.    Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa    W

8.    Australasian Shoveler Anas rhynchotis Y

9.    Grey Teal Anas gracilis SWV

10.    Chestnut Teal Anas castanea TH

11.    Hardhead Aythya australis SL

12.    Little Button-quail Turnix velox MS

13.    Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae W

14.    Sacred Kingfisher Todirhamphus sanctus FG RSF

15.    Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus MS

16.    Pallid Cuckoo Cuculus pallidus MS SWV

17.    Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis O

18.    Shining Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx lucidus PF

19.    Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx basalis MS*

20.    Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus  FG Gr

21.    Musk Lorikeet Glossopsitta concinna RSF*

22.    Little Lorikeet Glossopsitta pusilla RSF

23.    Purple-crowned Lorikeet Glossopsitta porphyrocephala MS

24.    Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus funereus  Gr

25.    Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus banksii  (possible between Dunkeld and Ararat)

26.    Gang-gang Cockatoo Callocephalon fimbriatum Gr

27.    Galah Eolophus roseicapillus W

28.    Major Mitchell's Cockatoo Cacatua leadbeateri  MS

29.    Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita W

30.    Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea  H*

31.    Long-billed Corella Cacatua tenuirostris W*

32.    Regent Parrot Polytelis anthopeplus H

33.    Australian Ringneck Platycercus barnardi  MS

34.    Yellow' Rosella Platycercus elegans flaveolus  H

35.    Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans W*

36.    Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius RSF

37.    Blue Bonnet Northiella haematogaster MS

38.    Red-rumped Parrot Psephotus haematonotus MS

39.    Mulga Parrot Psephotus varius  MS

40.    Blue-winged Parrot Neophema chrysostoma PA

41.    Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus MS*

42.    Southern Boobook Ninox boobook ASP

43.    Australian Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles cristatus ASP MS

44.    Spotted Turtle-Dove Streptopelia chinensis W

45.    Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera RSF MS

46.    Brush Bronzewing Phaps elegans PA Gr

47.    Crested Pigeon Geophaps lophotes W

48.    Peaceful Dove Geopelia placida Al

49.    Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis GOR

50.    Australian Spotted Crake Porzana fluminea Y

51.    Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio W

52.    Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa  SWV

53.    Black-tailed Native-hen Gallinula ventralis SL

54.    Eurasian Coot Fulica atra SL

55.    Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii  PF

56.    Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia PC

57.    Common Sandpiper Tringa hypoleucos  PF

58.    Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres  PF

59.    Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis  PC PF

60.    Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata  Y

61.    Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea  PC

62.    Painted Snipe Rostratula benghalensis Y

63.    Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus longirostris PF

64.    Sooty Oystercatcher Haematopus fuliginosus PF

65.    Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus  SL PF

66.    Banded Stilt Cladorhynchus leucocephalus  SL

67.    Red-necked Avocet Recurvirostra novaehollandiae SL

68.    Hooded Plover Charadrius rubricollis PF C

69.    Red-kneed Dotterel Erythrogonys cinctus Y

70.    Black-fronted Dotterel Elseyornis melanops Y

71.    Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles W*

72.    Arctic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus (possible 3 off Port Fairy)

73.    Pacific Gull Larus pacificus Al PF

74.    Silver Gull Larus novaehollandiae W*

75.    Crested Tern Sterna bergii A PF

76.    Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus SL Y*

77.    Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris  W

78.    Black Kite Milvus migrans  Ou

79.    Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus  Mi GOR

80.    Swamp Harrier Circus spilonotus GOR *

81.    Brown Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus Gr

82.    Collared Sparrowhawk Accipiter cirrocephalus MS

83.    Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax O Su

84.    Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides MS

85.    Brown Falcon Falco berigora Y

86.    Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides  GOR

87.    Australian Hobby Falco longipennis Pn Mi

88.    Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus  Su

89.    Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae W*

90.    Hoary-headed Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus SL PF*

91.    Australasian Gannet Morus serrator Al

92.    Little Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax melanoleucos Y

93.    Black-faced Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscescens PF GOR

94.    Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius Al

95.    Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris W

96.    Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo SWV

97.    White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae SWV

98.    Little Egret Egretta garzetta

99.    White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica SWV

100.    Great Egret Casmerodius albus GOR

101.    Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Y

102.    Australian White Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus SWV

103.    Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis  SWV

104.    Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia PF GOR

105.    Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus SWV

106.    Southern Giant-Petrel Macronectes giganteus PF

107.    Cape Petrel Daption capense CP

108.    Short-tailed Shearwater Puffinus tenuirostris PF*

109.    Shy Albatross Diomedea cauta CP

110.    Wilson's Storm-Petrel Oceanites oceanicus CP

111.    White-throated Treecreeper Cormobates leucophaeus TF Su* O Gr

112.    Brown Treecreeper Climacteris picumnus Gr MS*

113.    Superb Lyrebird Menura novaehollandiae TF

114.    Satin Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus violaceus O

115.    Superb Fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus W (except MS)

116.    Splendid Fairy-wren Malurus splendens MS*

117.    Variegated Fairy-wren Malurus lamberti MS

118.    Mallee Emuwren Stipiturus mallee MS

119.    Striated Grasswren Amytornis striatus MS

120.    Black Honeyeater Certhionyx niger MS

121.    Lewin's Honeyeater Meliphaga lewinii TF

122.    Yellow-faced Honeyeater Lichenostomus chrysops Su GOR Gr

123.    Singing Honeyeater Lichenostomus virescens PF GOR

124.    White-eared Honeyeater Lichenostomus leucotis Gr MS RSF

125.    Yellow-tufted Honeyeater Lichenostomus melanops RSF

126.    Fuscous Honeyeater Lichenostomus fuscus RSF

127.    Yellow-plumed Honeyeater Lichenostomus ornatus MS*

128.    White-plumed Honeyeater Lichenostomus penicillatus Mel

129.    White-naped Honeyeater Melithreptus lunatus Gr

130.    Brown-headed Honeyeater Melithreptus brevirostris Su MS*

131.    Noisy Friarbird Philemon corniculatus O

132.    Crescent Honeyeater Phylidonyris pyrrhoptera TF O Gr

133.    New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandi SWV 

134.    White-fronted Honeyeater Phylidonyris albifrons MS*

135.    Striped Honeyeater Plectorhyncha lanceolata MS

136.    Eastern Spinebill Acanthorhynchus tenuirostr TF Gr

137.    Blue-faced Honeyeater Entomyzon cyanotis Mi

138.    Bell Miner Manorina melanophrys Su

139.    Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala Su

140.    Yellow-throated Miner Manorina flavigula MS

141.    Black-eared Miner Manorina melanotis (possible - 2 birds without white-rumps at MS)

142.    Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater Acanthagenys rufogularis MS

143.    Little Wattlebird Anthochaera lunulata Mel

144.    Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata W

145.    White-fronted Chat Epthianura albifrons SL PF GOR MS

146.    Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus TF O Su GOR Gr* (Yellow-rumped ssp in MS)

147.    Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus Su Gr

148.    Rufous Bristlebird Dasyornis broadbenti PA* GOR

149.    Pilotbird Pycnoptilus floccosus TF (heard)

150.    White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis SWV

151.    Large-billed Scrubwren Sericornis magnirostris TF

152.    Striated Fieldwren Calamanthus fuliginosus GOR

153.    Shy Heathwren Hylacola cautus MS*

154.    Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla SWV

155.    Inland Thornbill Acanthiza apicalis MS

156.    Buff-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza reguloides Su

157.    Yellow-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa MS

158.    Chestnut-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza uropygialis MS

159.    Striated Thornbill Acanthiza lineata Su O

160.    Weebill Smicrornis brevirostris Gr MS

161.    Southern Whiteface Aphelocephala leucopsis MS

162.    Jacky Winter Microeca fascinans MS

163.    Scarlet Robin Petroica multicolor Gr

164.    Red-capped Robin Petroica goodenovii MS*

165.    Rose Robin Petroica rosea TF O

166.    Pink Robin Petroica rodinogaster TF*

167.    Hooded Robin Melanodryas cucullata MS

168.    Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis TF Su GOR* Gr

169.    Southern Scrub-Robin Drymodes brunneopygia MS

170.    White-browed Babbler Pomatostomus superciliosus RSF MS

171.    Eastern Whipbird Psophodes olivaceus TF (heard)

172.    Spotted Quail-thrush Cinclosoma punctatum Gr (heard)

173.    Chestnut Quail-thrush Cinclosoma castanotus MS

174.    White-winged Chough Corcorax melanorhamphos W

175.    Varied Sittella Daphoenositta chrysoptera Su Gr MS*

176.    Gilbert's Whistler Pachycephala inornata MS

177.    Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis W (except MS)

178.    Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris Su Gr

179.    Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica W

180.    Australian Raven Corvus coronoides Gr

181.    Little Raven Corvus mellori W

182.    Forest Raven Corvus tasmanicus O

183.    Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus Su MS

184.    Pied Butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis Ou

185.    Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen  W* (White-backed in south, Black-backed in north)

186.    Pied Currawong Strepera graculina TF Gr 

187.    Grey Currawong Strepera versicolor TF Gr

188.    Masked Woodswallow Artamus personatus MS

189.    White-browed Woodswallow Artamus superciliosus MS

190.    Dusky Woodswallow Artamus cyanopterus RSF

191.    Olive-backed Oriole Oriolus sagittatus Su 

192.    Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae RSF Gr Ya

193.    White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike Coracina papuensis RSF

194.    Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys W

195.    Grey Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa W

196.    Satin Flycatcher Myiagra cyanoleuca TH Gr

197.    Restless Flycatcher Myiagra inquieta Gr

198.    Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca W

199.    Bassian Thrush Zoothera dauma TF (heard)

200.    Common Blackbird Turdus merula W

201.    Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris W (including MS)

202.    Common Myna Acridotheres tristis W (excluding SWV)

203.    Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena W

204.    Tree Martin Hirundo nigricans TF GOR

205.    Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis Y

206.    Silvereye Zosterops lateralis W (excluding MS)

207.    Australian Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus australis Y SL

208.    Little Grassbird Megalurus gramineus Y SL

209.    Brown Songlark Cincloramphus cruralis  Y MS

210.    Rufous Songlark Cincloramphus mathewsi MS

211.    Skylark Alauda arvensis W (excluding MS)

212.    Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum  TF

213.    House Sparrow Passer domesticus W

214.    Australian Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae Y GOR

215.    Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis O (heard)

216.    European Greenfinch Carduelis chloris SWV

217.    European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis SWV

 

Mammals

Echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus Gr

Swamp Wallaby Wallabia bicolor W (Dark form along south coast)

Western Grey Kangaroo Macropus fuliginosus MS

Eastern Grey Kangaroo Macropus giganteus MS Gr TH

Koala Phascolarctos cinereus TH

Common Brush-tailed Possum Trichosurus vulpecula FG

Australian Fur-Seal Arctocephalus pusillus PF

 

Reptiles

 

Dragon Ctenophorus sp MS

Gould's Sand Monitor Varanus gouldii

Tiger Snake Notechis scutatus

 

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