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WINGS Birding Tours – Bird List

Australia: The Outback

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Checklist from the 2006 Tour

with David Fisher and Judy Davis as leaders

NC A B C
Emu 13 34 N Dromaius novaehollandiae
Malleefowl 1 1 Leipoa ocellata
Stubble Quail 2 1 Coturnix pectoralis
Brown Quail 1 2 Coturnix ypsilophora
Blue-billed Duck 1 3 Oxyura australis
Musk Duck 3 3 Biziura lobata
Freckled Duck 1 1 Stictonetta naevosa
Black Swan 1 100 N Cygnus atratus
Australian Shelduck 3 25 N Tadorna tadornoides
Australian Wood Duck 5 100 N Chenonetta jubata
Pacific Black Duck 12 50 N Anas superciliosa
Australasian Shoveler 4 70 Anas rhynchotis
Grey Teal 8 100 Anas gracilis
Pink-eared Duck 5 150 Malacorhynchus membranaceus
Hardhead 5 30 Aythya australis
Australasian Grebe 4 25 Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
Hoary-headed Grebe 6 25 Poliocephalus poliocephalus
Darter 5 5 Anhinga melanogaster
Little Pied Cormorant 5 4 Phalacrocorax melanoleucos
Pied Cormorant 4 20 Phalacrocorax varius
Little Black Cormorant 3 22 Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
Great Cormorant 5 10 Phalacrocorax carbo
Australian Pelican 7 25 Pelecanus conspicillatus
White-faced Heron 8 3 Egretta novaehollandiae
White-necked Heron 8 2 Ardea pacifica
Great Egret 3 2 Ardea alba
Cattle Egret 1 3 Ardea ibis
Nankeen Night Heron 1 5 Nycticorax caledonicus
Glossy Ibis 2 8 Plegadis falcinellus
Australian White Ibis 3 50 Threskiornis molucca
Straw-necked Ibis 5 '00s Threskiornis spinicollis
Royal Spoonbill 2 1 Platelea regia
Yellow-billed Spoonbill 1 8 Platelea flavipes
Black-shouldered Kite 8 8 Elanus axillaris
Black-breasted Buzzard 2 2 N Hamirostra melanosternon
Black Kite 14 20 N Milvus migrans
Whistling Kite 9 7 N Haliastur sphenurus
Spotted Harrier 6 2 Circus assimilis
Swamp Harrier 1 2 Circus approximans
Brown Goshawk 6 2 N Accipiter fasciatus
Collared Sparrowhawk 5 1 N Accipiter cirrhocephalus
Wedge-tailed Eagle 13 7 N Aquila audax
Little Eagle 3 2 Hieraaetus morphnoides
Brown Falcon 15 12 N Falco berigora
Australian Hobby 5 3 Falco longipennis
Black Falcon 1 1 Falco subniger
Nankeen Kestrel 14 20 N Falco cenchroides
Brolga 2 3 Grus rubicunda
Baillon's Crake 1 2 Porzana pusilla
Australian Spotted Crake 2 2 Porzana fluminea
Purple Swamphen 3 3 Porphyrio porphyrio
Dusky Moorhen 5 30 Gallinula tenebrosa
Black-tailed Native-hen 3 20 N Gallinula ventralis
Eurasian Coot 7 '00s Fulica atra
Australian Bustard 1 1 Ardeotis australis
Little Button-quail 1 1 Turnix velox
Plains-wanderer 1 1 Pedionomus torquatus
Common Greenshank 3 1 Tringa nebularia
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 1 2 Calidris acuminata
Black-winged (White-headed) Stilt 10 Himantopus h. leucocephalus
Red-necked Avocet 1 '00s Recurvirostra novaehollandiae
Inland Dotterel 3 25 N Charadrius australis
Black-fronted Dotterel 6 15 Elseyornis melanops
Red-kneed Dotterel 1 10 Erythrogonys cinctus
Banded Lapwing 10 7 N Vanellus tricolor
Masked Lapwing 10 20 Vanellus miles
Australian Pratincole 4 10 Stiltia isabella
Silver Gull 3 40 Larus novaehollandiae
Gull-billed Tern 1 1 Sterna nilotica
Caspian Tern 1 1 Sterna caspia
Whiskered Tern 2 6 Chlidonias hybridus
Common Bronzewing 7 4 Phaps chalcoptera
Crested Pigeon 19 100 Ocyphaps lophotes
Diamond Dove 2 5 Geopelia cuneata
Peaceful Dove 11 6 Geopelia striata
Bar-shouldered Dove 1 2 Geopelia humeralis
Red-tailed Black-cockatoo 1 5 Calyptorhynchus banksii
Galah 19 '00s Cacatua roseicapilla
Long-billed Corella 3 100 Cacatua tenuirostris
Little Corella 14 ?00s Cacatua sanguinea
Major Mitchell's Cockatoo 5 10 Cacatua leadbeateri
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo 5 '00s Cacatua galerita
Cockatiel 8 50 Nymphicus hollandicus
Swift Parrot 1 1 H Lathamus discolor
Musk Lorikeet 2 2 Glossopsitta concinna
Purple-crowned Lorikeet 1 6 Glossopsitta porphyrocephala
Red-winged Parrot 4 12 Aprosmictus erythropterus
Superb Parrot 1 6 Polytelis swainsonii
Regent Parrot 2 8 N Polytelis anthopeplus
Crimson Rosella 2 10 Platycercus elegans
Yellow Rosella 4 25 Platycercus flaveolus
Adelaide Rosella 1 6 Platycercus adelaide
Eastern Rosella 3 4 Platycercus eximius
Australian Ringneck 13 20 Barnardius zonarius
Blue Bonnet 15 15 Northiella haematogaster
Red-rumped Parrot 11 40 Psephotus haematonotus
Mulga Parrot 8 6 Psephotus varius
Budgerigar 6 30 Melopsittacus undulatus
Bourke's Parrot 2 6 Neopsephotus bourkii
Elegant Parrot 2 6 Neophema elegans
Pallid Cuckoo 4 4 Cuculus pallidus
Black-eared Cuckoo 2 1 Chrysococcyx osculans
Horsfield's Bronze-cuckoo 5 4 Chrysococcyx basalis
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo 1 1 Chrysococcyx lucidus
Barking Owl 1 2 Ninox connivens
Southern Boobook 1 1 H Ninox novaeseelandiae
Powerful Owl 1 3 N Ninox strenua
Barn Owl 1 3 Tyto alba
Tawny Frogmouth 2 1 N Podargus strigoides
Spotted Nightjar 1 1 Eurostopodus argus
Australian Owlet-nightjar 3 2 Aegotheles cristatus
Laughing Kookaburra 7 20 Dacelo novaeguineae
Red-backed Kingfisher 7 4 Todiramphus pyrrhopygia
Sacred Kingfisher 4 2 Todiramphus sanctus
Rainbow Bee-eater 5 10 Merops ornatus
White-throated Treecreeper 2 2 Cormobates leucophaeus
White-browed Treecreeper 1 1 Climacteris affinis
Brown Treecreeper 7 12 Climacteris picumnus
Superb Fairy-wren 3 6 Malurus cyaneus
Splendid Fairy-wren 4 6 Malurus splendens
Variegated Fairy-wren 11 10 Malurus lamberti
White-winged Fairy-wren 6 10 Malurus leucopterus
Mallee Emu-wren 1 2 Stipiturus mallee
Grey Grasswren 1 3 Amytornis barbatus
Striated Grasswren 1 2 Amytornis striatus striatus
Short-tailed Grasswren 1 2 Amytornis s. merrotsyi
Eyrean Grasswren 1 4 Amytornis goyderi
Thick-billed Grasswren 1 3 Amytornis textilis
Spotted Pardalote 3 2 Pardalotus punctatus
Yellow-rumped Pardalote 1 6 P. p. punctatus
Red-browed Pardalote 1 7 Pardalotus rubricatus
Striated Pardalote 7 2 Pardalotus striatus
White-browed Scrubwren 1 2 Sericornis frontalis
Shy Heathwren 2 4 Hylacola cauta
Rufous Fieldwren 1 2 Calamanthus campestris
Redthroat 1 2 Pyrrholaemus brunneus
Speckled Warbler 1 1 Chthonicola sagittata
Weebill 8 4 Smicrornis brevirostris
Western Gerygone 2 3 Gerygone fusca
Brown Thornbill 1 2 Acanthiza pusilla
Inland Thornbill 4 6 Acanthiza apicalis
Chestnut-rumped Thornbill 11 8 Acanthiza uropygialis
Buff-rumped Thornbill 2 5 Acanthiza reguloides
Slender-billed Thornbill 1 5 N Acanthiza iredalei
Yellow-rumped Thornbill 6 10 Acanthiza chrysorrhoa
Yellow Thornbill 7 10 Acanthiza nana
Striated Thornbill 2 3 Acanthiza lineata
Southern Whiteface 6 5 N Aphelocephala leucopsis
Chestnut-breasted Whiteface 1 3 Aphelocephala pectoralis
Banded Whiteface 1 3 Aphelocephala nigricincta
Red Wattlebird 5 10 Anthocaera carunculata
Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater 16 20 Acanthagenys rufogularis
Striped Honeyeater 3 6 Plectorhyncha lanceolata
Noisy Friarbird 2 1 Philemon corniculatus
Little Friarbird 7 5 Philemon citreogularis
Blue-faced Honeyeater 6 4 Entomyzon cyanotis
Noisy Miner 6 10 Manorina melanocephala
Yellow-throated Miner 12 30 N Manorina flavigula
Yellow-faced Honeyeater 2 4 Lichenostomus chrysops
Singing Honeyeater 12 6 Lichenostomus virescens
White-eared Honeyeater 2 10 Lichenostomus leucotis
Yellow-tufted Honeyeater 1 12 Lichenostomus melanops
Purple-gaped Honeyeater 2 6 Lichenostomus cratitius
Yellow-plumed Honeyeater 3 20 Lichenostomus ornatus
Grey-fronted Honeyeater 2 20 Lichenostomus plumulus
Fuscous Honeyeater 1 8 Lichenostomus fuscus
White-plumed Honeyeater 15 50 Lichenostomus penicillatus
Brown-headed Honeyeater 5 5 Melithreptus brevirostris
White-naped Honeyeater 1 10 Melithreptus lunatus
Brown Honeyeater 4 2 Lichmera indistincta
New Holland Honeyeater 4 10 Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
White-fronted Honeyeater 2 12 Phylidonyris albifrons
Tawny-crowned Honeyeater 1 6 Phylidonyris melanops
Eastern Spinebill 1 2 Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris
Black Honeyeater 3 2 Certhionyx niger
Pied Honeyeater 4 14 Certhionyx variegatus
Crimson Chat 6 20 Epthianura tricolor
Orange Chat 4 25 Epthianura aurifrons
White-fronted Chat 2 4 Epthianura albifrons
Gibberbird 2 5 N Ashbyia lovensis
Jacky Winter 7 4 N Microeca fascinans
Scarlet Robin 2 1 Petroica multicolor
Red-capped Robin 10 6 N Petroica goodenovii
Hooded Robin 1 2 Melanodryas cucullata
Eastern Yellow Robin 1 2 Eopsaltria australis
Southern Scrub-robin 2 2 Drymodes brunneopygia
Grey-crowned Babbler 3 25 Pomatostomus temporalis
White-browed Babbler 6 10 Pomatostomus superciliosus
Hall's Babbler 1 2 Pomatostomus halli
Chestnut-crowned Babbler 9 10 Pomatostomus ruficeps
Chirruping Wedgebill 6 5 Psophodes cristatus
Chestnut Quail-thrush 2 3 Cinclosoma castanotus
Cinnamon Quail-thrush 2 6 N Cinclosoma cinnamomeum
Chestnut-breasted Quail-thrush 1 2 Cinclosoma castaneothorax
Varied Sittella 2 2 Daphoenositta chrysoptera
Crested Shrike-tit 1 1 Falcunculus frontatus
Crested Bellbird 6 4 (H) Oreoica gutturalis
Red-lored Whistler 1 2 Pachycephala rufogularis
Gilbert's Whistler 1 1 Pachycephala inornata
Golden Whistler 3 1 Pachycephala pectoralis
Rufous Whistler 9 4 Pachycephala rufiventris
Grey Shrike-thrush 14 3 Colluricincla harmonica
Restless Flycatcher 3 2 Myiagra inquieta
Magpie-lark 19 50 Grallina cyanoleuca
Grey Fantail 2 5 Rhipidura fuliginosa
Willie Wagtail 19 20 Rhipidura leucophrys
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike 16 10 Coracina novaehollandiae
Ground Cuckoo-shrike 1 2 N Coracina maxima
White-winged Triller 7 15 N Lalage sueurii
White-breasted Woodswallow 8 10 N Artamus leucorynchus
Masked Woodswallow 8 100 N Artamus personatus
White-browed Woodswallow 6 25 Artamus superciliosus
Black-faced Woodswallow 7 50 Artamus cinereus
Dusky Woodswallow 2 5 Artamus cyanopterus
Little Woodswallow 1 6 Artamus minor
Grey Butcherbird 4 3 Cracticus torquatus
Pied Butcherbird 9 2 Cracticus nigrogularis
Australian Magpie 19 '00s Gymnorhina tibicen
Pied Currawong 1 1 Strepera graculina
Grey Currawong 2 2 Strepera versicolor
Australian Raven 15 25 N Corvus coronoides
Little Raven 8 '00s Corvus mellori
Little Crow 7 25 N Corvus bennetti
White-winged Chough 10 15 Corcorax melanorhamphos
Apostlebird 8 60 Struthidea cinerea
Spotted Bowerbird 2 6 Chlamydera maculata
Singing Bushlark 1 1 Mirafra javanica
Richard's Pipit 15 10 Anthus novaeseelandiae
Zebra Finch 5 10 Taeniopygia guttata
Double-barred Finch 1 2 Taeniopygia bichenovii
Red-browed Finch 1 5 Neochmia temporalis
Mistletoebird 5 3 Dicaeum hirundinaceum
White-backed Swallow 8 12 Cheramoeca leucosternus
Welcome Swallow 17 50 Hirundo neoxena
Tree Martin 11 75 N Hirundo nigricans
Fairy Martin 9 '00s N Hirundo ariel
Clamorous Reed-Warbler 8 6 Acrocephalus stentoreus
Little Grassbird 4 1 Megalurus gramineus
Rufous Songlark 7 20 Cincloramphus mathewsi
Brown Songlark 6 10 Cincloramphus cruralis
Silvereye 3 4 Zosterops lateralis