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New Years Day 1999
Sites: Toonpan
Lagoon/Serpentine Lagoon/Cromarty
Period: 1/01/99 06:30 to 14:30
Team:
Alex Appleman, Ian Clayton, John Maddy, Marleen Acton, Rolf Jenson, Sharon
Tatum, Wendy Sergo
Weather: Hot and humid, morning rain clearing
later.
Note: All numbers approx.
only.
A great way to start the New Year with over 100
species.
RAOU No:
Species:
Number:
199 Magpie Goose Anseranas semipalmata 2000
205 Plumed
Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna eytoni 8
203 Black Swan Cygnus
atratus 2000
200 Cotton Pygmy-goose Nettapus coromandelianus 10
201
Green Pygmy-goose Nettapus pulchellus 20
208 Pacific Black Duck
Anas superciliosa 6
215 Hardhead Aythya australis 10
061
Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae 10
101
Darter Anhinga melanogaster 20
100 Little Pied
Cormorant Phalocrocorax melanoleucos 20
099 Pied Cormorant
Phalocrocorax varius 6
097 Little Black Cormorant Phalocrocorax
sulcirostris 3000
096 Great Cormorant Phalocrocorax carbo
2
106 Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus 200
188
White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae 4
185 Little
Egret Egretta garzetta 3
187 Great Egret Ardea alba
4
186 Intermediate Egret Ardea intermedia 20
977 Cattle
Egret Ardea ibis 20
192 Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax
caledonicus 4
179 Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca 30
180
Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis 10
181 Royal
Spoonbill Platalea regia 15
183 Black-necked Stork
Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus 2
229 Black Kite Milvus migrans
20
228 Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus 8
226 White-bellied
Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster 1
239 Brown Falcon Falco
berigora 6
235 Australian Hobby Falco longipennis 2
240 Nankeen
Kestrel Falco cenchroides 10
177 Brolga Grus
rubicunda 5
059 Eurasian Coot Fulica atra 8
176 Australian
Bustard Ardeotis australis 6
168 Latham's Snipe Gallinago
hardwickii 1
158 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia 1
171
Comb-crested Jacana Irediparra gallinacea 3
174 Bush Stone-curlew
Burhinus grallarius 4
144 Black-fronted Dotterel Elseyornis melanops
2
125 Silver Gull Larus novaehollandiae 1
112 Caspian
Tern Sterna caspia 40
043 Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps
lophotes 20
031 Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata 1
030 Peaceful
Dove Geopelia placida 30
264 Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo
Calyptorhynchus banksii 4
269 Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
3
254 Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus 20
256
Scaly-breasted Lorikeet Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus 10
286
Pale-headed Rosella Platycercus adscitus 10
337 Pallid
Cuckoo Cuculus pallidus 4 Heard only
339 Brush Cuckoo
Cacomantis variolosus 3
341 Black-eared Cuckoo Chrysococcyx osculans
1
342 Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx basalis 1
347 Common
Koel Eudynamis scolopacea 1 Heard only
348 Channel-billed
Cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae 1
349 Pheasant Coucal
Centropus phasianinus 2
333 White-rumped Swiftlet Collocalia
spodiopygia 30
319 Azure Kingfisher Alcedo azurea 1
322 Laughing
Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae 4
323 Blue-winged Kookaburra
Dacelo leachii 4
324 Forest Kingfisher Todiramphus macleayii 2
325
Red-backed Kingfisher Todiramphus pyrrhopygia 3
326 Sacred
Kingfisher Todiramphus sancta 4
329 Rainbow Bee-eater Merops
ornatus 20
318 Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis 4
541
Red-backed Fairy-wren Malurus melanocephalus 4
976 Striated
Pardalote Pardalotus striatus 2
453 White-throated Gerygone
Gerygone olivacea 1 Heard only
646 Little Friarbird Philemon
citreogularis 10
641 Blue-faced Honeyeater Entomyzon cyanotis 4
626
Yellow Honeyeater Lichenostomus flavus 2
613 Fuscous Honeyeater
Lichenostomus fuscus 2 Heard only
597 Brown Honeyeater Lichmera
indistincta 3
595 Brown-backed Honeyeater Ramsayornis modestus 4
601
Rufous-throated Honeyeater Conopophila rufogularis 20
379 Lemon-bellied
Flycatcher Microeca flavigaster 8
390 White-browed Robin Poecilodryas
superciliosa 1 Heard only
401 Rufous Whistler Pachycephala
rufiventris 1
413 Little Shrike-thrush Colluricincla megarhyncha
1
365 Leaden Flycatcher Myiagra rubecula 2
415
Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca 20
673 Spangled
Drongo Dicrurus bracteatus 2
424 Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
Coracina novaehollandiae 2
425 White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike Coracina papuensis
2
430 White-winged Triller Lalage sueurii 4
671 Olive-backed
Oriole Oriolus sagittatus 1
432 Figbird Sphecotheres
viridis 8
543 White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorhynchus 10
546
Black-faced Woodswallow Artamus cinereus 20
700 Pied Butcherbird
Cracticus nigrogularis 2
692 Torresian Crow Corvus orru 4
693
White-winged Chough Corcorax melanorhamphos 6
675
Apostlebird Struthidea cinerea 8
648 Singing Bushlark
Mirafra javanica 10
647 Richard's Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae
10
995 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 6
653 Zebra
Finch Taeniopygia guttata 20
655 Double-barred Finch
Taeniopygia bichenovii 10
667 Black-throated Finch Poephila cincta
2
664 Crimson Finch Neochmia phaeton 4
657 Chestnut-breasted
Mannikin Lonchura castaneothorax 20
572 Yellow-bellied Sunbird
Nectarinia jugularis 4
564 Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum 1
Heard only
357 Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena 2
359 Tree Martin Hirundo nigricans 20
360 Fairy Martin Hirundo ariel
20
525 Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis 6
674 Metallic
Starling Aplonis metallica 10
998 Common Mynah Acridotheres
tristis 10
Number of species: 108
Regards
Ian Clayton
Birds &
Bush Tours
PO Box 6037, TMC, Townsville, Qld.
4810
Phone: 07 47 216 489
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