I've just spent five days and most of four nights on the Werribee Treatment
Complex (sewage farm) doing a survey of Water-rats (Hydromys chrysogaster)
for Melbourne Water. I didn't really have time for any dedicated birding,
and it wasn't part of the brief, but the WTP is so chock-a-block with birds
that seeing a few is inevitable! The attached list of birds and other fauna
was made on the WTP, covering almost all areas, between Tuesday 20/11 to
Saturday 24/11/2001.
Any questions? ... let me know, and I'll try to provide details on
particular species.
Phasianidae Quail, Pheasants, Grouse
Stubble Quail Coturnix pectoralis
Anatidae Ducks
Blue-billed Duck Oxyura australis
Musk Duck Biziura lobata
Freckled Duck Stictonetta naevosa
Black Swan Cygnus atratus
Australian Shelduck Tadorna tadornoides
Australian Wood Duck Chenonetta jubata
Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
Australasian Shoveler Anas rhynchotis
Grey Teal Anas gracilis
Chestnut Teal Anas castanea
Pink-eared Duck Malacorhynchus membranaceus
Hardhead Aythya australis
Podicepedidae Grebes
Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
Hoary-headed Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus
Anhingidae Darters
Darter Anhinga melanogaster
Phalacrocoracidae Cormorants
Little Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax melanoleucos
Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
Pelecanidae Shoebill, Pelicans
Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus
Ardeidae Herons
White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica
Great Egret Ardea alba
Intermediate Egret Ardea intermedia
Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
Australasian Bittern Botaurus poiciloptilus
Threskionithidae Ibis, Spoonbills
Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca
Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis
Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
Yellow-billed Spoonbill Platalea flavipes
Accipitridae Hawks, Eagles
Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris
Black Kite Milvus migrans
Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus
Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
Brown Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus
Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax
Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides
Falconidae Falcons
Brown Falcon Falco berigora
Australian Hobby Falco longipennis
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides
Rallidae Rails
Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla
Australian Spotted Crake Porzana fluminea
Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa
Black-tailed Native-hen Gallinula ventralis
Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
Scolopacidae Snipe, Sandpipers
Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
Grey-tailed Tattler Heteroscelus brevipes
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
Haematopodidae Oystercatchers
Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus longirostris
Recurvirostridae Stilts, Avocets
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
Banded Stilt Cladorhynchus leucocephalus
Red-necked Avocet Recurvirostra novaehollandiae
Charadriidae Plovers
Red-capped Plover Charadrius ruficapillus
Black-fronted Dotterel Elseyornis melanops
Red-kneed Dotterel Erythrogonys cinctus
Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
Laridae Gulls, Terns
Pacific Gull Larus pacificus
Silver Gull Larus novaehollandiae
Crested Tern Sterna bergii
Common Tern Sterna hirundo
Fairy Tern Sterna nereis
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus
Columbidae Pigeons
Rock Dove Columba livia
Spotted Turtle-Dove Streptopelia chinensis
Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes
Cacatuidae Cockatoos
Galah Cacatua roseicapilla
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
Loriidae Lorikeets
Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus
Purple-crowned Lorikeet Glossopsitta porphyrocephala
Psittacidae Parrots
Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius
Red-rumped Parrot Psephotus haematonotus
Cuculidae Old World Cuckoos
Pallid Cuckoo Cuculus pallidus
Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx basalis
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx lucidus
Strigidae Typical Owls
Southern Boobook Ninox novaeseelandiae
Tytonidae Barn Owls
Barn Owl Tyto alba
Meropidae Bee-eaters
Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus
Maluridae Fairywrens
Superb Fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus
Pardalotidae Pardalotes, Thornbills, allies
Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus
White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis
Striated Fieldwren Calamanthus fuliginosus
Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla
Yellow-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa
Meliphagidae Honeyeaters, Chats
Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata
Little Wattlebird Anthochaera chrysoptera
Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala
White-plumed Honeyeater Lichenostomus penicillatus
New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
White-fronted Chat Epthianura albifrons
Pachycephalidae Whistlers
Crested Shrike-tit Falcunculus frontatus
Grallinidae Magpie-larks
Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca
Rhipidurini Fantail tribe
Grey Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa
Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
Campephagidae Cuckoo-shrikes
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae
Artamidae Woodswallows
Dusky Woodswallow Artamus cyanopterus
Cracticidae Butcherbirds
Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
Corvidae Crows
Little Raven Corvus mellori
Alaudidae Larks
Singing Bushlark Mirafra javanica
Skylark Alauda arvensis
Motacillidae Wagtails, Pipits
Richard's Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae
Passeridae Sparrows
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
Estrildidae Grassfinches
Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis
Fringillidae Finch,Tanagers,etc
European Greenfinch Carduelis chloris
European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
Hirundinidae Swallows
Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
Fairy Martin Hirundo ariel
Sylviidae Warblers
Clamorous Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
Little Grassbird Megalurus gramineus
Rufous Songlark Cincloramphus mathewsi
Brown Songlark Cincloramphus cruralis
Cisticolidae African Warblers
Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
Zosteropidae White-eyes
Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
Turdidae Thrushes
Common Blackbird Turdus merula
Sturnidae Starlings
Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
Phalangeridae Possums
Common Brushtail Possum Trichosurus vulpecula
Molossidae Freetail-bats
White-striped Freetail-bat Nyctinomus australis
Muridae Mice, Rats
Water-rat Hydromys chrysogaster
House Mouse Mus musculus
Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus
Black Rat Rattus rattus
Canidae Dogs, foxes
Fox Vulpes vulpes
Felidae Cats
Cat Felis catus
Leporidae
Brown Hare Lepus capensis
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus
Myobatrachidae
Common Eastern Froglet Crinia signifera
Eastern Banjo Frog Limnodynastes dumerilii
Brown-striped Frog Limnodynastes peronii
Spotted Grass Frog Limnodynastes tasmaniensis
Hylidae Tree frogs
Southern Bell Frog Litoria raniformis
Scincidae Skinks
Tussock Skink Pseudomoia pagenstcheri
Elapidae Front-fanged snakes
Copperhead Austrelaps superbus
Eastern Tiger Snake Notechis scutatus
143 species
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