Hi birders
Just back from a very leisurely weekend spent at a holiday house in the
hamlet of Wye River, on the Otway Ranges coastline between Lorne and
Apollo Bay in SW Victoria. Did almost no birding at all, but the house
is surrounded by open-forest of Mountain Grey Gum (Eucalyptus
cypellocarpa) which is flowering at the moment. Quite a few honeyeaters
around during the day, and the odd Musk Lorikeet (rare-ish in the Otways
proper). Butterflies were quite abundant around the blossoms - mostly
Imperial Whites but also a few Sword-grass Browns. Yellow-bellied
Gliders chortling away at night. Rufous Bristlebirds in the back yard.
Very pleasant indeed! An abbreviated, incidental list follows ......
Anatidae Ducks
Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
Sulidae Boobies, Gannets
Australasian Gannet Morus serrator
Phalacrocoracidae Cormorants
Black-faced Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscescens
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
Ardeidae Herons
White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
Charadriidae Plovers
Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
Laridae Gulls
Pacific Gull Larus pacificus
Silver Gull Larus novaehollandiae
Columbidae Pigeons
*Spotted Turtle-Dove Streptopelia chinensis
Cacatuidae Cockatoos
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus funereus
Gang-gang Cockatoo Callocephalon fimbriatum
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
Loriidae Lorikeets
Musk Lorikeet Glossopsitta concinna
Psittacidae Parrots
Australian King-Parrot Alisterus scapularis
Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans
Cuculidae Old World Cuckoos
Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis
Strigidae Typical Owls
Southern Boobook Ninox boobook
Halcyonidae Halcyonid Kingfishers
Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae
Climacteridae Australian Treecreepers
White-throated Treecreeper Cormobates leucophaeus
Maluridae Fairywrens
Superb Fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus
Pardalotidae Pardalotes, allies
Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus
Acanthizidae Thornbills
Rufous Bristlebird Dasyornis broadbenti
White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis
Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla
Striated Thornbill Acanthiza lineata
Meliphagidae Honeyeaters
Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata
Brush Wattlebird Anthochaera chrysoptera
Yellow-faced Honeyeater Lichenostomus chrysops
White-eared Honeyeater Lichenostomus leucotis
White-naped Honeyeater Melithreptus lunatus
Crescent Honeyeater Phylidonyris pyrrhoptera
New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
Eastern Spinebill Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris
Petroicidae Australo-Papuan Robins
Rose Robin Petroica rosea
Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis
Pachycephalidae Whistlers
Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis
Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica
Grallinidae Magpie-larks
Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca
Rhipiduridae Fantails
Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscarpa
Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
Artamidae Woodswallows
Dusky Woodswallow Artamus cyanopterus
Cracticidae Butcherbirds
Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
Pied Currawong Strepera graculina
Grey Currawong Strepera versicolor
Corvidae Crows
Forest Raven Corvus tasmanicus
Ptilonorhynchidae Bowerbirds
Satin Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus violaceus
Passeridae Sparrows
*House Sparrow Passer domesticus
Estrildidae Grassfinches
Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis
Hirundinidae Swallows
Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
Tree Martin Hirundo nigricans
Zosteropidae White-eyes
Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
Sturnidae Starlings
*Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
Petauridae Gliders
Yellow-bellied Glider Petaurus australis
Sugar Glider Petaurus breviceps
Pseudocheiridae Ringtail possums and Greater Glider
Common Ringtail Possum Pseudocheirus peregrinus
Molossidae Freetail-bats
White-striped Freetail-bat Nyctinomus australis
Myobatrachidae Southern frogs
Eastern Smooth Frog Geocrinia victoriana
Scincidae Skinks
Cool-temperate Water-skink Eulamprus tympanum
Pieridae Whites and Yellows (butterflies)
Imperial White Delias harpalyce
Nymphalidae Danaids, Browns and Nymphs (butterflies)
Common Brown Heteronympha merope
Sword-grass Brown Tisiphone abeona
61 species
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Lawrie Conole
Senior Zoologist
Ecology Australia Pty. Ltd.
Flora and Fauna Consultants
88B Station Street
FAIRFIELD VIC 3078 Australia
e-mail:
ph: (03) 9489 4191; mob: (0419) 588 993
fax: (03) 9481 7679
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