I managed to increase my ebird count of species that I’ve identified in the ACT to 200 this weekend by spotting a Brown Treecreeper. Looking at the list of target species for the ACT in ebird, some of the species are either captive birds
or rare vagrants.
I’m pretty sure that these only appear as captive birds – Musk Duck (Ripper at Tidbinbilla) and Bush Stone-Curlew (at Mulligan’s Flat).
These seem to be rare vagrants – White-fronted Chat, Pied Cormorant, Azure Kingfisher, White-cheeked Honeyeater, Black-chinned Honeyeater, white-fronted Honeyeater, Singing Honeyeater, Cockatiel (although I saw a bird on the weekend at
Namadgi that I can’t fit to anything else), White-headed Pigeon, Zebra Finch. I know that a number of COG members managed to see Budgerigars (last year?), but they also seem to be rare vagrants.
I think the main two resident species that I haven’t seen are the Chestnut-rumped Heathwren and Painted Buttonquail.
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There’s a few species that I’ve seen nearby but not in the ACT like the Hooded Robin and Glossy Black Cockatoo.
I’m sure that someone will correct me where I’m wrong about certain species being rare vagrants.
😊 Put it this way; I think that most of the species left on the target list are either rare or very hard to find in the ACT.
Has the Pied Cormorant (as opposed to Little Pied Cormorant) really been seen in the ACT?
PS Not patting myself on the back, just expressing a bit of frustration over the challenge of increasing that list.
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