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Greetings
I recently started work with Monash University in the Biol Sci dep't on
a project examining the relationship between biodiversity and 'coarse
woody debris' (fallen timber) in riverine forests at Barmah, Gunbower
Island and Ovens Valley on the River Murray in Victoria. I'm just back
from my first trip to Barmah, and posting here some general information
FYI.
We spent 8 days doing bird census & foraging observations as well as
mammal/reptile/frog trapping at 7 sites in River Red Gum woodland in the
Barmah State Forest and Barmah State Park near Echuca. The list
attached below is a general one for the area about 5km around the Wood
Cutters regulator & lagoon in the middle of the state park. Birding
highlights for me included the 3 Dollarbirds which entertained us around
camp on the river, a pair of Superb Parrots at one of the study sites,
an Azure Kingfisher near camp, Lewin's Rails calling near camp,
Peregrine Falcon and Australian Hobby hunting bats at dusk over the
river near camp.
Cheers
Lawrie Conole
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BARMAH STATE FOREST & BARMAH STATE PARK, VICTORIA.
19-27 January 1999.
Lawrie Conole <>
An area c.5km around Wood Cutter's Lagoon (35 50' 22"S 145 03' 33"E).
Dromaiidae Emus
Emu Dromaius novaehollandiae
Anatidae Ducks
Australian Wood Duck Chenonetta jubata
Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
Anhingidae Darters
Darter Anhinga melanogaster
Phalacrocoracidae Cormorants
Little Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax melanoleucos
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
Ardeidae Herons
White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
Threskionithidae Ibis, Spoonbills
Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca
Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis
Accipitridae Hawks, Eagles
Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus
White-bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster
Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax
Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides
Falconidae Falcons
Australian Hobby Falco longipennis
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
Rallidae Rails
Lewin's Rail Rallus pectoralis
Turnicidae Button-quails
Painted Button-quail Turnix varia
Charadriidae Plovers
Black-fronted Dotterel Elseyornis melanops
Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
Columbidae Pigeons
Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera
Peaceful Dove Geopelia striata
Cacatuidae Cockatoos
Galah Cacatua roseicapilla
Long-billed Corella Cacatua tenuirostris
Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
Loriidae Lorikeets
Musk Lorikeet Glossopsitta concinna
Psittacidae Parrots
Superb Parrot Polytelis swainsonii
Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans
Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius
Red-rumped Parrot Psephotus haematonotus
Cuculidae Old World Cuckoos
Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx lucidus
Strigidae Typical Owls
Southern Boobook Ninox novaeseelandiae
Tytonidae Barn Owls
Barn Owl Tyto alba
Podargidae Australian Frogmouths
Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides
Aegothelidae Owlet-nightjars
Australian Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles cristatus
Alcedinidae Alcedinidae Kingfishers
Azure Kingfisher Alcedo azurea
Halcyonidae Halcyonid Kingfishers
Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae
Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
Meropidae Bee-eaters
Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus
Coraciidae Rollers
Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
Climacteridae Australian Treecreepers
White-throated Treecreeper Cormobates leucophaeus
Brown Treecreeper Climacteris picumnus
Maluridae Fairywrens
Superb Fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus
Pardalotidae Pardalotes, Thornbills, allies
Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus
White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis
Western Gerygone Gerygone fusca
Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla
Buff-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza reguloides
Yellow-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa
Striated Thornbill Acanthiza lineata
Meliphagidae Honeyeaters, Chats
Noisy Friarbird Philemon corniculatus
Little Friarbird Philemon citreogularis
Blue-faced Honeyeater Entomyzon cyanotis
Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala
White-plumed Honeyeater Lichenostomus penicillatus
Brown-headed Honeyeater Melithreptus brevirostris
Petroicidae Australo-Papuan Robins
Jacky Winter Microeca fascinans
Red-capped Robin Petroica goodenovii
Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis
Neosittidae Sittella
Varied Sittella Daphoenositta chrysoptera
Pachycephalidae Whistlers
Crested Shrike-tit Falcunculus frontatus
Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis
Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris
Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica
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
White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike Coracina papuensis
Oriolidae Orioles
Olive-backed Oriole Oriolus sagittatus
Artamidae Woodswallows
White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus
White-browed Woodswallow Artamus superciliosus
Dusky Woodswallow Artamus cyanopterus
Cracticidae Butcherbirds
Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
Corvidae Crows
Australian Raven Corvus coronoides
Corcoracidae Mud-nesters
White-winged Chough Corcorax melanorhamphos
Estrildidae Grassfinches
Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis
Dicaeidae Flowerpeckers
Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum
Hirundinidae Swallows
White-backed Swallow Cheramoeca leucosternus
Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
Fairy Martin Hirundo ariel
Sylviidae Warblers
Clamorous Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
Rufous Songlark Cincloramphus mathewsi
Zosteropidae White-eyes
Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
Dasyuridae Dasyurids
Yellow-footed Antechinus Antechinus flavipes
Macropodidae Kangaroos and wallabies
Eastern Grey Kangaroo Macropus giganteus
Phalangeridae Possums
Common Brushtail Possum Trichosurus vulpecula
Molossidae Freetail-bats
White-striped Mastiff-bat Nyctinomus australis
Vespertilionidae Vesper bats
Gould's Wattled Bat Chalinolobus gouldii
Chocolate Wattled Bat Chalinolobus morio
Leporidae
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus
Canidae Dogs, foxes
Fox Vulpes vulpes
Myobatrachidae
Fourbob Frog Limnodynastes dumerilii
Barking Marsh Frog Limnodynastes fletcheri
Spotted Grass Frog Limnodynastes tasmaniensis
Hylidae Tree frogs
Peron's Treefrog Litoria peronii
Scincidae Skinks
Southern Water Skink Eulamprus tympanum
Garden Skink Lampropholis guichenoti
Bougainville's Skink Lerista bougainvillii
Boulenger's Skink Morethia boulengeri
Elapidae Front-fanged snakes
Red-bellied Black Snake Pseudechis porphyriacus
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