Over the last few days, Bob and Sadhana Cook and I visited the Tallageira
Scrub in the Victorian Wimmera. About 400km from Melbourne by road, west of
Horsham and less than 20km south of the Little Desert, Tallageira is one of
a few vegetation remnants on the north Wimmera plains. The rain stopped
just as we arrived on Saturday, stayed away on Sunday, and then recommenced
with a vengeance about 0600am on Monday!
Birding at Tallageira was interesting. Some species were surprisingly
scarce (eg. Brown Treecreeper, Eastern Yellow Robin, Jacky Winter) or absent
(eg. White-winged Chough, Restless Flycatcher).
Best birds were:
Masked Owl - one bird calling around camp most of the night on 10/6. First
Wimmera record?
Slender-billed Thornbill - a flock of 6 birds in Desert Banksia scrub on
10/6; minor range extension of some 15-20km south from Little Desert; first
record outside Little Desert or Big Desert?
White-fronted Honeyeater - numerous birds in several habitats, feeding on
banksia flowers (both Silver and Desert), Flame Heath and Yellow Gum; very
vocal - fantastic calls.
Forest Raven - surprisingly the most abundant raven; on the edge of its
range here.
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TALLAGEIRA NATURE CONSERVATION RESERVE, 9 - 11 June 2001.
Species recorded.
Master checklist is Victoria, political outliers not included.
DATE1>="9/6/2001"
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Emu Dromaius novaehollandiae
Australian Shelduck Tadorna tadornoides
Australian Wood Duck Chenonetta jubata
Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax
Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera
Peaceful Dove Geopelia striata
Galah Cacatua roseicapilla
Long-billed Corella Cacatua tenuirostris
Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus
Musk Lorikeet Glossopsitta concinna
Purple-crowned Lorikeet Glossopsitta porphyrocephala
Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans
Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius
Red-rumped Parrot Psephotus haematonotus
Southern Boobook Ninox novaeseelandiae
Masked Owl Tyto novaehollandiae
Australian Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles cristatus
Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae
White-throated Treecreeper Cormobates leucophaeus
Brown Treecreeper Climacteris picumnus
Superb Fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus
Variegated Fairy-wren Malurus lamberti
Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus
Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus
Weebill Smicrornis brevirostris
Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla
Chestnut-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza uropygialis
Buff-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza reguloides
Slender-billed Thornbill Acanthiza iredalei
Yellow-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa
Striated Thornbill Acanthiza lineata
Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata
Little Wattlebird Anthochaera chrysoptera
Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala
Yellow-faced Honeyeater Lichenostomus chrysops
White-eared Honeyeater Lichenostomus leucotis
White-plumed Honeyeater Lichenostomus penicillatus
Black-chinned Honeyeater Melithreptus gularis
Brown-headed Honeyeater Melithreptus brevirostris
White-naped Honeyeater Melithreptus lunatus
New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
White-fronted Honeyeater Phylidonyris albifrons
Jacky Winter Microeca fascinans
Scarlet Robin Petroica multicolor
Hooded Robin Melanodryas cucullata
Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis
White-browed Babbler Pomatostomus superciliosus
Varied Sittella Daphoenositta chrysoptera
Crested Shrike-tit Falcunculus frontatus
Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis
Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica
Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca
Grey Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa
Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike Coracina papuensis
Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus
Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
Grey Currawong Strepera versicolor
Australian Raven Corvus coronoides
Forest Raven Corvus tasmanicus
Little Raven Corvus mellori
Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum
Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
Tree Martin Hirundo nigricans
Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
Sugar Glider Petaurus breviceps
Common Brushtail Possum Trichosurus vulpecula
Western Grey Kangaroo Macropus fuliginosus
Red-necked Wallaby Macropus rufogriseus
Fox Vulpes vulpes
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus
Painted Frog Neobatrachus pictus
74 species
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