Hi Lawrie and others,
I will give a reply from my database. Firstly my database has far fewer
records than Lawrie, only 10,000 all up and of these only about 6000 are
from Victoria. I have been recording almost all birds seen for only the
last 5 or 6 years and have just started to record all vertebrates; by
the way Lawrie do you have a full aus list for Butterflies, I'd love to
add them to my database?
I only birdwatch on free time and for the last six years less and less
frequently due to young family and other committments. But here it is,
the top 50 recorded as determined by actual number of entries and the
bottom 50 or so which all just have one entry. Some of these are a bit
embarrasing but some I have actually seen more times (eg. Olive
Whistler) but the sightings were before I started entering everything
into my database or indeed writing everything down. Indeed, I would
suggest to starting birders that they write everything down from the
start as it is annoying when you can't remember all the details of
sightings later on. Also the more people that write all sightings down,
with dates and exact places, the larger the useful dataset that can be
drawn on in the future.
Lawrie I'll leave it to you to compare my top 50 with yours and see
what is the same and what is not. By the way I bird much less frequently
in central and norhtern Vic than I think Lawrie does and I spend a lot
of time near the coast especially around Phillip Island. Also this list
is drawn from seen only sightings (I could have included heard only but
didn't) so some birds on the seen only once list have been encountered
more often but not sighted.
John
Top 50 Vic sightings
CB numberCommon name Scientific name Count
301 Silver Gull Larus novaehollandiae 132
774 Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena 121
681 Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca 108
548 Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata 108
686 Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys 105
709 Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen 104
290 Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles 98
34 Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa 97
480 Superb Fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus 96
803 Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris 92
798 Common Blackbird Turdus merula 91
586 White-plumed Honeyeater Lichenostomus penicillatus 89
24 Black Swan Cygnus atratus 88
743 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 86
804 Common Myna Acridotheres tristis 77
38 Chestnut Teal Anas castanea 76
160 Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca 74
132 Little Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax melanoleucos 67
142 White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae 66
209 Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa 65
719 Little Raven Corvus mellori 62
389 Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius 62
366 Galah Cacatua roseicapilla 62
332 Spotted Turtle-Dove Streptopelia chinensis 62
767 European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 57
668 Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica 57
298 Pacific Gull Larus pacificus 56
683 Grey Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa 55
207 Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio bellus 55
598 New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae 54
373 Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus 54
138 Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus 50
309 Crested Tern Sterna bergii 50
212 Eurasian Coot Fulica atra 48
550 Little Wattlebird Anthochaera chrysoptera 46
27 Australian Shelduck Tadorna tadornoides 44
618 White-fronted Chat Epthianura albifrons 44
456 Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae 44
510 White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis 43
560 Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala 42
328 Rock Dove Columba livia 42
43 Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae 42
135 Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris 41
271 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 41
371 Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita 41
136 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 40
248 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis 40
30 Australian Wood Duck Chenonetta jubata 39
161 Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis 38
177 Swamp Harrier Circus approximans 38
22 Freckled Duck Stictonetta naevosa
36 Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
155 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus
166 Osprey Pandion haliaetus
176 Spotted Harrier Circus assimilis
188 Black Falcon Falco subniger
197 Lewin's Rail Rallus pectoralis
200 Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla
203 Spotless Crake Porzana tabuensis
219 Painted Button-quail Turnix varia
226 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
237 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
238 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
240 Grey-tailed Tattler Heteroscelus brevipes
261 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
263 Painted Snipe Rostratula benghalensis
276 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
281 Lesser Sand Plover Charadrius mongolus
291 Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
296 Arctic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
311 White-fronted Tern Sterna striata
313 Common Tern Sterna hirundo
316 Little Tern Sterna albifrons
347 Wonga Pigeon Leucosarcia melanoleuca
374 Scaly-breasted Lorikeet Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus
384 Superb Parrot Polytelis swainsonii
398 Mulga Parrot Psephotus varius
403 Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
408 Orange-bellied Parrot Neophema chrysogaster
424 Common Koel Eudynamys scolopacea
428 Powerful Owl Ninox strenua
446 Australian Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles cristatus
453 Azure Kingfisher Alcedo azurea
460 Red-backed Kingfisher Todirhamphus pyrrhopygia
464 Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
474 White-browed Treecreeper Climacteris affinis
486 White-winged Fairy-wren Malurus leucopterus
506 Pilotbird Pycnoptilus floccosus
516 Chestnut-rumped Heathwren Hylacola pyrrhopygia
520 Redthroat Pyrrholaemus brunneus
521 Speckled Warbler Chthonicola sagittata
527 Western Gerygone Gerygone fusca
532 White-throated Gerygone Gerygone olivacea
557 Regent Honeyeater Xanthomyza phrygia
565 Lewin's Honeyeater Meliphaga lewinii
596 Painted Honeyeater Grantiella picta
611 Pied Honeyeater Certhionyx variegatus
615 Crimson Chat Epthianura tricolor
616 Orange Chat Epthianura aurifrons
626 Rose Robin Petroica rosea
627 Pink Robin Petroica rodinogaster
646 Eastern Whipbird Psophodes olivaceus
650 Spotted Quail-Thrush Cinclosoma punctatum
651 Chestnut Quail-Thrush Cinclosoma castanotus
657 Olive Whistler Pachycephala olivacea
670 Black-faced Monarch Monarcha melanopsis
699 White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorhyncus
772 White-backed Swallow Cheramoeca leucosternus
Lawrie Conole wrote:
>
> OK birders; here's some flimsy data and idle speculation for you to
> ponder over dinner.
>
> As part of some database maintenance today, I assembled some stats on
> what I have in there. Arising from that, I concocted a list of the
> birds I record most frequently - and conversely those I record least
> frequently.
>
> Some background ....
>
>
> 50 most often recorded (% = number of surveys in which this species was
> recorded)
>
> And can anyone else be bothered doing likewise with their home state
> observations?
>
> Yours, curiously
>
> Lawrie
>
> --
> =================================
> Lawrie Conole
> Senior Ecologist
> Ornithology & Terrestrial Ecology
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