Joy Tansey wrote:
Jen Spry and I are planning a couple of days over the long weekend at Nhill.
Any info on local hot spots, or details on the possible locations for
Slender-billed Thornbill, Red-lored Whistler, Chestnut-rumped Heathwren, or
White-browed Treecreeper would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Hi Joy
Nhill is a bit too far north for CR Heathwren (try eastern Otways or
Bendigo Whipstick; parts of the Grampians maybe), and too far south for
Red-lored Whistler (Sunset Country is best) and White-browed Treecreeper
(Yarrara FFR is best)!! However, it's spot on for Slender-billed
Thornbill - try the Salt Lake Track area near the Kiata campground in
the Little Desert National Park - also generally a good birding area
(see my Kiata area list below; one visit 1998).
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Kiata area
Species recorded.
Master checklist is Australia, political outliers not included.
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3 Emu Dromaius novaehollandiae
3 Malleefowl Leipoa ocellata
1 Stubble Quail Coturnix pectoralis
1 Black Kite Milvus migrans
1 Brown Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus
3 Brown Falcon Falco berigora
1 Grey Falcon Falco hypoleucos
1 Painted Button-quail Turnix varia
1 Bush Stone-curlew Burhinus grallarius
1 Banded Stilt Cladorhynchus leucocephalus
1 Brush Bronzewing Phaps elegans
1 Peaceful Dove Geopelia striata
4 Galah Cacatua roseicapilla
2 Long-billed Corella Cacatua tenuirostris
2 Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
1 Purple-crowned Lorikeet Glossopsitta porphyrocephala
3 Mallee Ringneck Barnardius barnardi
2 Red-rumped Parrot Psephotus haematonotus
1 Pallid Cuckoo Cuculus pallidus
1 Black-eared Cuckoo Chrysococcyx osculans
2 Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx basalis
1 Shining Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx lucidus
1 Southern Boobook Ninox boobook
2 Spotted Nightjar Eurostopodus argus
1 Australian Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles cristatus
1 Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae
1 Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
1 Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus
2 White-throated Treecreeper Cormobates leucophaeus
1 Brown Treecreeper Climacteris picumnus
2 Superb Fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus
4 Variegated Fairy-wren Malurus lamberti
1 Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus
2 Yellow-rumped Pardalote Pardalotus xanthopygus
3 Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus
2 Shy Heathwren Hylacola cauta
3 Weebill Smicrornis brevirostris
3 Inland Thornbill Acanthiza apicalis
1 Chestnut-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza uropygialis
1 Buff-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza reguloides
3 Slender-billed Thornbill Acanthiza iredalei
2 Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata
1 Little Wattlebird Anthochaera chrysoptera
2 Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater Acanthagenys rufogularis
1 Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala
1 Yellow-throated Miner Manorina flavigula
3 White-eared Honeyeater Lichenostomus leucotis
1 Purple-gaped Honeyeater Lichenostomus cratitius
2 Yellow-plumed Honeyeater Lichenostomus ornatus
1 White-plumed Honeyeater Lichenostomus penicillatus
1 Black-chinned Honeyeater Melithreptus gularis
4 Brown-headed Honeyeater Melithreptus brevirostris
3 New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
2 Tawny-crowned Honeyeater Phylidonyris melanops
1 Jacky Winter Microeca fascinans
1 Scarlet Robin Petroica boodang
2 Red-capped Robin Petroica goodenovii
1 Hooded Robin Melanodryas cucullata
1 Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis
3 Southern Scrub-robin Drymodes brunneopygia
2 White-browed Babbler Pomatostomus superciliosus
1 Chestnut Quail-thrush Cinclosoma castanotus
3 Gilbert's Whistler Pachycephala inornata
2 Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis
2 Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris
3 Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica
1 Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
2 Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus
3 Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
4 Grey Currawong Strepera versicolor
2 Australian Raven Corvus coronoides
3 White-winged Chough Corcorax melanorhamphos
1 Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
2 Tree Martin Hirundo nigricans
2 Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
1 Short-beaked Echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus
1 Common Brushtail Possum Trichosurus vulpecula
2 Western Grey Kangaroo Macropus fuliginosus
1 Red-necked Wallaby Macropus rufogriseus
1 Painted Dragon Ctenophorus pictus
1 Pale-rumped Ctenotus Ctenotus regius
1 Shingle-back Trachydosaurus rugosus
82 species
*Another area worth considering is Tallageira Nature Conservation Area,
south of the Little Desert near Goroke. Here's my list from a single
Queens Birthday weekend in 2001:
*
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Tallageira NCR
Species recorded.
Master checklist is Australia, political outliers not included.
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2 Emu Dromaius novaehollandiae
1 Australian Shelduck Tadorna tadornoides
1 Australian Wood Duck Chenonetta jubata
1 Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax
2 Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera
1 Peaceful Dove Geopelia striata
2 Galah Cacatua roseicapilla
2 Long-billed Corella Cacatua tenuirostris
2 Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea
3 Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
1 Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus
3 Musk Lorikeet Glossopsitta concinna
2 Purple-crowned Lorikeet Glossopsitta porphyrocephala
5 Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans
3 Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius
2 Red-rumped Parrot Psephotus haematonotus
1 Southern Boobook Ninox boobook
1 Masked Owl Tyto novaehollandiae
1 Australian Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles cristatus
2 Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae
4 White-throated Treecreeper Cormobates leucophaeus
4 Brown Treecreeper Climacteris picumnus
2 Superb Fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus
2 Variegated Fairy-wren Malurus lamberti
5 Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus
2 Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus
2 Weebill Smicrornis brevirostris
3 Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla
1 Chestnut-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza uropygialis
2 Buff-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza reguloides
1 Slender-billed Thornbill Acanthiza iredalei
1 Yellow-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa
1 Striated Thornbill Acanthiza lineata
6 Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata
1 Little Wattlebird Anthochaera chrysoptera
3 Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala
5 Yellow-faced Honeyeater Lichenostomus chrysops
2 White-eared Honeyeater Lichenostomus leucotis
4 White-plumed Honeyeater Lichenostomus penicillatus
1 Black-chinned Honeyeater Melithreptus gularis
2 Brown-headed Honeyeater Melithreptus brevirostris
3 White-naped Honeyeater Melithreptus lunatus
5 New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
3 White-fronted Honeyeater Phylidonyris albifrons
1 Jacky Winter Microeca fascinans
3 Scarlet Robin Petroica boodang
1 Hooded Robin Melanodryas cucullata
1 Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis
1 White-browed Babbler Pomatostomus superciliosus
2 Varied Sittella Daphoenositta chrysoptera
1 Eastern Shrike-tit Falcunculus frontatus
2 Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis
1 Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica
1 Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca
5 Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa
2 Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
1 White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike Coracina papuensis
1 Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus
4 Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
1 Grey Currawong Strepera versicolor
1 Australian Raven Corvus coronoides
2 Forest Raven Corvus tasmanicus
1 Little Raven Corvus mellori
1 Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum
1 Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
2 Tree Martin Hirundo nigricans
3 Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
1 Sugar Glider Petaurus breviceps
1 Common Brushtail Possum Trichosurus vulpecula
1 Western Grey Kangaroo Macropus fuliginosus
1 Red-necked Wallaby Macropus rufogriseus
1 Fox Vulpes vulpes
1 Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus
1 Painted Frog Neobatrachus pictus
74 species
*Or Jilpanger Flora & Fauna Reserve SW of Horsham near Douglas; my list
follows (most seasons included; many visits):*
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Jilpanger FFR
Species recorded.
Master checklist is Australia, political outliers not included.
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6 Emu Dromaius novaehollandiae
1 Musk Duck Biziura lobata
2 Black Swan Cygnus atratus
4 Australian Shelduck Tadorna tadornoides
4 Australian Wood Duck Chenonetta jubata
3 Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
1 Australasian Shoveler Anas rhynchotis
3 Grey Teal Anas gracilis
1 Pink-eared Duck Malacorhynchus membranaceus
1 Hardhead Aythya australis
2 Hoary-headed Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus
2 Little Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax melanoleucos
4 White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
3 White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica
2 Great Egret Ardea alba
1 Nankeen Night-Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
1 Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca
1 Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis
2 Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
3 Yellow-billed Spoonbill Platalea flavipes
1 Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris
3 Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus
2 Brown Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus
1 Grey Goshawk Accipiter novaehollandiae
3 Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax
5 Brown Falcon Falco berigora
1 Australian Hobby Falco longipennis
1 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
2 Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides
2 Brolga Grus rubicunda
2 Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
3 Black-tailed Native-hen Gallinula ventralis
2 Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
1 Painted Button-quail Turnix varia
1 Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii
4 Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
1 Silver Gull Larus novaehollandiae
6 Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera
2 Brush Bronzewing Phaps elegans
4 Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes
2 Peaceful Dove Geopelia striata
3 Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus banksii
4 Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus funereus
6 Galah Cacatua roseicapilla
7 Long-billed Corella Cacatua tenuirostris
5 Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
3 Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus
6 Musk Lorikeet Glossopsitta concinna
5 Little Lorikeet Glossopsitta pusilla
6 Purple-crowned Lorikeet Glossopsitta porphyrocephala
7 Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans
8 Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius
5 Red-rumped Parrot Psephotus haematonotus
1 Blue-winged Parrot Neophema chrysostoma
3 Elegant Parrot Neophema elegans
2 Pallid Cuckoo Cuculus pallidus
3 Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis
1 Black-eared Cuckoo Chrysococcyx osculans
2 Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx basalis
1 Shining Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx lucidus
5 Southern Boobook Ninox boobook
1 Barn Owl Tyto alba
4 Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides
4 Australian Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles cristatus
1 White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
1 Fork-tailed Swift Apus pacificus
6 Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae
2 Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
1 Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus
6 White-throated Treecreeper Cormobates leucophaeus
6 Brown Treecreeper Climacteris picumnus
6 Superb Fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus
3 Variegated Fairy-wren Malurus lamberti
1 Southern Emu-wren Stipiturus malachurus
6 Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus
2 Yellow-rumped Pardalote Pardalotus xanthopygus
7 Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus
3 White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis
2 Chestnut-rumped Heathwren Hylacola pyrrhopygia
6 Weebill Smicrornis brevirostris
5 Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla
1 Chestnut-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza uropygialis
7 Buff-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza reguloides
2 Yellow-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa
4 Yellow Thornbill Acanthiza nana
4 Striated Thornbill Acanthiza lineata
3 Southern Whiteface Aphelocephala leucopsis
6 Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata
1 Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater Acanthagenys rufogularis
1 Little Friarbird Philemon citreogularis
1 Blue-faced Honeyeater Entomyzon cyanotis
2 Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala
6 Yellow-faced Honeyeater Lichenostomus chrysops
6 White-eared Honeyeater Lichenostomus leucotis
3 Fuscous Honeyeater Lichenostomus fuscus
6 White-plumed Honeyeater Lichenostomus penicillatus
5 Black-chinned Honeyeater Melithreptus gularis
6 Brown-headed Honeyeater Melithreptus brevirostris
5 White-naped Honeyeater Melithreptus lunatus
7 New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
1 White-fronted Honeyeater Phylidonyris albifrons
6 Tawny-crowned Honeyeater Phylidonyris melanops
6 Eastern Spinebill Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris
6 Jacky Winter Microeca fascinans
6 Scarlet Robin Petroica boodang
3 Red-capped Robin Petroica goodenovii
1 Flame Robin Petroica phoenicea
1 Rose Robin Petroica rosea
6 Hooded Robin Melanodryas cucullata
4 Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis
1 Southern Scrub-robin Drymodes brunneopygia
6 White-browed Babbler Pomatostomus superciliosus
4 Varied Sittella Daphoenositta chrysoptera
3 Eastern Shrike-tit Falcunculus frontatus
1 Gilbert's Whistler Pachycephala inornata
5 Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis
4 Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris
6 Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica
5 Restless Flycatcher Myiagra inquieta
3 Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca
5 Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa
6 Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
5 Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae
4 White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike Coracina papuensis
3 White-winged Triller Lalage tricolor
2 Masked Woodswallow Artamus personatus
4 White-browed Woodswallow Artamus superciliosus
5 Dusky Woodswallow Artamus cyanopterus
6 Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
6 Grey Currawong Strepera versicolor
6 Australian Raven Corvus coronoides
3 Forest Raven Corvus tasmanicus
2 Little Raven Corvus mellori
5 White-winged Chough Corcorax melanorhamphos
1 House Sparrow Passer domesticus
3 Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis
5 Diamond Firetail Stagonopleura guttata
6 Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum
4 Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
2 Tree Martin Hirundo nigricans
1 Fairy Martin Hirundo ariel
1 Rufous Songlark Cincloramphus mathewsi
1 Brown Songlark Cincloramphus cruralis
5 Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
3 Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
4 Short-beaked Echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus
1 Koala Phascolarctos cinereus
2 Western Pygmy-possum Cercartetus concinnus
2 Little Pygmy-possum Cercartetus lepidus
2 Sugar Glider Petaurus breviceps
1 Common Ringtail Possum Pseudocheirus peregrinus
4 Common Brushtail Possum Trichosurus vulpecula
5 Western Grey Kangaroo Macropus fuliginosus
5 Red-necked Wallaby Macropus rufogriseus
1 Southern Freetail-bat Mormopterus planiceps
4 White-striped Freetail-bat Nyctinomus australis
1 Gould's Wattled Bat Chalinolobus gouldii
1 Chocolate Wattled Bat Chalinolobus morio
2 Lesser Long-eared Bat Nyctophilus geoffroyi
1 Large Forest Bat Vespadelus darlingtoni
1 Southern Forest Bat Vespadelus regulus
1 Little Forest Bat Vespadelus vulturnus
2 House Mouse Mus musculus
2 Silky Mouse Pseudomys apodemoides
1 Dingo and Dog Canis lupus
4 Fox Vulpes vulpes
2 Cat Felis catus
4 Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus
5 Common Eastern Froglet Crinia signifera
4 Eastern Banjo Frog Limnodynastes dumerilii
1 Spotted Grass Frog Limnodynastes tasmaniensis
3 Painted Frog Neobatrachus pictus
1 Sudell's Frog Neobatrachus sudelli
3 Brown Toadlet Pseudophryne bibronii
4 Brown Tree Frog Litoria ewingii
1 Southern Bell Frog Litoria raniformis
4 Eastern Snake-necked Turtle Chelodina longicollis
3 Marbled Gecko Christinus marmoratus
1 Striated Worm-lizard Aprasia striolata
1 Common Scaly-foot Pygopus lepidopodus
1 Jacky Lizard Amphibolurus muricatus
1 Mallee Heath Lashtail Amphibolurus norrisi
2 Painted Dragon Ctenophorus pictus
1 Cream-striped Shinning-skink Cryptoblepharus virgatus
3 Robust Ctenotus Ctenotus robustus
2 Dark-flecked Garden Sunskink Lampropholis delicata
2 South-eastern Slider Lerista bougainvillii
2 South-eastern Morethia Skink Morethia boulengeri
4 Shingle-back Trachydosaurus rugosus
1 Copperhead Austrelaps superbus
1 Eastern Tiger Snake Notechis scutatus
2 Eastern Brown Snake Pseudonaja textilis
1 Imperial White Delias harpalyce
1 Common Brown Heteronympha merope
1 Australian Admiral Vanessa itea
195 species
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*Lawrie Conole
*/Senior Ecologist
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