My turn...
Your mentioning of the Tas hinterland must've been for a reason...and that's
why I've thrown in Striated Pardalote. 48 spp. in 24 hours in the Alice must've
figured in a visit to some kind of wetland...hence I'm chucking in (Eastern)
Great Egret and Aussie Pelican (both are outsiders and Silver Gull was just too
good to be true but it is hard to leave out as it sounds like you've been to
coastal areas in WA, Tas and SA). There also have to be some already suggested
species that you've missed (such as Welcome Swallow and Magpie in the NT). And
just cos I think you would've seen these, I'm adding Grey Fantail and
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike.
So, my stab is:
Grey Fantail
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
Striated Pardalote
Eastern Great Egret
Aussie Pelican
Mick R
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Hi all,
An unexpected last-minute business trip to Alice Springs a week ago
means I have finally made it to every state and mainland territory of
Australia. I was only there for 24 hours, but managed to clock up 48
species (none new unfortunately, but every single one new for my NT
List!). With luck I'll get around to putting in a brief trip report, but
for now I'll just say that it highlighted an interesting observation:
Out of my 547 Australian species, there are only five that I have seen
in each of the states/territories (ie ACT, NSW, QLD, VIC, TAS, SA, WA
and NT).
Anyone care to guess which five species they might be?
(Should note that I've covered ACT, NSW, QLD, and VIC fairly well, have
visited SE part of SA and SW of WA a few times, have been to Burnie
(TAS) and hinterland briefly, and of course my 24 hours in Alice is my
total experience of NT so far.)
Harvey Perkins
Canberra
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