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Subject: Birdpedia - Australia - Weekly Digest
From: Birdpedia - Australia Info <>
Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2016 14:35:06 +0000
The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period 
Monday, August 15, 2016 to Sunday, August 21, 2016:

Area: SA

Date: Sunday, August 21, 2016

Location: Upper Eyre Peninsula

Gilbert's Whistler (Pachycephala inornata) (4) 2 pairs in seperate mallee 
locations E and W of Secret Rocks, mid July 2016.

Southern Scrub-robin (Drymodes brunneopygia) (10) five separate pairs in 
mallee/melaleuca habitat E and W of Secret Rocks, mid July 2016.

Western Yellow Robin (Eopsaltria griseogularis) (6) three separate pairs in 
mallee habitat E and W of Secret Rocks, mid July 2016.

Rufous Treecreeper (Climacteris rufus) (10) at several different locations in 
mallee habitat E and W of Secret Rocks, mid July 2016.

Blue-breasted Fairy-wren (Malurus pulcherrimus) (6) in mallee habitat E and W 
of Secret Rocks, mid July 2016.

Western Grasswren (Amytornis textilis) (3) photographed in chenopod habitat 
alongside Whyalla/Iron Knob Road, mid July 2016.

Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) (1) male accidentally flushed from nest with 9 
eggs in dense mallee habitat E of Secret Rocks, mid July 2016.

Splendid Fairy-wren (Malurus splendens) (10) two separate parties in mallee 
habitat E of Secret Rocks, mid July 2016; one party with a single male in 
partial breeding plumage.

White-fronted Honeyeater (Phylidonyris albifrons) (50+) a significant 
concentration of this species in flowering sandhill mallee/triodia habitat, N 
of Poochera, mid July 2016; extremely active and vocal.

Crested Bellbird (Oreoica gutturalis) (2) photographed whilst calling in 
flowering sandhill mallee/triodia habitat, N of Poochera, mid July 2016.

Reported by: Chris Baxter on Sunday, August 21, 2016

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Date: Sunday, August 21, 2016

Location: Kan

Adelaide Hills

Chestnut-rumped Heathwren (Hylacola pyrrhopygia) (6) 2,1,2,1 (6 in total); 
Black Hill CP; in 4 separate locations surrounding Black Hill Summit.

Reported by: Chris Baxter on Sunday, August 21, 2016

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Date: Sunday, August 21, 2016

Location: Coorong NP

Rufous Bristlebird (Dasyornis broadbenti) (2) 1,1 (2 in total); in coastal dune 
habitat near Salt Creek; photographed; late July 2016.

Reported by: Chris Baxter on Sunday, August 21, 2016

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Date: Sunday, August 21, 2016

Location: Port Augusta

Blue-winged Parrot (Neophema chrysostoma) (10) mostly immature; chenopod plain 
near Yorkey's Crossing, several km N of Port Augusta, mid July 2016.

Elegant Parrot (Neophema elegans) (10) mostly immature; chenopod plain near 
Yorkey's Crossing, several km N of Port Augusta, mid July 2016; intermixed with 
Elegant Parrots.

Rufous Fieldwren (Calamanthus campestris) (6) single birds at six different 
locations surrounding Port Augusta; semi arid chenopod habitat; mid July 2016.

Redthroat (Pyrrholaemus brunneus) (10) mostly paired birds in semi arid wesern 
myall/chenopod habitat surrounding Port Augusta; mid July 2016.

Rufous Songlark (Cincloramphus mathewsi) (4) single birds calling consistently 
in wooded habitat at different locations surrounding Port Augusta; mid July 
2016.

Brown Songlark (Cincloramphus cruralis) (5) single males undertaking 
conspicuous song flights in open chenopod plains surrounding Port Augusta; all 
were in partial or pronounced breeding plumage; mid July 2016.

Hooded Robin (Melanodryas cucullata) (2) a pair in Acacia/chenopod habitat N of 
Port Augusta (S of Bookaloo), mid July 2016.

Sacred Kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus) (1) foraging in mangrove habitat at 
Redbanks, upper Spencer Gulf (alongside Arid Lands Botanic Garden), mid July 
2016.

Australian White Ibis (Threskiornis molucca) (1) foraging in mangrove habitat 
at Redbanks, upper Spencer Gulf (alongside Arid Lands Botanic Garden), mid July 
2016; first record of this species for Arid Lands Botanic Garden/Redbanks bird 
list.

Little Eagle (Hieraaetus morphnoides) (1) light phase individual on southern 
outskirts of Port Augusta, mid July 2016.

Reported by: Chris Baxter on Sunday, August 21, 2016

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Date: Sunday, August 21, 2016

Location: Port Augusta

Black-eared Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx osculans) (4) single birds calling from widely 
separate Acacia/chenopod habitat surrounding Port Augusta, mid July 2016.

Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx basalis) (7) single birds calling from 
widely separate Acacia/chenopod habitat surrounding Port Augusta, mid July 2016.

Pallid Cuckoo (Cuculus pallidus) (2) single birds observed in Acacia/chenopod 
habitat alongside Yorkey's Crossing Road, near Port Augusta, mid July 2016.

White-backed Swallow (Cheramoeca leucosterna) (6) hawking insects over chenopod 
sandhills and Upper Spencer Gulf shoreline, Redbanks alongside Port Augusta, 
mid July 2016.

Crested Bellbird (Oreoica gutturalis) (5) single males observed and 
photographed calling from widely separate Acacia/chenopod habitat surrounding 
Port Augusta, mid July 2016.

Diamond Firetail (Stagonopleura guttata) (10) in mallee habitat at base of 
Dutchman Stern, Flinders Ranges (NE of Port Augusta), mid July 2016.

Tawny-crowned Honeyeater (Phylidonyris melanops) (1) in mallee habitat at base 
of Dutchman Stern, Flinders Ranges (NE of Port Augusta), mid July 2016.

Grey-fronted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus plumulus) (7) 4 in mallee habitat at 
base of Dutchman Stern, Flinders Ranges (NE of Port Augusta), mid July 2016.
3 in mallee habitat at Telowie Gorge, Flinders Ranges (S of Port Augusta), mid 
July 2016.

Brown Goshawk (Accipiter fasciatus) (1) single female at Telowie Gorge, 
Flinders Ranges (S of Port Augusta), mid July 2016.

Apostlebird (Struthidea cinerea) (10) 2 observed alongside Pichi Richi Pass 
road, S of Quorn, mid July 2016
8 at Warren Gorge, Flinders Ranges, mid July 2016.

Reported by: Chris Baxter on Sunday, August 21, 2016

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