Zoochat Big Year 2025

akasha said:
Birds:

116. Spotted Dove
117. Fan-tailed Cuckoo
118. Eastern Spinebill
119. Azure Kingfisher
120. Peregrine Falcon
121. Brown Quail
122. Bar-shouldered Dove
123. White-winged Triller
124. Rufous Songlark
125. Swamp Harrier
126. Tree Martin
127. Australian Pipit
128. Eastern Shrike-tit
129. Channel-billed Cuckoo
130. Musk Lorikeet
131. Pied Stilt
132. Black-fronted Dotterel
133. Yellow-billed Spoonbill
134. Zebra Finch

Reptiles:

9. Jacky Dragon (Amphibolurus muricatus)
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Back from Japan where I dabbled in a bit of wildlife watching...

Mammals:

17. Grey-sided Vole (Craseomys rufocanus)
18. Sika Deer (Cervus nippon)
19. Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)
20. Japanese Squirrel (Sciurus lis)
21. Japanese Badger (Meles anakuma)

Birds:

135. Ring-necked Pheasant
136. Eurasian Widgeon
137. Eastern Spot-billed Duck
138. Slaty-backed Gull
139. Medium Egret
140. Large-billed Crow
141. Varied Tit
142. Asian Tit
143. Eurasian Nuthatch
144. Dusky Thrush
145. Naumann's Thrush
146. Russet Sparrow
147. Eurasian Tree Sparrow
148. Falcated Duck
149. Mallard
150. Common Pochard
151. Grey Heron
152. Carrion Crow
153. Brown-eared Bulbul
154. Warbling White-eye
155. Brown-headed Thrush
156. Narcissus Flycatcher
157. Rustic Bunting
158. Black-tailed Gull
159. Mandarin Duck
160. Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker
161. White-backed Woodpecker
162. Coal Tit
163. Marsh Tit
164. Eurasian Treecreeper
165. Tufted Duck
166. Little Grebe
167. Great Spotted Woodpecker
168. Eurasian Jay
169. Oriental Turtle-dove
170. Eastern Buzzard
171. Mute Swan
172. White Wagtail
173. Black-crowned Night Heron
174. Long-tailed Tit
175. Common Sandpiper
176. Japanese Cormorant
177. Eastern Reef Egret
178. Osprey
179. Black Kite
180. Blue Rock-Thrush
181. Gadwall
182. White-naped Crane
183. Hooded Crane
184. Common Snipe
185. Little Egret
186. Durian Jackdaw
187. Rook
188. Northern Lapwing
189. Grey Wagtail
190. Northern Pintail
191. Common Kingfisher
192. Bull-headed Shrike
193. Japanese Bush Warbler
194. Durian Redstart
195. Oriental Greenfinch

Reptiles:

10. Pond Slider (Trachemys scripta)

Invertebrates:

17. Joro Spider (Trichonephila clavata)
 
MRJ said:
You will love it. My only advice is to get onto booking the accommodation there as soon as possible.
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Id add that if possible it's a good idea to stay at least two nights because the kiwi can be difficult to find (I think it took me three nights once). It puts less pressure on. Also - unless they've changed it - the ferry doesn't go every day.
 
akasha said:
Back from Japan where I dabbled in a bit of wildlife watching...

Mammals:

17. Grey-sided Vole (Craseomys rufocanus)
18. Sika Deer (Cervus nippon)
19. Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)
20. Japanese Squirrel (Sciurus lis)
21. Japanese Badger (Meles anakuma)

Birds:

135. Ring-necked Pheasant
136. Eurasian Widgeon
137. Eastern Spot-billed Duck
138. Slaty-backed Gull
139. Medium Egret
140. Large-billed Crow
141. Varied Tit
142. Asian Tit
143. Eurasian Nuthatch
144. Dusky Thrush
145. Naumann's Thrush
146. Russet Sparrow
147. Eurasian Tree Sparrow
148. Falcated Duck
149. Mallard
150. Common Pochard
151. Grey Heron
152. Carrion Crow
153. Brown-eared Bulbul
154. Warbling White-eye
155. Brown-headed Thrush
156. Narcissus Flycatcher
157. Rustic Bunting
158. Black-tailed Gull
159. Mandarin Duck
160. Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker
161. White-backed Woodpecker
162. Coal Tit
163. Marsh Tit
164. Eurasian Treecreeper
165. Tufted Duck
166. Little Grebe
167. Great Spotted Woodpecker
168. Eurasian Jay
169. Oriental Turtle-dove
170. Eastern Buzzard
171. Mute Swan
172. White Wagtail
173. Black-crowned Night Heron
174. Long-tailed Tit
175. Common Sandpiper
176. Japanese Cormorant
177. Eastern Reef Egret
178. Osprey
179. Black Kite
180. Blue Rock-Thrush
181. Gadwall
182. White-naped Crane
183. Hooded Crane
184. Common Snipe
185. Little Egret
186. Durian Jackdaw
187. Rook
188. Northern Lapwing
189. Grey Wagtail
190. Northern Pintail
191. Common Kingfisher
192. Bull-headed Shrike
193. Japanese Bush Warbler
194. Durian Redstart
195. Oriental Greenfinch

Reptiles:

10. Pond Slider (Trachemys scripta)

Invertebrates:

17. Joro Spider (Trichonephila clavata)
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Did you go to Izumi?
 
MRJ said:
Correct. It only goes Wednesday to Sunday.
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Would highly recommend staying between Sunday to Wednesday although, did that last time I went with my friend and basically had the island all to ourselves without the day visitors.
I will also say that I generally find Little Spotted Kiwi to be quite easy to see on Tiri just by staying out and walking late enough, they're basically all over the island and any of the main walking tracks you have good odds I'd say.
Remember to check the big wooden mural when you first get off the wharf as there's usually a Duvacuel's Gecko or two hiding under them : )
 
WhistlingKite24 said:
Back from sunny Cairns. I’m happy with the overall results. The only major dip was Lumholtz’s Tree-Kangaroo (again…) and a few common birds like Papuan Frogmouth and Yellow Honeyeater. But the big three – cassowary, croc and striped possum were achieved. A few additional highlights; a fleeting glimpse of a Musky Rat-Kangaroo in the late afternoon, large flocks of Sarus Cranes over farmland, around 40 sightings of Rose-crowned Fruit-Doves on Green Island, wild reef sharks and fantail rays, huge green frogs and a double mega rodent sighting with a Rakali and White-tailed Giant Rat within minutes of each other in the heart of Cairns. The Daintree was particularly unique I found and I want to spend more time there; beachy mangrove forest with rainforest made for an interesting blend of species. One minute fiddler crabs and archerfish were emerging while I walked past cassowary poo and calling riflebirds. A special place. In terms of bugs, lots of enormous katydids on night walks including the Spiny Rainforest Katydid which a few Australian zoos are acquiring which was so cool to see in the wild. Peppermint Stick Insect was another bucket list insect. Finally, a tropical flush of butterflies and spiders was most welcome. More identifications will come through in the coming days.

Mammals:
23) Striped Possum Dactylopsila trivirgata
24) Krefft’s Glider Petaurus notatus
25) Agile Wallaby Notamacropus agilis
26) Green Ringtail Possum Pseudochirops archeri
27) Spectacled Flying Fox Pteropus conspicillatus
28) Mareeba Rock-Wallaby Petrogale mareeba
29) Musky Rat-Kangaroo Hypsiprymnodon moschatus
30) Queensland Barred Bandicoot Perameles pallescens
31) Northern Brown Bandicoot Isoodon macrourus
32) Giant White-tailed Rat Uromys caudimaculatus

Birds:
249) Varied Sitella Daphoenositta chrysoptera
250) Long-billed Corella Cacatua tenuirostris
251) Torresian Imperial Pigeon Ducula spilorrhoa
252) Orange-footed Megapode Megapodius reinwardt
253) Pacific Emerald Dove Chalcophaps longirostris
254) Spotted Catbird Ailuroedus maculosus
255) Dusky Honeyeater Myzomela obscura
256) Bower’s Shrike-thrush Colluricincla boweri
257) Yellow-breasted Boatbill Machaerirhynchus flaviventer
258) Victoria’s Riflebird Ptiloris victoriae
259) Grey-headed Robin Heteromyias cinereifrons
260) Sahul Sunbird Cinnyris frenatus
261) Pied Monarch Arses kaupi
262) Bridled Honeyeater Bolemoreus frenatus
263) Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus regina
264) Double-eyed Fig Parrot Cyclopsitta diophthalma
265) Metallic Starling Aplonis metallica
266) Southern Cassowary Casuarius casuarius
267) Large-billed Gerygone Gerygone magnirostris
268) Fairy Gerygone Gerygone palpebrosa
269) Sarus Crane Antigone antigone
270) Varied Honeyeater Gavicalis versicolor
271) Green Pygmy-Goose Nettapus pulchellus
272) Little Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites minutillus
273) Brown-backed Honeyeater Ramsayornis modestus
274) Green Oriole Oriolus flavocinctus
275) Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
276) Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
277) Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
278) Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
279) Australian Swiftlet Aerodramus terraereginae
280) Helmeted Friarbird Philemon buceroides
281) Greater Sand-Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii
282) Sahul Cicadabird Coracina tenuirostris
283) Black Butcherbird Cracticus quoyi
284) Pacific Koel Eudynamys orientalis
285) Atherton Scrubwren Sericornis keri
286) Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus

Herptiles:
33) Eastern Bearded Dragon Pogona barbata
34) Yellow-blotched Forest Skink Concinnia tigrina
35) Prickly Forest Skink Gnypetoscincus queenslandiae
36) White-lipped Tree Frog Nyctimystes infrafrenatus
37) Saltwater Crocodile Crocodylus porosus
38) Pale-lipped Shadeskink Saproscincus basiliscus
39) Closed-litter Rainbow Skink Carlia longipes

Fish:
24) Spotted Tilapia Pelmatolapia mariae
25) Snakehead Gudgeon Giuris aporocephalus.
26) Blacktip Reef Shark Carcharhinus melanopterus
27) Blue-spotted Fantail-Ray Taeniura lymma
28) Spotted Archerfish Toxotes chatareus
29) Surf Parrotfish Scarus rivulatus

Invertebrates:
330) Iridomyrmex mayri [ant]
331) Apricia bracteata [jumping spider]
332) Long-palped Basking Jumping Spider Apricia longipalpis
333) Metallic Green Acacia Beetle Calomela ruficeps
334) Australocoris fuscomaculatus [big-eyed bug]
335) Small Round Orbweaver Araneus rotundulus
336) Lychee Stink Bug Lyramorpha rosea
337) Southern Pearl White Elodina angulipennis
338) Broken-backed Bug Taylorilygus apicalis
339) Ulysses Butterfly Papilio ulysses
340) Hamadryad Tellervo zoilus
341) Copper Jewel Hypochrysops apelles
342) Narcicus Jewel Hypochrysops narcissus
343) Lurcher Yoma sabina
344) Shining Oak-Blue Arhopala micale
345) Mud Creeper Telescopium telescopium
346) Compressed Fiddler Crab Tubuca coarctata
347) Chocolate Argus Junonia hedonia
348) North Queensland Day Moth Alcides metaurus
349) Common Archtail Nannophlebia risi
350) Purple Oakblue Arhopala eupolis
351) Orange Bush-Brown Mycalesis terminus
352) Serrated Bush Katydid Paracaedicia serrata
353) Spiny Rainforest Katydid Phricta spinosa
354) Polyrhachis foreli [ant]
355) Camponotus confusus [ant]
356) Cooktown Bicoloured Snail Hadra bipartita
357) Yellow-streaked Swift Sabera dobboe
358) Northern Jewel Spider Gasteracantha fornicata
359) Australian Lichen Spider Pandercetes gracilis
360) Spotted Pea-Blue Euchrysops cnejus
361) Capaneus Swallowtail Papilio capaneus
362) Green Tree Ant Oecophylla smaragdina
363) Opalescent Pendant-Snail Leptopoma perlucida
364) Destructive Katydid Austrosalomona destructor
365) Calliphara regalis [orange shield bug]
366) Northern Lined Hygropoda Hygropoda lineata
367) Large Forest Pyrgomorph Desmoptera truncatipennis
368) Cyclone Larry Stick Insect Sipyloidea larryi
369) Peppermint Stick Insect Megacrania batesii
370) Banded Demon Notocrypta paralysos
371) Poecilometis elongatus [shield bug]
372) Papuan Hermit Spider Nephilengys papuana
373) Rufous Net-casting Spider Asianopis subrufa
374) Mastighaphoides tuberculatus [katydid]
375) Dingy Bush-Brown Mycalesis perseus
376) Sapphire Flutterer Rhyothemis princeps
377) Allacta australiensis [cockroach]
378) Red-banded Jezebel Delias mysis
379) Priestly Spiny Orbweaver Gasteracantha sacerdotalis
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Final update before I embark on my first ever trip to Western Australia in three weeks. I will be targeting most of the south-western endemic birds with a few key non-avian targets. Below are a few bits and pieces with the lizard being a late identification from my travels in far-north Queensland. I already want to return again. Birding locally has been a little less fruitful than I would have liked for spring with showers and storms most weekends. Some rainforest birding on Friday brightened spirits with some nice sightings like a pair of Regent Bowerbirds and Pacific Emerald Dove. Spotted Quail-thrush and Sahul Brush Cuckoo have been recent targets but both have been heard but not seen. I think I am going to stake out a reliable site for the cuckoo and just wait for it to pop up. They aren’t rare at all at this time of the year; I just haven’t seen one! Alternatively, I will just forget about it and then it will show up when I least expect it. Invert #410 deserves a special mention. My absolute number one damselfly to see; it has taken years of active searching but I finally found it. Worth searching this one up – Gold-fronted Riverdamsel.

Herptiles:
40) Southern Red-throated Rainbow Skink Carlia rubrigularis

Fish:
30) Threadfin Butterflyfish Chaetodon auriga
31) Mono Monodactylus argenteus
32) Eastern Morwong Goniistius vestitus
33) Moon Wrasse Thalassoma lunare
34) Weeping Toadfish Torquigener pleurogramma
35) Common Silverbiddy Gerres subfasciatus
36) Moses' Snapper Lutjanus russellii
37) Southern Herring Herklotsichthys castelnaui

Inverts:
380) Yellow-banded Jezebel Delias ennia
381) Australian Marmorated Reclined Woodlouse Cubaris marmorata
382) Pleated Nerite Nerita plicata
383) Polyrhachis erato [spiny ant]
384) Polyrhachis clio [spiny ant]
385) Thick-legged Fiddler Crab Paraleptuca crassipes
386) Stylogeocoris elongatus [big-eyed bug]
387) Eulechria marmorata [moth]
388) Plantain Moth Scopula rubraria
389) Social House Spider Philoponella congregabilis
390) Leptogoniulus sorornus [millipede]
391) Crusader Bug Mictis profana
392) Green Mirid Creontiades dilutus
393) Colobopsis gasseri [ant]
394) Walckenaer's Studded Triangular Spider Arkys walckenaeri
395) Piezodorus oceanicus [stink bug]
396) Samphire Blue Theclinesthes sulpitius
397) Eucalypt Leaf Beetle Paropsis maculata
398) Turneria bidentata [ant]
399) Caledonia Seed Bug Nysius caledoniae
400) Podomyrma micans [ant]
401) Tau Emerald Hemicordulia tau
402) Crenate Swimming Crab Thranita crenata
403) Cowboy Beetle Chondropyga dorsalis
404) Lyraphora obliquata [beetle]
405) Aspideurus flavescens [stink bug]
406) Psilomorpha marginalis [longhorn beetle]
407) Palm Planthopper Magia subocellata
408) Australian Armyworm Mythimna convecta
409) Gold-fronted Riverdamsel Pseudagrion aureofrons
410) Flame-headed Riverdamsel Pseudagrion ignifer
411) Cruria synopla [day-flying moth]
 
Hix said:
It's probably time I posted again, at the halfway mark for the year.

Birds
1. Peafowl
2. Straw-necked Ibis
3. Australian Wood Duck
4. Pacific Black Duck
5. Dusky Moorhen
6. Eurasian Coot
7. Australasian Swamphen
8. Australian White Ibis
9. Little Corella
10. Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
11. Red-rumped Parrot
12. Musk Lorikeet
13. Rainbow Lorikeet
14. Superb Fairy-wren
15. Bell Miner
16. Noisy Miner
17. White-plumed Honeyeater
18. Yellow Thornbill
19. Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
20. Grey Butcherbird
21. Australian Magpie
22. Pied Currawong
23. Grey Fantail
24. Magpie-lark
25. Australian Raven
26. Australian Reed Warbler
27. Red-whiskered Bulbul
28. Silvereye
29. Common Myna
30. Red-browed Finch
31. Spotted Dove
32. Crested Pigeon
33. Australasian Grebe
34. Little Pied Cormorant
35. Little Black Cormorant
36. White-winged Chough
37. Masked Lapwing
38. Laughing Kookaburra
39. Sacred Kingfisher
40. Galah
41. Eastern Rosella
42. Brown Thornbill
43. Willie Wagtail
44. Striated Pardalote
45. White-browed Scrubwren
46. Wonga Pigeon
47. Pacific Koel
48. Satin Bowerbird
49. Australasian Figbird
50. Bar-shouldered Dove
51. White-faced Heron
52. Eastern Whipbird
53. Eastern Yellow Robin
54. Golden-headed Cisticola
55. Tawny Grassbird
56. Welcome Swallow
57. Common Starling
58. Chestnut-breasted Mannikin
59. Red Wattlebird
60. Noisy Friarbird
61. Olive-backed Oriole
62. Gang-gang Cockatoo
63. Australian King Parrot
64. Crimson Rosella
65. New Holland Honeyeater
66. Silver Gull
67. Australian Darter
68. Freckled Duck
69. Black Swan
70. Grey Teal
71. Hardhead
72. Royal Spoonbill
73. Australian Pelican
74. Australian Shoveller
75. Pink-eared Duck
76. Australian Spotted Crake
77. Blue-billed Duck
78. Leaden Flycatcher
79. Australian Pied Oystercatcher
80. Sooty Oystercatcher
81. Pacific Golden Plover
82. Siberian Sand-plover
83. Double-banded Plover
84. Grey-tailed Tattler
85. Ruddy Turnstone
86. Red-necked Stint
87. Sanderling
88. Crested Tern
89. Great Cormorant
90. Pied Cormorant
91. Osprey
92. Yellow-faced Honeyeater
93. Little Wattlebird
94. Rockwarbler
95. Fan-tailed Cuckoo
96. Lewin's Honeyeater
97. Spotted Pardalote
98. Large-billed Scrubwren
99. Golden Whistler
100. Green Catbird
101. Bassian Thrush
102. White-throated Treecreeper
103. Brown Gerygone
104. Double-barred Finch
105. Wedgetailed Eagle
106. Little Lorikeet
107. Grey Shrike-thrush
108. Scaly-breasted Lorikeet
109. Superb Lyrebird
110. Eastern Spinebill
111. Dusky Woodswallow
112. Common Blackbird
113. Musk Duck
114. Common Bronzewing
115. Peaceful Dove
116. Black-fronted Dotterel
117. Hoary-headed Grebe
118. Yellow-billed Spoonbill
119. Mallee Ringneck
120. Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater
121. Apostlebird
122. Black-shouldered Kite
123. Black Kite
124. Singing Honeyeater
125. Restless Flycatcher
126. Little Grassbird
127. Great Egret
128. Yellow-throated Miner
129. Pied Butcherbird
130. House Sparrow
131. White-winged Fairy
132. Zebra Finch
133. Inland Thornbill
134. Splendid Fairy-wren
135. Chestnut-rumped Thornbill
136. White-browed Babbler
137. Crested Bellbird
138. Red-capped Robin
139. Mistletoebird
140. Emu
141. Mulga Parrot
142. Southern Whiteface
143. White-eared Honeyeater
144. Striped Honeyeater
145. Gilbert's Whistler
146. Hooded Robin
147. Brown Treecreeper
148. Little Raven
149. Tree Martin
150. Superb Parrot
151. Whistling Kite
152. Rock (Feral) Dove
153. Rufous Whistler
154. Yellowtail Black Cockatoo
155. Scarlet Robin
156. Tawny Frogmouth
157. Buff-banded Rail
158. White-cheeked Honeyeater
159. Spangled Drongo
160. Swift Parrot

Mammals
1. Grey-headed Fruit Bat
2. European Rabbit
3. Eastern Grey Kangaroo
4. Swamp Wallaby
5. Koala
6. Brown Hare
7. Western Grey Kangaroo
8. Red Fox
9. Wallaroo

Reptiles
1. Eastern Water Skink
2. Jacky Dragon
3. Short-necked Turtle

Invertebrates
1. Australian Hornet (Abispa ephippium)
2. Black Wasp (Austroscolia soror)
3. Green Bottle Fly (Lucilia sericata)
4. Asian Paper Wasp (Polistes chinensis)
5. Botany Bay Cockroach (Polyzosteria limbata)
6. White-tailed Spider (Lampona cylindrata)
7. Blue-banded Bee (Amegilla cingulata)
8. Many-spotted Green Flower Spider (Lehtinelagia multopunctata)
9. Meadow Argus (Junonia villida)
10. Fiery Skimmer (Orthetrum villosovittatum)
11. Australian Painted Lady (Vanessa kershawi)
12. Monarch (Danaus plexippus)
13. Cowboy Beetle (Chndropyga dorsalis)
14. Blue-eyed Lacewing (Nymphes myrmeleonides)
15. Blue Skimmer (Orthetrum caledonum)
16. Plague Soldier Beetle (Chauliognathus lugubris)
17. Dainty Swallowtail (Papilio anactus)
18. Leaf-curling Spider (Phonognatha graeffei)
19. St Andrews Cross Spider (Argiope keyserlingi)
20. Garden Orb-weaving Spider (Eriophora transmarina)
21. Common Brown (Heteronympha merope)
22. Lesser Wanderer Butterfly (Danaus petilia)
23. Golden Orbweaver (Nephila plumipes)

Fish
1. Carp

:p

Hix
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Birds
161. White-headed Pigeon
162. Australian Brush-turkey
163. Rose-crowned Fruit Dove
164. Variegated Fairy-wren
165. Australasian Gannet
166. Eastern Curlew
167. Chestnut Teal
168. Pied Stilt
169. Red-capped Plover
170. Bar-tailed Godwit
171. Red Knot
172. Caspian Tern
173. Little Egret
174. White-bellied Sea-eagle
175. Channel-billed Cuckoo
176. Eastern Cattle Egret
177. Australian Pipit
178. European Goldfinch
179. Weebill
180. Latham's Snipe
181. Whiskered Tern
182. Yellow-rumped Thornbill
183. Grey Currawong
184. White-winged Triller
185. Dollarbird
186. Jacky Winter
187. Grey-crowned Babbler
188. Magpie Goose
189. White-necked Heron
190. Cockatiel
191. Brown Honeyeater
192. Little Friarbird
193. Fairy Martin
194. Nankeen Kestrel
195. Great Crested Grebe

Mammals
10. Bottlenose Dolphin
11. Echidna
12. Red-necked Wallaby

Reptiles
4. Eastern Water Dragon
5. Eastern Brown Snake
6. Eastern Blue-tongue Skink
7. Lace Monitor

Invertebrates
24. Cabbage White Butterfly (Pieris rapae)

In a week's time I should have some more birds, invertebrates and fish - and hopefully some of them will be lifers.

:p

Hix
 
Chlidonias said:
I'm not sure the Green Pheasant has ever been included in colchicus so it couldn't be split. However Korean Ring-necked Pheasants are introduced in parts of Japan.
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Oh, huh, I could have sworn they used to be (and still are by some) included in colchicus. At least that's what Wikipedia says :p
 
DaLilFishie said:
Oh, huh, I could have sworn they used to be (and still are by some) included in colchicus. At least that's what Wikipedia says :p
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I just looked that up. It seems they were lumped in the 1990s. I've never seen any reputable source retaining that in recent decades.

The source on the Wikipedia page appears to be some random persons blog. That's the problem with so many "good" sites simply cut-and-pasting Wikipedia articles (like iNaturalist, for example) as their text.
 
WalkingAgnatha said:
Well I leave for Indonesia in just over a day and only now getting my second update in.. I have been meaning to get better with updates and write ups but can clearly see how that turned out haha, going out for another attempt at Leadbeater's Possum soon so trying to get this report out fast, here's just a brief recap of what else I did in NZ before moving to Australia on the 14th (I'll post an Aus recap before I leave for Indo), I did a write up the rest of my lil public transit Big Day on the BirdingNZ forum here, so I'm unsure if I'd do another (I intend on making a seperate thread for these posts at well, some point..), seeing a chaffinch that late is quite embarrassing but oh well.
Spotted Shags were a very nice little pick up as they're part of the critically endangered Hauraki Gulf population/ssp and just a 20 minute walk from my place in NZ! Also a throwback to here where I had an 'unidentified' shag which I did end up identifying later as a Spotted Shag so I was quite plussed to get it again at the same spot.
Other taxa would be on my iNaturalist I just don't have the time to make a list right now haha
Hopefully another post will come soon and I'll be able to keep better track in Indonesia !


Mammals:
1. Common Brushtail (Trichosurus vulpecula) -13/1/25


Birds:
2. Ruru (Ninox novaeseelandiae)
3. Pateke [Brown Teal] (Anas chlorotis)
4. Tui (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae)
5. Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula)
6. Swamp Harrier (Circus approximans)
7. Kereru (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae)
8. Common Mynah (Acridotheres tristis)
9. Eastern Rosella (Platycercus eximius)
10. Hihi (Notiomystis cincta)
11. Korimako [Bellbird] (Anthornis melanura)
12. NZ Fernbird (Poodytes punctatus)
13. NZ Fantail (Rhipidura fuliginosa)
14. Popokotea [Whitehead] (Mohoua albicilla)
15. California Quail (Callipepla californica)
16. Australasian Swamphen [Pukeko] (Porphyrio melanotus)
17. Toutouwai [NI Robin] (Petroica longipes)
18. Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena)
19. Rock Dove [Feral Pigeon] (Columba livia)
20. Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen)
21. Riroriro [Grey Gerygone] (Gerygone igata)
22. Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
23. Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
24. Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis)
25. Red-crowned Kakariki (Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae)
26. White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae)
27. Spotted Dove (Spilopelia chinensis)
28. Pied Stilt (Himantopus leucocephalus)
29. Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles)
30. Kelp Gull [Karoro] (Larus dominicanus)
31. N.I. Tieke (Philesturnus rufusater)
32. Sacred Kingfisher [Kotare] (Todiramphus sanctus)
33. House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
34. Red-billed Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae)
35. Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
36. Paradise Shelduck (Tadorna variegata)
37. South Island Pied Oystercatcher (Haematopus finschi)
38. White-fronted Tern (Sterna striata)
39. Variable Oystercatcher (Haematopus unicolor)
40. European Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
41. Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
42. Black-billed Gull (Chroicocephalus bulleri)
43. Red Knot (Calidris canutus)
44. NZ Dotterel/Red-breasted Dotterel (Anarhynchus obscurus)
45. Pied Shag (Phalacrocorax varius)
46. Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)
47. Royal Spoonbill (Platalea regia)
48. Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)
49. Eurasian Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
50. Eurasian Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
51. Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) !
52. Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (Calidris acuminata)
53. Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
54. Little Shag (Phalacrocorax melanoleucos)
55. Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
56. Grey Teal (Anas gracilis)
57. NZ Dabchick (Poliocephalus rufopectus)
58. Australasian Shoveler (Spatula rhynchotis)
59. NZ Scaup (Aythya novaeseelandiae)
60. Wrybill (Anarhynchus frontalis)
61. Banded Dotterel (Anarhynchus bicinctus)
62. Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis)
63. Little Black Shag (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris)
64. European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
65. Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) - 1/1/25
66. Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) - 5/1/25
67. Spotted Shag (Phalacrocorax punctatus) - 6/1/25
68. Australasian Gannet (Morus serrator)
69. Tomtit (Petroica macrocephala) - 13/1/25
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Well I'm currently in Sorong and leave for Klalik in an hour lol, putting together and formatting these lists for ZooChat takes a long time not to mention how many times I've randomly lost all my progress by accidentally closing/refreshing the ZooChat text box.. (I have the list and everything on a doc but then i have to reformat it for the forum). So as the only thing I really can do fast here's a list of all the birds I've seen in exact chronological order [I keep track of this with a paper and pen in field haha], I can say I'm definitely extremely grateful for the friends I've made in Australia and thus all the travelling I've been able to do for it. Perhaps some day full trip reports will come, I do keep a decent amount of notes in my spreadsheets for extra information on my sightings but for now I've just add dates to my list and some relevant eBird trip reports as I can say I've became thoroughly addicted to the platform over the past 2 years haha.
A few of the aus birds only being year birds is because I did a bit of brief and frankly a bit abysmal giving my skill at the time (and probably even now..) birding visiting my sister in Sydney in late 2023, I can say I've seen that list in its entirety excluding Red-Whiskered Bulbul as I just wasn't bothered when I was in Sydney earlier this year (although I did at least visit JR the Long-Beaked Echidna at Taronga, even got to pat him!).
Anyways here's just the birds list:


Birds:
VICTORIA:
70. Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita)
71. Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans)
72. Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus)
73. Little Raven (Corvus mellori)
74. Magpie Lark (Grallina cyanoleuca)
75. Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla)
76. Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala)
77. Red-Rumped Parrot (Psephotus haematonotus)
78. Australian Wood Duck [Maned Duck] (Chenonetta jubata)
79. Pacific Black Duck [Grey Duck] (Anas superciliosa)
80. Dusky Moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa)
81. Bin Chicken [Australian Ibis] (Threskiornis molucca)
82. Pied Currawong (Strepera graculina)
83. Channel-Billed Cuckoo (Scythrops novaehollandiae)
84. Grey Currawong (Strepera versicolor)
85. Grey Butcherbird (Cracticus torquatus)
86. Superb Fairywren (Malurus cyaneus)
87. Red Wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata)
88. Bell Miner (Manorina melanophrys)
89. Willie Wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys)
90. Australian Shelduck (Tadorna tadornoides)
91. Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
92. Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
93. Yellow-Billed Spoonbill (Platalea flavipes)
94. Great Egret (Ardea alba)
95. Straw-Necked Ibis (Threskiornis spinicollis)
96. Red-Necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis)
97. Chestnut Teal (Anas castanea)
98. Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra)
99. Hoary-Headed Grebe (Poliocephalus poliocephalus)
100. Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida)
101. Cape-Barren Goose (Cereopsis novaehollandiae)
102. Great-Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
103. White-Fronted Chat (Epthianura albifrons)
104. Red-Kneed Dotterel (Erythrogonys cinctus)
105. Australian Crake [Aus Spotted Crake] (Porzana fluminea)
106. Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)
107. Little Grassbird (Poodytes gramineus)
108. Red-Capped Plover (Anarhynchus ruficapillus)
109. Golden-Headed Cisticola (Cisticola exilis)
110. Brolga (Antigone rubicunda)
111. Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus)
112. Singing Bushlark [Horsfield’s/Eastern] (Mirafra javanica)
113. Fairy Martin (Petrochelidon ariel)
114. Crested Pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes)
115. Whistling Kite (Haliastur sphenurus)
116. Red Necked Avocet (Recurvirostra novaehollandiae)
117. Yellow-Rumped Thornbill (Acanthiza chrysorrhoa)
118. Blue Billed Duck (Oxyura australis)
119. White-Winged Black Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus)
120. Pink-Eared Duck (Malacorhynchus membranaceus)
121. Hardhead [White-eyed Duck] (Aythya australis)
122. Aus Pied Oystercatcher (Haematopus longirostris)
123. Black Shag (Phalacrocorax carbo)
124. Striated Fieldwren (Calamanthus fuliginosus)
125. Musk Duck (Biziura lobata)
126. Greater Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii)
127. Little Tern (Sternula albifrons)
128. Fairy Tern (Sternula nereis)
129. Red-Browed Finch (Neochmia temporalis)
130. Eastern Shrike-Tit (Falcunculus frontatus)
131. White-Plumed Honeyeater (Ptilotula penicillata)
132. Magpie Goose (Anseranas semipalmata)
133. Black-Fronted Dotterel (Thinornis melanops)
134. Long-Toed Stint (Calidris subminuta)
135. New Holland Honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae)
136. Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
137. Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
138. Pacific Golden-Plover (Pluvialis fulva)
139. Little Wattlebird (Anthochaera chrysoptera) -18/1/25
140. Long Billed Corella (Cacatua tenuirostris)
141. Blue-Faced Honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis)
142. Musk Lorikeet (Trichoglossus concinna)
143. Yellow-Tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops)
144. Common Bronzewing (Phaps chalcoptera)
145. Weebill (Smicornis brevirostris)
146. Grey Shrikethrush (Colluricincla harmonica)
147. Grey Fantail (Rhipidura albiscapa)
148. Australian Raven (Corvus coronoides)
149. Black-Faced Cuckooshrike (Coracina novaehollandiae)
150. Leaden Flycatcher (Myiagra rubecula)
151. Rufous Whistler (Pachycephala rufiventris)
152. White Bellied Cuckooshrike (Coracina papuensis)
153. Dusky Woodswallow (Artamus cyanopterus)
154. Australasian Grebe (Tachybaptus novaehollandiae)
155. Brown Falcon (Falco berigora)
156. Little Corella (Cacatua sanguinea)
157. Varied Sittella (Daphoenositta chrysoptera)
158. Crested Bellbird (Oreoica gutturalis)
159. Singing Honeyeater (Gavicalis virescens)
160. Spiny-Cheeked Honeyeater (Acanthagenys rufogularis)
161. Mistletoebird (Dicaeum hirundinaceum)
162. Wedge-Tailed Eagle (Aquila audax)
163. White-Browed Babbler (Pomatostomus superciliosus)
164. Peaceful Dove (Geopelia placida)
165. Southern Whiteface (Aphelocephala leucopsis)
166. Rainbow Beeeater (Merops ornatus)
167. White-Browed Woodswallow (Artamus superciliosus)
168. Southern Scrub-Robin (Drymodes brunneopygia)
169. Restless Flycatcher (Myiagra inquieta)
170. Brown Treecreeper (Climacteris picumnus)
171. White Winged Chough (Corcorax melanorhamphos)
172. Striated Pardalote (Pardalotus striatus)
173. Cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus)
174. Pied Butcherbird (Cracticus nigrogularis)
175. Rufous Fieldwren (Calamanthus campestris)
176. Greater Bluebonnet (Northiella haematogaster)
177. Purple Backed Fairywren (Malurus assimilis)
178. White-Breasted Woodswallow (Artamus leucorynchus)
179. White-Fronted Honeyeater (Purnella albifrons)
180. Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae)
181. Apostlebird (Struthidea cinerea)
182. Black-Shouldered Kite (Elanus axillaris)
183. Regent Parrot (Polytelis anthopeplus)
184. Jacky Winter (Microeca fascinans)
185. Chestnut Quail-Thrush (Cinclosoma castanotum)
186. Yellow Plumed Honeyeater (Ptilotula ornata)
187. Mulga Parrot (Psephotellus varius)
188. Mallee Emuwren (Stipiturus mallee) !!!
189. Australian Owlet-Nightjar (Aegotheles cristatus) - 19/1/25
190. Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides)
191. Spotted Nightjar (Eurostopodus argus)
192. Shy Heathwren (Hylacola cauta)
193. Chestnut-Rumped Thornbill (Acanthiza uropygialis)
194. Yellow-Throated Miner (Manorina flavigula)
195. Nankeen Kestrel (Falco cenchroides)
196. Brown Songlark (Cincloramphus cruralis)
197. White-Winged Fairywren (Malurus leucopterus)
198. Orange Chat (Epthianura aurifrons)
199. MALLEEFOWLE (Leipoa ocellata) !!!
200. Hooded Robin (Melanodryas cucullata)
201. Little Eagle (Hieraaetus morphnoides)
202. Banded Lapwing (Vanellus tricolor)
203. Plumed Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna eytoni)
204. Australian Hobby (Falco longipennis)
205. Australian Ringneck (Barnardius zonarius)
206. Masked Woodswallow (Artamus personatus)
207. Tree Martin (Petrochelidon nigricans)
208. Brown Quail (Synoicus ypsilophorus)
209. Stubble Quail (Coturnix pectoralis)
210. Red-Chested Buttonquail (Turnix pyrrhothorax)
211. Little Buttonquail (Turnix velox) - 20/1/25
212. Eastern Barn-Owl (Tyto javanica)
213. Pacific Heron (Ardea pacifica)
214. Australian Reed-Warbler (Acrocephalus australis)
215. Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
216. Japanese Snipe [Latham's Snipe] (Gallinago hardwickii)
217. Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)
218. Black-Tailed Native Hen (Tribonyx ventralis)
219. Yellow-Tailed Black-Cockatoo (Zanda funerea)
220. Sooty Oystercatcher (Haematopus fuliginosus)
221. Hooded Plover (Thinornis cucullatus)
222. Short-Tailed Shearwater (Ardenna tenuirostris)
223. Sanderling (Calidris alba)
224. Forest Raven (Corvus tasmanicus)
225. Cape Gannet (Morus capensis)
226. Black Faced Cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscescens)
227. Rufous Bristlebird (Dasyornis broadbenti)
228. Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
229. Gang-Gang Cockatoo (Callocephalon fimbriatum) - 21/1/25
230. Buff-banded Rail (Gallirallus philippensis)
231. Eastern Spinebill (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris)
232. Blue-Winged Parrot (Neophema chrysostoma)
233. Brush Bronzewing (Phaps elegans)
234. Elegant Parrot (Neophema elegans)
235. Striated Thornbill (Acanthiza lineata)
236. White-Eared Honeyeater (Nesoptilotis leucotis)
237. Bush Stone-Curlew (Burhinus grallarius)
238. Splendid Fairywren (Malurus splendens) !
239. Red-Capped Robin (Petroica goodenovii)
240. Yellow Thornbill (Acanthiza nana) - 22/1/25
241. Marsh Crake [Baillon's Crake] (Zapornia pusilla) 23/1/25 eBird Trip Report (18th-23rd)
242. Satin Flycatcher (Myiagra cyanoleuca)
243. Golden Whistler [Eastern] (Pachycephala pectoralis)
244. Sahul Brush-Cuckoo (Cacomantis variolosus)
245. Brown Gerygone (Gerygone mouki)
246. White-Throated Treecreeper (Cormobates leucophaea)
247. White-Bellied Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster)
248. Australian King-Parrot (Alisterus scapularis)
249. Brown Thornbill (Acanthiza pusilla)
250. Lewin's Rail (Lewinia pectoralis)
251. Sooty Owl [Greater] (Tyto tenebricosa) - 25/1/25 !!
252. Large-Billed Scrubwren (Sericornis magnirostra)
253. Olive-Backed Oriole (Oriolus sagittatus)
254. Australian Rufous-Fantail (Rhipidura rufifrons)
255. Pilotbird (Pycnoptilus floccosus)
256. Eastern Yellow-Robin (Eopsaltria australis)
257. Red-Browed Treecreeper (Climacteris erythrops)
258. Brown-Headed Honeyeater (Melithreptus brevirostris)
259. Crescent Honeyeater (Phylidonyris pyrrhopterus)
260. White-Browed Scrubwren (Sericornis frontalis)
261. Flame Robin (Petroica phoenicea)
262. Olive Whistler (Pachycephala olivacea)
263. Wonga Pigeon (Leucosarcia melanoleuca)
264. Spotted Quail-Thrush (Cinclosoma punctatum)
265. Superb Lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae)
266. Collared Sparrowhawk (Tachyspiza cirrocephalus)
267. Black-Faced Monarch (Monarcha melanopsis) - 26/1/25 eBird Trip Report (25th-26th)
268. Bassian Thrush (Zoothera lunulata)
269. Azure Kingfisher (Ceyx azureus)
270. Yellow-Faced Honeyeater (Caligavis chrysops)
271. Beautiful Firetail (Stagonopleura bella) !
272. Fan-Tailed Cuckoo (Cacomantis flabelliformis)
273. Freckled Duck (Stictonetta naevosa) - 31/1/25
274. Buff-Rumped Thornbill (Acanthiza reguloides)
275. Speckled Warbler (Pyrrholaemus sagittatus)
276. Spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus)
277. Little Friarbird (Philemon citreogularis)
278. Western Greygone (Gerygone fusca)
279. Noisy Friarbird (Philemon corniculatus)
280. Fuscous Honeyeater (Ptilotula fusca)
281. Australasian Darter (Anhinga novaehollandiae)
282. Superb Parrot (Polytelis swainsonii)
283. Rufous Songlark (Cincloramphus mathewsi)
284. Diamond Firetail (Stagonopleura guttata)
285. Turquoise Parrot (Neophema pulchella)
286. Barking Owl (Ninox connivens) - 1/2/25
287. Tawny-Crowned Honeyeater (Glyciphila melanops)
288. Purple-Gaped Honeyeater (Lichmera indistincta) - 2/2/35
289. Pacific Koel (Eudynamys orientalis)
290. Pacific Gull (Larus pacificus) - 3/2/25 eBird Trip Report (31st-3rd)

SOUTH EAST QUEENSLAND
291. Torresian Crow (Corvus orru) - 4/2/25
292. Pale-Headed Rosella (Platycercus adscitus)
293. Australian Brushturkey (Alectura lathami) - 5/2/25
SYDNEY
294. Variegated Fairywren (Malurus lamberti) - 6/2/25
295. Eastern Cattle Egret (Ardea coromandus) - 8/2/25
296. Glossy Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami) - 11/2/25

SOUTH EAST QUEENSLAND
297. Spangled Drongo (Dicrurus bracteatus)
298. Black-Eared Cuckoo (Chalcites osculans)
299. Double-Barred Finch [Owl Finch] (Stizoptera bichenovii)
300. Red-Backed Fairywren (Malurus melanocephalus)
301. White-Throated Honeyeater (Melithreptus albogularis)
302. Australian Figbird (Sphecotheres vieilloti)
303. White-Throated Gerygone (Gerygone olivacea)
304. Australian Painted-Snipe (Rostratula australis) -13/2/25 !!
305. Far-Eastern Curlew (Numenius madagascariensis)
306. Grey-Tailed Tattler (Tringa brevipes)
307. Striated Heron (Butorides striata) -15/2/25
308. Mangrove Gerygone (Gerygone levigaster)
309. Mangrove Honeyeater (Gavicalis fasciogularis)
310. Chestnut-Breasted Mannakin (Lonchura castaneothorax)
311. Tawny Grassbird (Cincloramphus timoriensis) -16/2/25
312. Torresian Kingfisher (Todiramphus sordidus)
313. Shining Bronze-Cuckoo (Chalcites lucidus)
314. Lewin’s Honeyeater (Meliphaga lewinii)
315. Scaly-Breasted Lorikeet (Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus)
316. Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis)
317. Brown Honeyeater (Lichmera indistincta)
318. Bar-Shouldered Dove (Geopelia humeralis)
319. Comb-Crested Jacana (Irediparra gallinacea)
320. Plumed Egret (Ardea plumifera)
321. Nankeen Night Heron (Nycticorax caledonicus)
322. Australian Masked Owl (Tyto novaehollandiae) ! -17/2/25
323. Brown Noddy (Anous stolidus)
324. Wedge-Tailed Shearwater (Ardenna pacifica)
325. Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
326. Lesser Frigatebird (Fregata ariel) !!
327. LEACH'S STORM-PETREL (Hydrobates leucorhous) - 8/3/25 !!!
328. Sooty Tern (Onychoprion fuscatus)
329. Long-Tailed Jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus)
330. Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
331. Grey Ternlet (Procelsterna cerulea)
332. Arctic Jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus)
333. White Tern [Blue-Billed] (Gygis candida) !!
334. Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus)
335. Red-Tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) - 9/3/25 !!
336. Australian Tern (Gelochelidon macrotarsa)
337. Siberian Sand-Plover (Charadrius mongolus)
338. Great Knot (Calidris tenuirostris) - 28/3/25
339. Australian Boobook (Ninox boobook) - 6/4/25
340. Scarlet Myzomela (Myzomela sanguinolenta) - 13/4/25
341. Yellow-Throated Scrubwren (Neosericornis citreogularis)
342. Green Catbird (Ailuroedus crassirostris)
343. Eastern Whipbird (Psophodes olivaceus)
344. Australian Logrunner (Orthonyx temminckii) - 18/4/25
345. Rufous Lyrebird [Albert's] (Menura alberti)
346. Paradise Riflebird (Ptiloris paradiseus) - 19/4/25
347. Pale-Yellow Robin (Tregellasia capito) - 23/4/25
348. Top-Knot Pigeon (Lopholaimus antarcticus) - 24/4/25
349. Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) - 7/5/25
350. Radjah Shelduck (Tadorna radjah) - 9/5/25
351. White-Headed Pigeon (Columba leucomela)
352. Varied Triller (Lalage leucomela)
353. Forest Kingfisher (Todiramphus macleayii)
354. Grey-Crowned Babbler (Pomatostomus temporalis) - 30/5/25
355. Pacific Baza (Aviceda subcristata) - 31/5/25
356. Superb Fruit-Dove (Ptilinopus superbus)
357. Rose-Crowned Fruit-Dove (Ptilinopus regina)
358. Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) - 22/6/25
359. Dusky Myzomela (Myzomela obscura)
360. Pheasant Coucal (Centropus phasianinus)
361. Rufous Shrikethrush (Colluricincla rufogaster)
362. Pacific Emerald-Dove (Chalcophaps longirostris)
363. Grey Goshawk (Tachyspiza novaehollandiae)
364. Brown Cuckoo-Dove (Macropygia phasianella) - 23/6/25
365. Rose Robin (Petroica rosea) - 24/6/25
366. Noisy Pitta (Pitta versicolor)
367. Regent Bowerbird (Sericulus chrysocephalus)
368. Wompoo Fruit-Dove (Megaloprepia magnificus)
369. White-Cheeked Honeyeater (Phylidonyris niger)
370. Red-Backed Kingfisher (Todiramphus pyrrhopygia)
371. Black-Necked Stork (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) - 25/6/25
372. Striped Honeyeater (Plectorhyncha lanceolata)
373. Wandering Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna arcuata) - 26/6/25 eBird Trip Report (21st-26th)

TASMANIA
374. Tasmanian Nativehen (Tribonyx mortierii)
375. Black-Headed Honeyeater (Melithreptus affinis)
376. Yellow-Throated Honeyeater (Nesoptilotis flavicollis)
377. Green Rosella (Platycercus caledonicus)
378. Dusky Robin (Melanodryas vittata)
379. Forty-Spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus quadragintus)
380. Yellow Wattlebird (Anthochaera paradoxa)
381. Tasmanian Scrubwren (Sericornis humilis)
382. Scarlet Robin (Petroica multicolor)
383. Strong-Billed Honeyeater (Melithreptus validirostris)
384. Tasmanian Thornbill (Acanthiza ewingii)
385. Black Currawong (Strepera fuliginosa) - 2/7/25
386. Scrubtit (Acanthornis magna) - 4/7/25
387. White-Capped Mollymawk (Thalassarche cauta)
388. Buller's Albatross (Thalassarche bulleri)
389. Soft-Plumaged Petrel (Pterodroma mollis)
390. Grey-faced Petrel (Pterodroma gouldi)
391. Indian Yellow-Nosed Albatross (Thalassarche carteri)
392. Southern Giant-Petrel (Macronectes giganteus)
393. Black-Browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophris)
394. Cape Pigeon (Daption capense)
395. White-Headed Petrel (Pterodroma lessonii)
396. Northern Royal-Albatross (Diomedea sanfordi)
397. Antipodean Albatross [NZ Wandering Albatross] (Diomedea antipodensis)
398. Northern Giant Petrel (Macronectes halli)
399. Common Diving Petrel (Pelecanoides urinatrix)
400. Blue Petrel (Halobaena caerulea) !!!
401. Great-winged Petrel (Pterodroma macroptera)
402. Grey-backed Storm Petrel (Garrodia nereis)
403. Snowy Albatross [Wandering/Exulans] (Diomedea exulans)
404. Southern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialoides) !!!
405. Campbell Mollymawk (Thalassarche impavida) - 5/7/25
406. Fairy Prion (Pachyptila turtur)
407. White-chinned Petrel (Procellaria aequinoctialis)
408. Sooty Shearwater (Ardenna grisea) - 6/7/25 eBird Trip Report (2nd-6th)
VICTORIA
409. Satin Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus)
410. Pink Robin (Petroica rodinogaster) - 7/7/25
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
411. Little Crow (Corvus bennetti)
412. Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata)
413. Inland Thornbill (Acanthiza apicalis)
414. Western Yellow-Robin (Eopsaltria griseogularis)
415. Rufous Treecreeper (Climacteris rufus)
416. Blue-breasted Fairywren (Malurus pulcherrimus) - 9/7/25
417. Slender-Billed Thornbill (Acanthiza iredalei)
418. Spotted Scrubwren (Sericornis maculatus)
419. Dusty Bronze Cuckoo [Horsfield’s] (Chalcites basalis)
420. Rock Parrot (Neophema petrophila) ! - 10/7/25 eBird Trip Report (8th-10th)
VICTORIA
421. Fairy Penguin (Eudyptula novaehollandiae) - 12/7/25
422. Purple-crowned Lorikeet (Psitteuteles porphyrocephala) - 1/7/25
INLAND AUS
423. Grey-fronted Honeyeater (Ptilotula plumula)
424. Sunset Cockatoo [Pink Cockatoo] (Cacatua leadbeateri)
425. Redthroat (Pyrrholaemus brunneus)
426. Chirruping Wedgebill (Psophodes cristatus)
427. Pallid Cuckoo (Heteroscenes pallidus)
428. Black-Faced Woodswallow (Artamus cinereus)
429. Sunset Parrot [Bourke's] (Neopsephotus bourkii) - 16/7/25 !!
430. Black-Breasted Buzzard (Hamirostra melanosternon)
431. Crimson Chat (Epthianura tricolor)
432. Red-Browed Pardalote (Pardalotus rubricatus)
433. White-Backed Swallow (Cheramoeca leucosterna)
434. Banded Whiteface (Aphelocephala nigricincta)
435. Gibberbird (Ashbyia lovensis) - 17/7/25 !!
436. Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus)
437. Chestnut-Crowned Babbler (Pomatostomus ruficeps)
438. Black Honeyeater (Sugomel niger)
439. Diamond Dove (Geopelia cuneata)
440. Australian Bustard (Ardeotis australis) !
441. Spotted Bowerbird (Chlamydera maculata)
442. White-Winged Triller (Lalage tricolor)
443. Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii) - 18/7/25
444. Australian Pratincole (Stiltia isabella) !
445. Black Falcon (Falco subniger)
446. Grey Falcon (Falco hypoleucos) - 19/7/25 !!
447. Red-Winged Parrot (Aprosmictus erythropterus)
448. Mulga Babbler [Hall’s] (Pomatostomus temporalis)
449. Painted Honeyeater (Grantiella picta)
450. Spotted Harrier (Circus assimilis)
451. Plum-Headed Finch (Emblema modesta) - 20/7/25 eBird Trip Report (15th-20th)
VICTORIA
452. Orange-Bellied Parrot (Neophema chrysogaster) !!!
453. White-Naped Honeyeater (Melithreptus lunatus)
454. PLAINS-WANDERER (Pedionomus torquatus) - 23/7/25 !!!
455. Swift Parrot (Lathamus discolor) - 24/7/25 !!!

SOUTH EAST QUEENSLAND
456. Pale-Vented Bushhen (Amaurornis moluccana)
457. Spotless Crake (Zapornia tabuensis) - 28/7/25
458. Square-Tailed Kite (Lophoictinia isura) - 29/7/25
459. Ground Cuckooshrike (Coracina maxima) !!
460. Australian Spectacled-Monarch (Symposiachrus trivirgatus) - 20/8/25
461. Brown Goshawk (Tachyspiza fasciatus) - 31/8/25
462. White-Throated Nightjar (Eurostopodus mystacalis) - 7/9/25
463. Eastern Grass-Owl (Tyto longimembris) - 9/9/25 !!
464. White-Eared Monarch (Carterornis leucotis)
465. Fairy Gerygone (Gerygone palpebrosa) - 10/9/25
466. Russet-Tailed Thrush (Zoothera lunulata) - 24/9/25

AUCKLAND (NZ)
467. Australasian Bittern (Botaurus poiciloptilus) !
468. Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)
469. Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) - 27/9/25
470. Fluttering Shearwater (Puffinus gavia)
471. Korora (Little Blue Penguin) (Eudyptula minor)
472. White-faced Storm-Petrel (Pelagodroma marina)
473. N.I. Kokako (Callaeas wilsoni)
474. Titipounamu [Rifleman] (Acanthisitta chloris)
475. Takahe (Porphyrio hochstetteri) - 28/9/25
476. Buller’s Shearwater [Rako] (Ardenna bulleri) - 29/9/25 eBird Trip Report (26th-6th)

SOUTH EAST QUEENSLAND
477. Black-Breasted Buttonquail (Turnix melanogaster) - 11/10/25 !!
478. Black-Tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) - 24/10/25
479. Sahul Cicadabird (Edolisoma tenuirostre)
480. Painted Buttonquail (Turnix varius) - 25/10/25
481. King Quail [Blue-Breasted Quail] (Synoicus chinensis)
482. Cotton Pygmy-Goose (Nettapus coromandelianus) - 29/10/25
483. Barred Cuckooshrike (Coracina lineata)
484. Pacific Reef-Heron (Egretta sacra)
485. White-throated Needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus) - 1/11/25
486. Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
487. Greater Sand-Plover (Anarhynchus leschenaultii) - 2/11/25
488. Powerful Owl (Ninox strenua) - 3/11/25 eBird Trip Report (1st-3rd)

VICTORIA
489. Chestnut-Rumped Heathwren (Hylacola pyrrhopygia) - 15/11/25
490. Spectacled Whistler [Gilbert’s Whistler] (Pachycephala inornata) - 17/11/25
491. Striated Grasswren (Amytornis striatus) !!!
492. White-Browed Treecreeper (Climacteris affinis) - 18/11/25
493. Common Ostrich (Struthio camelus) - 20/11/25
494. Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus) - 22/11/25
495. Southern Emuwren (Stipiturus malachurus) - 23/11/25 !! eBird Trip Report (15th-25th)
 
WalkingAgnatha said:
293. Australian Brushturkey (Alectura lathami) - 5/2/25
324. Wedge-Tailed Shearwater (Ardenna pacifica)
331. Grey Ternlet (Procelsterna cerulea)
494. Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus) - 22/11/25
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Whups these weren’t lifers, brushturkey seen last time in Sydney, shearwater and noddy/ternlet (where I realised I forgot to correct the scientific name as I may have used some tools to expedite this process.. I’ve seen ofhad extremely good views of a vagrant Terek in the Ashley Estuary near Christchurch late 2024. Grey Plover and Greater Sand-Plover I picked up as vagrants in Auckland but at least for Grey Plover had much better views this year which was quite nice : )

WalkingAgnatha said:
93. Yellow-Billed Spoonbill (Platalea flavipes)
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This was a lifer I forgot to bold tho, whoops! I hope this list is actually congruent with my lists now.. you can tell I was a bit rushed haha, on the car to Klalik at the moment : )
 
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