Zoochat Big Year 2025

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)
You are so lucky!!!
 
Duxford - 11/23
Birds
145. Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
146. Rook (Corvus frugilegus)


Totals: 146 Birds, 15 Mammals, 3 Reptiles, 2 Amphibians, 6 Fishes, 42 Invertebrates (214 Total)
New Life List Entries: 82 Birds, 7 Mammals, 1 Reptile, 4 Fishes, 34 Invertebrates (128 Total)
Battersea Park - 11/25
Birds
147. Common Gull (Larus canus)
148. Gadwall (Mareca strepera)

Totals:
148 Birds, 15 Mammals, 3 Reptiles, 2 Amphibians, 6 Fishes, 42 Invertebrates (216 Total)
I've decided to drop the "new life list entries" section for the time being, but I might bring it back should I decide to try and make some sort of "end of year summary" post
 
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.
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
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.
Green Pheasant was only split from Ring-necked in eBird a couple years ago.
I had a look at Avibase, and eBird is basically the only one which included them in colchicus (until 2021). All the others listed - IOC, HBW, Birdlife, Howard & Moore, Clements - have consistently treated it as distinct.

Phasianus versicolor (Green Pheasant) - Avibase
 
Well it was brown, not green, so no. It was a Ring-necked Pheasant.

Saw the red squirrel at Hokkaido University Botanical Gardens in Sapporo.
Oh huh! I didn't know there were Ring-neckeds in Japan. Did you see any of the Greens? They're a very attractive bird.
 
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)


I don’t think Ostrich in Vic is countable, I’ve not seen them be counted on lists before.

Regardless congrats on a spectacular year of birding.
 
I believe @Hix counted it a couple of years back.
The one I counted was outside of Barham in NSW, but there are Ostrich in Victoria and South Australia that are free-living and persisting (i.e. reproducing but not technically established). Whether you count them or not is up to the individual; eBird counts them but recognises them as an introduced species.

:p

Hix
 
Here is my mammal count for the year:
1. Caribou
2. Moose
3. Dall Sheep
4. Mountain Goat
5. Musk Ox
6. Northern Red-backed Vole
7. Muskrat
8. North American Porcupine
9. American Red Squirrel
10. Arctic Ground Squirrel
11. Red Fox
12. Arctic Fox
13. American Black Bear
14. Brown Bear
15. Polar Bear
16. River Otter
17. Sea Otter
18. Steller Sea Lion
19. Harbor Seal
20. Ringed Seal
21. Dall’s Porpoise
22. Orca
23. Humpback Whale
24. Fin Whale
 
Ostrich in Victoria
Nah theres just no ostriches in Victoria (at least for eBird) SA & other parts of NSW may have ‘‘‘remnant’’’ birds, we twitched the birds up in Thule (so the Barham birds Hix ticked), but it honestly feels like a filthy tick that I thought would be at least provisional on eBird but it lists them as just introduced?? I think its a tiny pop thats been around after someone dumped their farm birds 40 years ago basically localised to a few paddocks (we had 2 distant heat hazey black blobs with necks literally right on the Google Maps pin that says ‘Lashbrook Ostriches’ for context..), sort of is a ‘everyone else ticks these so I will too’ but yeah…
 
Battersea Park - 11/25
Birds
147. Common Gull (Larus canus)
148. Gadwall (Mareca strepera)

Totals:
148 Birds, 15 Mammals, 3 Reptiles, 2 Amphibians, 6 Fishes, 42 Invertebrates (216 Total)
I've decided to drop the "new life list entries" section for the time being, but I might bring it back should I decide to try and make some sort of "end of year summary" post
11/28
Birds
149. Red-Crested Pochard (Netta rufina)
150. Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata)


11/29
Birds
151. Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
152. Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
153. European Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
154. Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)


Totals: 154 Birds, 15 Mammals, 3 Reptiles, 2 Amphibians, 6 Fishes, 42 Invertebrates (222 Total)
 
As my list grows, it is increasingly difficult to find animals to add to it which I can access within a one-day car trip. Thus, increasingly I am heading out to "twitch" this or that species.

One species that fits this bill is the rufous bristlebird, which is not only a new species, but also a new family. I had long thought this was a skulking species, that would demand an overnight trip at least for a dawn hunt.

A non-birding friend told of seeing them at Point Addis mid-afternoon, a location within the day trip limits. Point Addis is not far from the start of the Great Ocean Road. The vegetation here is largely thick coastal heath about waist high.

The friend was right. Driving right to the carpark at the point itself, one flew past the car windscreen as I parked. Walking down the steps to the beach, one (or more) crisscrossed the path in front of me three times. A bird was seen singing from the top of a small bush. Finally, two birds were seen bathing in a puddle at the other end of the carpark when I got back there. On the other hand, some were heard singing from within the heath and were impossible to see even though only a couple of metres away.

Overall, though, the birding was poor, with only five other species seen, none new for the year.

399. Rufous bristlebird Dasyornis broadbenti (new Family)

Spending less than an hour there, I went to Lorne for lunch, then drove home. With some delays in both directions on the road, I was away for eight and a half hours. At lunch and on the way home I saw a couple more additional birds for the year.

400. Satin bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus violaceus
401. Grey currawong Strepera versicolor
 
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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)

Leave for Manokwari tomorrow morning but just wanted to put in a quick update for my list I suppose so I don't get too bad of a backlog haha, work in progress eBird trip report here.


INDONESIA

Denpasar (2 hr layover)
496. Cave Swiftlet (Collocalia linchi)
497. Yellow-Vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus goiavier)
498. Zebra Dove (Geopelia striata)
499. House Swift (Apus nipalensis)
500. Medium Egret (Ardea intermedia) 25/11/25

Jakarta (8hr layover, 2 birding)
501. Pacific Swallow (Hirundo javanica)
502. Sooty-Headed Bulbul (Pycnonotus aurigaster)
503. Freckle-Breasted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos analis) [first woodpecker!]
504. Long-Tailed Shrike (Lanius schach)
505. Javan Myna (Acridotheres javanicus)
506. Sunda Collared-Dove (Streptopelia bitorquata) 25/11/25

Sorong
507. Black Butcherbird (Melloria quoyi)
508. Pinon's Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula pinon)
509. Long Tailed Honey-Buzzard (Henicopernis longicauda)
510. Helmeted Friarbird (Philemon buceroides)
511. Black-Browed Triller (Lalage atrovirens)
512. Red-Flanked Lorikeet (Hypocharmosyna placentis)
513. Coconut Lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus)
514. Glossy Swiftlet (Collocalia esculenta)
515. Rufous-Bellied Kookaburra (Dacelo gaudichaud)
516. Sahul Sunbird (Cinnyris frenatus) 26/11/25
Klalik [first 2 technically on the drive in]
517. Papuan Hornbill (Rhyticeros plicatus) !
518. Papuan Eclectus (Eclectus polychloros)
519. Palm Cockatoo (Probosciger aterrimus) !
520. Uniform Swiftlet (Aerodramus vanikorensis)
521. Orange-Bellied Fruit-Dove (Ptilinopus iozonus)
522. Yellow-Faced Myna (Mino dumontii)
523. Red-Cheeked Parrot (Geoffroyus geoffroyi)
524. Grey-Headed Cicadabird (Edolisoma schisticeps)
525. Zoe's Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula zoeae)
526. Black-Capped Lory (Lorius lory)
527. Papuan Dwarf-Kingfisher (Ceyx solitarius) 27/11/25
528. Lesser Bird of Paradise (Paradisaea minor) !!
529. Black Lory (Chalcopsitta atra)
530. Western Crowned-Pigeon (Goura cristata) !!!!
531. Red Breasted Paradise-Kingfisher (Tanysiptera nympha) !!
532. Arafura Shrikethrush (Colluricincla megarhyncha)
533. Beautiful Fruit-Dove (Ptilinopus pulchellus)
534. PHEASANT PIGEON (Otidiphaps nobilis) !!!!
535. Northern Fantail (Rhipidura rufiventris)
536. Black Berrypecker (Melanocharis nigra)
537. Frilled Monarch (Arses telescopthalmus)
538. Tawny-Breasted Honeyeater (Xanthotis flaviventer)
539. Brown Oriole (Oriolus szalayi)
540. Black Sunbird (Leptocoma aspasia)
541. Boyer's Cuckooshrike (Coracina boyeri)
542. Pink-Spotted Fruit-Dove (Ptilinopus perlatus)
543. Sultan's Cuckoo-Dove (Macropygia doreya)
544. Coroneted Fruit-Dove (Ptilinopus coronulatus)
545. Thick Billed Ground-Pigeon (Trugon terrestris) 28/11/25 !!!!
546. Twelve-Wired Bird of Paradise (Seleucidis melanoleucus) !!
547. Papuan Babbler (Garritornis isidorei) !
548. Yellow-Bellied Gerygone (Gerygone chrysogaster)
549. King Bird of Paradise (Cicinnurus regius) !!
550. Hooded Monarch (Symposiachrus manadensis)
551. Moluccan King-Parrot (Alisterus amboinensis) 29/11/25
552. Rufous Owl (Ninox rufa)
553. Papuan Pitta (Erythropitta macklotii) !!
554. Eastern Hooded-Pitta (Pitta novaeguineae) !!
555. Yellow-Bellied Longbill (Toxorhamphus novaeguineae)
556. Shining Flycatcher (Myiagra alecto)
557. Metallic Starling (Aplonis metallica)
558. Grey Crow (Corvus tristis) !
559. Great Cuckoo-Dove (Reinwardtoena reinwardti)
560. Yellow-Billed Kingfisher (Syma torotoro) 30/11/25
561. Blue-Black Kingfisher (Todiramphus nigrocyaneus) !
562. Purple Tailed Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula rufigaster)
563. Olive-Crowned Flowerpecker (Dicaeum pectorale)
564. Ruby-Throated Myzomela (Myzomela eques)
565. Emperor Fairywren (Malurus cyanocephalus) !! 1/12/25
Sorong
566. Cinnamon Bittern (Botaurus cinnamomeus)
567. Yellow Bittern (Botaurus sinensis) 1/12/25
568. Golden Monarch (Carterornis chrysomela) !
569. Lowland Peltops (Peltops blainvillii) !
570. Yellow Capped Pygmy-Parrot (Micropsitta keiensis) !
571. Glossy-Mantled Manucode (Manucodia ater)
572. Large-Billed Gerygone (Gerygone magnirostris)
573. Brown-Backed Honeyeater (Ramsayornis modestus)
574. Orange-Fronted Fruit-Dove (Ptilinopus aurantiifrons)
575. Rusty Pitohui (Pseudorectes ferrugineus) 2/12/25
 
Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge
195 Western Grebe - Aechmophorus occidentalis
196 California Gull - Larus californicus

Colby, Kansas
197 Great Horned Owl - Bubo virginianus

It's been a minute since I've updated.

BIRDS:
198 Black-necked Stilt - Himantopus mexicanus
199 American Avocet - Recurvirostra americana
200 Stilt Sandpiper - Calidris himantopus
201 Yellow-crowned Night Heron - Nyctanassa violacea
202 Black-bellied Plover - Pluvialis squatarola
203 Snowy Plover - Anarhynchus nivosus
204 Olive-sided Flycatcher - Contopus cooperi
205 Hermit Thrush - Catharus guttatus
206 King Eider - Somateria spectabilis
207 Horned Grebe - Podiceps auritus
 
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