As some people may have noticed I have been MIA for a month or so (that's "Missing In Asia"). I've been saving for quite a long time already for my next trip but because it will be a Mega Trip and not just a Big Trip - and because there have been a few unexpected things I have had to fork over lots of money for - I suspected I wouldn't have enough money by the time the intended departure date came around at the start of next year, so I've pushed it back another year. I haven't been overseas for TWO years though [exclamation mark] and that's not really acceptable. Therefore I planned out a quick trip where I would basically jump around a few different places, mostly targeting specific animals I hadn't seen yet but for which I'd found (supposedly)-reliable sites. You could legitimately say this trip was mostly just a mammal-twitching trip (and I got nine new mammals, so it worked out quite well). The lists for most of the countries aren't very long for this reason. Only a relatively few days here and there could be used for all-day birding; in particular, the birds listed for the first part of Thailand were literally all seen from bus windows or while walking along the road; and the Laos part was a complete dud. The Brisbane bit at the end seems very light too but it has to be said that a lot of the birds seen in Brisbane were ones also seen in Sydney at the very start of the trip. There may or may not be a new Chlidonias Goes To Asia thread at some point.
A quick outline of the trip before the species lists:
SYDNEY
I had one night and the following day in Sydney, so I spent them at Warriewood Wetlands and Centennial Park.
SINGAPORE
There were two main objectives for my two days in Singapore. Firstly to visit Jurong before it closed, and see the Spix's Macaws, Lear's Macaws, and Philippine Eagles (I saw the last two, but the Spix's refused to show). Secondly to look for a pangolin. There is a particular spot where more than a handful of mammalwatchers have seen a Sunda Pangolin. One of those people was @lintworm and it is totally unacceptable for another moderator to have seen a wild pangolin when I have not. I know almost all the moderators have seen captive pangolins (it is a requirement of becoming a moderator) but a wild pangolin is a different ball-game. I wasn't actually that hopeful of seeing one, but I had my fingers crossed.
MALAYSIA
After Singapore I crossed over the strait to Peninsular Malaysia and headed to the Panti Forest for general animal-watching (mainly to try and see the local subspecies of Banded Leaf Monkeys, which I did although not to such an extent that I could actually get photos of them), then went all the way up to Taiping to visit the Taiping Zoo (hoping their Marbled Cat was still on display, which it was). I also spent a day-ish at Maxwell Hill for Agile Gibbons, then a couple of days at Bukit Fraser, and then flew to Thailand.
THAILAND
A couple of years ago (right after my last trip, annoyingly) I had found out about a couple of temples in the north of Thailand which are visited by habituated Assamese Macaques and Indochinese Grey Langurs respectively, and I've been waiting for a chance to add them into a trip. I was in Thailand for less than three days, solely to visit these two spots, before popping up into Laos.
LAOS
The second of the aforementioned Thai temples is at Loei, which is not far from the main border-crossing with Laos, so it made sense to add that into the mix as well. This was the only "new" country of the trip. I went to a place called Ban Na Hin which has not fared well with poachers apparently and I saw very little, so I bailed and went back to Thailand.
THAILAND again
Another few days, basically travelling down from Laos to Bangkok before my flight homewards; I had a bit longer here than originally intended (due to abandoning Laos) and managed to get in some birding at some of the local bird spots in Bangkok with wavering success.
BRISBANE
When sorting out the travel plans for this trip I discovered that there are now direct flights between Bangkok and Brisbane with Thai Air Asia, which only started in June this year. I'd only been to Brisbane once before, in 2008, and it rained every day I was there, so I was hoping to add at least a few new species to my life lists on this visit. I did get a few lifers - both birds and mammals - but the number of bird species overall was slimmer than I'd been expecting (I only saw about a hundred species total there, of which about half were year-birds; on one of the days in Brisbane I saw 72 species, which makes the 100-species total seem even smaller!). I also spent half a day in the Gold Coast because that's where the flight back to New Zealand left from.
I'd count the trip as successful. Of my twelve "target mammals" I saw eight of them which, given that I generally only had one or two chances for each one, was a better-than-expected total.
I only had one "target bird", which was Powerful Owl, but the "always reliable" birds at Centennial Park in Sydney hadn't been seen in a few weeks so I missed out on those. I saw ten other life-birds though - three in Asia and the other seven in Queensland.
Just out of interest, I counted up how many of the birds in my southeast Asia field guide I have seen. The book is the 2005 edition (I never got round to updating it) so the number will be different now due to splitting, but it contains about 1290 species including all the vagrants and stragglers. Of those I have seen 860 species - two-thirds - hence why there are so few lifers on the bird lists. There are still a handful of common birds which somehow I haven't managed to see yet, but mostly the ones I'm missing are species with very restricted distributions, are reclusive rainforest-dwellers, or are just vagrants which I'm unlikely to see anyway.
New mammals:
Sugar Glider Petaurus breviceps
Brown Antechinus Antechinus stuartii (not one of the "target mammals")
Sunda Pangolin Manis javanica
Agile Gibbon Hylobates agilis
Assamese Macaque Macaca assamensis
Indochinese Grey Langur Trachypithecus crepusculus
Little Red Flying Fox Pteropus scapulatus
Australian Humpback Dolphin Sousa sahulensis
Squirrel Glider Petaurus norfolcensis
New birds:
Monk (Quaker) Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
Purple-backed (Daurian) Starling Agropsar (Sturnus) sturninus
Collared Owlet Glaucidium brodei
Little Friarbird Philemon citreogularis
Wedge-tailed Shearwater Puffinus pacificus
Tawny Grassbird Megalurus (Cincloramphus) timoriensis
Pallid Cuckoo Cacomantis pallidus
Double-barred (Owl) Finch Taeniopygia bichenovii
Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii
Australian Cicadabird Coracina (Edolisoma) tenuirostris
I'll list the mammals first given that the trip was mostly to find a few specific mammals.
MAMMALS
Already seen this year:
1) House Mouse Mus musculus
2) Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus
3) New Zealand Fur Seal Arctocephalus forsteri
4) Leopard Seal Hydrurga leptonyx
5) European Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus
SYDNEY
6) Grey-headed Flying Fox Pteropus poliocephalus
7) Sugar Glider Petaurus breviceps
8) Swamp Wallaby Wallabia bicolor
9) Common Brush-tailed Possum Trichosurus vulpecula
10) Brown Antechinus Antechinus stuartii
SINGAPORE
11) Smooth-coated Otter Lutrogale perspicillata
12) Plantain squirrel Callosciurus notatus
13) Wild Pig Sus scrofa (vittatus)
14) Colugo Cynocephalus variegatus
15) Common Tree Shrew Tupaia glis
16) Slender Squirrel Sundasciurus tenuis
17) Sunda Pangolin Manis javanica
MALAYSIA
18) Crab-eating Macaque Macaca fascicularis
19) Banded Leaf Monkey Presbytis femoralis
20) White-handed (Lar) Gibbon Hylobates lar
21) Cream-coloured Giant Squirrel Ratufa affinis
22) Dusky Langur Trachypithecus obscurus
23) Malaysian Upland Squirrel Sundasciurus tahan
24) Agile Gibbon Hylobates agilis
25) Grey-bellied Squirrel Callosciurus caniceps
26) Himalayan Striped Squirrel Tamiops macclellandi
27) Red-bellied (Pallas') Squirrel Callosciurus erythraeus
28) White-thighed Langur Presbytis siamensis
29) Spotted Giant Flying Squirrel Petaurista elegans
30) Leopard Cat Prionailurus bengalensis
THAILAND
31) Assamese Macaque Macaca assamensis
32) Indochinese Grey Langur Trachypithecus crepusculus
33) Variable (Finlayson's) Squirrel Callosciurus finlaysonii
LAOS
Um, nothing...
THAILAND again
34) Northern Tree Shrew Tupaia belangeri
35) Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat Cynopterus sphinx
36) Berdmore's (Indochinese) Ground Squirrel Menetes berdmorei
37) Lyle's Flying Fox Pteropus lylei
BRISBANE and GOLD COAST
38) Black Flying Fox Pteropus alecto
39) Little Red Flying Fox Pteropus scapulatus
40) Eastern Grey Kangaroo Macropus giganteus
41) Koala Phascolarctos cinereus
42) Australian Humpback Dolphin Sousa sahulensis
43) Red-necked Wallaby Macropus rufogriseus
44) Squirrel Glider Petaurus norfolcensis
45) Common Ringtail Possum Pseudocheirus peregrinus
BIRDS
Already seen this year:
1) Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
2) House Sparrow Passer domesticus
3) European Blackbird Turdus merula
4) Feral Pigeon Columba livia
5) Southern Black-backed (Kelp) Gull Larus dominicanus
6) Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
7) Tui Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae
8) Pied Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa
9) Kaka Nestor meridionalis
10) New Zealand Pigeon Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae
11) Pied Shag Phalacrocorax varius
12) New Zealand Scaup Aythya novaeseelandiae
13) Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
14) Little Pied Shag Phalacrocorax melanoleucos
15) Black Shag (Great Cormorant) Phalacrocorax carbo
16) Saddleback Philesturnus carunculatus
17) New Zealand Robin Petroica australis
18) Waxeye Zosterops lateralis
19) Californian Quail Callipepla californica
20) Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
21) Hedge Sparrow (Dunnock) Prunella modularis
22) Whitehead Mohoua albicilla
33) Stitchbird Notiomystis cincta
24) New Zealand Bellbird Anthornis melanura
25) Brown Teal Anas chlorotis
26) Red-billed Gull Larus novaehollandiae
27) Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
28) Variable Oystercatcher Haematopus unicolor
29) Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
30) Canada Goose Branta canadensis
31) Paradise Duck Tadorna variegata
32) Grey Warbler Gerygone igata
33) Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
34) Black Swan Cygnus atrata
35) Spur-winged Plover Vanellus novaehollandiae
36) White-headed (Pied) Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
37) Grey Teal Anas gracilis
38) Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
39) Pukeko (Purple Swamphen) Porphyrio porphyrio (I don't split these on my lists)
40) European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
41) Eastern Reef Heron Egretta sacra
42) Spotted Shag Stictocarbo punctatus
43) Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius
44) Tomtit Petroica macrocephala
45) Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
46) Red-crowned Kakariki Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae
47) Australasian Coot Fulica atra
48) European Greenfinch Carduelis chloris
49) European Skylark Alauda arvensis
50) Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
51) White-fronted Tern Sterna striata
52) Caspian Tern Sterna caspia
53) Australasian Harrier Circus approximans
54) Banded dotterel Charadrius bicinctus
55) Little Black Shag Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
56) Australasian Gannet Morus serrator
57) New Zealand White-capped Albatross Thalassarche steadi
58) New Zealand Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae
59) White-faced Heron Ardea novaehollandiae
60) Australasian Shoveller Anas rhynchotis
61) New Zealand Dabchick Poliocephalus rufopectus
62) Black-fronted Dotterel Elseyornis melanops
SYDNEY
63) Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca
64) Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala
65) Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus
66) Common Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae
67) Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa
68) Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
69) Common Mynah Acridotheres tristis
70) Galah Cacatua roseicapilla
71) Greater Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
72) Little Wattlebird Anthochaera chrysoptera
73) Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis
74) Brown Falcon Falco berigora
75) Spangled Drongo Dicrurus bracteatus
76) Superb Blue Wren Malurus cyaneus
77) Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa
78) Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris
79) Willy Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
80) Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis
81) Australian Little Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
82) White-cheeked Honeyeater Phylidonyris nigra
83) Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata
84) Bell Miner Manorina melanophrys
85) Lewin's Honeyeater Meliphaga lewinii
86) Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
87) Australian Brush Turkey Alectura lathami
88) Eastern Spinebill Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris
89) White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis
90) Brown Gerygone Gerygone mouki
91) Australian King Parrot Alisterus scapularis
92) Eastern Whipbird Psophodes olivaceus
93) Australian Wood Duck Chenonetta jubata
94) Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes
95) Pied Currawong Strepera graculina
96) Australian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae
97) Australian Raven Corvus coronoides
98) Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus
99) White-eyed Duck Aythya australis
100) Magpie-Lark Grallina cyanoleuca
SINGAPORE
101) Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
102) Striated Heron Butorides striatus
103) Germain's Swiftlet Collocalia germani
104) Monk (Quaker) Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
105) Pink-necked Green Pigeon Treron vernans
106) Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris
107) Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
108) Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopacea
109) Oriental White-eye Zosterops palpebrosa
110) Sunda Pigmy Woodpecker Dendrocopos moluccensis
111) White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
112) Olive-backed Sunbird Nectarinia jugularis
113) Yellow-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus goiavier
114) Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
115) Javan Mynah Acridotheres javanicus
116) House Crow Corvus splendens
117) Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
118) Lesser Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua sulphurea
119) Moustached Parakeet Psittacula alexandri
120) Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
121) Pacific Swallow Hirundo tahitica
122) Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
123) Indian Ringneck Parakeet Psittacula krameri
124) Little Egret Egretta garzetta
125) Stork-billed Kingfisher Halcyon capensis
126) Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
127) Zebra Dove Geopelia striata
128) Greater Racquet-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus
129) Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala
130) Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
131) Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
132) Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
MALAYSIA
133) White-bellied Sea Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster
134) Asian Glossy Starling Aplonis panayensis
135) Greater Green leafbird Chloropsis sonnerati
136) Orange-bellied Flowerpecker Dicaeum trigonostigma
137) Cream-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus simplex
138) Hairy-backed Bulbul Tricholestes criniger
139) Greater Hill Mynah Gracula religiosa
140) Orange-backed Woodpecker Reinwardtipicus validus
141) Purple-naped Sunbird Hypogramma hypogrammicum
142) Blue-winged Leafbird Chloropsis moluccensis
143) Striped Tit-Babbler Macronous gularis
144) Chestnut-breasted Malkoha Phoenicophaeus curvirostris
145) Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
146) Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus brunneus
147) Tiger Shrike Lanius tigrinus
148) Buff-vented Bulbul Iole olivacea
149) Raffles' Malkoha Phoenicophaeus chlorophaeus
150) Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
151) Asian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
152) Asian House Swift Apus nipalensis
153) White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus
154) Olive-winged Bulbul Pycnonotus plumosus
155) Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
156) Little Spiderhunter Arachnothera longirostra
157) Grey-chested Jungle Flycatcher Rhinomyias umbratilis
158) Yellow-bellied Bulbul Alophoixus phaeocephalus
159) Checquer-throated Woodpecker Picus mentalis
160) Spectacled Bulbul Pycnonotus erythrophthalmus
161) White-vented Mynah Acridotheres grandis
162) White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
163) Lineated Barbet Megalaima lineata
164) Long-tailed Parakeet Psittacula longicauda
165) Nutmeg Finch (Scaly-breasted Munia) Lonchura punctulata
166) Intermediate Egret Egretta intermedia
167) Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
168) Black-thighed Falconet Microhierax fringillarius
169) Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus flammeus
170) White-bellied Yuhina Erpornis zantholeuca
171) Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
172) Dark-necked Tailorbird Orthotomus atrogularis
173) Red-billed Malkoha Phoenicophaeus javanicus
174) Asian Fairy Bluebird Irena puella
175) Plain Flowerpecker Dicaeum concolor
176) Mountain Fulvetta Alcippe peracensis
177) Grey-headed Canary-Flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
178) White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis
179) Streaked Spiderhunter Arachnothera magna
180) Glossy (White-bellied) Swiftlet Collocalia esculenta
181) Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
182) Black-crested Bulbul Pycnonotus flaviventris
183) Everett's White-eye Zosterops everetti
184) Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus
185) Mountain Tailorbird Phyllergates cucullatus
186) Golden Babbler Stachyridopsis chrysaea
187) Orange-breasted Trogon Harpactes oreskios
188) Black and Yellow Broadbill Eurylaimus ochromalus
189) Yellow-rumped Flycatcher Ficedula zanthopygia
190) Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
191) Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
192) Slaty-backed Forktail Enicurus schistaceus
193) Long-tailed Sibia Heterophasia picaoides
194) Black and Crimson Oriole Oriolus cruentus
195) Black-browed Barbet Megalaima oorti
196) Chestnut-capped Laughing Thrush Garrulax mitratus
197) Black-bellied Malkoha Phaenicophaeus diardi
198) Fire-tufted Barbet Psilopogon pyrolophus
199) Grey-chinned Minivet Pericrocotus solaris
200) Black-throated Sunbird Aethopyga saturata
201) Rufous-browed Flycatcher Ficedula solitaris
202) Lesser Racquet-tailed Drongo Dicrurus remifer
203) Red-headed Trogon Harpactes erythrocephalus
204) Grey-throated Babbler Stachyris nigriceps
205) Slender-billed Crow Corvus enca
206) Sultan Tit Melanochlora sultanea
207) Mountain Bulbul Hypsipetes macclellandii
208) Oriental Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
209) Rufescent Prinia Prinia rufescens
210) Little Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia ruficeps
211) Little Pied Flycatcher Ficedula westermanni
212) Greater Yellownape Woodpecker Picus flavinucha
213) Silver-eared Mesia Leiothrix argentauris
214) Chestnut-crowned Warbler Seicercus castaniceps
215) Blue-winged Minla Siva cyanouroptera
216) Large Niltava Niltava grandis
217) Blue Nuthatch Sitta azurea
218) Ochraceous Bulbul Alophoixus ochraceus
219) Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
220) Mountain Imperial Pigeon Ducula badia
221) Purple-backed (Daurian) Starling Agropsar (Sturnus) sturninus
THAILAND
[number 222 removed as duplicate]
223) Sooty-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus aurigaster
224) Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus
225) Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
226) Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
227) Crested Tree-Swift Hemiprocne coronata
228) Asian Openbill Stork Anastomus oscitans
229) Asian Pied Fantail Rhipidura javanica
230) Streak-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus blanfordi
231) Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker Dicaeum cruentatum
232) Green-billed Malkoha Phaenicophaeus tristis
233) Himalayan Swiftlet Collocalia brevirostris
LAOS
234) Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
235) Collared Owlet Glaucidium brodei
236) Puff-throated Bulbul Alophoixus pallidus
237) Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
THAILAND again
238) Great Egret Egretta alba
239) Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
240) Asian Little Cormorant Phalacrocorax niger
241) Crow-billed Drongo Dicrurus annectens
242) Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
243) Coppersmith Barbet Megalaima haemacephala
244) Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos (I don't split up the Large-billed Crow complex because the taxonomy is still too messy)
245) Asian Pied Starling Sturnus (Gracupica) contra
246) Black-collared Starling Sturnus (Gracupica) nigricollis
247) Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
248) Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
249) Black-winged Cuckoo-Shrike Coracina melaschistos
250) Javan Pond Heron Ardeola speciosa
251) Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
252) Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
253) White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
254) Brown-headed Gull Larus brunnicephalus
255) Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus
256) Common Redshank Tringa totanus
257) Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
258) Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
259) Black-capped Kingfisher Halcyon pileata
260) Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
261) Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
262) Hill Blue Flycatcher Cyornis banyumas
263) Golden-bellied Gerygone Gerygone sulphurea
264) Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
265) Hainan Blue Flycatcher Cyornis hainanus
266) Large Cuckoo-Shrike Coracina macei
267) Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
268) Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
269) Eurasian Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
270) Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis
271) Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
272) Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
273) Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius
274) Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
275) Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
276) Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
BRISBANE and GOLD COAST
277) Australian Figbird Sphecotheres vieilloti
278) Torresian Crow Corvus orru
279) Grey Butcherbird Craciticus torquatus
280) Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis
281) Banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
282) Pied Butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis
283) Grey Shrike-Thrush Colluricincla harmonica
284) Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus
285) Blue-faced Honeyeater Entomyzon cyanotis
286) Red-backed Fairy-Wren Malurus melanocephalus
287) Pale-headed Rosella Platycercus adscitus
288) Long-billed Corella Cacatua tenuirostris
289) Magpie Goose Anseranas semipalmata
290) Black-faced Cuckoo-Shrike Coracina novaehollandiae
291) Bush Stone-Curlew Burhinus grallarius
292) Scarlet Honeyeater Myzomela sanguinolenta
293) Little Friarbird Philemon citreogularis (I'm genuinely bewildered how this can be a lifer!)
294) Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
295) Noisy Friarbird Philemon corniculatus
296) Wedge-tailed Shearwater Puffinus pacificus
297) Great Crested Tern Sterna bergii
298) Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea
299) White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus
300) Osprey Pandion haliaetus (I don't split Ospreys)
301) Leaden Flycatcher Myiagra rubecula
302) Bar-shouldered Dove Geopelia humeralis
303) Australian Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris
304) Black Kite Milvus migrans
305) Tawny Grassbird Megalurus (Cincloramphus) timoriensis
306) Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta
307) Pallid Cuckoo Cacomantis pallidus
308) Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
309) Fairy Martin Hirundo ariel
310) Double-barred (Owl) Finch Taeniopygia bichenovii
311) Brown Quail Coturnix ypsilophora
312) Red-browed Firetail Neochmia temporalis
313) Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides
314) Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis
315) Olive-backed Oriole Oriolus sagittatus
316) Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
317) Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii
318) White-winged Triller Lalage tricolor
319) Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis (I don't split the Golden Whistler complex because it is just too complex!)
320) Comb-crested Jacana Jacana gallinacea
321) Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla
322) Large-billed Scrubwren Sericornis magnirostris
323) White-throated Treecreeper Cormobates leucophaeus
324) Pacific (Australian) Koel Eudynamys orientalis
325) Shining Cuckoo Chrysococcyx lucidus
326) Australian Cicadabird Coracina (Edolisoma) tenuirostris
327) Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus
(Edit note: the bird total is actually 326 because I had a mistaken ID in the list which meant that one of the species ended up being duplicated)
A quick outline of the trip before the species lists:
SYDNEY
I had one night and the following day in Sydney, so I spent them at Warriewood Wetlands and Centennial Park.
SINGAPORE
There were two main objectives for my two days in Singapore. Firstly to visit Jurong before it closed, and see the Spix's Macaws, Lear's Macaws, and Philippine Eagles (I saw the last two, but the Spix's refused to show). Secondly to look for a pangolin. There is a particular spot where more than a handful of mammalwatchers have seen a Sunda Pangolin. One of those people was @lintworm and it is totally unacceptable for another moderator to have seen a wild pangolin when I have not. I know almost all the moderators have seen captive pangolins (it is a requirement of becoming a moderator) but a wild pangolin is a different ball-game. I wasn't actually that hopeful of seeing one, but I had my fingers crossed.
MALAYSIA
After Singapore I crossed over the strait to Peninsular Malaysia and headed to the Panti Forest for general animal-watching (mainly to try and see the local subspecies of Banded Leaf Monkeys, which I did although not to such an extent that I could actually get photos of them), then went all the way up to Taiping to visit the Taiping Zoo (hoping their Marbled Cat was still on display, which it was). I also spent a day-ish at Maxwell Hill for Agile Gibbons, then a couple of days at Bukit Fraser, and then flew to Thailand.
THAILAND
A couple of years ago (right after my last trip, annoyingly) I had found out about a couple of temples in the north of Thailand which are visited by habituated Assamese Macaques and Indochinese Grey Langurs respectively, and I've been waiting for a chance to add them into a trip. I was in Thailand for less than three days, solely to visit these two spots, before popping up into Laos.
LAOS
The second of the aforementioned Thai temples is at Loei, which is not far from the main border-crossing with Laos, so it made sense to add that into the mix as well. This was the only "new" country of the trip. I went to a place called Ban Na Hin which has not fared well with poachers apparently and I saw very little, so I bailed and went back to Thailand.
THAILAND again
Another few days, basically travelling down from Laos to Bangkok before my flight homewards; I had a bit longer here than originally intended (due to abandoning Laos) and managed to get in some birding at some of the local bird spots in Bangkok with wavering success.
BRISBANE
When sorting out the travel plans for this trip I discovered that there are now direct flights between Bangkok and Brisbane with Thai Air Asia, which only started in June this year. I'd only been to Brisbane once before, in 2008, and it rained every day I was there, so I was hoping to add at least a few new species to my life lists on this visit. I did get a few lifers - both birds and mammals - but the number of bird species overall was slimmer than I'd been expecting (I only saw about a hundred species total there, of which about half were year-birds; on one of the days in Brisbane I saw 72 species, which makes the 100-species total seem even smaller!). I also spent half a day in the Gold Coast because that's where the flight back to New Zealand left from.
I'd count the trip as successful. Of my twelve "target mammals" I saw eight of them which, given that I generally only had one or two chances for each one, was a better-than-expected total.
I only had one "target bird", which was Powerful Owl, but the "always reliable" birds at Centennial Park in Sydney hadn't been seen in a few weeks so I missed out on those. I saw ten other life-birds though - three in Asia and the other seven in Queensland.
Just out of interest, I counted up how many of the birds in my southeast Asia field guide I have seen. The book is the 2005 edition (I never got round to updating it) so the number will be different now due to splitting, but it contains about 1290 species including all the vagrants and stragglers. Of those I have seen 860 species - two-thirds - hence why there are so few lifers on the bird lists. There are still a handful of common birds which somehow I haven't managed to see yet, but mostly the ones I'm missing are species with very restricted distributions, are reclusive rainforest-dwellers, or are just vagrants which I'm unlikely to see anyway.
New mammals:
Sugar Glider Petaurus breviceps
Brown Antechinus Antechinus stuartii (not one of the "target mammals")
Sunda Pangolin Manis javanica
Agile Gibbon Hylobates agilis
Assamese Macaque Macaca assamensis
Indochinese Grey Langur Trachypithecus crepusculus
Little Red Flying Fox Pteropus scapulatus
Australian Humpback Dolphin Sousa sahulensis
Squirrel Glider Petaurus norfolcensis
New birds:
Monk (Quaker) Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
Purple-backed (Daurian) Starling Agropsar (Sturnus) sturninus
Collared Owlet Glaucidium brodei
Little Friarbird Philemon citreogularis
Wedge-tailed Shearwater Puffinus pacificus
Tawny Grassbird Megalurus (Cincloramphus) timoriensis
Pallid Cuckoo Cacomantis pallidus
Double-barred (Owl) Finch Taeniopygia bichenovii
Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii
Australian Cicadabird Coracina (Edolisoma) tenuirostris
I'll list the mammals first given that the trip was mostly to find a few specific mammals.
MAMMALS
Already seen this year:
1) House Mouse Mus musculus
2) Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus
3) New Zealand Fur Seal Arctocephalus forsteri
4) Leopard Seal Hydrurga leptonyx
5) European Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus
SYDNEY
6) Grey-headed Flying Fox Pteropus poliocephalus
7) Sugar Glider Petaurus breviceps
8) Swamp Wallaby Wallabia bicolor
9) Common Brush-tailed Possum Trichosurus vulpecula
10) Brown Antechinus Antechinus stuartii
SINGAPORE
11) Smooth-coated Otter Lutrogale perspicillata
12) Plantain squirrel Callosciurus notatus
13) Wild Pig Sus scrofa (vittatus)
14) Colugo Cynocephalus variegatus
15) Common Tree Shrew Tupaia glis
16) Slender Squirrel Sundasciurus tenuis
17) Sunda Pangolin Manis javanica
MALAYSIA
18) Crab-eating Macaque Macaca fascicularis
19) Banded Leaf Monkey Presbytis femoralis
20) White-handed (Lar) Gibbon Hylobates lar
21) Cream-coloured Giant Squirrel Ratufa affinis
22) Dusky Langur Trachypithecus obscurus
23) Malaysian Upland Squirrel Sundasciurus tahan
24) Agile Gibbon Hylobates agilis
25) Grey-bellied Squirrel Callosciurus caniceps
26) Himalayan Striped Squirrel Tamiops macclellandi
27) Red-bellied (Pallas') Squirrel Callosciurus erythraeus
28) White-thighed Langur Presbytis siamensis
29) Spotted Giant Flying Squirrel Petaurista elegans
30) Leopard Cat Prionailurus bengalensis
THAILAND
31) Assamese Macaque Macaca assamensis
32) Indochinese Grey Langur Trachypithecus crepusculus
33) Variable (Finlayson's) Squirrel Callosciurus finlaysonii
LAOS
Um, nothing...
THAILAND again
34) Northern Tree Shrew Tupaia belangeri
35) Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat Cynopterus sphinx
36) Berdmore's (Indochinese) Ground Squirrel Menetes berdmorei
37) Lyle's Flying Fox Pteropus lylei
BRISBANE and GOLD COAST
38) Black Flying Fox Pteropus alecto
39) Little Red Flying Fox Pteropus scapulatus
40) Eastern Grey Kangaroo Macropus giganteus
41) Koala Phascolarctos cinereus
42) Australian Humpback Dolphin Sousa sahulensis
43) Red-necked Wallaby Macropus rufogriseus
44) Squirrel Glider Petaurus norfolcensis
45) Common Ringtail Possum Pseudocheirus peregrinus
BIRDS
Already seen this year:
1) Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
2) House Sparrow Passer domesticus
3) European Blackbird Turdus merula
4) Feral Pigeon Columba livia
5) Southern Black-backed (Kelp) Gull Larus dominicanus
6) Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
7) Tui Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae
8) Pied Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa
9) Kaka Nestor meridionalis
10) New Zealand Pigeon Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae
11) Pied Shag Phalacrocorax varius
12) New Zealand Scaup Aythya novaeseelandiae
13) Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
14) Little Pied Shag Phalacrocorax melanoleucos
15) Black Shag (Great Cormorant) Phalacrocorax carbo
16) Saddleback Philesturnus carunculatus
17) New Zealand Robin Petroica australis
18) Waxeye Zosterops lateralis
19) Californian Quail Callipepla californica
20) Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
21) Hedge Sparrow (Dunnock) Prunella modularis
22) Whitehead Mohoua albicilla
33) Stitchbird Notiomystis cincta
24) New Zealand Bellbird Anthornis melanura
25) Brown Teal Anas chlorotis
26) Red-billed Gull Larus novaehollandiae
27) Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
28) Variable Oystercatcher Haematopus unicolor
29) Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
30) Canada Goose Branta canadensis
31) Paradise Duck Tadorna variegata
32) Grey Warbler Gerygone igata
33) Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
34) Black Swan Cygnus atrata
35) Spur-winged Plover Vanellus novaehollandiae
36) White-headed (Pied) Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
37) Grey Teal Anas gracilis
38) Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
39) Pukeko (Purple Swamphen) Porphyrio porphyrio (I don't split these on my lists)
40) European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
41) Eastern Reef Heron Egretta sacra
42) Spotted Shag Stictocarbo punctatus
43) Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius
44) Tomtit Petroica macrocephala
45) Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
46) Red-crowned Kakariki Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae
47) Australasian Coot Fulica atra
48) European Greenfinch Carduelis chloris
49) European Skylark Alauda arvensis
50) Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
51) White-fronted Tern Sterna striata
52) Caspian Tern Sterna caspia
53) Australasian Harrier Circus approximans
54) Banded dotterel Charadrius bicinctus
55) Little Black Shag Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
56) Australasian Gannet Morus serrator
57) New Zealand White-capped Albatross Thalassarche steadi
58) New Zealand Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae
59) White-faced Heron Ardea novaehollandiae
60) Australasian Shoveller Anas rhynchotis
61) New Zealand Dabchick Poliocephalus rufopectus
62) Black-fronted Dotterel Elseyornis melanops
SYDNEY
63) Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca
64) Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala
65) Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus
66) Common Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae
67) Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa
68) Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
69) Common Mynah Acridotheres tristis
70) Galah Cacatua roseicapilla
71) Greater Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
72) Little Wattlebird Anthochaera chrysoptera
73) Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis
74) Brown Falcon Falco berigora
75) Spangled Drongo Dicrurus bracteatus
76) Superb Blue Wren Malurus cyaneus
77) Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa
78) Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris
79) Willy Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
80) Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis
81) Australian Little Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
82) White-cheeked Honeyeater Phylidonyris nigra
83) Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata
84) Bell Miner Manorina melanophrys
85) Lewin's Honeyeater Meliphaga lewinii
86) Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
87) Australian Brush Turkey Alectura lathami
88) Eastern Spinebill Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris
89) White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis
90) Brown Gerygone Gerygone mouki
91) Australian King Parrot Alisterus scapularis
92) Eastern Whipbird Psophodes olivaceus
93) Australian Wood Duck Chenonetta jubata
94) Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes
95) Pied Currawong Strepera graculina
96) Australian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae
97) Australian Raven Corvus coronoides
98) Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus
99) White-eyed Duck Aythya australis
100) Magpie-Lark Grallina cyanoleuca
SINGAPORE
101) Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
102) Striated Heron Butorides striatus
103) Germain's Swiftlet Collocalia germani
104) Monk (Quaker) Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
105) Pink-necked Green Pigeon Treron vernans
106) Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris
107) Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
108) Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopacea
109) Oriental White-eye Zosterops palpebrosa
110) Sunda Pigmy Woodpecker Dendrocopos moluccensis
111) White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
112) Olive-backed Sunbird Nectarinia jugularis
113) Yellow-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus goiavier
114) Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
115) Javan Mynah Acridotheres javanicus
116) House Crow Corvus splendens
117) Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
118) Lesser Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua sulphurea
119) Moustached Parakeet Psittacula alexandri
120) Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
121) Pacific Swallow Hirundo tahitica
122) Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
123) Indian Ringneck Parakeet Psittacula krameri
124) Little Egret Egretta garzetta
125) Stork-billed Kingfisher Halcyon capensis
126) Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
127) Zebra Dove Geopelia striata
128) Greater Racquet-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus
129) Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala
130) Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
131) Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
132) Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
MALAYSIA
133) White-bellied Sea Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster
134) Asian Glossy Starling Aplonis panayensis
135) Greater Green leafbird Chloropsis sonnerati
136) Orange-bellied Flowerpecker Dicaeum trigonostigma
137) Cream-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus simplex
138) Hairy-backed Bulbul Tricholestes criniger
139) Greater Hill Mynah Gracula religiosa
140) Orange-backed Woodpecker Reinwardtipicus validus
141) Purple-naped Sunbird Hypogramma hypogrammicum
142) Blue-winged Leafbird Chloropsis moluccensis
143) Striped Tit-Babbler Macronous gularis
144) Chestnut-breasted Malkoha Phoenicophaeus curvirostris
145) Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
146) Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus brunneus
147) Tiger Shrike Lanius tigrinus
148) Buff-vented Bulbul Iole olivacea
149) Raffles' Malkoha Phoenicophaeus chlorophaeus
150) Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
151) Asian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
152) Asian House Swift Apus nipalensis
153) White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus
154) Olive-winged Bulbul Pycnonotus plumosus
155) Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
156) Little Spiderhunter Arachnothera longirostra
157) Grey-chested Jungle Flycatcher Rhinomyias umbratilis
158) Yellow-bellied Bulbul Alophoixus phaeocephalus
159) Checquer-throated Woodpecker Picus mentalis
160) Spectacled Bulbul Pycnonotus erythrophthalmus
161) White-vented Mynah Acridotheres grandis
162) White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
163) Lineated Barbet Megalaima lineata
164) Long-tailed Parakeet Psittacula longicauda
165) Nutmeg Finch (Scaly-breasted Munia) Lonchura punctulata
166) Intermediate Egret Egretta intermedia
167) Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
168) Black-thighed Falconet Microhierax fringillarius
169) Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus flammeus
170) White-bellied Yuhina Erpornis zantholeuca
171) Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
172) Dark-necked Tailorbird Orthotomus atrogularis
173) Red-billed Malkoha Phoenicophaeus javanicus
174) Asian Fairy Bluebird Irena puella
175) Plain Flowerpecker Dicaeum concolor
176) Mountain Fulvetta Alcippe peracensis
177) Grey-headed Canary-Flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
178) White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis
179) Streaked Spiderhunter Arachnothera magna
180) Glossy (White-bellied) Swiftlet Collocalia esculenta
181) Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
182) Black-crested Bulbul Pycnonotus flaviventris
183) Everett's White-eye Zosterops everetti
184) Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus
185) Mountain Tailorbird Phyllergates cucullatus
186) Golden Babbler Stachyridopsis chrysaea
187) Orange-breasted Trogon Harpactes oreskios
188) Black and Yellow Broadbill Eurylaimus ochromalus
189) Yellow-rumped Flycatcher Ficedula zanthopygia
190) Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
191) Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
192) Slaty-backed Forktail Enicurus schistaceus
193) Long-tailed Sibia Heterophasia picaoides
194) Black and Crimson Oriole Oriolus cruentus
195) Black-browed Barbet Megalaima oorti
196) Chestnut-capped Laughing Thrush Garrulax mitratus
197) Black-bellied Malkoha Phaenicophaeus diardi
198) Fire-tufted Barbet Psilopogon pyrolophus
199) Grey-chinned Minivet Pericrocotus solaris
200) Black-throated Sunbird Aethopyga saturata
201) Rufous-browed Flycatcher Ficedula solitaris
202) Lesser Racquet-tailed Drongo Dicrurus remifer
203) Red-headed Trogon Harpactes erythrocephalus
204) Grey-throated Babbler Stachyris nigriceps
205) Slender-billed Crow Corvus enca
206) Sultan Tit Melanochlora sultanea
207) Mountain Bulbul Hypsipetes macclellandii
208) Oriental Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
209) Rufescent Prinia Prinia rufescens
210) Little Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia ruficeps
211) Little Pied Flycatcher Ficedula westermanni
212) Greater Yellownape Woodpecker Picus flavinucha
213) Silver-eared Mesia Leiothrix argentauris
214) Chestnut-crowned Warbler Seicercus castaniceps
215) Blue-winged Minla Siva cyanouroptera
216) Large Niltava Niltava grandis
217) Blue Nuthatch Sitta azurea
218) Ochraceous Bulbul Alophoixus ochraceus
219) Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
220) Mountain Imperial Pigeon Ducula badia
221) Purple-backed (Daurian) Starling Agropsar (Sturnus) sturninus
THAILAND
[number 222 removed as duplicate]
223) Sooty-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus aurigaster
224) Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus
225) Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
226) Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
227) Crested Tree-Swift Hemiprocne coronata
228) Asian Openbill Stork Anastomus oscitans
229) Asian Pied Fantail Rhipidura javanica
230) Streak-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus blanfordi
231) Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker Dicaeum cruentatum
232) Green-billed Malkoha Phaenicophaeus tristis
233) Himalayan Swiftlet Collocalia brevirostris
LAOS
234) Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
235) Collared Owlet Glaucidium brodei
236) Puff-throated Bulbul Alophoixus pallidus
237) Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
THAILAND again
238) Great Egret Egretta alba
239) Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
240) Asian Little Cormorant Phalacrocorax niger
241) Crow-billed Drongo Dicrurus annectens
242) Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
243) Coppersmith Barbet Megalaima haemacephala
244) Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos (I don't split up the Large-billed Crow complex because the taxonomy is still too messy)
245) Asian Pied Starling Sturnus (Gracupica) contra
246) Black-collared Starling Sturnus (Gracupica) nigricollis
247) Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
248) Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
249) Black-winged Cuckoo-Shrike Coracina melaschistos
250) Javan Pond Heron Ardeola speciosa
251) Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
252) Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
253) White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
254) Brown-headed Gull Larus brunnicephalus
255) Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus
256) Common Redshank Tringa totanus
257) Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
258) Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
259) Black-capped Kingfisher Halcyon pileata
260) Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
261) Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
262) Hill Blue Flycatcher Cyornis banyumas
263) Golden-bellied Gerygone Gerygone sulphurea
264) Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
265) Hainan Blue Flycatcher Cyornis hainanus
266) Large Cuckoo-Shrike Coracina macei
267) Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
268) Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
269) Eurasian Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
270) Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis
271) Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
272) Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
273) Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius
274) Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
275) Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
276) Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
BRISBANE and GOLD COAST
277) Australian Figbird Sphecotheres vieilloti
278) Torresian Crow Corvus orru
279) Grey Butcherbird Craciticus torquatus
280) Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis
281) Banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
282) Pied Butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis
283) Grey Shrike-Thrush Colluricincla harmonica
284) Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus
285) Blue-faced Honeyeater Entomyzon cyanotis
286) Red-backed Fairy-Wren Malurus melanocephalus
287) Pale-headed Rosella Platycercus adscitus
288) Long-billed Corella Cacatua tenuirostris
289) Magpie Goose Anseranas semipalmata
290) Black-faced Cuckoo-Shrike Coracina novaehollandiae
291) Bush Stone-Curlew Burhinus grallarius
292) Scarlet Honeyeater Myzomela sanguinolenta
293) Little Friarbird Philemon citreogularis (I'm genuinely bewildered how this can be a lifer!)
294) Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
295) Noisy Friarbird Philemon corniculatus
296) Wedge-tailed Shearwater Puffinus pacificus
297) Great Crested Tern Sterna bergii
298) Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea
299) White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus
300) Osprey Pandion haliaetus (I don't split Ospreys)
301) Leaden Flycatcher Myiagra rubecula
302) Bar-shouldered Dove Geopelia humeralis
303) Australian Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris
304) Black Kite Milvus migrans
305) Tawny Grassbird Megalurus (Cincloramphus) timoriensis
306) Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta
307) Pallid Cuckoo Cacomantis pallidus
308) Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
309) Fairy Martin Hirundo ariel
310) Double-barred (Owl) Finch Taeniopygia bichenovii
311) Brown Quail Coturnix ypsilophora
312) Red-browed Firetail Neochmia temporalis
313) Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides
314) Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis
315) Olive-backed Oriole Oriolus sagittatus
316) Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
317) Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii
318) White-winged Triller Lalage tricolor
319) Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis (I don't split the Golden Whistler complex because it is just too complex!)
320) Comb-crested Jacana Jacana gallinacea
321) Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla
322) Large-billed Scrubwren Sericornis magnirostris
323) White-throated Treecreeper Cormobates leucophaeus
324) Pacific (Australian) Koel Eudynamys orientalis
325) Shining Cuckoo Chrysococcyx lucidus
326) Australian Cicadabird Coracina (Edolisoma) tenuirostris
327) Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus
(Edit note: the bird total is actually 326 because I had a mistaken ID in the list which meant that one of the species ended up being duplicated)
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