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AUS1RALIAN 326 BIRD WATCHER INDEX OF SPECIES The scientific and common names used in this index for Australian birds are those of The Taxonomy and Species ofBirds ofAustralia and its Territories (Christidis & Boles 1994) and of the Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds vols 1-4 (Marchant & Higgins 1990, 1993; Higgins & Davies 1996; Higgins 1999). Where synonyffis have been used in this volume for either scientific or common names they are shown in brackets. For extra-limital birds the names used are those of the text or where either scientific or common names have been omitted those of A Checklist ofthe Birds of the World, EdwardS. Gruson, Collins, 1976, are used. Minor differences in spelling, if any, have been disregarded. The species names are arranged in alphabetical order of genera. Only the first reference in any one paper is listed except where there is a tabular list, or lists, which includes the names of all birds mentioned in the paper, when this is the reference used. ACANTHAGENYS AMYTORN!S cont'd rufogularis Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater goyderi Eyrean Grasswren 28 11 ACANTHIZA striatus Striated Grasswren apicalis Inland Thornhill 204, 245 299 textilis Thick-billed Grasswren chryso"hoa Yellow-rumped Thornhill 244 303 ANAS inomata Western Thornhill castanea Chestnut Teal 297 222,247 Slender-billed (Samphire) Thornhill iredalei gracilis Grey Teal 248, 297 222, 247, 282 lineata Striated Thornhill rhynchotis Australasian Shoveler 302 222, 247 nana Yellow Thornhill superciliasa Pacific Black Duck 110 220, pl. 63 pus ilia Brown Thornhill pl. 29, 110 ANSERANAS regula ides Buff-rumped Thornhill semipalmata Magpie Goose 297 82 ACANTHORHYNCHUS tenuirostris Eastern Spinebill ANTHOCHAERA pl. 12,34 caruncula Ia Red Wattlebird 26, pl. 5, 56, 65 ACCIPI1ER chrysoptera Little Wattlebird ci"hocephalus Collared Sparrowhawk 26,pl.6 62, 134 fasciatus Brown Goshawk ANTHUS 65, 314 novaeseelandiae Richard's Pipit ACRIDOTHERES 173, 269 Iristis Common Myna APHELOCEPHALA 102, 130, 169, 262 pectoralis Chestnut-breasted Whiteface AEGOTHELES 245 cristatus Australian Owlet-nightjar 64 AQUILA AILUROEDUS audax Wedge-tailed Eagle crassirostris Green Catbird 38, pl. 13 171 ARDEA ALCEDO alba Great Egret pus ilia Little Kingfisher pl. 57, 224, 282 pl. 80-81' 293 cocoi Cocoi Heron ALISTERUS 125 scapularis Australian King-Parrot herodias Great Blue Heron 26 124 AMYTORNIS ibis Cattle Egret barbatus Grey Grasswren 224 244 intermedia Intermediate Egret 282 VOLUME18 INDEX OF SPECIES 327 ARDEAcont'd CAL/DRIS cont'd melanocephala Black-headed Heron tenuirostris Great Knot 125 213 pacifica White-necked Heron CALLOCEPHALON 224 fimbria tum Gang-gang Cockatoo ARDEOT/S 241 australis Australian Bustard 282 CALONECTRIS ARENARIA leucome/as Streaked SheaiWater 200 interpres Ruddy Thrnstone 9, pl. 4, 60, 129 CALYPTORHYNCHUS ARTAMUS lathami Glossy Black-Cockatoo cinereus Black-faced Woodswallow 284 118 latirostris Carnaby's Cockatoo cyanopterus Dusky Woodswallow 306 118, pl. 37 CERTHJONYX leucorynchus White-breasted Woodswallow variegatus Pied Honeyeater pl. 16,61 56 persona/us Masked Woodswallow 118 CHARADRIUS superciliosus White-browed Woodswallow asiaticus Caspian Plover 102 81 ASHBYIA bicinctus Double-banded Plover lovensis Gibberbird 9, 194, 248 110 hiaticula Ringed Plover 9 AS/0 leschenaultii Greater Sand Plover flanmzeus Short-eared Owl 83 288 mongolus Lesser Sand Plover otus Long-eared Owl 83 288 ruficapillus Red-capped Plover AVICEDA 194, 212, 248 subcristata Pacific Baza veredus Oriental Plover 134 81 AYTHYA CHENONETTA australis Hardhead jubata Australian Wood Duck 222, 247 38, 129, 220 8/ZIURA lobata Musk Duck CHLIDONIAS 220, 247 hybrida Whiskered Tern 228 BRANTA bernie/a Brent Goose CHRYSOCOCCYX 309 basalis Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo BUTORIDES 300, 313 striatus Striated Heron CJNCLORAMPHUS 125 crura/is Brown Songlark CACATVA 174 galerita Sulphur-crested Cockatoo C/NCLOSOMA 122 leadbeateri Major Mitchell's Cockatoo cinnamomeum Cinnamon Quail-thrush 244 241 punctatunz Spotted Quail-thrush pastinator Western Corella pl. 31, 112 241 roseicapilla Galah CLADORHYNCHUS 38, 129, 234, 241, 285 leucocephalus Banded Stilt sanguinea Little Corella 129 241 sulphurea Lesser Sulphur-crested Cockatoo COLLUR/C/NCLA 241 harmonica Grey Shrike-thrush 54, pl. 32, 113 CACOMANTIS megarhyncha Little Shrike-thrush flabelliformis Fan-tailed Cuckoo 24,42 313 CALAMANTHVS COLUMBA campestris Rufous Fieldwren Iivia Rock Dove 245 63 palumbus Common Wood Pigeon CALIDRIS 179 acuminata Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 82 CONOPOPHILA alba Sanderling a/bogularis Rufous-banded Honeyeater 9 56 AUS1RALIAN 328 INDEX OF SPECIES BIRD WATCHER CORACINA ENTOMYZON novaehollandiae Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike cyanotis Blue-faced Honeyeater 28, 116, pl. 35, 235, 262 28, 136 CORCORAX EOPSALTRIA me/anorhamphos White-winged Chough australis Eastern Yellow Robin 137, 171 42, 111 CORMOBATES EPHIPPIORHYNCHUS leucophaeus White-throated 'freecreeper asi£lticus Black-necked Stork 131 225 CORVUS coronoides Australian Raven EPTHIANURA 62, 129, 170, 310, 314 albifrons White-fronted Chat frugilegus Rook 110 318 ERYI'HROGONYS mellnri Little Raven cinctus Red-kneed Dotterel 129, 171 11,282 orru Thrresian Crow 136, 171, 272, 276 ERYI'HROTRIORCHIS tasmanicus Forest Raven radiatus Red Goshawk 130, 170 267 COTURNIX EUDYNAMYS ypsilophora Brown Quail scolopacea CommonKoel 171 26,286 CRAC11CUS taitensis Long-tailed Cuckoo nigrogu/aris Pied Butcherbird 286 164 torquatus Grey Butcherbird EUDYPTES 62, 138, 164, pl. 48, 262 chrysocome Rockhopper Penguin pl. 23, 95, pl. 24-25 CUCULUS chrysolophus Macaroni Penguin saturatus Oriental Cuckoo 96 60 robustus Snares Penguin CYCLOPS/ITA 98 diophthalma Double-eyed Fig-Parrot schlegeli Royal Penguin 203 95, pl. 25 sc/ateri Erect-crested Peuguin CYGNUS 99 atratus Black Swan 283 EUDYPTULA mirwr Little Penguin DACELO 130, 192, pl. 55, 209 novaeguineae Laughing Kookaburra 39, 136 EURYSTOMUS DAPTION orienta/is Dollarbird capense Cape Petrel 28 199, pl. 56 FALCO DICAEUM hypoleucos Grey Falcon hirundinaceum Mistletoebird pl. 72, 267, pl. 75, 280, pl. 78 54, 149 peregrinus Peregrine Falcon pectorale Papuan Flowerpecker 269, 282 206 subniger Black Falcon 267 DICRURUS bracteatus Spangled Drougo FULICA 28, 116, 122, 276 atra Eurasian Coot EGREITA 202, 225, 282 garzetta Little Egret GALUNAGO 189 hardwickii Latham's Snipe novaehol/andiae White-faced Heron 60, 226 123, 189, pl. 64, 224 sacra Eastern Reef Egret GALLINULA 125, 212 tenebrosa Dusky Moorhen ELANUS 202, 225, pl. 65 axillaris Black-shouldered Kite GALLIRALLUS 268 philippensis Butr-banded Rail scriptus Letter-winged Kite 60, 225 68, pl. 19, 126 ELSEYORNIS GALLUS me/anops Black-fronted Dotterel gallus Red Jungle Fowl 11 265 VOLUME18 INDEX OF SPECIES 329 GEOPEUA HIMANTO PU S cuneata Diamond Dove himantopus Black-winged Stilt 62 189, 226, pl. 66, 282 striata Peaceful Dove HIRUNDO 62 ariel Fairy Martin GERYGONE 62, 282 mould Brown Gerygone neoxena Welcome Swallow 110 62, 173 olivacea 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    MARCH,1987 57 THEEYREAN GRASSWREN AMYTORNIS GOYDERI IN THE NORTHERN TERRITORY J. R. COLE AND D. F. GIBSON In 1985 the Conservation Commission of the The Eyrean Grasswren is an extremely shy bird NorthernTerritory began a flora and fauna survey and difficult to observe. Birds were only ever seen ofthenorthern SimpsonDesert. In April 1985,the or heard on the Sandhill Canegrass-covered dune authors, who were members of the survey team, crests and upper slopes where the canegrass were investigating the salt lake system south-west clumps ranged to four metres in diameter andfrom of the Plenty River floodout. On 20 April at 24 0 one to two metres in height. They rarely ventured 09 IS, 1360 42'E an Eyrean Grasswren Amytomis from the canegrass and when they did leave it was goyderiwascaughtin a pit-fall trapset on the top of usually to hop very rapidly to another clump. One a large sand dune adjacent to a salt lake. The bird bird was seen apparently feeding on an openpatch wascollected andits identificationlater confirmed of sand at the base of a canegrass clump where it by S. A. Parker ofthe South Australian Museum. was hopping and plunging its bill into the sand. The specimen is lodged with the Central When flight was observed it was over short Australian Wildlife Collection (reg. no. CAWC distances, close to the ground and erratic. Rarely, B256). It is the first specimen collected in the bird were seen perching high up in canegrass Northern Territory and the first conclusive proof clumps or on low shrubs although one birds was ofthe species' presence there.