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INDEX OF AUTHORS

AUMANN, T. DEBUS, S.J.S. and CZECHURA, G.V. Prey at a Brown Goshawk's nest in the You The S9uare-tailed Kite Lophoictinia isura: a Yangs Range, Victoria ...... 134 revtew . 81 The breeding behaviour of a Brown Goshawk DEBUS, S.J.S. and SILVEIRA, C.E. Accipiter fasciatus didimus pair...... 156 The Square-tailed Kite Lophoictinia isura in BAKER-GABB, D.J. Victoria 118 Breeding and other behaviour of the Black- DUNN, Roy breasted Buzzard Hamirostra Wild of Melbourne Zoo . . 44 melanostemon ...... 231 Hybridisation between Black-tailed Native-hen Notes on breeding Black Falcons Falco and Eurasian Coot ...... 261 subniger ...... I 0 I EY, Allan An annotated list of records of Plains­ Nesting of the Little Tern, Sterna albifrons at wanderers Pedionomus torquatus 1980-89 249 Elliott River, North Queensland . . . . . 201 BALLINGALL, Betty Parental care and feeding of nestlings in the FISHER, Keith and FISHER, Lindsay Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum . . 174 Laughing Gull Lorus atricilla: a new record BALMFORD, Rosemary for Australia ...... 34 Beach Thick-knee in north-west Queensland 203 FRANKLIN, Donald C. and ROBINSON, John L. BASS, D.A. Territorial behaviour of a Regent Honeyeater Seasonal changes in the behaviour and at feeding sites ...... 129 abundance of Pied Currawo" gs Strepera FRITH, C.B. and FRITH, D.W. graculina and the consequences for seed Miscellaneous notes on the dispersal ...... 78 cerviniventris and C. BERULDSEN, Gordon lauterbachi (Ptilonorhynchidae) in Papua Cape York in the Wet...... 209 New Guinea ...... 6 BOLLEN, Chris Notes on the nesting biology of the Great Notes on Little Eagles breeding on the Chlamydera nucha/is Southern Tablelands of New South Wales 65 (Ptilonorhynchidae). . 137 BUCKINGHAM, Rex Notes on the nesting biology of the Spotted Observations on aerial insects in the diet of the Bowerbird Chlamydera maculata Pacific Black Duck and of the Australasian (Ptilonorhynchidae) . . 218 Grebe...... 236 GIBBONS, Dale CARTER, Mike and REID, Tim Nest defence by Powerful Ow I . 58 A Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii in GRAHAM, Hope and GRAHAM, Don Victoria ...... 114 A Great Bowerbird near Alice Springs, CARTER, Mike, REID,Tim, and LANSLEY, Peter Northern Territory 263 Barau's Petrel Pterodroma baraui, a new for Australia ...... 39 HOBBS, J.N. CHATTO, Ray A nesting association between the Weebill Consistent large brood rearing by Maned Smicromis brevirostris and the spider Ducks...... 132 Badumna candida . 253 CHESHIRE, N.G. HYETT, Jack A Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii off north- The Australian Birdwatcher, thirtieth eastern Australia ...... 61 anniversary COVENTRY, Peter JANSEN, Amy Notes on the Scarlet Robin . . 68 Large-billed Scrubwrens co-operatively rear a COVENTRY, Peter cuckoo ...... 198 Comments on airborne sightings of White- JOHNSTONE, Joy throated Needletails Hirundapus Some notes on Lewin's Rail. 70 caudacutus . 36 KLAPSTE, Jaroslav COX, John B. Movem~mt of Brown Falcon Falco berigora The story behind the naming of Cox's frorri Victoria to Tasmania. 123 Sandpiper ...... 50 DEBUS, S.J.S. KLOOT, Tess Plumages and moult of the Little Eagle Founding editor of The Australian Hieraaetus morphnoides . I 03 Watcher Roy Percy Cooper (1907-1906) 3 A Comment on the calls of Horsfield's Bronze­ The value of references and bibliographies . 257 Cuckoo...... 135 LENZ, M. Reviews: - Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo using A Garden of Birds: Australian Birds in nests built out of pieces of fence wire . 193 Australian Gardens - Graham Pizzey . 204 Regular double-brooding by Clamorous Reed­ Birds of New South Wales, A Working List Warblers Acrocephalus stentoreus in the - Ian A. W. McAllan and Murray D. Bruce 168 Canberra region ...... 73 Ecology of Birds: An Australian LEWIS, M.J. Perspective: Hugh A. Ford . . 206 White-tailed Tropicbird offWollongong, New A Correction and Apology 207 South Wales ...... 125 AUSTRALIAN 268 INDEX OF AUTHORS BIRD WATCHER

LEY, Andrew J. RAYMOND, Ann and MORRISON, Virginia Notes on the Regent Honeyeater Xanthomyza Encounter between Square-tailed Kite phrygia...... 171 Lophoictinia isura and Wedge-tailed Eagle Two breeding records of the Pacific Baza in Aquila audax . 238 Inland New Soutb Wales . . . . 258 RICHARDS, Keith A McALLAN, Ian A. W. Review: Observations on tbe Green-backed Honeyeater World Birdbase: computer program, disks Glycichaera fallax ...... 20 I and user's manual . 169 An agressive display of tbe Yellow-footed ROLLAND, Bill Flycatcher Microeca griseoceps 239 324 species photographed .. McCULLOCH, Ellen M. Parental feeding behaviour of the Noisy ROSS, T., OLSEN P., OLSEN J. and METCALF R. Friarbird Philemon comicu/atus 226 Incubation period of the Collared Sparrowhawk. 59 MACKAY, Roy D. The bower of tbe Fire-maned Bowerbird ROWLEY, Ian bakeri ...... 62 Predation of Feather-tailed Glider by Grey McKILLIGAN, N.G. and McCONNELL, P. Shrike-thrush . . 126 Evidence suggesting a case of bigyny in the SHURCLIFF, K.S. and McKEAN, J.L. Intermediate Egret Egretta intermedia . . 98 The status of ducks (Anatidae) in the Darwin McLAUGHLIN, John area, Northern Territory 1974-1986. 243 Black-shouldered Kites Elanus notatus active SEDGWICK, Eric H. M~hl ID Notes on the Chiming Wedgebill MEREDITH, Peter occidentalh 196 Encounters between Wedge-tailed Eagles and SMITH, Fred 'T. H. hang-gliders ...... !53 A Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius at METCALF, E.C. Lake Connewarre, Victoria . 30 The breeding biology of tbe Australian Hobby SMITH, L.H. Falco /ongipennis . 20 Feeding of young Pallid Cuckoo by four METCALF, E.C., ROSS, T. and METCALF, R. species . 99 Nest structure of the Collared Sparrowhawk Accipiter cirrocephalus ...... 32 SQUIRE, J.E. Some southern records and otber observations MOORE, Denise and RAYMOND, Anne of the Buff-Breasted Button-quail Turnix Aggression and egg destruction in White- olivei 149 winged Choughs, Corcorax me/anorhamphos ...... 127 STOKES, Tony MORRJS, Alan K. Confirmation of Yellow Bittern record from Further notes on the Turquoise Parrot and Christmas Island, Indian Ocean. 165 Blue-winged Parrot on the South Coast of The post-juvenal plumage of the Red-tailed New South Wales...... 124 Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda . 259 OLSEN, P.O., DEBUS, S.J.S., CZECHURA, G.V. TALMAGE, Mary Ellen and MOONEY, N.J. Albinism in the Superb Fairy-wren . 164 Comparative feeding ecology of tbe Grey THOMAS, Evan B. Goshawk Accipiter novaehollandiae and Earlier sighting of a Little Bittern at Lake Brown Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus . 178 Kununurra, Western Australia. 67 GENERAL INDEX TO VOLUME 13, 1989-1990

Page Baza, Pacific, Two breeding records of the, in Inland New South Wales 258 Bittern, Little, Earlier sighting of, at Lake Kununurra, Western Australia 67 Bittern, Yellow, record from Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Confirmation of ...... 165 Bowerbird, Fire-maned, Sericulus bakeri, The bower of the ...... 62 Bowerbird, A Great, near Alice Springs, Northern Territory ...... 263 Bowerbird, Great, Chlamydera nucha/is (Ptilonorhynchidae), Notes on the nesting biology of the ...... 137 Bowerbird, Spotted, Chlamydera maculata (Ptilonorhynchidae), Notes on the nesting biology of the ...... 218 Bowerbirds, Chlamydera cerviniventris and C. lauterbachi (Ptilonorhynchidae) in Papua New Guinea, Miscellaneous notes on the 6 Button-quail, Buff-breasted, Tumix olivei, Some southern records and other observations of the ...... 149 Buzzard, Black-breasted, Hamirostra melanostemon, Breeding and other behaviour of the ...... 231 Cape York in the Wet ...... 209 Choughs, White-winged, Corcorax melanorhamphos, Aggression and egg destruction in ...... 127 Cormorant, Great, Phalacrocorax carbo, using nests built out of pieces of fence wire ...... 193 Corrigenda ...... 80, 241 Cox's Sandpiper, The story behind the naming of ...... 50 Cuckoo, Bronze, Horsfield's, A comment on the calls of ...... 135 Cuckoo, Pallid, Feeding of young, by four passerine species ...... 99 Currawongs, Pied Strepera graculina, Seasonal changes in the behaviour and abundance of, and the consequences for seed dispersal ...... 78 Duck, the Pacific Black, Observations on aerial insects in the diet of, and of the Australasian Grebe ...... 236 Duck (Anatidae), The status of, in the Darwin Area, Northern Territory, 1974-1986 ...... 243 Ducks, Maned, Consistent large brood rearing by ...... 132 Eagle, Little, Hieraeetus morphnoides, Plumages and moult of the . .. . 103 Eagles, Little, Notes on, Breeding on the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales ...... 65 Eagles, Wedge-tailed, and Hang-gliders, Encounters between ...... 153 Egret, Intermediate, Egretta intermedia, Evidence suggesting a case of bigyny in the ...... 98 Fairy-wren, Superb, Albinism in the ...... 164 Falcon, Brown, Falco berigora, from Victoria to Tasmania, Movement of 166 Falcons, Black, Falco subniger, Notes on breeding ...... 101 Flycatcher, Yellow-footed, Microeca griseoceps, An aggressive display of the ...... · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 239 Friarbird, Noisy, Philemon comiculatus, Parental feeding behaviour of the 226 Goshawk, Brown, Accipiter fasciatus didimus, The breeding behaviour of a pair ...... 156 Goshawk, Brown, nest near the You Yangs Range, Victoria, Prey at a . 134 Goshawk, Grey, Accipiter novaehollandiae and Brown Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus, Comparative feeding ecology of the ...... 178 Gull, Laughing Gull, Larus atricilla: A new record for Australia . . . . . 34 AUSTRALIAN GENERAL INDEX BIRD WATCHER

Hobby, Australian, Falco longipennis, The breeding biology of the . . . . 20 Honeyeater, Green-backed, Glycichaera falla.x , Observations on the . . . 201 Honeyeater, Regent, Territorial behaviour of a, at feeding sites ...... 129 Honeyeater, Regent, Xanthomyza phrygia , Notes on the ...... 171 International Council for Bird Preservation Appeal ...... 263 Kite, Square-tailed, Lophoictinia isura and Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila auda.x , Encounter between ...... 238 Kite, The Square-tailed, Lophoictinia isura: A review ...... 81 Kite, The Square-tailed, Lophoictinia isura in Victoria ...... 118 Kites, Black-shouldered, Elanus notatus, active at night ...... 133 Mistletoebird, Dicaeum hirundinaceum, Parental care and feeding of nestlings in the ...... 17 4 Native-hen, Black-tailed, and Eurasian Coot, Hybridisation between . . . 261 Needletails, White-throated, Hirundapus caudncutus, Comments on airborne sightings of ...... 36 Owl,Powerful, Nest defence by ...... 58 Parrot, Turquoise, and the Blue-winged Parrot on the South Coast of New South Wales, Further notes on the ...... 124 Petrel, Barau's, Pterodroma baraui, a new species for Australia ...... 39 Petrel, Bulwer's, Bulweria bulwerii in Victoria, A ...... 114 Petrel, Bulwer's Bulweria bulwerii, A, off north-eastern Australia. . . . . 61 Plains-wanderers, Pedionomus torquatus, An annotated list of records of, 1980-89 ...... 249 Plover, A Little Ringed, Charadrius dubius at Lake Connewarre, Victoria 30 Rail, Lewin's, Some notes on, ...... 70 Reed-Warblers, Clamorous, Acrocephalus stentoreus, Regular double- breeding by, in the Canberra region ...... 73 Retrospect The Australian Bird Watcher, thirtieth anniversary ...... Founding Editor of The Australian Birdwatcher: Roy Percy Cooper (1907-1976) ...... 3 324 Species Photographed ...... 5 Reviews A Garden of Birds: Australian Birds in Australian Gardens ...... 204 Birds of New South. Wales, A Working List ...... 168 Ecology of Birds: An Australian Perspective ...... 206 Raptors in the Modern World ...... 241 The Food of Australian Birds ...... 240 World Birdbase: Computer program, disks and users manual ...... 169 Robin, Scarlet, Notes on the ...... 68 Scrubwrens, Large-billed, co-operatively rear a cuckoo ...... 198 Sparrowhawk, 'Collared, Accipiter cirrocephalus, Nest structure of the . 32 Sparrowhawk, Collared, Incubation period of the ...... 59 Tern, Little, Sterna albifrons, Nesting of the, at Elliott R., North Qld . 201 Thick-knee, Beach, in north-west Queensland ...... 203 Tropicbird, Red-tailed, Phaethon rubricauda, The post-juvenai plumage of 259 Tropicbird, White-tailed, off Wollongong, New South Wales ...... 125 Value of references and bibliographies, The ...... 257 Wedgebill, Chiming, Psophodes occidentalis, Notes on the ...... 196 Weebill Smicromis brevirostris and the spider Badumna candida, A nesting association between the ...... 253 Wild birds of Melbourne Zoo ...... 44 VOLUME 13 269

INDEX OF PLATES

Bittern, Little, lxobrychus minutus Fairy-wren, Superb, Part-albino adult Barham, N.S.W. male, Braeside, Victoria, October Photo: Evan Thomas Plate 22 1981. Bowerbird, Fire-maned, Sericulus Plate 41 bakeri, Ilebaguma, Adelbert Range, The same bird in eclipse plumage, May Papua New Guinea, September 1986 1982. Photo: Roy D. Mackay Plate 21 Photos: M.E. Talmage Plate 41 Bowerbird, Great, Chlamydera nucha/is Friarbird, Noisy, The nest of this study nestling approx. 19 days old stretching after it was collected when it was no Photo: C. & D. Frith Plate 37 longer active: (a) in a clump of Bowerbird, Great, Male, Chlamydera mistletoe; (b) close-up showing detail nucha/is at bower of how it was slung from branches. Photo: G.R. Cumming Plate 36 Photo: Jack Hyett Plate 60 Bowerbird, Spotted, The nest and eggs Friarbird, Noisy, Philemon corniculatus of this study Photo: Keith & Beryl Richards Plate 35 Photo: C. & D. Frith Plate 57 Goshawk, Grey, Captive immature Bowerbird, Spotted, Presumed female female, Accipiter novaehollandiae, about to feed older nestling white morph, Tasmania Photo: C. & D. Frith Plate 58 Photo: N.J. Mooney Plate 44 Bowerbirds, Young Great, are raised on Goshawk, Grey ,Size dimorphism and fruits, insects and spiders. They are wing shape of: male (smaller) and fed by the female alone. First photo female (larger) of female at nest. Photo: N.J. Mooney Plate 45 Photo: C. & D. Frith Plate 38 Goshawk,Grey (white morph), Buzzard, Black-breasted, Hamirostra Camouflage of, perch hunting in pale­ melanosternon in flight. barked eucalypt, Tasmania Photo: David Hollands Plate 61 Photo: N.J. Mooney Plate 46 Chough, White-winged, Corcorax Honeyeater, Regent, Xanthomyza melanorhamphos phrygia Photo: Keith & Beryl Richards Plate 33 Photo: Keith & Beryl Richards Plate 34 Cormorant, Great, Phalacrocorax carbo Kingfisher, Azure, Ceyx azurea 1988 Qld Photo: J. Klapste Plate 17 Photo: Graeme Chapman Plate 55 Cormorant, Great, Phalacrocorax carbo, Kingfisher, Paradise, Buff-breasted, Fence post with wire nest of the, at Tanysiptera sylvia Cape York, North Lake George, N.S.W. Queensland Photo: M. Lenz Plate 47 Photo: Graeme Chapman Plate 52 (Cormorant, Great) Close-up of wire nest Kingfisher, Yellow-billed, Syma torotoro Photo: M. Lenz Plate 48 Cape York Qld Cormorant, Little Pied, Phalacrocorax Photo: Graeme Chapman Plate 54 melanoleucos Kite, Adult Square-tailed, Drysdale Photo: P. Klapste Plate 18 River, Kimberley Division Western Duck, Pacific Black, Anas superciliosa Australia Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne Photo: Graeme Chapman Plate 27 Photo: Peter Klapste Plate 63 Kite, Adult Square-tailed (left), pale Eagle, Little, Adult dark morph, in flight phase, Black-breasted Buzzard (right) Photo: David Whelan Plate 29 Drawing: David Noakes Plate 26 Eagle, Little, Juvenile light morph, dorsal Monarch, Frilled , Arses view. Note pale border to secondary telescophthalmus Cape York Qld coverts, secondaries, inner primaries Photo: Graeme Chapman Plate 54 and tail Native-hen, Black-tailed (left) and hybrid Photo: David Whelan Plate 30 Black-tailed Native-hen X Eurasian Eagle, Little, Juvenile light morph, Coot (right) ventral view. Note uniform Photo: Roy Dunn Plate 68 translucent trailing edge to wings and Owl, Powerful, Female, at nest in Manna tail, and strong rufous wash in pale Gum, Bendigo, Victoria, 23 August oblique band on under-wing in this 1986, (see p. 58) individual Photo: Dale Gibbons Plate 14 Photo: Rex Davies/BOCA Plate 31 Petrel, Barau's, A Eagle, Little, Light morph (above) and Drawing: Jeff Davies Plate 15 dark morph (below) of the, in flight Petrel, Barau's: ventral and dorsal views Drawing: David Noakes Plate 28 Paintings: Murray Grant Plate 16 Eagle, Wedge-tailed, striking hang-glider Petrel, Bulwer's, off Portland, Victoria Photo: Richard Parsons Plate 39 Drawing: Tim Reid Plate 32 Egrets, Intermediate, Egretta intennedia Pina, Red-bellied, Pitta erythrogaster, at in greeting display at nest Cape York showing white collar Photo: G.A. Cumming Plate 24 Photo: Graeme Chapman Plate 56 AUSTRALIAN 270 INDEX OF PLATES BIRD WATCHER

Plains-wanderer, Female Thick-knee, Beach, Burhinus neglectus, Photo: Tom Wheller Plate 64 Tidal Lagoon, Broome, W.A. Plains-wanderers, male left, female right Photo: John Dawson Plate 51 Photo: Tom Wheller Plate 65 Rail, Lewin's, Rallus pectoralis, Lakes Tropicbird, A Red-tailed, in transition to Entrance, Victoria, 23 March, 1987 adult plumage (The black crown­ Photo: Joy Johnstone Plate 23 stripe is an ink mark for subsequent Robin , Rose, Petroica rosea identification) Photo: Michael Seyfort Plate 19 Photo: T. Stokes Plate 67 Sparrowhawk, Collared, nest, Canberra, A.C.T. , 4 December, 1986, two chicks and two unhatched eggs. Weebill nest attached to spider nest Photo: Tony Ross Plate 20 Dareton N.S.W. April 1990 Photo: J. N. Hobbs Sullivan' s Creek, ANU Campus, Plate 66 Canberra, A.C.T. Photo: M. Lenz Plate 25 Wedgebill, Chiming, Psophodes Tern, Little, Sterna albifrons, Elliott occidentalis, distinguished in the field River, Queensland, 17 December, from the only 1988: adult at nest with three eggs (b) by its call runner Photo: Keith & Beryl Richards Plate 49 Photos: G.A. Cumming Plate 50 VOLUME 13 271

INDEX OF SPECIES

The scientific names used in this index for Australian birds are those of the Checklist of the Birds of Australia, Part 1, Non-, RAOU, 1975 and the Interim List ofAustralian Songbirds, Passerines, RAOU, 1975, with the amendments in Emu 76, 216-218, and 78, 80-87. The common names are those of the 'Recommended English Names for Australian Birds', Emu 77 Supp., 245-307. Where synonyms 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 of the Birds of the World, Edward S. 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.

ACANTHIZA ALSEONAX Yellow-rumped Thornhill Little Grey Flycatcher chrysorrhoa, 65, 253 epulatus, 256 Yellow Thornhill nana, 48 Macgregor's Bowerbird Brownrrasmanian Thornhill macgregoriae, 18 pusilla/ewingii, 187 ANAS ACANTHORHYNCHUS Chestnut Teal Eastern Spinebill castanea, 46 tenuirostris, 48, 130 Grey Teal ACCIPITER gibberifrons, 46, 243 Collared Sparrowhawk Widgeon cirrocephalus, 46, 32, pLI2, 59, pL20, 82, 178 penelope, 237 Brown Goshawk Mallard fasciatus, 22,46,134,178 platyrhynchos, 46, 237 European Sparrowhawk Garganey nisus, 32, 59 querquedula, 243 Grey Goshawk Australian Shoveler novaehollandiae, 178, pl.45, pL46 rhynchotis, 46, 237 ACRIDOTHERES Gadwall Common Mynah strepera, 237 tristis, 48 Pacific Black Duck superciliosa, 44, 236, pL63, 243 ACROCEPHALUS Great Reed-Warbler ANOUS arundinaceus, 76 Common Noddy Marsh Warbler stolidus, 115 palustris, 76 ANSERANAS Sedge Warbler Magpie Goose scirpaceus, 76 semipalmata, 243 Clamorous Reed-Warbler ANTHOCHAERA stentoreus, 48, 73 Red Wattlebird ~ carunculata, 48, 130,173 Green Catbird Little Wattlebird crassirostris, 223 chrysoptera, 48 Spotted Catbird Yellow Wattlebird melanotis, 65, 223 paradoxa, 189 ALISTERUS ANTHUS Australian King-Parrot Richard's Pipit scapularis, 188 novaeseelandiae, 65, 87 AUSTRALIAN 272 INDEX OF SPECIES BIRD WATCHER

APLONIS CECROPIS Metallic Starling Fairy Martin metallica, 211 ariel, 215 APUS Tree Martin Fork-tailed Swift nigricans, 211 pacificus, 212 CENTRO PUS AQUILA Pheasant Coucal Wedge-tailed Eagle phasianus, 188 audax, 82, 239 CEYX ARDEA Azure Kingfisher Grey Heron azurea, 212, pl.55 cinerea, 98 Little Kingfisher White-faced Heron pusilla, 212 novaehollandiae, 44, 94, 187 Pacific Heron CHARADRIUS pacifica, 44 Little Ringed Plover Great-billed Heron dubius, 30, pi.IO, pl.! I Black-fronted Plover sumatrana, 211 melanops, 204 ARDEOLA Red-capped Plover Cattle Egret ruficapillus, 30 ibis, 44, 94, 98, 187 CHENONETTA ARSES Maned Duck Frilled Monarch jubata, 46, 132 telescophthalmus, pl.55, 215 ARTAMUS CHLAMYDERA Black-faced Woodswallow Fawn-breasted Bowerbird cinereus, 204 cerviniventris, 6, 216, 223 Dusky Woodswallow Western Bowerbird cyanopterus, 83 guttata, 263 Lauterbach's Bowerbird AVICEDA lauterbachi, 6, 224 Pacific Baza Spotted Bowerbird subcristata, 83, 258, pl.67 maculata, 17, 218, pl.57, pl.58, pl.59 AYTHYA Great Bowerbird Hardhead nuchalis, 16, 223, 263 australis, 46 CHRYSOCOCCYX BOTAURUS Bittern Horsfield's Bronze-cuckoo basalis, 135 stellaris, 98 Shining Bronze-cuckoo BULWERIA lucidus, 46, 188 Bulwer's Petrel Little Bronze-cuckoo bulwerii, 61, 114, pl.32 malayanus, 212 Jouanin 's Petrel Black-eared Cuckoo fallax, 61 osculans, 198 BURHINUS Beach Thick-knee CINCLORHAMPHUS Brown Songlark neglectus, 203 , pl.51 cruralis, 65, 87 CACATUA Sulphur-crested Cockatoo CIRCUS galerita, 22, 46, 58 Swamp Harrier Galah approximans, 82 roseicapilla, 22 , 46 Spotted Harrier assimilis, 83 CALIDRIS Sharp-tailed Sandpiper COLLOCALIA acuminata, 53 Uniform Swiftlet Dunlin vanikorensis, 212 alpina, 50 COLLURICINCLA Cooper's Sandpiper Grey Shrike-thrush cooperi, 51 harmonica, 48, 126, 188, 227, 254 Curlew Sandpiper Little Shrike-thrush ferrugir.ca, 50 megarhyncha, 188 Pectoral Sandpiper melanotos, 51 COLUMBA Cox's Sandpiper Feral Pigeon paramelanotos, 50 Iivia, 46 CALLOCEPHALON CORACINA Gang-gang Cockatoo Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike fimbriatum, 227 novaehollandiae, 47 White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike CARDUELIS European Goldfinch papuensis, 173 carduelis, 48 , 188 CORCORAX European Greenfinch White-winged Chough chloris, 48 melanorhamphus, 127, pl.33 AUSTRALIAN 273 INDEX OF SPECIES BIRD WATCHER

CORVUS ENTOMYZON Little Crow Blue-faced Honeyeater bennetti, 233 cyanotis, 87 European Crow EOPSALTRIA corone, 27 Mangrove Robin Little Raven pulverulenta, 215 mellori, 48 Forest Raven ERYTHROTRIORCHIS Red Goshawk tasmanicus, 126, 189 radiatus, 81 COTURNIX Stubble Quail ERYTHRURA Blue-faced Finch novaeze1andiae, 87' 211 Brown Quail trichroa, 216 ypsilophora, 65, 188 EUDYNAMYS CRACTICUS Common Koe1 scolopacea, 210 nigrogularis, 175 Pied Butcherbird EURYSTOMUS Dollarbird torquatus, 48, 189 Grey Butcherbird orientalis, 210 CUCULUS FALCO Brown Falcon castaneiventris, 212 Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo berigora, 46, 89, 189 Australian Kestrel pallidus, 47, 87, 99 Pallid Cuckoo cenchroides, 22, 46 Merlin pyrrhophanus, 47, 187, 198 Fan-tailed Cuckoo co1umbarius, 27 Eleanora's Falcon saturatus, 211 Oriental Cuckoo eleonorae, 112 CYGNUS longipennis 20 pi 9 46 2 Australian Hobby Black Swan ' ' . ' ' 24, 228 atratus, 243 peregrinus, 27, 46 Peregrine Falcon DACELO Gyrfalcon Blue-winged Kookaburra rusticolus, 28 leachii, 221 European Hobby Laughing Kookaburra subbuteo, 27 novaeguineae 47 188 Black Falcon DENDROCYGNA ' subniger, 101 , 203 Wandering Whistling-Duck arcuata, 243 FREGATA Plumed Whistling-Duck Least Frigatebird eytoni, 243 ariel, 211 Great Frigatebird DICAEUM minor, 211 Mistletoebird hirundinaceum 174 FULICA American Coot DICRURUS ' americana, 262 Spangled Drongo Eurasian Coot hottentottus, 210 atra, 261 DIOMEDEA GALLINULA Shy Albatross Common Moorhen cauta, 39 ch1oropus, 262 Yellow-nosed Albatross Dusky Moorhen ch1ororhynchus, 39 tenebrosa, 46 Black-browed Albatross Black-tailed Native-hen melanophris, 39 ventralis, 261, pl.68 DRYMODES Northern Scrub-Robin GARRODIA Grey-backed Storm-Petrel superciliaris, 215 nereis, 39 DUCULA Zoe Imperial Pigeon GERYGONE zoeae, 211 Fairy Gerygone pa1pebrosa, 202 EGRETTA Great Egret GLOSSOPSITT A alba, 44, 98, 204 Musk Lorikeet Little Egret concinna, 46, 130 garzetta, 204 Little Lorikeet Intermediate Egret pusilla, 46 intermedia, Pl. 24, 98 GLYCICHAERA ELANUS Green-backed Honeyeater Black-shouldered Kite fallax, 201 notatus, 46, 88, 133 GRALLINA Letter-winged Kite cyanoleuca, 26, 48, Magpie-Lark scriptus, 133 101 .~~ralian AUSTRALIAN 274 INDEX OF SPECIES BIRD WATCHER

GRUS LOPHOLAIMUS Sarus Crane Topknot Pigeon antigone, 211 antarcticus, 188 Brolga MACHAERIRHYNCHUS rubicundus, 211 Yellow-breasted Boatbill GYMNORHINA flaviventer, 215 Australian Magpie tibicen, 22, 48, 194 MACROPYGIA HAEMATOPUS Brown Cuckoo-Dove Pied Oystercatcher amboinensis, 18, 32, 188 Jongirostris, 204 MALACORHYNCHUS HALCYON Pink-eared Duck Sacred Kingfisher membranaceus, 243 sancta, 47, 210 Forest Kimgfisher MALURUS macleayii, 210 Superb Fairy-wren Red-backed Kingfisher cyaneus, 48, 65 , 175, 187 pyrrhopygia, 212 MANORINA HALIASTUR Noisy Miner Brahminy Kite melanocephala, 87, 130, 227 indus, 95 Bell Miner Whistling Kite melanophrys, 48, 86, 131, 227 sphenurus, 46, 82, 105, 221 MANUCODIA HAMIROSTRA Trumpet Manucode Black-breasted Buzzard keraudrenii, 216 melanosternon, 81, pl.26, 211,231, pl.61, pl.62 HIERAAETUS MELANODRY AS Bonelli's Eagle Hooded Robin fasciatus, Ill cucullata, 98 Little Eagle MELIPHAGA morphnoides, 22, 65, 81 , 103, pl.29, pl.30, pl.31 , Yellow-spotted Honeyeater 233 notata, 212 (m. weiskei, New Guinean form, 105) Graceful Honeyeater Booted Eagle gracilis, 212 pennatus, Ill HIRUNDAPUS MELITHREPTUS White-throated Needletail White-throated Honeyeater caudacutus, 36, 47, 212 albogularis, 87 HIRUNDO White-naped Honeyeater Welcome Swallow 1unatus, 48 , 87, 72 , 227 neoxena, 47 MENURA HYDROPROGNE Superb Lyrebird Caspian Tern novaehollandiae, 182 caspia, 204 MEROPS ICTINAETUS Rainbow Bee-eater Black Eagle ornatus, 2 10 malayensis, 94 IXOBRYCHUS MICROECA Little Bittern Lemon-breasted Flycatcher minutus, 67, p1.22 flavigaster, 215 Yellow Bittern Yellow-legged Flycatcher sinensis, 67 griseoceps, 215, 239 LARUS Jacky Winter Laughing Gull 1eucophaea, 239 atricilla, 34, pl.J3 MILVUS Silver Gull Black Kite novaehollandiae, 34, 46, 204 migrans, 81, 118, 204 LATHAMUS Red Kite Swift Parrot mi1vus, 95 discolor, 188 LICHENOSTOMUS MONARCHA Yellow-faced Honeyeater Black-winged Monarch chrysops, 227 frater, 215 Yellow-throated Honeyeater White-eared Monarch flavicollis, 187 1eucotis, 202 Fuscous Honeyeater Black-faced Monarch fuscus , 87, 172 me1anopsis, 215 Yellow-tufted Honeyeater MYIAGRA melanops, 100, 131 Satin Flycatcher White-plumed Honeyeater cyano1euca, 215 penicillatus, 48, 100, 130 Leaden Flycatcher LOPHOICTINIA rubecu1a, 239 Square-tailed Kite Broad-billed Flycatcher isura, 81, pl.26, pl.27, 118, 238 ruficollis, 216 AUSTRALIAN 275 INDEX OF SPECIES BIRD WATCHER

NEOPHEMA PETROICA Blue-winged Parrot Red-capped Robin chrysostoma, 124 goodenovii, 69 Elegant Parrot Scarlet Robin elegans, 135 multico1or, 68 Turquoise Parrot Flame Robin pulchella, 124 phoenicea, 69 Pink Robin NETTAPUS Green Pygmy Goose rodinogaster, 187 pulchellus, 243 Rose Robin rosea, pl.l9, 48 NINO X PHAETHON Barking Owl White-tailed Tropicbird connivens, 59, 212 lepturus, 125 Southern Boobook Red-tailed Tropicbird novaeseelandiae, 47, 59, 187 rubricauda, 259 Rufous Owl rufa, 59 PHALACROCORAX Powerful Owl Great Cormorant strenua, 58 carbo, 44, pl. 17, 94, 193 Little Pied Cormorant NYCTICORAX melanoleucos, 44 Rufous Night Heron Little Black Cormorant caledonicus, 44 sulcirostris, 44, pl.18, 194 OCEANITES PHAPS Wilson's Storm-Petrel Common Bronzewing oceanicus, 39 chalcoptera, 86 Brush Bronzewing OREOICA elegans, 187 Crested Bellbird gutturalis, 196 PHILEMON Little Friarbird ORIOLUS citreogularis, 87, 130 Olive-backed Oriole Noisy Friarbird sagittatus, 175 corniculatus, 87, 130, pl.35, 226, pl.60, 221, 226 OXYURA PHYLIDONYRIS Blue-billed Duck White-cheeked Honeyeater australis, 243 nigra, 199 PACHYCEPHALA New Holland Honeyeater Mangrove Golden Whistler novaehollandiae, 130 melanura, 215 PITTA Olive Whistler Red-bellied Pitta olivacea, 187 erythrogaster, 214, p1.56 Golden Whistler Noisy Pitta pectoralis, 188 versicolor, 214 Rufous Whistler PLATALEA rufiventris, 87, 100 Yellow-billed Spoonbill Grey Whistler flavipes, 44 simplex, 215 PLATY CERCUS PACHYPTILA Pale-headed Rosella Fairy Prion adscitus, 211 turtur, 39 Green Rosella caledonicus, 187 PARDALOTUS Crimson Rosella Striated Pardalote e1egans, 46, 188, 227 striatus, 48 Eastern Rosella PASSER eximius, 47 House Sparrow PLECTORHYNCHA domesticus, 48, 87, 189 Striped Honeyeater Tree Sparrow lanceolata, 175 montanus, 48 PODARGUS PEDIONOMUS Marbled Frogmouth Plains-wanderer ocellatus, 212 torquatus, p1.64, 249, pl. 65 Papuan Frogmouth PELAGODROMA papuensis, 212 White-faced Storm-Petrel Tawny Frogmouth marina, 39 strigoides, 188 POEPHILA PELECANOIDES Long-tailed Finch Common Diving-Petrel acuticauda, 204 urinatrix, 114 Double-barred Finch PELECANUS bichenovii, 87 Australian Pelican Zebra Finch conspicillatus, 44, 194, 204 guttata, 253 AUSTRALIAN 276 INDEX OF SPECIES BIRD WATCHER

POLIOCEPHALUS PUFFINUS Hoary-headed Grebe Buller's Shearwater poliocephalus, 44 bulleri, 40 POMATOSTOMUS Flesh-footed Shearwater White-browed Babbler carneipes, 39 superciliosus, 197 Fluttering Shearwater gavia, 114 PORZANA Sooty Shearwater Australian Crake griseus, I 14 fluminea, 71 Hutton's Shearwater PRIONODURA huttoni, 114 Golden Bowerbird Wedge-tailed Shearwater newtoniana, 17, 223 pacificus, 61 Short-tailed Shearwater PROBISCIGER tenuirostris, 39, 114 Palm Cockatoo atterrimus, 211 RALLUS Lewin's Rail PROCELLARIA pectoralis, 70, p1.23, 187 Fairy Prion Buff-banded Rail rurtur, 114 philippensis, 46, 70 PSEPHOTUS RHIPIDURA Red-romped Parrot Grey Fantail haematonorus, 47 fuliginosa, 48, 188 PSOPHODES Willie Wagtail Chirruping Wedgebill leucophrys, 48, 70 cristarus, 196, 241 Rufous Fantail Chiming Wedgebill rufifrons, 48 , 202 occidentalis, 198, p1.49, 241 SCENOPOEETES PTERODROMA Tooth-billed Bowerbird Chatham Island Petrel dentirostris, 17 axillaris, 42 Baran's Petrel SCYTHROPS baraui, 39, pl.l5, pl.l6 Channel-billed Cuckoo novaehollandiae 210. p1.66 White-necked Petrel cervicalis, 39 SERICORNIS Cook's Petrel White-browed Scrubwren cooki, 42 frontalis, 48, 187, 198 Masatierra Petrel Large-billed Scrubwren (cooki)defilippiana, 42 magnirostris, 198 Juan Fernandez Petrel SERICULUS externa, 39 Flame Bowerbird Black-capped Petrel aureus, 64 hasitata, 42 Fire-maned Bowerbird Bonin Petrel bakeri, 62, p1.21 hypoleuca, 42 Regent Bowerbird Mottled Petrel chrysocephalus, 18, 64 inexpectata, 39 White-headed Petrel SMICRORNIS Jesse nii, 39 Weebill Gould's Petrel brevirostris, 253 leucoptera, 42 STERCORARIUS Collared Petrel Arctic Jaeger (leucoptera) brevipes, 42 parasiticus, 125 Stejneger's Petrel longirostris, 42 STERNA Pycroft's Petrel Little Tern (longirostris) pycrofti, 42 albifrons, p1.50, 201 Great-winged Petrel Black-naped Tern macroptera, 39 sumatrana, 281 Black-winged Petrel STREPERA nigripennis, 39 Black Currawong Hawaiian Petrel fuliginosa, 187 phaeopygia, 42 Piec1 Currawong PTILINOPUS graculina, 22, 78, 126, 188 Wompoo Fruit-Dove Grey Currawong magnificos, 211 versicolor, 22 PTILONORHYNCHUS STREPTOPELIA Satin Bowerbird Spotted Turtle-Dove violaceus, 17, 223, 227 chinensis, 46 PTILORIS STURNUS Magnificent Riflebird Common Starling magnificos, 216 vulgaris, 48, 187 AUSTRALIAN 277 INDEX OF SPECIES BIRD WATCHER

SYMA TRICHOGLOSSUS Yellow-billed Kingfisher Rainbow Lorikeet torotoro, 212, pl.55 haematodus, 46 TACHYBAPTUS TURD US Australasian Grebe Blackbird novaehollandiae, 237 merula, 47 , 130, 187 , 229 Little Grebe Song Thrush ruficollis, 237 philomelos, 47 TADORNA Radjah Sheldnck TURNIX radjah, 243 Painted Button-quail T ANYSIPTERA varia, 188 Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfisher VANELLUS sylvia 214, pl.52 Masked Lapwing THRESKIORNIS miles, 46, 187 Sacred Ibis XANTHOMYZA aethiopica, 44 Regent Honeyeater Straw-necked Ibis phrygia, 129, p1.34 , 171 spinicollis, 44 TREGELLASIA XANTHOTIS White-faced Robin Tawny-breasted Honeyeater leucops, 215 tlaviventer, 216 TRICHODERE ZOSTEROPS White-streaked Honeyeater Silvereye cockerelli, 216 lateralis, 87, 202