DOCSLIB.ORG

2018 Tropical Australia Species List

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text

Load more

Eagle-Eye Tours Australia - TROPICAL Tours Leaders: Barry Davies 2018 Common Name Scientific Name Seen/ 170 species Heard ANSERIFORMES: Anseranatidae 1 Magpie Goose Anseranas semipalmata s ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae 2 Plumed Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna eytoni s 3 Wandering Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna arcuata s 4 Radjah Shelduck Tadorna radjah s 5 Green Pygmy-Goose Nettapus pulchellus s 6 Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa s 7 Gray Teal Anas gracilis s 8 Pink-eared Duck Malacorhynchus membranaceus s 9 White-eyed Duck Aythya australis s GALLIFORMES: Megapodiidae 10 Orange-footed Scrubfowl Megapodius reinwardt s GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae 11 Brown Quail Synoicus ypsilophorus s PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae 12 Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae s 13 Hoary-headed Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus s CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae 14 Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus s SULIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae 15 Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris s 16 Little Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax melanoleucos s SULIFORMES: Anhingidae 17 Australasian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae s PELECANIFORMES: Pelecanidae 18 Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus s PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae 19 Pacific Heron Ardea pacifica s 20 Eastern Great Heron Ardea modesta s 21 Intermediate Egret Mesophoyx intermedia s 22 White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae s 23 Little Egret Egretta garzetta s 24 Pacific Reef-Heron Egretta sacra s 25 Pied Heron Egretta picata s 26 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis s Page 1 of 7 Eagle-Eye Tours Australia - TROPICAL Tours Leaders: Barry Davies 2018 Common Name Scientific Name Seen/ 170 species Heard 27 Rufous Night-Heron Nycticorax caledonicus s PELECANIFORMES: Threskiornithidae 28 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus s 29 Australian Ibis Threskiornis moluccus s 30 Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis s 31 Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia s ACCIPITRIFORMES: Pandionidae 32 Australian Osprey Pandion haliaetus s ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae 33 Pacific Baza Aviceda subcristata s 34 Swamp Harrier Circus approximans s 35 Brown Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus s 36 Collared Sparrowhawk Accipiter cirrocephalus s 37 Black Kite Milvus migrans s 38 Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus s 39 Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus s 40 White-bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster s OTIDIFORMES: Otididae 41 Australian Bustard Ardeotis australis s GRUIFORMES: Rallidae 42 Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus s 43 Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa s 44 Eurasian Coot Fulica atra s GRUIFORMES: Gruidae 45 Brolga Grus rubicunda s CHARADRIIFORMES: Burhinidae 46 Bush Thick-knee Burhinus grallarius s 47 Beach Thick-knee Esacus magnirostris s CHARADRIIFORMES: Recurvirostridae 48 Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus s CHARADRIIFORMES: Haematopodidae 49 Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus longirostris s CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae 50 Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola s 51 Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva s 52 Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles s Page 2 of 7 Eagle-Eye Tours Australia - TROPICAL Tours Leaders: Barry Davies 2018 Common Name Scientific Name Seen/ 170 species Heard 53 Lesser Sand-Plover Charadrius mongolus s 54 Greater Sand-Plover Charadrius leschenaultii s 55 Red-capped Plover Charadrius ruficapillus s 56 Red-kneed Dotterel Erythrogonys cinctus s 57 Black-fronted Dotterel Elseyornis melanops s CHARADRIIFORMES: Jacanidae 58 Comb-crested Jacana Irediparra gallinacea s CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae 59 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos s 60 Gray-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes s 61 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia s 62 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis s 63 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus s 64 Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis s 65 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres s 66 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris s 67 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata s 68 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea s 69 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis s 70 Sanderling Calidris alba s CHARADRIIFORMES: Glareolidae 71 Australian Pratincole Stiltia isabella s CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae 72 Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiaes 73 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica s 74 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia s 75 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida s COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae 76 Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica s 77 Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes s 78 Chestnut-quilled Rock-Pigeon Petrophassa rufipennis s 79 Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata s 80 Peaceful Dove Geopelia placida s 81 Bar-shouldered Dove Geopelia humeralis s 82 Black-banded Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus alligator s 83 Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus regina s Page 3 of 7 Eagle-Eye Tours Australia - TROPICAL Tours Leaders: Barry Davies 2018 Common Name Scientific Name Seen/ 170 species Heard 84 Torresian Imperial Pigeon Ducula spilorrhoa s CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae 85 Little Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx minutillus s 86 Pacific Koel Eudynamys orientalis h 87 Channel-billed Cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae s 88 Pheasant Coucal Centropus phasianinus s STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae 89 Rufous Owl Ninox rufa s 90 Barking Owl Ninox connivens s CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Aegothelidae 91 Australian Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles cristatus h CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae 92 Blue-winged Kookaburra Dacelo leachii s 93 Red-backed Kingfisher Todiramphus pyrrhopygius s 94 Forest Kingfisher Todiramphus macleayii s 95 Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus s 96 Torresian Kingfisher Todiramphus sordidus s CORACIIFORMES: Meropidae 97 Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus s CORACIIFORMES: Coraciidae 98 Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis s FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae 99 Australian Kestrel Falco cenchroides s 100 Australian Hobby Falco longipennis s 101 Brown Falcon Falco berigora s 102 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus s PSITTACIFORMES: Cacatuidae 103 Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus banksii s 104 Galah Eolophus roseicapilla s 105 Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea s 106 Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita s 107 Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus s PSITTACIFORMES: Psittaculidae 108 Red-winged Parrot Aprosmictus erythropterus s 109 Northern Rosella Platycercus venustus s 110 Hooded Parrot Psephotus dissimilis s Page 4 of 7 Eagle-Eye Tours Australia - TROPICAL Tours Leaders: Barry Davies 2018 Common Name Scientific Name Seen/ 170 species Heard 111 Varied Lorikeet Psitteuteles versicolor s 112 Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus s PASSERIFORMES: Pittidae 113 Rainbow Pitta Pitta iris s PASSERIFORMES: Ptilonorhynchidae 114 Great Bowerbird Chlamydera nuchalis s PASSERIFORMES: Climacteridae 115 Black-tailed Treecreeper Climacteris melanurus s PASSERIFORMES: Maluridae 116 Red-backed Fairywren Malurus melanocephalus s PASSERIFORMES: Meliphagidae 117 White-lined Honeyeater Meliphaga albilineata h 118 White-gaped Honeyeater Stomiopera unicolor s 119 Rufous-banded Honeyeater Conopophila albogularis s 120 Rufous-throated Honeyeater Conopophila rufogularis s 121 Dusky Myzomela Myzomela obscura s 122 Red-headed Myzomela Myzomela erythrocephala s 123 Banded Honeyeater Cissomela pectoralis s 124 Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta s 125 Blue-faced Honeyeater Entomyzon cyanotis s 126 White-throated Honeyeater Melithreptus albogularis s 127 Little Friarbird Philemon citreogularis s 128 Helmeted Friarbird Philemon buceroides gordoni s 129 Sandstone Friarbird Philemon buceroides ammitophiluss 130 Silver-crowned Friarbird Philemon argenticeps s PASSERIFORMES: Pardalotidae 131 Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus s PASSERIFORMES: Acanthizidae 132 Weebill Smicrornis brevirostris s 133 Green-backed Gerygone Gerygone chloronota s 134 Large-billed Gerygone Gerygone magnirostris s PASSERIFORMES: Pomatostomidae 135 Gray-crowned Babbler Pomatostomus temporalis s PASSERIFORMES: Artamidae 136 White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus s 137 Black-faced Woodswallow Artamus cinereus s Page 5 of 7 Eagle-Eye Tours Australia - TROPICAL Tours Leaders: Barry Davies 2018 Common Name Scientific Name Seen/ 170 species Heard 138 Little Woodswallow Artamus minor s PASSERIFORMES: Cracticidae 139 Silver-backed Butcherbird Cracticus argenteus 140 Pied Butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis s PASSERIFORMES: Campephagidae 141 Black-faced Cuckooshrike Coracina novaehollandiae s 142 White-bellied Cuckooshrike Coracina papuensis s 143 White-winged Triller Lalage tricolor s 144 Varied Triller Lalage leucomela s PASSERIFORMES: Pachycephalidae 145 Black-tailed Whistler Pachycephala melanura s 146 Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris s 147 Grey Whistler Pachycephala simplex s PASSERIFORMES: Oriolidae 148 Olive-backed Oriole Oriolus sagittatus s 149 Green Oriole Oriolus flavocinctus s 150 Australasian Figbird Sphecotheres vieilloti s PASSERIFORMES: Dicruridae 151 Spangled Drongo Dicrurus bracteatus s PASSERIFORMES: Rhipiduridae 152 Northern Fantail Rhipidura rufiventris s 153 Willie-wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys s 154 Arafura Fantail Rhipidura dryas s PASSERIFORMES: Monarchidae 155 Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca s 156 Leaden Flycatcher Myiagra rubecula s 157 Broad-billed Flycatcher Myiagra ruficollis s 158 Paperbark Flycatcher Myiagra nana s 159 Shining Flycatcher Myiagra alecto s PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae 160 Torresian Crow Corvus orru s PASSERIFORMES: Petroicidae 161 Lemon-bellied Flycatcher Microeca flavigaster s PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae 162 Tree Martin Petrochelidon nigricans s PASSERIFORMES: Cisticolidae Page 6 of 7 Eagle-Eye Tours Australia - TROPICAL Tours Leaders: Barry Davies 2018 Common Name Scientific Name Seen/ 170 species Heard 163 Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis s PASSERIFORMES: Zosteropidae 164 Australian Yellow White-eye Zosterops luteus s PASSERIFORMES: Dicaeidae 165 Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum s PASSERIFORMES: Estrildidae 166 Crimson Finch Neochmia phaeton s 167 Double-barred Finch Taeniopygia bichenovii s 168 Masked Finch Poephila personata s 169 Long-tailed Finch Poephila acuticauda s 170 Gouldian Finch Erythrura gouldiae s Other Wildlife 1 Agile Wallaby Macropus agilis s 2 Short-eared Rock Wallaby Petrogale brachyotis s 3 Black Flying Fox Pteropus alecto s 4 Dingo Canis lupus dingo s 5 Gilbert's Dragon Amphibolurus gilberti s 6 Estuarine Crocodile Crocodilus porosus s Page 7 of 7.
Recommended publications
  • Australian Diurnal Raptors and Airports

    Australian Diurnal Raptors and Airports

    Australian diurnal raptors and airports Photo: John Barkla, BirdLife Australia William Steele Australasian Raptor Association BirdLife Australia Australian Aviation Wildlife Hazard Group Forum Brisbane, 25 July 2013 So what is a raptor? Small to very large birds of prey. Diurnal, predatory or scavenging birds. Sharp, hooked bills and large powerful feet with talons. Order Falconiformes: 27 species on Australian list. Family Falconidae – falcons/ kestrels Family Accipitridae – eagles, hawks, kites, osprey Falcons and kestrels Brown Falcon Black Falcon Grey Falcon Nankeen Kestrel Australian Hobby Peregrine Falcon Falcons and Kestrels – conservation status Common Name EPBC Qld WA SA FFG Vic NSW Tas NT Nankeen Kestrel Brown Falcon Australian Hobby Grey Falcon NT RA Listed CR VUL VUL Black Falcon EN Peregrine Falcon RA Hawks and eagles ‐ Osprey Osprey Hawks and eagles – Endemic hawks Red Goshawk female Hawks and eagles – Sparrowhawks/ goshawks Brown Goshawk Photo: Rik Brown Hawks and eagles – Elanus kites Black‐shouldered Kite Letter‐winged Kite ~ 300 g Hover hunters Rodent specialists LWK can be crepuscular Hawks and eagles ‐ eagles Photo: Herald Sun. Hawks and eagles ‐ eagles Large ‐ • Wedge‐tailed Eagle (~ 4 kg) • Little Eagle (< 1 kg) • White‐bellied Sea‐Eagle (< 4 kg) • Gurney’s Eagle Scavengers of carrion, in addition to hunters Fortunately, mostly solitary although some multiple strikes on aircraft Hawks and eagles –large kites Black Kite Whistling Kite Brahminy Kite Frequently scavenge Large at ~ 600 to 800 g BK and WK flock and so high risk to aircraft Photo: Jill Holdsworth Identification Beruldsen, G (1995) Raptor Identification. Privately published by author, Kenmore Hills, Queensland, pp. 18‐19, 26‐27, 36‐37.
  • The Foraqinq Behaviour of Herons and Egrets on the Mageia Creek Rood Plain

    The Foraqinq Behaviour of Herons and Egrets on the Mageia Creek Rood Plain

    'T-\«i. •:•,} A o '<\'_ o o u x 4 Technical MemorandS;ili ; '4 The Foraqinq Behaviour of Herons and egrets on the Mageia creek Rood Plain, Northern Terr*™V../ 6' H.r- Rechei m Supervising Saenm?' for the Alligator River, pernor # OSS* -TH - ^ M Supervising Scientist for the Alligator Rivers Region TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM 4 THE FORAGING BEHAVIOUR OF HERONS AND EGRETS ON THE MAGELA CREEK FLOOD PLAIN, NORTHERN TERRITORY H.F. Recher and R.T. Holmes MARCH 1982 Austrauan Government Publishing Service Canberra 1982 This Technical Memorandum was prepared by H J. RECHER AND R.T. HOLMES* of THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM, SYDNEY acting as consultants to the Supervising Scientist for the Alligator Rivers Region, Northern Territory Office of the Supervising Scientist P.O. Box 387 Bondi Junction, N.S.W. Australia, 2022 ® Commonwealth of Australia 1982 ISBN 0 644 01216 1 * Present address: Department of Biological Sciences Dartmouth College Hanover New Hampshire, U.S.A. PRINTED BY J. S MCMILLAN PRINTING GROUP (02)684 1700 CONTENTS SUMMARY 1 INTRODUCTION 1 2 METHODS 2 3 RESULTS 3 3.1 Great Egret 3 3.2 White-necked Heron 4 3.3 Plumed Egret 4 3.4 Little Egret 5 3.5 Pied Heron 5 3.6 Other Species 6 4 FORAGING TERRITORIES AND AGONISTIC BEHAVIOUR 6 5 DISCUSSION 7 5.1 Foraging Behaviour and Habitat 7 5.2 Types of Prey Taken 8 5.3 Effects of Contaminants on Heron Species 9 6 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 10 7 REFERENCES 10 TABLES 1 Numbers of different types of herons sighted at different times 12 of day in West Plains channel and Jabiluka Billabong 2 Culmen, wing and tarsus measurements of different types of heron 13 3 Foraging depths for different species of heron 14 4 Rate of movement and foraging success for different species of heron 15 5 Comparative foraging behaviour of herons on the Magela flood plain 16 iii SUMMARY Recher, H.F.
  • New Zealand Comprehensive II Trip Report 31St October to 16Th November 2016 (17 Days)

    New Zealand Comprehensive II Trip Report 31St October to 16Th November 2016 (17 Days)

    New Zealand Comprehensive II Trip Report 31st October to 16th November 2016 (17 days) The Critically Endangered South Island Takahe by Erik Forsyth Trip report compiled by Tour Leader: Erik Forsyth RBL New Zealand – Comprehensive II Trip Report 2016 2 Tour Summary New Zealand is a must for the serious seabird enthusiast. Not only will you see a variety of albatross, petrels and shearwaters, there are multiple- chances of getting out on the high seas and finding something unusual. Seabirds dominate this tour and views of most birds are alongside the boat. There are also several land birds which are unique to these islands: kiwis - terrestrial nocturnal inhabitants, the huge swamp hen-like Takahe - prehistoric in its looks and movements, and wattlebirds, the saddlebacks and Kokako - poor flyers with short wings Salvin’s Albatross by Erik Forsyth which bound along the branches and on the ground. On this tour we had so many highlights, including close encounters with North Island, South Island and Little Spotted Kiwi, Wandering, Northern and Southern Royal, Black-browed, Shy, Salvin’s and Chatham Albatrosses, Mottled and Black Petrels, Buller’s and Hutton’s Shearwater and South Island Takahe, North Island Kokako, the tiny Rifleman and the very cute New Zealand (South Island wren) Rockwren. With a few members of the group already at the hotel (the afternoon before the tour started), we jumped into our van and drove to the nearby Puketutu Island. Here we had a good introduction to New Zealand birding. Arriving at a bay, the canals were teeming with Black Swans, Australasian Shovelers, Mallard and several White-faced Herons.
  • Phylogenetic Reanalysis of Strauch's Osteological Data Set for The

    Phylogenetic Reanalysis of Strauch's Osteological Data Set for The

    TheCondor97:174-196 0 The Cooper Ornithological Society 1995 PHYLOGENETIC REANALYSIS OF STRAUCH’S OSTEOLOGICAL DATA SET FOR THE CHARADRIIFORMES PHILIP c. CHU Department of Biology and Museum of Zoology The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Abstract. Strauch’s (1978) compatibility analysisof relationshipsamong the shorebirds (Charadriifonnes) was the first study to examine the full range of charadriifonn taxa in a reproducibleway. SubsequentlyMickevich and Parenti (1980) leveled seriouscharges against Strauch’s characters,method of phylogenetic inference, and results. To account for these charges,Strauch ’s characterswere re-examined and recoded, and parsimony analyseswere performed on the revised matrix. A parsimony analysison 74 taxa from the revised matrix yielded 855 shortesttrees, each length = 286 and consistencyindex = 0.385. In each shortest tree there were two major lineages,a lineageof sandpiper-likebirds and a lineageof plover- like birds; the two formed a monophyletic group, with the auks (Alcidae) being that group’s sister taxon. The shortest trees were then compared with other estimates of shorebird re- lationships, comparison suggestingthat the chargesagainst Strauch’s results may have re- sulted from the Mickevich and Parenti decisions to exclude much of Strauch’s character evidence. Key words: Charadrilformes; phylogeny; compatibility analysis: parsimony analysis; tax- onomic congruence. INTRODUCTION Strauch scored 227 charadriiform taxa for 70 The investigation of evolutionary relationships characters. Sixty-three of the characters were among shorebirds (Aves: Charadriiformes) has a taken from either the skull or postcranial skel- long history (reviewed in Sibley and Ahlquist eton; the remaining seven involved the respec- 1990). Almost all studies used morphology to tive origins of three neck muscles, as published make inferences about shared ancestry; infer- in Burton (1971, 1972, 1974) and Zusi (1962).
  • Common Birds in Tilligerry Habitat

    Common Birds in Tilligerry Habitat

    Common Birds in Tilligerry Habitat Dedicated bird enthusiasts have kindly contributed to this sequence of 106 bird species spotted in the habitat over the last few years Kookaburra Red-browed Finch Black-faced Cuckoo- shrike Magpie-lark Tawny Frogmouth Noisy Miner Spotted Dove [1] Crested Pigeon Australian Raven Olive-backed Oriole Whistling Kite Grey Butcherbird Pied Butcherbird Australian Magpie Noisy Friarbird Galah Long-billed Corella Eastern Rosella Yellow-tailed black Rainbow Lorikeet Scaly-breasted Lorikeet Cockatoo Tawny Frogmouth c Noeline Karlson [1] ( ) Common Birds in Tilligerry Habitat Variegated Fairy- Yellow Faced Superb Fairy-wren White Cheeked Scarlet Honeyeater Blue-faced Honeyeater wren Honeyeater Honeyeater White-throated Brown Gerygone Brown Thornbill Yellow Thornbill Eastern Yellow Robin Silvereye Gerygone White-browed Eastern Spinebill [2] Spotted Pardalote Grey Fantail Little Wattlebird Red Wattlebird Scrubwren Willie Wagtail Eastern Whipbird Welcome Swallow Leaden Flycatcher Golden Whistler Rufous Whistler Eastern Spinebill c Noeline Karlson [2] ( ) Common Sea and shore birds Silver Gull White-necked Heron Little Black Australian White Ibis Masked Lapwing Crested Tern Cormorant Little Pied Cormorant White-bellied Sea-Eagle [3] Pelican White-faced Heron Uncommon Sea and shore birds Caspian Tern Pied Cormorant White-necked Heron Great Egret Little Egret Great Cormorant Striated Heron Intermediate Egret [3] White-bellied Sea-Eagle (c) Noeline Karlson Uncommon Birds in Tilligerry Habitat Grey Goshawk Australian Hobby
  • Disaggregation of Bird Families Listed on Cms Appendix Ii

    Disaggregation of Bird Families Listed on Cms Appendix Ii

    Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals 2nd Meeting of the Sessional Committee of the CMS Scientific Council (ScC-SC2) Bonn, Germany, 10 – 14 July 2017 UNEP/CMS/ScC-SC2/Inf.3 DISAGGREGATION OF BIRD FAMILIES LISTED ON CMS APPENDIX II (Prepared by the Appointed Councillors for Birds) Summary: The first meeting of the Sessional Committee of the Scientific Council identified the adoption of a new standard reference for avian taxonomy as an opportunity to disaggregate the higher-level taxa listed on Appendix II and to identify those that are considered to be migratory species and that have an unfavourable conservation status. The current paper presents an initial analysis of the higher-level disaggregation using the Handbook of the Birds of the World/BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World Volumes 1 and 2 taxonomy, and identifies the challenges in completing the analysis to identify all of the migratory species and the corresponding Range States. The document has been prepared by the COP Appointed Scientific Councilors for Birds. This is a supplementary paper to COP document UNEP/CMS/COP12/Doc.25.3 on Taxonomy and Nomenclature UNEP/CMS/ScC-Sc2/Inf.3 DISAGGREGATION OF BIRD FAMILIES LISTED ON CMS APPENDIX II 1. Through Resolution 11.19, the Conference of Parties adopted as the standard reference for bird taxonomy and nomenclature for Non-Passerine species the Handbook of the Birds of the World/BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World, Volume 1: Non-Passerines, by Josep del Hoyo and Nigel J. Collar (2014); 2.
  • Bird Species List for Mount Majura

    Bird Species List for Mount Majura

    Bird Species List for Mount Majura This list of bird species is based on entries in the database of the Canberra Ornithologists Group (COG). The common English names are drawn from: Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. (1994) The Taxonomy and Species of Birds of Australia and its Territories. Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union Monograph 2, RAOU, Melbourne. (1) List in taxonomic order Stubble Quail Southern Boobook Australian Wood Duck Tawny Frogmouth Pacific Black Duck White-throated Needletail Little Black Cormorant Laughing Kookaburra White-faced Heron Sacred Kingfisher Nankeen Night Heron Dollarbird Brown Goshawk White-throated Treecreeper Collared Sparrowhawk Superb Fairy-wren Wedge-tailed Eagle Spotted Pardalote Little Eagle Striated Pardalote Australian Hobby White-browed Scrubwren Peregrine Falcon Chestnut-rumped Heathwren Brown Falcon Speckled Warbler Nankeen Kestrel Weebill Painted Button-quail Western Gerygone Masked Lapwing White-throated Gerygone Rock Dove Brown Thornbill Common Bronzewing Buff-rumped Thornbill Crested Pigeon Yellow-rumped Thornbill Glossy Black-Cockatoo Yellow Thornbill Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo Striated Thornbill Gang-gang Cockatoo Southern Whiteface Galah Red Wattlebird Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Noisy Friarbird Little Lorikeet Regent Honeyeater Australian King-Parrot Noisy Miner Crimson Rosella Yellow-faced Honeyeater Eastern Rosella White-eared Honeyeater Red-rumped Parrot Fuscous Honeyeater Swift Parrot White-plumed Honeyeater Pallid Cuckoo Brown-headed Honeyeater Brush Cuckoo White-naped Honeyeater Fan-tailed
  • Working Together for Healthier Streams and River Through Community

    Working Together for Healthier Streams and River Through Community

    Working together for healthier streams and river through community participation and kaitiakitanga News, views and information on the sustainable management and biodiversity restoration of the Whau River Catchment Kia ora koutou - Greetings to you all Find us on Facebook July 2020 Ecological Restoration: Volunteering Auckland helps to boost our capacity In July staff from one of NZ’s best breweries - Garage Project joined us on site at the Kurt Brehmer Walkway on Rosebank Peninsula. The team worked on a spiny weed called Eleagnus using our new leather gloves supplied through Love Your Neighbourhood; they also cut massive amounts of Elephant Grass. Funnily enough, one of Garage Project's best beers is Pernicious Weed - a beer we sometimes award for top services in the field of weed control. Lovely to work with these people and thanks to Volunteering Auckland for supplying such a great number of corporate teams to help us. Ecological Restoration: The Thursday Friends of the Whau group goes from strength to strength Every Thursday we have had a great crew of people turn out for our weekly session. This team is getting more skilled up by the week and Volunteers have tackled a broad range of exotic weeds on the Rosebank Peninsula. Some volunteers have gone back to work or study but we continue to get more new people coming along each week from all walks of life and from different parts of the city. Due to Volunteers requets we’ve extended the time that these events run so they now go from 10am through till 12.30pm.
  • A Guide to the Birds of Barrow Island

    A Guide to the Birds of Barrow Island

    A Guide to the Birds of Barrow Island Operated by Chevron Australia This document has been printed by a Sustainable Green Printer on stock that is certified carbon in joint venture with neutral and is Forestry Stewardship Council (FSC) mix certified, ensuring fibres are sourced from certified and well managed forests. The stock 55% recycled (30% pre consumer, 25% post- Cert no. L2/0011.2010 consumer) and has an ISO 14001 Environmental Certification. ISBN 978-0-9871120-1-9 Gorgon Project Osaka Gas | Tokyo Gas | Chubu Electric Power Chevron’s Policy on Working in Sensitive Areas Protecting the safety and health of people and the environment is a Chevron core value. About the Authors Therefore, we: • Strive to design our facilities and conduct our operations to avoid adverse impacts to human health and to operate in an environmentally sound, reliable and Dr Dorian Moro efficient manner. • Conduct our operations responsibly in all areas, including environments with sensitive Dorian Moro works for Chevron Australia as the Terrestrial Ecologist biological characteristics. in the Australasia Strategic Business Unit. His Bachelor of Science Chevron strives to avoid or reduce significant risks and impacts our projects and (Hons) studies at La Trobe University (Victoria), focused on small operations may pose to sensitive species, habitats and ecosystems. This means that we: mammal communities in coastal areas of Victoria. His PhD (University • Integrate biodiversity into our business decision-making and management through our of Western Australia)
  • Tropical Birding Tour Report

    Tropical Birding Tour Report

    AUSTRALIA’S TOP END Victoria River to Kakadu 9 – 17 October 2009 Tour Leader: Iain Campbell Having run the Northern Territory trip every year since 2005, and multiple times in some years, I figured it really is about time that I wrote a trip report for this tour. The tour program changed this year as it was just so dry in central Australia, we decided to limit the tour to the Top End where the birding is always spectacular, and skip the Central Australia section where birding is beginning to feel like pulling teeth; so you end up with a shorter but jam-packed tour laden with parrots, pigeons, finches, and honeyeaters. Throw in some amazing scenery, rock art, big crocs, and thriving aboriginal culture you have a fantastic tour. As for the list, we pretty much got everything, as this is the kind of tour where by the nature of the birding, you can leave with very few gaps in the list. 9 October: Around Darwin The Top End trip started around three in the afternoon, and the very first thing we did was shoot out to Fogg Dam. This is a wetlands to behold, as you drive along a causeway with hundreds of Intermediate Egrets, Magpie-Geese, Pied Herons, Green Pygmy-geese, Royal Spoonbills, Rajah Shelducks, and Comb-crested Jacanas all close and very easy to see. While we were watching the waterbirds, we had tens of Whistling Kites and Black Kites circling overhead. When I was a child birder and thought of the Top End, Fogg Dam and it's birds was the image in my mind, so it is always great to see the reaction of others when they see it for the first time.
  • Recommended Band Size List Page 1

    Recommended Band Size List Page 1

    Jun 00 Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme - Recommended Band Size List Page 1 Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme Recommended Band Size List - Birds of Australia and its Territories Number 24 - May 2000 This list contains all extant bird species which have been recorded for Australia and its Territories, including Antarctica, Norfolk Island, Christmas Island and Cocos and Keeling Islands, with their respective RAOU numbers and band sizes as recommended by the Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme. The list is in two parts: Part 1 is in taxonomic order, based on information in "The Taxonomy and Species of Birds of Australia and its Territories" (1994) by Leslie Christidis and Walter E. Boles, RAOU Monograph 2, RAOU, Melbourne, for non-passerines; and “The Directory of Australian Birds: Passerines” (1999) by R. Schodde and I.J. Mason, CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, for passerines. Part 2 is in alphabetic order of common names. The lists include sub-species where these are listed on the Census of Australian Vertebrate Species (CAVS version 8.1, 1994). CHOOSING THE CORRECT BAND Selecting the appropriate band to use combines several factors, including the species to be banded, variability within the species, growth characteristics of the species, and band design. The following list recommends band sizes and metals based on reports from banders, compiled over the life of the ABBBS. For most species, the recommended sizes have been used on substantial numbers of birds. For some species, relatively few individuals have been banded and the size is listed with a question mark. In still other species, too few birds have been banded to justify a size recommendation and none is made.
  • Printable PDF Format

    Printable PDF Format

    Field Guides Tour Report Australia Part 2 2019 Oct 22, 2019 to Nov 11, 2019 John Coons & Doug Gochfeld For our tour description, itinerary, past triplists, dates, fees, and more, please VISIT OUR TOUR PAGE. Water is a precious resource in the Australian deserts, so watering holes like this one near Georgetown are incredible places for concentrating wildlife. Two of our most bird diverse excursions were on our mornings in this region. Photo by guide Doug Gochfeld. Australia. A voyage to the land of Oz is guaranteed to be filled with novelty and wonder, regardless of whether we’ve been to the country previously. This was true for our group this year, with everyone coming away awed and excited by any number of a litany of great experiences, whether they had already been in the country for three weeks or were beginning their Aussie journey in Darwin. Given the far-flung locales we visit, this itinerary often provides the full spectrum of weather, and this year that was true to the extreme. The drought which had gripped much of Australia for months on end was still in full effect upon our arrival at Darwin in the steamy Top End, and Georgetown was equally hot, though about as dry as Darwin was humid. The warmth persisted along the Queensland coast in Cairns, while weather on the Atherton Tablelands and at Lamington National Park was mild and quite pleasant, a prelude to the pendulum swinging the other way. During our final hours below O’Reilly’s, a system came through bringing with it strong winds (and a brush fire warning that unfortunately turned out all too prescient).