New Bird Records from the Fortescue Marsh and Nearby Claypans, Pilbara Bioregion, Western Australia

New bird records from the Fortescue Marsh and nearby claypans, Pilbara bioregion, Western Australia

Colin R. Trainor, Chris Knuckey and Ronald S.C. Firth

Australian Field Ornithology 2016, 33, 61–81 http://dx.doi.org/10.20938/afo33061081_SU

Supplementary material S1–S2 (Available only online)

i-vi ii Australian Field Ornithology C.R. Trainor et al. woodland woodland woodland shrubland over hummock grassland woodland woodland over tussock grassland woodland woodland woodland over tussock grassland shrubland over hummock grassland woodland shrubland over hummock grassland shrubland over hummock grassland woodland Habitat type Acacia Riparian woodland Acacia Acacia Chenopod shrubland Chenopod shrubland Acacia Marsh with tussock grassland Chenopod shrubland Acacia Acacia Acacia Acacia Acacia Chenopod shrubland Chenopod shrubland Acacia Acacia Chenopod shrubland Eucalyptus Acacia Acacia Northing 7511247 7531472 7530302 7532303 7524904 7527875 7527723 7527180 7524815 7521483 7520746 7517956 7517863 7516761 7514741 7523052 7519978 7513867 7517964 7509061 7500868 7512889 Easting 700669 693401 694732 704768 705410 707033 714881 713486 712163 712050 708948 710572 714399 705917 724325 724824 716681 714513 732507 731940 731221 744140 50K 50K 50K 50K 50K 50K 50K 50K 50K 50K 50K 50K 50K 50K 50K 50K 50K 50K 50K 50K 50K 50K Zone Mercator (UTM) Universal Transverse Universal Transverse

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18 16 17 21 20 20 20 21 23 23 25 25 25 27 22 24 27 28 25 30 34 27 Latitude (South) ° 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 no. Site Supplementary material S1. Supplementary material July 2012. April and 9–13 26 March–1 Australia, Western bioregion, Marsh, Pilbara Fortescue Supplementary material: Bird records from Fortescue Marsh, Pilbara, Western Australia iii shrubland over tussock grassland shrubland over hummock grassland woodland woodland woodland shrubland over hummock grassland woodland shrubland over hummock grassland shrubland over hummock grassland woodland shrubland over hummock grassland Habitat type Acacia Chenopod shrubland Acacia Acacia Acacia Marsh with lignum shrubland Chenopod shrubland grassland Tussock Chenopod shrubland Chenopod/lignum shrubland Chenopod shrubland Acacia Acacia Acacia Chenopod shrubland Chenopod shrubland Acacia Chenopod shrubland Acacia Acacia Acacia Riparian woodland Northing 7511718 7505115 7504660 7501497 7492189 7510064 7507776 7514170 7513320 7507315 7506384 7490979 7490151 7484809 7500464 7498405 7493822 7488544 7485025 7468474 7452152 7484650 Easting 741826 758316 761370 756665 785499 785272 779207 779198 779161 779246 779220 779219 779210 771032 801732 791067 793968 787657 195921 213357 213336 772780 50K 50K 50K 50K 50K 50K 50K 50K 50K 50K 50K 50K 50K 50K 50K 50K 50K 50K 51K 51K 51K 50K Zone Mercator (UTM) Universal Transverse Universal Transverse

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Longitude (East) ° 119 119 119 119 119 119 119 119 119 119 119 119 119 119 119 119 119 119 119 120 120 120 continued

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0 32 28 33 38 28 30 31 26 27 30 31 39 39 42 34 35 37 40 42 51 42 Latitude (South) ° 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 23 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 no. Site Supplementary material S1 Supplementary material iv Australian Field Ornithology C.R. Trainor et al.

* * * * * * * * * * * * 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 2 1 2 3 5 1 1 1 2 1 16 No. sites with records

x x x x x x x x x x x x x x records Opportunistic

x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 44

x 43

x 42

x 38

x 36

x 35

x 33

x 32

x x x 31

x x 29

x 26

x 25

x 23

x 22

x Site number 21

x 20

x 18

x 17

x 16

x 15

x 11

x 10

x x 8

x 7

x x x x 6

x 5

x x 4

x 3

x x x 2

x x 1

(Available only online.) Bird species recorded at the 44 sites surveyed and opportunistically in and around Fortescue Marsh, Pilbara bioregion, bioregion, Marsh, Pilbara Fortescue in and around and opportunistically surveyed the 44 sites at species recorded Bird only online.) (Available Scientific name Dromaius novaehollandiae Coturnix pectoralis Dendrocygna eytoni Cygnus atratus tadornoides Tadorna Chenonetta jubata Malacorhynchus membranaceus Anas gracilis Anas superciliosa australis Aythya novaehollandiae Tachybaptus Poliocephalus poliocephalus Phaps chalcoptera Ocyphaps lophotes Geophaps plumifera Geopelia cuneata Geopelia striata Anhinga novaehollandiae Microcarbo melanoleucos Phalacrocorax sulcirostris Pelecanus conspicillatus Ardea pacifica Ardea modesta Egretta novaehollandiae Nycticorax caledonicus Plegadis falcinellus Threskiornis molucca Threskiornis spinicollis Platalea flavipes Elanus axillaris Haliastur sphenurus Accipiter fasciatus Accipiter cirrocephalus Circus assimilis Circus approximans Aquila audax Hieraaetus morphnoides Falco cenchroides Falco berigora Falco longipennis ventralis Tribonyx Fulica atra Ardeotis australis Burhinus grallarius Bird species Common name Emu Stubble Quail Plumed Whistling-Duck Black Swan Australian Shelduck Duck Australian Wood Pink-eared Duck Grey Teal Pacific Black Duck Hardhead Australasian Grebe Hoary-headed Grebe Common Bronzewing Crested Pigeon Spinifex Pigeon Diamond Dove Peaceful Dove Australasian Darter Little Pied Cormorant Little Black Cormorant Australian Pelican White-necked Heron Eastern Great Egret White-faced Heron Nankeen Night-Heron Glossy Ibis Australian White Ibis Straw-necked Ibis Spoonbill Yellow-billed Black-shouldered Kite Whistling Kite Brown Goshawk Collared Sparrowhawk Spotted Harrier Swamp Harrier Eagle Wedge-tailed Little Eagle Nankeen Kestrel Brown Falcon Australian Hobby Black-tailed Native-hen Eurasian Coot Australian Bustard Bush Stone-curlew Supplementary material S2. Supplementary material of the sites any but not at opportunistically * = recorded X = presence. details of sites. S1 for See Supplementary material July 2012. April and 9–13 26 March–1 Australia, Western & Boles (2008). Christidis follows Taxonomy surveyed. Supplementary material: Bird records from Fortescue Marsh, Pilbara, Western Australia v

* * * * * * * 2 1 2 1 1 7 1 1 4 3 2 3 1 5 3 6 6 8 3 1 5 4 7 4 6 2 2 1 7 11 14 26 14 10 No. sites with records

x x x x x x x records Opportunistic

x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 44

x x 43

x x x x x 42

x x 41

x 40

x x x x 39

x 38

x x x x x 37

x x x x x x 36

x x x x 35

x x x x x x x x x 34

x 33

x x 32

x 31

x 30

x x 29

x x x 28

x x x x x x x 27

x x x x x x 26

x x x 25

x 24

x x x x x x x 23

x x x 22

x x x x Site number 21

x x x x 20

x 19

x x x x 18

x x 17

x 16

x x x 15

x x x x 14

x 13

x 12

x x x x 11

x x x x 10

x 9

x 8

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x x x 6

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x x x x x x x 4

x x x x x x x 3

x x x x x x x x x x x x x 2

x x x x x 1

continued Scientific name Himantopus himantopus Charadrius ruficapillus Elseyornis melanops Erythrogonys cinctus Rostratula australis nebularia Tringa velox Turnix Gelochelidon nilotica Hydroprogne caspia Chlidonias hybrida Eolophus roseicapillus Cacatua sanguinea Nymphicus hollandicus Barnardius zonarius Melopsittacus undulatus Chalcites basalis Cacomantis pallidus Dacelo leachii pyrrhopygius Todiramphus Merops ornatus Malurus leucopterus Malurus lamberti Smicrornis brevirostris Acanthiza uropygialis Pardalotus rubricatus Lichenostomus virescens Lichenostomus keartlandi Lichenostomus penicillatus Purnella albifrons Manorina flavigula Acanthagenys rufogularis Epthianura tricolor Epthianura aurifrons Sugomel niger Lichmera indistincta Pomatostomus temporalis Coracina novaehollandiae Lalage sueurii Pachycephala rufiventris Colluricincla harmonica Oreoica gutturalis Bird species

Bronze-Cuckoo Thornbill Honeyeater Honeyeater Honeyeater Cuckoo-shrike Common name Black-winged Stilt Red-capped Plover Black-fronted Dotterel Red-kneed Dotterel Australian Painted Snipe Common Greenshank Little Button-quail Gull-billed Tern Caspian Tern Whiskered Tern Galah Little Corella Cockatiel Australian Ringneck Budgerigar Horsfield’s Pallid Cuckoo Blue-winged Kookaburra Red-backed Kingfisher Rainbow Bee-eater White-winged Fairy-wren Fairy-wren Variegated Weebill Chestnut-rumped Red-browed Pardalote Singing Honeyeater Grey-headed Honeyeater White-plumed White-fronted Miner Yellow-throated Spiny-cheeked Crimson Chat Orange Chat Black Honeyeater Brown Honeyeater Grey-crowned Babbler Black-faced White-winged Triller Rufous Whistler Grey Shrike-thrush Crested Bellbird Supplementary material S2 Supplementary material vi Australian Field Ornithology C.R. Trainor et al.

* * 2 2 1 3 1 2 3 2 1 1 19 10 23 No. sites with records

x x 23 records Opportunistic 47

x x x x x 44 4

x 43 7

x 42 3

x 41 2

x 40 4

39 6

x x x x 38 6

x 37 10

x x x 36 5

35 10

x 34 2

33 4

x 32 4

31 1

30 6

x x 29 4

x 28 8

x 27 11

x x x x 26 4

x 24 10

x x 23 5

x 22 8

x x x Site number 21 9

x x x x 20 2

x 19 7

x x 18 3

17 2

16 6

x x 15 6

x x 14 2

x 13 4

x x x 12 6

x 11 7

x x 10 1

9 3

8 6

x x 7 10

x x x 6 12

x x 5 12

x x x 4 12

x x x x 3 19

x x x 2 8

x 1

continued Scientific name Artamus cinereus Cracticus torquatus Cracticus nigrogularis Rhipidura leucophrys Corvus orru Grallina cyanoleuca Petroica goodenovii Melanodryas cucullata Mirafra javanica Cincloramphus mathewsi Cincloramphus cruralis Eremiornis carteri Petrochelidon nigricans guttata Taeniopygia Anthus novaeseelandiae Bird species

Woodswallow Common name Black-faced Grey Butcherbird Pied Butcherbird Willie Wagtail Crow Torresian Magpie-lark Red-capped Robin Hooded Robin Bushlark Horsfield’s Rufous Songlark Brown Songlark Spinifexbird Martin Tree Zebra Finch Australasian Pipit species per site Total Supplementary material S2 Supplementary material