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Bird Report, 2011-2015: Part 1, Non-passerines

Graham Carpenter and Philippa Horton

Itroductionn sourced from the Adelaide Ornithologists’ Club newsletter, Bird Talk. This report lists South Australian bird records of particular interest for the years 2011-2015. Because of the huge volume of records, Unlike other Bird Reports published in recent particularly on internet sites, it is possible that we years, it includes a greater range of species, have overlooked some significant observations. largely because the status, distribution and We therefore hope that observers will continue abundance of even our most common species to submit their records to Bird SA, particularly are often surprisingly poorly known, or reports from areas that extend the range of are changing. Our knowledge of breeding species, both within known distributions and distributions of most species is even poorer. into regions where they are not currently listed. The 5-year report also allows for comparisons Many such records are listed in this Report. between years. The Birds SA Rarities Committee (SARC) also encourages the submission of detailed reports of The Report gives priority to regions of SA particular species that are rarely seen in SA. which are least known to provide a better understanding of bird distribution and status Reports of some rare species (e.g. Orange- throughout the State, and also to reports of bellied Parrot) have not been listed due to species from regions where they are listed as security issues. We have also excluded some rare or unrecorded (based on the Birds SA Field records because it was felt there was insufficient list of the birds of , 5th ed. Blaylock supporting information. Vetting records is et al. 2017). Also included are breeding records, difficult and we feel the onus is on the observer reports outside the ‘normal’ season for seasonal to provide adequate information to support visitors, unusually high numbers and records at their observation, particularly for species that the limits of a species’ range. are rarely recorded or are well outside of their normal distribution. This can be in the form The Report is based on records received direct of field notes submitted with the record or, from Birds SA members and in the bird record particularly with recent advances in digital books circulated at monthly meetings, with photography, a supporting photograph. additional records from the South Australian Museum database. There is also an increasing Although national on-line data collection sites use of national birding websites to post rarities, provide a convenient platform for recording lists for localities and trip reports, while large volumes of bird data, the lack of adequate Facebook sites such as ‘South Aussie Birding’ vetting often significantly limits their value. provide a local forum for posting photos and This has been highlighted during compilation discussion. These sites have been scanned for of accurate species maps for South Australian additional records. Some reports have also been species recently posted on the Birds SA website. November 2019 29

Non-Passerines Weather Part 1 of the Bird Report deals with records of Weather in SA became progressively drier over non-passerine species. Part 2 (passerines) will be the five-year period. 2011 was similar to 2010 published in the next issue of the South Australian with very wet conditions in the north, especially Ornithologist. due to the remnants of cyclone Yasi in February 2011. This led to resumed operation of the ferry Highlights during the 5-year period were new at the Cooper Crossing on the Birdsville Track State records of Amsterdam Albatross, Great for the second year running and the flooding of Shearwater, Beach Stone-curlew, Semipalmated Kati Thanda - Lake Eyre. Three years of average Plover and Grey-headed Lapwing, plus the first rainfall in northern districts followed from 2012 live reports of Grey Petrel and Little Shearwater. to 2014, but with below average rainfall in the In addition, a probable Brown Booby was agricultural districts. 2015 began with local heavy reported off southern YP. An unprecedented rains in the NE, but again rainfall was below ‘invasion’ of Brown Quail (and Buff-banded average in the south. Rail) occurred in spring 2011 (following a smaller irruption in spring 2001). Also encouraging is the As in the last Bird Report in 2010 (Rogers increased breeding of Square-tailed Kites in the 2012), these conditions were behind continuing MLR. reports of large numbers of waterbirds in the NE, breeding of Banded Stilts at Lake Torrens Significant publications during the Report period (Pedler et al. 2016) and invasions of Brown Quail, were Peter Gower’s (2012) Fleurieu Birds and Buff-banded Rail and Flock Bronzewings in Chris Baxter’s (2015) Birds of Kangaroo Island. more southerly regions, although numbers of Reid (2017) reported on the birds seen in 2015- spring migrants such as cuckoos, Cockatiels and 16 during a survey of the Diamantina River and Budgerigars remained low. associated channel country in the far NE. Dolman and Joseph (2015) high-lighted the importance Interpretation of South Australia in the evolution of Australian Nomenclature, list order and regions follow the birds based on genetic evidence. Birds SA Field list of the birds of South Australia (Blaylock et al. 2017). Regular pelagic trips continued to provide much important information on the status of An asterisk denotes introduced species. seabirds off the South Australian coast. Many Abbreviations used are: AOC = Adelaide beach-washed seabirds have been recovered and Ornithologists’ Club; CP = Conservation Park; donated to the SA Museum, and now form a GR = Game Reserve; NP = National Park; RP valuable part of the specimen collection. = Recreation Park; NPWS = National Parks & Wildlife Service; WH = waterhole; HS = The further development of storm-water fed homestead; OS = pastoral outstation; RH = wetlands within suburban areas (e.g. Laratinga roadhouse; Stn = pastoral station; RS = railway Wetlands, Mount Barker) has been a feature in station; SW = sewage works; ad = adult; imm = recent years. Also of merit was the re-instatement immature; juv = juvenile; over = flying overhead; of water regulation to provide habitat for hd = heard; pr = pair. waterbirds at Tolderol Game Reserve (MM) in late 2014. These advances have in part been offset *Common Ostrich, Struthio camelus by the decline in waterbirds using the St Kilda A small population in the south-east of NW Salfields since salt production ceased in 2013 (e.g. survives from farming in the early 1900s (see Rogers and Cox 2018). Parker et al. 1979). Recent reports from other regions are of released birds following the collapse 30 South Australian Ornithologist 44 (1 - 2) of a short-lived meat industry in the 1990s. Cape Barren Goose, Cereopsis novaehollandiae NE Clayton Stn, 1 on 12/7/2014 (McMahon, K. AP Adelaide Airport, 1 on 28/3/2012 (Blaylock, & Gleeson, J.), Stn, 1 on 28/7/2014 K.) and 2 on 26/11/2012 (Paton, P.) (Young, R. et al.). EP Lucky Bay, 3 on 1/12/2011 (Langdon, P.); NW 10 km W Wilkatanna HS, 2 on 29/3/2012 Whyalla, 1 on 6/8/2012 (Smith, Ella) (Langdon, P.) MN Porters Lagoon, 3 on 25/4/2011 (Hartland, D.) LNE Erudinna Woolshed, 2 on 29/1/2013 Emu, Dromaius novaehollandiae (McEntee, J.) AP 4 km NW Hamley Bridge, 1 on 26/1/2014 MLR Bluff, Encounter Bay, 27 over on 15/1/2011 (Whatmough, R.) (Dennis, T.); Waitpinga Cliffs, 105 over on MLR Ashton, 2 on 20/10/2014 (Cole, P.) 17/9/2012 (Steele-Collins, E.) MM 11 km S Mount Mary, 1 + 8 juv on NW Port Augusta golf course, 1 on 22/3/2015 14/12/2011 (Carpenter, G.) (Langdon, P.) SE Lake Hawdon South, 1 on 13/4/2011 (Taylor, Magpie Goose, Anseranas semipalmata B.); Port MacDonnell, Pick Swamp, 14 on AP Aldinga Beach, 3 on 4/1/2014 (Richardson, 2/2/2013 (Green, B. & Moore, L.) C.) MM Coorong, Villa dei Yumpa, 10 on 22/10/2011 Black Swan, Cygnus atratus (Greenfield, M.); Tolderol GR, 2 on 15/11/2015 KI Bay of Shoals, 1000 on 9/2/2012 (Baxter, C.) (Rogers, C.) MLR Belair NP, Playford Lake, 1 on 18/4/2012 SE Struan Agricultural Research Centre, 400 (Williams, D.) on 14/9/2011 (Syson, W.); Bool Lagoon, 3000 NE Lake Harry, 1500 on 16/4/2013 (Pedler, L. & R.) on 28/1/2013 (Bourne, J. & P.) and 1000 on NW Minagoona Lake, 2 + 2 juv on 20/5/2011 16/7/2014 (Lloyd, R. & P.); Glencoe West, 1 (Black, A. et al.) on 6/4/2013 (Black, S.); Pick Swamp, 20 on 21/4/2013 (Green, B. & Haywood, B.) Freckled Duck, Stictonetta naevosa These reports are presumed to be dispersal from AP Globe Derby Park, White Rd Wetland, 20 on a re-introduction at Bool Lagoon in the 1980s. 1/11/2011 (Wood, M.) NW Coward Springs, 3 on 23/4/2015 KI Birchmore Lagoon, 50 on 26/1/2012 (Baxter, (Winterbottom, J.) C.); Duck Lagoon, Cygnet River, 90 on 2/8/2014 (Baxter, C.), 300 on 25/8/2014 (Baxter, C.) and Plumed Whistling Duck, Dendrocygna eytoni 150 on 25/9/2014 (Connelly, H.) MM Banrock Wetlands, 1 on 18 and 27/8/2015 MLR Stirling, Woorabinda Reserve, 1 on (Field, T.) 26/3/2014 (James, C.) NE Stn, 4 on 21/9/2011 (Gates, J. MM Stockyard Plains evaporation basin, & Stewart, H.); Mungeranie Bore, 6 on 3/10/2010 10 in Sep 2011 (AOC Campout); 6 km SSE (Smith, Ed); Moomba airstrip, 25 on 5/6/2012 Mount Mary, 7 on 14/12/2011 (Carpenter, G.); (Armstrong, D.) Tokuremoar Reserve, Goolwa, 37 on 26/12/2012 NW Wilpoorinna Stn, 23 on 16/4/2011 (Jaensch, R.); Tolderol, 100s on 26/2/2013 (Peek, (Litchfield, G.); Witchelina Stn, Tea Tree Swamp, P.); Goolwa SW, 100+ on 14/7/2013 (Dare, G.) 10 on 16/4/2011 (Johnston, G. & Sharrad, R.) NE Lake Harry, 190 on 16/4/2013 (Pedler, L. & SE Bool Lagoon, 1 on 20/2/2011 (Parkin, K. R.); Etadunna Stn, Lake Boocaltaninna, 50 on & Rogers, C.); Millicent, Lake McIntyre, 12 29/10/2013 (SA Museum Waterhouse Club) on 27/8/2013 (Pounsett, R. & S.) and 3 on NW Witchelina Stn, Teatree Swamp, 45 on 7/10/2013 (Brooker, W.) 15/11/2011 (Black, A. et al.); Coorlay Lagoon, 20 km S Roxby Downs, 300 on 4/9/2011 (Pedler, R.); Amata SW, 1 on 19/11/2013 (Hartland, D.) November 2019 31

SE Morella Lagoon, Salt Creek, 40 on 18/2/2013 8 juv on 18/10/2012 (Williams, K.), 3 prs + juv (Pedler, L. & R.); Port MacDonnell, Woolwash on 4/11/2013 (Williams, K.& L) and 1 + 10 juv Caravan Park, 200 on 17/8/2014 (Haywood, on 8/10/2015 (Williams, K.); Belair NP, Playford B.); Millicent, Lake McIntyre, 350 in Aug 2014 Lake, 1 on 20/5/2013 (Williams, D.) (Pounsett, R.); Robe SW, 1020 on 11/10/2014 NE Goyders Lagoon WH, 1 on 1/5/2014 (Reid, (Haywood, B. & Wilson, C.) J.); Koonchera WH, 2 on 2/5/2014 (Reid, J.)

Australian Shelduck, Tadorna tadornoides Pacific Black Duck, Anas superciliosa EP Shannon CP, nest on 9/8/2011 (Bebbington, MM Pinnaroo Railway Dam, several + juv on L.); Lake Horn, 20 on 25/10/2011 (Carpenter, G.) 12/12/2012 (Carpenter, G.) KI Rush Lagoon, 3000 on 8/1/2012 (Baxter, C.); NW Witchelina Stn, Government Dam, 2 + 3 juv Birchmore Lagoon, 500 on 26/1/2012 (Baxter, C.) on 16/5/2011 (Black, A. et al.) MLR 3 km WNW Finniss, pr at hollow on 5/6/2014 (Carpenter, G.); West Island, 4 on Grey Teal, Anas gracilis 23/5/2015 (Carpenter, G.) EP Kimba SW, 100 + 1 clutch juv on 17/1/2011 NE Etadunna Stn, Lake Boocaltaninna, 1 on (Carpenter, G.) 29/10/2013 (SA Museum Waterhouse Club); MN Robertstown Lagoon, 2000 on 20/7/2014 Lake Harry, 8 on 16/4/2013 (Pedler, L. & R.) (Smyth, J.) NW Witchelina Stn, Government Dam, 3 + 5 juv Pink-eared Duck, Malacorhynchus membranaceus on 16/5/2011 (Black, A. et al.); Minagoona Lake, AP Rymill Park lake, 1 on 30/5/2013 (Davies, M. 500 + 1 clutch juv on 20/5/2011 (Black, A. et al.) & McHenry, B.), 1 on 21/6/2013 (Reid, I.) and 1 on 22/6/2013 (Sparks, K.); Bolivar SW, 15,000 on Chestnut Teal, Anas castanea 17/4/2014 (Carpenter, G.); Adelaide, Bonython AP Adelaide Botanic Gardens, pr + 9 juv on Park, 1 on 27/1/2015 (Burns, A.) 23/9/2015 (Bansemer, B.) MLR Meadows, Prospect Hill, pr + juv on MN Orroroo, Reservoir, 2 on 10/10/2011 2/12/2011 (Bainbridge, T.) (Dyer, J.) NW Bon Bon Stn, Duncan’s Dam, 5 + 7 juv on NE Lake Harry, 1 on 16/4/2013 (Pedler, L. & R.) 19/4/2011 (Black, A.); Lake Watherston, 20+ juv NW Bon Bon Stn, Freshwater Lake, 1 male on on 17/5/2011 (Black, A. et al.); Witchelina Stn, 16/4/2011 (Black, A.) Teatree Swamp, 4 + 4 juv on 17/5/2011 (Black, A. et al.) Hardhead, Aythya australis EP Lake Horn, 500 on 25/10/2011 (Carpenter, G.) Maned Duck (Australian Wood Duck), KI Murray Lagoon, 4000 in Oct 2011 (Baxter, C.); Chenonetta jubata Rush Lagoon, 3500 in Oct 2011 (Baxter, C.) EP Kimba SW, 100 + juv on 17/1/2011 MN Orroroo, Pekina Reservoir, 100 on (Carpenter, G.) 10/10/2011 (Dyer, J.) NE Etadunna Stn, Lake Boolcaltaninna, 500 on NW Witchelina Stn, Teatree Swamp, 1500 on 14/5/2012 (Carpenter, G.) 17/5/2011 (Black, A. et al.); Port Augusta, Westside jetty, 1 on 24/5/2011 (Langdon, P.); Port Australasian Shoveler, Spatula rhynchotis Augusta, Bird Lake, 26 on 25/9/2011 (Langdon, AP Adelaide Botanic Gardens, 2 on 16/4/2014 P.); Amata SW, 1 on 26/12/2013 (Hartland, D.) (Wheaton, B.) SE Robe SW, 3500 on 31/12/2013 (Haywood, B.) EP Big Swamp, 30 on 6/1/2012 (Southern Eyre Birds) KI Birchmore Lagoon, 300 on 26/1/2012 (Baxter, Blue-billed Duck, Oxyura australis C.); Rush Lagoon, 300 on 8/1/2012 (Baxter, C.) AP Freeling SW, 2 on 29/10/2011 (Steeles, C.); MLR Mount Barker, Laratinga Wetlands, pr + Patawalonga Creek, Tapleys Hill Rd, male on 32 South Australian Ornithologist 44 (1 - 2)

1/12/2015 (Paton, P.) MM (River Murray, Coorong & Lakes), MN, EP Sheringa Lagoon, 179 on 21/2/2012 (Cooper, J.) NE, NW and SE in 2011, with lesser numbers in FR Baroota Reservoir, 8 on 18/1/2015 (Port following years, including: Augusta Birders) AP Grange, 1 found dead on 11/3/2011 KI Kingscote SW, 6 on 6/11/2011 (Baxter, C.); (Shaughnessy, P.); Walkerville, 1 found dead Murray Lagoon, 500 on 22/1/2014 (Baxter, C.) on 12/3/2011 (Adamson, P.); Campbelltown, MN Clare, Lake Inchiquin, 2 prs on 2/7/2014 Lochiel Park Wetlands, 1 on 11/9 and 18/9/2011 (Sparks, K.) (Hyland, M.); Tennyson Beach, 2 on 17/11/2011 MLR Mount Barker, Laratinga Wetlands, ad + 6 (Snell, B.) juv on 21/1/2011 (Peters, L.); , EP Broadview Stn, 8 on 11/9/2011 (Pedler, R. 9 on 14/7/2011 (Carpenter, G.); Myponga & Rees, J.); Carappee Hill CP, hd on 6/11/2011 Reservoir, 8 on 10/7/2013 (Carpenter, G.) (Murfet, D.); Charlton Gully, 3 on 27/12/2011 MM Paiwalla Wetlands, 14 on 17/4/2011 (AOC); (Bebbington, L.); Lincoln NP entrance, 5 on Tokuremoar Reserve, Goolwa, nest + eggs on 7/1/2013 (Waanders, P.) 26/12/2012 (Jaensch, R.) FR Mambray Creek, 1 in Apr 2011 (Haase, B.); NW Lake Watherston, 20 on 15/11/2011 (Black, 2 km S Wilmington, 1 on 16/6/2013 (Langdon, A. et al.); Port Augusta, Lake Dempsey, 20 on P.) 12/6/2014 (Langdon, P.) KI 2 km W Kingscote, 1 on 29/1/2012 (Rogers, SE Picks Swamp, 40 on 30/10/2011 (Jones, K.); D.), 1 on 15/10/2012 (Baxter, C.) and 1 on Lake Edward, 185 on 28/4/2014 (Haywood, B.) 15/9/2013 (Grootenboer, N. & Masters, P.); Shoal Bay Winery, 7 on 28/2, 15/3 and 1/7/2013 Musk Duck, Biziura lobata (Baxter, C.) AP Breakout Creek mouth, female on 10/10/2014 MLR West Island, 12 on 22/2/2012 (Iwao, S.) (Edey, D.) MM See Doecke (2013) for records at Point Sturt EP Lucky Bay, 1 on 26/7/2011 (Carpenter, G.) Peninsula. MN Orroroo, Pekina Reservoir, 1 on 10/10/2011 NW Witchelina Stn, widespread near dams on (Dyer, J.) 18-19/5/2011 and 14-15/11/2011 (Black, A. et al.); MM Chowilla Stn, Coppermine WH, 4 on Hughes, 2 on 5/4/2012 (Curson, C.) 11/10/2011 (Allan, J.) YP SE of Corny Point, 1 on 1/4/2011 (Bassnet, G. NW Bon Bon Stn, Duncan’s Dam, 1 on 17/4/2011 & Treloar, K.); Innes NP, present on 10/8/2011 (Black, A.) (Shurcliff, K. & Houghton, D.); Black Point, 4 on SE Kingston boat ramp, 34 on 27/6/2014 (Miller, R.) 14/1/2013, 2 on 24/2 and 3 on 30/6/2014 (Tiller, M.); Mac’s Beach, 3 on 4/3/2013 (Jack, T.) and Malleefowl, Leipoa ocellata 5 on 18/2/2015 (Smith, P.); Clinton CP, 15 on EP Shannon CP, 1 on 9/8/2011 (Bebbington, L.); 16/2/2015 (Rogers, C.) Cooyerdoo Stn, mound on 18/1/2012 (Black, A. & Walker, S.) *Common Pheasant, Phasianus colchicus MM Tailem Bend, Kulde Rd, 1 on 4/3/2011 KI Seal Bay Rd, 2 on 27/8/2014 (Wickham, C.) (Foster, J.) NW Barton to Mungala, 1 on 9/9/2013 (Baxter, D.) Fiordland Penguin, Eudyptes pachyrhynchus MLR Petrel Cove, 1 in Jun 2011 (Wiebkin, A.) *California Quail, Callipepla californica SE Carpenters Rocks, 1 on 4/5/2011 (Machado, KI Parndana, Gregors Rd, 2 on 28/10/2012 A.); Beachport, 1 beach-washed on 2/8/2013 (Baxter, C.) (Lorenz, M.)

Brown Quail, Coturnix ypsilophora Wilson’s Storm Petrel, Oceanites oceanicus Reported widely in SA, especially from AP, MLR, MM Murray Mouth, 1 on 25/5/2011 (Hicks, A. & P.) November 2019 33

MO Nuyts Archipelago, 1 on 15/2/2014 (Sanders, Salvin’s Albatross, Thalassarche salvini J.) MO Off Port MacDonnell, 1 on 1/5/2011, 2 on 13/2/2011, 1 on 26/6/2011 and 1 on 22/1/2012 Grey-backed Storm Petrel, Garrodia nereis (Rogers, C. et al.) MO Off Port MacDonnell, 2 on 1/12/2013, 3 on 5/10/2014 and 6 on 24/5/2015 (Rogers, C. et al.) Grey-headed Albatross, Thalassarche chrysostoma SE Piccaninnie Ponds, 1 beach-washed on Black-bellied Storm Petrel, Fregetta tropica 14/11/2014 (Christie, M.) MO Off Port MacDonnell, 1 on 3/4/2011 (Rogers, C. et al.) Buller’s Albatross, Thalassarche bulleri MO Off Port MacDonnell, 12 on 16/3/2011, 6 on Amsterdam Albatross, Diomedia amsterdamensis 19/2/2012, 2 on 23/3/2013 (Rogers, C. et al.), 1 This species, part of the ‘Wandering Albatross’ on 1/12/2013, 2 on 2/2/2014 and 2 on 6/4/2014 group, is endemic to Amsterdam Island in (Bartram, K. et al.) and 7 on 1/3/2015 (Rogers, C. the southern Atlantic with a total breeding et al.) population estimated at about 20 pairs (Gales SE Nene Valley Beach, 1 beach-washed on 1998). The species is included in this Bird Report 21/4/2015 (Todd, R.) based on a satellite tracking study by Theibot et al (2014) which showed that some young birds Northern Giant Petrel, Macronectes halli visit the seas off South Australia’s west coast. NW Port Augusta, 1 on 24/5/2011 (Langdon, K. & Morgan, A.) Southern Royal Albatross, Diomedia epomophora MO Off Port MacDonnell, 1 on 1/12/2013 and 2 Southern Fulmar, Fulmarus glacialoides on 6/4/2014 (Bartram, K. et al.), 1 on 6/10/2013, KI Pennington Bay, 1 beach-washed on 21/6/2015 2 on 5/10/2014, 2 on 15/11/2015 and 1 on (Bald, C.) 24/5/2015 (Rogers, C. et al.) Antarctic Petrel, Thalassoica antarctica Northern Royal Albatross, Diomedia sanfordi KI Vivonne Bay, 1 beach-washed on 27/5/2015 MO Off Port MacDonnell, 1 on 6/10/2013 (Keast, J.) (Rogers, C. et al.), 1 on 1/12/2013 and 1 on 6/4/2014 (Bartram, K. et al.), 3 on 5/10/2014, 2 Cape Petrel, Daption capense on 15/11/2015 (Rogers, C. et al.) MO Off Port MacDonnell, 10 on 24/5/2015 (Rogers, C. et al.) Sooty Albatross, Phoebetria fusca MO Off Port MacDonnell, 1 on 3/4/2011, 4 on Blue Petrel, Halobaena caerulea 25/5/2012, 1 on 29/6/2013 and 2 on 25/5/2014 SE Nene Valley, 1 beach-washed on 13/8/2015 (Rogers, C. et al.) (Ritchie, T.) SE Beachport, 1 beach-washed on 15/7/2014 (Lorenz, M.) PRIONS See Rogers (2014) for information on status, Light-mantled Albatross, Phoebetria palpebrata abundance and field identification of this MO Off Port MacDonnell, 1 on 25/5/2012 challenging group. (Rogers, C. et al.), sea 18 km SW Port MacDonnell, 1 on 2/6/2015 (Bell, T.) Salvin’s Prion, Pachyptila salvini SE Port MacDonnell, 1 beach-washed on MO Off Port MacDonnell, 4 on 26/6/2011 and 1 21/8/2014 (Anderson, R. & Christie, M.) on 25/5/2012 (Rogers, C. et al.) 34 South Australian Ornithologist 44 (1 - 2)

Antarctic Prion, Pachyptila desolata Sooty Shearwater, Ardenna grisea MO Off Port MacDonnell, 2 on 1/5/2011 and 6 MO Off Port MacDonnell, 1 on 13/11/2011 on 26/6/2011 (Rogers, C. et al.) (Rogers, C. et al.)

Fulmar Prion, Pachyptila crassirostris Short-tailed Shearwater, Ardenna tenuirostris MO Off Port MacDonnell, 1 on 29/6/2013 MLR Encounter Bay, 100s dead and dying on (Rogers, C. et al.) 17/11/2013 (Carpenter, G.)

Great-winged Petrel (includes Grey-faced Flesh-footed Shearwater, Ardenna carneipes Petrel), Pterodroma macroptera MO Off Port MacDonnell, 50 on 13/11/2011 KI Backstairs Passage, 1 on 7/10/2013 (Baxter, C.) (Rogers, C.et al.) and 150 on 2/2/2014 (Bartram, MO Regular from Port MacDonnell over the K. et al.), continental shelf. Great Shearwater, Ardenna gravis White-headed Petrel, Pterodroma lessonii See Rogers and Hull (2016) KI Flour Cask Bay, 1 on 5/4/2011 (Baxter, C.) MO Off Port MacDonnell, 50 on 3/4/2011 MO Off Port MacDonnell, 1 on 25/09/2011 (Rogers, C. et al.) (Rogers, C. et al.), 1 on 22/01/2012 (Hull, S. et al.), 1 on 13/02/2013, 2 on 16/06/2013 (Rogers, Fluttering Shearwater, Puffinis gavia C. et al.), 2 on 6/4/2014 (Bartram, K. et al.), 1 on YP Ardrossan, 100s on 4/7/2011 (May, I.) 01/02/2015, 2 on 12/04/2015, 3 on 15/11/2015 (Rogers, C. et al.) Little Shearwater, Puffinis assimilis MLR Victor Harbor, Inman River Mouth, 1 MO Off Port MacDonnell, 1 on 16/6/2013 beach-washed on 23/1/2013 (Hicks, A.) and 1 (Rogers, C. et al.) beach-washed on 4/2/2013 (Dennis, T.) SE Port MacDonnell, Green Point, 1 beach- Common Diving Petrel, Pelecanoides urinatrix washed on 27/12/2014 (Campbell, J.) MO Off Port MacDonnell, 1 on 16/1/2011, 1 on 16/3/2011 and 1 on 23/10/2011 (Rogers, C. et al.) Soft-plumaged Petrel, Pterodroma mollis SE Bucks Bay, 1 beach-washed on 21/5/2013 MO Off Port MacDonnell, 1 on 25/09/2011 (Mitchener, I.) (Rogers, C. et al.), 1 on 1/12/2013 (Bartram, K. et al.) Australasian Grebe, Tachybaptus novaehollandiae EP Cummins SW, 2 on 20/1/2011 and Gould’s Petrel, Pterodroma leucoptera 25/10/2011 (Carpenter, G.) MO Off Port MacDonnell, 1 on 3/4/2011 (Rogers, MLR Mount Barker, Laratinga Wetlands, 40 on C. et al.) 12/2/2012 (Tiller, M.) MM Pinnaroo Railway Dam, 2 + nest on Grey Petrel, Procellaria cinerea 12/12/2012 (Carpenter, G.); Weston Flat, MO Off Port MacDonnell, 1 on 16/6/2013 Limestone Dam, 1 + 2 juv on 22/2/2012 (Rogers, C. et al.) (Carpenter, G.) NW Witchelina Stn, Canegrass Swamp, 8 + nest White-chinned Petrel, Procellaria aequinoctialis on 16/11/2011 (Black, A. et al); Witchelina Stn, KI Kangaroo Island, 1 beach-washed on Government Dam, 2 + 2 juv on 16/5/2011 (Black, 20/3/2011 (AOC) A. et al.); Lake Watherston, 50 on 15/11/2011 MO Off Port MacDonnell, 40 on 1/12/2013 (Black, A. et al.); Witchelina Stn, North Tank, 2 + 2 (Bartram, K. et al.) juv on 16/5/2011 (Black, A. et al.); Port Augusta, Bird Lake SW, 1 on 8/5/2011 (Langdon, P.); November 2019 35

Witchelina Stn, Teatree Swamp, 50 on 17/5/2011 (Wood, M.); North Parklands, University (Black, A. et al.); Witchelina HS dam, 4 + juv on Sportsfields, 15 on 4/3/2015 (Paton, P.); Prince 19/5/2011 (Black, A. et al.) Alfred College, 115 on 6/4/2015 (Sparks, K.); South Parklands, Hutt St, 40 on 27/3/2015 Hoary-headed Grebe, Poliocephalus poliocephalus (Carpenter, G.); St Peters Billabong, 45 on AP River Torrens, Adelaide, 2 on 2/5/2015 4/3/2015 (Paton, P.); West Parklands, 100 in Mar (Whatmough, R.) 2015 (Paton, D.) EP Lake MacDonnell, Penong, 35 on 2/6/2011 KI Busby Islet, 400 nests on 20/8/2012 and 100 (Zucca, M.); Lucky Bay, 1 on 26/7/2011 nests on 26/6/2013 (Baxter, C.) (Carpenter, G.) KI Murray, Birchmore and Rush Lagoons, 10,000 Straw-necked Ibis, Threskiornis spinicollis on 5/10/2011 (Baxter, C.) AP North Parklands, MacKinnon Parade, 1 on NW Bon Bon Stn, Duncan’s Dam, 2 + 2 juv on 4/3/2015 (Paton, P.); St Peters Billabong, 1 on 13/4/2011 (Black, A.) 4/3/2015 (Paton, P.); Prince Alfred College, 1 on 6/4/2015 (Sparks, K.); Felixstow, River Torrens, 1 Great Crested Grebe, Podiceps cristatus in Jun 2015 (Hyland, M.) AP Greenfields Wetlands, Magazine Rd, 1 on EP Mullaquana, 20 on 11/9/2011 and 100 29/10/2013 (Zanker, R.) on 12/9/2011 (Smith, E.); Big Swamp, 3 on EP Sheringa Lagoon, 1 on 21/2/2012 (Cooper, J.); 10/1/2012 (Southern Eyre Birds) Fowlers Bay, 1 on 1/9/2015 (Sampson, I.) FR Mambray Creek, 40 on 18/9/2011 (Langdon, P.) FR Nelshaby Reservoir, 1 on 5/1/2012 and KI Busby Islet, 10 nests on 20/8/2012 and 1 nest 31/1/2012 (Klau, W.); Leigh Creek Retention on 26/6/2013 (Baxter, C.); 8 km W Kingscote, 37 Dam, 150 on 13/6/2012 (Jack, T.) on 26/7/2013 (Baxter, C.) MLR Hahndorf, Jones Rd, 1 on 1/11/2011 NW Amata SW, 1 on 1/12/2013 (Hartland, D.) (Williams, K. & Snell, B.); Onkaparinga Wetlands, South Rd, 1 on 30/11/2012 (Jack, Glossy Ibis, Plegadis falcinellus T.); Onkaparinga River, Old Noarlunga, 1 on AP Greenfields Wetlands, 50+ on 20/10/2011 25/1/2013 (Cock, C.); Onkaparinga River, Perry’s (Stracey, K.); Campbelltown, Lochiel Park Bend, 1 on 4/9/2015 (Bainbridge, A.); Reynella wetlands, 1 on 22/1/2013 (Hyland, M.) East, Byards Rd Wetland, 1 on 27/9/2015 EP 33 km NW Ceduna, Cunderie Tank, 1 on (Connolly, H.) 31/10/2011 (Haywood, B.); Whyalla, Lincoln SE Port MacDonnell breakwater, 1 on 4/2/2012 Highway, 1 on 16/11/2011 (Smith, E.); Tumby (Campbell, J.); Port MacDonnell, Riddoch Bay, 1 Bay, 2 on 22/11/2011 (Murfet, D.); Big Swamp, 20 on 30/1/2013 (Campbell, J.); Port MacDonnell on 10/1/2012 (Southern Eyre Birds) marina, 3 on 5/10/2013 (Baxter, C.); Kingston FR Nelshaby Reservoir, 1 on 4/12/2011 Marina, 2 on 6/10/2013 (Miller, R.); Valley Lake, (Jamieson, A. & White, J.) and 1 on 16/1/2012 Mount Gambier, 1 on 1/2/2015 (Birds SE) (Klau, W.) YP Price Saltfields, 1 on 4/9/2012 (Tiller, M. & KI Rush Lagoon, 1 on 8/1/2012 (Baxter, C.) Lloyd, P. & R.) MLR Aldinga Washpool, 8 on 31/10/2011 (Crocker, J.) and 8 on 22/11/2011 (Tucker, J.) Red-tailed Tropicbird, Phaethon rubricauda MM Maize Island Lagoon CP, 4 on 21/1/2012 MO Waldegrave Is, 1 on 11/4/2012 (Peters, K. & (Jacobs, P.); Mannum, Bolto Reserve, 30 on Rogers, P.) 19/2/2012 (Jones, K.); Tolderol GR, 58 on 30/12/2014 (Winwood, S. & Moxon, M.) Australian White Ibis, Threskiornis molucca NW Partacoona Stn, Hookina Bore, 1 on See Paton (2016) for breeding records on AP. 14/11/2011 (Langdon, P.); Amata SW, 4 on AP Oakden, Regent Gardens, 48 on 28/12/2011 16/2/2013 (Hartland, D.) 36 South Australian Ornithologist 44 (1 - 2)

Royal Spoonbill, Platalea regia Nankeen Night Heron, Nycticorax caledonicus AP St Kilda foreshore, 160 on 3/7/2013 (Syson, W.) AP Lockleys, River Torrens, 1 on 20/4/2013 KI Busby Islet, 10 nests in Jul 2011 and 14 nests (Smith, P.); Prince Alfred College, Adelaide, 23 on on 20/8/2012 (Baxter, C.) 25/6/2014 (Sparks, K.) MLR Belair NP, Playford Lake, 1 on 2/3/2012 EP Davenport Creek, 1 imm on 1/2/2011 (Williams, D.) (Carpenter, G.); Cummins SW, 2 on 25/10/2011 NW Witchelina Stn, Teatree Swamp, 2 on (Carpenter, G.); Streaky Bay High School, several 15/11/2011 (Black, A. et al) in Jan 2012 (Cooper, J. & Needle, P.) MN Burra, 1 on 23/11/2012 (Waanders, P.) Australasian Bittern, Botaurus poiciloptilus SE Bool Lagoon Game Reserve, 10 on 12/11/2011 AP Greenfields Wetlands, Magazine Rd, 1 on (Bourne, J & P; Moorhouse, B & R) 24/9/2013 (D. Hartland) SE Bool Lagoon, 3 on 17/1/2011 (Shaw, C), 1 on White-necked Heron, Ardea pacifica 12/11/2011 (Bourne, J & P; Moorhouse, B & R.) AP Glandore Oval, 1 on 3/12/2011 (Carpenter, G.) and 9 on 6/1/2014 (Smith, Ed); Pick Swamp, EP 32 km NE Cowell, 1 on 24/10/2011 Piccaninnie Ponds area, 1 on 11/9/2011 (Birds (Carpenter, G.); Big Swamp, 3 on 10/1/2012 SE) and 1 on 21/1/2012 (Jones, K. & Haywood, B.) (Southern Eyre Birds); Yeldulknie Reservoir, 1 on NE Clayton Bore, 1 on 9/7/2011 (Shelley, N.) 16/7/2013 (Carpenter, G.) KI Birchmore Lagoon, 1 on 5/10/2011 (Baxter, Black-backed (Australian Little) Bittern, C.); Lathami CP, 1 on 21/9/2012 (Baxter, C.); Ixobrychus dubius Rush Lagoon, 1 on 28/8/2013 (Baxter, C.); MM Berri, Martin’s Bend, 1 on 10/2/2011 Cygnet River, Tagell’s Lagoon, 1 on 15/10/2014 (Kieskamp, H. & Waanders, P.); Ral Ral Creek, (Baxter, C.) 1 hd on 18/12/2013 (Caldwell, T.); Paiwalla MN Apoinga Lagoon, 1 on 1/8/2014 (Smyth, J.) Wetlands, 1 on 30/10/2014 and 8/11/2014 (Koch, MLR Belair NP, Playford Lake, 1 on 3/11/2011 P.); Banrock Wetlands, hd on 24/9/2015 (AOC) (Williams, D.) and 1 on 28/9/2015 (Field, T.) NW Witchelina HS dam, 1 on 18/11/2011 (Black, A. Treloar and Carpenter (2016) provide evidence for et al.); Amata SW, 19 on 2/12/2013 (Hartland, D.) breeding of this species along the River Murray. Great Egret, Ardea alba Cattle Egret, Bubulcus ibis AP Thompson Beach, 82 on 18/7/2014 (Dafoe, J.); AP Kaurna Park Wetlands, 4 on 14/8/2014 Bald Hill Beach, 200 on 21/6/2015 (Taylor, P.W.) (Zanker, R.); Burton, Springbank wetland, 3 MM Kindaruar Lagoon, 5 km E Milang, 58 on on 28/9/2014 (Allen, J.); Gawler River, 1 on 19/9/2011 (Doecke, N.); Chowilla Floodplain, 25/10/2014 (Hartland, D.) 150 on 12/10/2011 (Carpenter, G. & Allan, J.); KI Rush Lagoon, 2 on 5/10/2011 (Baxter, C.); Berri Marina, 100 in Nov 2011 (Goodfellow, B.) Parndana Wildlife Park, 2 in Aug 2012 (Baxter, NW 1 km E Nullarbor Roadhouse, 1 on C.); E of Duck Lagoon, 1 on 10/7/2015 (Barth, M.) 22/10/2015 (Edey, D. & Russell, V.-J.) MLR Victor Harbor, Porter’s Hill, 2 on 7/9/2013 SE Pick Swamp, Piccaninnie Ponds area, 150 on (Cutten, D.) 12/11/2011 (Barrand, P & R., Connelly, C.) MM Renmark Oval, 1 on 25/11/2011 (Goodfellow, B.) Intermediate Egret, Ardea intermedia NE Cowarie Stn, Birdsville Track, 24 on 5/5/2015 AP Globe Derby Park, White Rd Wetland, 1 on (Bond, S.) 3/9/2011 (Noble, C. & Walker, B.) SE Bourne’s, Bool Lagoon, 53 on 4/10/2011 EP Cowell boat ramp, 1 on 28/5/2011 (Walford, L.) (Bourne, P.) MLR Mount Barker, Laratinga Wetlands, 1 on 13/3/2012 (Waanders, P.) November 2019 37

Little Egret, Egretta garzetta Great Cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo AP Outer Harbor, Bird Island, 12 + 8 nests with EP Cummins SW, 1 on 20/1/2011 (Carpenter, G.) eggs on 30/11/2015 (Johnston, G.) MM Clayton Bay, 1000 on 18/12/2014 (Doecke, N.) EP Lucky Bay, 1 on 26/7/2011 (Carpenter, G.) KI Busby Islet, 8 + 1 juv on 11/11/2012 (Baxter, C.) Australasian Darter, Anhinga novaehollandiae YP Price Saltfields, 25 on 19/2/2012 (Thomas, C. AP River Torrens, Morphett St, 1 on 23/4/2011 & Tiller, M.) (Kowalick, D.); West Beach, Apex Park Wetlands, 1 female on 19/12/2011 (Roinich, J.); Globe Derby Pacific Reef Heron (Eastern Reef Egret), Egretta Park, White Rd Wetland, 1 on 19/1/2012 (Price, M.) sacra EP Streaky Bay, near jetty, 1 on 10/11/2011 KI Kingscote, 1 on 17/3/2011 (Baxter, C.); Stokes (Maurer, G.); Yalata Beach, 1 on 13/12/2011 Bay, 1 on 10/1/2012 (Baxter, C.) (Gregory, P. & Brooks, A.); Streaky Bay jetty, 2 on 18/10/2012 (Collard, S.); Venus Bay, Island B, pair Australian Pelican, Pelecanus conspicillatus on 4/2/2012 (Cooper, J. & Amey, L.) AP Black Forest, 150 over on 26/8/2011 FR Baroota Reservoir, 1 on 14/1/2015 (Port (Carpenter, G.) Augusta Birders) NW Lake Watherston, 1 dead on 15/11/2011 KI Chapman River, Creek Bay Rd, 1 on 4/11/2012 (Black, A. et al.) (Pascoe, E. et al.); Kingscote foreshore, 1 in Nov 2012 (Baxter, C.); Middle River estuary, 3 on 3/3 Australasian Gannet, Morus serrator and 1 on 25/3/2012 (Baxter, C.); Chapman River YP Ardrossan, 20 on 4/7/2011 (May, I.) mouth, 1 on 23/2/2013 (Brittain, R. & Diment, J.); Western River mouth, 1 on 25/2/2013 (Brittain, R. Brown Booby, Sula leucogaster & Diment, J.) YP Off Foul Bay, 1 juvenile on 27/10/2012 MLR Encounter Bay, Bluff boat ramp, 1 on (Jaques, T.) Record considered unconfirmed but 22/7/2013 (Cutten, D.); Belair NP, Playford Lake, probable by Birds SA Rarities Committee. 1 male on 8/5/2014 and 5/6/2015 (Carpenter, G.) NW Port Augusta causeway, 1 on 3/12/2012 Black-faced Cormorant, Phalacrocorax fuscescens (Langdon, P.) KI Busby Islet, 600 nests on 26/6/2013 and 200 SE Lake McIntyre, Millicent, 1 on 12/11/2011 nests on 1/4/2014 (Baxter, C.) (Muhovics, P. & Black, S.); Bordertown, 5 on MLR Pullen Island, 10 nests on 29/6/2015 and 31/8/2012 (Haywood, B. & Samuel-White, J.) 100 + 20 juv on 11/9/2015 (Carpenter, G.) YP Black Point, 1 on 27/10/2011, 27/12/2011 and 11/1/2012 (Tiller, M.); Price Saltfields, 1 on Little Black Cormorant, Phalacrocorax sulcirostris 4/9/2012 (Tiller, M. & Lloyd, P.& R.) AP West Lakes, up to 75 in Jul 2015 (Hirst, P.) EP Kimba SW, 2 on 27/10/2011 (Carpenter, G.) Osprey, Pandion haliaetus MLR Pullen Island, 200 on 11/6/2015 (Carpenter, See Dennis et al. (2011) for a review of G.) distribution and status in SA, and Dennis and Brooks (2014) for a new nesting site at Tourville Pied Cormorant, Phalacrocorax varius Bay (EP) EP Kimba SW, 1 on 17/1/2011 (Carpenter, G.) AP Thompson Beach, 1 on 16/10/2011 (Jones, KI Busby Islet, 200 nests on 26/6/2013 and 200 K.); Mutton Cove, Port River, 1 on 3/4/2015 nests on 1/4/2014 (Baxter, C.) (Baxter, C.), 2 on 17/5/2015 (Murphy, K.) and 1 MLR Belair NP, Playford Lake, 1 on 9/10/2013 on 23/8/2015 (Carter, D.) (Schmidt, L.) EP Lucky Bay, 1 on 17/4/2011 (Bebbington, L.) NE Etadunna Stn, Lake Boocaltaninna, 100 on MLR Waitpinga Beach, 1 on 28/2/2011 (Johnston, 14/5/2012 (Carpenter, G.) D.); Port Willunga, 1 on 21/3/2013 (Missen, J.); 38 South Australian Ornithologist 44 (1 - 2)

Waitpinga Cliffs, 1 on 31/8/2013 (Steele-Collins, Thomas Gully, 1 on 16/12/2011 (Lawrence, R.); E.); Aldinga Beach, 1 on 11/9/2013 (Hartland, 5 km NE Forreston, 1 on 31/1/2012 (Slade, R.); D.); Ballaparudda Beach, 1 on 11/9/2013 Hale CP, west side, 1 on 31/1/2012 (Pearce, A.); (Halstead, C.); Maslin Beach, 1 on 30/9/2013 Williamstown, Coppermine Rd, 1 on 3/9/2012 (Potter, S.) (Pearce, A.); Hawthorndene, 1 on 20/10/2012, MM Chowilla Stn, Customs House, 1 subadult on 12/9/2013, 25/11/2013, 23/11/2014 (Schmidt, 11/6/2013 (Mableson, K.) L.); Sandy Creek CP, 1 on 20/10/2012 (Barron, NW Port Augusta, 1 in Oct 2011 (Morgan, A.) P.); Forreston, 1 on 15 and 31/12/2012, 11 and 20/12/2013, 7/1/2014, 6/11/2014, 13/10/2015 Black-shouldered Kite, Elanus axillaris and 13/12/2015 (Slade, R.); Para Wirra NP AP Klemzig, Thames Ave, 1 on 15/7/2014 workshop, 1 on 28/2/2013 (Taylor, S.); Rockleigh, (Buckley, K.) 1 on 14/9/2013 (White, G.); Kyeema CP, 1 EP 20 km NE Poochera, 1 on 21/3/2012 over on 27/9/2013 (Carpenter, G.); Morialta (Carpenter, G.) CP, entrance, 1 on 15/12/2013 (Harrison, J.); MLR Pullen Island, 1 on 11/6/2015 (Carpenter, G.) Mount George CP, 1 on 20/12/2013 (Sparks, K.); Williamstown, 1 + imm on 20/1/2014 (Turton, Letter-winged Kite, Elanus scriptus A.); Kuitpo Forest, Razorback Rd, 2 on 22/1/2014 MN 3 km E Port Wakefield, 5 ad + 1 juv on (Lawrence, R.); Anstey Hll CP, 1 on 15/10/2014 24/12/2013 (Taylor, P.W. et al.) and up to 7 in (Pascoe, E.); Morialta CP, 1 in Jan 2015 (Rogers, Aug 2014 (AOC) C.); Belair NP, pr + nest on 24/11/2015 (Berry, MM Hindmarsh Island, Murray Mouth Rd, 1 on D.); Anstey Hill CP, 1 over on 26/11/2015 10/3/2014 (Girdham, L.) (Groves, J.) NE Near Moomba, 20 from May-Jun 2013 (AOC) NW Beresford, 1 on 2/12/2011 (Rogers, C. & Black-breasted Buzzard, Hamirostra Koch, P.) melanosternon YP SW of Minlaton, 1 on 20/1/2014 (Treloar, K.) NE Mount Lyndhurst, South Ck, 1 on 28/7/2011 (Tiller, M. et al.) Square-tailed Kite, Lophoictinia isura NW Bon Bon Stn, Hogarth’s Well, 1 on 17/4/2011 AP Cobbler Creek RP, 1 on 2/2/2013 (Steeles, C.) (Black, A.) EP Shannon CP, 2 on 9/8/2011 (Bebbington, L.) MLR Para Wirra NP, pr + 2 juv in Jan 2011, 1 Little Eagle, Hieraaetus morphnoides on 27/8/2011, 2 + nest on 3/9/2011, 2 + 2 juv MLR Belair NP, 1 on 21/12/2011 (Williams, D.) on 19/11/2011, 2 + nest on 29/10/2014, 1 on 2/8/2015, 1 + nest on 12/9/2015, and 2 + 2 Grey Goshawk, Accipiter novaehollandiae juv on 12/12/2015 (Gredley, S.); Watts Gully, MLR Cudlee Creek, 1 on 19/5/2012 (Moore, G. et Rock Creek Rd, 1 on 7/3/2011 (Slade, R.); Hale al.); Ulebury, 1 on 16/6/2012 (AOC) CP, Hale lookout, 2 on 27/9/2011 (Stracey, K.); MM 3 km E Pinnaroo, 1 white phase on 1/5/2015 Mt Bold, 1 on 13/10/2011 (Lawrence, R.); Mt (Burman, D.) Crawford Forest, Cromer Block, 2 + nest on SE Canunda NP, 1 on 13/5/2013 (Berggy, J. et 28/10/2011 (Crampton, J.); Altona Landcare al.); 10 km W Mount Gambier, Millicent Rd, 1 on Reserve, 1 on 3/11/2011 and 3/2/2013 (Steeles, 9/3/2015 (Green, B.); Cowarry, Killanoola, 1 on C.) and 1 on 1 and 16/3/2012 (Zanker, R.); 27/8/2014 (Moorhouse, R.) Kaiser Stuhl CP, 1 on 13/11/2011 (Smith, Ed & Lloyd, R.) and 1 on 21/12/2012 (Smith, Ed et Spotted Harrier, Circus assimilis al.); Tanunda, St Hallett winery, 1 on 14/11/2011 KI Emu Bay, 1 on 25/2/2013 (Brittain, R. & (Steeles, C.); Victor Harbor, Inman River, 1 on Diment, J.) 21/11/2011 (Cutten, D.); , MLR Waitpinga Cliffs, 1 imm on 22/1/2012 November 2019 39

(Steele-Collins, E.); Victor Harbor, Urimbirra 26/8/2014 (Harper, D.); Coorong NP, Mubin- Park, 1 on 22/4/2013 (Cheshire, N.); Port Yerook Point, 1 on 15/9/2014 (Allen, J.); 2 km SW Noarlunga cliffs, 1 imm on 16/7/2013 (Crocker, Point Sturt, 1 on 5/11/2014 (Doecke, N.); Ngaut J.); Wright Island, 1 on 17/7/2013 (Crocker, J.) Ngaut CP, 2 on 24/3/2015 (Nye, G.); Tolderol GR, SE S of Donovans, 1 on 12/11/2011 (Barrand, P & 2 in Nov 2015 (AOC) R; Connelly, C.) NE Cooper Creek, 20 km W Innamincka, 1 on 17/4/2012 (Tomlinson, G.); Coongie Lake, 1 subad Black Kite, Milvus migrans on 24/4/2012 (Reid, J.) and 1 on 12/6/2013 (Smith, AP Fullarton, 1 on 4/3/2013 (Horton, P.); Black R. & C.); Coongie, Cooper Creek N arm, 1 ad on Forest, 1 on 23/6/2013 (Carpenter, G.) 4/11/2015 (Wilkins, D. & Watkins, D.) EP Big Swamp, 20+ on 12/5/2013 (Christian, NW Mount Gullett beach, 2 ad on 3/3/2013 C.); Tumby Bay to Cowell, several on 14/5/2013 (Langdon, P.); Port Augusta Power Station, 1 ad on (Bebbington, L.) 25/6/2013 and 1/7/2013 (Langdon, P.); Chinaman’s KI Pelican Lagoon, 1 on 5/10/2011 (Baxter, C.); Creek, 1 ad on 16/3/2014 (Langdon, P.); Port Vivonne Bay, 1 on 7/9/2014 (Baxter, C.) Augusta West, 1 on 10/5/2014 (Langdon, P.) MLR Parson’s Beach, 2 on 8/1/2014 (Cutten, D.) SE Brown’s Bay, Eight Mile Creek, 1 on 25/9/2011 NE Etadunna Stn, Lake Boocaltaninna, 150 on (Friends of Parks/SE Coastcare); Pick Swamp, 14/5/2012 (Carpenter, G. & Kemper, C.) 1 imm on 16/3/2014 (Green, B. & Campbell, J.); SE Caroline Forest, HQ road, 1 on 20/3/2012 Beachport, Wooley Lake, 1 imm on 23/10/2014 (Haywood, B.) (Trudgen, W. & D.); Port MacDonnell, Stoney Point, 1 imm on 17/7/2015 (Campbell, J. & Whistling Kite, Haliastur sphenurus S.); Mount Gambier, Hawkins Rd, 1 imm on AP Botanic Gardens, 2 on 7/5/2015 (Hone, G.) 18/7/2015 (Green, B.); Rivoli Bay, 1 on 28/9/2015 EP Charlton Gully, 1 imm on 9/1/2012 and 1 on (Redman, K.) 4/2/2013 (Bebbington, L.) KI Rush Lagoon, 1 on 12/3/2014 (Renwick, J., Australian Bustard, Ardeotis australis Masters, P. & Baxter, C.) FR 5 km NE Stirling North, 1 on 8/9/2013 MLR Hawthorndene, 1 on 8 and 11/4/2013 (Langdon, P.); 50 km S Hawker, 1 on 12/8/2014 (Schmidt, L.); , 2 on (Foster, M.); Willochra Plain, 4 on 10/7/2015 10/7/2013 (Carpenter, G.) (Langdon, P.); W of HS, 4 in Oct 2013 (Langdon, P.) White-bellied Sea Eagle, Haliaeetus leucogaster MN Winninowie CP, 1 on 7/11/2015 (Field, T.) See Dennis et al. (2011) for a review of NW Andamooka, 2 on 26/10/2013 (Cook, distribution and status in SA. B.); Dog Fence S of Malbooma OS, 1 + juv on EP Cactus Beach, 1 on 2/6/2011 (Zucca, 12/10/2015 (SA Museum Waterhouse Club) M.); Whyalla, 1 on 4/2/2012, 8/3/2012 and 17/6/2014 (Smith, E.); Big Swamp, 1 imm on Buff-banded Rail, Gallirallus philippensis 6/4/2012 (Jack, T.) Reported widely from AP, MLR and MM in MM Point Sturt, 1 ad on 16/3/2011 (Doecke, spring-summer 2011, with lesser numbers in N.); Chowilla Stn, Chowilla Island, 1 imm on following years, including: 11/10/2011 (Carpenter, G. & Allan, J.); Coorong, AP Grange Golf Course, 1 dead on 3/4/2011 Pelican Point, 1 + 2 imm on 31/3/2012 (Gower, (Anderson, S.); Tranmere, 1 dead on 27/6/2011 P.); Wellington, Low Point, 1 imm on 7/5/2013 (McHenry, B.); Kensington Gardens Reserve, pr + (Doecke, N.); Point Sturt Peninsula, 2 imm on 4 juv on 14/11/2011 (Beer, P. & A.) 26/5/2013 and 1 ad on 29/3/2014 (Doecke, N.); EP St Peter Island, 1 on 3/2/2011 (Cooper, J. et Sunnyside CP, 2 on 13/4/2014 (AOC); Poltalloch, al.); Charlton, 2 on 18/7/2011 and in Dec 2012 1 on 2/7/2014 (Chinta, S.); Waikerie, 1 imm on (Bebbington, L.); Elliston, 1 on 26/10/2011 40 South Australian Ornithologist 44 (1 - 2)

(Carpenter, G.) 13/10/2011 (Syson, W.); Aldinga, Hart Rd KI 10 km W Penneshaw, 1 on 20/9/2011 wetland, 3 on 9/1/2012 (Tiller, M.); Waitpinga (Baxter, C.); Penneshaw, 2 on 13/10/2011 and Swamp, 1 on 4/10/2013 (Carpenter, G.); Rocks 3 on 29/11/2011 (Baxter, C.); American River, Reserve, 8 km E Balaklava, 1 on 5/9/2015 1 on 8/12/2011 and 26/1/2012 (Renwick, J. & (Taylor, P.W) Williams, L.); 2 km W Kingscote, 1 on 8/12/2011 YP Sunbury, 1 on 11/11/2012 (Jack, T.) (Baxter, C.); Kohinoor Hill, 2 on 3/1/2012 (Baxter, C.) Australian (Spotted) Crake, Porzana fluminea MLR Waitpinga Cliffs, ad + imm in Jul 2011 EP Streaky Bay High School, 1 in Nov 2011 (Steele-Collins, E.); Belair NP, Melville Gully, 1 on (Cooper, J. & Needle, P.); Tumby Bay SW, 10 on 22/10/2011 (Snowball, D. et al.); Brownhill Creek, 26/7/2011 (Carpenter, G.) 1 on 31/8/2013 (Gloster, J.); American River, 2 on KI Busby Islet, 30 on 18/2/2012 (Baxter, C.) 5/4/2013 (Baxter, C.) MLR Mount Barker, Laratinga Wetlands, 25 in Jan 2012 (Williams, K. & L.) Lewin’s Rail, Lewinia pectoralis NW Lake Watherston, 10 on 17/5/2011 (Black, AP Thompson Beach, 2 on 21/10/2011 (Hartland, A. et al.) D.); Freeling SW, 2 on 20/1/2013 (Steeles, C.) EP Charlton Gully, 1 on 27/12/2012 (Bebbington, Spotless Crake, Porzana tabuensis L.) AP Freeling SW, 2 on 12/1/2012 (Steeles, C.) KI Wiadrowski’s Lagoon, 2 + juv on 13/10/2013 FR Mambray Creek, 2 on 1/8/2011 (Monterola, H.) (Wiadrowski, R.) MLR Mount Barker, Laratinga Wetlands, pr + MLR Deep Creek CP, Bullocks Creek, 1 on 3 juv on 21/1/2011 (Peters, L.) and 1 + 2 juv on 15/4/2014 (Jaensch, T.); Currency Creek 8/10/2015 (Smith, S. & Williams, K.); Aldinga, Winery, 6 on 17/12/2014 (Jaensch, T.); Swanport Hart Rd Wetland, 1 on 9/1/2012 (Tiller, M.); Wetlands, 1 on 19/4/2011 (Koch, P.) Stirling, Woorabinda Reserve, 1 on 21/7/2013 MM Banrock Wetlands, 1 on 17/11/2015 (Field, T.) (Collard, S.); Gawler East, South Para River, hd on 14/7/2014 (Belder, D.); Mt Barker Creek, 3 km Baillon’s Crake, Porzana pusilla SW Callington, 1 on 24/4/2014 (Carpenter, G.); AP Globe Derby Park, White Rd Wetland, 1 Second Valley creek, ad + 3 juv on 12/1/2015 on 20/9/2011 and 4 on 26/10/2011 (Carter, (Jaffer, G.) D.); Greenfields Wetlands, Magazine Rd, 2 juv MM Salt Creek, Coorong, 1 on 24/6/2011 (Dadd, D.) on 24/1/2011 (Wood, M.); Freeling SW, 2 on NW Amata SW, 1 on 10/5/2013 (Hartland, D.) 14/1/2012 (Steeles, C.), Campbelltown, Lochiel SE Naracoorte airport, 1 on 16/10/2011 Park wetlands, 1 on 18/11/2012 (Hyland, M.); (Moorhouse, R.); Millicent, Lake McIntyre, 1 on River Light, 8 km NE Mallala, 1 on 4/11/2014 14/2/2013 (Boyle, S. & Pounsett, R.) (Taylor, P.W.) EP Streaky Bay High School, 2 in Nov 2011 Australasian (Purple) Swamphen, Porphyrio (Cooper, J. & Needle, P.); Whyalla Wetlands, 2 melanotus on 14/9/2012 (Smith, E.); Streaky Bay SW, 1 on EP Todd Reservoir outlet, 2 on 5/2/2013 29/10/2013 (Schmidt, L.) (Carpenter, G.) FR Nelshaby Reservoir, 2 on 20/8/2011 and MLR Kapunda SW, 2 on 7/8/2015 (Carpenter, G.) 4/12/2011 (Jamieson, A. & White, J.) NW Lake Watherston, 10 on 17/5/2011 and 20 on MM Maize Island Lagoon CP, 2 in Sep 2011 (AOC) 15/11/2011 (Black, A. et al.) MN , Senate Rd, several on 6/11/2011 (Klau, W.) Dusky Moorhen, Gallinula tenebrosa MLR Aldinga Washpool, 2 on 23/9/2011 MLR Rocks Reserve, 10 km E Balaklava, 2 + juv (Carpenter, G.); Hayborough Wetlands, 1 on on 23/12/2014 (Taylor, P.W.) November 2019 41

MN Orroroo, Pekina Reservoir, 1 on 10/10/2011 juv on 9/1/2012 (Baxter, C.) (Dyer, J.) MLR Black Hill CP, Maryvale Rd, 1 dead on 3/2/2011 (O’Brien, C.); , Black-tailed Nativehen, Tribonyx ventralis 1 on 20/4/2011 (Paton, P.); Woodcroft, Tangari AP Glenelg Golf Course, pr + 5 juv on Reserve, 1 on 2/6/2011 (Brooker, W.); Crafers 12/11/2015 (Paton, P.) West, Sedum Pl, 1 + 3 juv on 16/11/2011 (Hayes, EP Kimba SW, 200 on 27/10/2011 (Carpenter, G.); J. & Naglis, G.); Hallett Cove RS, dead male on Cummins SW, 100 on 25/10/2011 (Carpenter, G.) 27/9/2012 (Lloyd, R.); Woodcroft, Armata Rd, 1 MM 6 km SSE Mount Mary, 50 on 14/12/2011 on 7 & 13/6/2014 (Brooker, W.) (Carpenter, G.) MM Chowilla Stn, Chowilla Island, feeding NW Lake Watherston, 500 on 15/11/2011 (Black, scrapes on 12/10/2011 (Carpenter, G. & Allan, J.); A. et al.); Bon Bon Stn, Duncan’s Dam, 60 + 3 juv Gluepot Stn, S of Diesel Dam, 2 on 15/10/2011 on 19/4/2011 (Black, A.) (Steeles, C. & Parkin, K.); Weston Flat, 1 on 22/2/2012 (Carpenter, G.) Eurasian Coot, Fulica atra EP Lake Horn, 20 on 25/10/2011 (Carpenter, G.) Red-chested Buttonquail, Turnix pyrrothorax MM 6 km SSE Mount Mary, 50 on 14/12/2011 AP St Marys, South Rd, 1 dead on 9/11/2011 (Carpenter, G.) (Fennell, J.) NE Lake Harry, 1000 on 18/5/2012 (Carpenter, G.) MLR Near Flinders University, 1 on 9/1/2011 NW Lake Watherston, 250 + juv on 17/5/2011 (Pfeiffer, P.) (Black, A. et al.); Witchelina Stn, Teatree Swamp, 1500 + juv on 17/5/2011 (Black, A. et al.); Port Little Buttonquail, Turnix velox Augusta, Lake Dempsey, 500 on 29/5/2014 MM Muntiri Scrub, 8 km SW Milang, 1 on (Langdon, P.) 3/12/2012 (Black, A.)

Brolga, Antigone rubicunda Bush Stonecurlew, Burhinus grallarius NE 2 km S Clayton HS, 17 on 13/4/2013 AP Prince Alfred College, Adelaide, 1 on (Bannister, J.); Lake Goyder, 130 on 7/10/2013 2/8/2014 (Fahey-Sparks, D.) (Reid, J.); Etadunna Stn, Lake Boocaltaninna, 78 EP Hincks CP, 1 on 20/8/2014 (Wilkins, on 25/10/2013 (SA Museum Waterhouse Club) P.); Bascombe Well CP, Corunna Track, 1 on NW Witchelina Stn, Murrumbidgee WH, 9 on 24/8/2014 (Wilkins, P. et al.) 4/9/2014 (Black, A.) MM 20 km E Murray Bridge, 1 on 3/3/2011 SE Little Bool Lagoon, 150 on 8/2/2015 (Pfeiffer, P.); adjacent Monarto Zoo, 1 on (Moorhouse, R.) 30/11/2013 (Hurren, A.) MO Thistle Island, 2 on 13/2/2015 (Barnsley, R.) Painted Buttonquail, Turnix varius SE Bordertown Council Depot, 2 on 12/9/2014 AP Vista, 1 dead on 8/5/2011 (Pascoe, (Pascoe, E.) E.); Roseworthy, Pengilly Scrub, 1 on 15 & YP Innes NP, Inneston, 1 on 24/10/2013 (Van 26/10/2011 (Steeles, C.); Glen Osmond, 1 dead Teubner, V.); Innes NP, Pondalowie Bay, 1 on on 20/12/2011 (Paton, L.); 5 km N Avon, 2 on 15/11/2014 (Flavel, S.) 15/12/2013 (Taylor, P.W.) EP 5 km SW Coomunga, 2 on 21/1/2011 Beach Stonecurlew, Esacus magnirostris (Carpenter, G.); St Peter Island, 5+ on 3/2/2011 SE Douglas Point CP, 1 on 28/2/2015 (Ward, (Cooper, J. et al); Charlton Gully, pr + 5 juv on P.); Port MacDonnell, 1 on 13/4/2015 (Newell, 18/1/2012 (Bebbington, L.) D.); Riddoch Bay, McKinnon Lane beach, 1 on KI Seal Bay, 1 found dead on 13/8/2011 (Zepf, 18/7/2015 (Campbell, J. & S.) A.); Flinders Chase NP, 3 km E Rocky River, 1 + 4 42 South Australian Ornithologist 44 (1 - 2)

Pied Oystercatcher, Haematopus longirostris NW Witchelina Stn, Murrumbidgee Swamp, 25 + AP Bald Hill beach, pr + 2 juv on 28/10/2014 and 6 juv on 16/5/2011 (Black, A. et al.); Port Augusta, pr + nest on 6/10/2015 (Taylor, P.W.) Pink Lake, 356 on 1/6/2014 (Langdon, P.) KI Kingscote, Reeves Point, 180 on 13/5/2014 SE Sarnia Swamp, 4 km W Naracoorte, 100 on (Burns, A.) 29/7/2014 (Miller, R.) MLR Yilki reef, 1 on 2/10/2015 (Carpenter, G.) See Jones (2016) for information on the Grey-headed Lapwing, Vanellus cinereus abundance of oystercatchers in relation to human NW Amata SW, 1 on 2/3/2014 (Hartland, D.) disturbance in the MM region. Photos supplied.

Sooty Oystercatcher, Haematopus fuliginosus Banded Lapwing, Vanellus tricolor AP Breakout Creek mouth, Henley Beach South, MM Coorong, Long Point, 84 on 16/2/2013 1 on 24/5/2014 (Edey, D.); West Lakes Shore, 2 (Burns, A.) on 15/2/2015 (Harding, F. & J.) SE Moorak, 11 on 28/4/2015 (Haywood, B.) MLR Wright Island, nest + eggs on 3/12/2015 (Carpenter, G.) Red-kneed Dotterel, Erythrogonys cinctus YP Price Saltfields, 1 on 4/9/2012 (Tiller, M. MLR Waitpinga Swamp, 100 on 15/11/2013 & Lloyd, P. & R.); Port Arthur, 2 on 11/1/2015 (Carpenter, G.) (Taylor, P.W.) MM Muntiri, 120 on 11/12/2013 (Black, A.) YP Innes NP, Pondalowie Bay, 1 on 9/10/2011 Pied (Black-winged) Stilt, Himanotopus (Furbank, D.) leucocephalus AP St Kilda foreshore, 350 on 3/7/2013 (Syson, W.) Inland Dotterel, Peltohyas australis KI Rush Lagoon, 170 on 8/1/2012 (Baxter, C.) MM 7 km S Florieton, 2 on 18/9/2015 (Carpenter, MLR Washpool Wetland, Aldinga, 90 on G.) 1/7/2011 (Carpenter, G.) NW Amata SW, 8 on 1/12/2013 (Hartland, D.) Pacific Golden Plover, Pluvialis fulva EP Dutton River estuary, 1 on 18/10/2012 Banded Stilt, Cladorhynchus leucocephalus (Carpenter, G.) AP Semaphore Beach, 11 on 17/1/2013 MLR Waitpinga Swamp, 5 on 15/11/2013 (Carpenter, L.) (Carpenter, G.) KI Wisanger Lagoon, 5000 on 11/11/2011 (Baxter, C.) MM Hindmarsh Island, Sugars Beach, 54 on MN Porters Lagoon, 200 on 9/10/2011 (Schmidt, L.) 17/2/2013 (Brooker, W.); Goolwa Channel, 50 on NE Lake Harry, 12,000 on 16/4/2013 (Pedler, L. 31/12/2014 (Brooker, W.) & R.); Lake Eyre, Warburton Channel, 2000 on YP Black Point, 4 on 11/1/2012 (Tiller, M.) 23/2/2015 (Black, A.) NW Lake Eyre South, 9500 prs nesting in Mar Grey Plover, Pluvialis squatarola 2012 (see Pedler et al. 2014); Amata SW, 1 on AP Bald Hill Beach, 30+ on 28/12/2014 (Taylor, 2/2/2013 (Hartland, D.); Lake Torrens, W side, P.W.) 10,000 nesting in Jun 2013 (see Pedler et al. 2016) KI Cape Rouge, 30 on 13/1/2012 (Baxter, C.) MM Coorong, Parnka Point, 5 on 5/4/2015 Red-necked Avocet, Recurvirostra novaehollandiae (Oaten, S.) AP Adelaide University, Kintore Ave, 1 dead on 20/7/2014 (Gackle, A.) Semipalmated Plover, Charadrius semipalmatus EP Kimba SW, 1 on 27/10/2011 (Carpenter, G.) SE Carpenter Rocks, Livingstone Bay, 1 on MM 20 km E Langhorne Creek, Flagstaff Rd, 900 4-9/11/2014 (Christie, M. & Vaughan, H.) and on 1/7/2014 (Edey, D.) 2/12/2014 (Brooker, W.) November 2019 43

Red-capped Plover, Charadrius ruficapillus EP Kimba SW, 2 on 22/3/2012 (Carpenter, G.); 1 KI Rush Lagoon, 270 on 8/1/2012 (Baxter, C.) km W Iron Duke, 3 on 16/7/2013 (Carpenter, G.) KI Grassdale Lagoon, Kelly Hill CP, 36 on Double-banded Plover, Charadrius bicinctus 2/8/2014 (Baxter, C.) EP Sceale Bay, Yannerby Sands, 2 on 15/2/2012 MLR Mount Barker, Laratinga Wetlands, 20 in Jan (Cooper, J.) 2012 (Williams, K. & L.) KI Cygnet River, 37 on 3/7/2013 (Baxter, C.) MM Murray Mouth, 50 on 17/3/2011 (Stracey, K.) Australian Painted Snipe, Rostratula australis YP Black Point, 42 on 20/7/2013 (Tiller, M.) AP Campbelltown, Lochiel Park Wetland, 1 on 20/11/2011 (Hyland, M.); Globe Derby Lesser Sand Plover, Charadrius mongolus Park, White Rd Wetland, 1 on 4/10/2011, 7 on AP Thompson Beach, 10 on 2/4/2011 (Kowalick, D.) 8/11/2011 (Carter, D.), 11 on 13/11/2011 (Smith, MN Chinaman’s Creek, 1 on 6/3/2011 (Langdon, Ed & Lloyd, R.); Greenfields Wetlands, Magazine P.) Rd, 2 on 21/10/2011 (Parkin, K.) and 5 on 20/11/2011 (Hatch, J.) Greater Sand Plover, Charadrius leschenaultii FR 11 km E Parachilna, Glass Gorge Rd, 4 on AP Thompson Beach, 9 on 14/2/2015 (Rogers, C.) 29/11/2011 (Bailey, N.) MM Goolwa Channel, 1 on 31/12/2014 (Brooker, LNE 8 km NE Eudunda, 1 on 10/8/2013 (Taylor, W.) P.W.) SE Piccaninnie Ponds beach, 1 on 30/10/2011 MLR Onkaparinga Wetlands, 4 on 16/11/2011 (Campbell, J.) (Smith, Ed); Aldinga Scrub CP, Hart Rd, 2 on YP Black Point, 1 on 22/3/2014 (Tiller, M.) 3/1/2012 (Crocker, J.); Mount Barker, Laratinga Wetlands, 1 on 30/9/2012 (Williams, K.) Oriental Plover, Charadrius veredus SE Bool Lagoon, 10 on 12/11/2011 (Barrand, P. AP Thompson Beach, 1 on 14/2/2015 (Rogers, & R., Connelly, C.) and 13/11/2011 (Green, B.) C.) and 3 on 19/12/2015 (Brooker, W.) and 1 on 11/1/2014 (Earl, H. & I.); Earl’s Lane, EP Denial Bay, 31 on 29/1/2011 (Brooks, A.) Wandillo, 5 on 20/12/2011 (Jones, K.); Eight Mile FR Leigh Creek retention dam, 1 on 11/11/2013 Creek, Boronga Estate, 6 on 2/12/2011 (Young, (Bennett, M.) G.); Millicent, Lake McIntyre, 1 on 3 & 10/1/2013 MM Banrock Wetlands, 3 on 17/12/2013 (Field, T.) (Jones, A. & Pounsett, A.) NE Etadunna Stn, Lake Boocaltaninna, 2 on 31/10/2013 (SA Museum Waterhouse Club) Plains-wanderer, Pedionomus torquatus YP Wauraltee Beach, 2 on 10/2/2015 (Treloar, K.) LNE Boolcoomatta Stn, Millierooka Track, 1 on NW Amata, 4 on 10/11/2013 (Hartland, D.) 6-9/4/2012 (Matejcic, P. – see Pedler 2012)

Hooded Plover, Thinornis cucullatus Whimbrel, Numenius phaeopus See Dennis and Ball (2011) for information on the AP St Kilda Saltfields, 1 on 8/2/2011 (Rogers, C.), KI population. and 26/2/2011 (Brooker, W.); Thompson Beach, 2 EP Yalata Beach, 2 on 13/11/2012 (Kowalick, D.) on 4/7/2012 (Hartland, D.) SE Coorong, Salt Creek Loop Rd, 23 on KI Bay of Shoals, 7 on 6/2/2011 (KI Shorebird 28/6/2011 (Gower, P.) survey); Cape Rouge, 5 on 24/2/2011 (Baxter, C.) YP 1km E Minlaton, pr + juv on 20/1/2014 YP Price Saltfields, 16 on 22/1/2011 (Rogers, C.); (Treloar, K.) 8 on 28/3/2012 (Lloyd, P.)

Black-fronted Dotterel, Elseyornis melanops Far Eastern Curlew, Numenius madagascariensis AP Netley, Brownhill Creek, 1 on 30/12/2011 AP Light Beach, 9 on 11/1/2011 and 16 on (Jack, T.) 19/1/2013 (Noble, C. & Walker, B.); Mawson 44 South Australian Ornithologist 44 (1 - 2)

Lakes, 1 on 6/1/2015 (Turvey, D.) (Jack, T.); Noora Evaporation Basin, 1 on EP Tourville Bay, 1 on 1/2/2011 (Cooper J. et al.); 1/12/2013 (Robins, J.) Whyalla foreshore, 1 on 5/4/2011 (Smith, E.); Acraman Creek CP, 13 on 12/2/2012 (Cooper, J.) Broad-billed Sandpiper, Calidris falcinellus NW Mount Gullett beach, 36 on 3/3/2013 EP Whyalla Wetlands, 1 on 23/10/2013 (Schmidt, (Langdon, P.) L.). Record considered unconfirmed but probable SE Pick Swamp, 1 on 22/3/2015 (Green, B. & by Birds SA Rarities Committee. Haywood, B.) Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Calidris acuminata Bar-tailed Godwit, Limosa lapponica FR Hawker SW, 1 on 22/11/2011 (Schmidt, L.) AP Bald Hill Beach, 70 on 15/3/2015 (Taylor, P.W.) MLR Waitpinga Swamp, 100 on 15/11/2013 MM Goolwa Channel, 23 on 31/12/2014 (Carpenter, G.) (Brooker, W.) NW Malbooma Rocks, 1 on 9/10/2015 (SA Museum Waterhouse Club) Black-tailed Godwit, Limosa limosa AP St Kilda Saltfields, 62 on 31/3/2011 (Rogers, C.) Curlew Sandpiper, Calidris ferruginea MM Langhorne Creek, 20km E, Flagstaff Rd, 3 on MN Chinaman’s Creek, 400 on 16/3/2014 1/7/2014 (Edey, D.) (Langdon, P.) NE Lake Mundooroounie, 15 on 21/4/2012 MM Goolwa Channel, 300 on 31/12/2014 (Reid, J.) (Brooker, W.) YP Price Saltfields, 200 on 19/2/2012 (Thomas, Ruddy Turnstone, Arenaria interpres C. & Tiller, M.) AP St Kilda Saltfields, 12 on 12/10/2013 (Brooker, W.) Long-toed Stint, Calidris subminuta MN Chinaman’s Creek, 1 on 16/3/2014 AP Globe Derby Park, White Rd Wetland, 1 on (Langdon, P.) 19/1/2014 (Zanker, R.); St Kilda Saltfields, SA NW Port Augusta, Bird Lake, 3 on 13/9/2011 Water ponds, 1 on 10/12/2015 (Carpenter, G.) (Langdon, P.) MLR Waitpinga Swamp, 1 on 15/11/2013 (Carpenter, G.); Mount Barker, Laratinga Red Knot, Calidris canutus Wetlands, 1 on 17/11/2014 (Williams, K.) AP Thompson Beach, 1000 on 17/3/2011 NW Amata SW, 2 on 17/12/2013 (Hartland, D.) (Philcox, J.); Bald Hill Beach, 400 on 15/3/2015 (Taylor, P.W.) Red-necked Stint, Calidris ruficollis EP Lake MacDonnell, Penong, 100 on 2/6/2011 MN Chinaman’s Creek, 2000 on 3/9/2012 (Zucca, M.) (Langdon, P.) MN Chinaman’s Creek, 22 on 3/9/2012 (Langdon, P.) Sanderling, Calidris alba AP Tennyson, 2 on 24/10/2013 (Turner, J.) Ruff, Calidris pugnax MLR Tunkalilla Beach, 1 on 9/1/2014 (Steele- AP St Kilda Saltfields, 1 on 13/1/2011 (Price, Collins, E.); Port Elliot, Basham Beach, 7 on M.), 31/3/2011 (Rogers, C.) and 14/1/2014 19/3/2014 (Syson, W.) (Williams, K.); Greenfields Wetlands, Magazine EP Fowlers Bay, 50 on 2/10/2013 (Waanders, P.) Rd, 1 on 7/12/2013 (Stracey, K.); Gillman, Whicker Rd Wetland, 1 on 4/1/2014 (Dafoe, J.), Little Stint, Calidris minuta 2 on 11/1/2014 (Price, M.) and 2 on 16/1/2014 See Rogers and Cox (2015) for additional records (Brooker, W.) in SA and a national review. MM Coorong, S of Mark Point, 1 on 11/9/2011 AP St Kilda Saltfields, 1 on 7/5/2011 (Rogers, C.) November 2019 45

Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Calidris subruficollis MM Murray Mouth, 1 on 21/11/2011 (Smith, Ed) YP Price Saltfields, 1 on 15/12/2012 (Rogers, C. YP Port Clinton, 8 on 5/3/2011 (Jack, T.) and & Harper, D.) 14/3/2011 (Jack, T. & Gower, P.); Wallaroo, Bird Island Rd, 4 on 19/3/2011 (Rogers, C.); Giles Pectoral Sandpiper, Calidris melanotus Point, 3 on 10/11/2011 (Jack, T.) AP Gillman, Whicker Rd Wetland, 1 on 8/1/2014 (Wood, M.) and 11/1/2014 (Price, M.); Globe Marsh Sandpiper, Tringa stagnatilis Derby Park, White Rd Wetland, 2 on 19/1/2014 AP Bolivar SW, east ponds, 14 on 14/3/2014 (Zanker, R.) (Carpenter, G.); Balaklava SW, 1 on 25/1/2015 KI Murray’s Lagoon, 1 on 5/2/2013 (Baxter, C.); (Taylor, P.W.) Rush Lagoon, 2 on 22/1/2014 (Baxter, C.) NW Coober Pedy, 1 on 18/10/2012 (Berggy, J.) Wood Sandpiper, Tringa glareola AP Balaklava SW, 2 on 25/1/2015 (Taylor, P.W.) Latham’s Snipe, Gallinago hardwickii EP Whyalla CP dam, 1 on 28/10/2014 (Ashton, I. AP Netley, Brownhill Creek, 1 on 30/12/2011, & A.) and 31/10/2014 (Pascoe, E.) 20/1/2012 and 17/11/2012 (Jack, T.); Kaurna MM Muntiri, 1 on 20/10/2013 (Black, A.) Park Wetlands, 2 on 19/10/2013 (Allen, J.) NE Etadunna Stn, Lake Boocaltaninna, 2 on KI Kelly Hill CP, Grassdale Lagoon, 2 on 28/10/2013 (SA Museum Waterhouse Club) 6/1/2013 (Baxter, C.) NW Amata SW, 2 on 7/11/2013 (Hartland, D.); SE Robe, The Pub Lake & Lake Fox, 80 on Coober Pedy SW, 1 on 25/9/2015 (AOC) 5/12/2013 (Jack, T.) MM 1 km E Milang, 23 on 4/2/2011 (Waanders, P.) Common Greenshank, Tringa nebularia EP Lake MacDonnell, Penong, 4 on 2/6/2011 Terek Sandpiper, Xenus cinereus (Zucca, M.) MN Chinaman’s Creek, 1 on 16/3/2014 NW 4 km S Port Augusta, Woolshed Corner, 26 (Langdon, P.) on 18/2/2011 (Langdon, P.); Amata SW, 1 on MM Murray Mouth, 2 on 17/1/2012 (Candido, 2/11/2013 (Hartland, D.) P.), 1 on 28/11/2012 (Brooker, W.) and 2 on 7/3/2015 (Syson, W.); Goolwa Channel, near Australian Pratincole, Stiltia isabella Rushy Is, 1 on 9/3/2013 (Brooker, W.); Goolwa AP 3 km E Port Wakefield, 5 on 24/12/2013 Barrage, 1 on 29/11/2013 (Hicks, P. & A.); (Taylor, P.W. et al.) Goolwa Channel, 1 on 31/12/2014 (Brooker, W.) NW 45 km NW Nullarbor RH, 2 on 26/8/2011 YP Price Saltfields, 1 on 22/1/2011 (Rogers, C.); (Hudson, N.) Black Point, 1 on 30/5/2014 (Tiller, M.) Silver Gull, Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae Common Sandpiper, Actitis hypoleucos MLR Pullen Island, 300 + 2 juv on 11/9/2015 EP Streaky Bay SW, 1 on 18/1/2011 (Carpenter, (Carpenter, G.); Wright Island, 20 + juv on G.) 3/12/2015 (Carpenter, G.) FR Hawker dam, 1 on 7/10/2013 (Langdon, P.) NW Port Augusta, Bird Lake, 100s nests on MLR Tanunda SW, 1 on 27/8/2011 (Hartland, D.) 25/9/2011 (Langdon, P.) SE Valley Lake, Mount Gambier, 1 on 1/2/2015 (Birds SE) Kelp Gull, Larus dominicanus MM Murray Mouth, Hindmarsh Island, 1 on Grey-tailed Tattler, Tringa brevipes 7/4/2012 (Stracey, K.) KI Shoal Bay, 1 on 11/10/2011 (Baxter, C.); Busby SE Douglas Point Conservation Park, 1 imm on Islet, 1 on 27/3/2014 (Baxter, C.); Bay of Shoals, 5/11/2011 (Mt Gambier Area Friends of Parks); W side, 4 on 8/4/2014 (Baxter, C.) Picks Swamp, 13 on 19/11/2011 (Green, B.); 46 South Australian Ornithologist 44 (1 - 2)

Port MacDonnell, Green Point, 23 on 8/2/2015 (Haywood, B.); Lake George, Foster Point, 200 on (Haywood, B.) 27/2/2015 (Christie, M.) YP Price Saltfields, 165 + juv on 3/3/2012 (Wood, Gull-billed Tern, Gelochelidon nilotica M.; Hartland, D. & Mantle, D.) EP Tumby Bay, 6 on 24/9/2013 (Cox, T.) A census across SA organised by SA Dept MN Chinaman’s Creek, 4 on 3/9/2012 (Langdon, Environment & Water in February 2012 counted P.) 1100 birds including 72 juveniles. MM Murray Mouth, 1 ssp affinis on 6/4/2011 (Cheshire, N. & Lloyd, R.); Chowilla Floodplain, White-fronted Tern, Sterna striata 2 on 11/10/2011 (Carpenter, G.); Spectacle Lakes, KI Cape du Couedic, Admiral’s Arch, 33 25 on 16/11/2011 (Inkster, T.); 3 km N Nalpa Stn, on 3/7/2011 (Baxter, C.); Port MacDonnell 3 on 13/3/2015 (Doecke, N.) breakwater, 45 on 11/6/2013 (Rogers, C. et al.) NE Lake Harry, 50 on 16/4/2012 (Black, A. et al.) NW Murrumbidgee Swamp, 4 + 2 imm on Arctic Tern, Sterna paradisaea 16/5/2011 (Black, A. et al.) EP Wittlebee CP, 1 on 28/4/2013 (Klau, W.). Record considered unconfirmed but probable by Caspian Tern, Hydroprogne caspia Birds SA Rarities Committee. MLR West Island, 145 + 50 nests on 24/1/2011 SE Port MacDonnell, 1 on 28/9/2014 (Green, B.); (Syson, W.) and 200 + 60 juv & 150 eggs on 1 on 5/10/2014 (Bartram, K. & Rogers, C.) and 1 14/9/2012 (NPWS); Hawthorndene, 9 over on on 11/10/2014 (Wood, M. et al.) 14/10/2012 (Schmidt, L.) NE Etadunna Stn, Lake Boocaltaninna, 100 with Whiskered Tern, Chlidonias hybrida juv on 14/5/2012 (Carpenter, G.) AP River Torrens, City, 1 on 24/11/2015 (McHenry, B.) (Greater) Crested Tern, Thalasseus bergii NW Lake Watherston, 200 on 17/5/2011 (Black, MLR West Island, 930 + 300 nests on 24/1/2011 A. et al.) (Syson, W.); Wright Island, 100s nests in Dec 2014 (Paton, D.) White-winged (Black) Tern, Chlidonias leucopterus AP St Kilda Saltfields, 4 to 5 on 25/3/2013 Little Tern, Sternula albifrons (Lloyd, R.); 1 on 24/10/2014 (Hatch, J.) SE Danger Point, several on 15/1/2011 (Lloyd, KI Rush Lagoon, 3 on 29/1/2013 (Baxter, C.) R. et al.); Lake George, 1 on 17/1/2011 (Allen, NE Lake Mundooroounie, 2 on 21/4/2012 (Reid, J.) J.); Lake George, Foster Point, 2 on 27/2/2015 NW Lake Eyre, Halligan Bay, 20 on 5/4/2011 (Christie, M.) (Antos, M.); Cook SW, 1 on 25/10/2014 (Baxter, D.)

Fairy Tern, Sternula nereis South Polar Skua, Stercorarius maccormicki AP Thompson Beach, 45 on 17/3/2011 and 82 on MO Off Port MacDonnell, 1 on 6/4/2014 19/3/2012 (Philcox, J.) (Bartram, K. et al.) EP Lake Hamilton, 60 on 6 & 26/1/2011 (Cooper, J.); Little Eyre Island, 54 on 2/2/2011 (Cooper, J.); Brown Skua, Stercorarius antarcticus St Peter Island, 60 on 3/2/2011 (Cooper, J.); Lake KI Eastern Cove, 2 on 30/6/2013 (Baxter, C.) MacDonnell, Penong, 40 on 2/6/2011 (Zucca, M.) MLR The Bluff, Encounter Bay, 2 on 29/6/2014 MN Chinaman’s Creek, 2 on 3/9/2012 (Langdon, P.) (Carpenter, G.); Newland Head CP, 3 on MM Coorong, Cattle Island, 60 on 13/2/2013 2/8/2014 (Allen, J.) (Syson, W.); Coorong, Swan Point, 110 on 31/7/2015 (Green, B. & Arney, M.) Pomarine Jaeger, Stercorarius pomarinus SE Robe Obelisk, several nests on 1/1/2012 MO Off Port MacDonnell, 1 on 17/2/2013 November 2019 47

(Rogers, C. et al.) and 2 on 1/12/2013 (Bartram, MM Milang, Muntiri Scrub, 1 on 30/5 and K. et al.) 25/7/2011 (Black, A.)

Parasitic (Arctic) Jaeger, Stercorarius parasiticus Flock Bronzewing, Phaps histrionica AP Bald Hill Beach, 1 on 27/4/2015 (Taylor, See Pedler and Lynch (2016) for southerly records P.W.); Henley offshore, 1 on 6/2/2015 and a report of nesting. (Bainbridge, A.) LNE , Pine Dam, 100 on 3/5/2011 MO Off Port MacDonnell, 2 on 17/2/2013 and 6 (Pedler, R.) on 2/2/2014 (Rogers, C. et al.) NE Cowarie Stn, 700 on 19/8/2011 (Waanders, P.); Mungerannie Wetland, 100s on 18/10/2011 Long-tailed Jaeger, Stercorarius longicaudus (Berggy, J.); Lake Harry, 30 on 16/4/2012 (Black, MO Off Port MacDonnell, 1 on 6/3/2011, 1 on A. et al.); Etadunna Stn, Lake Boocaltaninna, 28/10/2012, 1 on 20/1/2013, 1 on 17/2/2013, 25,000 on 1/11/2013 (SA Museum Waterhouse and 1 on 1/2/2015 (Rogers, C. et al.) Club) NW Moon Plain, Coober Pedy, 1500 on 17/4/2011 *Feral Pigeon (Rock Dove), Columbia livia (Walton, J.); Witchelina HS, 1 on 21/4/2011 MLR West Island, 50+ nests in Jan 2011 (Syson, W.) (Wurst, A.); Callana Stn, Morphett’s Bore, 300+ NW Amata SW, 1 on 3/11/2013 (Hartland, D.) on 22/6/2011 (Sharrad, B.); Coward Springs, 200 on 28/11/2011 (Rogers, C. & Koch, P.); *Barbary Dove, Streptopelia risoria Peculiar Knob, 400 in Dec 2011 (Bebbington, L.); AP Greenfields Wetlands, 1 on 13/3/2011 (AOC); Simpson Desert, Purni Bore, 2000 in Aug 2012 Klemzig, OG Rd, 7 on 2/6/2011 (Bansemer, P. & (Peek, P.); Witchelina Stn, Middle Dam, 6 on B.); Somerton Park, Oaklands Rd, 48 on 1/5/2011 11/8/2013 (Slender, A.); 40 km N Roxby Downs, (Jack, T.); Balaklava, 1 on 24/9/2012 (Taylor, 200 on 15/8/2013 (Lamb, K.); Mulgaria Stn, E P.W.) of Waterman Dam, nest + eggs on 1/9/2013 EP Whyalla, 1 in Apr 2014 (Smith, Ella) (Moseby, K. & Pedler, R.); near Wilkatanna HS, MLR Christies Beach, 1 on 20/1/2012 (Jack, T.) 1 on 5/9/2013 (Smart, A. & Langdon, P.); Billa YP Port Clinton, 2 on 20/5/2015 (Syson, W.) Kalina Stn, 2000 on 20/9/2013 (Langdon, P.); Stn, Davey Dam, nest + eggs on 20/9/2013 *Spotted Dove, Spilopelia chinensis (Langdon, P.); Pernatty Stn, Canegrass Dam, 1 See Carpenter and Smith (2014) for recent reports on 2/10/2013 (Greenfield, C.); Malbooma OS, from EP. Bill Matheson (in litt.) recounts that in 1 on 21/10/2013 (Lamb, K.); Andamooka, 1500 about 1986 he observed Spotted Doves coming on 26/10/2013 (Cook, B.); Witchelina Stn, 80 on and going at will into a large aviary at Roopena 29/1/2014 (Cole, P.) Homestead (23 km E of Iron Knob). After writing to the owner, advising of their potential Crested Pigeon, Ocyphaps lophotes to become feral, the birds were subsequently See Black (2015) for a details of its historic dispatched. expansion in SA. EP Kimba township, 4 on 22/3/2012 (Carpenter, AP West Parklands, 191 on 4/6/2011 G.); Lucky Bay, 10 on 19/6/2012 (Carpenter, G.) (Whatmough, R.) NE Etadunna Stn, Lake Boocaltaninna, 100 on Common Bronzewing, Phaps chalcoptera 14/5/2012 (Carpenter, G.) NE Clayton Bore, 4 on 16/4/2012 (Black, A. et al.) NW Muckera RH, 1 on 10/4/2012 (Curson, C.) Spinifex Pigeon, Geophaps plumifera NE Kachumba WH, 15 on 21/11/2011 (Gates, Brush Bronzewing, Phaps elegans J. & Stewart, H.); Cordillo Downs Stn, 5 on EP St Peter Island, 20 on 2/2/2011 (Cooper, J. et al.) 23/11/2011 (Gates, J. & Stewart, H.); Cordillo 48 South Australian Ornithologist 44 (1 - 2)

Downs, Cadelga OS, 4 on 21/9/2012 (Rogers, C. NE Dulkaninna Stn, Lake Tankamarinna, 1 on & Koch, P.) and 1 on 10/11/2012 (Whitfield, B.) 17/5/2012 (Carpenter, G.)

Diamond Dove, Geopelia cuneata Horsfield’s Bronze Cuckoo, Chalcites basalis EP Ceduna, 1 dead on 17/9/2012 (NPWS AP Ridgehaven, 1 on 27/8/2014 (Zanker, R.) Ceduna) MM Chowilla Stn, mostly at edge of floodplain, Shining Bronze Cuckoo, Chalcites lucidus 50+ on 12/10/2011 (Carpenter, G. & Allan, J.) EP Dakalanta, 1 on 26/10/2011 (Carpenter, G.) NE Etadunna Stn, Cooper Creek, 500 on MLR 7 km NW Finniss, 1 juv on 16/11/2014 16/5/2012 (Carpenter, G.) (Carpenter, G.)

Peaceful Dove, Geopelia placida Pallid Cuckoo, Cacomantis pallidus MLR 5 km SW Victor Harbor, 1 on 8/5/2011 AP West Beach, Patawalonga Creek, 1 on (Carpenter, G.); Waitpinga Cliffs, 1 on 27/2/2012 14/8/2012 (Lawrence, R.) (Steele-Collins, E.); Cox Scrub CP, 2 on KI Bay of Shoals, 1 on 20/9/2012 (Redman, N.) 11/10/2013 (Carpenter, G.) SE Piccaninnie Ponds CP, 1 on 23/9/2011 NE 3 km N Pandie Pandie HS, 5 on 17/4/2012 (Anderson, R.) (Black, A. et al.) NW Witchelina Stn, Teatree Swamp, 4 on Fan-tailed Cuckoo, Cacomantis flabelliformis 15/11/2011 (Black, A. et al.) AP North Brighton, 1 on 15/9/2011 (Jack, T.); SE Fairview CP, NW corner, 4 on 6/4/2011 Gilberton, 1 on 27/7/2012 (Paton, P.) (Carpenter, G.); Deadmans Swamp Native Forest, FR Mundallio Stn, 1 on 13/7/2014 (Langdon, P. 1 on 12/8/2011 (Haywood, B. & Horn, T.) et al.) MLR West Island, 1 on 3/6/2015 (Carpenter, G.) Pacific (Eastern) Koel, Eudynamys orientalis NE Oonabrinta Creek, 6 km N Innamincka, 1 on AP Paradise, 2 in Sep 2013 (Neale, R.); 24/7/2011 (Thomson, R. & R.) Athelstone, Emes Ct, 1 on 8/12/2013 (Cellier, G.); Paradise, River Torrens, 1 on 14/12/2013 (Jones, Eastern Grass Owl, Tyto longimembris K.) and 16/10/2014 (Neale, R.); Thorndon Park See Pedler and Parkhurst (2014) for recent Reservoir, 1 male on 18-21/10/2014 (Hatch, J. & records from NE and NW. Rogers, C.), 1 on 15/10/2014 (Cellier, G.) and 1 on 18/10/2014 (Rogers, C.) Powerful Owl, Ninox strenua MLR Reynella, Sandgate Cl, 1 on 13/11/2011 SE Wombat Flat Forest Reserve, 1 on 1/8/2011 (Hankel, C.); Reynella, Sarah Cl, 1 on 13/11/2011 (Arney, M. & J.); Snow Gum Forest Reserve, hd (Harris, S.), 1 on 2/10/2012 (Harris, S. & L.), 1 on 15/6/2011 (Haywood, B.), 1 on 26/1/2013 on 18/10/2012 (Lees, A.) and 1 on 11/10/2013 (Farnes, R.) and 2 on 19/5/2013 (Hayward, B. et al.) (Harris, S. & L.); Reynella, Zelda Cl, 1 on 22/10/2012 (Hankel, C.); Black Hill CP entrance, Barking Owl, Ninox connivens 1 on 28/11/2013 (van Weenen, J.); Athelstone, 2 LNE Bimbowrie HS, 1 on 21/6/2011 (Dennis, T. on 8/12/2013 (Cellier, G.) & Brittain, R.) MM Waikerie, 2 hd on 3/12/2012 (Larmour, K. & G.) Black-eared Cuckoo, Chalcites osculans SE Cowarry, Killanoola, 1 on 3/9/2011, 2 on AP Greenfields Wetlands, Magazine Rd, 1 on 3/10/2011, 2 on 21/7/2014 and 2 on 21/2/2015 19/10/2013 (Allen, J.) (Moorhouse, R.) SE Coorong NP, Salt Creek Loop Rd, 1 on 29/8/2014 (Green, B.); Struan, Sand Cave, 1 on Tawny Frogmouth, Podargus strigoides 25/10/2015 (Green, B.) AP Vista, 1 on 22/3/2011 (Russell, T.); North November 2019 49

Adelaide, River Torrens, 1 on 29/7/2011, MM 1 km N Nildottie, 150 on 20/3/2012 1/9/2013 and 29/10/2014 (Stracey, K.); (Winwood, S.) Kensington Park, 1 in Oct 2011 (Monceaux, D. MO sea 10 km S Port MacDonnell, 500 on & E.); Campbelltown, Torrens Linear Park, 1 on 2/2/2014 (Bartram, K. et al.) 12/7/2014 (Donkin, K.); MLR Bellevue Heights, pr + 2 juv on 20/1/2012 House Swift, Apus nipalensis (Clark, D.) SE Donovan’s Landing, 1 on 22/1/2013 (Rogers, C.). Record considered unconfirmed but probable Spotted Nightjar, Eurostopodus argus by Birds SA Rarities Committee. AP 7 km N Avon, 1 on 27/12/2014 (Taylor, P.W.); 14 km SW Balaklava, 1 on 27/12/2014 (Taylor, (Oriental) Dollarbird, Eurystomus orientalis P.W.) AP River Torrens, Campbelltown, 1 on 7/12/2013 MN Koolunga, 7km NE, 4 on 2/7/2012 (Pedler, (Hyland, M.) L. & R.) and 1 on 20/4/2013 (Pedler, L.); 7 km SE Koolunga, 1 on 17/5/2013 (Pedler, L.) Laughing Kookaburra, Dacelo novaeguineae MLR Waitpinga Beach, 1 on 8/10/2012 (Cutten, D.) AP Globe Derby Park, White Rd Wetland, 2 on MM Point Sturt, 1 on 22/4/2011 (Doecke, N.); 19/1/2012 (Price, M.); Waite Arboretum, nest + Point Sturt Peninsula, 2 on 14/7/2015 (Doecke, N.) juv on 4/12/2012 (Farmer, P.); Lockleys, Mellor SE Mingbool, Dismal Swamp Rd, 2 on 2/8/2014 Park, 1 on 16/7/2014 (Edey, D.) (Bigg, W.) EP Cummins Golf Course, 1 on 18/10/2012 (Carpenter, G.) Australian Owlet-nightjar, Aegotheles cristatus AP near Hamley Bridge, 1 on 24/5/2014 (Jack, T. Sacred Kingfisher, Todiramphus sanctus & Girdham, L.) AP Torrens Lake, Adelaide, 1 on 6/4/2011 EP White Well, 1 on 20/11/2013 (Carpenter, G.) (Rogers, D.); River Torrens, Breakout Creek, 1 on MLR Altona Scrub, 1 on 5/7/2012 (Zanker, R.) 8/3/2014 (Edey, D.); Adelaide, Torrens Weir, 1 on NE 3 km N Pandie Pandie HS, several on 21/3/2014 (Black, A.) 17/4/2012 (Black, A. et al.) SE Eaglehawk Waterhole, several on 27/3/2015 Red-backed Kingfisher, Todiramphus pyrrhopygius (Birds SE) AP Hindmarsh, Port Rd, 1 on 27/9/2011 (Burns, A.); 5 km W Owen, 1 on 9/10/2013 (Steeles, C. & White-throated Needletail, Hirundapus caudacutus Warnes, M.); Lower Light, 1 on 20/1/2014 (Syson, MM Coorong, Pelican Point, 3 on 1/4/2015 W.); Royston Park, 1 on 24/1/2014 (Moore, K.); (Moffatt, B.) 3 km E Port Wakefield, 2 on 20/10/2015 (Taylor, SE Nangwarry, 50 on 20/2/2011 (Parkin, K. & P.W.) Rogers, C.); Yahl, 100 on 18/3/2015 (Davies, J.) MM Belvidere, Angas River, 1 on 21/11/2011 (Doecke, N.) Pacific (Fork-tailed) Swift, Apus pacificus SE Glen Roy CP, 1 on 28/10/2012 (Green, B.) AP Woodville West, 120 on 7/2/2014 (Carter, D.) EP Whyalla, large nos. on 18/3/2011 and 200 on Rainbow Bee-eater, Merops ornatus 14/3/2012 (Smith, Ella); Coffin Bay NP, Point AP Black Forest, 6 on 22/12/2011 (Carpenter, G.) Avoid, 200 on 2/2/2014 (Fennell, J.) MLR Sturt Gorge NP, 2 on 28/9/2011 (Clarke, D.) KI Kingscote, 200 on 14/3/2012 (Baxter, C.); sea SE Mount Gambier, 3 on 20/10/2013 (Green, B.) 20 km N Emu Bay, 150 on 17/2/2013 (Dennis, S.) MLR Waitpinga Cliffs, 100s on 25/2/2012 (Steele- Australian Hobby, Falco longipennis Collins, E.); Waitpinga Beach, 300 on 11/3/2013 NW Old Mount Norwest HS, pr + nest on (Stracey, K.) 17/11/2011 (Black, A. et al.) 50 South Australian Ornithologist 44 (1 - 2)

Grey Falcon, Falco hypoleucos Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo, Zanda funerea EP Mullaquana, 1 on 18/9 and 14/10/2011 AP Nailsworth, Main North Rd, 3 on 1/1/2011 (Smith, Ella); Whyalla, 2 on 3/5/2013 (Smith, (Wood, M.); Kooyonga Golf Course, 4 on Ella) 10/1/2011 (Blaylock, K.); Prospect, 1 on FR Aroona Valley, NP, 1 on 14/1/2011 (Moylan, A.); Black Forest, Gordon 12/9/2011 (Monterola, H., Buckley, K. & Trezise, Rd, 22 on 10/1/2012 (Kemper, C.); Vista, 200 R.); Woolshed Flat, 1 on 16/11/2012 (Black, A.) on 29/4/2012 (Russell, T.); South Parklands, LNE Bimbowrie Stn, Tonga Ck, 2 on 21/6/2011 Adelaide, 7 on 10/12/2012 (Adams, J. & Reachill, (Dennis, T. & Brittain, R.) S.); Mile End South, 2 on 12/12/2013 (Telfer, A.); NE 50 km NE Lake Blanche, pr + 4 juv in Nov Kensington Gardens, 40 on 23/2/2014 (Beer, P. 2011 (Rees, M. et al. - see Schoenjahn 2013) & A.); Dernancourt, 1 on 27/11/2014 (Pyle, C.); NW Cadney Park Roadhouse, 2 on 12/3/2011 Gilberton, 23 on 20/10/2015 (Paton, P.) (Shaw, C.); Bon Bon Stn, Red Hills Well, 1 on EP Mount Damper, 9 on 18/7/2013 (Jericho, M.) 13/4/2011 (Black, A.); Farina, 2 on 24/9/2014 MLR Chandlers Hill, Education Rd, 200 on (Ragless, J.) 11/6/2011 (Brooker, W.); Anstey Hill NP, 400 on 28/5/2011 (Russell, T.); Second Valley Forest, Mt Black Falcon, Falco subniger Hayfield, 1250 on 28/5/2011 (Bentley, J.); Mount AP Balaklava, pr + 3 juv on 3/11/2015 (Taylor, Barker, Laratinga Wetlands, 2 at nest in Feb 2012 P.W.) (Williams, K. & L.); Cherry Gardens, 200 on EP Charlton Gully, 1 on 9/1/2012 (Bebbington, 8/7/2012 (Westcott, R.); Hallett Cove CP, 300 on L.); Tcharkuldu Hill, Minnipa, pr + juv on 5/7/2015 (Judson, A.) 4/10/2013 (Szucs, L.) MM 30 km E Meningie, 200 on 11/4/2011 (Sy, R.); KI Kingscote, Bluff boat ramp, 1 on 3/12/2011 Milang, Muntiri Scrub, 3 on 25/7/2011 (Black, (Baxter, C.) A.); Goolwa SW, 300 on 1/8/2011 (Snell, B. & LNE Boolcoomatta Stn, Mundianna Dam, 2 on Williams, K.); Peake, Hurtles Well Rd, 300+ on 6-9/4/2012 (Pedler, J. 2012) 8/8/2015 (Schmaal, I.); Currency Creek, 70 on MLR Encounter Bay foreshore, 2 on 4/6/2014 23/8/2015 (Syson, W.) (Cheshire, N.) A survey organised by DENR in May 2011 counted just over 2000 birds in the MLR region. Peregrine Falcon, Falco peregrinus NW Cadney Park, 1 on 12/3/2011 (Shaw, C.); Gang Gang Cockatoo, Callocephalon fimbriatum Witchelina HS dam, 1 on 21/4/2011 (Black, A. et al.) MLR Ironbank, Learmonth Ct, 2 on 10/2/2013 (Robson, T.) Cockatiel, Nymphicus hollandicus EP Port Lincoln Airport, 84 on 13/12/2011 Long-billed Corella, Cacatua tenuirostris (Cooper, J.) AP West Lakes, 24 on 23/8/2015 (Carter, D.); MLR Victor Harbor, Inman River, 5 on 5/11/2011 Gawler, Clonlea Park, 8 on 4/5/2011 (Hartland, D.) (Cutten, D.) MLR Balhannah, 66 on 30/6/2011 (Snell, B. & MM Milang, Muntiri Scrub, 80 on 11/11/2013 Williams, K.); Belair NP, Playford Lake, 40 on (Black, A.) 30/6/2012 (Monceaux, D. & E.)

Red-tailed Black Cockatoo, Calyptorhynchus Little Corella, Cacatua sanguinea banksii MM Cambrai, 1500 in Jan 2015 (Lewis, L.) NE 3 km N Pandie Pandie HS, 25 on 17/4/2012 MLR Waitpinga, 250 on 4/10/2013 (Carpenter, G.) (Black, A. et al.) SE Eight Mile Creek, 40 on 26/9/2014 (Young, G.) SE Fairview CP, NW corner, 14 on 6/4/2011 (Carpenter, G.) November 2019 51

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Cacatua galerita Australian (Mallee) Ringneck, Barnardius EP Mullaquana, 1 on 7 & 13/9/2014 (Smith, Ella) zonarius AP 5 km W Owen, 1 on 3/10/2013 (Warnes, M.) Regent Parrot, Polytelis anthopeplus MM Ngarkat CP, Comet Bore, 12 on 20/12/2011 Bourke’s Parrot, Neopsephotus bourkii (Sando, D.); 1 km E Sutherland, 12 on 4/4/2013 EP Uplands HS, Iron Chieftain, 1 in Jan 2012 (Sparks, K.); Mannum, 3 on 1/9/2013 (Snell, B. & (Bebbington, L.) M.); 4 km S Bower, 3 on 14/7/2014 (Doecke, N.) FR Near Merna Mora HS, 3 on 6/10/2013 (Langdon, P.) Princess Parrot, Polytelis alexandrae LNE Boolcoomatta Stn, 2 on 20/9/2011 (Alcock, B.) NW Serpentine Lakes, 3 on 1/9/2011 (Robertson, NW Witchelina Stn, Teatree Swamp, 2 on D.); Mamungari CP, ‘decent numbers’ on 17/5/2011 (Black, A. et al.); Bon Bon HS, 100 on 2/10/2014 (AOC); Bates Siding, 1 on 15/7/2014 14/9/2014 (Black, A.) (Baxter, D.) Blue-winged Parrot, Neophema chrysostoma Red-winged Parrot, Aprosmictus erythropterus AP Reeves Plains, 12 on 8/10/2011 (Steeles, C.); NE Cullyamurra WH, 1 unconfirmed on Thompson Beach, 23 on 21/10/2011 (Hartland, D.) 23/7/2011 (Koch, P.) KI Dashwood Bay, 1 on 11/10/2011 (Pedler, L. & Baxter, C.); Kingscote, 1 on 15/10/2014 (Baxter, C. Red-rumped Parrot, Psephotus haematonotus for N. Grootenboer) YP Minlaton, 1 roadkill in Jan 2011 (Treloar, K.); MN Chinaman’s Creek, 5 on 27/9/2014 Price Saltfields, 7 on 19/2/2012 (Thomas, C. & (Langdon, P.) Tiller, M.); 8 km NW Ardrossan, 2 on 19/10/2012 MLR Seaford Heights, Robinson Rd, 2 on (Carpenter, G.); Port Clinton, 2 on 19/10/2012 1/8/2013 (van Weenen, J.) (Carpenter, G.) NE Clayton Bore, 1 on 16/4/2012 (Black, A. et al.) NW Minagoona Lake, 1 on 20/5/2011 (Black, A. et al.) (Eastern) Bluebonnet, Northiella haematogaster SE Piccaninnie Ponds Rd, 60 on 12/4/2015 AP Lower Light, 30 on 20/1/2014 (Syson, W.) (Green, B.) MLR 5 km SW Victor Harbor, 2 on 27/12/2013 (Carpenter, G.) Elegant Parrot, Neophema elegans MM 6 km E Meningie, 2 on 5/5/2014 (Black, A.) EP Shannon CP, 5 on 9/8/2011 (Bebbington, L.); YP Price Saltfields, 3 on 19/2/2012 (Thomas, C. Lake Newland, Sheridan Lane, 34 on 31/3/2012 & Tiller, M.) (Cooper, J. & Needle, P.); 2 km W Edilillie, 2 on 21/3/2013 (Carpenter, G.) Crimson (Adelaide) Rosella, Platycercus elegans FR Horseshoe Range, 50 on 18/5/2014 (Langdon, P.) FR 21 km N Quorn, 2 on 25/7/2011 (Carpenter, G.) KI 10 km WNW American River, 3 on 3/1/2012 MM Big Bend, 4 on 30/4/2013 (Schmidt, L); (Baxter, C.); 4 km W D’Estrees Bay, 6 on 3/1/2012 Walkers Flat, 4 on 30/4/2013 (Schmidt, L.); 13 km (Baxter, C.); Flinders Chase NP, Gosse Lands, 3 on WNW Wynarka, 2 on 19/6/2014 (Edey, D.) 4/12/2013 (Baxter, C.) MLR Mount Barker, Laratinga Wetlands, pr + juv Crimson (Yellow) Rosella, Platycercus elegans on 17-23/1/2013 (Newlands, P. & Williams, K.); MM Gluepot Stn, gypsum lunette walk, 1 on Seaford Heights, Robinson Rd, 100 on 1/8/2013 14/9/2011 (Waanders, P.); Brookfield CP, 2 on (Carpenter, G.); 5 km NW Finniss, pr at hollow on 3/6/2013 (Steeles, C.) 20/11/2014 (Carpenter, G.); 7 km NW Finniss, pr at hollow on 26/11/2014 (Carpenter, G.) Eastern Rosella, Platycercus eximius MM Brookfield CP, 4 on 3/1/2011 (Steeles, C.); MM Swanport Wetland, 2 on 15/4/2011 (Schmidt, L.) Pooginook CP, 16 on 9/2/2012 (Jacobs, P.) and 20 52 South Australian Ornithologist 44 (1 - 2) on 14/2/2012 (Waanders, P. & Kieskamp, H.) YP Moonta Bay, 2 on 29/6/2013 (Langdon, P.) NW Port Augusta West, ad + juv on 25/11/2011 (Langdon, P.); Witchelina Stn, Berlina Dam, 5 on Budgerigar, Melopcittacus undulatus 19/5/2011 (Black, A. et al.) EP Verran, 100+ on 15/9/2013 (Cox, T.) SE Pick Swamp, 2 on 27/4/2012 and 12/5/2012 MLR Aldinga Scrub CP, 4 on 25/1/2014 (Talbot, N.) and 9 on 15/2/2015 (Green, B. et al.) NW Witchelina Stn, 500 on 29/1/2014 (Cole, P.

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