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Nine Grasswren tour report 20 July – 31 July 2014 Bellbird Tours Pty Ltd PO Box 2008 BERRI SA 5343 AUSTRALIA Ph. 1800-BIRDING Ph. +61409 763172 www.bellbirdtours.com [email protected] ABN 40 159 352 002 Summary and checklist of 2014 Nine Grasswren Tour Dates of tour: 20 July –31 July 2014 Leaders: Peter Waanders (assisted by Tonia Cochran & Chris Watson) next tour: July/Aug 2015 go to our tour program page tour brochure Dusky Grasswrens, 31 July 2014, Alice Springs © P Waanders Nine Grasswren tour report 20 July – 31 July 2014 Tour overview The 2014 ‘Nine Grasswren tour’ started in Adelaide (SA) and finished in Alice Springs (NT). After visiting Birdlife Australia’s Gluepot Reserve (Red-lored Whistler, Black-eared Miner) we explored the bluebush plains around Whyalla (Western Grasswren, Splendid (turquoise) Fairy-wren) and travelled through the scenic Flinders Ranges (Short-tailed Grasswren) up to the Birdsville track where we had both Chestnut-breasted and Banded Whiteface as well as the elusive Grey Falcon and Eyrean and Grey Grasswren. Yellow Chat and Gibberbird were added here, too. Through the heart of outback Queensland we arrived in Mount Isa after ticking off Red-browed Pardalote, Painted Honeyeater, Australian Bustard and Black-breasted Buzzard while massive flocks of Budgerigars were wheeling through the sky. We had great views of both Carpentarian and Kalkadoon Grasswren as well as Spinifex Pigeons, Varied Lorikeets, Spinifexbird and mixed flocks of woodswallows coming in to drink. From Mt Isa we travelled west over the vast Barkly Tablelands, where Flock Bronzewings entertained us with their antics in the sky while we also found 2 Red-chested Button-quails. Finishing around Alice Springs we found Dusy Grasswren, Grey- headed Honeyeater and Spinifexbird while those people that took the 3-day extension in ended up seeing Painted Finch, Bourke’s Parrot and Grey Honeyeater to name but a few. The weather was good throughout, with calm, sunny days and maximum temperatures in the 16-28 0C range, some frosty mornings, and no rain. A grand total of 206 bird species were recorded. The full bird list follows at the end of this document. Other sightings of interest included Freshwater Crocodile, Dingo, 3 spp of Kangaroo, Yellow-footed-, Purple-flanked and Black-footed Rock-wallaby. Itinerary 20 July: Adelaide – Birdlife Australia’s Gluepot Reserve - Peterborough. 21 July: Whyalla Conservation Park and surrounds – Hawker. 22 July: Flinders Ranges – Leigh Creek area – Lyndhurst. 23 July: Mt Lyndhurst Station – Marree – Birdsville track to Mungerannie roadhouse. 24 July: Cowarie station near Mungerannie. 25 July: Birdsville track from Mungerannie to Birdsville. 26 July: Birdsville – Boulia, birding en-route. 27 July: Boulia – Mt Isa, birding en-route. 28 July: all day around Mt Isa. 29 July: Mt Isa to Barkly Homestead, birding en-route and north of Barkly HS. 30 July: Barkly HS –Tennant Creek –Alice Springs. 31 July: all day around Alice Springs. A number of participants then joined the Red Centre Adventure, available as a stand-alone tour or an extension. Nine Grasswren tour report 20 July – 31 July 2014 Cinnamon Quail-thrush, Australian Pratincole, Flock Bronzewing, Yellow Chat, Chirruping Wedgebill, Short-tailed Grasswren. Photos © P Waanders. Nine Grasswren tour report 20 July – 31 July 2014 Kalkadoon Grasswren, Painted Honeyeater, Banded Whiteface, Chestnut-breasted Whiteface, Dusky Grasswren, Carpentarian Grasswren, Spinifex Pigeon, Red-lored Whistler. Photos © P Waanders. Nine Grasswren tour list of birds seen 20-31 July 2014 1 Emu Dromaius novaehollandiae 32 Australasian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae 2 Plumed Wistling-duck Dendrocygna eytoni 33 Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris 3 Freckled Duck Stictonetta naevosa 34 Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus 4 Musk Duck Biziura lobata 35 Black Kite Milvus migrans 5 Black Swan Cygnus atratus 36 Black-breasted Buzzard Hamirostra melanosternon 6 Australian Shelduck Tadorna tadornoides 37 Brown Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus 7 Australian Wood Duck Chenonetta jubata 38 Collared Sparrowhawk Accipiter cirrocephalus 8 Pink-eared Duck Malacorhynchus membranaceus 39 Spotted Harrier Circus assimilis 9 Australasian Shoveler Anas rhynchotis 40 Swamp Harrier Circus approximans 10 Grey Teal Anas gracilis 41 Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax 11 Chestnut Teal Anas castanea 42 Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides 12 Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa 43 Australian Bustard Ardeotis australis 13 Hardhead Aythya australis 44 Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio 14 Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae 45 Black-tailed Native-hen Tribonyx ventralis 15 Hoary-headed Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus 46 Eurasian Coot Fulica atra 16 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 47 Brolga Grus rubicunda 17 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 48 Red-chested Buttonquail Turnix pyrrhothorax 18 Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca 49 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 19 Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis 50 Red-necked Avocet Recurvirostra novaehollandiae 20 Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia 51 Banded Stilt Cladorhynchus leucocephalus 21 Yellow-billed Spoonbill Platalea flavipes 52 Red-capped Plover Charadrius ruficapillus 22 Great Egret Ardea modesta 53 Black-fronted Dotterel Elseyornis melanops 23 Eastern Cattle Egret Bubulcus coromandus 54 Red-kneed Dotterel Erythrogonys cinctus 24 White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica 55 Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles 25 White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae 56 Australian Pratincole Stiltia isabella 26 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 57 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia 27 Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus 58 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida 28 Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos 59 Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae 29 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 60 Rock DoveI Columba livia 30 Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris 61 Spotted DoveI Streptopelia chinensis 31 Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius 62 Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera Nine Grasswren tour list of birds seen 20-31 July 2014 63 Flock Bronzewing Phaps histrionica 94 Mulga Parrot Psephotus varius 64 Spinifex Pigeon Geophaps plumifera 95 Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus 65 Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes 96 Elegant Parrot Neophema elegans 66 Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata 97 Spotted Bowerbird Chlamydera maculata 67 Peaceful Dove Geopelia striata 98 Western Bowerbird Chlamydera guttata 68 Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo Chalcites basalis 99 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  • Western Australia Bird List

    Western Australia Bird List

    Western Australia Bird List EMU 063 Wilson's Storm-Petrel 187 Eastern Great Egret 143 Red-capped Plover 001 Emu 065 White-faced Storm-Petrel 186 Intermediate Egret 140 Double-banded Plover 066 Black-bellied Storm-Petrel 184 Great-billed Heron 139 Lesser Sand Plover MOUND BUILDERS 977 Cattle Egret 141 Greater Sand Plover 007 Malleefowl ALBATROSS 193 Striated Heron 142 Oriental Plover 006 Orange-footed Scrubfowl 086 Wandering Albatross 9945 Chinese Pond Heron 145 Inland Dotterel 974 Royal Albatross 190 Pied Heron 144 Black-fronted Dotterel QUAILS, PHEASANTS etc 088 Black-browed Albatross 188 White-faced Heron 138 Hooded Plover I 9939 Helmeted Guineafowl 091 Shy Albatross 185 Little Egret 132 Red-kneed Dotterel 009 Stubble Quail 090 Grey-headed Albatross 191 Eastern Reef Egret 135 Banded Lapwing 011 Brown Quail 089 Yellow-nosed Albatross 796 Black-crowned Night Heron 133 Masked Lapwing 012 King Quail 092 Sooty Albatross 192 Nankeen Night-Heron I 093 Light-mantled Sooty Albatross 178 Glossy Ibis 171 Comb-crested Jacana 903 Indian Peafowl 950 Common Pheasant I 179 Australian White Ibis 897 Pheasant-tailed Jacana PETRELS, PRIONS, SHEARWATERS 180 Straw-necked Ibis 929 Southern Giant-Petrel 181 Royal Spoonbill 170 Australian Painted Snipe WATERFOWL 199 Magpie Goose 937 Northern Giant-Petrel 182 Yellow-billed Spoonbill 168 Latham's Snipe 205 Plumed Whistling-Duck 074 Southern Fulmar 852 Pin-tailed Snipe 204 Wandering Whistling-Duck 949 Antarctic Petrel RAPTORS 169 Swinhoe's Snipe 217 Musk Duck 080 Cape Petrel 241 Eastern Osprey 152 Black-tailed