My life list so far... (1 Viewer)

It's constantly being updated here - http://www.livejournal.com/users/gemfyre/320284.html

But here's what I have so far.

Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae)
Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata)
Australian Brush Turkey (Alectura lathami)

Little Penguin (Eudyptula minor novahollandiae)

Short Tailed Shearwater (Muttonbird) (Puffinus tenuirostris)

Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus)
Australiasian Gannet (Morus serrator)

Darter (Anhinga melanogaster)
Black-faced Cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscescens)
Pied Cormorant (Phalacrocorax varius)
Little Pied Cormorant (Phalacrocorax melanoleucos)
Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Little Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris)

Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
Hoary-Headed Grebe (Poliocephalus poliocephalus)
Australiasian Grebe (Tachybaptus novaehollandiae)

Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) Introduced species
Cape Barren Goose (Ceropsis novaehollandiae)

Australian Shellduck (Tadorna tadornoides)
Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) Introduced species.
Grey Teal (Anas gracilis)
Chestnut Teal (Anas castanea)
Australasian Shoveller (Anas rhynchotis)
Pink-Eared Duck (Malacorhynchus membranaceus)
White-Eyed Duck (Hardhead) (Aythya australis)
Wood Duck (Chenonetta jubata)
Blue Billed Duck (Oxyura australis)
Musk Duck (Biziura lobata)

Buff-banded Rail (Gallirallus philippensis)
Dusky Moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa)
Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio)
Black-Tailed Native Hen (Gallinula ventralis)
Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra)

White-Necked Heron (Ardea pacifica)
White-Faced Heron (Ardea novaehollandiae)
Nankeen Night Heron (Nycticorax caledonicus)

Cattle Egret (Ardea ibis)
Great Egret (Ardea alba)

Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)
Straw-Necked Ibis (Theskiornis spinicollis)
Australian White Ibis (Sacred Ibis) (Threskiornis molucca)
Yellow-Billed Spoonbill (Platalea flavipes)

Pied Oystercatcher (Haematopus longirostris)
Sooty Oystercatcher (Haematopus fulginosis)

Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles)
Red-Kneed Dotterel (Erythrogonys cinctus)
Hooded Plover (Thinornis rubricollis)
Red Capped Plover (Charadrius ruficapillus)
Black Fronted Dotterel (Elseyornis (Charadrius) melanops)

Black-Winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
Red-Necked Avocet (Recurvirostra novaehollandiae)

Silver Gull (Larus novaehollandiae)
Pacific Gull (Larus pacificus)

Caspian Tern (Sterna caspia)
Bridled Tern (Sterna anaethetus)
Crested Tern (Sterna bergii)

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
Square Tailed Kite (Lophoictinia isura)
Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
Little Eagle (Hieraaetus morphnoides)
Whistling Kite (Haliastur sphenus)
White-Bellied Sea Eagle (Haliaaeetus leucogaster)
Wedge-Tailed Eagle (Aquila audax)
Swamp Harrier (Circus approximans)

Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
Australian Hobby (Falco longipennis)
Nankeen Kestrel (Falco cenchroides)

Rock Dove (Columba livia) Introduced species.
Spotted Turtle-Dove (Streptopelia chinensis) Introduced species.
Laughing Turtle-Dove (Senegal Dove) (Streptopelia senegalensis) Introduced species.
Peaceful Dove (Geopelia placida)
Diamond Dove (Geopelia cuneata)
Common Bronzewing (Phaps chalcoptera)
Brush Bronzewing (Phaps elegans)
Crested Pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes)

Pallid Cuckoo (Cuculus pallidus)

Red-Tailed Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii)
Short Billed (White Tailed) Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus latirostris)
Long Billed (White Tailed) Black Cockatoo/Baudin's Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus baudinii)
Galah (Eolophus (Cacatua) roseicapillus)
Little Corella (Cacatua sanguinea)
Western Corella (Cacatua pastinator)

Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus)
Scaly Breasted Lorikeet (Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus)
Musk Lorikeet (Glossopsitta concinna)
Purple Crowned Lorikeet (Glossopsitta porphyrocephala)

Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus)
Red-Capped Parrot (Purpureicephalus spurius)
Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans elegans)
Adelaide Rosella (Platycercus elegans fleurieuensis)
Eastern Rosella (Platycercus eximus)
Western Rosella (Platycercus icterotis)
Twenty-Eight (Banardius zonarius semitorquatus)
Port Lincoln Ringneck (Banardius zonarius zonarius)
Mallee Ringneck (Banardius zonarius banardi)
Rock Parrot (Neophema petrophilia)

Barking Owl (Ninox connivens)
Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides)

Fork Tailed Swift (Apus pacificus)

Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
Red Backed Kingfisher (Todiramphus pyrrhopygia)
Sacred Kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus)
Rainbow Bee-Eater (Merops ornatus)

Superb Lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae)

Splendid Fairy Wren (Malurus splendens)
Variegated Fairy Wren (Malurus lamberti)
Red Winged Fairy Wren (Malurus elegans)

Striated Pardalote (Pardalotus striatus)
Weebill (Smicronis brevirostris)
Western Gerygone (Gerygone fusca)
Yellow-rumped Thornbill (Acanthiza chrysorrhoa)

Red Wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata)
Little Wattlebird (Anthochaera lunulata)
Noisy Miner (Manorina melanophrys)
Yellow-Throated Miner (Manorina flavigula)
Singing Honeyeater (Lichenostomus virescens)
White Naped Honeyeater (Melithreptus lunatus)
White Cheeked Honeyeater (Phylidonyris nigra)
New Holland Honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae)
Brown Honeyeater (Lichmera indistincta)

Scarlet Robin (Petroica multicolor)
Western Yellow Robin (Eopsaltria griseogularis)

Grey Shrike-Thrush (Colluricincla harmonica)
Golden Whistler (Pachycephala pectoralis)
Rufous Whistler (Pachycephala rufiventris)

Grey Fantail (Rhipidura fuliginosa)
Willie Wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys)

Magpie Lark (Peewee) (Grallina cyanoleuca)

Spangled Drongo (Dicrurus bracteatus)

Black Faced Cuckoo Shrike (Coracina novaehollandiae)

Grey Butcherbird (Cracticus torquatus)
Australian Magpie (Black Backed) (Gymnorhina tibicen tibicen)
Australian Magpie (White Backed) (Gymnorhina tibicen leuconata)
Pied Currawong (Strepera graculina)
Grey Currawong (Strepera versicolour)
Brown Currawong (Strepera versicolour intermedia)

Australian Raven (Corvus coronoides)
Little Raven (Corvus mellori)
Little Crow (Corvus bennetti)

White-Winged Chough (Corcorax melanorhamphos)
Apostlebird (Struthidea cinerea)

Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena)
Tree Martin (Hirundo nigricans)

Richard's Pipit (Anthus novaeseelandiae)

House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) Introduced species.

Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata)
Red Eared Firetail (Stagonopleura oculata)

Mistletoebird (Dicaeum hirundinaceum)

Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis)

Common Blackbird (Turdus merula) Introduced species.
Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) Introduced species.

...how many is that?

Very nice list, Emu, Brush Turkey, Penguin, Cockatoos, Rosellas, that's something else than the standard European and American lists! I think I have to start saving for a trip to Australia, almost all species would be new to me B

Peter

I'm a member of a birdwatching group on Livejournal and I'm the only Australian member.

I mention ultra-common birds like Silver Gulls, Pacific Black Ducks, Rainbow Lorikeets and Galahs (and even Australian Ravens!) and they all ooh and ahh.

Apparently overseas people pay thousands for Galahs. Here many become roadkill and no-one thinks anything of it. (They tend to gorge themselves on grain on the roadside and can't take off when cars come along.)

Hi again, How come you missed seeing the White-backed Swallow, (Cheramoeca leucosternum), I used to watch them at Mullaloo northwards and found their nest burrows in that area. Mind you, with all the building going on in that area they will have been pushed more northwards. Keep the reports coming, I enjoy them. Tanny

Hi again. Have just gone through youre list again and it seems by a lot of the sightings that you have come from the Eastern States. I only ever saw a House Sparrow down at Fremantle Docks years ago, but saw plenty of them when I visited Tasmania. Tanny

Charles Harper said:

...how many is that?

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I'm sure. Always comparing. Next you will be comapring the size of your scopes. :eek!: