John Kooistra: Australia Year List 2023 IOC, All records Record(s) 1 to 208 of 208 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Magpie Goose Anseranas semipalmata 2 Plumed Whistling Duck Dendrocygna eytoni 3 Black Swan Cygnus atratus 4 Pink-eared Duck Malacorhynchus membranaceus 24/08/2023 Kilcoy, QLD 5 Maned Duck Chenonetta jubata 6 Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus 18/07/2023 Gympie, QLD 7 Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa 8 Grey Teal Anas gracilis 24/08/2023 Kilcoy, QLD 9 Hardhead Aythya australis 10 Australian Brushturkey Alectura lathami 11 Brown Quail Synoicus ypsilophorus 12 Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides 10/10/2023 1770, QLD 13 Australian Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles cristatus 24/08/2023 Myall Park Botanic Gardens, QLD heard 14 White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus 15 Pacific Swift Apus pacificus 16 Pheasant Coucal Centropus phasianinus 17 Pacific Koel Eudynamys orientalis 10/10/2023 Agnes Water, QLD 18 Channel-billed Cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae 19 Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo Chrysococcyx basalis 04/11/2023 Finland Road, Bli Bli, QLD Single bird 20 Shining Bronze Cuckoo Chrysococcyx lucidus 21 Little Bronze Cuckoo Chrysococcyx minutillus 11/10/2023 1770, QLD heard 22 Pallid Cuckoo Cacomantis pallidus 04/11/2023 Finland Road, Bli Bli, QLD Two birds, at separate locations. 23 Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis 24 Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus 23/12/2023 Kureelpa, QLD Single bird in backyard Silky Oak. Photos. 25 Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus 02/12/2023 Lake MacDonald, Cooroy, QLD Single bird. Photos. 26 Rock Dove Columba livia 27 White-headed Pigeon Columba leucomela 28 Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis 29 Brown Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia phasianella 30 Pacific Emerald Dove Chalcophaps longirostris 31 Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes 32 Wonga Pigeon Leucosarcia melanoleuca 33 Peaceful Dove Geopelia placida 34 Bar-shouldered Dove Geopelia humeralis 35 Wompoo Fruit Dove Ptilinopus magnificus heard 36 Rose-crowned Fruit Dove Ptilinopus regina heard 37 Topknot Pigeon Lopholaimus antarcticus 38 Buff-banded Rail Hypotaenidia philippensis 04/11/2023 Finland Road, Bli Bli, QLD 39 Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa 40 Eurasian Coot Fulica atra 41 Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus 42 Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla 04/11/2023 Finland Road, Bli Bli, QLD Single bird, north end of golf course canal. 43 Spotless Crake Zapornia tabuensis 04/11/2023 Finland Road, Bli Bli, QLD Single bird, north end of golf course canal. 44 Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae 45 Bush Stone-curlew Burhinus grallarius 10/10/2023 1770, QLD 46 Sooty Oystercatcher Haematopus fuliginosus 16/07/2023 Point Cartwright, Mooloolaba, QLD 47 Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus 24/08/2023 Kilcoy, QLD 48 Black-fronted Dotterel Charadrius melanops 24/08/2023 Kilcoy, QLD 49 Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles 50 Australian Painted-snipe Rostratula australis 02/12/2023 Lake MacDonald, Cooroy, QLD Single female 51 Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii 52 Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae 53 Australasian Gannet Morus serrator 16/07/2023 Point Cartwright, Mooloolaba, QLD 54 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster 11/10/2023 1770, QLD 55 Australasian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae 56 Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos 57 Australian Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius 16/07/2023 Point Cartwright, Mooloolaba, QLD 58 Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris 59 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 29/11/2023 Chevallum, QLD 60 Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca 61 Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis 62 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 02/12/2023 Lake MacDonald, Cooroy, QLD 63 Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia 04/11/2023 Finland Road, Bli Bli, QLD 64 Yellow-billed Spoonbill Platalea flavipes 24/08/2023 Woodford, QLD 65 Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus 66 Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra 16/07/2023 Point Cartwright, Mooloolaba, QLD 67 White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae 68 Striated Heron Butorides striata 16/07/2023 Point Cartwright, Mooloolaba, QLD 69 Eastern Cattle Egret Bubulcus coromandus 70 Great Egret Ardea alba 71 Plumed Egret Ardea plumifera 04/11/2023 Finland Road, Bli Bli QLD 72 Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus 73 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 74 Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris 75 Square-tailed Kite Lophoictinia isura 27/06/2023 Beerwah, QLD 76 Pacific Baza Aviceda subcristata 77 Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax 78 Grey Goshawk Accipiter novaehollandiae 79 Brown Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus 80 Swamp Harrier Circus approximans 02/12/2023 Lake MacDonald, Cooroy, QLD 81 Black Kite Milvus migrans 82 Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus 83 Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus 84 White-bellied Sea Eagle Icthyophaga leucogaster 85 Australian Boobook Ninox boobook heard 86 Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis 87 Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae 88 Forest Kingfisher Todiramphus macleayii 89 Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus 16/07/2023 Point Cartwright, Mooloolaba, QLD 90 Azure Kingfisher Ceyx azureus 91 Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus 92 Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides 93 Australian Hobby Falco longipennis 11/07/2023 Bli Bli, QLD 94 Brown Falcon Falco berigora 95 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 21/10/2023 Kureelpa, QLD 96 Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo Zanda funerea 97 Red-tailed Black Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus banksii 10/10/2023 1770, QLD heard 98 Glossy Black Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus lathami 31/07/2023 Kureelpa, Qld 5 birds flying in distance 99 Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus 100 Galah Eolophus roseicapilla 101 Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea 102 Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita 103 Australian King Parrot Alisterus scapularis 104 Red-winged Parrot Aprosmictus erythropterus 24/08/2023 Glenmorgan, QLD 105 Red-rumped Parrot Psephotus haematonotus 25/08/2023 Myall Park Botanic Gardens, QLD 106 Eastern Bluebonnet Northiella haematogaster 27/08/2023 Oakey, QLD 107 Pale-headed Rosella Platycercus adscitus 108 Scaly-breasted Lorikeet Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus 109 Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus moluccanus 110 Noisy Pitta Pitta versicolor heard 111 Green Catbird Ailuroedus crassirostris 27/08/2023 Ravensbourne Nat.Park, QLD 112 Satin Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus violaceus 27/08/2023 Ravensbourne Nat.Park, QLD heard 113 Spotted Bowerbird Chlamydera maculata 25/08/2023 Myall Park Botanic Gardens, QLD 114 White-throated Treecreeper Cormobates leucophaea 115 Purple-backed Fairywren Malurus assimilis 24/08/2023 Myall Park Botanic Gardens, QLD 116 Variegated Fairywren Malurus lamberti 117 Superb Fairywren Malurus cyaneus 24/08/2023 Cooyar, QLD 118 Red-backed Fairywren Malurus melanocephalus 119 White-winged Fairywren Malurus leucopterus 27/08/2023 Oakey, QLD 120 Dusky Myzomela Myzomela obscura 121 Scarlet Myzomela Myzomela sanguinolenta 122 Little Friarbird Philemon citreogularis 123 Noisy Friarbird Philemon corniculatus 124 Striped Honeyeater Plectorhyncha lanceolata 24/08/2023 Kilcoy, QLD 125 Painted Honeyeater Grantiella picta 27/08/2023 Jondaryan, QLD 126 Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta 127 White-eared Honeyeater Nesoptilotis leucotis 25/08/2023 Myall Park Botanic Gardens, QLD 128 Blue-faced Honeyeater Entomyzon cyanotis 129 White-throated Honeyeater Melithreptus albogularis 130 Lewin's Honeyeater Meliphaga lewinii 131 Singing Honeyeater Gavicalis virescens 25/08/2023 Myall Park Botanic Gardens, QLD 132 White-plumed Honeyeater Ptilotula penicillata 24/08/2023 Lake Broadwater, QLD 133 Yellow-faced Honeyeater Caligavis chrysops 134 Little Wattlebird Anthochaera chrysoptera 135 Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater Acanthagenys rufogularis 25/08/2023 Myall Park Botanic Gardens, QLD 136 Bell Miner Manorina melanophrys heard 137 Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala 138 Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus 139 Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus 140 Speckled Warbler Pyrrholaemus sagittatus 26/08/2023 Myall Park Botanic Gardens, QLD 141 Weebill Smicrornis brevirostris 24/08/2023 Lake Broadwater, QLD 142 Yellow-throated Scrubwren Neosericornis citreogularis 143 White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis 144 Large-billed Scrubwren Sericornis magnirostra 145 Yellow-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa 24/08/2023 Cooyar, QLD 146 Yellow Thornbill Acanthiza nana 25/08/2023 Myall Park Botanic Gardens, QLD 147 Inland Thornbill Acanthiza apicalis 25/08/2023 Myall Park Botanic Gardens, QLD 148 Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla 149 Chestnut-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza uropygialis 25/08/2023 Myall Park Botanic Gardens, QLD 150 Buff-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza reguloides 25/08/2023 Myall Park Botanic Gardens, QLD 151 Brown Gerygone Gerygone mouki 27/08/2023 Ravensbourne Nat.Park, QLD 152 Fairy Gerygone Gerygone palpebrosa 29/07/2023 Kureelpa, QLD heard 153 White-throated Gerygone Gerygone olivacea 154 Mangrove Gerygone Gerygone levigaster 07/07/2023 Maroochy Wetlands Sanctuary, QLD 155 Western Gerygone Gerygone fusca 26/08/2023 Myall Park Botanic Gardens, QLD 156 Grey-crowned Babbler Pomatostomus temporalis 23/08/2023 Lake Broadwater, QLD 157 Eastern Whipbird Psophodes olivaceus 158 White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus 159 Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen 160 Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus 161 Pied Butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis 162 Pied Currawong Strepera graculina 163 Black-faced Cuckooshrike Coracina novaehollandiae 164 White-bellied Cuckooshrike Coracina papuensis 10/06/2023 Yandina, QLD 165 Common Cicadabird Edolisoma tenuirostre 01/12/2023 Kureelpa, QLD heard 166 Varied Triller Lalage leucomela 167 Varied Sittella Daphoenositta chrysoptera 26/08/2023 Myall Park Botanic Gardens, QLD 168 Eastern Shriketit Falcunculus frontatus 27/08/2023 Ravensbourne Nat.Park, QLD 169 Australian Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis 170 Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris 171 Rufous Shrikethrush Colluricincla rufogaster 172 Grey Shrikethrush Colluricincla harmonica 173 Australasian Figbird Sphecotheres vieilloti 174 Olive-backed Oriole Oriolus sagittatus 175 Spangled Drongo Dicrurus bracteatus 176 Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys 177 Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa 178 Australian Rufous Fantail Rhipidura rufifrons 179 Spectacled Monarch Symposiachrus trivirgatus 20/12/2023 Nambour, QLD 180 Black-faced Monarch Monarcha melanopsis 08/12/2023 Kureelpa, QLD heard 181 White-eared Monarch Carterornis leucotis 27/07/2023 Kureelpa, Qld Two in backyard. 182 Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca 183 Shining Flycatcher Myiagra alecto 07/07/2023 Maroochy Wetlands Sanctuary, QLD Single male 184 Restless Flycatcher Myiagra inquieta 185 Torresian Crow Corvus orru 186 Australian Raven Corvus coronoides 25/08/2023 Myall Park Botanic Gardens, QLD 187 White-winged Chough Corcorax melanorhamphos 24/08/2023 Quinalow, QLD 188 Apostlebird Struthidea cinerea 24/08/2023 Quinalow, QLD 189 Paradise Riflebird Ptiloris paradiseus heard 190 Red-capped Robin Petroica goodenovii 26/08/2023 Hannaford, QLD 191 Rose Robin Petroica rosea 192 Jacky Winter Microeca fascinans 24/08/2023 Lake Broadwater, QLD 193 Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis 194 Pale-yellow Robin Tregellasia capito 195 Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena 196 Fairy Martin Petrochelidon ariel 197 Tree Martin Petrochelidon nigricans 198 Australian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus australis 04/11/2023 Finland Road, Bli Bli, QLD 199 Tawny Grassbird Cincloramphus timoriensis 24/08/2023 Kilcoy, QLD 200 Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis 201 Silvereye Zosterops lateralis 202 Common Myna Acridotheres tristis 203 Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris 204 Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum 205 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 206 Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis 207 Double-barred Finch Stizoptera bichenovii 24/08/2023 Cooyar, QLD 208 Australian Pipit Anthus australis