Gerry Griffiths: Australia Life List C&B 2008, All records: Target Species Record(s) 1 to 303 of 303 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Seen By Other Listers Other Listers (%) 1 Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris 19 11 2 Stubble Quail Coturnix pectoralis 37 22 3 King Quail Excalfactoria chinensis 23 14 4 Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar 5 3 5 Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus 40 24 6 Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus 17 10 7 Green Junglefowl Gallus varius 4 2 8 Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 19 11 9 Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo 8 4 10 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Yes 7 4 11 Paradise Shelduck Tadorna variegata Yes 3 1 12 Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata Yes 7 4 13 Sunda Teal Anas gibberifrons 0 0 14 Northern Pintail Anas acuta Yes 5 3 15 Kerguelen Pintail Anas eatoni 0 0 16 Common Teal Anas crecca Yes 2 1 17 White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus 14 8 18 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Yes 5 3 19 Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber Yes 2 1 20 Nicobar Pigeon Caloenas nicobarica 0 0 21 Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica Yes 1 0 22 Flock Bronzewing Phaps histrionica 17 10 23 Orange-fronted Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus aurantiifrons 0 0 24 Orange-bellied Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus iozonus Yes 0 0 25 Wallace's Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus wallacii 1 0 26 Elegant Imperial-Pigeon Ducula concinna Yes 0 0 27 Christmas Island Imperial-Pigeon Ducula whartoni 6 3 28 Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis Yes 0 0 29 Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus indicus Yes 0 0 30 Glossy Swiftlet Collocalia esculenta Yes 3 1 31 Linchi Swiftlet Collocalia linchi 5 3 32 Uniform Swiftlet Aerodramus vanikorensis Yes 0 0 33 Black-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus maximus 0 0 34 Edible-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus fuciphagus 0 0 35 Brown-backed Needletail Hirundapus cochinchinensis 0 0 36 Silver-backed Needletail Hirundapus giganteus 2 1 37 Papuan Spine-tailed Swift Mearnsia novaeguineae Yes 0 0 38 House Swift Apus affinis Yes 2 1 39 Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel Hydrobates monorhis 1 0 40 Leach's Storm-Petrel Hydrobates leucorhoa Yes 0 0 41 Tristram's Storm-Petrel Hydrobates tristrami Yes 0 0 42 Matsudaira's Storm-Petrel Hydrobates matsudairae 1 0 43 Grey-backed Storm-Petrel Garrodia nereis 7 4 44 White-faced Storm-Petrel Pelagodroma marina 23 14 45 Polynesian Storm-petrel Nesofregetta fuliginosa Yes 1 0 46 Black-bellied Storm-Petrel Fregetta tropica 7 4 47 White-bellied Storm-Petrel Fregetta grallaria 8 4 48 Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans 38 23 49 Royal Albatross Diomedea epomophora 8 4 50 Laysan Albatross Phoebastria immutabilis Yes 1 0 51 Grey-headed Albatross Thalassarche chrysostoma 13 7 52 Buller's Albatross Thalassarche bulleri 15 9 53 Sooty Albatross Phoebetria fusca 4 2 54 Light-mantled Sooty Albatross Phoebetria palpebrata 5 3 55 Southern Giant-Petrel Macronectes giganteus 25 15 56 Northern Giant-Petrel Macronectes halli 22 13 57 Southern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialoides Yes 2 1 58 Antarctic Petrel Thalassoica antarctica Yes 0 0 59 Cape Petrel Daption capense 21 12 60 Snow Petrel Pagodroma nivea Yes 0 0 61 Blue Petrel Halobaena caerulea 3 1 62 Broad-billed Prion Pachyptila vittata Yes 0 0 63 Salvin's Prion Pachyptila salvini 1 0 64 Antarctic Prion Pachyptila desolata 6 3 65 Slender-billed Prion Pachyptila belcheri 5 3 66 Fairy Prion Pachyptila turtur 27 16 67 Fulmar Prion Pachyptila crassirostris 0 0 68 White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis 10 6 69 Westland Petrel Procellaria westlandica Yes 2 1 70 Black Petrel Procellaria parkinsoni 9 5 71 Grey Petrel Procellaria cinerea 2 1 72 Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii 4 2 73 Jouanin's Petrel Bulweria fallax Yes 0 0 74 Pink-footed Shearwater Ardenna creatopus Yes 1 0 75 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis Yes 2 1 76 Streaked Shearwater Calonectris leucomelas 10 6 77 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus Yes 3 1 78 Newell's Shearwater Puffinus newelli Yes 0 0 79 Audubon's Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri Yes 0 0 80 Little Shearwater Puffinus assimilis 12 7 81 Tahiti Petrel Pseudobulweria rostrata 9 5 82 Kerguelen Petrel Lugensa brevirostris 1 0 83 Barau?s Petrel Pterodroma baraui Yes 0 0 84 Juan Fernandez Petrel Pterodroma externa Yes 1 0 85 Kermadec Petrel Pterodroma neglecta 12 7 86 Herald Petrel Pterodroma heraldica 1 0 87 Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis 6 3 88 White-headed Petrel Pterodroma lessonii 6 3 89 Great-winged Petrel Pterodroma macroptera 34 20 90 Providence Petrel Pterodroma solandri 26 15 91 Mottled Petrel Pterodroma inexpectata 2 1 92 Gould's Petrel Pterodroma leucoptera 9 5 93 Collared Petrel Pterodroma brevipes 0 0 94 Cook's Petrel Pterodroma cookii Yes 9 5 95 White-necked Petrel Pterodroma cervicalis 8 4 96 Vanuatu Petrel Pterodroma occulta Yes 0 0 97 Black-winged Petrel Pterodroma nigripennis 8 4 98 Atlantic Petrel Pterodroma incerta Yes 0 0 99 Stejneger's Petrel Pterodroma longirostris Yes 0 0 100 Pycroft's Petrel Pterodroma pycrofti 2 1 101 Common Diving-Petrel Pelecanoides urinatrix 12 7 102 South Georgian Diving-Petrel Pelecanoides georgicus 1 0 103 King Penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus 3 1 104 Emperor Penguin Aptenodytes forsteri Yes 0 0 105 Gentoo Penguin Pygoscelis papua 3 1 106 Adelie Penguin Pygoscelis adeliae Yes 0 0 107 Chinstrap Penguin Pygoscelis antarcticus Yes 0 0 108 Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes chrysocome 2 1 109 Fiordland Penguin Eudyptes pachyrhynchus Yes 1 0 110 Erect-crested Penguin Eudyptes sclateri Yes 2 1 111 Macaroni Penguin Eudyptes chrysolophus 1 0 112 Magellanic Penguin Spheniscus magellanicus Yes 1 0 113 Christmas Island Frigatebird Fregata andrewsi 6 3 114 Abbott?s Booby Papasula abbotti 4 2 115 Cape Gannet Morus capensis Yes 4 2 116 Kerguelen Shag Leucocarbo verrucosus Yes 0 0 117 Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis Yes 3 1 118 Schrenk's Bittern Ixobrychus eurhythmus Yes 0 0 119 Cinnamon Bittern Ixobrychus cinnamomeus Yes 4 2 120 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Yes 3 1 121 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 4 2 122 Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus Yes 2 1 123 Javan Pond Heron Ardeola speciosa Yes 1 0 124 Western Reef Egret Egretta gularis Yes 5 3 125 Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Yes 5 3 126 Malayan Night-Heron Gorsachius melanolophus Yes 0 0 127 Japanese Night-heron Gorsachius goisagi Yes 0 0 128 Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus 0 0 129 White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa 1 0 130 Oriental Honey-Buzzard Pernis ptilorynchus Yes 3 1 131 Chinese Goshawk Accipiter soloensis Yes 1 0 132 Japanese Sparrowhawk Accipiter gularis Yes 0 0 133 Variable Goshawk Accipiter hiogaster 6 3 134 Papuan Harrier Circus spilonotus 1 0 135 Gurney?s Eagle Aquila gurneyi Yes 0 0 136 Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo 7 4 137 Red-legged Crake Rallina fasciata Yes 1 0 138 Weka Gallirallus australis 1 0 139 Lord Howe Woodhen Gallirallus sylvestris 6 3 140 Corncrake Crex crex Yes 0 0 141 Ruddy-breasted Crake Porzana fusca Yes 0 0 142 Pale-vented Bush-hen Amaurornis moluccana 26 15 143 White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus 10 6 144 Watercock Gallicrex cinerea Yes 1 0 145 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Yes 1 0 146 Black-faced Sheathbill Chionis minor 0 0 147 South Island Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus finschi Yes 6 3 148 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominicus Yes 3 1 149 Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 3 1 150 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula Yes 5 3 151 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 4 2 152 Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus Yes 4 2 153 Caspian Plover Charadrius asiaticus Yes 1 0 154 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Yes 5 3 155 Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus Yes 1 0 156 Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura 5 3 157 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Yes 9 5 158 Bristle-thighed Curlew Numenius tahitiensis 1 0 159 Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata Yes 5 3 160 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 1 0 161 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus Yes 4 2 162 Wandering Tattler Tringa incana 36 21 163 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus Yes 4 2 164 Nordmann's Greenshank Tringa guttifer Yes 2 1 165 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 8 4 166 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 1 0 167 Little Stint Calidris minuta Yes 13 7 168 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis Yes 3 1 169 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 4 2 170 Dunlin Calidris alpina Yes 3 1 171 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 4 2 172 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis Yes 5 3 173 Wilson's Phalarope Steganopus tricolor Yes 4 2 174 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 15 9 175 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius Yes 4 2 176 Black-breasted Button-quail Turnix melanogaster 16 9 177 Chestnut-backed Button-quail Turnix castanotus 12 7 178 Buff-breasted Button-quail Turnix olivii 0 0 179 Painted Button-quail Turnix varius 42 25 180 Little Button-quail Turnix velox 29 17 181 South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki Yes 4 2 182 Brown Skua Stercorarius antarcticus 26 15 183 Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus 10 6 184 Grey Ternlet Procelsterna cerulea 9 5 185 Fairy Tern Sternula nereis 53 32 186 Saunder's Tern Sternula saundersi Yes 2 1 187 Black Tern Chlidonias niger Yes 6 3 188 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea Yes 9 5 189 Antarctic Tern Sterna vittata 2 1 190 Kerguelen Tern Sterna virgata 0 0 191 Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisargus Yes 0 0 192 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Yes 4 2 193 Mew Gull Larus canus Yes 3 1 194 Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris Yes 3 1 195 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 5 3 196 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 3 1 197 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Yes 3 1 198 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini Yes 2 1 199 Mossy-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus salangana Yes 0 0 200 Blue Bonnet Northiella haematogaster 50 30 201 Orange-bellied Parrot Neophema chrysogaster 21 12 202 Scarlet-chested Parrot Neophema splendida 4 2 203 Ground Parrot Pezoporus wallicus 28 17 204 Night Parrot Pezoporus occidentalis 1 0 205 Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis Yes 1 0 206 Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus Yes 12 7 207 Long-tailed Cuckoo Urodynamys taitensis Yes 0 0 208 Asian Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus lugubris 0 0 209 Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus 25 15 210 Himalayan Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus 4 2 211 Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides Yes 0 0 212 Hodgson's Hawk-cuckoo Hierococcyx nisicolor Yes 0 0 213 Brown Hawk-Owl Ninox scutulata Yes 0 0 214 Christmas Island Hawk-Owl Ninox natalis 3 1 215 Buffy Fish-Owl Bubo ketupu Yes 0 0 216 Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Yes 3 1 217 Buff-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher Tanysiptera sylvia 41 25 218 Common Paradise-Kingfisher Tanysiptera galatea 0 0 219 Rufous-bellied Kookaburra Dacelo gaudichaud 0 0 220 Black-capped Kingfisher Halcyon pileata Yes 0 0 221 Red-bellied Pitta Pitta erythrogaster 7 4 222 Blue-winged Pitta Pitta moluccensis Yes 1 0 223 Fairy Pitta Pitta nympha Yes 0 0 224 Purple-crowned Fairy-wren Malurus coronatus 20 12 225 Mallee Emu-wren Stipiturus mallee 20 12 226 Grey Grasswren Amytornis barbatus 8 4 227 Short-tailed Grasswren Amytornis merrotsyi 10 6 228 White-throated Grasswren Amytornis woodwardi 7 4 229 Carpentarian Grasswren Amytornis dorotheae 10 6 230 Thick-billed Grasswren Amytornis textilis 18 10 231 Kalkadoon Grasswren Amytornis ballarae 10 6 232 Eyrean Grasswren Amytornis goyderi 9 5 233 Black Grasswren Amytornis housei 5 3 234 Tropical Scrubwren Sericornis beccarii 18 10 235 Rufous Fieldwren Calamanthus campestris 27 16 236 Norfolk Island Gerygone Gerygone modesta 5 3 237 Chestnut-breasted Whiteface Aphelocephala pectoralis 11 6 238 Kimberley Honeyeater Meliphaga fordiana 4 2 239 Eungella Honeyeater Lichenostomus hindwoodi 17 10 240 Black-eared Miner Manorina melanotis 12 7 241 Orange Chat Epthianura aurifrons 35 21 242 Yellow Chat Epthianura crocea 15 9 243 Gibberbird Ashbyia lovensis 12 7 244 White-streaked Honeyeater Trichodere cockerelli 12 7 245 Painted Honeyeater Grantiella picta 30 18 246 Hall's Babbler Pomatostomus halli 18 10 247 Chestnut-crowned Babbler Pomatostomus ruficeps 40 24 248 Spotted Quail-thrush Cinclosoma punctatum 33 20 249 Cinnamon Quail-thrush Cinclosoma cinnamomeum 19 11 250 Chestnut-breasted Quail-thrush Cinclosoma castaneothorax 19 11 251 Western Whipbird Psophodes nigrogularis 18 10 252 Chirruping Wedgebill Psophodes cristatus 25 15 253 Wallacean Cuckoo-shrike Coracina personata 0 0 254 Red-lored Whistler Pachycephala rufogularis 11 6 255 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 2 1 256 Tiger Shrike Lanius tigrinus Yes 0 0 257 Black-billed Magpie Pica pica Yes 1 0 258 House Crow Corvus splendens Yes 7 4 259 Island Monarch Monarcha cinerascens Yes 1 0 260 Pacific Robin Petroica multicolor 8 4 261 Pallas' Grasshopper Warbler Locustella certhiola Yes 1 0 262 Northern Scrub-robin Drymodes superciliaris 12 7 263 Oriental Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis Yes 2 1 264 Middendorff's Warbler Locustella ochotensis 1 0 265 Christmas Island White-eye Zosterops natalis 5 3 266 Pale White-eye Zosterops citrinella 2 1 267 Slender-billed White-eye Zosterops tenuirostris 5 3 268 White-chested White-eye Zosterops albogularis 0 0 269 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 2 1 270 Pacific Swallow Hirundo tahitica 2 1 271 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica Yes 7 4 272 Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus Yes 2 1 273 Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer 6 3 274 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius Yes 3 1 275 Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 0 0 276 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 3 1 277 Narcissus Flycatcher Ficedula narcissina Yes 0 0 278 Blue-and-White Flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelana Yes 1 0 279 Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica 0 0 280 Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica Yes 1 0 281 Island Thrush Turdus poliocephalus 5 3 282 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 31 18 283 Singing Starling Aplornis cantoroides 1 0 284 Purple-backed Starling Sturnus sturninus Yes 0 0 285 Rosy Starling Sturnus roseus Yes 1 0 286 Red-capped Flowerpecker Dicaeum geelvinkianum 0 0 287 Streak-headed Mannikin Lonchura tristissima 0 0 288 Pale-headed Munia Lonchura pallida Yes 0 0 289 Java Sparrow Lonchura oryzivora 5 3 290 Black-headed Mannikin Lonchura malacca 0 0 291 Asian Golden Weaver Ploceus hypoxanthus 1 0 292 White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus 1 0 293 Red Bishop Euplectes orix 2 1 294 Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 38 23 295 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 2 1 296 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Yes 0 0 297 Green-headed Yellow Wagtail Motacilla taivana Yes 1 0 298 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola Yes 3 1 299 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 10 6 300 White Wagtail Motacilla alba Yes 9 5 301 Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Yes 4 2 302 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 5 3 303 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Yes 3 1