Western Australia Unusual Bird Sightings (WABN 173)

Email John Graff (wasightings@birdlife.org.au) with details of your sightings.

The more unusual or rare sightings are highlighted in red and may be included in the WA Bird Notes Issue 173 (March 2020). These sightings may require some notes and/or photographs supporting the sightings to be published in WABN. Records highlighted in bold red are the most unusual sightings. Sightings of immediate interest to other birders can also be copied to the birdswa email list and the birding-aus email list. The taxonomy used on this webpage is based on the International Ornithological Congress (IOC) list. You are welcome to email JPG photographs of Western Australian birds to be identified.  Click here for the previous sightings.


Please note: Although due care is taken to assess records for veracity before publication on this page, it is recommended that those wishing to cite records refer to the relevant edition of WA Bird Notes (WABN) or contact the records officer before citing.

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Perth & Mandurah (within UBD Street Directory)

South-West

Arid Zone

Kimberley

External Territories


REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
PhD student Reece Pedler (from SA) is satellite tracking Banded Stilt and has recently banded nearly 950 stilt chicks with blue leg flags at a breeding colony on Lake Torrens SA. Reece would be most appreciative of any information regarding large flocks of stilts in WA and also any sightings of leg flagged birds.He can be contacted on: reece.pedler@deakin.edu.au or 0400 038 452

Perth & Mandurah (within UBD Street Directory) (Suburbs in parentheses)

Date Observers Species

Location
13/10/2019 Jordan Webber Freckled Duck (1)
Intermediate Egret (1)		 North Lake (North Lake)
12/10/2019 Keith Wilcox White-bellied Sea-Eagle (1) Lake Monger (Glendalough)
12/10/2019 Martin Greenwood White-necked Heron (2) Loch McNess, Yanchep NP (Yanchep)
11/10/2019 Mark Binns Grey-tailed Tattler (1)
Red-necked Stint (10)		 Alfred Cove (Attadale)
05/10/2019 Kevin Horner Terek Sandpiper (3) Nairns (Coodanup)

South West (Murchison River to Esperance) (Shires in parentheses)

Date Observers Species

Location
08/10/2019 Steve Elson via Linda Giblett Rock Parrot (75) Bremer Bay sports oval (Jerramungup)
04/10/2019 Dennis Rhodes Regent Parrot (6-7) Wingebellup/Frankland River Bridge (Cranbrook)

 

Arid Zone (Shires in parentheses)

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Kimberley (Shires in parentheses)

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Australian Indian Ocean Territories


Ashmore Reef

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Christmas Island

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Cocos (Keeling) Islands

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