Western Australia Bird Sightings

Western Australia Unusual Bird Sightings (WABN 170)

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 170 (June 2019). 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)

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
16/03/2019	Brad Maryan & Glen Gaikhorst	Wood Sandpiper (3)	Lake Walyungup (Warnbro)
15/03/2019	Mark Binns	Wandering Whistling-Duck (1) Wood Sandpiper (8)	North Lake (North Lake)
14/03/2019	Brad Maryan	BAIRD'S SANDPIPER (1)	Lake Walyungup (Warnbro)
10/03/2019	Sue Abbotts	Wandering Whistling-Duck (1)	Lake Monger (Glendalough)
10/03/2019	Martin Greenwood	Wedge-tailed Eagle (1)	Pipidinny Road (Eglinton)
07/03/2019	Wynton Maddeford et al.	Australian Little Bittern (1 juvenile)	Neil Hawkins Park, Lake Joondalup (Joondalup)
07/03/2019	Mark Binns	Chestnut Teal (1)	Alfred Cove (Attadale)
07/03/2019	Des Moran	Pacific [Fork-tailed] Swift (1)	over Perth Zoo (South Perth)
06/03/2019	John Baas	Pacific [Fork-tailed] Swift (1)	Lake Monger (Glendalough)
05/03/2019	Sue Abbotts et al.	Pacific [Fork-tailed] Swift (50+)	Lake Monger (Glendalough)
05/03/2019	Nick Hart via Facebook	Pacific [Fork-tailed] Swift (35+)	Herdsman Lake (Herdsman)
05/03/2019	Karl Seddon	Pacific [Fork-tailed] Swift (30+)	Woodman Point (Munster)
05/03/2019	Mark Binns	Pacific [Fork-tailed] Swift (c. 12)	South Beach (Fremantle)
05/03/2019	Ian Abbott	Pacific [Fork-tailed] Swift (c. 8)	Monument Hill (Mosman Park)
05/03/2019	Ken Glasson	Pacific [Fork-tailed] Swift (8)	Bibra Lake (Bibra Lake)
05/03/2019	Ross Jones	Pacific [Fork-tailed] Swift (2)	small suburban lake (Byford)
04/03/2019	Frank O'Connor via Facebook	Pacific [Fork-tailed] Swift (42)	Herdsman Lake (Herdsman)
04/03/2019	Brenton Laslett et al. via Facebook	Pacific [Fork-tailed] Swift (12) EURASIAN HOBBY (1)	North Lake (North Lake)
04/03/2019	Dan Mantle via Facebook	Pacific [Fork-tailed] Swift (4)	Picnic Cove, Lake Joondalup (Edgewater)
04/03/2019	Brenton Laslett via Facebook	Pacific [Fork-tailed] Swift (2)	Alfred Cove (Attadale)
04/03/2019	Mark Newman	Pacific [Fork-tailed] Swift (1)	Golden Bay (Golden Bay)
04/03/2019	John Graff	Banded Stilt (~3,000) Long-toed Stint (4)	Austin Bay NR (South Yunderup)
04/03/2019	John Malone via Allan Burbidge	Hooded Plover (1)	Alfred Cove (Attadale)
03/03/2019	John Nilson	European Goldfinch (1, origin uncertain)	lake at cnr Rossiter Av & Armadale Rd (Piara Waters)
03/03/2019	Pauline Woolley	Spotted Harrier (1)	Paterson Rd (Rockingham)
03/03/2019	John Graff	Freckled Duck (13) White-bellied Sea-Eagle (1)	Herdsman Lake (Herdsman)
03/03/2019	Ian Abbott	Little Egret (1) Yellow-billed Spoonbill (8)	Lake Jualbup (Shenton Park)
02/03/2019	Ian Abbott	Yellow-billed Spoonbill (14)	Mabel Talbot Park (Jolimont)
01/03/2019	Ken Glasson	Grey-tailed Tattler (1)	Nairns (Coodanup)
28/02/2019	Gary Tate	Spotted Harrier (1)	Ascot Racecourse (Ascot)
27/02/2019	Mark Newman & Lochy Newman	Eastern Reef Egret [Pacific Reef Heron] (1)	Long Point, Port Kennedy beach (Port Kennedy)
25/02/2019	Mark Newman & Sarah Miller	Sanderling (15) Great Knot (5) Pacific Gull (2) Spotted Harrier (1)	Long Point, Port Kennedy beach (Port Kennedy)
25/02/2019	Gary Tate	Square-tailed Kite (1) Little Eagle (1) White-bellied Sea-Eagle (2)	'Big Paddock', NW Lake Joondalup (Joondalup)
24/02/2019	John Graff	Banded Stilt (5,000) Long-toed Stint (1)	Creery Wetlands (Mariner's Cove)
16/02/2019	Tony Richards	Oriental (Crested) Honey-Buzzard (1)	Joondalup Drive near Lake Joondalup (Joondalup)
14/02/2019	David & Pam Free	Banded Stilt (1)	Lake Claremont (Claremont)
12/02/2019	Clive Nealon & Claire Gerrish	Banded Stilt (4) Red-necked Avocet (35)	Lake Claremont (Claremont)
11/02/2019	Sue Abbotts via Facebook	COLLARED PRATINCOLE (1)	Herdsman Lake (Herdsman) - 0630 nr Moondine Dr
10/02/2019	Geoff Collis	Hooded Plover (1)	Alfred Cove (Attadale)
09/02/2019	William Betts et al. via Facebook	COLLARED PRATINCOLE (1)	Herdsman Lake (Herdsman)
08/02/2019	Sacha Ruoss et al.	COLLARED PRATINCOLE (1)	Herdsman Lake (Herdsman)
07/02/2019	via Facebook	COLLARED PRATINCOLE (1)	Herdsman Lake (Herdsman) - seen in morning
06/02/2019	Steve Reynolds, Plaxy Barratt et al.	COLLARED PRATINCOLE (1)	Herdsman Lake (Herdsman) - nr Moondine Dr
06/02/2019	Nigel Jackett & Stewart Ford	Wandering Whistling-Duck (1)	North Lake (North Lake)
06/02/2019	Tony Richards et al.	Pectoral Sandpiper (1)	Herdsman Lake (Herdsman)
05/02/2019	Tony Richards	Black-tailed Godwit (2)	Thomsons Lake (Beeliar)
03/02/2019	Benjamin Hicks et al.	COLLARED PRATINCOLE (1)	Herdsman Lake (Herdsman)
02/02/2019	Jim Schultz et al.	COLLARED PRATINCOLE (1)	Herdsman Lake (Herdsman)
02/02/2019	David Secomb	Spotted Harrier (1)	Herdsman Lake (Herdsman)
02/02/2019	David Secomb	Australian Masked Owl (heard)	Jarrahdale (Jarrahdale)
01/02/2019	Geoffrey Groom et al. via Facebook	Long-toed Stint (2) COLLARED PRATINCOLE (1)	Herdsman Lake (Herdsman)
31/01/2019	Linda Giblett	Banded Stilt (2,316)	Coodanup Reserve (Coodanup)
25-31/01/2019	David Brauhart via Facebook	COLLARED PRATINCOLE (1)	Herdsman Lake (Herdsman) - nr Moondine Dr
30/01/2019	Geoffrey Groom via Facebook	Long-toed Stint (2)	Herdsman Lake (Herdsman)
30/01/2019	Mark Binns	Buff-banded Rail (15) Australian Spotted Crake (1) Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (2) Great Knot (2) Red Knot (7) Red-necked Stint (9)	Alfred Cove (Attadale)
28/01/2019	Chris Kowalski	Oriental (Crested) Honey-Buzzard (2)	Lake Joondalup (Joondalup)
28/01/2019	Ken Glasson	Sooty Oystercatcher (2)	Point Peron (Peron)
28/01/2019	Ken Glasson	Chestnut Teal (3; 1 male, 2 female)	Len Howard Reserve (Erskine)
26/01/2019	Benjamin Hicks et al.	Oriental (Crested) Honey-Buzzard (2)	Lake Joondalup (Joondalup)
22/01/2019	Clive Nealon & Claire Gerrish	COLLARED PRATINCOLE (1)	Point Walter (Bicton)
22/01/2019	Geoffrey Groom	Red-necked Phalarope (1)	Lake Baghdad (Rottnest Island)
21/01/2019	Mark Binns	Buff-banded Rail (6) Little Egret (1) Great Knot (6) Red Knot (6)	Alfred Cove (Attadale)
19/01/2019	Peter Taylor et al.	Common Noddy (1)	Penguin Island (Shoalwater)
18/01/2019	Garry Deering & Geoffrey Groom	WHITE WAGTAIL (1)	Garden Lake (Rottnest Island)
18/01/2019	Garry Deering & Geoffrey Groom	Red-necked Phalarope (1)	Lake Baghdad (Rottnest Island)
16/01/2019	Chris Young et al.	WHITE WAGTAIL (1)	Garden Lake (Rottnest Island)
16/01/2019	Ian Pibworth	Oriental (Crested) Honey-Buzzard (3)	Lake Joondalup (Joondalup)
15/01/2019	Mark Coates via Facebook	WHITE WAGTAIL (1)	Garden Lake (Rottnest Island)
15/01/2019	Ian Pibworth	Sooty Oystercatcher (1)	Two Rocks dog beach (Two Rocks)
12/01/2019	Peter Taylor et al.	Australian Little Bittern (1 seen)	Herdsman Lake (Herdsman)
04/01/2019	Chris Kowalski	Oriental (Crested) Honey-Buzzard (1)	Yanchep NP (Yanchep)

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

Date	Observers	Species	Location
10/03/2019	Jen Donegan	White-fronted Honeyeater (several)	Drummond NR, cnr of Mount Road (Toodyay)
10/03/2019	Jen Donegan	White-fronted Honeyeater (2)	Bewmalling Reserve, Old Plains Rd (Toodyay)
09/03/2019	Linda Giblett & Steve Elson	Australian Spotted Crake (3) Spotless Crake (6) Black-tailed Native-hen (1) Black-tailed Godwit (1) Great Knot (4) Marsh Sandpiper (7) Wood Sandpiper (3) Pectoral Sandpiper (2) Curlew Sandpiper (50) Long-toed Stint (35) Masked Lapwing (2 ssp. novaehollandiae) Whiskered Tern (6)	Lake McLarty (Murray)
08/03/2019	Clive Nealon, Sue Abbotts et al.	Ruff (2)	Lake McLarty (Murray)
04/03/2019	John Graff	Pacific [Fork-tailed] Swift (10) Australian Spotted Crake (4) Spotless Crake (10) Black-tailed Godwit (1) Marsh Sandpiper (3) Wood Sandpiper (7) Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (1,500) Pectoral Sandpiper (8) Long-toed Stint (25) Masked Lapwing (2 ssp. novaehollandiae)	Lake McLarty (Murray)
02/03/2019	Bill Russell	Banded Stilt (~5,500) Pacific Golden Plover (2) Red-necked Stint (750+)	Lake Preston at Preston Beach (Waroona)
27/02/2019	Peter Taylor et al. via Facebook	Grey Wagtail (1)	Beedelup Falls (Manjimup)
26/02/2019	Steve Reynolds via Facebook	BARAU'S PETREL (1)	Bremer Canyon, offshore Bremer Bay (Jerramungup)
26/02/2019	Ray Walker	Black-tailed Godwit (1)	Wonnerup Estuary wetlands (Busselton)
23-24/02/2019	Jen Donegan, Pam Masters et al.	Pectoral Sandpiper (1)	Cunderdin Wastewater Treatment Plant (Cunderdin)
23/02/2019	Steve Elson via Linda Giblett	Pacific Golden Plover (18) Double-banded Plover (1) Black-tailed Godwit (4) Common Greenshank (76) Marsh Sandpiper (1) Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (300) Pectoral Sandpiper (2) Curlew Sandpiper (140)	Morley Beach, Wilson Inlet (Denmark/Albany)
22/02/2019	Dan Mantle	Purple-crowned Lorikeet (1 beyond shelf edge)	Bremer Canyon, offshore Bremer Bay (Jerramungup)
21/02/2019	Phil Lewis	Pectoral Sandpiper (1)	Cunderdin Wastewater Treatment Plant (Cunderdin)
20/02/2019	Dan Mantle, Plaxy Barratt et al.	White-chinned Petrel (1) Ruddy Turnstone (1 beyond shelf edge)	Bremer Canyon, offshore Bremer Bay (Jerramungup)
20/02/2019	Phil Lewis	Pectoral Sandpiper (1)	Cunderdin Wastewater Treatment Plant (Cunderdin)
18/02/2019	John Nilson	Grey-tailed Tattler (2) Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (19)	The Esplanade, adjacent to Thorne St, Lower King (Albany)
17/02/2019	Dan Mantle, Plaxy Barratt et al.	Sooty Albatross (1)	Bremer Canyon, offshore Bremer Bay (Jerramungup)
16/02/2019	Bill Russell	White-necked Heron (2) Glossy Ibis (2) Yellow-billed Spoonbill (55)	farm wetland west of Waroona (Waroona)
10/02/2019	David Secomb	Ruff (1) Long-toed Stint (3)	Lake Norring (Wagin)
09/02/2019	BirdLife WA Photogroup Excursion (Jim Schultz et al.)	Baillon's Crake (1) Australian Spotted Crake (12+) Spotless Crake (8+)	Lake McLarty (Murray)
08/02/2019	Jamie Huxtable & Machi Yoshida, via Plaxy Barratt	CHATHAM ALBATROSS (1) (photographed, 1st for WA)	Bremer Canyon (Jerramungup)
03/02/2019	BirdLife WA Excursion (Bill Russell et al.)	Wood Sandpiper (2) Pectoral Sandpiper (2) Long-toed Stint (2) European Goldfinch (2)	Wandalup Ponds, Nambeelup (Murray) [private property]
03/02/2019	Bill Russell & Bob Paterson	Eastern Cattle Egret (27)	Wandalup Ponds, Nambeelup (Murray) [private property]
03/02/2019	Bill Russell	Eastern Cattle Egret (6)	nr Pinjarra (Murray)
02/02/2019	Steve Elson via Linda Giblett	Black-tailed Godwit (1) Marsh Sandpiper (1) Red-necked Stint (300+) Long-toed Stint (2) Masked Lapwing (1) Gull-billed Tern (1 ssp. affinis)	Wellstead Estuary (Jerramungup)
30/01/2019	Peter Morris	Long-toed Stint (15+)	Lake McLarty (Murray)
25/01/2019	Peter Morris	Baillon's Crake (1) Australian Spotted Crake (2)	Lake McLarty (Murray)
24/01/2019	John Graff	Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross (13) Great-winged Petrel (3) Flesh-footed Shearwater (1,500+) Wedge-tailed Shearwater (5) Sooty Shearwater (2) Short-tailed Shearwater (1) Hutton's Shearwater (42)	Cape Naturaliste (Busselton)
23/01/2019	Steve Elson via Linda Giblett	Long-toed Stint (2)	Wellstead Estuary (Jerramungup)
22/01/2019	Ken Glasson	Baillon's Crake (3) Australian Spotted Crake (10) Spotless Crake (2) Marsh Sandpiper (1) Red-kneed Dotterel (1)	Lake McLarty (Murray)
20/01/2019	Frank Mancini via Raeline Smith & Anne Bondin	SABINE'S GULL (1)	Cheyne Beach (Albany)
20/01/2019	Steve Elson via Linda Giblett	White-winged Black Tern (1)	Wellstead Estuary (Jerramungup)
19/01/2019	Dan Mantle et al.	Southern Royal Albatross (1) Streaked Shearwater (1) CORY'S SHEARWATER (1)	Bremer Canyon, offshore Bremer Bay (Jerramungup)
19/01/2019	Plaxy Barratt et al.	SABINE'S GULL (1)	Bremer Bay Harbour (Jerramungup)
19/01/2019	Steve Elson & David Secomb via Linda Giblett	Marsh Sandpiper (1) Kelp Gull (1) Gull-billed Tern (1)	Wellstead Estuary (Jerramungup)
18/01/2019	via Facebook	SABINE'S GULL (1)	Bremer Bay Harbour (Jerramungup)
18/01/2019	Steve Elson via Linda Giblett	Masked Lapwing (2)	Bremer Bay (Jerramungup)
18/01/2019	John Graff	Grey Teal (6,000+) Pied Stilt (2,200+) Banded Stilt (11,000+)	Vasse-Wonnerup Estuary (Busselton)
17/01/2019	Steve Elson via Linda Giblett	Black-faced Cormorant (1) SABINE'S GULL (1)	Bremer Bay Harbour (Jerramungup)
17/01/2019	Peter Taylor et al.	SABINE'S GULL (1)	Bremer Bay Harbour (Jerramungup)
17/01/2019	Peter Taylor et al.	Gull-billed Tern (1 ssp. affinis)	Wellstead Estuary (Jerramungup)
17/01/2019	John Graff	Australian Masked Owl (1 heard)	Tuart Forest NP (Busselton)
15/01/2019	Keith Lightbody via Plaxy Barratt	SABINE'S GULL (1)	Bremer Bay Harbour (Jerramungup)
14/01/2019	Peter Taylor et al.	Pectoral Sandpiper (1)	Wagin sewage ponds (Wagin)
14/01/2019	Peter Taylor et al.	White-backed Swallow (2)	Gt Southern Hwy, just S of Arthur River Crossing (Wagin)
13/01/2019	David Secomb	Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (573) Long-toed Stint (7) Western Corella (23)	Wagin Lake (Wagin)
12/01/2019	David Secomb	Pacific Golden Plover (1)	Lake Coyrecup (Katanning)

Arid Zone (Shires in parentheses)

Date	Observers	Species	Location
14/03/2019	Chris Young	RED-THROATED PIPIT (1)	opposite Auski Inland Motel (Meekatharra)
10/03/2019	Les George	Eastern Yellow Wagtail (1)	20km S of Carnarvon (Carnarvon)
09/03/2019	Aiden Williams	RED-THROATED PIPIT (1)	opposite Auski Inland Motel (Meekatharra)
02/03/2019	Les George	Eastern Yellow Wagtail (1)	Chinaman Pool (Carnarvon)

Kimberley (Shires in parentheses)

Date	Observers	Species	Location
07-09/02/2019	Bruce Greatwich, George Swann et al.	FAIRY PITTA (1) (found injured, released, then found dead (predated?))	Matso's adjacent gardens, Broome (Broome)
25/01/2019	Nigel Jackett et al.	House Swift (1) all-dark swiftlet sp. (1)	Entrance Point (Broome)

Australian Indian Ocean Territories

Ashmore Reef

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Christmas Island

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Cocos (Keeling) Islands

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Last Modified 16th March 2019