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
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 Ross 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)
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	? Kowalski	Oriental (Crested) Honey-Buzzard (1)	Yanchep NP (Yanchep)

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

Date	Observers	Species	Location
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)

Arid Zone (Shires in parentheses)

Date	Observers	Species	Location

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

Date	Observers	Species	Location

Christmas Island

Date	Observers	Species	Location

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Date	Observers	Species	Location

Last Modified 11th February 2019