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 181 (March 2022). 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 or posted to the Birding in Western Australia Facebook group if you are on Facebook. 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.
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.
Perth & Mandurah (within UBD Street Directory)
| Date | Observers | Species |
Location |
| 28/11/2021 | Josh Keen et al. | Oriental (Crested) Honey-Buzzard (1) | Herdsman Lake (Herdsman) |
| 27/11/2021 | Martin Greenwood | Grey-tailed Tattler (5) | Two Rocks Marina (Two Rocks) |
| 27/11/2021 | Martin Greenwood | White-bellied Sea-Eagle (2) | Yanchep Marina (Yanchep) |
| 26/11/2021 | Homer Ford via Martin Greenwood | Southern Emu-wren (3) | Ghost House Trail, Yanchep NP (Yanchep) |
| 24/11/2021 | Bill Betts via Facebook | Eurasian Hobby (1 flying south) | Herdsman Lake (Herdsman) |
| 23/11/2021 | Tony Richards | Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo (1 young bird) | Herdsman Lake (Herdsman) |
| 22/11/2021 | Wynton Maddeford | White-bellied Sea-Eagle (2 juveniles) | Tomato Lake (Kewdale) |
| 22/11/2021 | Mark Binns | Grey-tailed Tattler (1) | Alfred Cove (Attadale) |
| 21/11/2021 | BirdLife WA Excursion (Alan Watson et al.) | Oriental (Crested) Honey-Buzzard (2) | North Lake (North Lake) |
| 21/11/2021 | Plaxy Barratt et al. | Oriental (Crested) Honey-Buzzard (1) | Lake Joondalup (Joondalup) |
| 21/11/2021 | Martin Greenwood | Pacific Gull (4) | Two Rocks Marina (Two Rocks) |
| 20/11/2021 | Dan Mantle et al. | White-faced Storm-Petrel (200+) | Perth Canyon, offshore Perth |
| 20/11/2021 | Drew Davison & Jenny Preston | Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo (1 young bird) | Herdsman Lake (Herdsman) |
| 20/11/2021 | Wynton Maddeford | Banded Lapwing (12 inc juveniles) | The Promenade (Ellenbrook) |
| 19/11/2021 | Des & Anita Hume via eBird | Oriental (Crested) Honey-Buzzard (1) | Lake Joondalup (Joondalup) |
| 18/11/2021 | Pauline Woolley | Square-tailed Kite (2) | Point Peron (Peron) |
| 15/11/2021 | Ken Glasson & Peter Lowe via eBird | Brown Songlark (1 male) | Pelican Point (Crawley) |
| 13/11/2021 | Drew Davison et al. | Red Knot (1) | Alfred Cove (Attadale) |
| 12/11/2021 | Rob Davis | Budgerigar (3, provenance uncertain) | Stoneville (Stoneville) |
| 12/11/2021 | Martin Greenwood | Southern Emu-wren (2) | Leeman Landing (Two Rocks) |
| 12/11/2021 | Steve Keeling | Square-tailed Kite (2) | 10km S of Dawesville Cut (Dawesville) |
| 08/11/2021 | Gary Tate | Grey-tailed Tattler (2) | Point Dundas (Applecross) |
| 04/11/2021 | Wynton Maddeford | White-bellied Sea-Eagle (1) | Tomato Lake (Kewdale) |
| 03/11/2021 | Jan & Dave Crossley | Square-tailed Kite (1) | John Graham Reserve (Coogee) |
| 31/10/2021 | Mark Binns | Black-tailed Godwit (3) | Alfred Cove (Attadale) |
| 31/10/2021 | Drew Davison | Australian Shelduck (814) | Lake Monger (Glendalough) |
| 29/10/2021 | Mark Binns | Black-tailed Godwit (3) | Alfred Cove (Attadale) |
| 25/10/2021 | Jennifer Sumpton via Facebook | Southern Giant Petrel (1) | Floreat Beach (Floreat) |
| 23/10/2021 | Drew Davison & Pam Smith | Black-backed [Australian Little] Bittern (1 adult male) | Herdsman Lake (Herdsman) |
| 22/10/2021 | Martin Greenwood | Pacific Gull (1 adult, 2 juvenile) Bar-tailed Godwit (1) Whimbrel (2) Grey-tailed Tattler (5) |
Two Rocks Marina (Two Rocks) |
| 21/10/2021 | Mark Binns | Black-tailed Godwit (1) | Alfred Cove (Attadale) |
| 20/10/2021 | Bill Rutherford | Long-tailed Jaeger (1) | West End (Rottnest Island) |
| 18/10/2021 | Brad Maryan | Beach Stone-curlew (1) | Long Point, Port Kennedy Scientific Park (Port Kennedy) |
| 17/10/2021 | Drew Davison et al. | Banded Lapwing (29) Long-billed Corella (60) |
Marshall Rd (Bennett Springs) |
| 17/10/2021 | Drew Davison et al. | Banded Lapwing (5) | Whiteman Park (Whiteman) |
| 16/10/2021 | Sean Smithies via eBird | Little Buttonquail (1) | backyard (Bayswater) |
| 16/10/2021 | Dan Mantle | Terek Sandpiper (1) | Gnangara Lake (Gnangara) |
| 15/10/2021 | Dan Mantle | Masked Woodswallow (600) | Hopkins Rd (Carabooda) |
| 14/10/2021 | Serin Subaraj | PURPLE HERON (1) | Bibra Lake (Bibra Lake) |
| 08/10/2021 | Wynton Maddeford & Nick Tomney | White-bellied Sea-Eagle (2 adults) | Herdsman Lake (Herdsman) |
| 07/10/2021 | Robyn Pickering | Eastern Cattle Egret (2) | Stirling Rd Swamp (Forrestdale) |
| 06/10/2021 | Robyn Pickering | Brown Quail (2) | Forrestdale Lake (Forrestdale) |
| 06/10/2021 | Wynton Maddeford | Brown Falcon (1) | Tonkin Hwy, c. 3km S of Gnangara Rd (Cullacabardee) |
| 05/10/2021 | Martin Greenwood | Whiskered Tern (10) | Nowergup Lake (Nowergup) |
| 05/10/2021 | Martin Greenwood | Brown Falcon (1) | Gibbs Rd (Nowergup) |
| 19/09/2021 | Athena Georgiou, John Graff et al. | Black-backed [Australian Little] Bittern (1 adult male) |
Herdsman Lake (Herdsman) |
| Date | Observers | Species |
Location |
| 17/11/2021 | Steve Elson via Marcus Singor | Leaden Flycatcher (1 male) | 20km E of Jerramungup (Jerramungup) |
| 17/11/2021 | Alan Goodall & Deb Badger via eBird | Inland Dotterel (5) | private property near Pingrup (Kent) |
| 07/11/2021 | Don Carlson | Intermediate Egret (1) | Leschenault Inlet (Australind) |
| 23/10/2021 | Peter Taylor & Robert Hamilton via eBird | Little Buttonquail (1) | Cheynes Beach (Albany) |
| 13/10/2021 | Greg Neill via eBird | Beach Stone-curlew (1) | Four Mile Beach, Fitzgerald River NP (Ravensthorpe) |
| 11/10/2021 | Stewart Ford | Shy Albatross (1) giant petrel sp. (1) Sooty Shearwater (1) |
Cave Point, Torndirrup NP (Albany) |
| 29/09/2021 | Allan & Sandy Rose | Ground Cuckooshrike (2) | 1km W of Cleary (Mount Marshall) |
| 19/09/2021 | Bill Russell | Wood Sandpiper (15) | Nambeelup wetland (Murray) [private access] |
| 17/09/2021 | Bill Russell | Black-tailed Native-hen (15) | Lake Toolibin (Wickepin) |
| 05/07/2019 | Louie-Jane Gamble | Wandering Whistling-Duck (1) | Wikepin townsite (Wikepin) |
| Date | Observers | Species |
Location |
| 16/11/2021 | John Graff | Nullarbor Quail-thrush (1) | Eucla-Reid Rd, c. 25km NNW of Eucla (Dundas) |
| 15/11/2021 | John Graff & Nathan Beerkens | Nullarbor Quail-thrush (pair) | Eucla-Reid Rd, c. 23km NNW of Eucla (Dundas) |
| 15/11/2021 | John Graff | Oriental Plover (16) | c. 10km N of Eucla (Dundas) |
| 14-15/11/2021 | John Graff | Nullarbor Quail-thrush (pair) | Eucla-Reid Rd, c. 27km NNW (Dundas) |
| 13-14/11/2021 | Josh Keen, John Graff et al. | Nullarbor Quail-thrush (7) | Eucla-Reid Rd, c. 15km NNW of Eucla (Dundas) |
| 11/11/2021 | John Graff & Josh Keen | Oriental Plover (1) | c. 12km NNW of Eucla (Dundas) |
| 11/11/2021 | John Graff & Josh Keen | Oriental Plover (4) | Eucla-Reid Rd, c. 16km NNW of Eucla (Dundas) |
| 25/10/2021 | Pete White | Masked Lapwing (2) | Exmouth Sewage Ponds (Exmouth) |
| 24/10/2021 | Stephen Clarke | Bush Stone-curlew (2 ad, 1 chick) | Dampier Port (Roebourne) |
| 23/10/2021 | Broome Bird Observatory (Nyil Khwaja et al.) via eBird | Chestnut Teal (1 male) | Gap Ridge Wastewater Treatment Plant (Roebourne) |
| 22/10/2021 | Geoff Collis | White-necked Heron (1) | 50km NE of Laverton (Laverton) |
| 20/10/2021 | Mike Craig & Glenn Moore | Greater Sand Plover (1) | Wyuna Bore, c. 45km W of Rawlinna (Kalgoorlie-Boulder) |
| 18/10/2021 | Nigel Jackett & Adrian Boyle | Little Stint (1) | Marble Bar Rd, c. 5km W of Marble Bar (East Pilbara) |
| 16-17/10/2021 | Danny Akers via eBird | Ruff (1 juvenile) | Hamelin Homestead (Shark Bay) |
| 16-22/09/2021 | Geoff Collis | Australian Pratincole (4) Royal Spoonbill (14) Mangrove Robin (1) |
Balla Balla Creek system (Roebourne) |
| 06-07/09/2021 | Les George et al. | Bush Stone-curlew (3) | plantation, Carnarvon (Carnarvon) |
| 22/08/2021 | Susan McDougall | Brolga (6) | Ashburton River nr Old Onslow (Ashburton) |
| 22/08/2021 | Susan McDougall | Black-necked Stork (3 young birds) | Oakover River (Ashburton) |
| Date | Observers | Species |
Location |
| 21/11/2021 | Chris Hassell, Kerry Hadley et al. | Grey Wagtail (1) | Lake Eda (Broome) [restricted access] |
| 21/11/2021 | Chris Hassell et al. | Orange Chat (1 male) | Taylors Lagoon (Broome) [restricted access] |
| 20/11/2021 | Bruce & Jaxon Greatwich | Arafura Fantail (1) | Nimalarragun (Nimalaica) Wetland (Broome) |
| 19/11/2021 | Adrian Boyle | Arafura Fantail (1) | Nimalarragun (Nimalaica) Wetland (Broome) |
| 19/11/2021 | Adrian Boyle | Pacific Koel (1) | Lullfitz Drive (Broome) |
| 18/11/2021 | Adrian Boyle & Linda Bird | Little Ringed Plover (1) Peregrine Falcon (1 migratory ssp) Grey Wagtail (1) |
Lake Eda (Broome) [restricted access] |
| 17/11/2021 | Broome Bird Observatory (Nyil Khwaja et al.) | Little Ringed Plover (1) Grey Wagtail (1) |
Lake Eda (Broome) [restricted access] |
| 16/11/2021 | Bruce Greatwich | Pectoral Sandpiper (1) Ruff (1) |
Eighty Mile Beach Caravan Park (Broome) |
| 15/11/2021 | Adrian Boyle et al. | Arafura Fantail (1) | Nimalarragun (Nimalaica) Wetland (Broome) |
| 14/11/2021 | Chris Hassell, Kerry Hadley et al. | Arafura Fantail (1) | Nimalarragun (Nimalaica) Wetland (Broome) |
| 12-14/11/2021 | Nigel Jackett et al. | Orange Chat (1 male) | Taylors Lagoon (Broome) [restricted access] |
| 12/11/2021 | Nigel Jackett | Peregrine Falcon (1 migratory ssp) | Great Northern Hwy nr Taylors Lagoon (Broome) |
| 11/11/2021 | Broome Bird Observatory (Nyil Khwaja et al.) | Little Ringed Plover (1) Little Stint (1 breeding plumage) |
Lake Eda (Broome) [restricted access] |
| 11/11/2021 | Broome Bird Observatory (Nyil Khwaja et al.) | Orange Chat (1 male) | Taylors Lagoon (Broome) [restricted access] |
| 30/10/2021 | Nigel Jackett et al. | Little Ringed Plover (1) | Lake Eda (Broome) [restricted access] |
| 30/10/2021 | Nigel Jackett et al. | Peregrine Falcon (1 migratory ssp) | Lake Campion (Broome) [restricted access] |
| 28/10/2021 | Broome Bird Observatory (Ben Vasic et al.) | Little Ringed Plover (1) | Lake Eda (Broome) [restricted access] |
| 25/10/2021 | via eBird | Pacific Koel (1) | Lullfitz Drive (Broome) |
| 24/10/2021 | via eBird | Pacific Koel (1) | Lullfitz Drive (Broome) |
| 23/10/2021 | via eBird | Pacific Koel (1) | Lullfitz Drive (Broome) |
| 10/10/2021 | Broome Bird Observatory (Jane Taylor et al.) via eBird | Chestnut-breasted Mannikin (1) | Taylors Lagoon (Broome) [restricted access] |
| 07/10/2021 | Nigel Jackett et al. | probable RINGED PLOVER (1) | Roebuck Bay near Broome Bird Observatory (Broome) |
| 06/10/2021 | George Swann, John Baas et al. | probable RINGED PLOVER (1) | Roebuck Bay near Broome Bird Observatory (Broome) |
| 04/10/2021 | George Swann et al. | probable RINGED PLOVER (1) | Wader Beach, Roebuck Bay (Broome) |
Ashmore Reef
| Date | Observers | Species |
Location |
Christmas Island
| Date | Observers | Species |
Location |
| 04/09/2021 | Pete Morant et al. | Pacific Black Duck (1) | Hidden Garden Sustainable Farm |
| 04/09/2021 | Pete Morant et al. | Barn Swallow (1 young bird) | Lily Beach Rd |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
| Date | Observers | Species |
Location |
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