Monday, February 22, 2016

Western Australia Birder's Totals

There has been much talk in the birding community in WA over the years about replicating the very popular Australian Birding Totals run by Tony Palliser, based on WA alone. Western Australian birders are becoming more focused on their state lists than ever before with the run of extreme rarities in WA in recent years (Hoopoe, Eurasian Hobby, Kamchatka Leaf Warbler).

So I decided to get the ball rolling and set up a state list for birders, the only qualification is that you've seen 300 species or more within WA (see definition below). Just send me your total and I'll add you to the list. When you see a new species, just leave a message on the blog, message me on Facebook or drop me an email (alaninoz@iinet.net.au) with the details and I will update the list. Remember it's just a bit of fun and I am not going to go through your WA list with a fine-toothed comb. Trust is the name of the game!


Definitions

1) All birds must be seen and clearly identified within the boundaries of Western Australia. That included offshore islands (Browse, Barrow etc) but not those outside WA jurisdiction, so sorry but no records from Ashmore & Cartier Reefs, Christmas Island and Cocos Island!

2) Records of birds at sea are acceptable within a 200NM limit of the WA coast.

3) Taxonomy will follow the latest IOC list



Western Australia Totals (IOC 2019)


Name                                       Total                Recent additions to list

Frank O'Connor                         513                Brown-streaked Flycatcher
George Swann                          497                 Eurasian Teal, Sooty Albatross
Nigel Jackett                             480                 Common Cicadabird
Alan Collins                               471                 Collared Pratincole, Cory's Shearwater
Adrian Boyle                              469                 Night Parrot
Sue Abbotts                              469                  Tawny Grassbird, Dusky Honeyeater
Rohan Clarke                            460                  Shy Albatross, Black-browed Albatross
Stewart Ford                             451                  Grey-faced Petrel
John Graff                                 450                  Red-chested Button-quail
Peter Taylor                              441                  Tahiti Petrel, Streaked Shearwater
Bruce Greatwich                       437                  Chestnut-backed Button-quail
Chris Young                              431                  Nordmann's Greenshank, Grey Wagtail
Mark Newman                           427                 Grey-headed Albatross
Nathan Waugh                          426                  Eurasian Hobby
Bill Rutherford                           426                  Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross
Nick Brown                                425                 Grey-headed Albatross, Spinifexbird
Martin Cake                               423                  Kelp Gull, Collared Pratincole
Geoff Groom                             414                  Little Shearwater, Long-tailed Skua
Rose Ferrell                              411
Xenia Dennett                           404                  Collared Pratincole, Sabine's Gull
Robyn Pickering                        385                 Collared Pratincole, Sabine's Gull
Ross Jones                               349                  Ground Cuckoo-shrike, Roseate Tern
Keith Wilcox                              342                  Marsh Sandpiper
Carolyn Turnbull                        320                  Ground Cuckoo-shrike, Inland Dotterel
Lachlan Newman                      320                   Roseate Tern, Painted Button-Quail
Sean Van Alphen                      314 
Jenny Knox                               312                  Red-necked Phalarope, Gilbert's Whistler


8 comments:

  1. Hi Alan, Can you update my list to 460 please? Last was Shy and Black-browed Albatross but there were better birds before that including Chinese Sparrowhawk, Naretha Bluebonnet and Nullarbor Quail-thrush

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  2. Thanks Rohan, I've updated your total

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  4. Hi Alan - do the "plastics" go on the list (Mute Swan, Peafowl, Pheasant, European Goldfinch etc?). I'll have to convert my Clements list to IOC and get on the board!

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  5. Hi Alan - can you add me to the qualifiers' list? I stand at 352, but I think European Goldfinch gets disallowed (records for Wellard area <15 years). Not sure about the other plastics -Rottnest Peafowl and Pheasant, and the Mute Swan. I have already excluded Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (escapee, I am sure) and Mallard. Please adjust down according to page rules! Regards, Geoff Groom (retirement beckons, so I am hoping to race up the list in the next two years!!!!).

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    1. Hi Geoff, I will add your total, the Peafowl depends on when you saw them?

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