Only counting resident species :
1. Western Ground Parrot 2. Buff-breasted Button-quail 3. Plains Wanderer (without Phil Maher) 4. Grey Falcon 5. White-throated Nightjar 6. Superb Fruit-Dove 7. King Quail 8. Chestnut-breasted Whiteface 9. Red Goshawk (apart from Mataranka) 10. Australasian Bittern
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4 responses to “Hardest to find”
Well, the question was “hardest”. So that can either be a bird that is near population (e.g. Rufous Scrub-bird) but never shows itself, or a bird where it takes a lot of effort to get to the habitat, but once there is fairly easy (as I found Black Grasswren – others may differ!)
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Whoops – I meant 1, 8 and 9 were not in C&B – Painted Snipe is not in doubt!
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I think with this discussion what is being reported is remoteness rather than elusiveness (though probably Black Grasswrens are at the top of both lists).
I think the most elusive birds which are found relatively near to where large numbers of birdwatchers live are: Lewin’s Rail, Little Bittern, Bush-hen and Rufous Scrub-bird.
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Not disagreeing (although my list would be slightly different as I have seen 4,7,8 and 10 but not Rufous Scrubbird or Spotted Whistling-duck) but surely 1, 8 and 10 are not yet recognised as full species. Or have I missed something?
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