Emu Dromaius novaehollandiae Common in Flinders Ranges, Strzelecki Track Black Swan Cygnus atratus Hundreds, St Kilda Australian Wood Duck Chenonetta jubata Grey Teal Anas gracilis Chestnut Teal Anas castanea a few at Cheetham Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae Port Gawler Hoary-headed Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus raft of at least 10, Port Gawler (Cheetham) Rock Dove Columba livia (i) Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis (i) Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera Wilpena Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata a few near Brachina Gorge Peaceful Dove Geopelia striata Telowie Gorge Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos Port Gawler Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Port Gawler Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris Port Gawler Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius Port Pirie Eastern Great Egret Ardea modesta tens, St Kilda White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia Port Gawler Yellow-billed Spoonbill Platalea flavipes Port Gawler Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus Black Kite Milvus migrans Brown Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides Wilpena area Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides Brown Falcon Falco berigora Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus single bird, Alligator Gorge (Mt Remarkable NP) Banded Stilt Cladorhynchus leucocephalus a few Port Gawler Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Port Gawler Red-capped Plover Charadrius ruficapillus Lesser Sand-Plover Charadrius mongolus a few at Port Gawler Red-kneed Dotterel Erythrogonys cinctus Port Gawler Banded Lapwing Vanellus tricolor only 1, Strzelecki Track near Lyndhurst Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae Galah Eolophus roseicapillus Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea huge flocks, Quorn Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita only a couple near Port Pirie Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus – Adelaide Purple-crowned Lorikeet Glossopsitta porphyrocephala good numbers, Port Augusta Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans adelaidea ‘Adelaide Rosella’ – quite common through southern Flinders Ranges Australian Ringneck Barnardius zonarius zonarius Port Lincoln race – quite common through Flinders R., Port Augusta Blue Bonnet Northiella haematogaster common through northern areas Red-rumped Parrot Psephotus haematonotus Mulga Parrot Psephotus varius several, Port Augusta Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus good numbers only at creek crossings, Strzelecki Track Elegant Parrot Neophema elegans common at Port Augusta Arid Lands Botanical Garden Horsfield’s Bronze-Cuckoo Chalcites basalis 1 calling, creek crossing near Lyndhurst Red-backed Kingfisher Todiramphus pyrrhopygius 1, Brachina Gorge Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus several, creek crossing near Lyndhurst Brown Treecreeper Climacteris picumnus picumnus Alligator Gorge, Mt Remarkable NP Splendid Fairy-wren Malurus splendens Port Augusta Arid Lands Botanical Garden White-winged Fairy-wren Malurus leucopterus Variegated Fairy-wren Malurus lamberti Short-tailed Grasswren Amytornis merrotsyi several, Stokes Hill and Appealinna Ruins road Western Grasswren Amytornis textilis myall several, Wild Dog Hill, Whyalla CP. Also Iron Knob Whyalla Road (Middleback). Thick-billed Grasswren Amytornis textilis common, Mt Lyndhurst mine area, especially vegetation along creek lines White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis Adelaide sub species maculatus, St Kilda Mangroves and rosinae, Flinders Ranges Chestnut-rumped Heathwren Hylacola pyrrhopygia race pedleri, Alligator Gorge, Mt Remarkable NP Rufous Fieldwren Calamanthus campestris Port Augusta Arid Lands Botanical Garden, Mt Lyndhurst Mine Redthroat Pyrrholaemus brunneus several, dry woodland near Brachina Gorge, also Whyalla/Iron Knob Road Weebill Smicrornis brevirostris Wilpena Yellow-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa Chestnut-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza uropygialis dry woodland near Brachina Gorge Slender-billed Thornbill Acanthiza iredalei race iredalei, Whyalla Iron Knob road, Spencer Gulf race rosinae, Port Gawler Inland Thornbill Acanthiza apicalis Southern Whiteface Aphelocephala leucopsis common through Flinders Rangers, Whyalla/Iron Knob Road Chestnut-breasted Whiteface Aphelocephala pectoralis 3 birds, Mt Lyndhurst mine (approx 500m east of rusty car) Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus Pied Honeyeater Certhionyx variegatus 2 at Mt Lyndhurst mine Singing Honeyeater Lichenostomus virescens Grey-fronted Honeyeater Lichenostomus plumulus several at Brachina Gorge, also at Telowie Gorge White-plumed Honeyeater Lichenostomus penicillatus White-fronted Honeyeater Purnella albifrons 2 at Wild Dog Hill, Whyalla CP Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala race lepidota, Adelaide area Yellow-throated Miner Manorina flavigula Flinders Ranges Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater Acanthagenys rufogularis Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata Crimson Chat Epthianura tricolor small flock, Mt Lyndhurst mine White-fronted Chat Epthianura albifrons Striped Honeyeater Plectorhyncha lanceolata 1 at Port Augusta Arid Lands Botanical Garden (edge of range) Grey-crowned Babbler Pomatostomus temporalis Cinnamon Quail-thrush Cinclosoma cinnamomeum 1, Mt Lyndhurst mine Chirruping Wedgebill Psophodes cristatus common at Port Augusta Arid Lands Botanical Garden, a few at Mt Lyndhurst mine, Strzelecki Track Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis Telowie Gorge Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris Flinders Ranges Grey Shrike-Thrush Colluricincla harmonica Crested Bellbird Oreoica gutturalis common at Whyalla CP, Iron Knob/Whyalla Road Masked Woodswallow Artamus personatus several at Mt Lyndhurst Mine Little Woodswallow Artamus minor race minor, several at a creek crossing, Strzelecki Track Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus Australian Magpie Cracticus tibicen Grey Currawong Strepera versicolor race melanoptera, Alligator Gorge, Mt Remarkable NP (distinctively different call to nominate race versicolor) Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa Willie-wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys Australian Raven Corvus coronoides Little Crow Corvus bennetti a few calling near Leigh Creek Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca Red-capped Robin Petroica goodenovii common Flinders Ranges Southern Scrub-Robin Drymodes brunneopygia 1, Telowie Gorge Rufous Songlark Cincloramphus mathewsi several calling, creek crossing, Strzelecki Track Brown Songlark Cincloramphus cruralis very common, vocal and conspicuous, Strzelecki Track, Mt Lyndhurst Mine Silver-eye Zosterops lateralis White-backed Swallow Cheramoeca leucosterna only 1 at Mt Lyndhurst mine Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena Tree Martin Petrochelidon nigricans Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris (i) Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata very high numbers from Hawker to Lyndhurst House Sparrow Passer domesticus (i) Australasian Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae
122 spp
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