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South-East Tasmania September 2019

During the first week of September 2019 Murray and Charlie Scott and myself had ‘booked’ ourselves on two ‘double-header’ pelagic-trips from Eaglehawk Neck and decided to spend the rest of the week trying to track-down some of the unique Tasmanian fauna.

After checking in to the Lufra Hotel (home of the ‘tassie’ pelagics?) we drove along to the Pirate’s Bay Jetty and saw our first ‘endemic’, the garrulous Yellow-throated Honeyeater, shortly followed by others such as Green Rosella and Tasmanian Scrubwren.

Yellow-throated Honeyeater

Between the Lufra Hotel and the Pirates Bay Jetty is the popular Havnabite Tucker Shop, and whilst enjoying coffee and breakfast we called in another ‘tassie-endemic’ the Black Currawong (Twenty years earlier on a previous visit this was the most difficult one to find, and it took a week to finally get one at Lake St Clair)

From here we decided to visit Port Arthur via the ‘indirect-route’ to Nubeena. On the way we spotted Cape Barren Goose and Australian Shelduck in the fields, and then drove to Roaring Beach where we hoped to find Hooded Plover, unfortunately traversing the dunes was harder-work than expected and none of these shorebirds were seen. However on the vegetation-covered dunes we caught up with Crescent Honeyeater and Tasmanian Thornbill and got some good images of the latter. Charlie chased some Beautiful Firetail after hearing their unique calls but they proved very elusive.

We arrived at Port Arthur in the late-afternoon and were amazed at the quality of birding in the main car-park! Flame and Scarlet Robin, Black-headed and Strong-billed Honeyeaters, Yellow Wattlebirds, Black Currawongs, Silvereyes, Green Rosella and others. Unfortunately the site was just closing so we didn’t get to explore it further although Charlie managed to find and listen to a web ‘podcast’ about the tragedy that enfolded in April 1996.

Black Currawong call

Tuesday was first pelagic day, and we left the jetty on the Pauletta at 7am. Old friends Bruce Richardson, James Cornelious and David Adam from Melbourne came along. On the way out a White-bellied Sea-eagle was present on the ‘Hippolyte-Rock‘ with fur-seals and Black-faced Cormorants. There was very little wind and consequently didn’t see much on the way to the shelf. . There were plenty of Shy Albatross, with the odd Black-browed, Buller’s and Yellow-nosed and also several Southern Royal and Gibson’s (Wandering) Albatross. Smaller ‘tubenoses’ were a bit ‘scarce’ though Common Diving-Petrel seemed to be in good numbers further out. Probably the best ‘bird of the day’ was a totally-white Southern Giant-Petrel which came to the ‘chum’ at the back of the boat.

The second of the ‘double-header’ pelagic days was fairly quiet, similar species to the first but a young ‘shy-type’ albatross was seen and later found to be a Salvin’s. Murray and Charlie ‘racked-up’ a few ‘lifers’ and I got some better-views of Common Diving-Petrel.

After the pelagics we made our way down to Bruny Island via Mt Wellington as Charlie had no experience of snow. There was a small amount still visible and it gave Murray the opportunity to become a ‘target’ for some well-aimed ‘snow-balls’ from his son.

Half-way up Mt Wellington we explored the area around the ‘Springs Cafe’ where I had found Scrubtit almost twenty years ago. Incredibly we managed to get reasonable images of this species, plus Pink Robin, Bassian Thrush and Olive Whistler.

Spurred-on by this success we continued on to Bruny Island taking the ferry from Kettering. It was fairly late in the afternoon and we spent a few hours looking for Forty-spotted Pardalote (in vain) on Lennon’s R d that we had obtained from a ‘tip-off’ on the pelagic but did manage to get Beautiful Firetail there.

We spent the next 3 nights at an airbnb cottage in Adventure Bay exploring the island, though by the weekend a strong weather-front was expected. On Friday following another ‘tip-off’, we checked out an area near the airstrip and found several pairs of Forty-spotted Pardalote, many Dusky and Flame Robin and a small group of Beautiful Firetail.

On Saturday and Sunday we tried to find Tawny-crowned Honeyeater near the lighthouse on Cape Bruny, almost ‘thwarted’ by the strong antarctic-gale we finally caught up with them around Sunday lunch-time when the wind dropped a little.

After a chance-meeting with a land-owner, we were invited to visit a site near Trumpeter Bay where Peregrines and White-bellied Sea-Eagles were nesting, he also informed us that Eastern Quolls were very common in the evening between Dennes Point and North Bruny. That evening we drove the circuit and ‘spot-lighted’ the fields noting at least 20 of these ‘endearing’ little mammals along with many Brush-tailed Possum and an ‘all-white’ individual.

Birding around Adventure Bay was quiet and I was surprised to see very few Brush Bronzewing around the township as they had been common and easy twenty years before. Green Rosella were still abundant and a pair of ‘white’ Grey Goshawk displayed near the accommodation. A pair of Hooded Plover graced the beach along with Sooty and Pied Oystercatchers. For ‘nocturnal’ birds Tasmanian Morepork seemed relatively easy to get though we only managed to hear a Masked Owl near the north of the town.

All up this was a great trip, with all the ‘Tasmanian endemics’ and most of the remaining species seen, I’ve attached a species summary from Ebird.

Date Range Sep 1, 2019 – Sep 8, 2019 Total Number of Species 86

Locations 24 Francis Lane, Adventure Bay, Tasmania, AU (-43.37, 147.34) : 5031 Arthur Highway, Eaglehawk Neck, Tasmania, AU (-43.013, 147.925) : 515 Lennon Road, North Bruny, Tasmania, AU (-43.156, 147.343) : Adventure Bay : Cape Bruny (Bruny Island) : Cape Queen Elizabeth Track : Eaglehawk Neck : Eaglehawk Pelagic – Inshore : Port Arthur : Roaring Beach Track, Nubeena, Tasmania, AU (-43.086, 147.674) : South Bruny National Park–Luggaboine Circuit : Unnamed Road, North Bruny, Tasmania, AU (-43.169, 147.404) Total Number of Checklists 14

Species Name High Count Sample Size High Count Sample Size High Count Sample Size High Count Sample Size High Count Sample Size High Count Sample Size

Black Swan – Cygnus atratus — 7 2 — — — —
Australian Wood Duck – Chenonetta jubata — 5 2 — — — —
Chestnut Teal – Anas castanea — 7 1 — — — —
Brown Quail – Synoicus ypsilophorus — 4 1 — — — —
Hoary-headed Grebe – Poliocephalus poliocephalus 3 1 — — — — —
Brush Bronzewing – Phaps elegans — 1 1 — — — —
Horsfield’s Bronze-Cuckoo – Chrysococcyx basalis — 1 1 — — — —
Fan-tailed Cuckoo – Cacomantis flabelliformis 1 1 1 1 — — — —
Tasmanian Nativehen – Tribonyx mortierii 2 1 1 1 — — — —
Australian Pied Oystercatcher – Haematopus longirostris 1 1 1 2 — — — —
Masked Lapwing – Vanellus miles 2 1 3 3 — — — —
Hooded Plover – Thinornis cucullatus — 2 1 — — — —
Silver Gull – Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae 49 2 6 3 — — — —
Pacific Gull – Larus pacificus 2 3 2 1 — — — —
Kelp Gull – Larus dominicanus 5 3 7 2 — — — —
Crested Tern – Thalasseus bergii 18 3 — — — — —
Little Penguin – Eudyptula minor 1 1 — — — — —
Yellow-nosed Albatross – Thalassarche chlororhynchos 7 2 — — — — —
Buller’s Albatross – Thalassarche bulleri 3 2 — — — — —
Shy Albatross – Thalassarche cauta 110 2 — — — — —
Black-browed Albatross – Thalassarche melanophris 11 3 — — — — —
small albatross sp. – Thalassarche sp. — 2 1 — — — —
Royal Albatross – Diomedea epomophora 1 2 — — — — —
Wandering Albatross – Diomedea exulans 1 3 — — — — —
Southern Giant-Petrel – Macronectes giganteus 1 2 — — — — —
Northern Giant-Petrel – Macronectes halli 6 2 — — — — —
Cape Petrel – Daption capense 2 1 — — — — —
Great-winged Petrel – Pterodroma macroptera 4 2 — — — — —
Grey-faced Petrel – Pterodroma gouldi 2 2 — — — — —
Providence Petrel – Pterodroma solandri 8 2 — — — — —
Sooty Shearwater – Ardenna grisea 1 1 — — — — —
Common Diving-Petrel – Pelecanoides urinatrix 75 2 — — — — —
Australasian Gannet – Morus serrator 3 2 — — — — —
Little Pied Cormorant – Microcarbo melanoleucos — 1 1 — — — —
Great Cormorant – Phalacrocorax carbo — 2 1 — — — —
Black-faced Cormorant – Phalacrocorax fuscescens 40 3 — — — — —
White-faced Heron – Egretta novaehollandiae 1 1 1 1 — — — —
Grey Goshawk – Accipiter novaehollandiae — 2 1 — — — —
White-bellied Sea-Eagle – Haliaeetus leucogaster 2 2 3 3 — — — —
Morepork – Ninox novaeseelandiae 1 1 — — — — —
Laughing Kookaburra – Dacelo novaeguineae — 2 1 — — — —
Peregrine Falcon – Falco peregrinus — 1 1 — — — —
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo – Calyptorhynchus funereus 3 1 27 3 — — — —
Green Rosella – Platycercus caledonicus 3 3 10 4 — — — —
Superb Fairywren – Malurus cyaneus 7 3 6 6 — — — —
Eastern Spinebill – Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris — 1 1 — — — —
Little Wattlebird – Anthochaera chrysoptera 2 2 1 1 — — — —
Yellow Wattlebird – Anthochaera paradoxa 4 2 2 1 — — — —
White-fronted Chat – Epthianura albifrons — 6 1 — — — —
Tawny-crowned Honeyeater – Gliciphila melanops — 4 1 — — — —
Crescent Honeyeater – Phylidonyris pyrrhopterus 2 1 2 2 — — — —
New Holland Honeyeater – Phylidonyris novaehollandiae 5 2 10 4 — — — —
Yellow-throated Honeyeater – Nesoptilotis flavicollis 7 3 2 1 — — — —
Black-headed Honeyeater – Melithreptus affinis 12 2 8 1 — — — —
Strong-billed Honeyeater – Melithreptus validirostris 6 1 — — — — —
Spotted Pardalote – Pardalotus punctatus 4 1 1 1 — — — —
Forty-spotted Pardalote – Pardalotus quadragintus — 8 1 — — — —
Striated Pardalote – Pardalotus striatus 1 1 3 2 — — — —
Tasmanian Scrubwren – Sericornis humilis 4 1 1 3 — — — —
Brown Thornbill – Acanthiza pusilla 2 2 1 3 — — — —
Tasmanian Thornbill – Acanthiza ewingii 3 2 2 2 — — — —
Yellow-rumped Thornbill – Acanthiza chrysorrhoa — 5 1 — — — —
Black-faced Cuckooshrike – Coracina novaehollandiae 1 2 1 1 — — — —
Grey Shrikethrush – Colluricincla harmonica 2 1 1 4 — — — —
Olive Whistler – Pachycephala olivacea — 2 3 — — — —
Golden Whistler – Pachycephala pectoralis — 4 2 — — — —
Dusky Woodswallow – Artamus cyanopterus — 3 1 — — — —
Australian Magpie – Gymnorhina tibicen 1 1 1 1 — — — —
Black Currawong – Strepera fuliginosa 3 2 — — — — —
Grey Currawong – Strepera versicolor 2 1 2 2 — — — —
Grey Fantail – Rhipidura albiscapa 1 3 1 2 — — — —
Satin Flycatcher – Myiagra cyanoleuca — 1 1 — — — —
Forest Raven – Corvus tasmanicus 5 2 4 4 — — — —
Scarlet Robin – Petroica boodang 2 3 1 4 — — — —
Flame Robin – Petroica phoenicea 5 2 8 5 — — — —
Dusky Robin – Melanodryas vittata 3 1 3 4 — — — —
Welcome Swallow – Hirundo neoxena 2 1 6 3 — — — —
Tree Martin – Petrochelidon nigricans 6 3 4 3 — — — —
Silvereye – Zosterops lateralis 4 1 5 3 — — — —
Common Starling – Sturnus vulgaris 4 1 6 4 — — — —
Common Blackbird – Turdus merula 3 2 3 6 — — — —
Beautiful Firetail – Stagonopleura bella 3 1 3 2 — — — —
House Sparrow – Passer domesticus 1 1 6 2 — — — —
Australasian Pipit – Anthus novaeseelandiae — 1 2 — — — —
European Greenfinch – Chloris chloris — 2 1 — — — —
European Goldfinch – Carduelis carduelis 2 1 1 1 — — — —

Arkaroola and the Flinders Ranges SA, Dec 2015

Recently I had some spare-time available and decided to ‘explore’ an area that I had previously not visited, looking through the available literature I realised that north-east South Australia had some bird-species that I had yet to encounter and would be fairly accessible in my new acquisition, a 4WD Nissan Xtrail.

I decided that I would aim to spend up to one week visiting the Flinders Ranges and the area known as Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary.

Driving north on Sunday I arrived at Hattah before dusk, and spent the evening ‘under the stars’ and apart from the odd annoying mosquito had a pleasant night, hearing Australian Owlet-Nightjar, Tawny Frogmouth, Southern Boobook and a nocturnal Red-backed Kingfisher. After breakfast my next priority was to drive along the Old Calder Highway (inside the park) and look for the (…almost mythical) Striated Grasswrens. Sadly, the curse continued and although I continued to have an australian-list totally devoid of grasswrens, I did manage to see Splendid Fairy-wrens, Regent Parrots and Major Mitchell’s Cockatoos amongst others

Emu

Splendid Fairywren

Red-capped Robin

Chestnut-rumped Thornbill

The route north between Mildura and the cultivated areas of South Australia is rather sparse for bird-life but there seemed to be many Emu with young close to the roads (…indeed, throughout the area this was the case)

The town of Hawker lies at the southern-end of the Flinders Ranges, I arrived there in late-afternoon and refueled. My intention was to spend the night in the national-park so I paid for entry and a camping-permit at the main store. Driving north towards Parachilna I started to see a little more bird-life and recorded several Spotted Harriers, White-backed Swallows, Brown Falcons and also realised that this stretch of road is a ‘killing-ground’ for macropods and Emus. Black, Whistling Kites and Wedge-tailed Eagles were in large numbers. As I ventured further storms began to appear and bolts of lightning were seen above the ranges, questioning the wisdom of camping in the park I dropped in on the Parachilna Hotel and the manager (who was just shutting-shop) told me not to worry about the storm as they ‘usually go around us’, proceeding towards the hills with lightning-bolts appearing more frequently, signs appeared warning of the dangers of ‘flash-flooding’. Eventually at dusk, I reached the small Angorichina area and pulled off road and made some space in the back of the truck to sleep, however it became unbelievably humid and I decided to sleep outside on my camp-bed (…despite the ominous-weather) Surprisingly, I managed to get a few hours sleep and awoke at dawn, quite cold as a south-westerly change blew through. Birding here was quite interesting and about 30 species were recorded including my first ‘lifer’ of the trip (which I was to see plenty of further north) the Grey-fronted Honeyeater.

Sign

Flinders Ranges storm

Southern Whiteface

Flinders Ranges storm

Flinders Ranges

Grey-fronted Honeyeater

Parachilna Hotel

Flinders Ranges storm

My next stop was the rather attractive town of Blinman, and after a superb home-made meat-pie and coffee outside the general-store, the proprietor recommended that I visit the hotel and get a room there, an attractive option as I just spent two nights ‘al-fresco’. This was duly-organized and I enquired about the supply of fuel in Blinman, unfortunately I was told that would have to drive 60 kms south to Wilpena Pound to refuel as the only other outlet was at the resort at Angorichina (where I had previously been). This was OK as it would give me the opportunity to go in search of another near-mythical species the Short-tailed Grasswren. ‘Armed’ with a copy of Tim Dolby and Rohan Clarke’s excellent “Finding Australian Birds” and on a sunny but fairly-cool morning I made my way to the stunningly beautiful area around Wilpena. After consulting their tome I followed Tim and Rohan’s advice and wandered through the low triodia ( AKA Spinifex) clumps around Stokes Hill Lookout. Failing to see or hear any evidence of these supernatural-beasts, I tried again at another site, the Appealinna Ruins about 5.5 kms north, but guess-what? Despite trudging through kilometres of suitable habitat no sign, visible or audible there either. Begs the question, has anyone seen them in this area recently?

Fortunately it was not totally depressing as I managed to find some reasonably large flocks of Orange Chat nearby. There were also some very interesting information-boards among the ruins relating to the early-settlers and their clashes with the ‘establishment’ of the time, well-worth reading.

Euro?

Red Kangaroo

Orange Chat

Zebra Finch

Stokes Hill Lookout

After a very comfortable evening in the Blinman Hotel, I asked the manager how long it should take me to drive the 153 kms on unsealed road to Arkaroola Resort (…where I’d planned to stay for a few days) Google Maps claim that it’s a 5-hour drive but he told me that most people do it in 2, but as I would be stopping for all those birds it might take 3 (….in actual-fact it took more like 7!)

White-fronted Honeyeater

Views between Blinman and Arkaroola

Variegated Fairywren

Central Bearded Dragon

Camping facilities at Arkaroola Resort

Red-backed Kingfisher

Wirra River(bed)

Crimson Chat

Views between Blinman and Arkaroola

Camping facilities at Arkaroola Resort

Pied Honeyeater

View at Arkaroola Resort

Chirruping Wedgebill

Views between Blinman and Arkaroola

Camping facilities at Arkaroola Resort

Singing Honeyeater

White-fronted Honeyeater

Chestnur-rumped Thornbill

Pied Honeyeater

Camping facilities at Arkaroola Resort

The drive was long and bird-life quite sparse but I did come across some very interesting ‘pockets’ of activity, the first near Wirrealpa Station where I spotted some small birds flying across the road and wandering up a small creek-bed found lots of flowering eremophila bushes. Here I found young and adult White-fronted, Pied, White-plumed, Spiny-cheeked and Singing Honeyeaters and a singing Red-backed Kingfisher. Further along at Wirra Creek there were some nice gums and much avian-sound and I was surprised to hear Fan-tailed Cuckoo, Rufous Songlark and Brown Treecreeper calling.

Another place that I had hoped to see was the picturesque Chambers Gorge but was unable to stop due to time considerations, however near here I did spot my first definite Budgerigars, Crimson Chats and White-winged Triller.

On arrival at Arkaroola Resort I was dismayed to realise that I had a flat tyre but was pleasantly surprised when one of the staff offered to fix it in the workshop, sadly it was unrepairable but fortunately there were two suitable ones in storage so I was able to replace it and continue my trip (….thanks Roger!)

During the next couple of days I visited several local sites and found small concentrations of wildlife and although grasswrens ‘eluded’ me once again I was told by the owner that they often encounter them along tracks with suitable ‘triodia‘ habitat but usually earlier in the season. Obviously in December birding was better early and late in the day so I tended to visit areas which had small waterholes or bores, the best of which I found to be at a site fairly close to the resort at Miniremarkable Mine, where water leaked from an artesian-well. The most abundant species here were undoubtedly Zebra Finch but there were plenty of Grey-fronted Honeyeater, White-browed Babbler, Diamond and Peaceful Doves and whilst observing quietly from a short-distance I was surprised to see a thirsty Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby drink a large quantity of water.

Diamond Dove

View near ‘Miniremarkable Mine’

Views of areas around Arkaroola

View near ‘Miniremarkable Mine’

Thirsty Petrogale

Views of areas around Arkaroola

White-browed Babblers

Views of areas around Arkaroola

Wedge-tailed Eagle

View near ‘Miniremarkable Mine’

Yellow-footed Rock-Wallaby

Dusky Woodswallow

View of Pinnacles

Views of areas around Arkaroola

View of Pinnacles

View near the Pinnacles

Views of areas around Arkaroola

View of Pinnacles

Views of areas around Arkaroola

Yellow-footed Rock-Wallaby

View near ‘Miniremarkable Mine’

Wedge-tailed Eagle

View of Pinnacles

Views of areas around Arkaroola

Mistletoebird

Arkaroola Waterhole

Grey-fronted Honeyeater

Views of areas around Arkaroola

View of Pinnacles

View at Arkaroola Resort

Over the time that I had spent in South Australia the weather had been generally good with clear skies and mild temperatures however that evening at the resort the helpful staff let me know that it was expected to be very hot by the weekend and probably over forty degrees, so I made the decision to return to the relative comfort of Melbourne.

Early on Friday morning I packed up the tent and ate breakfast in the BBQ shed overlooking the resort, and whilst tucking into my muesli and enjoying the fantastic scenery I heard the unmistakable call of the Black-eared Cuckoo (a species that the resort staff had told me was reasonably common there) Attempting my best imitation of the sad-sound I was amazed when a shadow flew over my shoulder and the bird was perched less than two metres from me in a small bush! Equally surprisingly it then decided to enjoy the early-morning sunshine and ‘puffed’ its rump up and soaked up the warm rays! It was so confiding that it let me take some fairly close shots. If this wasn’t enough a party of Variegated Fairywrens turned up, at almost the same distance and I managed to get a bit of video of a handsome male.

Black-eared Cuckoo

View at Arkaroola Resort

And so ended an ‘all-to-brief’ trip, a touch disappointed that I had only found one of several possible ‘lifers’ and still no grasswrens but happy in the knowledge that there are some great habitats that require my return in the very near-future!

Species List

Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) Throughout
Australasian Darter (Anhinga novaehollandiae) Hattah
Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax) Arkaroola
Black Kite (Milvus migrans) Throughout
Little Eagle (Hieraaetus morphnoides) Angarochina
Brown Goshawk (Accipiter fasciatus) Blinman
Spotted Harrier (Circus assimilis) Hawker
Australian Pratincole (Stiltia isabella) Orroroo
Banded Lapwing (Vanellus tricolor) Appealinna
Brown Falcon (Falco berigora) Blinman
Nankeen Kestrel (Falco cenchroides) Throughout
Common Bronzewing (Phaps chalcoptera) Arkaroola
Crested Pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes) Blinman
Diamond Dove (Geopelia cuneata) Arkaroola
Peaceful Dove (Geopelia placida) Arkaroola
Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla) Throughout
Little Corella (Cacatua sanguinea) Throughout
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita) Arkaroola
Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo (Lophochroa leadbeateri) Hattah
Mulga Parrot (Psephotus varius) Hattah/Leigh Creek
Regent Parrot (Polytelis anthopeplus) Hattah
Mallee Ringneck (Barnardius barnardi) Hattah/Flinders Ranges/Arkaroola
Crimson Rosella (Yellow) (Platycercus elegans flaveolus) Hattah
Red-rumped Parrot (Psephotus haematonotus) Hattah
Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) Arkaroola
Red-backed Kingfisher (Todiramphus pyrrhopygius) Wirrealpa
Sacred Kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus) Hattah
Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae) Throughout
Rainbow Bee-eater (Merops ornatus) Throughout
Horsfield’s Bronze-Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx basalis) Arkaroola
Black-eared Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx osculans) Arkaroola
Fan-tailed Cuckoo (Cacomantis flabelliformis) Wirra Creek
Australian Owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles cristatus) Hattah
Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides) Hattah
Southern Boobook (Ninox novaeseelandiae) Hattah
Brown Treecreeper (Climacteris picumnus) Wirra Creek, Hattah
White-winged Fairy-wren (Malurus leucopterus) Throughout
Variegated Fairy-wren (Malurus lamberti) Flinders Ranges/Arkaroola
Splendid Fairy-wren (Malurus splendens) Hattah
Chestnut-rumped Thornbill (Acanthiza uropygialis) Hattah/Flinders Ranges/Arkaroola
Southern Whiteface (Aphelocephala leucopsis) Hattah/Nepabunna
Inland Thornbill (Acanthiza apicalis) Angorichina
Weebill (Smicrornis brevirostris) Angorichina
Yellow-rumped Thornbill (Acanthiza chrysorrhoa) Hattah/Flinders Ranges
Yellow Thornbill (Acanthiza nana) Hattah
Singing Honeyeater (Gavicalis virescens) Throughout
White-fronted Honeyeater (Purnella albifrons) Wirrealpa
Yellow-throated Miner (Manorina flavigula) Arkaroola
Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (Acanthagenys rufogularis) Throughout
White-plumed Honeyeater (Ptilotula penicillata) Hattah/Wirrealpa
Grey-fronted Honeyeater (Ptilotula plumula) Flinders Ranges/Arkaroola
Pied Honeyeater (Certhionyx variegatus) Wirrealpa
Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala) Hattah
Yellow-plumed Honeyeater (Ptilotula ornata) Hattah
Blue-faced Honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis) Hattah
Brown-headed Honeyeater (Melithreptus brevirostris) Hattah
Striped Honeyeater (Plectorhyncha lanceolata) Hattah
Crimson Chat (Epthianura tricolor) Arkaroola
Orange Chat (Epthianura aurifrons) Flinders Ranges/Arkaroola
Black-faced Cuckooshrike (Coracina novaehollandiae) Wirra Creek/Arkaroola
White-winged Triller (Lalage tricolor) Nepabunna
Grey Shrikethrush (Colluricincla harmonica) Wirra Creek
Rufous Whistler (Pachycephala rufiventris) Throughout
Crested Bellbird (Oreoica gutturalis) Nepabunna
White-browed Babbler (Pomatostomus superciliosus) Flinders Ranges/Arkaroola
Grey Butcherbird (Cracticus torquatus) Throughout
Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen) Throughout
Pied Butcherbird (Cracticus nigrogularis) Hattah
Grey Currawong (Strepera versicolor) Hattah
Australian Raven (Corvus coronoides) Throughout
Willie Wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys) Throughout
Striated Pardalote (Pardalotus striatus) Throughout
Apostlebird (Struthidea cinerea) Wilpena
Magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca) Throughout
Chirruping Wedgebill (Psophodes cristatus) Arkaroola
Brown Songlark (Megalurus cruralis) Arkaroola
Rufous Songlark (Megalurus mathewsi) Wirra Creek
Australasian Pipit (Anthus novaeseelandiae) Throughout
Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata) Throughout
Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis) Flinders Ranges/Arkaroola
Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena) Throughout
Tree Martin (Petrochelidon nigricans) Throughout
White-backed Swallow (Cheramoeca leucosterna) Hawker/Nepabunna/Pinnacles
Masked Woodswallow (Artamus personatus) Blinman to Arkaroola
Black-faced Woodswallow (Artamus cinereus) Blinman to Arkaroola
Dusky Woodswallow (Artamus cyanopterus) Arkaroola
Mistletoebird (Dicaeum hirundinaceum) Throughout
Hooded Robin (Melanodryas cucullata) Arkaroola
Red-capped Robin (Petroica goodenovii) Throughout