Birds sighted in the vicinity of the Argyle Diamond Mine
Frank O'Connor
8C Hardy Road
Nedlands WA 6009
Phone : (08) 93865694
Birds sighted in the vicinity of the Argyle Diamond Mine (S16 40 E128 22)
216 species (75 breeding) up to June 2005
Birds sighted in the vicinity of the Argyle Diamond Mine
Emu
Brown Quail
Magpie Goose
Plumed WhistlingDuck
Wandering WhistlingDuck
Black Swan
Radjah Shelduck
Green Pygmygoose
Pacific Black Duck
Grey Teal
Garganey
Pinkeared Duck
Hardhead
Australasian Grebe
Hoaryheaded Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
Darter
Little Pied Cormorant
Pied Cormorant
Little Black Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Australian Pelican
Whitefaced Heron
Little Egret
White-necked Heron
Pied Heron
Great Egret
Intermediate Egret
Cattle Egret
Nankeen Night Heron
Little Bittern
Black Bittern
Glossy Ibis
Australian White Ibis
Strawnecked Ibis
Royal Spoonbill
Yellowbilled Spoonbill
Blacknecked Stork
Osprey
Blackshouldered Kite
Square-tailed Kite
Blackbreasted Buzzard
Black Kite
Whistling Kite
Brahminy Kite
Whitebellied SeaEagle
Spotted Harrier
Swamp Harrier
Brown Goshawk
Grey Goshawk
Collared Sparrowhawk
Wedgetailed Eagle
Little Eagle
Brown Falcon
Australian Hobby
Grey Falcon Ÿ
Black Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
Nankeen Kestrel
Brolga
Buff-banded Rail
Baillon's Crake
Australian Spotted Crake
White-browed Crake
Purple Swamphen
Blacktailed Nativehen
Eurasian Coot
Australian Bustard
Red-backed Button-quail
Little Buttonquail
Redchested Buttonquail
Swinhoe's Snipe
Blacktailed Godwit
Little Curlew
Marsh Sandpiper
Common Greenshank
Wood Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Ruddy Turnstone
Rednecked Stint
Longtoed Stint
Pectoral Sandpiper
Sharptailed Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Ruff
Painted Snipe §
Combcrested Jacana
Bush Stone-curlew
Blackwinged Stilt
Red-necked Avocet §
Pacific Golden Plover
Redcapped Plover
Oriental Plover
Blackfronted Dotterel
Redkneed Dotterel
Masked Lapwing
Oriental Pratincole
Australian Pratincole
Gullbilled Tern
Caspian Tern
Whiskered Tern
White-winged Black Tern
Flock Bronzewing §
Crested Pigeon
Spinifex Pigeon
Whitequilled RockPigeon
Diamond Dove
Peaceful Dove
Barshouldered Dove
Redtailed BlackCockatoo
Galah
Little Corella
Sulphurcrested Cockatoo
Cockatiel
Rainbow Lorikeet
Varied Lorikeet
Redwinged Parrot
Northern Rosella
Budgerigar
Oriental Cuckoo (dead)
Pallid Cuckoo
Brush Cuckoo
Blackeared Cuckoo ٤
Horsfield's BronzeCuckoo
Shining BronzeCuckoo
Common Koel
Channelbilled Cuckoo
Pheasant Coucal
Barking Owl
Southern Boobook
Barn Owl
Tawny Frogmouth
Spotted Nightjar
Australian Owletnightjar
Forktailed Swift
Azure Kingfisher
Bluewinged Kookaburra
Forest Kingfisher
Redbacked Kingfisher
Sacred Kingfisher
Rainbow Beeeater
Dollarbird
Blacktailed Treecreeper
Purple-crowned Fairy-wren
Variegated Fairywren
Redbacked Fairywren
Redbrowed Pardalote
Striated Pardalote
Weebill
Whitethroated Gerygone
Silvercrowned Friarbird
Little Friarbird
Bluefaced Honeyeater
Yellowthroated Miner
Singing Honeyeater
Whitegaped Honeyeater
Greyfronted Honeyeater
Yellowtinted Honeyeater
Blackchinned Honeyeater
Whitethroated Honeyeater
Brown Honeyeater
Barbreasted Honeyeater
Rufousthroated Honeyeater
Banded Honeyeater
Crimson Chat
Yellow Chat
Jacky Winter
White-browed Robin
Greycrowned Babbler
Varied Sittella
Rufous Whistler
Sandstone Shrikethrush
Grey Shrikethrush
Restless Flycatcher
Magpielark
Grey Fantail
Northern Fantail
Willie Wagtail
Blackfaced Cuckooshrike
Whitebellied Cuckooshrike
Ground Cuckooshrike
Whitewinged Triller
Olivebacked Oriole
Whitebreasted Woodswallow
Masked Woodswallow
White-browed Woodswallow
Blackfaced Woodswallow
Little Woodswallow
Grey Butcherbird
Pied Butcherbird
Australian Magpie
Little Crow
Torresian Crow
Great Bowerbird
Singing Bushlark
Richard's Pipit
Zebra Finch
Doublebarred Finch
Longtailed Finch
Masked Finch
Crimson Finch
Star Finch
Painted Finch
Yellowrumped Mannikin
Chestnutbreasted Mannikin
Pictorella Mannikin
Gouldian Finch
Mistletoebird
Tree Martin
Fairy Martin
Clamorous Reedwarbler
Tawny Grassbird
Spinifexbird
Rufous Songlark
Brown Songlark
Goldenheaded Cisticola
Birds sighted in the vicinity of the Argyle Diamond Mine
These have been seen by me since 1988 but they were not recorded in the 1983 ERMP survey.
§ These have been reported by others but were not recorded in the 1983 ERMP survey.
Ÿ These were seen in the 1983 ERMP survey but have not been seen since by me.
The species in bold have been recorded breeding.