Index of Case Summaries: Volume Eight
(Case No's 550 to 650)


Introduction
 

The table below features the decisions reached by BARC (The Birds Australia Rarities Committee). To view each summary and in some cases photographs simply select the species name highlighted.
 

If you are able to provide photographs of any of the birds reviewed here and would be willing to have them published on this site please let us know. Similarly, if you have a record of any species that you feel should be assessed by the committee please contact the secretary of the Birds Australia Rarities Committee at the Birds Australia Headquarters or complete the BARC unusual record report form

Submission Index (Volume 8)
 
550 Lesser Yellowlegs (4) Tringa flavipes Jerseyville, NSW 28-Oct-07 ......Accepted
551 Canada Goose (2) Brenta canadensis Milton, NSW 30-Dec-07 ......Accepted
552 Rockhopper Penguin (2) Eudyptes c. mosleyi Denmark, WA 14-Jul-07 ......Accepted
553 Oriental Reed Warbler (9) Acrocephalus orientalis Townsville, QLD 08-Jan-88 ......Accepted
554 Westland Petrel Procellaria westlandica E of SW Rocks, NSW 27-Jun-07 ......Not Accepted
555 Cinnamon Bittern (2) Ixobrychus cinnamomeus Christmas Island 01-Mar-08 ......Accepted
556 House Crow (1) Corvus splendens Dee Why, NSW 01-Apr-08 ......Accepted
557 White-bellied Storm Petrel Fregetta grallaria Eden, NSW 30-Mar-08 ......Not Accepted
558 Black-billed Magpie (1) Pica pica Port Hedland, WA 05-Nov-07 ......Accepted
559 Cook's Petrel (3) Pterodroma cooki off Wollongong, NSW 24-Nov-07 ......Accepted
560 Westland Petrel Procellaria westlandica off Wollongong, NSW 24-Nov-07 ......Not Accepted
561 Eastern Marsh (Papuan)Harrier Circus spilonotus Near Wyndham, WA 20-Aug-07 ......Not Accepted
562 Tiger Shrike (1) Lanus tigrinus Christmas Island 23-Apr-08 ......Accepted
563 Polynesian Storm Petrel (1) Nesofregetta fuliginosa Norfolk Ridge 07-Apr-08 ......Accepted
564 Red Collared Dove (2) Streptopelia tranquebarcia Christmas Island 17-Jan-08 ......Accepted
565 Asian House Martin (5) Delichon dasypus Christmas Island 13-Jan-08 ......Accepted
566 Watercock (3) Gallicrex cinerea Cocos Keeling 24-Dec-05 ......Accepted
567 Chinese Pond Heron (2) Ardeola bacchus Christmas Island 01-Mar-08 ......Accepted
568 White Wagtail (10) Motacilla alba Christmas Island 10-Mar-07 ......Accepted
569 Malayan Night Heron Gorsachius melanolophus Christmas Island 09-Mar-08 ......Not Accepted
570 House Swift (9) Appus affinis Christmas Island 27-Apr-08 ......Accepted
571 Swinhoe's Storm Petrel (2) Oceanodroma monorhis N of Broome, WA 22-Oct-07 ......Accepted
572 Snares Penguin (3) Eudyptes P. robustus Port Arthur, TAS 17-Sep-07 ......Accepted
573 Asian House Martin (6) Delichon dasypus Christmas Island 23-Apr-08 ......Accepted
574 Little Stint (8) Calidris minuta Western T Plant, VIC 13-Jul-08 ......Accepted
575 South Polar Skua (10) Stercorarius mccormickii Port Fairy, VIC 11-May-08 ......Accepted
576 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler (1) Locustella certhiola Christmas Island 21-Apr-08 ......Accepted
577 Edible-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus fuciphagus Christmas Island 27-Apr-08 ......Under Review
578 Mossy-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus salangana Christmas Island 27-Apr-08 ......Under Review
579 House Swift Apus affinis Sunshine Coast, QLD 11-Mar-08 ......Not Accepted
580 Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata Nr Labrador, QLD 26-Oct-08 ......Not Accepted
581 Island Monarch (3) Monarcha cinerascens Ashmore Reef 22-Oct-08 ......Accepted
582 Antarctic Tern (2) Sterna vittata Southport, TAS 29-Jul-08 ......Accepted
583 Blue Rock Thrush (2) Monticola solitarius Home Island, Cocos 04-Dec-08 ......Accepted
584 Beach Kingfisher Todiramphus saurophagus Holloway's Beach, QLD 17-Jan-09 ......Not Accepted
585 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula Mildura, VIC 30-Nov-08 ......Not Accepted
586 Asian Brown Flycatcher (3) Muscicapa dauurica Ashmore Reef 25-Oct-07 ......Accepted
587 Great Shearwater (5) Puffinus gravis 130Km W of Abrolhos, WA 31-Oct-08 ......Accepted
588 Dark-sided Flycatcher (1) Muscicapa sibirica Shay Gap, WA 15-Oct-03 ......Accepted
589 Chinese Pond Heron (3) Areola bacchus Tanami Desert, NT 23-Mar-09 ......Accepted
590 Uniform Swiftlet Aerodramus vanikorensis Saibai Island, QLD 22-Feb-09 ......Not Accepted
591 Papuan Spine-tailed Swift (2) Mearnsia novaeguineae Saibai Island, QLD 22-Feb-09 ......Accepted
592 Hudsonian Godwit (5) Limosa haemastica Port Phillip Bay, VIC 22-Feb-09 ......Accepted
593 Long-tailed Cuckoo Eudynamys taitensis Tyron Island, QLD 14-Sep-07 ......Not Accepted
594 Yellow White-eye Zosterops luteus Sawtell, NSW 22-Feb-09 ......Accepted
595 Dark-sided Flycatcher (2) Muscicapa dauurica Cocos Keeling 15-Nov-08 ......Accepted
596 Yellow Bittern (2) Ixobrychus sinensis Christmas Island 17-Feb-09 ......Accepted
597 Citrine Wagtail (3) Motacilla citriola Christmas Island 05-May-09 ......Accepted
598 Westland Petrel (7) Procellaria westlandica Off Sydney, NSW 09-May-09 ......Accepted
599 Pycroft's Petrel Pterodroma pycrofti off Lord Howe, NSW 01-Oct-08 ......Not Accepted
600 Pinon Imperial Pigeon Ducula pinon Boigu Island, Torres Strait 14-Nov-06 ......Not Accepted
601 King Penguin (4) Aptenodytes patagonicus Freycinet NP, TAS 10-Feb-09 ......Accepted
602 Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris Hastings, VIC 01-Feb-09 ......Not Accepted
603 Collared Petrel (1) Pterodroma brevipes off Norfolk Island 04-Mar-07 ......Accepted
604 Collared Petrel (2) Pterodroma brevipes off Norfolk Island 31-Mar-07 ......Accepted
605 Collared Petrel (3) Pterodroma brevipes off Norfolk Island 07-Apr-08 ......Accepted
606 Collared Petrel (4) Pterodroma brevipes off Norfolk Island 06-Oct-08 ......Accepted
607 Collared Petrel (5) Pterodroma brevipes off Norfolk Island 20-Mar-09 ......Accepted
608 Collared Petrel (6) Pterodroma brevipes off Norfolk Island 21-Mar-09 ......Accepted
609 Uniform Swiftlet Aerodramus vanikorensis Dauan Island, Torres Strait 26-Feb-09 ......Not Accepted
610 White Wagtail (11) Motacilla A. leucopsis Awonga Point, Weipa, QLD 12-Apr-08 ......Accepted
611 Chinese Pond Heron (4) Ardeola bacchus Scott Reef, WA 04-Mar-09 .....Accepted
612 Middendorff's G'hopper Warbler (1) Locustella ochotensis Ashmore Reef 29-Oct-05 ......Accepted
613 Middendorff's G'hopper Warbler (2) Locustella ochotensis Ashmore Reef 27-Oct-06 ......Accepted
614 Middendorff's G'hopper Warbler (3) Locustella ochotensis Ashmore Reef 25-Oct-07 ......Accepted
615 Westland Petrel Procellaria parkinsoni off Lord Howe Island 29-Sep-09 ......Not Accepted
616 Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus Cocos Keeling 20-Nov-07 ......Not Accepted
617 Cook's Petrel (4) Pterodroma cookii Grafton, NSW 22-Oct-09 ......Accepted
618 Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus Christmas Island 23-Nov-09 ......Accepted
619 Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephala 200km N of Broome, WA 04-Nov-09 ......Not Accepted
620 Dusky Warbler (1) Phylloscopus fuscatus Christmas Island 03-May-09 ......Accepted
621 Asian Brown Flycatcher (4) Muscicapa dauurica Ashmore Reef 29-Oct-09 ......Accepted
622 Snares Penguin (4) Eudyptes P. robustus Port Arthur, TAS 26-Aug-78 ......Accepted
622 Snares Penguin (5) Eudyptes P. robustus Port Arthur, TAS 17-Sep-00 .....Accepted
623 Snares Penguin (6) Eudyptes P. robustus Trail Harbour, TAS 30-Jul-97 .....Accepted
624 Snares Penguin (7) Eudyptes P. robustus Eaglehawk Neck, TAS 12-Jul-08 .....Accepted
625 Snares Penguin (8) Eudyptes P. robustus NE Tasman Island, TAS 06-Feb-09 .....Accepted
626 Chinese Pond Heron (5) Ardeola bacchus Christmas Island 01-May-09 ......Accepted
627 Laughing Gull (9) Larus atricilla Lord Howe Island 12-Jan-10 ......Accepted
628 Javan Pond Heron (1) Ardeola speciosa Cocos Keeling 27-Nov-09 ......Accepted
629 Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica Hornsby, Sydney, NSW 24-Jan-10 ......Not Accepted
630 Black-headed Gull (6) Chroicocephalus ribibundus Boigu Island, Torres Strait 18-Jan-10 ......Accepted
631 Black-headed Gull (7) Chroicocephalus ribibundus Saibai Island, Torres Strait 21-Jan-10 ......Accepted
632 Little Stint (9) Calidris minuta Broome, WA 17-Dec-09 ......Accepted
633 Dunlin (3) Calidris alpina Lake Tuross, NSW 05-Jan-10 ......Accepted
634 Little Paradise Kingfisher (1) Tanysiptera hydrocharis Saibai Island, QLD 13-Jan-10 ......Accepted
635 Asian Koel (3) Eudynamys scolopaceus Christmas Island 10-Aug-04 ......Accepted
636 New Zealand Storm Petrel (1) Pealerornis maoriana Port Stephens, NSW 28-Mar-10 ......Accepted
637 Asian Koel (5) Eudynamys scolopaceus Christmas Island 25-Aug-05 ......Accepted
638 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicaria Christmas Island 31-Oct-04 ......Not Accepted
639 White Wagtail (12) Motacilla alba Christmas Island 04-Apr-06 ......Accepted
640 Herald Petrel (1) Pterodroma heraldica Christmas Island 29-Aug-06 ......Accepted
641 Kentish Plover (3) Charadrius alexandrinus Christmas Island 17-Apr-05 ......Accepted
642 Snares Penguin Eudyptes P. robustus Scamander, TAS 15-Sep-79 ......Accepted
643 Asian Koel (2) Eudynamys scolopaceus Christmas Island 23-Nov-07 ......Accepted
644 Common Moorhen (1) Gallinula chloropus Cocos (Keeling) Islands 23-Nov-09 ......Accepted
645 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica Shoalhaven Heads, NSW 27-Sep-06 ......Not Accepted
646 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Clonmel Island, VIC 13-Jun-10 ......Accepted
647 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Cairn's, QLD 17-Mar-10 ......Not Accepted
648 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Tuross Estuary, NSW 22-May-10 ......Accepted
649 Broad-billed Prion (5) Pachyptila vittata off SE Tasmania 10-Apr-10 ......Accepted
650 Westland Petrel (8) Procellaria westlandica off SE Tasmania 10-Apr-10 ......Accepted

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