Birders Totals

A fun page devoted to those that wish to record their totals within our region.  If you wish your total to be added, simply email your tally to tonyp@bigpond.net.au To be fair and consistent for the purposes of maintaining this list a few basic rules shall apply:

·       All species counted should be seen alive and in the wild

·       Geography includes Mainland Australia, its Territories or anywhere within the 200 NM limit (excluding Antarctica).

·       Taxonomy should follow AviList Taxonomy and recommended bird names within. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/

·       Submissions should be honest, accurate and dated.

 

 

(includes all external Territories: Heard, Macquarie, Norfolk, Lord Howe, Christmas and Cocos (keeling) Islands. Mainland Australia does not include Macquarie Island, Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island or Ashmore Reef but does include the Torres Strait Islands).

avi = Avilist Taxonomy

 

Name

Total

Main

Last Update

Recent Additions

 

 

 

 

 

Richard Baxter

920

December 24

Pheasant-tailed Jacana

Mike Carter

902

858

January 21

Nordmann’s Greenshank

Rohan Clarke

891

 

May 25

Mugimaki Flycatcher, Eyebrowed Thrush

Darryel Binns

886

August 25

Northern Boobook. Common Cuckoo & Northern Wheatear 

Bill Moorhead

872

 

December 24

Black-backed Swamphen, Pallas’s Grasshopper Warbler

Tania Ireton

868

781

December 24

Black-naped Oriole, Tibetan Sand Plover

Jenny Spry (avi)

865

784

July 25

Cinnamon Bittern, Indian Cuckoo, Black-naped Oriole

Glen Pacey

852

 

January 22

Sabine’s Gull, Grey-streaked Flycatcher

Sue Taylor (avi)

844

770

September 25

Red-billed Tropicbird

Frank O'Connor

838

 

March 25

Medium Egret and Supertramp Fantail

Tony Palliser (avi)

838

 

June 25

Hudsonian Whimbrel, Pilbara Grasswren

Chris Doughty (avi)

833

788

August 25

Pilbara Grasswren

Joy Tansey (avi)

833

779

July 25

Supertramp Fantail, Black Tern, LH Woodhen

Sue Abbotts (avi)

832

 

August 25

White-rumped Sandpiper, Laughing Gull

Tom Smith

832

777

April 19

Baird's Sandpiper, Grey Wagtail

Brian Johnston

832

788

April 23

Black Tern

Chris Lester

820

781

February 23

Dark-sided Flycatcher, Rosy Starling

Jan England

817

 

April 24

Semipalmated Plover, Black-headed Gull

John Weigel

815

765

September 18

Aleutian Tern, Von Schrenck's Bittern

Paul Newman

815

 

January 25

Black-naped Oriole, Cinnamon Bittern

Tom Wheller

814

760

January 23

Papuan Pitta, Western Shriketit

Peter Marsh

813

 

May 21

Copper-backed Quail-thrush

Robert Shore

813

 

March 24

Citrine Wagtail, American Golden Plover

Judy Leitch

810

 

March 24

Blyth’s Hornbill, Red-capped Flowerpecker

Nigel Harland

809

 

August 20

Naretha Bluebonnet, Tufted Duck

Dion Hobcroft

809

 

February 21

Latest Splits, Nordmann’s Greenshank

Barb Williams

806

 

March 22

Black-eared Catbird, Hudsonian Whimbrel

John Reidy

805

 

August 25

Chinese Pond Heron

Bernard O'Keefe (avi)

803

 

August 25

Avilist adjustment

Allan Benson

804

 

May 19

Sooty Albatross, Great Shearwater

Adrian Boyle

803

759

March 17

Eurasian Hobby, Night Parrot

Peter Lansley

803

773

April 19

Western Ground Parrot, Tufted Duck

Xenia Dennett

803

September 21

Trindade Petrel, Brown-streaked Flycatcher

John Reidy

800

 

September 22

Opalton Grasswren

Jack Moorhead

799

 

December 20

Spotted Whistling-duck

Rob Farnes

798

763

July 23

Rufous Grasswren, Black Tern

Tim Faulkner

796

 

August 22

Torres Strait Specials

Dougald Frederick

794

 

November 24

Nordmann’s Greenshank

June Harris

793

 

August 24

Sooty Albatross, Grey Petrel, Southern Fulmar

Rosemary Lester

790

750

February 23

Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler

C. Abhayawickrama

788

 

June 24

Princess Parrot, Hudsonian Godwit, Grey Petrel

Nick Thompson

787

 

December 24

Pallas’s Grasshopper Warbler, Black-naped Oriole

Bruce Richardson

783

721

March 24

Blyth’s Hornbill, Orange-fronted Fruit-dove

Jeffrey Jones

783

 

August 24

Princess Parrot, Black Grasswren

John Tongue (avi)

783

 

August 25

Pibara Grasswren

Shirley Tongue (avi)

783

 

August 25

Pilbara Grasswren

Karen Blake

782

 

October 23

Nullabor & Copperback Quailthrush

Frank Pierce

780

737

September 19

Tufted Duck & Recent splits

Noel Luff

778

737

January 24

Nordmann’s Greenshank & Recent Splits

Greg Roberts

776

 

January 22

 

Greg McKay

776

738

December 24

Kermadec Petrel, Black-bellied Storm Petrel

Carl Billingham

775

740

November 21

Nordmann’s, Semipalmated Plover

Alan McBride

770

 

January 19

Recent Splits, Tufted Duck, Aleutian Tern

Tony Russell

770

 

June 19

Copper-backed Quailthrush

Nick Thompson

787

 

December 24

Pallas’s Grasshopper Warbler, Black-naped Oriole

Damian Baxter

769

 

June 22

Little Ringed Plover

Kevin Bartram

765

744

July 19

Tufted Duck, Rufous-crowned Emuwren

Barbara Harvey

765

 

September 22

Copperback & Western Quailthrush,

Garry Deering (avi)

764

 

August 25

Northern Shriketit

Gil Langfield

764

725

November 18

Gurney’s Eagle, Red-rumped Swallow

Alan Stuart

763

730

June 24

Kimberley Honeyeater, Black Grasswren, Northern Shriketit

David James

760

706

January 15

Citrine Wagtail, White-rumped Sandpiper

David Stewart (Snr)

756

 

December 16

703 of which have been sound recorded

Brian & Meg Johnson

755

 

February 25

Gould’s Petrel, Cook’s Petrel & Chatham Albatross

David Fonda

747

 

January 25

American Golden Plover, White-rumped Sandpiper

James Mustafa

746

 

March 21

Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfisher

Roger McGovern

746

739

November 23

White-bellied Whipbird,

Chris Gladwin

747

 

May 25

Pilbara Grasswren, Western Quailthrush

Dave Newman

746

 

February 25

Cinnamon Bittern, Eurasian Hobby, Tibetan Sand Plover

Tanya Hattingh

743

 

December 24

Black-naped Oriole, Watercock, Tibetan Sand Plover

David Torr

742

October 16

Western &, Copperback Quailthrush

Ian Davies

741

 

January 19

Tufted Duck, Citrine Wagtail

Scott Baker

739

 

January 17

Aleutian Tern, Roseate Tern, Grey Noddy

Janice McKay

738

701

December 24

Blyth’s Hornbill, Tibetan Sand Plover

Janette Fonda

733

 

January 25

American Golden Plover, Long-toed Stint

Edward Smith

732

 

July 23

Chatham Albatross, South Polar Skua

Ashwin Rudder

731

691

April 20

Tahiti Petrel, Streaked Shearwater

Dave Koffel

730

 

April 24

Recent Splits

Louis Masarei

730

701

May 25

Grey Wagtail, Superb Parrot, Plains-Wanderer

Steve Murray

728

702

February 22

Semipalmated Plover, Papuan Pitta

Albert Wright

727

January 16

Naretha Bluebonnet, Paradise Shelduck

Eleanor Wright

727

January 16

Long-billed Dowitcher, Paradise Shelduck

Kay Parkin

725

 

January 19

Recent Splits

John Durante

724

704

June 13

Alison Nisbett

724

 

December 24

Black-naped Oriole, Indian Cuckoo, Cinnamon Bittern

Geoff Walker

723

 

September 22

 

Darryl Eggins

723

 

December 22

Princess Parrot, Grey Honeyeater

Diane Peters (avi)

723

 

August 25

Little Ringed Plover, White-rumped Sandpiper

Wendy McWilliams

721

 

June 25

Black-naped Tern, Spotted Whistling Duck

Yu Ota

720

 

September 19

Red-lored Whistler

John Baas

720

 

December 24

Princess Parrot, Sooty Albatross

Nigel Hartley

720

 

May 25

Nullarbor Quail-Thrush,Naretha Bluebonnet

Allan Wright

718

April 12

Streaked Shearwater

Hazel Wright

718

 

April 12

Streaked Shearwater, White-necked Petrel

Jackie Newman

718

 

December 24

Little Ringed Plover, White-rumped Sandpiper

Keith Fisher

716

669

August 19

Thick-billed Grasswren

Jannette Manins

716

 

December 24

White-bellied Whipbird, Red-lored Whistler, Little Stint

Karina Sorrell

713

 

February 25

Cape York Specials

Andrew Stafford

710

710

November 11

Tim Bawden

710

676

June 19

Plains Wanderer and Southern Fulmar

Peter Waanders

710

 

March 21

Nordmann's GreenshankPapuan Pitta

Max Breckenridge

710

701 

May 23

Scarlet-chested Parrot, Black-eared Miner

Rod Gardner

709

 

September 15

Grey Petrel, Southern Royal Albatross

John Land

709

 

December 16

 

Pam Land

709

 

December 16

 

Warwick Remmington

708

 

October 24

Grey Eyrean Grasswren and Thick-billed Grasswren

Peter Manins

708

 

December 24

Red-lored Whistler, Stubble Quail, Little Stint

Mel Mitchell

708

 

July 25

White-faced Storm Petrel, Tahiti Petrel

Graeme O'Conner

707

 

December 18

Aleutian Tern

Lindsay Fisher

706

659

August 19

Eyrean & Thick-billed Grasswren,

Joshua Bergmark

706

 

December 19

Kentish Plover, Scarlet-chested Parrot

Scott Ryan

705

 

January 15

White-rumped Sandpiper

Daniel Terrington

705

695

July 24

Northern Shriketit, Chestnut-backed Quailthrush

Andrew Robinson

705

 

August 24

Band-rumped Storm Petrel

Leo Norman

705

 

November 24

Rufous Scrubbird, Little Shearwater

Andrew Wood

704

695

March 24

 

Robin Ashford

704

 

April 25

Norfolk Island Specials, Grey Ternlet

Michael Potter

702

 

May 24

Little Shearwater, Westland Petrel

George Madani

701

March 18

Broad-billed Sandpiper, Little Bittern

Iian Denham

701

January 20

Kentish Plover, Tufted Duck

David Stowe

701

670

February 20

Carpentarian & Kalkadoon Grasswren,

Detlef Davies

701

 

October 23

Scarlet-chested Parrot, Quail-thrushes'

Dan Pendavingh

700

670

April 23

Black Tern

Nathan Waugh

699

 

February 16

New Cal. Storm Petrel, Eurasian Hobby

Peter Madvig

695

 

May 25

Western Splits & Naretha Blue-Bonnet

Robert McDonald

689

 

August 20

Red Goshawk, Fawn-breasted Bowerbird

Nigel Jackett

688

667

April 19

Christmas Island Endemics

David Adam

686

 

December 23

Red-tailed Tropicbird

Geof Christie

686

 

October 24

vagrants from Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Neil Cheshire

685

 

August 15

 

Julian Miles

683

 

February 13

Grey-backed Storm White-chinned Petrel

Debbie Colbourne

683

 

February 13

Grey-backed Storm White-chinned Petrel

Mal Macdonald (avi)

681

681

August 25

Brown Skua, Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross

Isaac Clarey

680

680

January 20

Kentish Plover, Bulwers’ Petrel,

Tim Nickholds

679

 

December 19

Kentish Plover

Phil Gilmour

677

 

February 21

 

Russ Lamb

677

677

July 24

Hudsonian Godwit

Steve Potter

676

 

January 22

Southern Royal Albatross

Peter Ewin

675

658

February 15

Matt McCrae

674

 

February 25

White-rumped Sand, Little Ringed Plover

Alan Crawford (avi)

674

665

July 25

Bulwer’s Petrel, Streaked Shearwater

Martin Cake

673

673

January 19

Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross,

Lawrie Conole

672

 

May 16

 

Pippy Cannon

672

 

October 23

Black Tern, Pectoral Sandpiper,

Nick Livanos

671

 

January 16

Paradise Shelduck Western Whistler

Jon Spicer-Bell

669

654

May 22

NullarborCopperback Quail-Thrush

Mat Gilfedder

668

648

July 16

Iron Range species

Greg Hunt

667

 

March 23

Hudsonian Whimbrel, Red-lored Whistler

Laurie Knight

666

637

January 18

Aleutian Tern

Philip Peel

664

664

October 24

Black-breasted Buttonquail, King Quail

Tim Jones

660

660

January 16

Paradise Shelduck and Hudsonian Godwit

Peter Taylor

660

 

September 21

Ashy-bellied White-eye, Abbott’s Booby,

Peter Tongue (avi)

659

 

July 25

White-rumped Sandpiper, Long-toed Stint

KimberleyTongue(avi)

657

 

July 25

White-rumped Sandpiper, Long-toed Stint

Ken Cross

656

656

September 16

 

Alistair Smith

654

640

January 15

White-rumped Sandpiper

Lynn Richardson

654

654

September 16

Golden-shouldered Parrot,

John Harris

654

654

July 2019

Buff-sided Robin, Gouldian Finch

John Leonard

653

653

January 20

Recent Splits

Alwyn Simple

652

 

January 19

All photographed

Tobias Ley

652

 

December 24

Cook’s Petrel, Spotted Nightjar

Pamela Jones

650

 

April 25

Glossy Black Cockatoo, Ground Parrot

Peter White

648

 

December 24

Barau’s Petrel, Sooty Albatross

John Walter

646

639

November 11

Ruth Walter

645

639

November 11

Peter Valentine

641

641

June 22

Banded Fruit-dove

Grant Brosie

640

640

November 14

Ostrich, Citrine Wagtail

Anita Flynn

640

 

September 22

Northern Royal Albatross, Lewin’s Rail,

Stuart Cooney

636

636

September 12

Tasmanian endemics,

Cath Gilfedder

636

633

May 14

 

David Wilson

636

636 

August 14

Lewin's Rail, Australasian Bittern

Mark Ley

636

 

December 24

Little Curlew, Oriental Plover, Yellow Chat

Kevin Barker

634

622

November 11

Stilt Sandpiper, Yellow Chat

Nigel Adlam

634

 

February 21

Nordmann’s Greenshank,

David Fisher (UK)

633

 

January 16

Macquarie specials

Martin Potter

633

633

September 19

Christmas and Cocos Specials

Nick Talbot

632

 

June 24

American Golden Plover

John Graff

630

630

February 16

Kamchatka Leaf Warbler, Eurasian Hobby

Geoff Dennis

629

619

December 24

With 602 Photographed

Jenny Stiles

627

 

October 24

Ground Parrot, Plains Wanderer, Ostrich

Pamela Jones

626

 

July 24

Nullabor Quailthrush

Greg Oakley

625

625

May 12

Kalkadoon & Carpentarian Grasswren,

Simon Starr

621

621

June 19

 

Penny Potter

621

621

September 19

Christmas & Cocos Specials

David Kowalick

620

 

August 22

Iron Range Specials

Magen Pettit

620

602

April 25

Common Redshank

Karen Weil

616

 

September 22

 

Barry Davies

612

 

April 12

Chestnut Quail-thrush, Black-eared Miner,

Tim Robinson

610

 

March 24

Chestnut-breasted cuckoo,

John Kooistra

610

600

June 24

Hudsonian Godwit

Paul Dodd

608

 

June 12

Rufous Scrub-bird, Wandering Tattler

Ruth Woodrow

608

 

June 12

Rufous Scrub-bird, Wandering Tattler

Harvey Perkins

606

606

May 16

Paradise Shelduck, Red-necked Phalarope,

Tony Richards

606

561

August 25

Nullabor Quailthrush, Naretha Bluebonnet

Gary Oliver

603

603

January 15

Long-billed Dowitcher

Collin Lunt

602

 

March 24

Common Redshank, Saunders’s Tern