Oolong Sanctuary Fauna - Birds (Part One)

FAUNA - Birds (Part one)

Bats Frogs Mammals Waterfowl DALTON PARK BIRD LIST Birds Part 2 Birds Part 3 Reptiles

Please note that an initial short bird list was produced from a fauna investigation on a 2ha area within Dalton Park. The list has been expanded and completed by Dr Tony Saunders, Cumberland Bird Observers' Club, (http://www.cboc.org.au/default.html) the Canberra Ornithologist Group (COG) and the Frog and Tadpole Study Group (FATS).

Click DALTON PARK BIRD LIST above to see the list of birds at Dalton Park compiled by Dr Saunders, who is a bird specialist and the Honorary Resident Scientist of Friends of Oolong.

The survey by Dr Saunders has been carried out in three stages in February, June and September 2001. Further surveys and continuous monitoring will allow the addition of some species as they become temporary or permament resident and a note to that effect will accompany the additional listing (See PROJECTS).

Dr Saunders Report:
The following comments have been extracted from Dr Saunders report and remedial action has been taken with related undertaken projects are listed after each comment.
"The bird list of the property is impressive with some locally declining species being recorded".
"These birds were mainly insect eaters or honeyeaters".
"Very few hollows were found during surveys and no nocturnal bird species were recorded". [*]
"Provided these areas are not grazed and allowed to continue regenerating they should continue to provide good habitat for birds. As the woodland matures additional bird species will be able to make use of habitat there". (Project-11, 22, 25, 26 and 27)
"Replanting with endemic [species] to achieve original floristic composition and structure, and fencing to protect regenerating woodland would provide improved habitat for birds". (Project-11,16, 30 and 31)
"There is the potential for improved wildlife habitat and with such improvements the property could contribute more towards bird conservation. There are also education opportunities for wildlife interest groups and local bird clubs would enjoy the opportunity to visit the property". (Project-8, 17, 30 and 31)

[*] (Under Project-13 we have installed few natural hollows in 2001, which are helping to bring these birds back but more funds are neded to collect natural hollow tree branches and construct artificial boxes). Four species of nocturnal birds were recorded by Dr A. White, FATS on the night of January 6, 2003: Southern Boobook, Tawny Frogmouth, Australian Owlet-nightjar and White-throated Nightjar.They are now listed and illustrated under Birds (Part One). Dr White added also to the list the following bird species: Crested Shrike-tit (illustrated under Birds (Part Two); Masked Woodswallow, Black-faced Woodswallow, White-browed Woodswallow, Restless Flycatcher and Leaden Flycatcher; (illustrated under Birds (Part Three).

To enable quick identification in the field and to get essential details on field marks, habits, voice and behaviour, as well as comparison with similar species, we highly recommend:

The Graham Pizzey & Frank Knight
FIELD GUIDE
to the
BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA,
HarperCollins Publishers, Australia

We have illustrated below the bird species, which are in the ACT as well as at Dalton Park and Oolong from this pocket size but very useful booklet:

Field Guide to the
Birds
of the ACT
McComas Taylor & Nicolas Day
National Parks Association
of the ACT Inc

The birds listed include: fourteen species threatened or locally declining (*) and Fifteen species recorded breeding (B) and identified at Oolong.

Brown Quail (Coturnix ypsilophora)

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Painted Button-quail (Turnix varia)
(Declining woodland specie).

Australasian Grebe (Tachybaptus novaehollandiae)

Little Pied Cormoran (Phalacrocorax melanoleucos)

White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae)

Australasian Bittern (Botaurus poiciloptilus)

Southern Boobok (Ninox novaeseelandiae)

Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides)

Australian Owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles cristatus)

White-throated Nightjar (Eurostopodus mystacalis)

Brown Goshawk (B)(Accipiter fasciatus)

Collared Sparrowhawk (Accipiter cirrhocephalus)

Wedge-tailed Eagle (B) (Aquila audax)

Little Eagle (Hieraaetus morphnoides)

Brown Falcon (Falco berigora)

Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)

Australian or Nankeen Kestrel (Falco cenchroides)

Black-fronted Dotterel (Elseyornis melanops)

Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles)

Common Bronzewing (Phaps chalcoptera)

Galah (Cacatua roseicapilla)

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita)

Crimson Rosella (B) (Platycercus elegans)

Eastern Rosella (Platycercus eximious)

Red-rumped Parrot (Psephotus haematonotus)

Superb Parrot (Polytelis swainsonii)
No occurrance has been confirmed at Dalton Park.

Glossy Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami)

Pallid Cuckoo (Cuculus pallidus)

Fan-tailed Cuckoo (Cacomantis flabelliformis)

Black-eared Cuckoo (*)(Chrysococcyx osculans)

Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx basalis)

Shining Bronze-Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx lucidus)

Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaequineae)

White-throated Treecreeper (Cormobates leucophaeus)

Superb Fairy-wren (B) (Malurus cyaneus)

Spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus)

Striated pardalote (B)(Pardalotus striatus)

White-browed Scrubwren (Selicornis frontalis)

Speckled Warbler (*)(B)(Chthonicola sagittata)
(Declining Woodland specie)

Weebill (Smicrornis brevirostris)

Western Gerygone (Gerygone fusca)

White-throated Gerycone (gerycone olivacea)

Brown Thornbill (Acanthiza pusilla)

Buff-rumped Thornbill (*)(B)(Acanthiza reguloides)

Yellow-rumped Thornbill (Acanthiza chrysorrhoa

Yellow Thornbill (Achanthiza nana)

Striated Thornbill (Acanthiza lineata)

Southern Whiteface (Aphelocephala leucopsis)

Red Wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata)

Noisy Friarbird (Philemon corniculatus)

Yellow-faced Honeyeater (Lichenostomus chrysops)

White-eared Honeyeater (B)(Lichenostomus leucotis)

White-plumed Honeyeater (Lichenostomus penicillatus)

Brown-headed Honeyeater (Melithreptus brevirostris)

White-naped Honeyeater (Melithreptus lunatus)

Regent Honeyeater (*) (Xanthomyza phyrgia)

"Many honeyeaters are nomads or migrants. They will occur on a particular site when food resources are available. This is often seasonal. For instance the winter of the year 2002 has been a lean one for honeyeaters west of the divide with little promise of significant flowering. In years like that many of the migratory honeyeaters move along the coast. In 2002 the coastal Swamp Mahogany had a bumper flowering year and honeyeaters numbers has been high there as a result".

(Personal communication, Mr David Geering, Regent Honeyeater Recovery Coordinator, NSW NPWS). No occurrance at Dalton Park has been confirmed.

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