Tirhatuan Wetlands Conservation Reserve

Region:	Australia: Victoria
Location:	37°56'23"S 145°13'16"E
Description:	Retarding basin on Dandenong Creek. Includes Golf Course and Starlight Reserve. Surrounded by; Stud Road and Police Paddocks to the east, Outlook Drive to the south, Eastlink to the West, and Wellington Road to the north. Melway Map 81.
Period:	1/24/2010
List:	55585
List Status:	Published in Atlas
Observer:	Bruce Wedderburn
Notes:	Visited wetlands from 11:30 till 13:00. Warm and clear conditions.
Species:	36
Prepared:	9/9/2010
Common Names	Clements (international)
	Systematics and taxonomy of Australian birds. Christidis and Boles. 2008.

Species	Scientific Name	Comment	Count
Pacific Black Duck	Anas superciliosa
Chestnut Teal	Anas castanea	Two birds
Little Black Cormorant	Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
White-faced Heron	Egretta novaehollandiae
Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus	Single bird
Australian Spotted Crake	Porzana fluminea	Single bird close to path
Purple Swamphen	Porphyrio porphyrio
Dusky Moorhen	Gallinula tenebrosa
Latham's Snipe	Gallinago hardwickii	Two birds in recently exposed mud
Spotted Dove	Streptopelia chinensis
Crested Pigeon	Geophaps lophotes
Rainbow Lorikeet	Trichoglossus haematodus
Eastern Rosella	Platycercus eximius
Laughing Kookaburra	Dacelo novaeguineae
Superb Fairy-wren	Malurus cyaneus
White-plumed Honeyeater	Lichenostomus penicillatus
New Holland Honeyeater	Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
Noisy Miner	Manorina melanocephala
Red Wattlebird	Anthochaera carunculata
Little Wattlebird	Anthochaera chrysoptera
White-browed Scrubwren	Sericornis frontalis
Brown Thornbill	Acanthiza pusilla
Grey Butcherbird	Cracticus torquatus	Two birds
Australian Magpie	Gymnorhina tibicen
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike	Coracina novaehollandiae
Willie Wagtail	Rhipidura leucophrys
Magpie-lark	Grallina cyanoleuca
Little Raven	Corvus mellori
Eastern Yellow Robin	Eopsaltria australis	Single bird
Welcome Swallow	Hirundo neoxena
Australian Reed-Warbler	Acrocephalus australis
Common Blackbird	Turdus merula
Song Thrush	Turdus philomelos	Two birds, possibly three
Common Myna	Acridotheres tristis
Common Starling	Sturnus vulgaris
European Goldfinch	Carduelis carduelis

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