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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

SpeciesScientific NameCommentCount
Pacific Black DuckAnas superciliosa  
Chestnut TealAnas castaneaTwo birds 
Little Black CormorantPhalacrocorax sulcirostris  
White-faced HeronEgretta novaehollandiae  
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSingle bird 
Australian Spotted CrakePorzana flumineaSingle bird close to path 
Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio  
Dusky MoorhenGallinula tenebrosa  
Latham's SnipeGallinago hardwickiiTwo birds in recently exposed mud 
Spotted DoveStreptopelia chinensis  
Crested PigeonGeophaps lophotes  
Rainbow LorikeetTrichoglossus haematodus  
Eastern RosellaPlatycercus eximius  
Laughing KookaburraDacelo novaeguineae  
Superb Fairy-wrenMalurus cyaneus  
White-plumed HoneyeaterLichenostomus penicillatus  
New Holland HoneyeaterPhylidonyris novaehollandiae  
Noisy MinerManorina melanocephala  
Red WattlebirdAnthochaera carunculata  
Little WattlebirdAnthochaera chrysoptera  
White-browed ScrubwrenSericornis frontalis  
Brown ThornbillAcanthiza pusilla  
Grey ButcherbirdCracticus torquatusTwo birds 
Australian MagpieGymnorhina tibicen  
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrikeCoracina novaehollandiae  
Willie WagtailRhipidura leucophrys  
Magpie-larkGrallina cyanoleuca  
Little RavenCorvus mellori  
Eastern Yellow RobinEopsaltria australisSingle bird 
Welcome SwallowHirundo neoxena  
Australian Reed-WarblerAcrocephalus australis  
Common BlackbirdTurdus merula  
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosTwo birds, possibly three 
Common MynaAcridotheres tristis  
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris  
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis  



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