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Rareties Committee: July 2006

Cases under review

Case # Common name Scientific name Location Date Status
106 Trumpet Manucode Manucodia keraudrenii Pallarenda, NQ 4 & 6/04/2004 Not Accepted
107 Grey Honeyeater Conopophila whitei Glenormiston, SWQ. 14-Nov-04 Not Accepted
108 Ruff / Reeve Philomachus pugnax Garnet's Lagoon, QLD 29-Sep-04 Under review
109 Superb Parrot Polytelis swainsonii Karara, SEQ 5-Aug-03 Under review
110 Superb Parrot Polytelis swainsonii Greyholm; SEQ 3-Sep-05 Under review
111 Franklin's Gull Larus pipixcan Fraser Island, SEQ 9-May-05 Under review, BARC case # 468
112 Pacific Gull Larus pacificus Scarborough, SEQ 9-Jul-05 Under review
113 Australian Bustard Ardeotis australis Kingaroy, SEQ 17-Jun-06 Under review

Last updated 30 July 2006

List of rare Queensland birds -1998

Revision date 1 July 2006

The list of species that the Bird Queensland Rarities Appraisal Committee would like to look at has recently been updated with a few species removed and several more species added.

  Common Name Scientific Name  
Spotted Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna guttata  
Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata  
  Garganey Anas querquedula  
  Little Penguin Eudyptula minor  
  Common Diving-Petrel Pelecanoides urinatrix  
  Northern Giant-Petrel Macronectes  
  Southern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialoides  
Herald Petrel Pterodroma heraldica  
  Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis  
  Mottled Petrel Pterodroma inexpectata  
  White-necked Petrel Pterodroma cervicalis  
  Black-winged Petrel Pterodroma nigripennis  
Cook's Petrel Pterodroma cookii  
Broad-biIled Prion Pachyptila vittata  
  Salvin's Prion Pachyptila salvini  
Antarctic Prion Pachyptila desolata 1
Slender-billed Prion Pachyptila belcheri 1
  White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis  
Westland Petrel Procellaria westlandica  
Black Petrel Procellaria parkinsoni  
Audubon's Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri  
  Little Shearwater Puffinis assimilis  
  Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans  
  Antipodean albatross Diomedea antipodensis  
  Gibson's Albatross Diomedea gibsoni  
  Shy albatross Thalassarche cauta  
  White-capped Albatross Thalassarche steadi  
  Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche carteri  
  Grey-headed Albatross Thalassarche chrysostoma  
  Southern Buller's Albatross Thalassarche bulleri  
  Sooty Albatross Phoebetria fusca  
  Light-mantled Sooty Albatross Phoebetria palpebrata  
White-bellied Storm-Petrel Fregetta grallaria  
  Red Goshawk Erythrotriorchis radiatus  
Gurney's Eagle Aquila gurneyi  
  Buff-breasted Button-quail Turnix olivii  
  Plains-wanderer Pedionomus torquatus  
  Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala  
  Common Redshank Tringa totanus  
Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes  
  Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta  
Dunlin Calidris alpine  
  Ruff Philomachus pugnax  
  Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus  
  Australian Painted Snipe Rostratula australis  
South Island Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus finschi  
  Banded Stilt Cladorhynchus leucocephalus  
Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula  
Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius  
  Great Skua Catharacta skua  
South Polar Skua Catharacta maccormicki  
  Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus  
  Pacific Gull Larus pacificus  
  Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus  
Laughing Gull Larus atricilla  
  Franklin's Gull Larus pipixcan  
  Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea  
  Fairy Tern Sterna nereis  
  Grey Ternlet Procelsterna cerulea  
  White Tern Gygis alba  
Collared Imperial-Pigeon Ducula mullerii  
  Purple-crowned Lorikeet Glossopsitta porphyrocephala  
  Double-eyed (Coxen's) Fig-Parrot Cyclopsitta diophthalma coxeni  
  Princess Parrot Polytelis alexandrae  
  Swift Parrot Lathamus discolor  
  Golden-shouldered Parrot Psephotus chrysopterygius 2
  Paradise Parrot Psephotus pulcherrimus  
  Blue-winged Parrot Neophema chrysostoma  
  Scarlet-chested Parrot Neophema splendida  
Night Parrot Pezoporus occidentalis  
Long-tailed Cuckoo Eudynamys taitensis  
Glossy Swiftlet Collocalia esculenta  
Uniform Swiftlet Collocalia vanikorensis  
House Swift Apus affinis  
  Eastern Bristlebird Dasyornis brachypterus  
  Slaty-backed Thornbill Acanthiza robustirostris  
  Banded Whiteface Aphelocephala nigricincta  
  Regent Honeyeater Xanthomyza phrygia  
  Yellow Chat (Dawson) Ephthianura crocea macgregori 3
Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea  
White Wagtail Motacilla alba  
  Black-throated Finch (White-rumped form) Poephila cincta cincta 4
  Star Finch (eastern form) Neochmia ruficauda ruficauda  
  Gouldian Finch Erythura gouldiae 5
Red-capped Flowerpecker Dicaeum geelvinkianum  
Red-rumped Swallow Hirundo daurica  
  Pacific Swallow Hirundo tahitica  
Oriental Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis  
Isabelline Wheatear Enanthic isabellina  
Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius  
Singing Starling Aplonis cantoroides  
Purple-backed Starling Sturnus sturninus  

  Records in bold = species that need to be referred to BARC (Birds Australia Rarities Committee).

  1. Sight records only
  2. Records outside known range defined in Action Plan for Golden-Shouldered parrot (Garnett and Gabriel 2000) http://www.deh.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/action/birds2000/pubs/golden-s-parrot.pdf ( file)
  3. Mainland records of this subspecies.
  4. Records south 21šS
  5. Records outside range defined in Action Plan for Gouldian Finch (Garnett and Gabriel 2000)
    http://www.deh.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/action/birds2000/pubs/gouldian-finch.pdf ( file)
    http://users.bigpond.net.au/palliser/barc/barc-home.html
    http://users.bigpond.net.au/palliser/barc/review-list.htm
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