Site Report: Lorne, Australia
Superb Fairywren (Malurus cyaneus)
Gray Butcherbird (Cracticus torquatus)
White-browed Scrubwren (Sericornis frontalis)
Australian King-Parrot (Alisterus scapularis) - Male
Australian King-Parrot (Alisterus scapularis) - Female
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita)
Little Pied Cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos)
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Superb Fairywren (Malurus cyaneus)
Gray Butcherbird (Cracticus torquatus)
White-browed Scrubwren (Sericornis frontalis)
Australian King-Parrot (Alisterus scapularis) - Male
Australian King-Parrot (Alisterus scapularis) - Female
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita)
Little Pied Cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos)
Gateway to Great Ocean Road
Visits
- 2025-11-17: After our quick trip to Werribee, we headed to the coast arriving later in the afternoon in Lorne. We walked along the beach. I found out later that a Hooded Plover had been trying to nest on the beach, but an off-leash dog ate the eggs.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (29 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(29 records)
Class: Birds
(29 records)
- Order: Anseriformes
(3 records)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Australian Shelduck (Tadorna tadornoides)
- Maned Duck (Chenonetta jubata)
- Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Dusky Moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa)
- Order: Parrots
(4 records)
- Family: Cockatoos
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Australian King-Parrot (Alisterus scapularis)
- Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans)
- Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo (Zanda funerea)
- Order: Pelicans (3 records)
- Family: Herons
- White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae)
- Order: Perching Birds
(16 records)
- Family: Fairywrens and Allies
- Superb Fairywren (Malurus cyaneus)
- Family: Honeyeaters
- New Holland Honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae)
- Red Wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen)
- Gray Butcherbird (Cracticus torquatus)
- Magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca)
- Pied Currawong (Strepera graculina)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- Red-browed Firetail (Neochmia temporalis)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
- Family: Swallows
- Fairy Martin (Hirundo ariel)
- Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena)
- Family: Thornbills and Allies
- Brown Thornbill (Acanthiza pusilla)
- White-browed Scrubwren (Sericornis frontalis)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula)
- Family: Whistlers and Allies
- Gray Shrikethrush (Colluricincla harmonica)
- Family: White-eyes
- Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(2 records)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Silver Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae)
- Family: Plovers
- Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles)