Site Report: Yarrawonga, Australia
Western Gerygone (Gerygone fusca)
Krefft's Short-necked Turtle (Emydura maquerii)
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Western Gerygone (Gerygone fusca)
Krefft's Short-necked Turtle (Emydura maquerii)
Town on a reservoir
Visits
- 2025-12-04: Driving to the next destination, we stopped to stretch our legs in Yarrawonga. Plenty of retirees wanted to talk to the new blood.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (30 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(30 records)
Class: Birds
(29 records)
- Order: Anseriformes
(2 records)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Maned Duck (Chenonetta jubata)
- Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(3 records)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Australasian Swamphen (Porphyrio melanotus)
- Dusky Moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa)
- Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots
(1 record)
- Family: Kingfishers
- Sacred Kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus)
- Order: Parrots
(2 records)
- Family: Cockatoos
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Red-rumped Parrot (Psephotus haematonotus)
- Order: Pelicans (4 records)
- Family: Ibises and Spoonbills
- Australian Ibis (Threskiornis molucca)
- Order: Perching Birds
(15 records)
- Family: Fairywrens and Allies
- Superb Fairywren (Malurus cyaneus)
- Family: Fantails
- Willie-wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys)
- Family: Honeyeaters
- Red Wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (Ptilotula penicillata)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen)
- Australian Raven (Corvus coronoides)
- Little Raven (Corvus mellori)
- Magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
- Family: Swallows
- Fairy Martin (Hirundo ariel)
- Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena)
- Family: Thornbills and Allies
- Western Gerygone (Gerygone fusca)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula)
- Family: Woodswallows, Bellmagpies and Allies
- White-breasted Woodswallow (Artamus leucorynchus)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(2 records)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Silver Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae)
- Family: Plovers
- Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles)
Class: Reptiles
(1 record)
- Order: Turtles
(1 record)
- Family: Fresh Water Turtle
- Krefft's Short-necked Turtle (Emydura maquerii)