Site Report: Chiltern - Mt. Pilot National Park, Australia

Fuscous Honeyeater (Ptilotula fusca)

Common Brown (Heteronympha merope)

Black-tailed Nativehen (Tribonyx ventralis)

Red-browed Firetail (Neochmia temporalis)

Masked Woodswallow (Artamus personatus)

National Park

Map of Site Report: Chiltern - Mt. Pilot National Park, Australia

2025-12-05: We got an early start to check out some watering holes near Chiltern. The last waterhole, unfortunately, was dry, limiting our species count for the day.

Kingdom: Animals (41 records, 0 images)

Phylum: Arthropods (1 record, 0 images)

Class: Insects (1 record, 0 images)

Order: Butterflies and Moths (1 record)
- Family: Brush-footed Butterflies
- Common Brown (Heteronympha merope)

Phylum: Chordates (40 records, 0 images)

Class: Birds (40 records, 0 images)

Order: Anseriformes (3 records)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Gray Teal (Anas gracilis)
- Maned Duck (Chenonetta jubata)
- Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa)

Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies (3 records)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Black-tailed Nativehen (Tribonyx ventralis)
- Dusky Moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa)
- Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra)

Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots (3 records)
- Family: Kingfishers
- Azure Kingfisher (Ceyx azureus)
- Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
- Sacred Kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus)

Order: Parrots (3 records)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Eastern Rosella (Platycercus eximius)
- Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla)
- Red-rumped Parrot (Psephotus haematonotus)

Order: Pelicans (3 records)
- Family: Cormorants
- Little Pied Cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos)
- Family: Grebes
- Australasian Grebe (Tachybaptus novaehollandiae)
- Family: Ibises and Spoonbills
- Australian Ibis (Threskiornis molucca)

Order: Perching Birds (24 records)
- Family: Australasian Treecreepers
- Brown Treecreeper (Climacteris picumnus)
- Family: Australian Robins
- Eastern Yellow Robin (Eopsaltria australis)
- Family: Cuckoo-shrike
- Black-faced Cuckooshrike (Coracina novaehollandiae)
- Family: Fairywrens and Allies
- Superb Fairywren (Malurus cyaneus)
- Family: Fantails
- Willie-wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen)
- Australian Raven (Corvus coronoides)
- Magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca)
- Pied Currawong (Strepera graculina)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- Red-browed Firetail (Neochmia temporalis)
- Family: Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers
- Australian Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus australis)
- Family: Swallows
- Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena)
- Family: Thornbills and Allies
- Western Gerygone (Gerygone fusca)
- Family: Whistlers and Allies
- Gray Shrikethrush (Colluricincla harmonica)
- Family: White-winged Chough and Apostlebird
- White-winged Chough (Corcorax melanorhamphos)
- Family: Woodswallows, Bellmagpies and Allies
- Dusky Woodswallow (Artamus cyanopterus)
- Masked Woodswallow (Artamus personatus)
- White-browed Woodswallow (Artamus superciliosus)

Order: Shorebirds and Allies (1 record)
- Family: Plovers
- Black-fronted Dotterel (Thinornis melanops)