Site Report: Mallacoota, Australia
Superb Lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae)
Pied Currawong (Strepera graculina)
Knot-horn Moth (Homoeosoma vagella)
Southern Mole Cricket (Gryllotalpa australis)
Pied Currawong (Strepera graculina)
Gray Agriophara Moth (Agriophara cinerosa)
Click Beetle (Cryptalaus prosectus)
Burrowing Bug (Adrisa sp)
Bug (Rhopalidae sp)
Concealer Moth (Barea sp)
Twirler Moth (Ardozyga nyctias)
Concealer Moth (Chezala brachypepla)
Moss-eating Crambid Snout Moth (Eudonia aphrodes)
Cotton Bollworm Moth (Helicoverpa armigera)
Long-fringed Bark Moth (Phelotis cognata)
Grass Veneer (Culladia cuneiferellus)
Native Budworm (Helicoverpa punctigera)
Musk Lorikeet (Trichoglossus concinnus)
Satin Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus) - Nest
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Superb Lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae)
Pied Currawong (Strepera graculina)
Knot-horn Moth (Homoeosoma vagella)
Southern Mole Cricket (Gryllotalpa australis)
Pied Currawong (Strepera graculina)
Gray Agriophara Moth (Agriophara cinerosa)
Click Beetle (Cryptalaus prosectus)
Burrowing Bug (Adrisa sp)
Bug (Rhopalidae sp)
Concealer Moth (Barea sp)
Twirler Moth (Ardozyga nyctias)
Concealer Moth (Chezala brachypepla)
Moss-eating Crambid Snout Moth (Eudonia aphrodes)
Cotton Bollworm Moth (Helicoverpa armigera)
Long-fringed Bark Moth (Phelotis cognata)
Grass Veneer (Culladia cuneiferellus)
Native Budworm (Helicoverpa punctigera)
Musk Lorikeet (Trichoglossus concinnus)
Satin Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus) - Nest
Town
Visits
- 2025-12-07: With a little sun remaining and a low tide, we went to check some mudflats in town.
- 2025-12-08: We spent the rest of the afternoon at the caravan park except for a short night drive. I met a few Australian vacationers, and Steve, from the Melbourne suburbs, was kind enough to show me the bowerbird nest. During the night, a good assortment of moths showed up for my uv light.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (56 records,
0 images)
Phylum: Arthropods
(14 records,
0 images)
Class: Insects
(14 records,
0 images)
- Order: Beetles
(1 record)
- Family: Click Beetles
- Click Beetle (Cryptalaus prosectus)
- Order: Butterflies and Moths
(10 records)
- Family: Concealer Moths
- Concealer Moth (Barea sp)
- Concealer Moth (Chezala brachypepla)
- Family: Crambid Snout Moths
- Grass Veneer (Culladia cuneiferellus)
- Moss-eating Crambid Snout Moth (Eudonia aphrodes)
- Family: Cutworm Moths and Allies
- Cotton Bollworm Moth (Helicoverpa armigera)
- Native Budworm (Helicoverpa punctigera)
- Family: Flat-bodied Moths
- Gray Agriophara Moth (Agriophara cinerosa)
- Family: Geometer Moths
- Long-fringed Bark Moth (Phelotis cognata)
- Family: Pyralid Snout Moths
- Knot-horn Moth (Homoeosoma vagella)
- Family: Twirler Moths
- Twirler Moth (Ardozyga nyctias)
- Order: Grasshoppers, Katydids and Crickets
(1 record)
- Family: Camel Crickets, Cave Crickets, and Cave Wēta
- Southern Mole Cricket (Gryllotalpa australis)
- Order: True Bugs
(2 records)
- Family: Box Elder Bug
- Bug (Rhopalidae sp)
- Family: Burrowing Bugs
- Burrowing Bug (Adrisa sp)
Phylum: Chordates
(42 records,
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Class: Birds
(42 records,
0 images)
- Order: Anseriformes
(4 records)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)
- Chestnut Teal (Anas castanea)
- Gray Teal (Anas gracilis)
- Maned Duck (Chenonetta jubata)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(2 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Common Bronzewing (Phaps chalcoptera)
- Wonga Pigeon (Leucosarcia melanoleuca)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(2 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Swamp Harrier (Circus approximans)
- White-bellied Sea-Eagle (Icthyophaga leucogaster)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots
(1 record)
- Family: Kingfishers
- Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
- Order: Owls And Nightjars
(1 record)
- Family: Nighthawks and Nightjars
- White-throated Nightjar (Eurostopodus mystacalis)
- Order: Parrots
(2 records)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla)
- Family: Old World Parrots
- Musk Lorikeet (Trichoglossus concinnus)
- Order: Pelicans (12 records)
- Family: Herons
- White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae)
- Family: Ibises and Spoonbills
- Royal Spoonbill (Platalea regia)
- Family: Oystercatchers
- Pied Oystercatcher (Haematopus longirostris)
- Family: Pelicans
- Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
- Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
- Great Knot (Calidris tenuirostris)
- Red Knot (Calidris canutus)
- Red-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis)
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (Calidris acuminata)
- Order: Perching Birds
(12 records)
- Family: Bowerbirds
- Satin Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus)
- Family: Fairywrens and Allies
- Superb Fairywren (Malurus cyaneus)
- Family: Honeyeaters
- Little Wattlebird (Anthochaera chrysoptera)
- Red Wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca)
- Pied Currawong (Strepera graculina)
- Family: Lyrebirds
- Superb Lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Red-browed Firetail (Neochmia temporalis)
- Family: Swallows
- Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena)
- Family: Thornbills and Allies
- Brown Thornbill (Acanthiza pusilla)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies (6 records)