Site Report: Sydney - Botanical Gardens

Powerful Owl (Ninox strenua)

Powerful Owl (Ninox strenua)

Gray Butcherbird (Cracticus torquatus)

Gray Butcherbird (Cracticus torquatus)

Dusky Moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa) - Juvenile

Dusky Moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa) - Juvenile

Powerful Owl (Ninox strenua)

Gray Butcherbird (Cracticus torquatus)

Dusky Moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa) - Juvenile

A bunch of planted trees.

Visits

2012-11-25: In my final stop before the flight home, I followed a tip about crakes and owls, and I took a trip to the Sydney Botanical Garden. Just like everywhere else in Australia, or so it seems, there was a preponderance of cockatoos and lorikeets. The owl was found without issue.

Species Seen

Kingdom: Animals (7 records)

Phylum: Chordates (7 records)

Class: Birds (7 records)

Order: Anseriformes (1 record)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Maned Duck (Chenonetta jubata)

Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies (1 record)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Dusky Moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa)

Order: Owls And Nightjars (1 record)
- Family: Typical Owls
- Powerful Owl (Ninox strenua)

Order: Parrots (2 records)
- Family: Cockatoos
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita)
- Family: Old World Parrots
- Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus)

Order: Perching Birds (2 records)
- Family: Honeyeaters
- Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Gray Butcherbird (Cracticus torquatus)

Lifelists

Trips

Eastern Australia