Trip Report: Western Australia (2023-04-03 - 2023-04-24)
Solar Eclipse, April 20, 2023
Karijini Tree
Karijini Rock
Pacific and Antarctic Oceans Meet
Solar Eclipse, April 20, 2023
Cheela Station Flies
Cheela Plains Billabong
Yardie Creek Eclipse Spot
Karijini Gorge
Rottnest Bike Path
Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse
Kalbarri Natural Window
Fern Pool
Rottnest
Sterling Range Vegetation
Sterling Range
Exmouth Dingoes
Cheela Plains Cliffs
Watching the Eclipse at Yardie Creek
Giant Trees
Cheynes
Cheynes Beach
Australian Ringneck (Barnardius zonarius)
Scarlet Robin (Petroica boodang)
Red Kangaroo (Osphranter rufus)
Western Gerygone (Gerygone fusca)
White-plumed Honeyeater (Ptilotula penicillata)
New Holland Honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae)
Killer Whale (Orcinus orca)
Yellow-plumed Honeyeater (Ptilotula ornata)
Gray Fantail (Rhipidura albiscapa)
Australasian Darter (Anhinga novaehollandiae)
Short-beaked Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)
Quokka (Setonix brachyurus)
Golden Whistler (Pachycephala pectoralis) - Male
Australian Pipit (Anthus australis)
Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus)
Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen)
Western Yellow Robin (Eopsaltria griseogularis)
Western Spinebill (Acanthorhynchus superciliosus)
Spinifex Pigeon (Geophaps plumifera)
Brown Quail (Synoicus ypsilophorus)
LIttle Pied Cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos)
Australian Raven (Corvus coronoides)
Red-capped Plover (Charadrius ruficapillus)
Rufous Treecreeper (Climacteris rufus)
Yellow-billed Spoonbill (Platalea flavipes)
Australian Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus australis)
Black-faced Cuckooshrike (Coracina novaehollandiae)
Splendid Fairywren (Malurus splendens) - Male
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Solar Eclipse, April 20, 2023
Karijini Tree
Karijini Rock
Pacific and Antarctic Oceans Meet
Solar Eclipse, April 20, 2023
Cheela Station Flies
Cheela Plains Billabong
Yardie Creek Eclipse Spot
Karijini Gorge
Rottnest Bike Path
Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse
Kalbarri Natural Window
Fern Pool
Rottnest
Sterling Range Vegetation
Sterling Range
Exmouth Dingoes
Cheela Plains Cliffs
Watching the Eclipse at Yardie Creek
Giant Trees
Cheynes
Cheynes Beach
Australian Ringneck (Barnardius zonarius)
Scarlet Robin (Petroica boodang)
Red Kangaroo (Osphranter rufus)
Western Gerygone (Gerygone fusca)
White-plumed Honeyeater (Ptilotula penicillata)
New Holland Honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae)
Killer Whale (Orcinus orca)
Yellow-plumed Honeyeater (Ptilotula ornata)
Gray Fantail (Rhipidura albiscapa)
Australasian Darter (Anhinga novaehollandiae)
Short-beaked Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)
Quokka (Setonix brachyurus)
Golden Whistler (Pachycephala pectoralis) - Male
Australian Pipit (Anthus australis)
Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus)
Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen)
Western Yellow Robin (Eopsaltria griseogularis)
Western Spinebill (Acanthorhynchus superciliosus)
Spinifex Pigeon (Geophaps plumifera)
Brown Quail (Synoicus ypsilophorus)
LIttle Pied Cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos)
Australian Raven (Corvus coronoides)
Red-capped Plover (Charadrius ruficapillus)
Rufous Treecreeper (Climacteris rufus)
Yellow-billed Spoonbill (Platalea flavipes)
Australian Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus australis)
Black-faced Cuckooshrike (Coracina novaehollandiae)
Splendid Fairywren (Malurus splendens) - Male
We did a side trip from Malaysia to visit Western Australia to view a solar eclipse.
Sites Visited
Country: Australia
(21 sites)
- Bremer Bay
- Cape Leeuwin
- Cape Range National Park
- Cheela Plains
- Cheynes Beach
- Cue
- Dryandra Woodland
- Kalbarri National Park
- Karijini National Park
- Kendenup
- King's Park and Botanic Garden
- Lake Seppings
- Manning Lake
- Margaret River
- New Beach
- Porongurup National Park
- Rottnest Island
- Sterling Range National Park
- Walpole-Nornalup National Park
- Wooramel
- Yalgarup National Park
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (214 records)
Phylum: Arthropods
(8 records)
Class: Arachnids
(3 records)
- Order: Spiders (3 records)
- Family: Wolf Spiders
- Australian Wolf Spider (Lycosidae sp)
Class: Insects
(5 records)
- Order: Butterflies and Moths
(3 records)
- Family: Brush-footed Butterflies
- Common Brown (Heteronympha merope)
- Family: Prominent Moths
- Processionary Moth (Thaumetopoeinae sp)
- Family: Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs
- Caper White (Belenois java)
- Order: Dragonflies and Damselflies
(1 record)
- Family: Skimmers
- Blue Skimmer (Orthetrum caledonicum)
- Order: Grasshoppers, Katydids and Crickets
(1 record)
- Family: Short-horned Grasshoppers
- Giant Green Slantface (Acrida conica)
Phylum: Chordates
(206 records)
Class: Birds
(192 records)
- Order: Anseriformes
(11 records)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Blue-billed Duck (Oxyura australis)
- Musk Duck (Biziura lobata)
- Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)
- Australian Shelduck (Tadorna tadornoides)
- Maned Duck (Chenonetta jubata)
- Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
- Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa)
- Australasian Shoveler (Spatula rhynchotis)
- Gray Teal (Anas gracilis)
- Pink-eared Duck (Malacorhynchus membranaceus)
- Hardhead (Aythya australis)
- Order: Boobies
(1 record)
- Family: Boobies and Gannets
- Australasian Gannet (Morus serrator)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(6 records)
- Family: Bustards
- Australian Bustard (Ardeotis australis)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Buff-banded Rail (Gallirallus philippensis)
- Spotless Crake (Zapornia tabuensis)
- Australasian Swamphen (Porphyrio melanotus)
- Dusky Moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa)
- Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra)
- Order: Cuckoos
(1 record)
- Family: Cuckoos
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo (Cacomantis flabelliformis)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(9 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- Laughing Dove (Spilopelia senegalensis)
- Spotted Dove (Spilopelia chinensis)
- Common Bronzewing (Phaps chalcoptera)
- Brush Bronzewing (Phaps elegans)
- Crested Pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes)
- Spinifex Pigeon (Geophaps plumifera)
- Diamond Dove (Geopelia cuneata)
- Peaceful Dove (Geopelia placida)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(11 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Square-tailed Kite (Lophoictinia isura)
- Black-shouldered Kite (Elanus axillaris)
- Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
- Whistling Kite (Haliastur sphenurus)
- Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus)
- White-bellied Sea-Eagle (Icthyophaga leucogaster)
- Swamp Harrier (Circus approximans)
- Brown Goshawk (Tachyspiza fasciata)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax)
- Little Eagle (Hieraaetus morphnoides)
- Family: Osprey
- Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots
(3 records)
- Family: Bee-eaters
- Rainbow Bee-eater (Merops ornatus)
- Order: Owls And Nightjars
(2 records)
- Family: Nighthawks and Nightjars
- Spotted Eared-Nightjar (Eurostopodus argus)
- Family: Typical Owls
- Southern Boobook (Ninox boobook)
- Order: Parrots
(15 records)
- Family: Cockatoos
- Little Corella (Cacatua sanguinea)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Baudin's Black-Cockatoo (Zanda baudinii)
- Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo (Zanda latirostris)
- Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii)
- Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla)
- Cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus)
- Regent Parrot (Polytelis anthopeplus)
- Red-capped Parrot (Purpureicephalus spurius)
- Australian Ringneck (Barnardius zonarius)
- Western Rosella (Platycercus icterotis)
- Elegant Parrot (Neophema elegans)
- Rock Parrot (Neophema petrophila)
- Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus)
- Family: Old World Parrots
- Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus)
- Purple-crowned Lorikeet (Psitteuteles porphyrocephalus)
- Order: Pelicans
(32 records)
- Family: Anhingas
- Australasian Darter (Anhinga novaehollandiae)
- Family: Cormorants
- Little Pied Cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos)
- Pied Cormorant (Phalacrocorax varius)
- Little Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris)
- Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Brown Falcon (Falco berigora)
- Nankeen Kestrel (Falco cenchroides)
- Australian Hobby (Falco longipennis)
- Family: Grebes
- Australasian Grebe (Tachybaptus novaehollandiae)
- Hoary-headed Grebe (Poliocephalus poliocephalus)
- Family: Herons
- White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae)
- Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
- Pacific Reef-Heron (Egretta sacra)
- Great Egret (Ardea alba)
- Nankeen Night-Heron (Nycticorax caledonicus)
- Eastern Cattle Egret (Ardea coromanda)
- Family: Ibises and Spoonbills
- Australian Ibis (Threskiornis molucca)
- Straw-necked Ibis (Threskiornis spinicollis)
- Yellow-billed Spoonbill (Platalea flavipes)
- Family: Jaegers and Skuas
- Brown Skua (Stercorarius antarcticus)
- Family: Oystercatchers
- Pied Oystercatcher (Haematopus longirostris)
- Sooty Oystercatcher (Haematopus fuliginosus)
- Family: Pelicans
- Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
- Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
- Far Eastern Curlew (Numenius madagascariensis)
- Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
- Gray-tailed Tattler (Tringa brevipes)
- Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
- Sanderling (Calidris alba)
- Red-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis)
- Family: Stilts and Avocets
- Pied Stilt (Himantopus leucocephalus)
- Order: Perching Birds
(73 records)
- Family: Australasian Treecreepers
- Rufous Treecreeper (Climacteris rufus)
- Family: Australian Robins
- Jacky-winter (Microeca fascinans)
- Scarlet Robin (Petroica boodang)
- Red-capped Robin (Petroica goodenovii)
- Hooded Robin (Melanodryas cucullata)
- Western Yellow Robin (Eopsaltria griseogularis)
- White-breasted Robin (Eopsaltria georgiana)
- Family: Australo-Papuan Babblers
- Gray-crowned Babbler (Pomatostomus temporalis)
- White-browed Babbler (Pomatostomus superciliosus)
- Family: Bowerbirds
- Western Bowerbird (Chlamydera guttata)
- Family: Bristlebirds
- Western Bristlebird (Dasyornis longirostris)
- Family: Cuckoo-shrike
- Black-faced Cuckooshrike (Coracina novaehollandiae)
- Family: Fairywrens and Allies
- White-winged Fairywren (Malurus leucopterus)
- Splendid Fairywren (Malurus splendens)
- Red-winged Fairywren (Malurus elegans)
- Blue-breasted Fairywren (Malurus pulcherrimus)
- Southern Emuwren (Stipiturus malachurus)
- Purple-backed Fairywren (Malurus assimilis)
- Family: Fantails
- Willie-wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys)
- Mangrove Fantail (Rhipidura phasiana)
- Gray Fantail (Rhipidura albiscapa)
- Family: Flowerpeckers
- Mistletoebird (Dicaeum hirundinaceum)
- Family: Honeyeaters
- Brown Honeyeater (Lichmera indistincta)
- Singing Honeyeater (Gavicalis virescens)
- Yellow-plumed Honeyeater (Ptilotula ornata)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (Ptilotula penicillata)
- New Holland Honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae)
- White-cheeked Honeyeater (Phylidonyris niger)
- Western Spinebill (Acanthorhynchus superciliosus)
- Yellow-throated Miner (Manorina flavigula)
- Western Wattlebird (Anthochaera lunulata)
- Red Wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata)
- Gilbert's Honeyeater (Melithreptus chloropsis)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Torresian Crow (Corvus orru)
- Little Crow (Corvus bennetti)
- Australian Raven (Corvus coronoides)
- Gray Butcherbird (Cracticus torquatus)
- Pied Butcherbird (Cracticus nigrogularis)
- Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen)
- Gray Currawong (Strepera versicolor)
- Magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Brown Songlark (Cincloramphus cruralis)
- Rufous Songlark (Cincloramphus mathewsi)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- Red-eared Firetail (Stagonopleura oculata)
- Star Finch (Emblema ruficauda)
- Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata)
- Family: Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers
- Australian Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus australis)
- Family: Paradise-flycatcher
- Restless Flycatcher (Myiagra inquieta)
- Family: Pardalotes
- Spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus)
- Striated Pardalote (Pardalotus striatus)
- Redthroat (Pyrrholaemus brunneus)
- Weebill (Smicrornis brevirostris)
- Family: Scrubbirds
- Noisy Scrub-bird (Atrichornis clamosus)
- Family: Sittellas
- Varied Sittella (Daphoenositta chrysoptera)
- Family: Thornbills and Allies
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (Acanthiza chrysorrhoa)
- Dusky Gerygone (Gerygone tenebrosa)
- Western Gerygone (Gerygone fusca)
- Spotted Scrubwren (Sericornis maculatus)
- Inland Thornbill (Acanthiza apicalis)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- Australian Pipit (Anthus australis)
- Family: Whipbirds and Wedgebills
- Western Whipbird (Psophodes nigrogularis)
- Chiming Wedgebill (Psophodes occidentalis)
- Family: Whistlers and Allies
- Golden Whistler (Pachycephala pectoralis)
- Black-tailed Whistler (Pachycephala melanura)
- Rufous Whistler (Pachycephala rufiventris)
- Gray Shrikethrush (Colluricincla harmonica)
- Family: Woodswallows, Bellmagpies and Allies
- Masked Woodswallow (Artamus personatus)
- Black-faced Woodswallow (Artamus cinereus)
- Dusky Woodswallow (Artamus cyanopterus)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(18 records)
- Family: Buttonquail
- Painted Buttonquail (Turnix varius)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Pacific Gull (Larus pacificus)
- Silver Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae)
- Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)
- Lesser Crested Tern (Thalasseus bengalensis)
- Great Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii)
- Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii)
- Australian Fairy Tern (Sternula nereis)
- Bridled Tern (Onychoprion anaethetus)
- White-winged Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus)
- Family: Plovers
- Red-necked Avocet (Recurvirostra novaehollandiae)
- Red-capped Plover (Anarhynchus ruficapillus)
- Greater Sand-Plover (Anarhynchus leschenaultii)
- Black-fronted Dotterel (Thinornis melanops)
- Banded Lapwing (Vanellus tricolor)
- Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles)
- Siberian Sand-Plover (Anarhynchus mongolus)
- Family: Thick-knees
- Bush Thick-knee (Burhinus grallarius)
- Order: Struthioniformes
(1 record)
- Family: Cassowaries and Emu
- Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae)
- Order: Tubenoses (8 records)
- Family: Shearwaters and Petrels
- Soft-plumaged Petrel (Pterodroma mollis)
- Wedge-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna pacifica)
- Flesh-footed Shearwater (Ardenna carneipes)
- Great-winged Petrel (Pterodroma macroptera)
- Family: Southern Storm Petrels
- Wilson's Storm-Petrel (Oceanites oceanicus)
- White-faced Storm-Petrel (Pelagodroma marina)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(1 record)
- Family: Grouse, Turkeys, and Allies
- Brown Quail (Synoicus ypsilophorus)
Class: Mammals
(13 records)
- Order: Bats
(1 record)
- Family: Old World Fruit Bats
- Black Flying Fox (Pteropus alecto)
- Order: Carnivorans
(1 record)
- Family: Otariidae
- Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea)
- Order: Diprotodontia (6 records)
- Family: Phalangeridae
- Common Brushtail Possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)
- Family: Potoroidae
- Woylie (Bettongia penicillata)
- Order: Even-toed Ungalates and Cetacean (3 records)
- Order: Monotremata
(1 record)
- Family: Echidna
- Short-beaked Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)
- Order: Peramelemorphia
(1 record)
- Family: Quenda
- Quenda (Isoodon fusciventer)
Class: Reptiles
(1 record)
- Order: Lizards and Snakes
(1 record)
- Family: Monitor
- Argus Monitor Lizard (Varanus panoptes)