Trip Report: Western Australia (2023-04-03 - 2023-04-24)
Solar Eclipse, April 20, 2023
Rottnest
Rottnest Bike Path
Sterling Range
Sterling Range Vegetation
Cheynes
Cheynes Beach
Giant Trees
Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse
Pacific and Antarctic Oceans Meet
Fern Pool
Karijini Tree
Karijini Gorge
Karijini Rock
Cheela Station Flies
Cheela Plains Cliffs
Cheela Plains Billabong
Exmouth Dingoes
Yardie Creek Eclipse Spot
Watching the Eclipse at Yardie Creek
Solar Eclipse, April 20, 2023
Kalbarri Natural Window
Australian Ringneck (Barnardius zonarius)
Scarlet Robin (Petroica boodang)
Australasian Darter (Anhinga novaehollandiae)
Western Gerygone (Gerygone fusca)
Yellow-plumed Honeyeater (Ptilotula ornata)
Gray Fantail (Rhipidura albiscapa)
Killer Whale (Orcinus orca)
New Holland Honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae)
Red Kangaroo (Osphranter rufus)
White-plumed Honeyeater (Ptilotula penicillata)
Short-beaked Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)
Quokka (Setonix brachyurus)
Golden Whistler (Pachycephala pectoralis) - Male
Australian Pipit (Anthus australis)
Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen)
Western Spinebill (Acanthorhynchus superciliosus)
Western Yellow Robin (Eopsaltria griseogularis)
Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus)
LIttle Pied Cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos)
Spinifex Pigeon (Geophaps plumifera)
Brown Quail (Synoicus ypsilophorus)
Australian Raven (Corvus coronoides)
Red-capped Plover (Charadrius ruficapillus)
Australian Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus australis)
Rufous Treecreeper (Climacteris rufus)
Blue-breasted Fairywren (Malurus pulcherrimus) - Male
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Solar Eclipse, April 20, 2023
Rottnest
Rottnest Bike Path
Sterling Range
Sterling Range Vegetation
Cheynes
Cheynes Beach
Giant Trees
Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse
Pacific and Antarctic Oceans Meet
Fern Pool
Karijini Tree
Karijini Gorge
Karijini Rock
Cheela Station Flies
Cheela Plains Cliffs
Cheela Plains Billabong
Exmouth Dingoes
Yardie Creek Eclipse Spot
Watching the Eclipse at Yardie Creek
Solar Eclipse, April 20, 2023
Kalbarri Natural Window
Australian Ringneck (Barnardius zonarius)
Scarlet Robin (Petroica boodang)
Australasian Darter (Anhinga novaehollandiae)
Western Gerygone (Gerygone fusca)
Yellow-plumed Honeyeater (Ptilotula ornata)
Gray Fantail (Rhipidura albiscapa)
Killer Whale (Orcinus orca)
New Holland Honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae)
Red Kangaroo (Osphranter rufus)
White-plumed Honeyeater (Ptilotula penicillata)
Short-beaked Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)
Quokka (Setonix brachyurus)
Golden Whistler (Pachycephala pectoralis) - Male
Australian Pipit (Anthus australis)
Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen)
Western Spinebill (Acanthorhynchus superciliosus)
Western Yellow Robin (Eopsaltria griseogularis)
Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus)
LIttle Pied Cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos)
Spinifex Pigeon (Geophaps plumifera)
Brown Quail (Synoicus ypsilophorus)
Australian Raven (Corvus coronoides)
Red-capped Plover (Charadrius ruficapillus)
Australian Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus australis)
Rufous Treecreeper (Climacteris rufus)
Blue-breasted Fairywren (Malurus pulcherrimus) - 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
- Australasian Shoveler (Spatula rhynchotis)
- Australian Shelduck (Tadorna tadornoides)
- Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)
- Blue-billed Duck (Oxyura australis)
- Gray Teal (Anas gracilis)
- Hardhead (Aythya australis)
- Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
- Maned Duck (Chenonetta jubata)
- Musk Duck (Biziura lobata)
- Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa)
- Pink-eared Duck (Malacorhynchus membranaceus)
- 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
- Australasian Swamphen (Porphyrio melanotus)
- Buff-banded Rail (Gallirallus philippensis)
- Dusky Moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa)
- Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra)
- Spotless Crake (Zapornia tabuensis)
- Order: Cuckoos
(1 record)
- Family: Cuckoos
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo (Cacomantis flabelliformis)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(9 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Brush Bronzewing (Phaps elegans)
- Common Bronzewing (Phaps chalcoptera)
- Crested Pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes)
- Diamond Dove (Geopelia cuneata)
- Laughing Dove (Spilopelia senegalensis)
- Peaceful Dove (Geopelia placida)
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- Spinifex Pigeon (Geophaps plumifera)
- Spotted Dove (Spilopelia chinensis)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(11 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
- Black-shouldered Kite (Elanus axillaris)
- Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus)
- Brown Goshawk (Tachyspiza fasciata)
- Little Eagle (Hieraaetus morphnoides)
- Square-tailed Kite (Lophoictinia isura)
- Swamp Harrier (Circus approximans)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax)
- Whistling Kite (Haliastur sphenurus)
- White-bellied Sea-Eagle (Icthyophaga leucogaster)
- 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 Nightjar (Eurostopodus argus)
- Family: Typical Owls
- Australian Boobook (Ninox boobook)
- Order: Parrots
(15 records)
- Family: Cockatoos
- Little Corella (Cacatua sanguinea)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Australian Ringneck (Barnardius zonarius)
- Baudin's Black-Cockatoo (Zanda baudinii)
- Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus)
- Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo (Zanda latirostris)
- Cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus)
- Elegant Parrot (Neophema elegans)
- Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla)
- Red-capped Parrot (Purpureicephalus spurius)
- Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii)
- Regent Parrot (Polytelis anthopeplus)
- Rock Parrot (Neophema petrophila)
- Western Rosella (Platycercus icterotis)
- Family: Old World Parrots
- Purple-crowned Lorikeet (Psitteuteles porphyrocephalus)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus)
- Order: Pelicans
(32 records)
- Family: Anhingas
- Australasian Darter (Anhinga novaehollandiae)
- Family: Cormorants
- Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
- Little Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris)
- Little Pied Cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos)
- Pied Cormorant (Phalacrocorax varius)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Australian Hobby (Falco longipennis)
- Brown Falcon (Falco berigora)
- Nankeen Kestrel (Falco cenchroides)
- Family: Grebes
- Australasian Grebe (Tachybaptus novaehollandiae)
- Hoary-headed Grebe (Poliocephalus poliocephalus)
- Family: Herons
- Eastern Cattle-Egret (Ardea coromanda)
- Great Egret (Ardea alba)
- Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
- Nankeen Night Heron (Nycticorax caledonicus)
- Pacific Reef-Heron (Egretta sacra)
- White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae)
- 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)
- Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
- Eurasian Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
- Far Eastern Curlew (Numenius madagascariensis)
- Gray-tailed Tattler (Tringa brevipes)
- Red-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis)
- Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
- Sanderling (Calidris alba)
- Family: Stilts and Avocets
- Pied Stilt (Himantopus leucocephalus)
- Order: Perching Birds
(73 records)
- Family: Australasian Treecreepers
- Rufous Treecreeper (Climacteris rufus)
- Family: Australian Robins
- Hooded Robin (Melanodryas cucullata)
- Jacky-winter (Microeca fascinans)
- Red-capped Robin (Petroica goodenovii)
- Scarlet Robin (Petroica boodang)
- 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
- Blue-breasted Fairywren (Malurus pulcherrimus)
- Purple-backed Fairywren (Malurus assimilis)
- Red-winged Fairywren (Malurus elegans)
- Southern Emuwren (Stipiturus malachurus)
- Splendid Fairywren (Malurus splendens)
- White-winged Fairywren (Malurus leucopterus)
- Family: Fantails
- Gray Fantail (Rhipidura albiscapa)
- Mangrove Fantail (Rhipidura phasiana)
- Willie-wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys)
- Family: Flowerpeckers
- Mistletoebird (Dicaeum hirundinaceum)
- Family: Honeyeaters
- Brown Honeyeater (Lichmera indistincta)
- Gilbert's Honeyeater (Melithreptus chloropsis)
- New Holland Honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae)
- Red Wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata)
- Singing Honeyeater (Gavicalis virescens)
- Western Spinebill (Acanthorhynchus superciliosus)
- Western Wattlebird (Anthochaera lunulata)
- White-cheeked Honeyeater (Phylidonyris niger)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (Ptilotula penicillata)
- Yellow-plumed Honeyeater (Ptilotula ornata)
- Yellow-throated Miner (Manorina flavigula)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen)
- Australian Raven (Corvus coronoides)
- Gray Butcherbird (Cracticus torquatus)
- Gray Currawong (Strepera versicolor)
- Little Crow (Corvus bennetti)
- Magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca)
- Pied Butcherbird (Cracticus nigrogularis)
- Torresian Crow (Corvus orru)
- 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
- Redthroat (Pyrrholaemus brunneus)
- Spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus)
- Striated Pardalote (Pardalotus striatus)
- Weebill (Smicrornis brevirostris)
- Family: Scrubbirds
- Noisy Scrub-bird (Atrichornis clamosus)
- Family: Sittellas
- Varied Sittella (Daphoenositta chrysoptera)
- Family: Thornbills and Allies
- Dusky Gerygone (Gerygone tenebrosa)
- Inland Thornbill (Acanthiza apicalis)
- Spotted Scrubwren (Sericornis maculatus)
- Western Gerygone (Gerygone fusca)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (Acanthiza chrysorrhoa)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- Australian Pipit (Anthus australis)
- Family: Whipbirds and Wedgebills
- Chiming Wedgebill (Psophodes occidentalis)
- Western Whipbird (Psophodes nigrogularis)
- Family: Whistlers and Allies
- Black-tailed Whistler (Pachycephala melanura)
- Golden Whistler (Pachycephala pectoralis)
- Gray Shrikethrush (Colluricincla harmonica)
- Rufous Whistler (Pachycephala rufiventris)
- Family: Woodswallows, Bellmagpies and Allies
- Black-faced Woodswallow (Artamus cinereus)
- Dusky Woodswallow (Artamus cyanopterus)
- Masked Woodswallow (Artamus personatus)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(18 records)
- Family: Buttonquail
- Painted Buttonquail (Turnix varius)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Australian Fairy Tern (Sternula nereis)
- Bridled Tern (Onychoprion anaethetus)
- Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)
- Great Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii)
- Lesser Crested Tern (Thalasseus bengalensis)
- Pacific Gull (Larus pacificus)
- Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii)
- Silver Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae)
- White-winged Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus)
- Family: Plovers
- Banded Lapwing (Vanellus tricolor)
- Black-fronted Dotterel (Thinornis melanops)
- Greater Sand-Plover (Anarhynchus leschenaultii)
- Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles)
- Red-capped Plover (Anarhynchus ruficapillus)
- Red-necked Avocet (Recurvirostra novaehollandiae)
- 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
- Flesh-footed Shearwater (Ardenna carneipes)
- Great-winged Petrel (Pterodroma macroptera)
- Soft-plumaged Petrel (Pterodroma mollis)
- Wedge-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna pacifica)
- Family: Southern Storm Petrels
- White-faced Storm-Petrel (Pelagodroma marina)
- Wilson's Storm-Petrel (Oceanites oceanicus)
- 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)