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  • eBird Australia Announces New Collaboration With BirdLife Australia

    13 Dec 2024 By Team eBird Australia

    We are excited to announce a new collaboration between two of Australia’s leading online bird observation databases, eBird Australia and Birdata. Both eBird Australia and BirdLife Australia are committed to collecting the scientific data we need to better understand and protect Australia’s birds.

eBirding This Year 2025

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157 Species 77 Checklists eBirders

New Species

Native and Naturalized (5)

  1. Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo Chalcites basalis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Jonathan Tickner
    Location: Kennett River
  2. Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Chris Pitfield
    Location: Lake Colac Bird Sanctuary
  3. Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Moritz Schalk
    Location: Kennett River
  4. Beautiful Firetail Stagonopleura bella
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Scott Manwaring
    Location: Great Otway National Park--Aire River West Campground
  5. Freckled Duck Stictonetta naevosa
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Adam Fry
    Location: Lake Colac West, Victoria, AU
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Checklist Leaders

  • 1.
    Xenia M
    9
  • 2.
    Indra Bone
    8
  • 3.
    Richard and Margaret Alcorn
    7
  • 3.
    Ambika Bone
    7
  • 5.
    Kenton Reeder
    6
  • 6.
    Chris Pitfield
    4
  • 7.
    Adam Fry
    3
  • 7.
    Nick Bruni
    3
  • 7.
    Dinah Hunsicker
    3
  • 10.
    Robert Missen
    2

Species Leaders

  • 1.
    Richard and Margaret Alcorn
    80
  • 2.
    Adam Fry
    77
  • 3.
    Indra Bone
    69
  • 4.
    Ambika Bone
    66
  • 5.
    Chris Pitfield
    60
  • 6.
    Robert Missen
    47
  • 7.
    Jeremy Hunt
    46
  • 8.
    Xenia M
    40
  • 8.
    Kenton Reeder
    40
  • 8.
    Andrea Lie
    40
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