Identification pointers for White-headed Petrel Pterodroma lessonii, seen off Eaglehawk Neck Tasmania by Karen Dick
Category Archives: State
Common Sandpiper Identification Challenge
Identification tips for Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Ashmore Reef Western Australia
Yellow Rosella Identification Challenge
Identification pointers and interesting facts about Yellow (Crimson) Rosellas, and theories about why they are so variably coloured across their range.
Flock Bronzewing Identification Challenge
Identification tips about Flock Bronzewing Phaps histrionica young male seen at Katherine Treatment Plant, Northern Territory.
Horsfield’s Bushlark identification challenge
Horsfield’s (Australasian) Bushlark Mirafra javanica identification challenge
Spotted Harrier identification challenge
Spotted Harrier Circus assimilis identification tips and pointers
Juvenile Silver Gull identification challenge
Identification of a young Silver Gull (Silver) seen in Victoria Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
ID Challenge: Pilotbird
Identification tips for Pilotbird Pycnoptilus floccosus compared to whipbird, songlark, fieldwren, bristlebird
ID Challenge: juvenile Crimson Rosella
Comparisons of Juvenile, immature and adult plumages Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans
Paradise or South African Shelduck at Western Treatment Plant, Australia
Discussions on identification of a vagrant shelduck at Western Treatment Plant, Werribee, Victoria Australia in January 2020 – possibly South African Shelduck Tadorna cana or Paradise Shelduck Tadorna variegata.