Matti Koivula
I made a congress trip (IUFRO) to Brisbane, Australia, and still managed to see 101 bird species. Apart from carrying bins in the city centre, I made three whole-day trips within 100 km from Brisbane: Toowoomba-Esk 7 Aug, D'Aigle-Parklands 11 Aug and Kanungra-Lamington 12 Aug. Weather was fine almost every day: +18 C, slight winds, semi-coudy.
Necessary books:
Simpson, K. & Day, N. 1996: The Princeton Field Guide to the Birds of Australia. 5th edition. -- Princeton University Press.
Pizzey, G. & Knight, F. 2003: The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia. 7th edition. -- Harper-Collins Publishers.
The birds
| Nr | Species | Scientific | Information |
| 1 | Australian brush-turkey | Alectura lathami | 12.8. Lamington ca 10; 14.8. Bris airport 3 |
| 2 | Peacock | Pavo cristatus | 13.8. Bris botanical garden 1 |
| 3 | Australian pelican | Pelecanus conspicillatus | Bris common |
| 4 | Darter | Anhinga melanogaster | 13.8. Brisbane River 6 |
| 5 | Pied cormorant | Phalacrocorax varius | Total 3 (+ ca 10 Pied/Little pied) |
| 6 | Little black cormorant | Phalacrocorax sulcirostris | Total ca 10 |
| 7 | Great crested grebe | Podiceps cristatus | 7.8. Esk (big lake) ca 150 |
| 8 | Australasian grebe | Tachybaptus novaehollandiae | Total 4 |
| 9 | Magpie goose | Anseranas semipalmata | 7.8. Brisbane city 1 |
| 10 | Chestnut teal | Anas castanea | 11.8. Bris Parklands 1/1 |
| 11 | Pacific black duck | Anas superciliosa | Bris common |
| 12 | Australian wood duck | Chenonetta jubata | common |
| 13 | Hardhead | Aythya australis | 9.8. Bris Botanical garden 1 |
| 14 | Dusky moorhen | Gallinula tenebrosa | 9. & 13.8. Bris Botanical garden ca 30 |
| 15 | Eurasian coot | Fulica atra | 7.8. Esk (big lake) ca 50 |
| 16 | White-faced heron | Egretta novaehollandiae | Total 5 |
| 17 | Great egret | Egretta alba | 7.8. Toowoomba 1, 13.8. Bris Botanical garden 1 |
| 18 | Little egret | Egretta garzetta | 11.8. Parklands 1 |
| 19 | Cattle egret | Bubulcus ibis | Total 8 |
| 20 | Striated heron | Butorides striatus | Total 4-5 |
| 21 | Australian white ibis | Threskiornis molucca | common |
| 22 | Straw-necked ibis | Threskiornis spinicollis | common |
| 23 | Royal spoonbill | Platalea regia | 11.8. Parklands 1 |
| 24 | Eastern curlew | Numenius madagascariensis | 11.8. Parklands 12 |
| 25 | Marsh sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | 11.8. Parklands 1 |
| 26 | Black-tailed godwit | Limosa limosa | 11.8. Parklands 1 |
| 27 | Bush stone-curlew | Burhinus grallarius | 9. & 13.8. Bris Botanical garden 3 |
| 28 | Masked lapwing | Vanellus miles | common |
| 29 | Black-fronted dotterel | Charadrius melanops | 11.8. Parklands 3 |
| 30 | Black-winged stilt | Himantopus himantopus | 11.8. Parklands ca 100 |
| 31 | Red-necked avocet | Recurvirostra novaehollandiae | 11.8. Parklands 1 |
| 32 | Silver gull | Larus novaehollandiae | common |
| 33 | Caspian tern | Sterna caspia | 11.8. Parklands 1, 13.-14.8. Brisbane River 3-4 |
| 34 | Gull-billed tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | 13.8. Brisbane River ca 8 |
| 35 | Whistling kite | Haliastur sphenurus | 7.8. Toowoomba 1 |
| 36 | Brahminy kite | Haliastur indus | 7.8. Esk 1, 13.8. Brisbane city 2-3 |
| 37 | Wedge-tailed eagle | Aquila audax | 7.8. Esk 1 on the nest |
| 38 | Brown goshawk | Accipiter fasciatus | 7.8. Ipswich 1 (+ Accipiter sp trip total 3) |
| 39 | Peregrine | Falco peregrinus | 12. 8. Brisbane city 1, 13.8. Brisbane River 1 |
| 40 | Nankeen kestrel | Falco cenchroides | common |
| 41 | Spotted turtle-doce | Streptopelia chinensis | common |
| 42 | Peaceful dove | Geopelia striata | 7.8. Brisbane city 2 |
| 43 | Crested pigeon | Ocyphaps lophotes | common |
| 44 | Rock dove | Columba livia | common |
| 45 | Sulphur-crested cockatoo | Cacatua galerita | 12.8. Brisbane-Kanungra 6 |
| 46 | Galah | Cacatua roseicapilla | Total 6 |
| 47 | Rainbow lorikeet | Trichoglossus haematodus | common |
| 48 | Scaly-breasted lorikeet | Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus | 13.8. Bris Botanical garden 2 |
| 49 | Australian king parrot | Alisterus scapularis | 7.8. Toowoomba 2, 12.8. Lamington ca 15 |
| 50 | Crimson rosella | Platycercus elegans | 12.8. Lamington ca 100 |
| 51 | Pale-headed rosella | Platycercus adscitus | 12.8. Ipswich 1 |
| 52 | Pallid cuckoo | Cuculus pallidus | 12.8. Ipswich 1 |
| 53 | Southern boobook | Ninox novaeseelandiae | 11.8. D'Aigle (Jolly's Lookout) 1 |
| 54 | Laughing kookaburra | Dacelo novaeguineae | common |
| 55 | White-throated treecreeper | Cormobates leucophaeus | Total 6-8 |
| 56 | Superb fairy-wren | Malurus cyaneus | 8.8. Bris Japanese garden 1/1 |
| 57 | Variegated fairy-wren | Malurus lamberti | 12.8. Lamington 1 |
| 58 | Red-backed fairy-wren | Malurus melanocephalus | 7.8. Ipswich 1/3 |
| 59 | Striated pardalote | Pardalotus striatus | 12.8. Lamington 4 |
| 60 | Large-billed scrubwren | Sericornis magnirostris | 7.8. Toowoomba 1, 12.8. Lamington 1 |
| 61 | White-browed scrubwren | Sericornis frontalis | common |
| 62 | Yellow-throated scrubwren | Sericornis citreogularis | common |
| 63 | Mangrove gerygone | Gerygone levigaster | common |
| 64 | Blue-faced honeyeater | Entomyzon cyanotis | 13.8. Brisbane River 1 |
| 65 | Yellow-throated miner | Manorina flavigula | 7.8. Toowoomba ca 5 |
| 66 | Noisy miner | Manorina melanocephala | common |
| 67 | Lewin's honeyeater | Meliphaga lewinii | 11.8. D'Aigle 4-5 |
| 68 | Yellow-faced honeyeater | Lichenostomus chrysops | 11.8. D'Aigle 2-3 |
| 69 | Black-chinned honeyeater | Melithreptus gularis | 12.8. Lamington 1 |
| 70 | Brown honeyeater | Lichmera indistincta | 11.8. Parklands 1 |
| 71 | Logrunner | Orthonyx temminckii | 12.8. Lamington 7 |
| 72 | Eastern whipbird | Psophodes olivaceus | 12.8. Lamingon 1 |
| 73 | Eastern yellow robin | Eopsaltria australis | 11.8. D'Aigle 2, 12.8. Lamington 2 |
| 74 | Jacky winter | Microeca fascinans | 12.8. Lamington 1-2 |
| 75 | Grey shrike-thrush | Colluricincla harmonica | 12.8. Lamington 1-2 |
| 76 | Rufous whistler | Pachycephala rufiventris | 7.8. Toowoomba 1 |
| 77 | Golden whistler | Pachycephala pectoralis | 12.8. Lamington 1 |
| 78 | Grey fantail | Rhipidura fuliginosa | 12.8. Lamington 1 |
| 79 | Rufous fantail | Rhipidura rufifrons | 12.8. Lamington 2-3 |
| 80 | Willie wagtail | Rhipidura leucophrys | common |
| 81 | Magpie-lark | Grallina cyanoleuca | common |
| 82 | Olive-backed oriole | Oriolus sagittatus | 7.8. Brisbane city 1 |
| 83 | Figbird | Specotheres viridis | common |
| 84 | Green catbird | Ailuroedus crassirostris | 12.8. Lamington 4 |
| 85 | Satin bowerbird | Ptilonorhynchus violaceus | 12.8. Lamington 2/5 |
| 86 | Regent browerbird | Sericulus chrysocephalus | 12.8. Lamington 2/2 |
| 87 | Black-faced cuckoo-shrike | Coracina novaehollandiae | common |
| 88 | Grey butcherbird | Cracticus torquatus | common |
| 89 | Pied butcherbird | Cracticus nigrogularis | common |
| 90 | Australian magpie | Gymnorhina tibicen | common |
| 91 | Pied currawong | Strepera graculina | common |
| 92 | Torresan crow | Corvus orru | common |
| 93 | Welcome swallow | Hirundo neoxena | common |
| 94 | Tree martin | Hirundo nigricans | common |
| 95 | Fairy martin | Hirundo ariel | 8.8. Brisbane city 2-3 |
| 96 | Golden-headed cisticola | Cisticola exilis | 11.8. Parklands 3-4 |
| 97 | House sparrow | Passer domesticus | common |
| 98 | Double-barred finch | Taeniopygia bichenovii | 7.8. Ipswich 2 |
| 99 | Silvereye | Zosterops lateralis | 7.8. Ipswich 1 |
| 100 | Eurasian straling | Sturnus vulgaris | Brisbane total ca 10 |
| 101 | Common myna | Acridotheres tristis | 4. & 14.8. Sydney Airport 2-3 |