ACT Birders’ Totals

A site at which birders who have observed 150 or more wild bird species in the Australian Capital Territory may have their totals listed.

Why 150 species? Because the ACT list contains some 280 species, and 150 is just over half that number.

 

ACT Birders’ Totals

Observer’s name

ACT life list

ACT 2007
list

ACT 2008 list

ACT 2009
list

No. of
species

Most recent
addition

No. of
species

No. of
species

No. of
species

Most recent
addition

Peter Milburn

259

Jun 2008

220

176

 

Anthony Overs

240

Oct 2007

 

 

Martyn Moffat

240

Sep 2008

186

175

 

Marnix Zwankhuizen

239

Apr 2008

 

 

Steve Holliday

239

Nov 2008

191

195

 

Ian Fraser

239

Jan 2009

 

 

Harvey Perkins

235

Jun 2008

161

179

104

26 Jan

Frank Antram

234

Oct 2008

 

 

David McDonald

233

Oct 2007

163

 

Sue Lashko

232

Jan 2009

171

144

57

22 Jan

Paul Taylor

231

Dec 2008

175

130

 

Yarden Oren

230

Oct 2007

 

 

Benj Whitworth

226

Oct 2007

 

 

Noel Luff

226

Dec 2007

 

 

Martin Butterfield

225

Jan 2008

169

155

64

 

Michael Wright

223

Oct 2007

 

 

Andrew Cockburn

223

Jan 2008

 

 

Rosemary Bell

223

Feb 2009

 

 

Mat Gilfedder

220

Oct 2007

 

 

David Landon

215

Dec 2007

 

 

Damien Farine

210

Nov 2008

 

 

Hazel & Allan Wright

209

Jan 2007

 

 

Ian McMahon

203

Mar 2005

 

 

Jeannie Gray

201

Dec 2007

 

 

Cath Gilfedder

200

Feb 2006

 

 

Damien Farine

200

Jan 2008

195

 

 

Phil Hansbro

199

May 2005

 

 

David Rosalky

197

Jun 2004

 

 

John Leonard

194

 

 

Julie McGuiness

193

Sep 2005

 

 

Phyl Goddard

192

Apr 2003

 

 

Matthew Frawley

189

Nov 2007

173

 

 

Pete Cowper

186

Oct 2006

 

 

Maurits Zwankhuizen

183

May 2008

 

 

Jochen Brocks

181

Nov 2007

 

 

Scott Gilmore

180

Oct 2004

 

 

Lindsay Hansch & Rhonda Abbott

179

Oct 2004

 

 

Bruce Ramsay

150

Feb 2009

106

88

Feb

 

 

 

Note re year totals

Alastair Smith set himself the challenge of observing 200 wild bird species in the ACT in one year, a target not previously known to have been attained.

Between 01 Jan and 31 Dec 2006 he actually observed 208 species in the ACT.

This provided the benchmark for others embarking upon an ACT Big Year. The details are in Smith, A. 2008, ‘A record of the first Big Year for the Australian Capital Territory’, Canberra Bird Notes, vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 125-35.

 

Peter Milburn took on the challenge for 2007.

On 30 August he reached the 200 mark and on 04 October passed Alastair’s 208 for the 2006 year. Milburn’s 2007 ACT total was 220 species, a fantastic achievement.

 

Here are a few simple rules covering the inclusion of your total so as to obtain consistency between the totals listed

1. All species counted should be seen alive and in the wild within the Australian Capital Territory. Please note that the Jervis Bay Territory is not part of the ACT.
2. Taxonomy should follow
Christidis, L & Boles, WE 1994, The taxonomy and species of birds of Australia and its territories, Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union monograph 2, RAOU, Melbourne, Vic.
4. Submissions should be honest, accurate and dated.

 

The national list, maintained by Tony Palliser (upon which this list is based, with Tony’s agreement) is at http://users.bigpond.net.au/palliser/pelagic/totals.html .

 

An annotated ACT checklist, produced by the Canberra Ornithologists Group, is at http://www.canberrabirds.org.au/chklist.htm .

 

To have your total added to the list on this page, please email David McDonald.

 

This page is maintained in conjunction with the Canberra Birding email announcement and discussion list. Membership of the list is open to everyone with an interest in the study and conservation of the wild native birds and their habitats in Canberra, the ACT and the surrounding region. Details are at http://www.canberrabirds.org.au/discuss.htm .

 

For information on the Canberra Ornithologists Group, which auspices the Canberra Birding email list, please visit http://www.canberrabirds.org.au/ .

 

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Page maintainer: David McDonald

Created:             2003

Last updated:     19 Feb 2009