ACT Birders’ Totals
A site at which birders who
have observed 150 or more wild bird species in the
Why 150 species? Because the
ACT list contains 286 species, and 150 is just over half that number.
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ACT Birders’
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Observer’s name |
ACT life list |
ACT |
ACT |
ACT |
ACT |
ACT 2011 |
ACT 2012 list |
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No. of |
Most recent |
No. of |
No. of |
No. of |
No. of |
No. of |
No. of |
Most recent |
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Peter Milburn |
267 |
Jan 2012 |
220 |
176 |
181 |
175 |
202 |
150 |
21
Jan |
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Alastair Smith |
253 |
Jan 2012 |
203 |
192 |
198 |
102 |
200 |
162 |
16 Jan |
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Marnix Zwankhuizen |
247 |
Jan 2012 |
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Ian Fraser |
247 |
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Frank Antram |
247 |
Jan 2012 |
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182 |
110 |
03 Jan |
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Steve Holliday |
247 |
Jan 2012 |
191 |
195 |
189 |
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Anthony Overs |
245 |
Aug 2011 |
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Martyn Moffat |
243 |
Sep 2011 |
186 |
175 |
176 |
158 |
155 |
79 |
07 Jan |
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Harvey Perkins |
243 |
Oct 2011 |
161 |
179 |
161 |
142 |
147 |
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Sue Lashko |
236 |
Nov 2011 |
171 |
144 |
57 |
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131 |
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Yarden Oren |
236 |
Jan 2012 |
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Paul Taylor |
236 |
Jan 2012 |
175 |
130 |
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David McDonald |
235 |
Dec 2009 |
163 |
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Martin Butterfield |
235 |
Jan 2011 |
169 |
155 |
166 |
126 |
102 |
43 |
06 Jan |
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Noel Luff |
232 |
Dec 2009 |
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Benj Whitworth |
226 |
Oct 2007 |
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Michael
Wright |
223 |
Oct 2007 |
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Andrew Cockburn |
223 |
Jan 2008 |
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Rosemary
Bell |
223 |
Feb 2009 |
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Mat
Gilfedder |
223 |
Feb 2010 |
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Damien
Farine |
223 |
May 2011 |
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David
Landon |
220 |
Sep 2011 |
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Hazel
& Allan Wright |
209 |
Jan 2007 |
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Ian McMahon |
203 |
Mar 2005 |
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Jeannie Gray |
206 |
Sep 2011 |
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John Leonard |
206 |
Nov 2011 |
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Cath
Gilfedder |
201 |
Feb 2010 |
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Phil
Hansbro |
199 |
May
2005 |
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David
Rosalky |
197 |
Jun
2004 |
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Julie McGuiness |
193 |
Sep
2005 |
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Matthew Frawley |
193 |
Oct 2010 |
173 |
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Maurits Zwankhuizen |
193 |
Feb 2011 |
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Phyl
Goddard |
192 |
Apr
2003 |
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Pete Cowper |
186 |
Oct 2006 |
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Jochen Brocks |
181 |
Nov 2007 |
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Scott Gilmore |
180 |
Oct 2004 |
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Lindsay Hansch & Rhonda Abbott |
179 |
Oct 2004 |
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Bruce Ramsay |
152 |
Apr 2009 |
106 |
104 |
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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 1 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 4 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 (ACT).
Please note that the Jervis Bay Territory is not part of the ACT.
2. Taxonomy should follow Christidis,
L & Boles, W 2008, Systematics and taxonomy of Australian birds,
CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, 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: 25 Jan 2012