Cheynes Beach and Waychinicup National Park bird list

Here is the list of birds seen during a recent holiday to Cheynes Beach Caravan Park (alas no Noisy Scrub-bird):

• Brown Quail (Coturnix ypsilophora)


• Nankeen Kestrel (Falco cenchroides)


• Pacific Gull (Larus pacificus)


• Crested Tern (Sterna bergii)


• Brush Bronzewing (Phaps elegans)


• Western Rosella (Platycercus icterotis)


• Red-winged Fairy-wren (Malurus elegans)


• White Cheeked Honeyeater (Phylidonyris nigra)


• Grey Currawong (Strepera versicolor)


• Grey Fantail (Rhipidura albiscapa)


• New Holland Honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae)


• Singing Honeyeater (Lichenostomus virescens)


• White-breasted Robin (Eopsaltria georgiana)


• White-browed Scrubwren (Sericornis frontalis)

Birds seen at Albany during the same trip:

• Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus)


• Sooty Oystercatcher (Haematopus fuliginosus)


• Pied Oystercatcher (Haematopus longirostris)

Birds seen on the roadside whilst travelling:

• Scarlet Robin (Petroica boodang, between Wagin and Katanning)