Bird Record Statistics

Bird Record Statistics

Species recorded per year

199696
1997118
1998126
1999138
2000155
2001185
2002167
2003195
2004170
2005174
2006157
2007170
2008137
2009150
2010157
2011150
2012167
2013156
2014171
2015173
2016158
2017166
2018144
2019139
202044
2021120
2022146
2023139
2024147
2025151 (so far)
Total285

Species recorded per location

Albert Park Lake51
Anglesea Heath36
Arthurs Seat State Park30
Balbirooroo Wetlands76
Baldrys Crossing66
Baldrys Crossing to Boneo Road71
Banyule Flats Reserve94
Begola Wetlands41
Blue Waters Lake Reserve43
Braeside Park108
Brimbank Park74
Brisbane Ranges National Park91
Bunyip State Park3
Bushy Park Wetlands40
Cheltenham Park42
Churchill National Park75
Coogoorah Park53
Coolart98
Corinella Foreshore Reserve37
Cranbourne Botanic Gardens104
Dandenong Police Paddocks Reserve47
Devilbend Reserve102
Edithvale Wetlands86
Elsternwick Park Nature Reserve30
Elwood Canal33
Eynesbury Forest82
Frankston Nature Conservation Reserve47
French Island105
Great Otway National Park15
Hallam Valley Road Wetlands62
Heatherton Road Wetlands North72
Heatherton Road Wetlands South74
Henry Street Heatherton58
Jawbone Reserve96
Jells Park101
Karkarook Park95
Koomba Park and Winton Wetlands95
Lake Lorne52
Langwarrin Flora & Fauna Reserve73
Lysterfield Lake88
McLeods Waterholes Reserve38
Moorooduc Quarry91
Mordialloc Wetlands46
Morwell National Park38
Mt St Leonard38
Mt Worth State Park26
Mud Island92
Namatjira Park36
Newport Lakes73
Ocean Grove Nature Reserve45
Phillip Island131
Point Addis57
Point Cook Coastal Park108
Point Nepean79
Port Fairy Pelagic54
Portsea Cruise19
Ricketts Point53
Rigbys Wetland71
River Gum Creek Reserve74
Royal Botanic Gardens65
Ruff Property122
Seaford Wetlands93
Serendip Sanctuary95
Shepherds Bush53
Spring Road Reserve43
Swan Bay33
The Briars77
The Grange Reserve49
The Gurdies Nature Conservation Reserve24
The Observatory30
The Pines Flora and Fauna Reserve81
Tootgarook Wetlands48
Victorian Desalination Plant56
Western Treatment Plant119
Westgate Park80
Wonthaggi Heathlands Nature Conservation Reserve45
Woodlands Historic Park88
Woods Bushland Reserve45
Yan Yean Reservoir Park82
You Yangs Regional Park97
Location with highest species count Phillip Island (131 species)
Average species recorded per location 65.5

Top Ten most recorded species

  1. Australian Magpie
  2. Red Wattlebird
  3. Little Raven
  4. Superb Fairy-wren
  5. Welcome Swallow
  6. Magpie-lark
  7. Common Blackbird
  8. Common Starling
  9. Grey Fantail
  10. Brown Thornbill

Rarest species

Species recorded once.

Azure Kingfisher
Brolga
Cape Petrel
Common Diving-Petrel
Common Koel
Great Skua
Great-winged Petrel
Gull-billed Tern
Indian Peafowl
Large-billed Scrubwren
Leaden Flycatcher
Noisy Friarbird
Osprey
Painted Honeyeater
Pilotbird
Pink Robin
Pomarine Jaeger
Singing Bushlark
Soft-plumaged Petrel
Sooty Albatross
Southern Giant-Petrel
Turquoise Parrot
Wandering Albatross
White-fronted Tern
White-winged Black Tern
Wilson's Storm-Petrel