Toowoomba - Lockyer Valley - Moreton Bay - Somerset - Scenic Rim
In an Eggshell:
Big Zigzag bird species count: 632 (+2 this week)
Big Zigzag bird families count: 92 (+0 this week)
Big Zigzag Lifers: 168 (+0 this week)
Campsite Lifers 30 (+0 this week)
Big Zigzag New for Australia list: 224 (+0 this week), AU list now 653.
eBird days of checklist streak: 579.
Week’s special milestones: None
Bird(s) of the Week
Painted Honeyeater (Grantiella picta), monotype genus. New for the Big Zigzag (seen only once before, near Deniliquin, QLD, 2018). Also the 4th of the 4 “Painted Aussie birds” to be added to BZ list. The 3 other “Painted”:
- Painted Firetail was a lifer at Pamela Street Water Tanks, Mount Isa, QLD, 9/2024
- Australian Painted-Snipe was a lifer at Coombabah Lakelands, QLD, 1/2026
- Painted Buttonquail seen already in NSW, 11/2018, add added to BZ list at VIC 12/2024
Speckled Warbler (Pyrrholaemus sagittatus), Brisbane Valley Rail Trail–Coominya, new for the Big Zigzag list. Seen in the past only once near Bacchus Marsh, VIC, 2018. Member of Acanthizidae (Gerygones, Thornbills, Scrubwrens, and Allies). Sharing the genus Pyrrholaemus with 2 other Australian endemics: Pilotbird (Pycnoptilus floccosus) & Redthroat (Pyrrholaemus brunneus).
Non-bird image(s)
Jondaryan, Sabine Rd
Brisbane Valley Rail Trail–Coominya
Week's Key location(s)
Jondaryan Sabine Rd, Painted Honeyeater site
Brisbane Valley Rail Trail–Coominya, Speckled Warbler site.
Big Zigzag Travelled so far: 77750 km (this week 950 km)
eBird Checklists this week
