Big Zigzag Families Summery

Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides)

Bird Families completed 100% member in BigZZ

  • Scrub-birds (Atrichornithidae)  2 members endemic family – Noisy Scrub-bird added in WA to Rufous Scrub-bird seen in NSW in 2018 
  • Australasian Treecreepers (Climacteridae) 7 members family – White-browed Treecreeper & Black-tailed Treecreeper added to the 5 seen before in Australia and Papua New Guinea
  • Bristlebirds (Dasyornithidae) 3 members endemic family –  Western Bristlebird added in WA to Eastern & Rufous seen before
  • Pardalotes (Pardalotidae) 4 members endemic family – Forty-spotted Pardalote &
    Red-browed Pardalote added to the 2 seen before
  • Logrunner and Chowchilla (Orthonychidae) 3 members family – Chowchilla added to Papuan Logrunner & Australian Logrunner seen before
  • Australasian Babblers (Pomatostomidae) 5 members family – Hall’s Babbler & Chestnut-crowned Babbler added to Papuan, Gray-crowned & White-browed 
  • Shriketits (Falcunculidae) 3 members endemic family – Western Shrike-tit & Northern Shrike-tit added to Eastern Shrike-tit seen before
  • Lyrebirds (Menuridae) 2 members endemic family – Albert’s Lyrebird added in QLD to Superb Lyrebird seen first 1n 2013. 

Red-browed Pardalote (Pardalotus rubricatus)

Bird Families passed 75% members during BigZZ

  • Thornbills and Allies (Acanthizidae) 50 seen out of 66, 16 Big Zigzag lifers, so moved form 52% to 76%
  • Grasswrens, Fairywrens, and Emu-wrens (Maluridae) 27 seen out of 33, 15 Big Zigzag lifers, so moved form 36% to 82%!
  • Whipbirds and Wedgebills (Psophodidae) 4 seen out of 5, 3 Big Zigzag lifers, so moved form 20% to 80%!
  • Jaegers and Skuas (Stercorariidae) 6 seen out of 7, 1 Big Zigzag lifer, so moved form 71% to 86% 

Dusky Grasswren (Amytornis purnelli)

Bird Families passed 50% members during BigZZ

  • Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae) 107 seen out of 195, 21 Big Zigzag lifers, so moved form 44% to 55%
  • Jewel-babblers and Quail-thrushes (Cinclosomatidae) 8 seen out of 12, 6 Big Zigzag lifers, so moved form 17% to 67%
  • Bowerbirds (Ptilonorhynchidae) 12 seen out of 23, 3 Big Zigzag lifers, so moved form 39% to 52%
  • Painted-Snipes (Rostratulidae) 2 seen out of 3, 1 Big Zigzag lifer, so moved form 33% to 67%
  • Frigatebirds (Fregatidae) 3 seen out of 5, 1 Big Zigzag lifer, so moved form 40% to 60%

Chestnut Quail-thrush (Cinclosoma castanotum)

Other Bird Families to be mentioned

  • Old World Parrots (Psittaculidae). 36 members seen during BigZZ, 13 lifers. My global status of this 200 species family is 70 (35%)
  • Shearwaters and Petrels (Procellariidae). 15 members seen during BigZZ, 8 lifers. My global status of this 98 species family is 29 (30%)
  • Pigeons and Doves ( Columbidae). 24 members seen during BigZZ, 7 lifers. My global status of this 350 species family is 139 (40%)
  • Waxbills and Allies (Estrildidae). 17 members seen during BigZZ, 7 lifers. My global status of this 134 species family is 66 (49%)
  • Australasian Robins (Petroicidae). 20 members seen during BigZZ, 6 lifers. My global status of this 51 species family is 34 (67%)
  • Whistlers and Allies (Pachycephalidae). 13  members seen during BigZZ, 5 lifers. My global status of this 61 species family is 25 (41%)
  • Megapodes (Megapodiidae). 3 memeber seen during BigZZ, 1 lifer (Malleefowl) My global status of this 21 species family is just 4 (19%), but all 3 Australian members seen.

Scarlet-chested Parrot (Neophema splendida)

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