Rarities Committee
Case files - updated to February 2018
| Common name | Scientific name | Location | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trumpet Manucode | Manucodia keraudrenii | Pallarenda; NQ | 4 & 6-April-2004 | Not accepted - Case 106 |
| Grey Honeyeater | Conopophila whitei | Glenormiston; SWQ. | 14-November-2004 | Not accepted - Case 107 |
| Ruff / Reeve | Philomachus pugnax | Garnet's Lagoon; QLD | 29-September-2004 | Not accepted - Case 108 |
| Superb Parrot (1) | Polytelis swainsonii | Karara; SEQ | 05-August-2003 | Accepted - Case109 |
| Superb Parrot (2) | Polytelis swainsonii | Greyholm; SEQ | 03-September-2005 | Accepted - Case 110 |
| Franklin's Gull (4) | Larus pipixcan | Fraser Island; SEQ | 09-May-2005 | Accepted - BARC case 468 |
| Pacific Gull (1) | Larus pacificus | Scarborough; SEQ | 09-July-2005 | Accepted - Case 112 |
| Australian Bustard | Ardeotis australis | Kingaroy; SEQ | 17-June-2006 | Returned for more information |
| Pacific Gull (2) | Larus pacificus | Inskip Point; SEQ | 22-June-2006 | Accepted - Case 114 |
| Pied Heron | Egretta picata | Garnet's Lagoon; QLD | 01-November-2005 | Accepted - Case 115 |
| Franklin's Gull (5) | Larus pipixcan | Jumpinpin Bar, SEQ | 27-May-2006 | Accepted - Case 116 |
| Buff-breasted Button-quail | Turnix olivii | Dreghorn Station, 55km SE of Charters Towers | 01-August-2008 | Awaiting further observations from the area |
| Westland Black Petrel | Procellaria westlandica | off Southport, SEQ | 19-August-2006 | Accepted - BARC case 499 |
| White-necked Petrel (4) | Pterodroma cervicalis | 30 km east of Southport; SEQ | 18-February-2009 | Accepted - Case 119 |
| White-necked Petrel (5) | Pterodroma cervicalis | 5 nautical miles east of Jumpinpin Bar; SEQ | 19-February-2009 | Accepted - case 120 |
| Grey Wagtail (3) | Motacilla cinerea | Fraser Island; SEQ | 05-December-2006 | Accepted - BARC case 511 |
| Long-tailed Cuckoo | Eudynamys taitensis | Annandale, Townville; NQ | 10-January-2007 | Not accepted - BARC case 514 |
| Red-rumped Swallow | Hirundo daurica | Newell Beach; NQ | 07-January-2009 | BARC case |
| Hybrid duck | Eromanga; ????? | 01-March-2008 | Returned to observers with recommendations | |
| Brown Skua (2) | Stercorarius antarcticus | 11 km ENE off Southport; SEQ | 16-August-2008 | Accepted - Case 125 |
| Grey Ternlet (4) | Procelsterna cerulea | 7 km ENE off Southport; SEQ | 15-December-2007 | Accepted - Case 126 |
| White-necked Petrel (6) | Pterodroma cervicalis | ENE off Southport; SEQ | 15-March-2008 | Accepted - Case 127 |
| Kelp Gull (2) | Larus dominicanus | Inskip Point; SEQ | 01-February-2009 | Accepted - Case 128 |
| Kelp Gull (3) | Larus dominicanus | Inskip Point; SEQ | 14-April-2009 | Accepted - Case 129 |
| Little Shearwater | Puffinus assimilis | Woorim Lookout | 04-August-2009 | Not accepted - Case 130 |
| Fairy Tern | Sternula nereis | Swain Reef | 15-July-2009 | Accepted - Case 131 |
| White-necked Petrel | Pterodroma cervicalis | ESE of Southport, SEQ | 20-February-2010 | Accepted - Case 132 |
| Black-winged Petrel | Pterodroma nigripennis | ESE of Southport, SEQ | 20-February-2010 | Accepted - Case 133 |
| Campbell's Albatross | Thalassarche impavida | 28 nm ENE of Southport | 21-June-2008 | Accepted - Case 134 |
| Southern Royal Albatross | Diomedea epophora | near Lynch's Reef, Great Barrier Reef | 25-April-2010 | Accepted - Case 135 |
| Hooded Plover | Thinornis rubricollis | North Shore, SEQ | 15-June-2010 | Accepted - Case 136 |
| Arctic Tern | Sterna paradise | North Shore, SEQ | 15-June-2010 | Not accepted - Case 137 |
| Light-manted Sooty Albatross | Phoebetria palpebrata | South Stradbroke Island | 25-June-2010 | Accepted - Case 138 |
| Spotted Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna guttata | Woodford Lagoon, Weipa, CY | 18-July-2010 | Accepted - Case 139 |
| Swift Parrot | Lathamus discolor | Upper Lockyer. SEQ | 07-August-2010 | Accepted - Case 140 |
| Salvin's Albatross | Thalassarche salvini | South Stradbroke Island | 25-November-2010 | Accepted - Case 141 |
| Kelp Gull | Larus dominicanus | Port of Brisbane, SEQ | 24-October-2010 | Accepted - Case 142 |
| Grey Ternlet | Procelsterna cerulea | Lady Elliot Island | 4 - 5 Dec 2010 | Accepted - Case 143 |
| Spotted Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna guttata | Several locations. Cape York | April 2007; May and December 2008 | Accepted - Cases 145 and 146 |
| Rufous Fieldwren | Calamanthus campestris | Bulloo Flood-plains | 12-August-2009 | Accepted - Cases 156 |
| Mottled Petrel | Pterodroma inexpectata | Off Mooloolaba | 28 December 2012 | Accepted - Case 162 |
| Buller’s Albatross | Thalassarche bulleri | Off Southport | 17 July 2012 | Accepted - Case 163 |
| Painted Snipe | Rostratula australis | Bowra Station | 4 October 2011 | Accepted - Case 164 |
| Northern Shoveler | Anas clypeata | Great Basalt National Park | 28 August 2011 | Not Accepted - Case 165 |
| Great-billed Heron | Ardea Sumatrana | Ormeau SEQ | 5 October 2012 | Accepted - Case 166 |
| Painted Snipe | Rostratula australis | UQ Campus | 24 October 2012 | Accepted - Case 167 |
| Painted Snipe | Rostratula australis | Between Nanango and Linfield | 10 October 2010 | Accepted - Case 168 |
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | Bowra Station | 24 June 2013 | Accepted - Case 169 |
| Common Redpoll | Carduelis flammea | Inskip Point | 2 June 2013 | Accepted - Case 170 |
| Pacific Gull | Larus pacificus | Bribie Island | 12 June 2013 | Accepted - Case 171 |
| Blue-winged Parrot | Neophema chrysostoma | Bowra Station | 8 June 2013 | Not accepted - Case 172 |
| Rufous Scrub-bird | Atrichornis rufescens | Whian Whian Conservation Area | 4 May 2013 | Not accepted - Case 173 |
| Light-mantled Sooty Albatross | Phoebetria palpebrata | Off Southport | 16 June 2012 | Accepted - Case 174 |
| Franklin's Gull | Leucophaeus pipixcan | Lake Barambah | 16-Jan-14 | Accepted - Case 819 |
| Mottled Petrel | Pterodroma inexpectata | off Southport | 20-Oct-13 | Accepted - Case 176 |
| Mottled Petrel | Pterodroma inexpectata | 32.5 nm off Mooloolaba | 2-Nov-13 | Accepted - Case 177 |
| Black Petrel | Procellaria parkinsoni | 32 nm off Mooloolaba | 6-Dec-14 | Accepted - Case 178 |
| Greenfinch | Chloris chloris | Sandy Camp Wetlands Reserve; Wynnum North | 17-May-15 | Accepted - Case 179 |
| Light-mantled Albatross | Phoebetria palpebrata | 9 nm off Southport | 16-Aug-16 | Accepted - Case 180 |
| Buller's Albatross | Thalassarche bulleri | 21 nm and 32 nm off Southport | 26-Jul-14 | Accepted - Case 181 |
| Buller's Albatross | Thalassarche bulleri | 23.5 nm ENE of Southport | 29-Jun-13 | Accepted - Case 182 |
| Campbell albatross | Thalassarche impavida | 24 nm ENE of Southport | 29-Jun-13 | Accepted - Case 183 |
| Soft-plumaged Petrel | Pterodroma mollis | 30 km off Mooloolaba | 11-Jul-15 | Accepted - Case 184 |
| White-chinned Petrel | Procellaria aequinoctialis | 30 km off Mooloolaba | 11-Jul-15 | Accepted - Case 185 |
| Antarctic Prion | Pachyptila desolata | 22.5 nm ENE of Southport | 28-Jun-15 | Accepted - Case 186 |
| Light-mantled Albatross | Phoebetria palpebrata | 22.5 nm ENE of Southport | 28-Jun-15 | Accepted - Case 187 |
| Wandering Albatross | Diomedea exulans | 23 nm ENE of Southport | 28-Jun-15 | Accepted - Case 188 |
| Garganey | Anas querquedula | Saibai Island, Torrest Strait | 9-Mar-16 | Accepted - Case 189 |
| Buff-breasted Button-quail | Turnix olivii | Not accepted - Case 190 | ||
| Mottled Petrel | Pterodroma inexpectata | 30 km off Mooloolaba | 19-Oct-16 | Under review - Case 191 |
| Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea | Under review - Case 192 | ||
| Brown Skua | Stercorarius antarcticus | 32 nm east of Mooloolaba | 30-Jul-17 | Under review - Case 193 |
BQ Rarities Appraisal Committee species list - Updated 2009
Taxonomy following Christidis and Boles (2008)
The list of species that the Bird Queensland Rarities Appraisal Committee would like to look at has recently been updated with a few species removed and several more species added.
Rare / unusual records reported to Birds Queensland that require a BQ Rarities Appraisal Committee submission will only remain on the Birds Queensland website for four weeks, unless a submission is received by the RAC chairperson within than time. Any record without BQ RAC submission will be removed from the BQ database by the BQ Record Officer.
| Common Name | Scientific Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Spotted Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna guttata | |
| Garganey | Anas querquedula | |
| Northern Shoveler | Anas clypeata | |
| • | Orange-bellied Fruit-Dove | Ducula mullerii |
| • | Collared Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula mullerii |
| • | Glossy Swiftlet | Collocalia esculenta |
| • | Uniform Swiftlet | Collocalia vanikorensis |
| • | Papuan Spine-tailed Swift | Mearnsia novaeguineae |
| • | House Swift | Apus affinis |
| White-bellied Storm-Petrel | Fregetta grallaria | |
| Wandering Albatross | Diomedea exulans | |
| Antipodean albatross | Diomedea antipodensis | |
| Gibson's Albatross | Diomedea gibsoni | |
| Shy albatross | Thalassarche cauta | |
| White-capped Albatross | Thalassarche steadi | |
| Grey-headed Albatross | Thalassarche chrysostoma | |
| Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross | Thalassarche carteri | |
| Southern Buller's Albatross | Thalassarche bulleri | |
| Sooty Albatross | Phoebetria fusca | |
| Light-mantled Sooty Albatross | Phoebetria palpebrata | |
| Southern Fulmar | Fulmarus glacialoides | |
| • | Broad-biIled Prion | Pachyptila vittata |
| Salvin's Prion | Pachyptila salvini | |
| Antarctic Prion | Pachyptila desolata 1 | |
| Slender-billed Prion | Pachyptila belcheri 1 | |
| White-chinned Petrel | Procellaria aequinoctialis | |
| • | Westland Petrel | Procellaria westlandica |
| • | Black Petrel | Procellaria parkinsoni |
| • | Audubons Shearwater | Puffinus Iherminieri |
| Little Shearwater | Puffinis assimilis | |
| • | Herald Petrel | Pterodroma arminjoniana |
| Soft-plumaged Petrel | Pterodroma mollis | |
| Mottled Petrel | Pterodroma inexpectata | |
| • | Cook's Petrel | Pterodroma cookii |
| White-necked Petrel | Pterodroma cervicalis | |
| Black-winged Petrel | Pterodroma nigripennis | |
| Common Diving-Petrel | Pelecanoides urinatrix | |
| Little Penguin | Eudyptula minor | |
| Red Goshawk | Erythrotriorchis radiatus | |
| • | Gurney's Eagle | Aquila gurney |
| • | South Island Pied Oystercatcher | Haematopus finschi |
| Banded Stilt | Cladorhynchus leucocephalus | |
| • | Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula |
| • | Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius |
| Plains-wanderer | Pedionomus torquatus | |
| Australian Painted Snipe | Rostratula australis | |
| Swinhoe's Snipe | Gallinago megala | |
| Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | |
| • | Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes |
| Long-toed Stint | Calidris subminuta | |
| • | Dunlin | Calidris alpine |
| Ruff | Philomachus pugnax | |
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | |
| • | Grey Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicaria |
| Buff-breasted Button-quail | Turnix olivii | |
| • | South Polar Skua | Catharacta maccormicki |
| Brown Skua | Catharacta skua | |
| Long-tailed Jaeger | Stercorarius longicaudus | |
| White Tern | Gygis alba | |
| Grey Ternlet | Procelsterna cerulea | |
| Fairy Tern | Sterna nereis | |
| Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea | |
| Pacific Gull | Larus pacificus | |
| Kelp Gull | Larus dominicanus | |
| • | Black-tailed Gull | Larus crassirostris |
| • | Laughing Gull | Larus atricilla |
| • | Franklin's Gull | Larus pipixcan |
| • | Slaty-backed Gull | Larus schistisagus |
| Purple-crowned Lorikeet | Glossopsitta porphyrocephala | |
| Double-eyed (Coxen's) Fig-Parrot | Cyclopsitta diophthalma coxeni | |
| Princess Parrot | Polytelis alexandrae | |
| Swift Parrot | Lathamus discolor | |
| Golden-shouldered Parrot | Psephotus chrysopterygius 2 | |
| Paradise Parrot | Psephotus pulcherrimus | |
| Blue-winged Parrot | Neophema chrysostoma | |
| Elegant Parrot | Neophema elegans | |
| Scarlet-chested Parrot | Neophema splendida | |
| • | Night Parrot | Pezoporus occidentalis |
| • | Long-tailed Cuckoo | Eudynamys taitensis |
| Eastern Bristlebird | Dasyornis brachypterus | |
| Rufous Fieldwren | Calamanthus campestris | |
| Slaty-backed Thornbill | Acanthiza robustirostris | |
| Banded Whiteface | Aphelocephala nigricincta | |
| Regent Honeyeater | Xanthomyza phrygia | |
| Yellow Chat (Dawson) | Ephthianura crocea macgregori 3 | |
| • | Oriental Reed-Warbler | Acrocephalus orientalis |
| Red-rumped Swallow | Hirundo daurica | |
| • | Blue Rock Thrush | Monticola solitarius |
| • | Isabelline Wheatear | Oenanthe isabellina |
| • | Singing Starling | Aplonis cantoroides |
| • | Red-capped Flowerpecker | Dicaeum geelvinkianum |
| Black-throated Finch (White-rumped form) | Poephila cincta cincta 4 | |
| Star Finch (eastern form) | Neochmia ruficauda ruficauda | |
| Gouldian Finch | Erythura gouldiae 5 | |
| • | Streak-headed Mannikin | Lonchura tristissima |
| • | Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea |
| • | White Wagtail | Motacilla alba |
• Records in bold = species that need to be referred to BARC (Birds Australia Rarities Committee).
- Sight records only
- Records outside known range defined in Action Plan for Golden-Shouldered parrot (Garnett and Gabriel 2000) The Action Plan for Australian Birds 2000
- Mainland records of this subspecies.
- Records south 21°S
- Records outside range defined in Action Plan for Gouldian Finch (Garnett and Gabriel 2000)
The Action Plan for Australian Birds 2000
Birds Australia Rarities Committee (BARC)
