The List

I’m not ashamed to admit that I am in fact a lister. I like to list all the new species I’ve seen around the world, particularly new birds. I even have a running Excel spreadsheet with species color coded based on their taxonomy, with a pie chart that breaks down what percentage of the species belong to various orders. Here is a list of some wildlife seen so far.

Birds:

Common Myna (Sturnus tristis)

White-backed Australian Magpie (Cracticus tibicen)

Silver Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae)

Little-pied Cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris)

Masked Lapwig (Vanellus miles)
Australian White Ibis (Threskiornis molucca)

Noisy Friarbird (Philemon corniculatus)

Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (Coracina novaehollandiae)

Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus)

Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus)

Common Noddy (Anous stolidus)
Australian Gannet (Morus serrator)
Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus)
Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii)
Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena)
White-bellied Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster)
Magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca)
Figbird (Sphecotheres viridis)
Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
Bush Stone-curlew (Esacus magnirostris)
Sacred Kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus)
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
Crested Pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes)
Whistling Kite (Milvus sphenurus)
Eastern Osprey (Pandion cristatus)
Spangled Drongo (Dicrurus bracteatus)
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
Eastern Reef Egret (Egretta sacra)
Lewin’s Honeyeater (Meliphaga lewinii)
Australasian Grebe (Tachybaptus novaehollandiae)
Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
Willy Wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys)
Caspian Tern (Hydropogne caspia)
(Juv) Northern Giant Petrel (Macronectes halli)
Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta...may not be correct genus)

Cetaceans:

Dwarf Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata subspecies
Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncates, possibly T. aduncus as well)
Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin (Sousa sp., most likely S. chinensis)

Other Critters:

Manta Rays
Bronze Whaler Shark
Tiger Shark
Shovel-nose Shark
Fruit Bat
Wallaby
Kangaroo
Green Sea Turtle
Loggerhead Turtle
Many Geckos