Roebuck Plains rest area WA

Survey PointRoebuck Plains rest area WA
Latitude-18.0146000 (18° 0′ 53″ S)
Longitude122.5955900 (122° 35′ 44″ E)

On the south side of the plains On the Great Northern Hwy the rest area has no facilities and looks rather ordinary habitat, but a walk around the scrub here can net quite a few birds, mainly because the site is at the junction of the plains and the woodland.

Camp rating 4 it’s very close to the road with no services

Surveys done 6

Blogs see main page archives:

SW WA and Great Northern Hwy to Broome 2019

Fitzroy Crossing along WA coast and hinterland to Perth 2018

Broome to Melbourne via Port Hedland Karijini NP Mt Augustus NP Kennedy Range NP Nullarbor, Menindee Lakes 2019

Western Australia 2021

Shark Bay, Mt Augustus, Gibb River Rd, Purnululu(Bungles),Stuart Hwy, Eyre Hwy 2023

  • Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus 1 (16.67%)
  • Brown Quail Synoicus ypsilophora 1 (16.67%)
  • Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata 1 (16.67%)
  • Peaceful Dove Geopelia placida 2 (33.33%)
  • Bar-shouldered Dove Geopelia humeralis 2 (33.33%)
  • Pheasant Coucal Centropus phasianinus 1 (16.67%)
  • Channel-billed Cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae 1 (16.67%)
  • Horsfield’s Bronze-Cuckoo Chalcites basalis 1 (16.67%)
  • Black-eared Cuckoo Chalcites osculans 1 (16.67%)
  • Australian Bustard Ardeotis australis 1 (16.67%)
  • Brolga Antigone rubicunda 1 (16.67%)
  • Australian Pratincole Stiltia isabella 1 (16.67%)
  • Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus 1 (16.67%)
  • White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica 1 (16.67%)
  • Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis 3 (50.00%)
  • Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris 1 (16.67%)
  • Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax 1 (16.67%)
  • Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus 2 (33.33%)
  • Black Kite Milvus migrans 2 (33.33%)
  • Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus 1 (16.67%)
  • Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus 1 (16.67%)
  • Blue-winged Kookaburra Dacelo leachii 2 (33.33%)
  • Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides 1 (16.67%)
  • Australian Hobby Falco longipennis 1 (16.67%)
  • Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus 1 (16.67%)
  • Red-winged Parrot Aprosmictus erythropterus 4 (66.67%)
  • Red-collared Lorikeet Trichoglossus rubritorquis 1 (16.67%)
  • Little Friarbird Philemon citreogularis 5 (83.33%)
  • Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta 5 (83.33%)
  • Rufous-throated Honeyeater Conopophila rufogularis 2 (33.33%)
  • Singing Honeyeater Gavicalis virescens 4 (66.67%)
  • Yellow-tinted Honeyeater Ptilotula flavescens 1 (16.67%)
  • Grey-crowned Babbler Pomatostomus temporalis 1 (16.67%)
  • Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae 1 (16.67%)
  • White-winged Triller Lalage tricolor 1 (16.67%)
  • Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris 2 (33.33%)
  • Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica 4 (66.67%)
  • Pied Butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis 3 (50.00%)
  • White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus 3 (50.00%)
  • Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys 2 (33.33%)
  • Torresian Crow Corvus orru 4 (66.67%)
  • Restless Flycatcher Myiagra inquieta 4 (66.67%)
  • Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca 4 (66.67%)
  • Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum 3 (50.00%)
  • Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata 1 (16.67%)
  • Double-barred Finch Taeniopygia bichenovii 1 (16.67%)
  • Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis 1 (16.67%)
2023 where’s Ollie?
Red-winged Parrot
Grey Shrike-thrush, a drab bird, that sounds much better than it looks