most honeyeaters Diurnal transect surveys along watercourses (kingfishers and swallows) or finches roads (other groups). babblers For species with very low abundance of individuals or aggregations (for bowerbirds example, some finches), targeted searches for required habitat features such as waterholes. Organise watches of these features, especially in the early morning or late afternoon. Detection by call, sighting and indicative signs. Inconspicuous Diurnal area searches or transect-point surveys in areas of favoured cuckoos habitat in and around the study area. Detection mostly by sighting and fairy-wrens calls. emu-wrens Early morning broadcast surveys for secretive species (for example, grasswrens bristlebirds) within favoured habitat. Detect solicited calls and sightings. warblers Usually most effective before and during the breeding season. bristlebirds Mist-netting in dense habitat for selected secretive species (for example pittas grasswrens). thrushes robins whistlers thornbills treecreepers pardalotes BIO95.051
most honeyeaters finches babblers bowerbirds Diurnal transect surveys along watercourses (kingfishers and swallows) or roads (other groups). For species with very low abundance of individuals or aggregations (for example, some finches), targeted searches for required habitat features such as waterholes. Organise watches of these features, especially in the early morning or late afternoon. Detection by call, sighting and indicative signs. Inconspicuous cuckoos fairy-wrens emu-wrens grasswrens warblers bristlebirds pittas thrushes robins whistlers thornbills treecreepers pardalotes Diurnal area searches or transect-point surveys in areas of favoured habitat in and around the study area. Detection mostly by sighting and calls. Early morning broadcast surveys for secretive species (for example, bristlebirds) within favoured habitat. Detect solicited calls and sightings. Usually most effective before and during the breeding season. Mist-netting in dense habitat for selected secretive species (for example grasswrens). BIO95.051
survey-guidelines-birds-april-2017.docx