Satellite Tracking
Waterbird satellite tracks
This page contains individual profiles with animations showing the tracks of some of our ***STAR*** waterbirds, those with particularly interesting tracks or long tracking intervals, from across the years of the program.
You can also find information on other birds current being tracked here:
- currently tracked birds
and on the birds no longer being tracked at the following pages:
- 2016-2017 breeding season (October 2016 – January 2017)
- 2017-2018 breeding season (October 2017- February 2018)
- 2019-2020 breeding season (November 2019 to January 2020)
- 2020-2021 breeding season (October 2020 to February 2021)
- 2022 breeding season (January 2022 to March 2022)
- 2022-2023 breeding season (November 2022 – February 2023)
Locations where satellite trackers were fitted include: Middle Reedy Lake – Kerang (VIC), Kow Swamp (VIC), Barmah-Millewa Forest (VIC and NSW), Gayini Wetlands (NSW), Macquarie Marshes (NSW), Lake Cowal (NSW), Booligal Wetlands (NSW), and Narran Lakes (NSW).
Note: the age given is the age of the bird at the time of deployment
Introducing the stars of the program:
DANI
Adult female straw-necked ibis
Location tracked from: Kow Swamp, Victoria
Date tracked from: 20/11/19
YURRU
Juvenile plumed egret
Location tracked from: Macquarie Marshes, NSW
Date tracked from: 16/02/23 – 19/07/23
ELF
Adult female straw-necked ibis
Location tracked from: Kow Swamp, VIC
Date tracked from: 03/12/17 – 09/10/22
Right leg band colours: orange over metal
Left leg band colours: red over light green
SHO
Juvenile royal spoonbill
Location tracked from: Narran Lakes, NSW
Date tracked from: 10/03/22
HAN SOLO
Adult male straw-necked ibis
Location tracked from: Kow Swamp, VIC
Date tracked from: 21/01/20 – 27/02/24
KENZIE
Adult male straw-necked ibis
Location tracked from: Gayini, NSW
Date tracked from: 30/01/22
KEITH
Juvenile male straw-necked ibis
Location tracked from: Middle Reedy Lake – Kerang (VIC)
Date tracked from: 01/12/27 – 15/01/23
Right leg band colours: orange over metal
Left leg band colours: yellow over light green
JOHNNY
Juvenile Australia white ibis
Location tracked from: Kow Swamp (VIC)
Date tracked from: 04/12/17
SHREK
Adult male straw-necked ibis
Location tracked from: Kow Swamp VIC)
Date tracked from: 20/11/19 – 26/04/22
TORRIGANNY
Adult female straw-necked ibis
Location tracked from: Booligal (NSW)
Date tracked from: 16/11/22 – 26/08/23
LILLY
Adult female straw-necked ibis
Location tracked from: Macquarie Marshes (NSW)
Date tracked from: 19/01/22