The Australian Bushfire Recovery BioQuest

Help map the recovery of Australia’s biodiversity.

Submit or ID Sightings

These are the April BioQuest Results. Winners to be announced soon!

Australia's Bushfire Zones (see map below). Please ensure the region is declared safe and seek advice from experts as required.

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2,142
SIGHTINGS

5,107
IDs

492
SPECIES

Top Spotters

1. WarrigalWanderer
score 60,688

2. Aaron
score 41,064

3. KatieS
score 40,592

Top Identifiers

1. WarrigalWanderer
score 34,536

2. Greg McCroary
score 29,706

3. Aaron
score 22,665

Most Spotted

1. Australian Magpie

2. sulphur-crested cockatoo

3. Magpielark

Top Sightings

1. Karaops
Aaron - score 1,070

2. Jotus minutus
Lani - score 962

3. Bavia
Lani - score 962

Top 100 Sightings

1. Karaops
Aaron - score 1,070

2. Jotus minutus
Lani - score 962

3. Bavia
Lani - score 962

4. Trochanteriidae
Lani - score 957

5. Trichalus
Greg McCroary - score 835

6. Straw-necked Ibis
Greg McCroary - score 800

7. Epicyrtica docima
Greg McCroary - score 785

8. Thalaina selenaea Doubleday, 1845
Greg McCroary - score 778

9. Southern Spotted Velvet Gecko
Donna - score 777

10. White-bellied Sea Eagle
Frog Hunter - score 766

11. Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo
KatieS - score 766

12. Pteryperga galla
Lani - score 761

13. Rentinus dilatatus (Westwood, 1838)
Torchic - score 759

14. Blue garden flatworm
Lani - score 754

15. Pataeta carbo Guenée, 1852
Greg McCroary - score 731

16. White-throated Treecreeper
Torchic - score 723

17. Paropsisterna Motschulsky, 1860
KatieS - score 723

18. eurasian coot
KatieS - score 708

19. Crimson Rosella
Greg McCroary - score 699

20. Thalaina clara Walker, 1855
Greg McCroary - score 698

21. jumping spider
provdawg - score 697

22. Dithalama cosmospila
Greg McCroary - score 695

23. Trachymela
Greg McCroary - score 695

24. Heteropoda Latreille, 1804
Lani - score 673

25. Satin Bower Bird
Aaron - score 656

26. Coppertail Ctenotus
Greg McCroary - score 646

27. Catopsilia
WarrigalWanderer - score 640

28. Red-rumped Parrot
WarrigalWanderer - score 639

29. Coptocercus
Lani - score 639

30. Creophilus erythrocephalus (Fabricius, 1775)
Torchic - score 639

31. Spined citrus bug
DrUrbach - score 639

32. Leptogaster
Greg McCroary - score 636

33. Zaclotathra oligoneura
KatieS - score 636

34. Ishidaella
Greg McCroary - score 636

35. Fruit-piercing moth
Captivating Koala - score 634

36. Pararguda Bethune-Baker, 1908
Lani - score 634

37. Syntherata Maassen, 1873
Torchic - score 634

38. Syntherata Maassen, 1873
soph.c - score 634

39. White-stemmed Gum Moth
Aaron - score 634

40. Pataeta carbo Guenée, 1852
wazdog - score 634

41. Broad-tailed Gecko
Aaron - score 634

42. Broad-tailed Gecko
Aaron - score 634

43. Isopeda villosa
Greg McCroary - score 633

44. Syntherata Maassen, 1873
c Potts - score 629

45. Caulerpa cactoides
Albaadventurer - score 629

46. Golden-crowned Snake
Lauren - score 626

47. Trygonoptera testacea
Albaadventurer - score 626

48. Thick-tailed gecko
Lauren - score 626

49. Aporocera iridipennis
provdawg - score 626

50. Paraoxypilus tasmaniensis
Greg McCroary - score 626

51. Pararguda Bethune-Baker, 1908
Aaron - score 626

52. White-faced Heron
TheEnchilada364 - score 625

53. Australasian Grebe
Greg McCroary - score 607

54. Little Pied Cormorant
Greg McCroary - score 607

55. Red Wattlebird
Greg McCroary - score 607

56. Australian White Ibis
KatieS - score 607

57. Heath Monitor
sharkgirltam - score 604

58. Diamond Firetail
WarrigalWanderer - score 599

59. Porismus strigatus (Burmeister, 1839)
Greg McCroary - score 593

60. Dusky Moorhen
TheEnchilada364 - score 589

61. Palaemon serenus
Albaadventurer - score 588

62. Burton's Snake Lizard
provdawg - score 585

63. Ichneumon wasp
WarrigalWanderer - score 585

64. Eastern Water-skink, Eastern Water Skink
Buggy2.0 - score 584

65. Wonga Pigeon
Aaron - score 580

66. Eastern Water-skink, Eastern Water Skink
KatieS - score 580

67. false katipo
Greg McCroary - score 579

68. Yellow-rumped Thornbill
WarrigalWanderer - score 575

69. Little Pied Cormorant
WarrigalWanderer - score 575

70. Crested Pigeon
WarrigalWanderer - score 566

71. Australian Magpie
WarrigalWanderer - score 566

72. Tawny Frogmouth
Greg McCroary - score 566

73. Eastern Water-skink, Eastern Water Skink
KatieS - score 563

74. Crimson Rosella
WarrigalWanderer - score 557

75. Australian Wood Duck
WarrigalWanderer - score 557

76. Oenosandra boisduvalii
Greg McCroary - score 556

77. Eriophora transmarina (Keyserling, 1865)
KatieS - score 550

78. Eriophora Simon, 1864
KatieS - score 548

79. Ardea alba Linnaeus, 1758
Albaadventurer - score 547

80. Abudefduf vaigiensis
Albaadventurer - score 547

81. walking seahare
PeacockSpider - score 546

82. Galah
WarrigalWanderer - score 544

83. Dusky Moorhen
KatieS - score 544

84. Scorpis aequipinnis
giraffegirl101 - score 544

85. Chlorocoma melocrossa
Greg McCroary - score 535

86. Little Black Cormorant
KatieS - score 528

87. silver-striped hawk-moth
Highaltitude - score 528

88. Pataeta carbo Guenée, 1852
Greg McCroary - score 527

89. Eastern Rosella
redpro7 - score 521

90. Parupeneus spilurus
Albaadventurer - score 520

91. Broad-tailed Gecko
Aaron - score 517

92. Nacoleia rhoeoalis
Greg McCroary - score 513

93. Ectomocoris Mayr, 1865
Lauren - score 511

94. Atractomorpha de Saussure, 1862
Lani - score 511

95. Superb Lyrebird
Aaron - score 510

96. Long-bodied Cellar Spider
KatieS - score 510

97. Abantiades
Donna - score 509

98. Carpenter moth
Farmer Chappo - score 509

99. Persicoptera
Greg McCroary - score 509

100. ()
Peacock17 - score 509

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Most Valuable Player
Winner: Greggo
Total points earned for sightings and IDs divided by number of sightings. Min 4 sightings required.

Overall Champion Spotter
Winner: WarrigalWanderer
Highest overall score for an individual based on sightings submitted.

Novice Champion Spotter
Winner: Aaron
New players only - highest overall score for an individual based on sightings submitted.

Overall Champion Identifier
Winner: Greg McCroary*
Highest score from correct IDs provided by an individual (for own sightings, or through the in-game QuestaLab, or through the Bio-Expertise Engine) during the competition and until the time that all competition sightings have been verified.

Novice Champion Identifier
Winner: KatieS**
New players only - highest score from correct IDs provided by an individual (for own sightings, or through the in-game QuestaLab, or through the Bio-Expertise Engine) during the competition and until all competition sightings have been verified.