Final results from The Great Australian Biodiversity Challenge!
2,469
SIGHTINGS
22,441
IDENTIFICATIONS
864
SPECIES MAPPED
TOP TEAMS
1. Royal Botanic Gardens, Cranbourne
17693 gold
2. Brisbane Botanic Gardens Mt-Coot-tha QLD
11864 gold
3. Bundaberg Botanic Gardens
8491 gold
4. Lismore Rainforest Botanic Gardens
6535 gold
5. Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne
6526 gold
6. Dryandra Inland Arboretum - Narrogin WA
6284 gold
7. Kings Park and Botanic Garden - Perth WA
5859 gold
8. North Coast Regional Botanic Garden - Coffs Harbour NSW
4516 gold
9. Noosa Botanic Gardens
4303 gold
10. Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney
3070 gold
TOP ORGANISATIONS (IDENTIFICATIONS)
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Locations are rough estimations onlyTop Spotters
1. Ben Revell
8793 gold
2. Austin
8713 gold
3. Andrew Mc
8582 gold
4. Kimba882
6483 gold
5. Grisper
5910 gold
6. Rosalie Neve
5458 gold
7. Melinda
4789 gold
8. DonnaTomkinson
4754 gold
9. EntropyAndRoar
3776 gold
10. Rodney Falconer
2873 gold
Top Identifiers
1. Austin
score 7007
2. Sue Rex
score 5519
3. Grisper
score 4684
4. Kimba882
score 4399
5. Dragonite07
score 4094
6. Rodney Falconer
score 2545
7. James
score 2354
8. Andrew Mc
score 2197
9. Daimo
score 2164
10. proteaqueen
score 1996
Most Spotted
1. Australian Magpie
2. Butterflies and moths
3. Australian Wood Duck
4. Rainbow Lorikeet
5. Magpielark
6. Laughing Kookaburra
7. Little Pied Cormorant
8. Australian White Ibis
9. Pacific Black Duck
10. Little Corella
Top Sightings
1. Bothriembryon kendricki
Kimba882 979 gold
2. Epsilon chartergiforme
Pandahill 962 gold
3. Skeletodes
Rosalie Neve 896 gold
4. Araneae
Ben Revell 878 gold
5. Pisauridae
Ben Revell 790 gold
6. Australopacifica regina
Ben Revell 756 gold
7. Pachymorpha
Grisper 745 gold
8. Ornebius
Ben Revell 600 gold
9. Brolga
Helenergy_4 593 gold
10. Limnodynastes salmini
Ben Revell 564 gold
Featured sightings
Winning Botanic Garden Team
Highest overall score for a botanic garden team based on submitted sightings
Prizes
1st place- $1,500
2nd place - $1,000
Score: 17459 gold
Brisbane Botanic Gardens Mt-Coot-tha QLD
Score: 11864 gold
Pays to Know Nature Bonus
The Australian organisation whose network of Bio-Experts identify the most number of species/taxa through QuestaGame or the Bio-Expertise Engine
Prizes
1st place- $700
2nd place - $400
Number of ids: 688
Atlas of Living Australia
Number of ids: 438
Champion Spotter - Highest Score
Player whose combined submissions earns the highest score
Prize: $100
overall score: 8793
Champion Spotter - Best Find
Player with highest single sighting score
Prize: $100
Score: 976
Species: Bothriembryon kendricki
Champion Spotter - Best photo of an iconic Australian species
As judged through QuestaGame's Facebook page
Prize: $100
Ben Revell
Champion Identifier
The individual who identifies the highest number of unique taxa through our Bio-Expertise Engine (register as a Bio-Expert here)
Prize: $100
Score: 7007
The Great Australian Biodiversity Challenge
The Great Australian Biodiversity Challenge will empower you to experience, learn about, and protect the wonder that is Australia's biodiversity. You'll be taken on an adventure into nature, where you'll see the life around you in a whole new light.
- experience nature on real outdoor adventures.
learn life's secrets with expert feedback on all your sightings.
help protect the environment as your sightings contribute to biodiversity research.
Banner image by QuestaGamer - Melinda, used under CC BY-NC