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Monday, 16 June 2008

I and the Bird #77


The latest edition at Great Auk — or Greatest Auk? is straight out of the song book
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Moved from Melbourne to the tropics in 2009. Mostly for the wildlife, but also to escape the summer heat. Call me Snail or call me Bronwen Scott. (But don't call me Ishmael.)
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Australian bird list 2018

Total: 345

Birds marked with * were recorded in my garden

Struthionidae
Ostrich

Casuariidae
Emu

Anseranatidae
Magpie Goose

Anatidae
Plumed Whistling-duck
Wandering Whistling-duck
Blue-billed Duck
Pink-eared Duck
Black Swan
Australian Shelduck
Hardhead
Pacific Black Duck
Grey Teal
Chestnut Teal
Freckled Duck
Musk Duck
Australian Wood Duck
Green Pygmy-goose

Podicepidae
Australasian Grebe
Hoary-headed Grebe
Great Crested Grebe

Megapodiidae
*Australian Brush-turkey
*Orange-footed Scrubfowl

Numididiidae
Helmeted Guineafowl

Phasianidae
Brown Quail

Columbidae
Rock Dove
*White-headed Pigeon
Spotted Dove
Laughing Dove
*Brown Cuckoo-dove
Squatter Pigeon
Common Bronzewing
Brush Bronzewing
Flock Bronzewing
Crested Pigeon
Diamond Dove
*Peaceful Dove
Bar-shouldered Dove
*Brown-capped Emerald Dove
Torresian Imperial-pigeon
*Wompoo Fruit-dove
*Superb Fruit-dove
*Topknot Pigeon

Cuculidae
Pheasant Coucal
Eastern Koel (heard)
*Channel-billed Cuckoo (heard)
Horsfield's Bronze-cuckoo
Shining Bronze-cuckoo
Little (Gould's) Bronze-cuckoo (heard)
Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Pallid Cuckoo

Otididae
Australian Bustard

Podargidae
*Papuan Frogmouth

Eurostopodidae
Spotted Nightjar

Aegothelidae
Australian Owlet-nightjar

Apodidae
*White-rumped Swiftlet

Rallidae
Buff-banded Rail
White-browed Crake
Pale-vented Bush-hen
Purple Swamphen
Black-tailed Native-hen
Eurasian Coot

Gruidae
Sarus Crane
Brolga

Burhinidae
Bush Stone-curlew

Haematopodidae
Australian Pied Oystercatcher
Sooty Oystercatcher

Recurvirostridae
Banded Stilt
Red-necked Avocet
White-headed Stilt

Charadriidae
Grey Plover
Red-capped Plover
Black-fronted Dotterel
Red-kneed Dotterel
Banded Lapwing
Masked Lapwing

Jacanidae
Comb-crested Jacana

Scolopacidae
Whimbrel
Eastern Curlew
Bar-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Great Knot
Red Knot
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Red-necked Stint
Asian Dowitcher
Latham's Snipe
Terek Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Grey-tailed Tattler
Common Greenshank
Wood Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper

Glareolidae
Australian Pratincole
Oriental Pratincole

Laridae
Silver Gull
Pacific Gull
Fairy Tern
Common Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Whiskered Tern
White-winged Tern
Crested Tern

Ciconiidae
Black-necked Stork

Pelicanidae
Australian Pelican

Ardeidae
Nankeen Night-heron
Striated Heron
White-necked Heron
Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Intermediate Egret
White-faced Heron

Threskiornithidae
Australian White Ibis
Straw-necked Ibis
Yellow-billed Spoonbill
Royal Spoonbill
Glossy Ibis

Phalacrocoracidae
Little Pied Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Little Black Cormorant
Pied Cormorant

Anhingidae
Australasian Darter

Pandionidae
Osprey

Accipitridae
Black-shouldered Kite
Square-tailed Kite
Pacific Baza
Wedge-tailed Eagle
Little Eagle
Swamp Harrier
Spotted Harrier
Grey Goshawk
Brown Goshawk
Collared Sparrowhawk
White-bellied Sea-eagle
Whistling Kite
Brahminy Kite
Black Kite

Tytonidae
*Lesser Sooty Owl (heard)
Barn Owl

Strigidae
*Rufous Owl (heard)
*Barking Owl
*(Red) Boobook (heard)

Meropidae
Rainbow Bee-eater

Coraciidae
Dollarbird

Alcedinidae
Forest Kingfisher
Sacred Kingfisher
Azure Kingfisher
Red-backed Kingfisher
*Laughing Kookaburra
Blue-winged Kookaburra

Falconidae
Nankeen Kestrel
Brown Falcon
Black Falcon

Cacatuidae
Red-tailed Black Cockatoo
Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo
Baudin's Black Cockatoo
Carnaby's Black Cockatoo
Galah
Long-billed Corella
Western Corella
Little Corella
*Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

Psittacidae
Regent Parrot
*Australian King-parrot
Red-winged Parrot
Bluebonnet
Mulga Parrot
Red-capped Parrot
Crimson Rosella
Crimson (Adelaide) Rosella
*Pale-headed Rosella
Western Rosella
Australian Ringneck
Elegant Parrot
Purple-crowned Lorikeet
*Rainbow Lorikeet
Red-collared Lorikeet
*Scaly-breasted lorikeet
Double-eyed (Macleay's) Fig-parrot

Atrichornithidae
Noisy Scrub-bird

Ptilonorhynchidae
*Spotted Catbird
*Tooth-billed Bowerbird
*Satin Bowerbird
Great Bowerbird

Climacteridae
*White-throated Treecreeper
Rufous Treecreeper

Maluridae
Red-winged Fairy-wren
Blue-breasted Fairy-wren
Superb Fairy-wren
Splendid Fairy-wren
Purple-backed Fairy-wren
Red-backed Fairy-wren
Southern Emu-wren

Dasyornithidae
Western Bristlebird

Meliphagidae
Black Honeyeater
*Dusky Honeyeater
Red-headed Honeyeater
Scarlet Honeyeater
*Macleay's Honeyeater
Helmeted Friarbird
Noisy Friarbird
Little Friarbird
Brown Honeyeater
New Holland Honeyeater
White-cheeked Honeyeater
White-eared Honeyeater
Blue-faced Honeyeater
Brown-headed Honeyeater
White-throated Honeyeater
White-naped Honeyeater
Tawny-crowned Honeyeater
*Eastern Spinebill
Western Spinebill
Rufous-throated Honeyeater
Brown-backed Honeyeater
Gibberbird
Orange Chat
Yellow Chat
White-fronted Chat
Yellow Honeyeater
*Lewin's Honeyeater
Yellow-spotted Honeyeater
Graceful Honeyeater
Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater
Western Wattlebird
Red Wattlebird
*Bridled Honeyeater
Singing Honeyeater
Yellow-plumed Honeyeater
Yellow-tinted Honeyeater
White-plumed Honeyeater
Yellow-faced Honeyeater
Purple-gaped Honeyeater
Noisy Miner
Yellow-throated Miner

Pardalotidae
Spotted Pardalote
Striated Pardalote

Acanthizidae
*Brown Gerygone
Fairy Gerygone
Dusky Gerygone
Western Gerygone
Weebill
Redthroat
Shy Heathwren
Western (Rufous) Fieldwren
Atherton Scrubwren
White-browed Scrubwren
*Large-billed Scrubwren
Southern Whiteface
Chestnut-breasted Whiteface
Yellow-rumped Thornbill
Yellow Thornbill
Inland Thornbill
Slender-billed Thornbill
Chestnut-rumped Thornbill

Pomatostomidae
Grey-crowned Babbler
White-browed Babbler

Neosittidae
Varied Sittella

Campephagidae
*Barred Cuckoo-shrike
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
*White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike
White-winged Triller
*Varied Triller

Cinclosomatidae
Cinnamon Quail-thrush

Pachycephalidae
Gilbert's Whistler
Grey Whistler
Rufous Whistler
White-breasted Whistler
*Golden Whistler
Western Whistler
Mangrove Golden Whistler
*Little Shrike-thrush
*Bower's Shrike-thrush
Grey Shrike-thrush

Falcunculidae
Crested Shrike-tit

Oreoicidae
Crested Bellbird

Psophodidae
*Eastern Whipbird
Western Whipbird

Oriolidae
Australian Figbird
Olive-backed Oriole

Machaerirhynchidae
*Yellow-breasted Boatbill

Artamidae
Pied Currawong
Grey Currawong
Australian Magpie
Grey Butcherbird
Pied Butcherbird
Dusky Woodswallow
Black-faced Woodswallow
White-breasted Woodswallow

Dicruridae
*Spangled Drongo

Rhipiduridae
Northern Fantail
*Willie Wagtail
*Rufous Fantail
Mangrove Grey Fantail
*Grey Fantail

Corvidae
Torresian Crow
Little Crow
Little Raven
Australian Raven

Monarchidae
Leaden Flycatcher
Broad-billed Flycatcher
Satin Flycatcher
Restless Flycatcher
Paperbark Flycatcher
*Pied Monarch
Magpie-lark
*Spectacled Monarch
*White-eared Monarch
*Black-faced Monarch

Corcoracidae
White-winged Chough

Paradisaeidae
*Victoria's Riflebird

Petroicidae
Scarlet Robin
Red-capped Robin
Lemon-bellied Flycatcher
Jacky Winter
Southern Scrub-robin
*Grey-headed Robin
Eastern Yellow Robin
Western Yellow Robin
White-breasted Robin
*Pale-yellow Robin
Hooded Robin

Dicaeidae
Mistletoebird

Nectariniidae
Olive-backed Sunbird

Estrildidae
Chestnut-breasted Mannikin
Pictorella Mannikin
Red-eared Firetail
Red-browed Finch
Long-tailed Finch

Passeridae
Zebra Finch
Double-barred Finch
House Sparrow

Motacillidae
Australasian Pipit

Cisticolidae
Golden-headed Cisticola

Locustellidae
Rufous Songlark
Tawny Grassbird

Acrocephalidae
Australian Reed-warbler

Hirudinidae
White-backed Swallow
Fairy Martin
Tree Martin
Welcome Swallow

Timaliidae
Yellow White-eye
*Silvereye

Sturnidae
Common Myna
Common Starling
Metallic Starling

Reference
BirdLife Australia (2016) Working List of Australian Birds, Version 2.

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