Sunday 31 December 2017

For Bird Nerds: My 2017 List

Casuariidae
Emu


Anseranatidae
Magpie Goose


Anatidae
Spotted Whistling-duck
Plumed Whistling-duck
Wandering Whistling-duck
Pink-eared Duck
Cape Barren Goose
Black Swan
Radjah Shelduck
 
Hardhead
Australian Shoveler
 
Pacific Black Duck 
Grey Teal 
Chestnut Teal
Australian Wood Duck
Green Pygmy-goose


Megapodiidae
Australian Brush-turkey
Orange-footed Scrubfowl

Numididae
Helmeted Guineafowl

Podicepidae
Australian Grebe
Hoary-headed Grebe
Great Crested Grebe

Columbidae
Rock Dove
White-headed Pigeon
Spotted Dove
Brown Cuckoo-dove
Spinifex Pigeon
Common Bronzewing
Crested Pigeon
Diamond Dove
Peaceful Dove
Bar-shouldered Dove
 
Brown-capped Emerald Dove 
Torresian Imperial-pigeon 
Wompoo Fruit-dove
Superb Fruit-dove (heard)
Topknot Pigeon


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

Podargidae
Marbled Frogmouth
Papuan Frogmouth


Otididae
Australian Bustard


Aegothelidae
White-rumped Swiftlet


Rallidae
 
Red-necked Crake 
Buff-banded Rail
Baillon's Crake
Pale-vented Bush-hen
 
Purple Swamphen 
Dusky Moorhen
Tasmanian Native Hen
Eurasian Coot

Gruidae
Sarus Crane
Brolga


Burhinidae
Bush Stone-curlew


Haematopodidae
Australian Pied Oystercatcher
Sooty Oystercatcher

Recurvirostridae
Banded Stilt
Black-winged Stilt
Red-necked Avocet

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

Jacanidae
Comb-crested Jacana

Scolopacidae
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Red-necked Stint
Common Greenshank

Glareolidae
Australian Pratincole


Laridae
Caspian Tern
Whiskered Tern
Black-naped Tern
Crested Tern
Pacific Gull
Kelp Gull
Silver Gull

Diomedeidae
Black-browed Albatross
Shy Albatross


Ciconiidae
Black-necked Stork


Pelicanidae
Australian Pelican


Ardeidae
Nankeen Night-heron
Striated Heron
 
Cattle Egret
White-necked Heron

Great Egret
Intermediate Egret
White-faced Heron
Little Egret
Eastern Reef Egret


Threskiornithidae
Australia White Ibis
Straw-necked Ibis
Yellow-billed Spoonbill
Royal Spoonbill

Fregatidae
Lesser Frigatebird
Great Frigatebird

Sulidae
Brown Booby
Australasian Gannet


Phalacrocoracidae
Little Pied Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Little Black Cormorant
Black-faced Cormorant
Pied Cormorant


Anhingidae
Australasian Darter

Accipitridae
Osprey
Black-shouldered Kite
Black-breasted Buzzard
Pacific Baza
 
Wedge-tailed Eagle
Swamp Harrier
Spotted Harrier
 
Grey Goshawk (white & grey phases)
Brown Goshawk
Red Goshawk
 
White-bellied Sea-eagle
Whistling Kite
Brahminy Kite
Black Kite


Tytonidae
Sooty Owl
(heard)

Strigidae
Barking Owl
(Red) Boobook (heard)

Meropidae
Rainbow Bee-eater


Coraciidae
Dollarbird


Alcedinidae
Azure Kingfisher
Yellow-billed Kingfisher
 
Forest Kingfisher
Sacred Kingfisher
Red-backed Kingfisher
 
Buff-breasted Paradise-kingfisher
Laughing Kookaburra
Blue-winged Kookaburra


Falconidae

Nankeen Kestrel
Australian Hobby
Brown Falcon
Peregrine Falcon

Cacatuidae
Cockatiel
Red-tailed Black Cockatoo
Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo
Palm Cockatoo
Galah
Major Mitchell Cockatoo
Little Corella
 
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

Psittacidae
 
Australian King-parrot
Red-winged Parrot
Eclectus Parrot
Red-rumped Parrot
Mulga Parrot
Golden-shouldered Parrot
 
Green Rosella
Crimson Rosella
 
Pale-headed Rosella
Eastern Rosella
Australian Ringneck

Rainbow Lorikeet
Scaly-breasted Lorikeet
Budgerigar
Double-eyed (Macleay's/Marshall's) Fig-parrot

Pittidae
Noisy Pitta


Ptilonorhynchidae
Spotted Catbird
Tooth-billed Bowerbird

Satin Bowerbird 
Western Bowerbird
Great Bowerbird
Fawn-breasted Bowerbird

Climacteridae
White-throated Treecreeper

Maluridae

Lovely Fairy-wren 
Superb Fairy-wren
Splendid Fairy-wren
Red-backed Fairy-wren
Dusky Grasswren

Dasyornithidae
Rufous Bristlebird (heard)


Meliphagidae 
Dusky Honeyeater
Scarlet Honeyeater
Macleay's Honeyeater
Tawny-breasted Honeyeater

Helmeted Friarbird
Noisy Friarbird
Little Friarbird
Banded Honeyeater
 
Brown Honeyeater
White-streaked Honeyeater
 
New Holland Honeyeater
White-cheeked Honeyeater
White-eared Honeyeater
 
Blue-faced Honeyeater 
Strong-billed Honeyeater 
White-throated Honeyeater
White-naped Honeyeater
 
Black-headed Honeyeater
Green-backed Honeyeater
 
Eastern Spinebill
Rufous-throated Honeyeater
Brown-backed Honeyeater
Bar-breasted Honeyeater

White-fronted Chat
Yellow Honeyeater

Lewin's Honeyeater
Yellow-spotted Honeyeater
Graceful Honeyeater
Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater
Red Wattlebird
 
Yellow Wattlebird 
Bridled Honeyeater
Singing Honeyeater
Grey-headed Honeyeater
Yellow-tinted Honeyeater
 
White-plumed Honeyeater
'Herberton' Honeyeater
 
Yellow-faced Honeyeater
Bell Miner (heard)
Noisy Miner
Yellow-throated Miner


Pardalotidae 
Forty-spotted Pardalote
Red-browed Pardalote
Striated Pardalote


Acanthizidae 
Brown Gerygone
Fairy Gerygone
White-throated Gerygone
Large-billed Gerygone
Weebill
Striated Fieldwren
Yellow-throated Scrubwren
Atherton Scrubwren

White-browed Scrubwren
Large-billed Scrubwren
Tropical Scrubwren
Yellow-rumped Thornbill
Striated Thornbill
Tasmanian Thornbill

Mountain Thornbill 
Chestnut-rumped Thornbill

Pomatostomidae
Grey-crowned Babbler


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


Pachycephalidae 
Rufous Whistler 
Golden Whistler
Little Shrike-thrush
Bower's Shrike-thrush
Grey Shrike-thrush

Falcunculidae

Eastern Shrike-tit

Oreoicidae
Crested Bellbird (heard)


Psophodidae
Eastern Whipbird


Oriolidae
Australasian Figbird
Yellow Oriole

Machaerirhynchidae
Yellow-breasted Boatbill


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

Dicruridae
Spangled Drongo


Rhipiduridae 
Northern Fantail
Willie Wagtail
 
Rufous Fantail
Grey Fantail


Corvidae
Torresian Crow
Little Crow
Little Raven
 
Forest Raven
Australian Raven


Monarchidae
Leaden Flycatcher
Shining Flycatcher
Frilled Monarch

Pied Monarch
Magpie-lark 
Spectacled Monarch
White-eared Monarch
 
Black-faced Monarch

Corcoracidae
White-winged Chough
Apostlebird


Paradisaeidae
Victoria's Riflebird
Magnificent Riflebird


Petroicidae 
Pink Robin
Scarlet Robin
Yellow-legged Flycatcher

Lemon-bellied Flycatcher
Jacky Winter
White-browed Robin
 
Grey-headed Robin
Eastern Yellow Robin
White-faced Robin

Pale-yellow Robin
Hooded Robin
 
Dusky Robin

Dicaeidae
Mistletoebird


Nectariniidae
Olive-backed Sunbird


Estrildidae 
Chestnut-breasted Mannikin 
Beautiful Firetail 
Red-browed Finch
Star Finch
Masked Finch
Black-throated Finch
Zebra Finch
Double-barred Finch


Passeridae
House Sparrow


Motacillidae
Australasian Pipit


Fringillidae
European Goldfinch

Alaudidae
Eurasian Skylark

Locustellidae
Little Grassbird


Hirudinidae
Fairy Martin
Welcome Swallow


Timaliidae
Silvereye


Sturnidae
Metallic Starling
Common Starling
Common Myna


Turdidae
Bassian Thrush
Common Blackbird


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