BLACK KITE

97       BLACK KITE         Milvus migrans

Australia    (97)

Also known as Fork-tailed Kite, Kite-hawk, Pariah Kite (India). 48-55 cm, wingspan to 1.2 m. Also found in Eurasia and Africa. In Australia range is over most of mainland except se corner and bottom e of WA. Found in grasslands, gibber, sandhills, around homesteads, along country roads and about orchards. 

EASTERN SPINEBILL

96       EASTERN SPINEBILL        Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris

Australia     (96)

Range is coastal e and se Australia, Tasmania and ne Queensland highlands from Cooktown to Mackay. Found in forests, woodlands, heathlands, flowering gardens. 15-16.5 cm.

Subspecies dubius photographed at Port Arthur Caravan Park, Tasmania, February 2017

STRAW-NECKED IBIS

95       STRAW-NECKED IBIS          Threskiornis spinicollis

Australia    (95)

58-76cm, wingspan 1-1.2 m. Found all over Australia except area central west and south west of of WA, e of SA and sw of NT. Found in grasslands sometimes far from water, freshwater wetlands, flooded areas, irrigated fields, sewage ponds, croplands.

SILVEREYE

94      SILVER EYE          Zosterops laterals

Australia     (94)

Also known as Blightbird, Grape-eater, Greybacked, Grey-breasted or Western Silvereye or White-eye, Ringeye, Silvey, Tauhou, Waxeye. Ranges across e and se Australia, sw Western Australia, Tasmania. Found in most vegetational types in coastal and sub-coastal Australia. 10-12.5 cm.

NOTE: 
There are seventeen subspecies of Silvereye.
9 subspecies in Australia:
westernensis:
interalis:  
vegetus:       Qld
chloronotus:     sw WA
pinarochrous:
lateralis:       Tassie
tephropleurus:        island
chlorocephalus:
ochrochious:    

Western Silver (subspecies Zosterops laterals chloronotus) photographed at Cheyenne's Beach, WA, November 2016

Subspecies lateralis, photographed in Tasmania February 2017

Subspecies westernensis, photographed at Pambula, July 2018

Photographed on King Island, June 2018

RAINBOW LORIKEETS

93      RAINBOW LORIKEET    Trichoglossus haematodus

Australia    (93)

Also known as Blue Mountain Parrot, and Red-collared Lorikeet. 25-32 cm. Range across the north of Australia, down the east coast and across to Adelaide, a pocket also around Perth. Found in forests, woodlands, scrubs, heaths , mangroves and urban streets.

PALE-HEADED ROSELLA

Pale-headed Rosella nominate races found in ne Queensand

92       PALE-HEADED ROSELLA          Platycercus adscitus

Australia   (92)

Ranges over eastern half of Queensland. Found in open forests, woodlands, grasslands, crops, orchards, roadsides. 28-32 cms.

Pale-headed rosella race palliceps found in s. Queensland and n. NSW

EASTERN ROSELLA

91      EASTERN ROSELLA       Platycercus eximius

Australia    (91)

Also known as the White-cheeked Rosella. 29-34 cm. Range Tasmania and se mainland from Kingaroy in Queensland to far se corner of SA. Found in open forests, woodlands, farmland, crops, parks and gardens.