YELLOW-FACED HONEYEATER

130     YELLOW-FACED HONEYEATER          Lichenostomus chrysops

Australia         (130)

16-18 cm.  Ranges over coastal and inland east coast of mainland Australia from Adelaide to Cooktown. Found in forest, woodlands, coastal scrub, heaths, mangroves, orchards, parks, gardens.

WHITE-NAPED HONEYEATER

Photographed near Wiseman's Ferry

129           WHITE-NAPED HONEYEATER             Melithreptus lunatus

Australia    (129)

Also called Black-cap. 13-15 cm. Range sw WA, coast to inland from Adelaide to Cooktown. Found in forests, woodland, coastal scrub, parks and gardens.

Next three photographs taken on Phillip Island, Victoria

RICHARD'S PIPIT

128        RICHARD'S PIPIT        Anthus ricardi

Australia   (128)

Also known as Groundlark. 16-19 cm. Range all over Australia, also found e Europe, Africa to Asia, Indonesia, PNG, NZ and sub-Antartic Islands. Found tropical, temperate grasslands, crops, pastures, roadsides, woodlands, meadows, golf courses.

YELLOW ROSELLA

127           YELLOW ROSELLA            Platycercus elegans

Australia   (127)

30-34 cm. Found near water in grassy woodlands, farmlands, parks, gardens. Range around rivers in s NSW, n Victoria and se SA.

CRESTED BELLBIRD

126          CRESTED BELLBIRD            Oreoica gutturalis

Australia   (126)

Found in arid scrubland, woodland, velar, mulga, saltbush. Ranges widely over inland of mainland Australia. 20-23 cm.

GOLDEN WHISTLER

Photographed in Lane Cove National park.

125        GOLDEN WHISTLER         Pachycephala pectoralis

Australia     (125)

16.5-18.5 cm. Range includes sw of WA, bottom quarter of SA, all of Victoria andTasmania, NSW except nw quarter, and the eastern third of Queensland up to Cooktown. Found in rain forests, forests, woodlands, waterside vegetation, mangroves, orchards, scrub and golf courses.

Photographed Lincoln National Park, South Australia March 2015

Subspecies glaucoma, photographed Weldborough Pass Rainforest Walk, Tasmania February 2017

EASTERN RINGNECK

124      EASTERN RINGNECK          Barnardius barnardi

Australia      (124)

Also known as Mallee Ringneck. 32-36 cm. found in edges/clearings in mallee, woodlands, native cypress, mulga, scrubs, watercourses, farmlands and gardens. Ranges inland from Port Augusta, Flinders Ranges, to Winton, Moree, Dubbo, Wagga. 

AUSTRALIAN BRUSH-TURKEY

123     AUSTRALIAN BRUSH-TURKEY            Alectura lathami

Australia     (123)

Also known as Scrub Turkey. 60-70 cm. Range from coastal Illawarra to Cape York. Found in rain forests and scrubs. Can be a pest around picnic areas, colony at Northbridge in Sydney.

Race: purpureicollis. Photographed at Iron Range, Queensland October 2015

RED WATTLEBIRD

122     RED WATTLEBIRD         Anthochaera carunculata

Australia      (122)

Noisy bird found in eucalyptus forests, woodlands, scrubs, mallee, costal scrubs, parks, roadside trees. Ranges across bottom third of mainland. 33-36 cm.

CRIMSON ROSELLA

121        CRIMSON ROSELLA         Platycercus elegans

Australia    (121)

Also known as Red Lowry. 32-37 cm. Range east coast Brisbane to tip SA, inland as far as Coonabarabran, two pockets around Atherton and Cooktown. Found in forests, woodland, roadways, parks,orchards, crops.

YELLOW-TUFTED HONEYEATER

120            YELLOW-TUFTED HONEYEATER             Lichenostomus melanops

Australia      (120)

Also known as Helmeted Honeyeater. 17-22 cm. Ranges coastal and inland se Australian mainland. Found forest, woodland, scrubland.

Photographed near Chiltern, Victoria

Photographed near Chiltern, Victoria

Photographed near Chiltern, Victoria

LITTLE PENGUIN

119        LITTLE PENGUIN        Eudyptula minor

Australia     (119)

Also known as Fairy or Little Blue Penguin. 40-45 cm. Male slightly larger. Range around southern coast of mainland from Sydney to Perth, and all of Tasmania's coastline. Found in bays, oceans, around jetties and piers.

WHITE-CHEEKED HONEYEATER

118     WHITE-CHEEKED HONEYEATER         Phylidonyris nigra

Australia      (118)

Ranges along east coast from Eden to above Brisbane, then central coast Queensland from Mackay to Atherton, sw WA. Found rainforest margins, forests, coastal scrub, wet heaths. 16-18 cm.

NOISY MINER

117     NOISY MINER      Manorina melanocephala

Australia    (117)

Also known as Micky or Soldierbird. 24-27 cm. Range down east coast and inland Australia to Adelaide and east two thirds of Tasmania. Found in open forest, woodlands, coastal banksias, paperbarks, parks, golf courses.

RED-RUMPED PARROT

116        RED-RUMPED PARROT       Psephotus haematononotus

Australia     (116)

Also known as Grass Parrot. 25-28 cm. Range across se Australia. Found usually near water, farm paddocks, grassy woodlands, watercourses, playing fields, roadsides.

NEW HOLLAND HONEYEATER

115      NEW HOLLAND HONEYEATER        Phylidonyris novaehollandiae

Australia       (115)

Also known as Yellow-winged Honeyeater. 17-18 cm. Range SW WA, se SA, southern half of Victoria, east coast of NSW and into Queensland, all of Tasmania. Found in eucalyptus forests, heathland, golf courses, orchards, parks, coastal scrub.

NOTE:    5 subspecies in Australia

canescens:      Tasmania

longirostris:     sw WA

novaehollandiae:    se Australia, Adelaide to Brisbane

campbelli:          Kangaroo Island

caudata:          King and Flinder's Island   

Subspecies canescens, photographed Bruny Island, Tasmania February 2017

Subspecies caudata photographed on King Island, June 2018

Subspecies longirostris, photographed near Perth, WA, July 2018

FERAL PIGEON

 114          FERAL PIGEON            Columba livia

Australia     (114)

Also known as Domestic or Homing pigeon or Rock Dove. 33-36 cm. Widespread across Europe, n Africa and w Asia, probably introduced to Australia with European settlement. Widespread in villages, towns, cities and farm homesteads. Found in urban areas, grain installations, roadsides, woodlands, paddocks.

BLACK-NECKED STORK

113       BLACK-NECKED STORK       Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus

Australia     (113)

Also commonly known as Jabiru. Also found in India and se Asia, Indonesia and PNG. c. 1.4 m, wingspan c. 2 m. Ranges across northern Australia from Port Hedland (WA) to c. coast NSW. Found coastal wetlands, mangroves, mudflats, open woodlands, dams, ponds.

CHANNEL-BILLED CUCKOO

112    CHANNEL-BILLED CUCKOO        Scythrops novaehollandiae

Australia    (112)

Also known as Flood, Rain, or Stormbird, Fig Hawk or Hornbill. A summer breeding visitor from Indonesia and PNG. Ranges across the top of Australia down the east coast to Sydney., inland covering half Queensland and NT. Found rain forests, woodlands, fruiting trees in farmland.