EASTERN OSPREY

Photographed at Palm Beach, Queensland, July 2014

207      EASTERN OSPREY          Pandion haliaetus

Australia       (207)

Also known as Fish Hawk. 50-65 cm, span to 1.7 m, female larger. Range all around coast of mainland except from Adelaide to NSW border. Found on coast, estuaries, bays and inlets, does venture inland.

NOTE: There were four recognised sub-species of Osprey around the world. This Australian sub-species, cristatus, has now been classified as its own species, Eastern Osprey (2016)

This and photograph below photographed at Lincoln National Park, South Australia March 2015

BRAHMINY KITE

Photographed at Palm Beach, Queensland, July 2014

206      BRAHMINY KITE        Haliastur indus         

Australia       (206)

Also known as Red-backed Kite. 43-51 cm, span 1.2 m, female larger. Found around the coast from Carnarvon (WA) across the top and down to Newcastle (NSW). Found beaches, estuaries, tidal sand flats, mangroves, rivers and towns.

DUSKY HONEYEATER

205          DUSKY HONEYEATER           Myzomela obscura

Australia    (205)

12-15 cm. Range range along e. coast from Cape York to NSW border, also across the top end of NT. Found in vine scrubs, rain forests, watercourses, eucalyptus woodlands, paperbarks.

Photographed at Crystal Creek Caravan Park, North Queensland, September 2015

Photographed at Crystal Creek Caravan Park, North Queensland, September 2015

Photographed at Crystal Creek Caravan Park, North Queensland, September 2015

SHINING FLYCATCHER

female shining flycatcher, male is all black.

204      SHINING FLYCATCHER           Myiagra alecto

Australia       (204)

17-19 cm. Range coastal n. and e. Australia from Broome, with break in the Gulf and then down to Frazer Island. Found in dense mangroves, pockets of rain forests, paperbark and eucalyptus woodlands.

ALBERT'S LYREBIRD

203            ALBERT'S LYREBIRD           Menura alberti

Australia       (203)

Range limited to Mistake Mountains s. of Gatton (Q) to Nightcap Range, Mullumbimby (NSW), isolated population at Mount Tamborine. Found in dense sub-tropical rainforests and scrubs. male 90 cm including tail, female 76 cm.

NOISY PITTA

202       NOISY PITTA        Pitta versicolor

Australia      (202)

Also known as Buff-breasted pitta. 18-21 cm. Range along e. coast and highlands from Cape York to lower Hunter R. Found in rain forests, subtropical forests and in mangroves when migrating.

WHITE-BELLIED CUCKOO-SHRIKE

201    WHITE-BELLIED CUCKOO-SHRIKE         Coracina papuensis

Australia       (201)

Also known as Little, papuan or White-breasted cuckoo-shrike. 26-28 cm. Range across the Kimberley, right across the top of Australia, including Cape York and down as far asVictoria and into SA, inland to half the state in Queensland and NSW and across most of Victoria. Found in forest/woodland, red river gums, grassland, mangroves, gardens.

BLACK-FACED CUCKOO-SHRIKE

200          BLACK-FACED CUCKOO-SHRIKE             Coracina novaehollandiae

Australia     (200)

Also known as Blue or Grey Jay, Cherry Hawk, Shufflewing, Summerbird. 30-36 cm. Ranges all over Australia. Found in forests, woodlands, timber on watercourses, roadways, gardens.

NOTE:           3 subspecies in Australia
melanops:                      most of mainland
subpallida:                     breeds in Pilbara
novaehollandiae:          Tasmania

Subspecies subpallida, photographed at Onslow, WA July 2018

BASSIAN THRUSH

199      BASSIAN THRUSH             Zoothera lunulata
       
Australia     (199)

Also known as Ground Thrush, Mountain Thrush, Scaly Thrush or White's Thrush. Range from just above Brisbane on the coast, around until se tip of SA, all of Tasmania, pocket around Adelaide, pocket on coast near Atherton Tablelands. Found in rain forests, forests, woodlands, coastal scrubs, and pine plantations. 26-29 cm, very difficult to tell from Russet-tailed Thrush, some even suggesting same bird.

NANKEEN NIGHT HERON

Photographs are of a juvenile bird before it gets adult plumage

198        NANKEEN NIGHT HERON        Nycticorax caledonicus

Australia      (198)

Also known as the Rufous Night Heron. 50-64 cm. ranges all over Australia except for driest areas of bottom of e. WA, w of SA and sw of NT. Found in shallow margins of rivers, wetlands, mangroves, floodwaters and garden trees.

SOUTHERN BOOBOOK

197          SOUTHERN BOOBOOK            Ninox novaeseelandiae

Australia    (197)

Also known as Mopoke or Morepork. 25-36 cm, female larger. Range over most of Australia except drier central west of WA. Found rain forests to mallees, dense mulga, margins of treeless plains, parks  and gardens.

SINGING HONEYEATER

196       SINGING HONEYEATER          Lichenostomus virescens

Australia     (196)

Also known as Grape-eater and Grey Peter. 18-22 cm.  Ranges across the mainland except on the east coast, Cape York, Kimberley and Arnhem Land. Found on coastal dune scrub, inland mulga, mallee and gardens. One of the first birds calling in the morning, about 30 minutes before dawn.

BROWN GOSHAWK

195       BROWN GOSHAWK             Accipiter fasciatus

Australia            (195)

Also known as Australian goshawk. 40-50 cm, span 70 cm to c. 1m, female larger. Common across all of Australia mainland and Tasmania. Found in open forests, woodland, scrubland, farmland, parks and gardens.

BARN OWL

194          BARN OWL         Tyto alba

Australia       (194)

Also known as Delicate, Screech or White Owl. 30-40 cm, female larger. Ranges over most of Australia, except w. of WA. Found in open forests, woodlands, grasslands, caves, ledges, farmlands and towns.

BROWN HONEYEATER

193        BROWN HONEYEATER            Lichmera indistincta

Australia         (193)

11-15 cm, Male much larger. Widespread over mainland Australia except Simpson and Western Desert, Nullabor and sse. Found in eucalyptus forests, inland scrub, paperbarks, mangroves, golf courses, gardens.

WHITE-BROWED WOODSWALLOW

192                 WHITE-BROWED WOODSWALLOW            Artamus superciliosus

Australia         (192)

also known as Blue Martin and Summerbird. 18-21 cm. Found on margins of forest, woodlands, vineyards, orchards, suburban streets. Ranges across most of mainland Australia except Cape York.

SPOTTED NIGHTJAR

191             SPOTTED NIGHTJAR            Eurostopodus argus

Australia          (191)

29-33 cm. Widespread across mainland Australia, mostly in drier habitats w. of Divide. Found in drier eucalyptus woodlands, stony, sandy ridges, mallee, mulga, pine scrubs, spinifex. 

GREEN ROSELLA

190       GREEN ROSELLA             Platycercus caledonicus

Australia      (190)

Found only in Tasmania. In forests, woodlands, farmland, timber along rivers, hawthorn hedges, orchards, gardens. 32-38 cm.

AUSTRALIAN SPOTTED CRAKE

189              AUSTRALIAN SPOTTED CRAKE           Porzana fluminea

Australia        (189)

19-23 cm. fairly common in sw third of Australia e. oAlice Springs, less common but found in western half of WA. Found in swamps with cover of water ribbons, sedges, bullrushessalt fields, salt lakes, inland and coastal.

Photographed at Werribee Wetlands, February 2015