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.

TAWNY FROGMOUTH

111        TAWNY FROGMOUTH           Podargus strigoides

Australia        (111)

Also known as Frogmouth-owl or Morepork. 33-50 cm. The male is larger.  Widespread across all of Australia. Found in forests, margins of rain forests, tracks, clearings, golf courses, parks, woodlands.

SILVER GULL

110       SILVER GULL        Larus novaehollandiae

Australia        (110)

Familiar seagull found all over Australia. Also found in NZ, New Caledonia, some sub-Antartic islands and S. Africa. Found near waters on coast and lakes, in urban areas, parks and around rubbish tips.

RADJAH SHELDUCK

109      RADJAH SHELDUCK       Tadorna radjah

Australia    (109)

Also known as Burdekin duck, White-headed shelduck.48-60 cm, wingspan 90 cm - 1 m.  Ranges across coastal tropical n Australia from Kimberleys to Rockhampton. Found in shallow waters, swamps, mangrove lined creeks, lagoons, wetlands

Photographed in Cairns, Queensland October 2015

BANDED LAPWING

108              BANDED LAPWING      Vanellus tricolor

Australia     (108)

Also known as Banded or Black-breasted Plover. 25-28 cm. Range all of Australia below tropics, a line from Cairns, Mount Isa, Alice Springs to Ashburton River in WA. Found in bare or ploughed paddocks, new crops, plains, airfields, stony ground, short grass dry swamp.

BUDGERIGAR

107     BUDGERIGAR         Melopsittacus undulatus

Australia      (107)

17-20 cm. Foundin grasslands, spinifex, pastoral conutry, saltbush, mallee, mulga, crops, roadsides. Ranges across most of inland Australia, not on northern coast, Queensland coast nor Cape York, not onNSW or Victorian coast nor sw WA, not in Tasmania.

Photographed in Mount Magnet, Western Australia April 2015

STRIATED HERON

Photographed on the Central coast of NSW

106      STRIATED HERON         Butorides striatus

Australia     (106)

Also known as Mangrove Heron. 43-51 cm., wingspan c. 70 cm. Range around coast from Eden north across the top of Australia and down the west coast to Shark Bay. Also found in the Americas, Afro-Asia, PNG and Polynesia. Found in mangroves, tidal waterways, mudflats, jetties, wetlands, swamps, freshwater lakes.

Photographed in South Africa, where it is often called Green-Backed Heron

SPANGLED DRONGO

105      SPANGLED DRONGO       Dicrurus bracteatus

Australia     (105)

29-32 cm. Edge of rain forests, eucalyptus forests/woodlands, coastal scrub, mangroves, parks, gardens. Range across northern Australia down coast to Eden.

Darwin, January 2024

COMMON BLACKBIRD

104       COMMON BLACKBIRD          Turdus mercula

Australia     (104)

25-26 cm. Native to Europe and Asia, introduced into Melbourne in 1862, later in other cities. Range south of a line from Flinder's Range to Sydney, including Tasmania.

Photographed in England, January 2014

Photographed in England, January 2014

PLUMED WHISTLING-DUCK

103         PLUMED WHISTLING-DUCK           Dendrocygna eytoni

Australia     (103)

41-62 cm. Found on margins of waterholes, farm dams, wetlands, floodplains, irrigated lands, rice fields. Range north of WA, ne three quarters of NT, Queensland, NSW except sw, Victoria except nw, Small parted to large flocks.

RED-WHISKERED BULBUL

102       RED-WHISKERED BULBUL           Pycnonotus jocosus

Australia    (102)

Ranges across India, S China and parts of se Asia. Introduced into Australia in the 1880s. Widespread around Sydney to Blue Mountains, some in lower Hunter and Shoalhaven, separate colony at Coffs Harbour and small group in South Yarra. Found in gardens, suburban trees, parks and wastelands.

CAPE BARREN GOOSE

101         CAPE BARREN GOOSE            Cereopsis novaehollandiae

Australia     (101)

75-90 cm. Found on offshore islands, improved pastures, dams, swamps and lakes. Range is northern Tasmania, Sw Victoria, se SA, and a pocket in WA near Albany.