Bird Species Found in Australia
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Photos / Listing of:
- Black Birds, Ravens, Crows, Koels, Magpie-larks, Magpies, Starlings, Currawongs, Riflebirds
- Birds of Prey ... Bowerbirds and Catbirds
- Cuckoos ... Cuckooshrikes
- Doves & Pigeons
- Finches (incl. Pardalotus, Munias, etc.)
- Honeyeaters, Miners, Spinebills
- Kingfishers / Kookaburras
- Parrots (hookbills)
- Water / Seabirds / Wading / Wetland / Coastal / Freshwater Birds
- Swifts, Swallows and Needletails
- Whistlers
Forest Birds A through G
Apostlebird or Grey Jumper (Struthidea cinerea) - Native to Australia
Atherton Scrubwren (Sericornis keri) - Range: Wet Tropics of Australia
Australasian Pipit (Anthus novaeseelandiae)
Australasian / Australian Treecreepers (Red-browed Treecreeper, Climacteris erythrops; Rufous Treecreeper, Climacteris rufa; White-throated Treecreeper, Cormobates leucophaeus)
Australian Brush-turkey, also frequently called the Scrub Turkey (Alectura lathami) - Range: Eastern Australia from Far North Queensland to Illawarra in New South Wales
Australian Bustard (Ardeotis australis) aka Bush Turkey - Range: Northern Australia
Australian Logrunner (Orthonyx temminckii) - Range: Eastern Australia
Australo-Papuan or Australasian Babblers (Pomatostomidae) aka pseudo-babblers
Bassian Thrush (Zoothura lunulata) aka Olive-tailed Thrush - Range: Southeastern Australia
Bee-eaters (Meropidae) - includes the Rainbow Bee-eaters (Merops ornatus) common in southern Australi. Migrate north during the winter into northern Australia
Birds of Paradise (Paradisaeidae) - Range: Northeastern Australia
Black-faced Monarch (Monarcha melanopsis) - Range: Eastern seaboard of Australia
Brown Songlark (Cincloramphus cruralis) aka Australian Songlark
Brown Treecreeper (Climacteris picumnus) - Range: Eastern Australia
Brown Quail aka Swamp Quail (Coturnix ypsilophora) - Range: Northern, eastern, south-eastern and south-western Australia
Butcherbirds (Cracticus)
California Quail (Callipepla californica) - Range: Introduced into Australia
Canary White-eyes aka Yellow White-eyes or Australian Yellow White-eyes (Zosterops luteus) - Endemic forest bird
Chestnut-crowned Babbler (Pomatostomus ruficeps)
Chowchillas (Orthonyx spaldingii) - Endemic
Common Cicadabirds (Coracina tenuirostris) - also known as Slender-billed Cicadabirds or simply Cicadabirds
Common Myna or Indian or Talking Myna (Acridotheres tristis)
Crimson Chats (Epthianura tricolor)
Fairy Wrens, Emy-wrens & Grasswrens (Maluridae)
Figbirds (Sphecotheres viridis) - Range: Northern and eastern Australia, and the islands nearby
Flame Robin (Petroica phoenicea)
Golden-headed Cisticola (Cisticola exilis)
Grey Butcherbird (Cracticus torquatus) - Range: Australian mangroves
Grey-crowned Babbler (Pomatostomus temporalis)
Grey Fantail (Rhipidura fuliginosa) - Range: Common in all parts of Australia except western desert areas
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