3 Birds Bioblitz 2017

Passerines (songbirds)

SW= Skywalk TP = Thunderbird Park, WF = Witches Falls, K = The Knoll, BD= Bearded Dragon Hotel

Young blue-faced honeyeater (no blue face yet), Thunderbird Park

Young blue-faced honeyeater (no blue face yet), Thunderbird Park

Birds were mainly identified by Darryl Jones, Sheena Gillman, Keith McCosh, Floss Wainwright, Ken Cowell and Ronda Green

* = not native

  • Eastern whipbird Psophodes olivaceus (SW, TP, WF, K, BD)
  • Large-billed scrubwren Sericornis magnirostra (TP, WF)
  • White-browed scrubwren  Sericornis frontalis (SW, TP)
  • Fairywren Maluridae sp. (TP)
  • Willy wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys (TP)
  • Grey fantail Rhipidura albiscapa (TP)
  • Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum (SW, BD)
  • Brown gerygone Gerygone mouki (TP, SW, K)
  • White-throated gerygone Gerygone albogularis (TP) 
  • Brown thornbill Acanthiza pusilla (TP)
  • Thornbill Acanthiza sp. (BD)
  • Eastern yellow robin Eopsaltria australis (SW, TP, WF, K)
  • Rufous whistler Pachycephala rufiventris (TP)
  • Grey shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica (SW)
  • Little shrike-thrush Colluricincla megarhyncha (TP)
  • Magpielark Grallina cyanoleuca (SW, TP, BD)
  • Black-faced cuckoo shrike Coracina novaehollandiae (SW, BD)
  • Common cicada bird Coracina tenuirostris (TP)
  • White-throated treecreeper Cormobates leucophaea(SW, TP, WF)
  • Noisy miner Manorina melanocephala (SW, TP, WF, K, BD)
  • Noisy friarbird Philemon corniculatus (SW, BD)
  • Yellow-faced honeyeater Lichenostomus chrysops (SW, TP)
  • White-throated honeyeater Melithreptus albogularis (BD)
  • Lewin’s Honeyeater Meliphaga lewinii (SW, TP, WF, BD)
  • Blue-faced honeyeater Entomyzon cyanotis (TP, BD)
  • Brown honeyeater Lichmera indistincta (BD)
  • Scarlet Myzomela Myzomela sanguinolenta (SW, TP)
  • Spangled drongo, Skywalk

    Spangled drongo, Skywalk

    Spangled drongo Dicrurus bracteatus (SW, TP)

  • Australian figbird Sphecotheres vieilloti (SW,BD)
  • Olive-backed oriole Oriolus sagittatus (TP)
  • Pied currawong Strepera graculina (TP, WF)
  • Pied butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis (SW, TP, BD – also Siganto St (id Asher Nicholls)
  • Grey butcherbird Cracticus torquatus  (BD)
  • Australian magpie Cracticus tibicen (TP, BD)
  • Satin bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus violaceus (TP, K)
  • Green catbird Ailuroedus crassirostris (SW, K)
  • Torresian Crow Corvus orru (SW, TP, WF, BD)
  • Red-browed finch Neochmia temporalis (SW, BD)
  • Double-barred finch Taeniopygia bichenovii  (SW, BD)

 

Kingfishers and kin

  • Laughing kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae (TP, WF, K, BD)
  • Sacred kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus (BD)
  • Rainbow bee-eater Merops ornatus (BD)

 

Cuckoos

  • Pacific koel  Eudynamys orientalis (SW, TP, BD)
  • Channel-billed cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae (SW, BD)
  • Fantailed cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis (TP)

Pigeons and doves

  • White-headed pigeon Columba leucomela (TP, WF)
  • Bar-shouldered dove Geopelia humeralis (TP)
  • Crested pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes (SW BD)
  • Emerald dove Chalcophaps indica (SW)

Parrots and cockatoos

  • Sulphur-Crested cockatoo Cacatua galerita (SW, TP, WF, K, BD – also Siganto St (id Asher Nicholls)
  • Little corella Cacatua sanguinea (SW, BD)
  • Galah Eolophus roseicapillus (SW, BD)
  • Rainbow lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus (SW, TP, BD – also Siganto St (id Asher Nicholls)
  • Pale-headed rosella Platycercus adscitus (SW, TP, BD – also Siganto St (id Asher Nicholls)
  • Crimson rosella Platycercus elegans (SW, TP, BD)
  • Australian king parrot  Alisterus scapularis (TP – also Siganto St (id Asher Nicholls)

 

Ducks and kin

  • Pacific black duck Anas superciliosa (TP, BD)
  • Australian wood duck Chenonetta jubata (TP, BD)
  • Hardhead Aythya australis (BD)

 

Other non-passerines

  • Australian brush-turkey Alectura lathami (SW, TP, WF, BD)
  • *Indian peafowl Pavo cristatus (TP)
  • *Helmeted guineafowl Numida meleagris (TP)
  • Little pied cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos (TP, BD)
  • Masked lapwing Vanellus miles (TP)
  • Australian white ibis Threskiornis molucca (BD)
  • Straw-necked ibis Threskiornis spinicollis (BD)
  • Cattle egret Ardea ibis (BD) 
  • Dusky moorhen  Gallinula tenebrosa (TP, BD)
  • Grey goshawk Accipiter novaehollandiae (SW) – mobbed by drongos
  • Southern boobook Ninox novaeseelandiae (K)
Grey goshawk Skywalk

Grey goshawk Skywalk