For The Love of Birds

Master Bird List

This is my master bird list, where every Australian bird, native or introduced, I have ever seen or heard (and been able to identify) is listed. It does not include birds seen at wildlife parks or zoos, if caged and/or domesticated. Subspecies are listed if there is a need to identify them. For example, the subspecies of the crimson rosella are markedly different so it is worth counting them separately (Adelaide rosella, yellow rosella).

If a photo exists of the bird, a link will take you to a ‘mini-profile’ of the bird, detailing where I saw it and featuring the best photos taken of said bird. Some birds may only have one (bad!) shot but I hope to improve on these over time! You can sort the table in alphabetical order by common name or scientific name.

* indicates introduced species

Current total: 120 birds
Last bird added: Barbary dove*, 26th January 2016

COMMON NAMESCIENTIFIC NAMEPHOTO?
Adelaide rosellaPlatycerus elegans fleurieuensis✔
Australasian grebeTachybaptus novaehollandiae✔
Australian (Clamorous) reed-warblerAcrocephalus australis✔
Australian brush-turkeyAlectura lathami✔
Australian king parrotAlisterus scapularis✔
Australian magpieGymnorhina tibicen✔
Australian pelicanPelecanus conspicillatus✔
Australian ravenCorvus coronoides✔
Australian ringneckBarnardius zonarius✔
Australian white ibisThreskiornis molucca✔
Australian wood duckChenonetta jubata✔
Ballion's crakePorzana pusilla✔
Banded stiltCladorhynchus leucocephalus✔
Barbary dove*Streptopelia roseogrisea✔
Bell miner (bellbird)Manorina melanophrys
Black currawongStrepera fuliginosa✔
Black swanCygnus atratus✔
Black-faced cuckoo-shrikeCoracina novaehollandiae✔
Black-shouldered kiteElanus axillaris✔
Black-tailed native-henTribonyx ventralis✔
Black-winged stiltHimantopus himantopus✔
Blue-faced honeyeaterEntomyzon cyanotis✔
Brown falconFalco berigora✔
Chestnut tealAnas castanea✔
Common blackbird*Turdus merula✔
Common bronzewingPhaps chalcoptera
Common starling*Sturnus vulgaris✔
Crescent honeyeaterPhylidonyris pyrrhoptera✔
Crested pigeonOcyphaps lophotes✔
Crimson rosellaPlatycerus elegans✔
DarterAnhinga melanogaster✔
Double-barred finchTaeniopygia bichenovii✔
Dusky moorhenGallinula tenebrosa✔
Eastern great egretArdea modesta✔
Eastern rosellaPlatycerus eximius✔
Eastern spinebillAcanthorhynchus tenuirostris✔
Elegant (or blue-winged?) parrotNeophema elegans/chrysostoma
EmuDromaius novaehollandiae✔
Eurasian cootFulica atra✔
European goldfinchCarduelis carduelis✔
Freckled duckStictonetta naevosa✔
GalahEolophus roseicapillus✔
Gang-gang cockatooCallocephalon fimbriatum
Golden whistlerPachycephala pectoralis
Green rosellaPlatycerus caledonicus✔
Grey butcherbirdCracticus torquatus✔
Grey currawongStrepera versicolor✔
Grey fantailRhipidura albiscapa✔
Grey shrike-thrushColluricincla woodwardi✔
Grey tealAnas gracilis✔
HardheadAythya australis✔
Hoary-headed grebePoliocephalus poliocephalus✔
Hooded ploverThinornis rubricollis
House sparrow*Passer domesticus✔
Indian peafowl (peacock)*Pavo cristalus✔
Kelp gullLarus dominicanus✔
Laughing kookaburraDacelo novaeguinae✔
Lewin's honeyeaterMeliphaga lewinii✔
Little black cormorantPhalacrocorax sulcirostris✔
Little corellaCacatua sanguinea✔
Little egretArdea garzetta
Little friarbirdPhilemon citreogularis✔
Little grassbirdMegalurus gramineus✔
Little wattlebirdAnthochaera chrysoptera
Long-billed corellaCacatua tenuirostris✔
Magpie-larkGrallina cyanoleuca✔
Mallard*Anas platyrhynchos
Mallee ringneckBarnardius zonarius barnardi✔
Masked lapwingVanellus miles✔
MistletoebirdDicaeum hirundinaceum
Musk lorikeetGlossopsitta concinna✔
Nankeen kestralFalco cenchroides
Nankeen night heronNycticorax caledonicus✔
New Holland honeyeaterPhylidonyris novaehollandiae✔
Noisy minerManorina melanocephala✔
Pacific black duckAnas superciliosa✔
Pacific gullLarus pacificus✔
Pied butcherbirdCracticus nigrogularis✔
Pied cormorantPhalacrocorax varius✔
Pied currawongStrepera graculina✔
Pied oystercatcherHaematopus longirostris✔
Pink-eared duckMalacorhynchus membranaceus✔
Purple swamphenPorphyrio porphyrio✔
Rainbow lorikeetTrichoglossus haematodus✔
Red wattlebirdAnthochaera carunculata✔
Red-browed finchNeochmia temporalis✔
Red-capped robinPetroica goodenovii✔
Red-kneed dotterelErythrogonys cinctus
Red-rumped parrotPsephotus haematonotus
Rock dove (feral pigeon)*Columba livia✔
Royal spoonbillPlatalea regia✔
Rufous whistlerPachycephala rufiventris
Sacred kingfisherTodiramphus sanctus✔
Satin bowerbirdPtilonorhynchus violaceus✔
Scarlet robinPetroica boodang✔
Shy heathwrenHylacola cautus
Silver gullLarus novaehollandiae✔
SilvereyeZosterops lateralis✔
Singing honeyeaterLichenostomus virescens✔
Sooty oystercatcherHaematopus fuliginosus✔
Spotted pardalotePardalotus punctatus✔
Spotted turtle-dove*Streptropelia chinensis✔
Striated pardalotePardalotus striatus✔
Sulphur-crested cockatooCacatua galerita✔
Superb fairy-wrenMalurus cyaneus✔
Superb lyrebirdMenura novaehollandiae
Tree martinPetrochelidon nigricans
Wedge-tailed eagleAquila audax✔
WeebillSmicrornis brevirostris
Welcome swallowHirundo neoxena✔
White-browed scrubwrenSericornis frontalis
White-faced heronEgretta novaehollandiae✔
White-naped honeyeaterMelithreptus lunatus✔
White-plumed honeyeaterLichenostomus ornatus✔
White-winged choughCorcorax melanorhamphos
Willie wagtailRhipidura leucophrys✔
Yellow-billed spoonbillPlatalea flavipes✔
Yellow-faced honeyeaterLichenostomus chrysops✔
Yellow-tailed black cockatooCalyptorhynchus funereus
Yellow-throated minerManorina flavigula✔
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