Birds of the Burrum: A Comprehensive Listing.


Accurate Bird Lists are very difficult to compile because of “mistaken identification” (Human Error), and “birds out of place”

(Human Interference). On the basis of well documented distribution maps, the list below contains several entries that could be

questioned; and several species that could be expected to be in this area have not been reported.

This list was compiled by Dr. Tim Thornton (Phone 0741290609), and is based on his sightings and the brochure

“Birds of the Bay” produced by John Knight of the Hervey Bay Bird Watchers (Phone 0741252372).

Click here to down load a list of the local Birds of the Burrum

For more information see:

• www.birdsqueensland.org.au
• www.naturesound.com.au
• www.graemechapman.com.au
• The Slater Field Guide to Australian Birds  Second Edition 2009

Grebes, Ducks and Geese

    
Australasian Grebe Plumed Whistling-Duck Australian Shoveler
Hoary-headed Grebe Wandering Whistling-Duck Australian Grey Teal
Great Crested Grebe Freckled Duck Chestnut Teal
Radjah Shelduck Australian Wood Duck Pink-eared Duck
Magpie Goose Hardhead Musk Duck
Black Swan Pacific Black Duck Green Pygmy-goose
  Mallard Cotton Pygmy-goose
     

Cormorants, Herons, Egrets.

    
Australian Darter Brolga Intermediate Egret
Little Pied Cormorant White-necked Heron Little Egret
Little Black Cormorant White-faced Heron Eastern Reef Egret
Australian Pelican Pied Heron Striated Heron / Mangrove Heron
Jabiru Cattle Egret Nankeen Night-Heron
  Eastern Great Egret Black Bittern
     

Ibis, Spoonbills, Water and Marsh Birds

    
Glossy Ibis Latham’s Snipe Purple Swamphen
Straw-necked Ibis Australian Painted Snipe Dusky Moorhen
Australian White Ibis Red-necked Phalarope Eurasian Coot
Royal Spoonbill Buff-banded Rail Comb-crested Jacana
Yellow-billed Spoonbill Baillon’s Crake Australian Pratincole
Black-winged Stilt Australian Spotted Crake Oriental Pratincole
Red-necked Avocet Spotless Crake  
     

Shore Birds

    
Eastern Curlew Broad-billed Sandpiper Beach Stone-curlew
Little Curlew Red-necked Stint Bush Stone-curlew
Whimbrel Long-toed Stint Pacific Golden Plover
Bar-tailed Godwit Grey-tailed Tattler Grey Plover
Black-tailed Godwit Wandering Tattler Masked Lapwing / Spur-winged Plover
Common Greenshank Ruddy Turnstone Red-capped Plover
Common Sandpiper Sanderling Double-banded Plover
Wood Sandpiper Great Knot Greater Sand Plover
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Red Knot Lesser Sand Plover
Curlew Sandpiper Pied Oystercatcher Red-kneed Dotterel
Terek Sandpiper Sooty Oystercatcher Black-fronted Dotterel
     

Terns, Gulls and Sea Birds

    
Caspian Tern Little Tern Kelp Gull
Gull-billed Tern Whiskered Tern Short-tailed Shearwater
Crested Tern Common Noddy Australasian Gannet
Lesser-crested Tern Black Noddy Masked Booby
Common Tern Silver Gull Brown Booby
     

Raptors and Birds of Prey

    
Eastern Osprey Wedge-tailed Eagle Collared Sparrowhawk
Pacific Baza / Crested Hawk White-bellied Sea Eagle Brown Falcon
Black-shouldered Kite Little Eagle Peregrine Falcon
Letter-winged Kite Spotted Harrier Black Falcon
Whistling Kite Swamp Harrier Grey Falcon
Brahminy Kite Brown Goshawk Australian Hobby / Little Falcon
Square-tailed Kite Grey Goshawk Nankeen Kestrel
Black Kite Red Goshawk  
     

Birds of the Night

    
Powerful Owl Southern Boobook Large-tailed Nightjar
Eastern Barn Owl Tawny Frogmouth White-throated Nightjar
Barking Owl Marbled Frogmouth Australian Owlet-nightjar
     

Pigeons and Doves

    
Crested Pigeon Feral Pigeon Spotted Turtle-Dove
Topknot Pigeon Bar-shouldered Dove Wompoo Fruit-Dove
White-headed Pigeon Peaceful Dove Superb Fruit-Dove
Wonga Pigeon Emerald Dove Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove
Pied Imperial-Pigeon Brown Cuckoo-Dove Common Bronzewing
     

Cockatoos, Parrots and Lorikeets

    
Glossy Black Cockatoo King Parrot Rainbow Lorikeet
Red-tailed Black Cockatoo Red-winged Parrot Scaly-breasted Lorikeet
Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo Pale-headed Rosella Little Lorikeet
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Crimson Rosella Long-billed Corella
Galah Cockatiel Little Corella
     

Cuckoos

    
Pallid Cuckoo Channel-billed Cuckoo Little Bronze-Cuckoo
Oriental Cuckoo Horsfield’s Bronze-Cuckoo Eastern Koel
Fan-tailed Cuckoo Shinning Bronze-Cuckoo Pheasant Coucal
Brush Cuckoo    
     

Birds of the Air

    
White-throated Needletail Dusky Woodswallow White-browed Woodswallow
Fork-tailed Swift Little Woodswallow White-breasted Woodswallow
Welcome Swallow Masked Woodswallow Dollar Bird
Fairy Martin Black-faced Woodswallow Rainbow Bee-eater
Tree Martin    
     

Black and Pied Birds

    
Torresian Crow White–winged Chough Spangled Drongo
Pied Currawong Willy Wagtail Varied Triller
Pied Butcherbird Restless Flycatcher White-winged Triller 
Grey Butcherbird Common Starling Shining Flycatcher (Male)
Australian Magpie Metallic Starling Eastern Koel (Male)
Magpie Lark / Peewee    
     

Kingfishers

    
Azure Kingfisher Forest Kingfisher Laughing Kookaburra
Sacred Kingfisher Collared / Mangrove Kingfisher  
     
     

Honeyeaters

    
Lewin’s Honeyeater White-throated Honeyeater Brown Honeyeater
Mangrove Honeyeater White-naped Honeyeater White-cheeked Honeyeater
Yellow-tufted Honeyeater Black-chinned Honeyeater Little Wattlebird
Yellow-faced Honeyeater Scarlet Honeyeater Striped Honeyeater
Fuscous Honeyeater Dusky Honeyeater Little Friarbird
Blue-faced Honeyeater Eastern Spinebill Noisy Friarbird
Noisy Miner    
     

Little “Brown” Birds (LBB’s)

    
Brown Thornbill White-throated Gerygone Spotted Pardalote
Buff-rumped Thornbill Fairy Gerygone Silvereye
Yellow-rumped Thornbill Mangrove Gerygone Mistletoebird
Yellow Thornbill Weebill Varied Sittella
Striated Thornbill Striated Pardalote  
     

Grassland Birds

    
Horsfield’s Bushlark / Singing Bushlark Golden-headed Cisticola Chestnut-breasted Manikin
Australasian Pipit / Richard’s Pipit Double-barred Finch House Sparrow
Tawny Grassbird Zebra Finch Common Myna
Little Grassbird Red-browed Finch Brown Quail
Rufous Songlark Plum-headed Finch Painted Button-quail
Brown Songlark Nutmeg Mannikin Black-breasted Button-quail
Australian  Reed-warbler    
     

Ground Birds

    
Australian Brush-turkey White-browed Scrubwren Grey-Crowned Babbler
Australian Bustard Large-billed Scrubwren Eastern Whipbird
Speckled Warbler Noisy Pitta  
     

Tree-creepers, Fairy-wrens, Robins, Whistlers & Shrike-thrushes

    
White-throated Tree-creeper Jacky Winter Golden Whistler
Brown Tree-creeper Eastern Yellow Robin Grey Shrike-thrush
Variegated Fairy-wren Eastern  Shrike-tit Little Shrike-thrush
Red-backed Fairy-wren Rufus Whistler  Rose Robin
     

Monarchs, Flycatchers, Fantails, Cuckoo-shrikes & Bowerbirds

    
Black-faced Monarch Rufus Fantail Cicada Bird
Spectacled Monarch Grey Fantail Olive-backed Oriole
White-eared Monarch Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Figbird
Leaden Flycatcher Barred Cuckoo-shrike Great Bowerbird
Shining Flycatcher White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike Satin Bowerbird
 Regent Bowerbird
    

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