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Apostlebird - Struthidea cinerea
Australasian Gannet - Morus serrator: Seabirds found off the Southern
coast. Their bodie are mostly white, with dark tips on the major wing feathers and the inner tail feathers. The head is buff-yellow and the bill pale blue-grey with striking black borders to the bill sheaths. Small flocks are seen soaring above the ocean. A bird will suddenly fold its wings back and dive spectacularly into the water.
Australian Bustard - Ardeotis australis
Australian Brush-turkey - Alectura lathami: The largest of Australia's three megapodes (group of fowl-like birds, such as quails, turkeys, peafowl and junglefowl), this bird has mainly black body plumage, bare read head, yellow throat wattle (pale blue in northern birds) and laterally flattened tail.
Australian Darter - Anhinga melanogaster
Australasian Grebe - Tachybaptus novaehollandiae: A small waterbird
found in freshwater ponds or small waterways throughout Australia.
Australian Hobby - Falco longipennis
Australian King Parrot - Alisterus scapularis
Australian Magpie - Gymnorhina tibicen: Black and white in colour, the nape, upper tail and shoulder are white in males, grey in females.
Are common and conspicuous birds, found wherever there is a combination of trees and adjacent open areas, including parks and playing fields. They are absent only from the densest forests and arid deserts. Groups of up to 24 birds live year round in territories that are actively defended by all members of the group.
Australian Owlet-nightjar - Aegotheles cristatus
Australian Pelican - Pelecanus conspicillatus: widespread on freshwater, estuarine and marine wetlands and waterways including lakes, swamps, rivers, coastal islands and shores.
Australian Pratincole - Stiltia isabella
Australian Ringneck (Port Lincoln Parrot) - Barnardius zonarius
Australian White Ibis - Threskiornis molucca
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Banded Stilt - Cladorhynchus leucocephalus
Barn Owl - Tyto alba: Moderately common, but generally hard to see, as they are mostly active at night. During the day, the birds roost on concealed tree branches. They are the most widespread and familiar of the owls. Barn Owls are medium sized, 30 to 39 cm (females slightly larger than males), with a 'heart-shaped' facial disc.
Barking Owl - Ninox connivens: A medium-sized (35 to 45 cm) hawk-owl. Hawk-owls lack the definite heart-shaped face of the tyto-owls (which include the Barn Owl). The colouring is grey-brown above, with white spots on the wings, and whitish below, heavily streaked with grey-brown. The head is almost entirely grey-brown, and the eyes are large and yellow. The Barking Owl has two main calls, the first is a double-noted, dog-like "wook-wook", and the second is a wavering human-like scream.
Bar-tailed Godwits - Limosa lapponica: Quite large (37 to 45 cm) waders, with females being bigger than males. The Bar-tailed Godwit is mainly mottled brown above and lighter and more uniform buff below. It has dull white underwings, and a long, slightly upturned bill. As the name suggests, the white tail is barred with brown. Calls include a rapid "tititi" and a sharp "kuwit" in alarm.
Bassian Thrush - Zoothera lunulata
Beautiful Firetail - Emblema bella
Black (White-Capped) Noddy - Anous minutus
Black Kite - Milvus migrans: medium-sized (47 to 55 cm) bird of prey (raptor). From a distance, it appears almost black, with a light brown bar on the shoulder. The tail is forked and barred with darker brown. This feature gives the bird its alternative name of Fork-tailed Kite. The eye is dark brown and the bill is black with a yellow cere (area of skin around the nostrils). The call is a descending whistle "psee-err" followed by a staccato "si-si-si-si-si".
Black Swan - Cygnus atratus: In adults, the body is mostly black, with the exception of broad white wing tips, which are visible in flight. The bill is a deep orange-red, paler at the tip, with a distinct narrow white band towards the end.
Younger birds are much greyer in colour, and have black wing tips. It is the only entirely black-coloured swan in the world.
Black-breasted Buzzard - Hamirostra melanosternon
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike - Coracina novaehollandiae: Has a black
face and throat, blue-grey back, wings and tail, and white underparts. They are
slender, attractive birds. They have a curious habit of shuffling their wings
upon landing, a practice that gave rise to the name "Shufflewing",
which is often used for this species. Wing shuffling is also carried out by
most other species in this family. The call most often heard is a soft churring,
often being described as a warbling "creearck".
Black-fronted Dotterel - Elseyornis melanops
Black-naped Tern - Sterna sumatrana
Black-necked Stork (Jabiru) - Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus: Only stork found in Australia. Standing at a height of 129 - 137 cm, with black and white body plumage, glossy dark green and purple neck and massive black bill. The legs are long and coral-red in colour. The female is distinguished by its yellow eye. The Black-necked Stork inhabits wetlands, such as floodplains of rivers with large shallow swamps and pools, and deeper permanent bodies of water.
Black-winged Stilt - Himantopus himantopus. A large (35 to 39 cm) black and white wader with long orange-red legs and a straight black bill. It has black on the back of the neck, a white collar and a red iris. Black-winged Stilts give a repeated high-pitched barking call.
Bridled Tern - Sterna anaethetus
Brolga - Grus rubicundus: A large grey crane, with a featherless red head and grey crown. The legs are grey and there is a black dewlap under the chin. The Brolga's call is a loud trumpeting 'garooo' or 'kaweee-kreee-kurr-kurr-kurr-kurr-kurr-kurr', which is given in flight, at rest or during courtship.
Brown Booby - Sula leucogaster
Brown Falcon - Falco berigora: A small to medium-sized raptor (bird of prey). Birds range in size from 41 to 50 cm, with the female larger than the male. The Brown Falcon has a range of plumage colours, from very dark brown to light brown above and off-white below.
The sides of the head are brown with a characteristic tear-stripe below the eye.
Brown Treecreeper - Climacteris picumnus: The largest of Australia's treecreepers. It measures 16 to 19 cm and is mostly pale brown in plumage. Birds of northern Queensland are darker brown. The head, throat and upper breast are pale greyish-brown, while the lower breast and belly are strongly streaked with black and buff. In flight, a buff stripe can be seen in the wing. The Brown Treecreeper has a loud "spink" call, which is given either singly or in a series, and normally betrays its presence before the bird is seen.
Budgerigar - Melopsittacus undulatus: Since its introduction into captivity, the Budgerigar (or "budgie") has been bred into a variety of colour forms, including pure white, blue, yellow, mauve, olive and grey. In the wild, the Budgerigar is green and yellow, with black barring above, and a small patch of blue on its cheek.
Buff-banded Rail - Gallirallus philippensis
Bush Stone-Curlew - Burhinus grallarius: Also known as the Bush Thick-knee, is a large (52 to 58 cm), slim, mainly nocturnal, ground-dwelling bird. It is mostly grey-brown above, streaked with black and rufous. It is whitish below with clear, vertical black streaks. The bill is small and black, and the eye is large and yellow, with a prominent white eyebrow.
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Cape-Barren Goose - Cereopsis novaehollandiae
Caspian Tern - Sterna caspia
Chestnut Teal - Anas castanea
Cockatiel - Leptolophus hollandicus: an unusual member of the cockatoo family. It is small in size (30 to 33 cm), and has a slender body and long pointed tail, which is more characteristic of a parrot. Its plumage is mostly grey, paler below, with a white wing patch, orange cheeks and a distinctive pointed crest. The male can be identified by its bright yellow forehead, face and crest.
Comb-crested Jacana - Irediparra gallinacea: also known as the Lotusbird, has a red fleshy forehead comb, a black crown, back and breast and brown wings. The belly, face and throat are white, and there is a faint yellow tinge around the eye and throat.
Found in tropical and subtropical freshwater wetlands, including lagoons, billabongs, swamps, lakes, rivers, sewage ponds and dams, providing there is adequate floating vegetation.
Feeds on aquatic insects
Common Bronzewing - Phaps chalcoptera: A medium-sized, heavily built pigeons, measuring 30 to 36 cm.
It is a cautious pigeon, and rarely allows close approach. If startled, it flies away with a clatter, keeping low to the ground while moving in a steady, direct manner. The common call is a deep "oom", repeated several times.
Common Koel - Eudynamys scolopacea: The male is easily identified by its entirely glossy black plumage, tinged with blue and green, and striking red eye. The female has glossed brown upperparts, heavily spotted with white, and a black crown.
39 to 46 cm in length, and is a member of the cuckoo family.
The male Common Koel advertises its presence by a loud ascending whistle "coo-ee" or "ko-el", monotonously repeated; the call of the female is a repetitive "wook-wook-wook...".
Common Myna - Acridotheres tristis: A member of the starling
family, it was introduced into Australia in the 1860s and, since then, has become a common and familiar bird along the east coast. Its success is mostly a result of its opportunistic behaviour and aggressiveness towards other species, bullying them around food sources and out competing them for nesting sites. The voice is unpleasant: a collection of growls and other harsh notes.
Common Noddy - Anous stolidus
Common Starling - Sturnus vulgaris: Introduced into Australia in the late 1850s through to
1870, originated from Europe where it was once a common bird of the deciduous woodlands.
Crested Pigeon - Geophaps lophotes: a stocky pigeon with a conspicuous thin black crest.
Crested Tern - Sterna bergeii
Crimson Chat - Ephthianura tricolor
Crimson Rosella - Platycercus elegans: There are several colour forms of the Crimson Rosella. The mostly crimson plumage and bright blue cheeks easily identify the one from which it receives its name. The Crimson Rosella has a range of calls, the commonest being a two-syllabled "cussik-cussik".
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Dusky Robin - Melanodryas vittata
Dollarbird - Eurystomus orientalis: Arrives in northern and eastern Australia in September each year to breed. In March or April the birds return to New Guinea and adjacent islands to spend the winter. It has mostly dark brown upperparts, washed heavily with blue-green on the back and wing coverts. The breast is brown, while the belly and undertail coverts are light, and the throat and undertail glossed with bright blue.
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Eastern Reef Egret - Ardea sacra
Eastern Rosella - Platycercus eximius
Eastern Whipbird - Psopodes olivaceus: Adult
birds are mostly dark olive-green above, with a long tail, and a grey-white belly. The head and breast are black, with a broad white patch on the side of the face and a black crest.
Eurasian Coot - Fulica atra
Emu - Dromaius novaehollandiae:
The Emu grows up to two metres high and is Australia's largest native bird, and the second largest flightless bird in the
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Fan-tailed Cuckoo - Cacomantis flabelliformis
Fairy Penguin - Eudyptula minor: Not only are these penguins the smallest of the species, but Eudyptula means ‘good little diver’. The fairy penguin’s streamlined shape and its efficient flippers enable it to seek prey in shallow short dives, typically between 10m and 30m. Its diet consists of small fish, some squid or krill (shrimp-like crustaceans) and occasionally crab larvae or sea horses from the sea floor. Most birds in a colony return to their burrows in small groups within an hour or so of darkness. Groups of penguins gather beyond the surf where they may be heard calling to each other. In large colonies, hundreds of birds may come ashore in a brief time. Fairy penguins have a distinctive song, which moves from a bass rumble to a trumpeting cry, accompanied by flipper, beak and body movements.
Fairy Tern - Sterna nereis
Forty-Spotted Pardalote* - Pardalotus quadragintus
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Galah - Cacatua roseicapilla: The Galah (35 cm) can be easily identified by its rose-pink head, neck and underparts, with paler pink crown, and grey back, wings and undertail. Galahs have a bouncing acrobatic flight, but spend much of the day sheltering from heat in the foliage of trees and shrubs. The voice is a distinctive high-pitched screech, 'chi-chi'. Huge noisy flocks of birds congregate and roost together at night.
Golden Bowerbird - Prionodura newtoniana
Golden Whistler - Pachycephala pectoralis
Gouldian Finch - Erythrura gouldiae
Great Bowerbird - Chlamydera nuchalis
Great Cormorant - Phalacrocorax carbo: largest of the Australian cormorants (70 - 90 cm) and is one of the largest in the world. It is almost entirely black in plumage, apart from a white and yellow chin and a small white patch on each thigh (absent in winter). The bill is grey and the legs and feet are black. Young birds resemble the adults but are more dusky-brown.
Great Egret - Ardea alba
Great Frigatebird - Fregata minor
Green Rosella - Platycercus caledonicus: Found only in Tasmania. It occurs throughout a wide range of forest types, from the mountains to the coast. Although its diet consists largely of seeds, it also feeds on
fruits and berries. It often comes to the ground to feed. They apparently mate for life and are sometimes encountered in large, noisy flocks. When feeding, however, this bird is usually found in small unobtrusive parties. Other names include Green, Mountain or Tasman Parrot, Tasmanian Rosella, Tussock Parrot, Yellow-bellied Parrot, and Yellow-breasted Parrot.
Greenshank - Tringa nebularia
Grey Butcherbird - Cracticus torquatus
Grey (White) Goshawk - Accipiter novaehollandiae
Grey Teal - Anas gracilis: Almost all grey-brown, it is one of the smaller Australian ducks, measuring 40cm - 48cm (males larger than females). Each feather of the body is edged with buff, except on the rump. The chin and throat are white, the bill is dark green and the eye is red.
Grey Ternlet (Grey Noddy) - Procelsterna albivittata
Grey-Tailed Tattler - Tringa brevipes
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Hardhead - Aythya australis
Helmeted Honeyeater - Lichenostomus melanops cassidix: The Helmeted Honeyeater is the brightest and largest subspecies of the Yellow Tufted Honeyeater group. It is gold, green and black, with distinctive golden crown and ear tufts, which contrast with the black sides of the head. The forehead carries the distinctive short crest, or helmet, of upstanding gold feathers that it raises when aroused.
The Helmeted Honeyeater diet consists of invertebrates and manna, all gleaned from the foliage, twigs and branches of eucalypts and the tall shrub canopy that grows beneath the eucalypts.
Hooded Plover - Thinornis rubricollis
House Sparrow - Passer domesticus: a large (14 - 17 cm) finch. It is usually seen in small to medium-sized groups, but may occur in huge numbers.
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Intermediate Egret - Ardea intermedia
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King Parrot - Alisterus scapularis
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Laughing Kookaburra - Dacelo
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Lewin's Honeyeater - Meliphaga lewinii: Small to medium in size (20cm - 22cm). It is dark greenish grey in colour, with a creamy yellow gape (fleshy corners of the mouth). It has large, yellowish crescent-shaped ear patches, which identify it from other honeyeaters other than similar but smaller species in tropical Queensland. In flight, the pale yellow edges of the flight feathers can be seen. The bill is black and the eye is blue-grey. Both sexes are similar in appearance.
Little Black Cormorant - Phalacrowcorax sulcirostis
Little Corella - Cacatua pastinator
Little Egret - Ardea garzetta
Little Penguin - Eudyptula minor: smallest of the world's 17 penguins. It is only 0.4 - 0.45 m high and weighs about 1 kg. It is also known as the
Fairy Penguin because of its small size. In contrast, the largest species of penguin, the Emperor Penguin Aptenodytes forsteri, is 1 - 1.3 m high with adult males weighing up to 38 kg.
Like all penguins, the Little Penguin is highly adapted for life in the sea. Its body is streamlined - its wings are modified as flippers and its feathers are densely distributed over its body. The upper parts, including the back of the Little Penguin are distinctly blue, which explains its alternative name, Blue Penguin and the underbelly is white.
Little Pied Cormorant - Phalacrocorax melanoleucos
Little Tern - Sterna albifrons
Little Wattlebird - Anthochaera chrysoptera
Lord Howe Island Woodhen* - Gallirallus sylvestris
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Magpie Goose - Anseranas semipalmata
Magpie-lark - Grallina cyanoleuca
Major Mitchell's Cockatoo - Cacatua leadbeateri
Mallee Ringneck - Barnardius barnardi
Malleefowl* - Leipoa ocellata
Masked Booby - Sula dactylatra
Masked Lapwing - Vanellus miles: are large (33 to 38 cm), ground-dwelling birds that are closely related to the waders.
They are unmistakable in both appearance and voice, which is a loud "kekekekekekekek".
Predominantly white below, with brown wings and back and a black crown. Birds have large yellow wattles covering the face, and are equipped with a thorny spur that projects from the wrist on each wing.
Masked Owl - Tyto novaehollandiae
Mulga Parrot - Psephotus varius
Musk Duck - Biziura lobata
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Nankeen Kestrel - Falco cenchroides: A slender falcon. The upper parts are mostly rufous, with some dark streaking. The wings are tipped with black. The underparts are pale buff, streaked with black, and the under tail is finely barred with black, with a broader black band towards the tip. Females tend to be more heavily marked and have more rufous on the crown and tail.
It mainly feeds on small mammals, reptiles, small birds and a variety of insects.
Nankeen Night Heron - Nycticorax caledonicus
New Holland Honeyeater - Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
Noisy Miner - Manorina melanocephala
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Orange-Bellied Parrot* - Neophema chrysogaster
Osprey - Pandion haliaetus
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Pacific Black Duck - Anas superciliosa
Pacific Golden Plover - Pluvialus fulva
Pallid Cuckoo - Cuculus pallidus
Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus
Pied Butcherbird - Cracticus nigrogularis: A medium-sized black and white bird (33cm - 37cm). It has a full black hood, dark brown eye and long, hooked, grey and black bill. It has a broad white collar that goes all around its neck and a black bib (throat area). The rest of the underparts are white and the legs are black.
The Pied Butcherbird's voice is a beautiful, melodious fluting, sometimes given in turn by several individuals. Many people consider this the best singer of Australia's birds.
Pied Cormorant - Phalacrocorax varius
Pied Currawong - Strepera graculina: A large (44cm - 51cm), mostly black bird, with a bright yellow eye. Small patches of white are confined to the under tail, the tips and bases of the tail feathers and a small patch towards the tip of each wing (visible in flight). The bill is large and black and the legs are dark grey-black.
The main call is a loud "currawong", which gives the bird its name. Other frequent sounds include deep croaks and a wolf whistle.
Pied Heron - Ardea picata
Pied Oystercatcher - Haematopus longirostris
Plumed Whistling Duck - Dendrocygna eytoni
Princess Parrot - Polytelis alexandrae
Purple-crowned Lorikeet - Glossopsitta porphyrocephala
Purple Swamphen - Porphyrio porphyrio
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Rainbow Bee-eater - Merops ornatus
Rainbow Lorikeet - Trichoglossus haematodus
Red Wattlebird - Anthochaera carunculata: a large (33 - 37 cm), noisy honeyeater. The common name refers to the fleshy reddish wattle on the side of the neck. The plumage is grey-brown on the body, with prominent white streaks and yellow on the belly. The face is pale and the tail is long with a white-tip. It has several distinctive but unmusical calls including coughs, a harsh 'yac a yac' and a loud
'chok'.
Red-backed Kingfisher - Todiramphus pyrrhopygius
Red-rumped Parrot - Psephotus haematonotus
Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo - Calyptorhynchus banksii
Red-tailed Tropicbird - Phaethon rubricauda
Red-whiskered Bulbul - Pycnonotus jocosus
Red-winged Parrot - Aprosmictus erythropterus
Regent Bowerbird - Sericulus chrysocephalus
Regent Parrot - Polytelis anthopeplus
Richard's Pipit - Anthus novaeseelandiae
Riflebirds - Family: Paradisaeidae, Genus: Ptiloris: There are three species of riflebird found in Australia. They are all very similar in plumage and size, but have separate distributions, which helps in their identification.
Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) - Columba livia: descended from the Rock Pigeon, found in Europe and Asia. Many plumage variants have been developed by selective breeding over the years and the most common colours of feral birds are a mixture of grey, black, white and brown, with purple and green sheens. The most common call is a moaning
'cooo-rooooo-cu-cu'.
Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii
Ruddy Shelduck - Tadorna ferruginea
Ruddy Turnstone - Arenaria interpres
Rufous Night Heron - Nycticorax caledonicus
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Sacred Kingfisher - Todiramphus sanctus: A medium sized kingfisher, 19cm - 23cm. It has a turquoise back, turquoise blue rump and tail, buff-white underparts and a broad cream collar. There is a broad black eye stripe extending from bill to nape of neck.
The voice of the Sacred Kingfisher is a loud "ek ek ek ek" repeated continuously throughout breeding season. Birds also give a "kee kee kee" in excitement and a series of chirring, scolding notes when alarmed. In Australia, Sacred Kingfishers spend the winter in the north of their range and return south in the spring to breed. For most of the year the birds are mainly solitary, pairing only for the breeding season.
Satin Bowerbird - Ptilonorhynchus violaceus
Scaly-breasted Lorikeet - Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus
Scarlet Robin - Petroica multicolor
Short-tailed Shearwater - Puffinus tenuirostris
Shy Albatross - Diomedea cauta
Silver Gull - Larus novaehollandiae
Silvereye - Zosterops lateralis: a conspicuous ring of white feathers around the eye, and belongs to a group of birds collectively known as white-eyes.
The Silvereye shows interesting plumage variations across its range. The contact call, a thin "psip", is given persistently.
Sooty Oystercatcher - Haematopus fuliginosus
Sooty Tern (Wideawake) - Sterna fuscata
Southern Boobook - Ninox
novaeseelandiae
Southern Cassowary* - Casuarius casuarius
Southern Fulmar Petrel - Fulmarus glacialoides
Spangled Drongo- Dicrurus bracteatus: measures 28cm - 33cm. It has glossy black plumage, with iridescent blue-green spots (spangles) and blood red eyes.
The Spangled Drongo is noisy and conspicuous, usually active, and frequently aggressive to other species. The voice comprises a variety of sounds, including some distinctive metallic notes like a stretched wire being plucked, and occasional mimicry of other bird species.
Spinifex Pigeon - Geophaps plumifera
Spotted Pardalote - Pardalotus punctatus
Spotted Turtle-Dove - Streptopelia chinensis
Striated Pardalote - Pardalotus striatus
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo - Cacatua galerita: a large white parrot, measuring 45cm - 50cm. It has a dark grey-black bill, a distinctive sulphur-yellow crest and a yellow wash on the underside of the wings.
This is a noisy and conspicuous cockatoo, both at rest and in flight. The most common call is a distinctive loud screech, ending with a slight upward inflection.
The Sulphur-crested Cockatoo's normal diet consists of berries, seeds, nuts and roots. It also takes handouts from humans. The species has become a pest around urban areas, where it uses its powerful bill to destroy timber decking and panelling on houses. Feeding normally takes place in small to large groups, with one or more members of the group watching for danger from a nearby perch.
Superb Fairy-Wren - Malurus cyaneus
Superb Lyrebird - Menura novaehollandiae
Swift Parrot - Lathamus discolor
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Tasmanian Masked Owl - Tyto novaehollandiae
Tasmanian Native Hen - Gallinula mortierii
Tawny Frogmouth - Podargus strigoides: With their nocturnal habit and owl-like appearance, Tawny Frogmouths are often confused with owls, but are actually more closely related to the nightjars. Their feet are weak however, and lack the curved talons of owls.
The bulk of the Tawny Frogmouth's diet is made up of nocturnal insects, worms, slugs and snails. Small mammals, reptiles, frogs and birds are also eaten. Most food is obtained by pouncing to the ground from a tree or other elevated perch.
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Variegated Fairy-wren - Malurus lamberti
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Wandering Albatross - Diomedea exulans
Wedge-tailed Eagle - Aquila audax: Australia's largest living bird of prey and one of the largest eagles in the world. It reaches 0.85-1.05 m in length and has a wingspan of 2.3 m. Females are larger than males, averaging 4.2 kg in weight and occasionally reaching 5.3 kg. Males usually weigh about 3.2 kg, although they may reach 4.0 kg.
The Wedge-tailed Eagle is found throughout mainland Australia, Tasmania and southern New Guinea, from sea level to alpine regions in the mountains. It prefers wooded and forested land and open country, generally avoiding rainforest and coastal heaths. Eagles can be seen perched on trees or poles or soaring overhead to altitudes of up to 2000 m.
Wedge-tailed Eagles build their nest in a prominent location with a good view of the surrounding countryside. It may be built in either a live or dead tree, but usually the tallest one in the territory. eat both live prey and carrion. Their diet reflects the available prey, but the most important live items are rabbits and hares. Rabbits usually comprise about 30-70% of the diet, but may comprise up to 92%. Wedge-tailed Eagles may hunt singly, in pairs or in larger groups. Working together, a group of eagles can attack and kill animals as large as adult kangaroos. This explains the scientific name of the Wedge-tailed Eagle which means 'bold eagle'. Under ideal conditions, an eagle can lift about 50% of its body weight.
Weebill - Smicrornis brevirostris: Australia's smallest birds. They measure just 8cm - 9cm, with northern Australian birds smaller than those in the south do. Their common name comes from the short, stubby, pale beak. The eye is pale cream, and there is a pale line above the eye. Weebills are dull grey-brown on the head and olive-brown on the back, and the underparts are buff to yellow.
The voice is "wee bit" or "wee willy weetee".
Welcome Swallow - Hirundo neoxena
Whimbrel - Numenius phaeopus
Whistling Kite - Milvus sphenurus
White Tern - Gygis alba
White-bellied Sea-Eagle - Haliaeetus leucogaster: The White-bellied Sea-Eagle is the second largest bird of prey found in Australia.
The largest is the Wedge-tailed Eagle, Aquila audax, which stands up to 1m. The
White-bellied Sea-Eagles feeds mainly off aquatic animals, such as fish, turtles and sea snakes, but it takes birds and mammals as well. It is a skilled hunter, and will attack prey up to the size of a swan. Sea-Eagles also feed on carrion (dead prey) such as sheep and fish along the waterline. They harass smaller birds, forcing them to drop any food that they are carrying.
White-browed Scrubwren - Sericornis frontalis
White-browed Woodswallow - Artamus superciliosus
White-faced Heron - Ardea novaehollandiae
White-gaped Honeyeater - Lichenostomus flavus
White-throated Needletail - Hirundapus caudacutus
White-winged Chough - Corcorax melanorhamphos
Willie Wagtail - Rhipidura leucophrys: The largest, and possibly most well-known, of the Australian fantails. Birds measure 18.5 to 21.5 cm. The plumage is black above with a white belly. The Willie Wagtail can be distinguished from other similar sized black and white birds by its black throat and white eyebrows and whisker marks. The name wagtail stems from the constant sideways wagging of the tail.
Wompoo Fruit-Dove - Ptilinopus magnificus: identified by its large size,
rich purple throat, chest and upper belly, and yellow lower belly. It has
mostly green underparts, with a paler grey head and a conspicuous yellow
wing-bar. It is perhaps the most beautiful of all the doves found in Australia.
They feed on a variety of rainforest fruits. The fruits are eaten whole and may be quite large in size. The birds are hard to see when feeding, and are best located by their calls or the sound of falling fruit.
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Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo - Calyptorhynchus funereus
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Zebra Finch - Taeniopygia guttata
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