Birds of Oz

Warning: no pictures of kids will be shown in this post. Feel free to skip to the next. This one is for journaling/memory purposes.

When you see Cady or Asher next, ask them to sing “Lizards of Oz” for you. We have a new repertoire of songs – most dealing with Australian wildlife. While we have seen a few lizards, the wildlife that we most often see are the birds. I’ve tried to catch many of them with our better camera but some are more shy than others. There are so many different species, I think we (even kids!) can identify over 30 and that is just the common ones that hang around by our place. We checked out the most popular guidebook for birds in Australia (aptly named “What Bird is That?” and first published in 1931) from the library and it was over 800 pages long and weighed almost a kilo. SO MANY BIRDS! Anyway, here are the ones we could catch on camera with their common and scientific names and location of the photograph.

Australian Brush-turkey, Alectura lathami, pictured in Taronga zoo, Sydney, New South Wales but they were wild - not exhibit animals!

Australian King-Parrot, Alisterus scapulars, Myrtleford, Victoria (Adult male with red head)

Australian Magpie, Cracticus tibicen, Myrtleford, Victoria

Australian Pelican, Pelecanus conspicillatus, Pictured at Taronga zoo but we also saw them in the wild in a few places including Primrose Sands, Tasmania

Australian White Ibis, Threskiornis molucca, Albury, New South Wales

Blue Faced Honeyeater, Entomyzon cyanotis, Shepparton, Victoria

Brolga, Grus rubicunda, Tidbinbilla, Australian Capital Territory

Bush Stone-curlew, Burhinus grallarius, Great Keppel, Queensland

Crested Pigeon, Ocyphaps lophotes, Myrtleford, Victoria

Crimson Rosella, Platycercus elegans, Myrtleford, Victoria (adult with red belly, juvenile with green mottled belly)

Eastern Yellow Robin, Eopsaltria australis, Booderee, Jervis Bay Territory

Emu, Dromaius novaehollandiae, Pictured at Taronga zoo but we also saw them in the wild in a few places including Tidbinbilla, Australian Capital Territory

Galah, Eolophus roseicapilla, Myrtleford, Victoria

Gang-gang Cockatoo, Callocephalon fimbriatum, Myrtleford, Victoria

Green Rosella, Platycercus caledonicus, Port Arthur, Tasmania

Indian yellow-nosed albatross, Thalassarche carter, Jervis Bay, New South Wales

Laughing Kookaburra, Dacelo novaeguineae, Myrtleford, Victoria

Little Penguin, Eudyptula minor, Bicheno, Tasmania, photo by Bicheno Penguin Tours but we were there!

Little Pied Cormorant, Microcarbo melanoleucos, Greenpatch, Jervis Bay Territory

Magpie-lark, Grallina cyanoleuca, Echuca, Victoria

Masked Lapwing, Vanellus miles, Vincentia, New South Wales (check out the yellow wing spur!)

Olive-backed Oriole, Oriolus sagittatus, Boderee, Jervis Bay Territory

Rainbow Lorikeet, Trichoglossus haematodus, Husskinson, New South Wales

Satin Bowerbird, Ptilonorhynchus violaceus, Rosewhite, Victoria (plus the bower with blue treasures that he collected to attract a female)

Silver Gull, Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae, Vincentia, New South Wales (“mine, mine, mine”)

Straw-necked Ibis, Threskiornis spinicollis, Myrtleford, Victoria

Sulfur-crested Cockatoo, Cacatua galerita, Myrtleford, Victoria

Superb Fairy-wren, Malurus cyaneus, Echuca, Victoria

White-bellied sea eagle, Haliaeetus leucogaster, Jervis Bay, New South Wales

White-faced Heron, Egretta novaehollandiae, Echuca, Victoria

Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo, Calyptorhynchus funereus, Myrtleford, Victoria

Yellow Rosella, Platycercus elegant flaveolus, Albury, New South Wales

No picture but seen frequently:

Australian Raven, Corvus coronoides, Myrtleford, Victoria

Black Swan, Cygnus atratus, Primrose Sands, Tasmania

Pacific Black Duck, Anas superciliosa, Bright, Victoria

House Sparrow, Passer domesticus, Myrtleford, Victoria

Nankeen Kestrel, Falco cenchroides, Hume Highway, Victoria
Willie Wagtail, Rhipidura leucophrys, Myrtleford, Victoria