For the past few years I have been attracted to birds. The diversity of Australian birds is outstanding. Small, large, colourful or plain. There is something about them that is reassuring and makes me feel privileged to see them. Their freedom, spirit and energy, particularly at dawn, are good for the soul. Equally when I learn how many are endangered it is depressing and diminishes all of us.
So I hope you enjoy these. are some of the birds I have followed, or gently pursued, for a photograph. With the exception of a tame parrot or two, they are wild and free. I always feel privileged to see them this way. A photo is a bonus. Sometimes some pretty ordinary photos are included just for identification purposes. I will replace them with better ones if or when the opportunity allows.
Just to simplify presentation, I have followed the family groups used in Michael Morcombe's Field Guide to Australian Birds, 2003. It highlights my gaps and I recognise I have a long way to go. As an experienced novice, I have photographed over 300 species to date out of some 830 Australian species shown on the Working List of Australian Birds (WLAT) at www.birdlife.org.au.
1. Emus, cassowary
Cassowary
Cassowary
Cassowary
Emus
Emus
Emus
2. Geese, swans, ducks, grebes, penguins
Great Crested Grebes
Hoary-headed Grebe
Black Swan
Yellow Penguin
Yellow Penguin
Radjah Shelduck
Magpie Geese
Magpie Geese
Cape Barren Geese
Plumed Whistling Duck
Great Crested Grebe
Australian Shelduck
Hardhead Duck
Black Swans
Pacific Black Duck
Pacific Black Duck
Pacific Black Duck
Pacific Black Duck
Pacific Black Duck
Pacific Black Duck
Pacific Black Duck
Australasian Grebe
Musk Duck
Great Crested Grebe
Muscovy Duck
Mallards
3. Albatrosses, petrels, shearwaters, prions
Northern Royal Albatross
Northern Royal Albatross
Northern Royal Albatross
Northern Royal Albatross
Petrels
4. Darters, cormorants, pelicans, gannets, frigatebirds
Red-tailed Tropicbird
Red-tailed Tropicbird
Red-tailed Tropicbird
Australasian Darter
Darter and Little Black Cormorants
Australasian Darter
Australasian Darter
Pied Cormorants at Centennial Park, Sydney
Great Cormorant
Pied Cormorant
Darter
Pied Cormorants
Pied Cormorant
Gannet
Gannet
Gannet
Gannet
Pelican
Pelicans
Pelicans
Little Black Cormorant
Gannet
Little Black Cormorants
Little Pied Cormorant
Little Pied Cormorant
Little Pied Cormorant
Little Pied Cormorant
Little Pied Cormorant
Little Pied Cormorant
Little Pied Cormorant
Little Pied Cormorant
Little Black Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Great Cormorant
5. Egrets, herons, spoonbills, cranes, ibises, storks, brolgas
Eastern Reef Egret on LEI with both Black and White Morphs
Eastern Reef Egret Dark Grey
Eastern Reef Egret Dark Grey
Eastern Reef Egret Dark Grey
Eastern Reef Egret White
Eastern Reef Egret White
White-faced Heron
White-faced Heron
White-faced Heron
White-faced Heron
Ibis
Ibis
Brolgas
Spoonbill
Pacific Heron
Pacific Heron
Egret
Intermediate Egret
Intermediate Egret
Egret
Egret
Spoonbill
Spoonbill
White-necked Heron
White-faced Heron
White-faced Heron
White-faced Heron
Great Egret
Great Egret
Great Egret
Great Egret
White-necked Heron
Intermediate Egret
Intermediate Egret
Eastern Reef Egret
Eastern Reef Egret
Eastern Reef Egret
Eastern Reef Egret
Eastern Reef Egret
Eastern Reef Egret
Eastern Reef Egret
Royal Spoonbill
Intermediate Egret
White-necked Heron
Striated Heron
White-necked Heron
White-necked Heron
White-necked Heron
White-necked Heron
White-necked Heron
White-necked Heron
White-necked Heron
White-necked Heron
White-necked Heron
White-necked Heron
White-necked Heron
Striated Heron
White-faced Heron
White-faced Heron
White-faced Heron
White-faced Heron
White-faced Heron
White-faced Heron
Great Egret- Wentworth Falls Lake
Great Egret
Great Egret
Magpie-lark and White-faced Heron-Wallace Lake
White-faced Heron
Great Egret-Penrith Weir
White-faced Heron
White-faced Heron
Great Egret
6. Kites, osprey, eagles, harriers, baza, hawks, falcons
Wedge Tail Eagle
Wedge Tail Eagle
Wedge Tail Eagle
Whistling Kite
Wedge Tail Eagle
Wedge Tail Eagle
Brahminy Kite
Osprey
Osprey
Osprey
Sea Eagle
Sea Eagle
Black Kite
Osprey
Whistling Kite
Sea Eagle
Osprey
Brown Goshawk
Wedge Tail Eagle
Wedge Tail Eagle
White-bellied Sea Eagle
White-bellied Sea Eagle
White-bellied Sea Eagles at Lake Wallace
Wedge Tail Eagle over Hargreaves LO
White-bellied Sea Eagle
7. Swamphen, rail, bustard
Australian Bustard
Buff-banded Rail
Buff-banded Rail
Purple Swamphen
Eurasian Coot
Eurasian Coot
Eurasian Coot
Purple Swamphen
Purple Swamphen
Purple Swamphen
Purple Swamphen
Purple Swamphen
Eurasian Coot
Purple Swamphen
8. Godwits, sandpipers, stints, curlews, snipes
Godwit
Eastern Curlew
Whimbrel
Bar-tailed Godwit
Eastern Curlew
Ruddy Turnstone
Red-necked Stint
9. Oystercatchers, stone-curlews, stilts, plovers, dotterels, lapwings
Sooty Oystercatcher
Pied Oystercatcher
Pied Oystercatcher
Sooty Oystercatcher
Pied Oystercatcher
Sooty Oystercatcher
Sooty Oystercatcher
Sooty Oystercatcher
Black-winged Stilts
Comb-crested Jacana
Bush Stone Curlew
Masked Lapwing
Sandpiper & Masked Lapwing
Red-capped Plover
Red-capped Plover
Red Capped Plover
Bar-tailed Godwit
Hooded Plover
Black-fronted Dotterel
Black-fronted Dotterel
Sooty Oystercatcher
Sooty Oystercatcher
Comb-crested Jacana
Comb-crested Jacana
Masked Lapwing
Masked Lapwing
Masked Lapwing Chick
Masked Lapwing
Masked Lapwing Chick
Masked Lapwing
Pied Oystercatcher
Pied Oystercatcher
Pied Oystercatcher
Pied Oystercatcher
10. Gulls, terns, noddies
Common Noddy
White-fronted Tern
White-fronted Tern
Pacific Gull
Silver Gull
Caspian Tern
Crested Tern
Crested Teren
Crested Terns
Crested Terns
Crested Terns
Crested Terns
11. Doves, pigeons
Bar-shouldered Dove
Bar-shouldered Dove
Brown Cuckoo Dove
Brown Cuckoo Dove
Emerald Dove
Wonga Pigeon
Crested Pigeon
Crested Pigeon
Crested Pigeon
Common Bronzewing
Crested Pigeon
Brown Cuckoo Dove
Spotted Turtle Dove
12. Cockatoos, parrots, lorikeets, rosellas, gang-gangs
Gang-gang Cockatoo
Gang-gang Cockatoo
Gang-gang Cockatoo
Gang-gang Cockatoo and Rainbow Lorikeet
Gang-gang Cockatoo
Gang-gang Cockatoo
Turquoise Parrot
Turqoise Parrot
Turqoise Parrot
Corellas and Galahs
Galah
Galah
Galah
Western Corellas and Galahs
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo
Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo
King Parrot
Rainbow Lorrikeet
Rainbow Lorikeet
King Parrot
Crimson Rosella
Crimson Rosella
Crimson Rosella
Rainbow Lorikeet
Little Corellas
Gang Gang
Gang Gang
Gang Gang
Sulphur Crested Cockatoo
Sulphur Crested Cockatoo
Sulphur Crested Cockatoo
Sulphur Crested Cockatoo
Red Tail Black Cockatoo
Red Tail Black Cockatoo
Major Mitchell Cockatoo
Galah
Galah
Galah
Crimson Rosella
King Parrot
King Parrot
King Parrot
King Parrot
King Parrot
King Parrot
Galah & Crimson Rosella
Galah & Crimson Rosella
Galah & Crimson Rosella
Galah
Galah & Crimson Rosella
King Parrot
Crimson Rosella
Crimson Rosella
Crimson Rosella
Crimson Rosella
Pale-headed Rosella
Red-rumped Parrot
Eastern Rosella
King Parrot
King Parrot and Crimson Rosella
Crimson Rosella
Red-rumped Parrot
Red-rumped Parrot, male and female
Scaley-breasted Lorrikeet
Scaley-breasted Lorrikeet
Galah
Glossy Black Cockatoo
Twenty eight Parrot
Long-billed Corella
Eastern Rosella
Rainbow Lorikeet
Rainbow Lorrikeet
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo
Red-rumped Parrot
Red-rumped Parrot
Red-rumped Parrot
Red-rumped Parrot
Red-rumped Parrot
Red-rumped Parrot
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo
Rainbow Lorikeet
Gang-gang Cockatoos
Gang-gang Cockatoos
Gang-gang Cockatoos
Gang-gang Cockatoos
13. Cuckoos, coucal, owls, frogmouths, nightjars
Tawny Fogmouth
Tawny Fogmouth
Tawny Fogmouth
Pheasant Coucal
Pheasant Coucal
Barn Owl
Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Channei-billed Cuckoo
Tawny Frogmouth
Tawny Frogmouth
14. Kookaburras, kingfishers, swifts, bee-eaters, dollarbird
Sacred Kingfisher
Sacred Kingfisher Lady Elliot Island
Sacred Kingfisher -Penrith Weir
Sacred Kingfisher -Penrith Weir
Forest Kingfisher
Forest Kingfisher
Little Kingfisher
Rainbow Bee Eater
Rainbow Bee Eater
Forest Kingfisher
Forest Kingfisher
Laughing Kookaburra
Kookaburras
Welcome Swallow
Welcome Swallow
Dollarbird
Dollarbird
Laughing Kookaburra
Laughing Kookaburra
Laughing Kookaburra
Laughing Kookaburra
Laughing Kookaburra
Laughing Kookaburra
Laughing Kookaburra
Laughing Kookaburra
Laughing Kookaburra
Laughing Kookaburra
Laughing Kookaburra
Laughing Kookaburra
Sacred Kingfisher
Sacred Kingfisher
Sacred Kingfisher Blackheath Rhodo Gardens
Sacred Kingfisher
15. Lyrebirds, pittas, treecreepers
Superb Lyrebird
Superb Lyrebird
Superb Lyrebird
Superb Lyrebird
Superb Lyrebird
Superb Lyrebird
Superb Lyrebird
Superb Lyrebird
Superb Lyrebird
Brown Treecreeper
Brown Treecreeper
Brown Treecreeper
Red-browed Treecreeper
Red-browed Treecreeper
Red-browed Treecreeper
White-throated Treecreeper
White-throated Treecreeper
White-throated Treecreeper
White-throated Treecreeper
Brown Treecreeper
Red-browed Treecreeper
Red-browed Treecreeper
Red-browed Treecreeper
16. Fairy-wrens, emu-wrens, grasswrens
Superb Fairy-wren
Superb Fairy-wren
Superb Fairy-wren
Superb Fairy-wren
Superb Fairy-wren
Superb Fairy-wren
Superb Fairy Wren
Superb Fairy-wren
Superb Fairy-wren
Red-backed Fairy Wren
Red-backed Fairy Wren
Superb Fairy-wren
Superb Fairy-wren
Superb Fairy-wren
Superb Fairy-wren
Superb Fairy-wren
Superb Fairy-wren
Superb Fairy-wren
Superb Fairy-wren
Superb Fairy-wren
Superb Fairy-wren
Superb Fairy-wren
Superb Fairy-wren
Superb Fairy-wren
Superb Fairy-wren
Superb Fairy-wren
Superb Fairy-wren
Superb Fairy-wren
Superb Fairy-wren
Superb Fairy-wren
Superb Fairy-wren
Superb Fairy-wren
Superb Fairy-wren
Superb Fairy-wren
Superb Fairy-wren
Superb Fairy-wren
Superb Fairy-wren
Superb Fairy-wren
Superb Fairy-wren
Superb fairy-wren
Superb fairy-wren
Superb fairy-wren
Superb fairy-wren
Superb fairy-wren
Superb fairy-wren
Variegated Fairy-wren
Superb Fairy-wren
Variegated Fairy-wren
Superb Fairy-Wren
Superb Fairy-Wren
Superb Fairy-Wren
17. Pardalotes, scrubwrens, thornbills, warblers.gerygones
Yellow Thornbill
Brown Gerygone
Brown Thornbill
Yellow-rumped Thornbill
Yellow-rumped Thornbill
Striated Thornbill
White-browed Scrubwren
Rockwarbler
Rockwarbler
Brown Thornbill
Brown Thornbill
Yellow Thornbill
Brown Thornbill
White-browed Scrubwren
White-browed Scrubwren
White-browed Scrubwren
White-browed Scrubwren
Brown Thornbill
Brown Thornbill
Brown Thornbill
White-browed Scrubwren
Large-billed Scrubwren
Large-billed Scrubwren
Brown Thornbill
White-browed Scrubwren
Brown Thornbill
Brown Thornbill
Brown Thornbill
Large-billed Scrubwren
Yellow Thornbill
White-browed Scrubwren
18. Wattlebirds, honeyeaters, friarbirds, miners, spinebills, chats
Red Wattlebird
Blue-faced Honeyeater
Macleay's Honeyeater
New Holland Honeyeater
Yellow-spotted Honeyeater
Yellow-bellied Sunbird
Noisy Friarbird
Red Wattlebird
Hornbill Friarbird
Scarlet Honeyeater
Noisy Miner
Eastern Spinebill
Red Wattlebird
Red Wattlebird
Wattlebird
New Holland Honeyeater
New Holland Honeyeater
White-gaped Honeyeater
Lewin's Honeyeater
Noisy Friarbird
White-naped Honeyeater
Three White-naped and Yellow-faced Honeyeater
Yellow-faced Honeyeater
Yellow-faced Honeyeater
White-eared Honeyeater
White-eared Honeyeater
White-eared Honeyeater
Lewin's Honeyeater
New Holland Honeyeater
New Holland Honeyeater
New Holland Honeyeater
Black-headed Honeyeater, Tas
Little Friarbird
White-plumed Honeyeater
Little Wattlebird
Little Wattlebird
Brown Honeyeater
White-cheeked Honeyeater
Little Wattlebird
Bell Miner
Bell Miner
White-cheeked Honeyeater
Little Wattlebird
Lewins Honeyeater
Lewins Honeyeater
Friarbird
Little Wattlebird
Blue-faced Honeyeater
Little Wattlebird
Eastern Spinebill
Eastern Spinebill
Eastern Spinebill
Red Wattlebird
Eastern Spinebill
Eastern Spinebill
Eastern Spinebill
Red Wattlebird
Red Wattlebird
Eastern Spinebill
Eastern Spinebill
Eastern Spinebill
Eastern Spinebill
New Holland and Lewins Honeyeaters
New Holland Honeyeater
Red Wattlebird
New Holland Honeyeater
Eastern Spinebill
Eastern Spinebill
Little Wattlebird
Little Wattlebird
Lewins Honeyeater
Lewins Honeyeater
New Holland Honeyeater
Bell Miner
Bell Miner
Bell Miner
Bell Miner
Bell Miner
19. Robins, flycatchers, logrunner, chowchilla, babblers
Buff-banded Rail
Scarlet Robin
Eastern Yellow Robin
Eastern Yellow Robin
Eastern Yellow Robin
Eastern Yellow Robin
Pale-yellow Robin
White-browed Babbler
Jacky Winter
Scarlet Robin
Eastern Yellow Robin
Scarlet Robin
Eastern Yellow Robin
Eastern Yellow Robin
Eastern Yellow Robin
Eastern Yellow Robin
Satin Flycatcher
Satin Flycatcher
Leaden Flycatcher
Eastern Yellow Robin
Eastern Yellow Robin
Flame Robin
Eastern Yellow Robin
Rose Robin
20. Whipbird, bellbird, shrike-tit, shrike-thrush, whistlers
Crested Shrike-tit
Eastern Whipbird
Eastern Whipbird
Eastern Whipbird
Eastern Whipbird
Eastern Whipbird
Eastern Whipbird
Golden Whistler
Golden Whistler
Golden Whistler
Golden Whistler
Golden Whistler female
Golden Whistler female
Rufous Whistler
Rufous Whistler
Rufous Whistler
Grey Shrike-thrush
Grey Shrike-thrush
Grey Shrike-thrush
Grey Shrike-thrush
Grey Shrike-thrush
Grey Shrike-thrush
Grey Shrike-thrush
Grey Shrike-thrush
Grey Shrike-thrush
Grey Shrike-thrush
Grey Shrike-thrush
Grey Shrike-thrush
Grey Shrike-thrush
Grey Shrike-thrush
Grey Shrike-thrush
Grey Shrike-thrush
Grey Shrike-thrush
Grey Shrike-thrush
Crested Shrike -tit
Crested Shrike -tit
Crested Shrike -tit
Rufous Whistler
Golden Whistler female
Rufous Whistler
Golden Whistler
21. Fantails, willie wagtail, drongo, magpie-lark, monarch flycatchers
Willie Wagtail
Willie Wagtail
Varied Triller
Grey Fantail
Grey Fantail
Willie Wagtail
Willie Wagtail
Magpie Lark
Grey Fantail
Magpie Lark
Magpie Lark
Willie Wagtail
Magpie Lark
Black-faced Monarch
Grey Fantail
Grey Fantail
Grey Fantail
Magpie Lark
Rufous Fantail
Rufous Fantail
Rufous Fantail
22. Trillers, cuckoo-shrikes, orioles, figbird, woodswallows, butcherbirds, magpies, currawongs
Hooded Butcherbird - Hervey Bay
Hooded Butcherbird - Hervey Bay
Hooded Butcherbird - Hervey Bay
Triller
White Browed Woodswallow
White Browed Woodswallow
White-browed Woodswallow
White Browed Woodswallow
Yellow Oriole
Figbird
Black-faced Cuckoo Shrike
Magpie
Magpie
Magpie
Magpie
Pied Butcherbird
Grey Butcherbird
Pied Currawong
Pied Currawong
Pied Currawong
Grey Currawong
Magpie
Grey Butcherbird immature
Figbird, female
Magpies
Grey Butcherbird
Grey Butcherbird
Triller
Black-faced Cuckoo-Shrike
Figbirds
Figbird
Grey Currawong
Black-faced Cuckoo-Shrike
Black-faced Cuckoo-Shrike
Pied Currawong
Figbird
23. Ravens, crows, choughs, apostlebirds, bowerbirds
Crow
Crow
Apostlebird
Apostlebird
Apostlebird
Great Bowerbird
Great Bowerbird
Bower
Satin Bowerbird
Great Bowerbird
Great Bowerbird
Great Bowerbird
Satin Bowerbird
Satin Bowerbird
Satin Bowerbird
Satin Bowerbird
Satin Bowerbird
Satin Bowerbirds
Male Satin Bowerbird
Male Satin Bowerbird
Male Satin Bowerbird
Regent Bowerbird, female
Regent Bowerbird
Regent Bowerbird
Satin Bowerbird
Satin Bowerbird
Satin Bowerbird
Satin Bowerbird
Satin Bowerbird
Satin Bowerbirds
Satin Bowerbird
Satin Bowerbird
Satin Bowerbird
Satin Bowerbird
Satin Bowerbird
Satin Bowerbird
Satin Bowerbird
Satin Bowerbird
Regent Bowerbird
Sain Bowerbird
24. Finches, firetails, mannikins, sparrows, wagtails
Crimson Finch
Red-browed Finch
Red-browed Finch
Chestnut-breasted Mannikin
Beautiful Firetail
Pipit
Pipit
Red-browed Finch
Red-browed Finch
Red-browed Finch
Red-browed Finch
Red-browed Finches
Red-browed Finches
Red-browed Finch
Red-browed Finches
Red-browed Finches
Red-browed Finches
Red-browed Finches
Red-browed Finches
25. Sunbird, mistletoebird, swallows
Sunbird
Sunbird
Sunbird
Mistletoebird
Mistletoebird
Welcome Swallow
Welcome Swallow
Welcome Swallow
Welcome Swallow
Welcome Swallow
Welcome Swallow
Welcome Swallow
Fairy Martin
Fairy Martin
26. Warblers, white-eyes, thrushes, blackbird, other introduced species
Silvereye
Silvereye
Silvereye
Silvereye
Silvereye
Silvereyes
Australian Reed-Warbler
Australian Reed-Warbler
Golden-headed Cisticola
Golden-headed Cisticola
Australian Reed-Warbler
Australian Reed-Warbler
Silvereye
Silvereye
Silvereye
Silvereye
Silvereye
Capricorn Silvereye from Lady Elliot Island
Capricorn Silvereye from Lady Elliot Island
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Common Starling
