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Birds of The Illawarra

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Some are with us always, in our backyards, parklands, waterways and beaches. Others we need to travel a bit further afield to see and hear. Some come and go with the seasons. Others are rare and occasional. The Illawarra and neighbouring regions are a wealth of avian life, and many Illawarra Birders use their photographic skills to record them.

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Birds of Backyards, Parks and Bush

Lorikeets and Rosellas	Cockatoos and Corellas	Kingfishers	Magpie Lark and Monarch	Bowerbirds
Doves, Pigeons, Cuckoo-doves and Fruit Doves	Cuckoos, Koel and Bronze-cuckoos	Fairy-wrens	Emu-wrens	Honeyeaters, Spinebill and Friarbird
Whistlers	Thornbills	Robins	Mistletoebird	Cisticola
Finches	Swallows	Pitta

Lorikeets and Rosellas

Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus)	Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus)

CATHERINE KIRBY	ROGER TRUSCOTT

Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans)


RALPH STADUS	ROD MARSDEN	SARAH RENWICK

Cockatoos and Corellas

Glossy Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami)	Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita)	Little Corella (Cacatua sanguinea)

SIMON REES	BELINDA BACCARINI	DAVID EDDINGTON

Gang-gang Cockatoo (Callocephalon fimbriatum)


DAVID EDDINGTON	ROGER TRUSCOTT

Kingfishers

Azure Kingfisher (Ceyx azureus)

ROGER TRUSCOTT

Sacred Kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus)


MARTIN POTTER	RALPH STADUS	BILL ZEALEY

Magpie Lark and Monarch

Magpie Lark (Grallina cyanoleuca)	Black-faced Monarch (Monarcha melanopsis)

RICHARD SMART	DAN CROWLEY

Bowerbirds

Satin Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus)


ANN PLUMB	CATHERINE KIRBY	ANN PLUMB

Doves, Pigeons, Cuckoo-doves and Fruit Doves

Brown Cuckoo-dove (Macropygia phasianella)	Rose-crowned Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus superbus)	Wompoo Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus magnificus)

LES SCHUMER	MARTIN POTTER	ROGER TRUSCOTT

Cuckoos, Koel and Bronze-cuckoos

Pacific Koel (Eudynamis orientalis)

GAIL CRAWLEY

Shining Bronze-cuckoo (Chalcites lucidus)


ROGER TRUSCOTT	BELINDA BACCARINI

Fairy-wrens

Superb Fairy-wren (Malurus cyaneus)


MARTIN COCKER	LES SCHUMER	ROD MARSDEN

Variegated Fairy-wren (Malurus lamberti)


ROGER TRUSCOTT	WARREN NORRIE

Emu-wrens

Southern Emu-wren (Stipiturus malachurus)


SIMON REES	RALPH STADUS

Honeyeaters, Spinebill and Friarbird

Eastern Spinebill (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris	Noisy Friarbird (Philemon corniculatus)

MARTIN COCKER	RICHARD SMART

Scarlet Honeyeater (Myzomela sanguinolenta)


BILL ZEALEY	PAUL CHARLIER

Whistlers

Rufous Whistler (Pachycephala rufiventris)

RAPLH STADUS

Thornbills

Striated Thornbill (Acanthiza lineata)	Brown Thornbill (Acanthiza pusilla)

RALPH STADUS	SHARON REDMAN

Robins

Eastern Yellow Robin (Eopsaltria australis)

ROD MARSDEN

Mistletoebird

Mistletoebird (Dicaeum hirundinaceum)

RICHARD SMART

Cisticola

Golden-headed Cisticola (Cisticola exilis)


BELINDA BACCARINI	GAIL CRAWLEY

Finches

Double-barred Finch (Stizoptera bichenovii)

WARREN NORRIE

Swallows

Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena)


SHARON REDMAN	PAUL CHARLIER

Pitta

Noisy Pitta (Pitta vericolor)

DAN CROWLEY

Kites and Osprey

Whistling Kite (Milvus sphenurus)	Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus)

BILL ZEALEY	BILL ZEALEY

Black-shouldered Kite (Elanus axillaris)


CATHERINE KIRBY	BELINDA BACCARINI

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus cristatus)


PAUL CHARLIER	BILL ZEALEY

Eagles

White-bellied Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster)

BELINDA BACCARINI

Falcons

Brown Falcon (Falco berigora)	Australian Hobby (Falco longipennis)	Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)

CARLA JACKET	MARTIN POTTER	SHARON REDMAN

Owls

Powerful Owl (Ninox strenua)

CATRHERINE KIRBY

Frogmouth

Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides)


RALPH STADUS	BILL ZEALEY	CARLA JACKET

Spoonbills and Ibis

Straw-necked Ibis (Threskiornis spinicollis)	Royal Spoonbill (Platalea regia)

MICHELLE ROWER	RICHARD SMART

Cormorants and Darter

Little Pied Cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos)	Australasian Darter (Anhinga novaehollandidae)

COLIN SIQUIERA	PAUL CHARLIER

Oystercatchers

Sooty Oystercatcher (Haematopus fuliginosus)

SIMON REES

Herons and Egrets

Great Egret (Ardea alba)	White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae)

RICHARD SMART	MICHELLE ROWER

Eastern Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)


SHARON REDMAN	PAUL CHARLIER

Ducks

Australian Wood Duck (Chenonetta jubata) ducklings	Pink-eared Duck (Malacorhynchus membranaceus)

MARTIN POTTER	ROGER GILLER

Stilts

White-headed Stilt (Himantopus leucocephalus)


PAUL CHARLIER	COLIN SIQUIERA

Rails and Gallinules

Australasian Swamphen (Porphyrio melanotus)	Black-tailed Native-hen (Tribonyx ventralis)	Lewin’s Rail (Lewinia pectoralis)

BELINDA BACCARINI	ROGER GILLER	SHARON REDMAN