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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Kites and Osprey | Eagles | Falcons | Owls | Frogmouth |
Spoonbills and Ibis | Herons and Egrets | Ducks | Stilts | Rails and Gallinules | Snipe | Reed-warbler |
Cormorants and Darter | Oystercatchers | Godwits | Sandpipers | Turnstone |
Gannet | Prions and Petrels |
Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus) | Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus) |
CATHERINE KIRBY | ROGER TRUSCOTT |
RALPH STADUS | ROD MARSDEN | SARAH RENWICK |
Glossy Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami) | Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita) | Little Corella (Cacatua sanguinea) |
SIMON REES | BELINDA BACCARINI | DAVID EDDINGTON |
DAVID EDDINGTON | ROGER TRUSCOTT |
Azure Kingfisher (Ceyx azureus)
ROGER TRUSCOTT
MARTIN POTTER | RALPH STADUS | BILL ZEALEY |
Magpie Lark (Grallina cyanoleuca) | Black-faced Monarch (Monarcha melanopsis) |
RICHARD SMART | DAN CROWLEY |
ANN PLUMB | CATHERINE KIRBY | ANN PLUMB |
Brown Cuckoo-dove (Macropygia phasianella) | Rose-crowned Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus superbus) | Wompoo Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus magnificus) |
LES SCHUMER | MARTIN POTTER | ROGER TRUSCOTT |
Pacific Koel (Eudynamis orientalis)
GAIL CRAWLEY
ROGER TRUSCOTT | BELINDA BACCARINI |
MARTIN COCKER | LES SCHUMER | ROD MARSDEN |
ROGER TRUSCOTT | WARREN NORRIE |
SIMON REES | RALPH STADUS |
Eastern Spinebill (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris | Noisy Friarbird (Philemon corniculatus) |
MARTIN COCKER | RICHARD SMART |
BILL ZEALEY | PAUL CHARLIER |
Rufous Whistler (Pachycephala rufiventris)
RAPLH STADUS
Striated Thornbill (Acanthiza lineata) | Brown Thornbill (Acanthiza pusilla) |
RALPH STADUS | SHARON REDMAN |
Eastern Yellow Robin (Eopsaltria australis)
ROD MARSDEN
Mistletoebird (Dicaeum hirundinaceum)
RICHARD SMART
BELINDA BACCARINI | GAIL CRAWLEY |
Double-barred Finch (Stizoptera bichenovii)
WARREN NORRIE
SHARON REDMAN | PAUL CHARLIER |
Whistling Kite (Milvus sphenurus) | Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus) |
BILL ZEALEY | BILL ZEALEY |
CATHERINE KIRBY | BELINDA BACCARINI |
PAUL CHARLIER | BILL ZEALEY |
White-bellied Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster)
BELINDA BACCARINI
Brown Falcon (Falco berigora) | Australian Hobby (Falco longipennis) | Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) |
CARLA JACKET | MARTIN POTTER | SHARON REDMAN |
RALPH STADUS | BILL ZEALEY | CARLA JACKET |
Straw-necked Ibis (Threskiornis spinicollis) | Royal Spoonbill (Platalea regia) |
MICHELLE ROWER | RICHARD SMART |
Little Pied Cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos) | Australasian Darter (Anhinga novaehollandidae) |
COLIN SIQUIERA | PAUL CHARLIER |
Sooty Oystercatcher (Haematopus fuliginosus)
SIMON REES
Great Egret (Ardea alba) | White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae) | |
RICHARD SMART | MICHELLE ROWER |
SHARON REDMAN | PAUL CHARLIER |
Australian Wood Duck (Chenonetta jubata) ducklings | Pink-eared Duck (Malacorhynchus membranaceus) |
MARTIN POTTER | ROGER GILLER |
PAUL CHARLIER | COLIN SIQUIERA |
Australasian Swamphen (Porphyrio melanotus) | Black-tailed Native-hen (Tribonyx ventralis) | Lewin’s Rail (Lewinia pectoralis) |
BELINDA BACCARINI | ROGER GILLER | SHARON REDMAN |
MARTIN POTTER | MARTIN COCKER |
Australian Reed-warbler (Archocephalus orientalis)
BILL ZEALEY
SIMON REES | ROGER TRUSCOTT |
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (Calidris acuminata)
MARTIN POTTER
Ruddy Sandstone (Arenaria interpres)
MARTIN COCKER
Australasian Gannet (Morus serrator) ‐ Immature
SHARON REDMAN
Fairy Prion (Pachyptila turtur) | Providence Petrel (Pterodroma solandri) |
RICHARD SMART | SIMON REES |