Australian Birds

The species are listed in alphabetical order by common name. They have all been photographed in, or are native to, Australia.  More precise details of the location of individual photographs can be supplied on request.

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Common name	Latin name
Australasian Grebe	Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
Australian Brush-turkey	Alectura lathami
Australian King Parrot	Alisterus scapularis
Australian Pelican	Pelecanus conspicillatus
Australian White Ibis	Threskiornis molucca
Bar-shouldered Dove or Pandanus Pigeon	Geopelia humeralis
Bar-tailed Godwit	Limosa limosa
Blue-cheeked Honeyeater	Entomyzon cyanotis
Brown Honeyeater	Lichmera indistincta
Buff-banded Rail	Gallirallus philippensis
Bush Stone-curlew or Thick-knee	Burhinus grallarius
Common (or Indian) Myna	Acridotheres tristis
Common Greenshank	Tringa nebularia
Crimson Rosella	Platycercus elegans
Emerald Dove	Chalcophaps indica
Intermediate Egret	Ardea (or Mesophyx) intermedia
Latham's Snipe	Gallinago hardwickii
Laughing Kookaburra	Dacelo novaeguineae
Little Black Comorant	Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
Little Friarbird	Philemon citreogularis
Little Pied Comorant	Phalacrocorax melanoleucos
Macleay's Honeyeater	Xanthotis macleayana
Magpie Goose (or Pied Goose)	Anseranas semipalmata
Magpie-lark	Grallina cyanoleuca
Masked Lapwing	Vanellus miles
Orange-footed Scrubfowl	Megapodius reinwardt
Pacific Black Duck	Anas superciliosa
Pied Butcherbird	Cracticus nigrogularis
Pied Currawong	Strepera graculina
Plumed Whistling-duck	Dendrocygna eytoni
Purple Swamphen	Porphyrio porphyrio
Rainbow Bee-eater	Merops ornatus
Rainbow Lorikeet	Trichoglossus haematodus
Red-browed Finch	Neochmia temporalis
Red-tailed Black-cockatoo	Calyptorhynchus banksii
Regent Bowerbird	Sericulus chrysocephalus
Royal Spoonbill	Platalea regia
Sarus Crane	Grus antigone
Satin Bowerbird	Ptilonorhynchus violaceus
Silver Gull	Larus novaehollandiae
Southern Cassowary	Casuarius casuarius
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo	Cacatua galerita
Superb Fairy-wren	Malurus cyaneus
Whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus
Wonga Pigeon	Leucosarcia melanoleuca