Common Urban Birds
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Crested Pigeon
Spotted Turtle Dove*
JS
Feral Pigeon*
SW
Noisy Miner
SW
New Holland
Honeyeater
Eastern Spinebill
SW
SW
White-plumed
Honeyeater
JS
JS
(Crest on head)
(White spots on neck)
(Dark grey feathers usually with a
shiny green neck)
(Black head, yellow around eyes)
(Black and yellow wings, Black and
white striped chest)
(Black, white and reddish-brown
feathers)
(White lines on neck)
q
Granivore
q
Granivore
q
Granivore
q
Nectarivore &
Insectivore,Omnivore
q
Nectarivore & Insectivore
q
Nectarivore & Insectivore
q
Nectarivore & Insectivore
X
Ground
X
Trees,Shrubs,Ground
X
Ground
X
Trees,Shrubs,Ground,Air
X
Trees,Shrubs,Air
X
Shrubs,Air
X
Trees,Shrubs,Ground,Air
Red Wattlebird
Little Wattlebird
JS
Striated Pardalote
SW
JH
(Yellow face, black & white
streaked crown, white wing streaks
with red spot)
(Yellow-orange belly, red wattles)
(No orange on belly, no wattles)
q
Nectarivore & Insectivore
q
Nectarivore & Insectivore
q
X
Trees,Shrubs,Air
X
Trees,Shrubs,Air
X
Common Blackbird*
Common Starling*
JS
Welcome Swallow
House Sparrow*
SW
Silvereye
JMG
Willie Wagtail
JT
JS
(Flies around ovals and other
grassed areas, forked tail)
(Very small)
(Silver ring around eye)
(Black and white, tail wags from
side to side)
Nectarivore &
Insectivore,Insectivore
q
Insectivore
q
Granivore
q
Omnivore
q
Insectivore
Trees,Shrubs
X
Air
X
Ground
X
Trees,Shrubs
X
Ground,Air
Australian Magpie
JS
Magpie-lark
JG
Little Raven
JS
Laughing
Kookaburra
JS
Nankeen Kestrel
JG
JS
(Breeding male black with bright yellow
beak; non-breeding male, juvenile and
female brown)
(Dark with glossy purple and green
feathers)
(Black and white feathers, large
beak)
(Smaller beak and body than
Australian Magpie, white patches
above and below eye)
q
Omnivore
q
Omnivore
q
Omnivore
q
Insectivore
q
Omnivore
q
Omnivore
q
Omnivore
X
Ground
X
Ground
X
Ground
X
Ground
X
Ground
X
Trees,Ground
X
Trees,Ground,Air
(Black feathers, beak and legs)
(Large beak)
(Large talons)
Rainbow Lorikeet
Musk Lorikeet
JT
Adelaide Rosella
JT
Eastern Rosella
SW
Yellow-tailed
Black-cockatoo
Galah
JH
JS
Sulphur-crested
Cockatoo
SW
SW
(Bright blue head, green wings,
yellow & orange chest)
(Red stripe around eye)
(Blue cheek)
(White cheek)
(Yellow feathers on tail and side of
head)
(Grey wings, pink chest & face,
pale-pink crest)
(White feathers, yellow crest, black
beak)
q
Nectarivore &
Insectivore,Herbivore
q
Nectarivore &
Insectivore,Omnivore
q
Herbivore
q
Herbivore
q
Granivore
q
Granivore,Herbivore
q
Herbivore
X
Trees,Shrubs
X
Trees,Shrubs
X
Trees,Shrubs,Ground
X
Trees,Shrubs,Ground
X
Trees,Shrubs,Ground
X
Trees,Ground
X
Trees,Ground
Little Corella
Silver Gull
JT
Masked Lapwing
SW
White-faced Heron
SW
Australian White Ibis
SW
Great Egret
SW
Little Egret
SW
(Long-necked bird with yellow beak and
facial skin. Beak is black and facial skin
pea-green in breeding season)
JH
(Small egret with black beak and yellow
facial skin. Facial skin briefly pink or
red during courtship)
(White feathers, with blue skin around
eye, red feathers around pale beak)
(Silver-grey and white with black
wing tips, orange-red legs)
(Yellow skin around face hanging
below the beak)
(Blue-grey body, white face, long
beak)
(Black head with long curved beak)
q
Granivore,Herbivore
q
Omnivore
q
Insectivore
q
Aquatic Organisms
q
Aquatic
Organisms,Insectivore
q
Piscivore, Aquatic
Organisms
q
Aquatic
Organisms,Piscivore
X
Trees,Ground
X
Ground,Water
X
Ground
X
Water
X
Water,Ground
X
Water
X
Water
Purple Swamphen
Black-tailed
Native-hen
Dusky Moorhen
Eurasian Coot
Pacific Black Duck
Australian Wood
Duck
Feeding Types
q
SW
(Purple-breasted bird with red bill and
bill shield, reddish legs, white undertail)
JS
(Erect black tail, green-red beak,
yellow eye, red legs, white streaks on
flanks)
SW
(Brown and grey-black feathers, red or
greenish legs, red bill with yellow tip
and red shield, white under edge of tail)
SW
SW
SW
(Grey-black bird with white bill and
bill shield, toes semi-webbed)
(Pale face with dark crown and facial
stripes, green patch on out-stretched
wing)
(Brown head with grey body)
q
Omnivore
q
Omnivore
q
Omnivore
q
Herbivore,Aquatic
Organisms
q
Herbivore
q
Herbivore
X
Ground,Water
X
Ground,Water
X
Water,Ground
X
Water,Ground
X
Water,Ground
X
Ground
• Herbivore
• Insectivore
• Nectarivore &
Insectivore
• Omnivore
• Granivore
• Aquatic Organisms
• Carnivore
• Piscivore
Feeding Layers
X
• Tree
• Shrub
• Ground
• Air
• Water
* indicates introduced species.
Many thanks to the following people who kindly supplied photographs: Jason Tyndall (JT), John Harrison [www.noodlesnacks.com] (JH ), John Spiers (JS), Jeremy Gramp (JG), J.M. Garg (JMG), Steve Walker (SW)
(c) NRM Education 2012 v2