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Accipitridae Accipiter fasciatus Brown Goshawk Size: F45-55cm M38-45cm Food: Small mammals, birds, lizards, insects
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Accipitridae Aviceda subcristata Pacific Baza Food: Large insects - stick insects and mantids, and frogs.
Distinctive crest and hooked beak. Noisy Miner harassing Baza
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Ardeidae Ardea pacifica White Necked Heron
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Artamidae Cracticus nigrogularis Pied Butcherbird Food: Small reptiles, mammals, frogs, birds and large insects Nest in trees
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Artamidae Cracticus torquatus Grey Butchbird Food: Small animals, including birds, lizards and insects Nest in tree
Feeding on a Mantis
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Artamidae Gymnorhna tibicen Australian Magpie Adult (left) and juvenile (greyer feathers) Sunbaking – not dead (left)
Artamidae Strepera graculina Pied Currawong
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Cacatuidae Cacatua galerita Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Feeds on berries, seeds, nuts and roots (left) Cockatoo pair looking for nest hollow
Making a nest hollow in Spotted Gum.
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Cacatuidae Eolophus roseicapillus Galah Feed on seeds – mostly on the ground.
(right) Making nest hollow.
Campephagidae Coracina novaehollandiae Black Faced Cuckoo Shrike
Feed on insects. Some fruit and seeds
Juvenile
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Centropodidae Centropus phasianinus Pheasant Coucal Feeds on the ground on large insects, frogs, lizards, eggs and young of birds and, sometimes, small mammals. Nest on ground
Cinclosomatidae Psophodes olivaceus Eastern Whipbird
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Columbidae Ocyphaps lophotes Crested Pigeon Food: Native seeds
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Corvidae Corvus orru Torresian Crow
Nesting
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Cuculidae Scythrops novaehollandiae
Channel-billed Cuckoo
Dicruridae Dicrurus bracteatus Spangled Drongo Food: Insects
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Dicruridae Rhipidura albiscapa Grey Fantail Size – 160mm Food – Insects Breeding – Nest in tree 1-2m above ground.
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Halcyonidae Dacelo novaeguineae Laughing Kookaburra Feeding chicks in a hollow made in an old termite nest. Food: Insects, worms and crustaceans, sometimes small snakes, mammals, frogs and birds
Kookaburra chicks in nest box
• 26 December 2013 (left)
• 18 January 2014 (right)
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Halcyonidae Todiramphus sanctus Sacred Kingfisher
Hirundinidae Hirundo neoxena Welcome Swallow
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Maluridae Malurus lamberti Variegated Fairy Wren
(left) male
(right) female
Small Forest Bird habitat
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Megapodiidae Alectura lathami Brush-turkey Breading male – large yellow wattle
Dust bath (left) Chick (right)
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Meliphagidae Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris Eastern Spinebill Food: Nectar and insects Nest in tree (video available)
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Meliphagidae Entomyzon cyanotis Blue-faced Honeyeater
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Meliphagidae Philemon corniculatus Noisy Friarbird
Size: 320-350mm
Food: Nectar, fruit, insects - sometimes eggs / baby birds
Breeding: Aug-March - nest deep cup-shaped - bark-grass- spider webs
Call: Noisy, harsh and discordant
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Meliphagidae Manorina melanophrys Noisy Miner, Happy Family
Miner nest and chicks
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Meliphagidae Melithreptus gularis Black-chinned Honeyeater
Photo: P. Demmers
Meliphagidae Myzomela sanguinolenta Scarlet Honeyeater
Photo: P. Demmers
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Oriolidae Oriolus sagittatus Olive-backed Oriole
Oriolidae Sphecotheres viridis Figbird
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Pachycephalidae Pachycephala pectoralis Golden Whistler Food: Insects, spiders, other small arthropods and berries Nest in tree Male
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Pardalotidae Pardalotus punctatus Spotted Pardalote Photo: A. Kittila Food: Insects particularly lerps/psyllids
Nest in tree hollow or tunnel in earth bank
(Right) Redgum Lerp Psyllid – circled in red – white lerp shelters.
Pardalotes short thick beaks are used for levering lerps from eucalypt leaves.
Black Weaver Ants feed on sugar secretions.
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Pardalotidae Pardalotus striatus Striated Pardalote Food: Insects, especially psyllids Nest in tree hollow or tunnel in earth bank
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Passeridae Neochmia temporalis Red-browed Finch, Firetail
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Pittidae Pitta versicolour Noisy Pitta
Food: Insects/snails/worms
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Podargidae Podagus strigoides Tawny Frogmouth Food: Nocturnal insects, worms, snails, small mammals, reptiles, frogs and birds (left) Hiding in plain sight.
Nest in tree
(left) Tawny Frogmouth chick
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Psittacidae Alisterus scapularis King Parrot Food: Acacia and grass seeds, fruit Nest in deep tree hollow Male
Female
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Psittacidae Platycercus eximius Pale-headed Rosella Feed on ground - grass seeds, flowers, insects Nest hollow in tree
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Psittacidae Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus Scaly-breasted Lorikeet Scaly-breasteds flock with Rainbow Lorikeets
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Psittacidae Trichoglossus haematodus Rainbow Lorikeet Food: Nectar, fruits, seeds and some insects
Nest in tree hollow
(right) Chicks in nestbox
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Strigidae Ninox novaeseelandiae Southern Boobook Owl Food: Insects, small mammals.
Nest in tree hollow