My Bird List

Black-shouldered Kite, Moolort Plains, 9th July 2011

The following page is my complete and up to date list of bird observations from the Newstead area. It dates back to the mid 1980’s.

I would love to hear of any interesting new bird sightings including those that add to the list below. To view other interesting local lists click here.

Nankeen Kestrel, Moolort Plains

Brown Quail	Sulphur-crested Cockatoo	Eastern Spinebill
Australian Wood Duck	Rainbow Lorikeet	White-fronted Chat
Musk Duck	Little Lorikeet	Jacky Winter
Black Swan	Purple-crowned Lorikeet	Flame Robin
Australian Shelduck	Musk Lorikeet	Scarlet Robin
Hardhead	Swift Parrot	Red-capped Robin
Pacific Black Duck	Crimson Rosella	Eastern Yellow Robin
Grey Teal	Eastern Rosella	Hooded Robin
Chestnut Teal	Red-rumped Parrot	White-browed Babbler
Hoary-headed Grebe	Pallid Cuckoo	Spotted Quail-thrush
Australasian Grebe	Fan-tailed Cuckoo	Varied Sittella
Darter	Horsfield’s Bronze-cuckoo	Crested Shrike-tit
Great Cormorant	Shining Bronze-cuckoo	Golden Whistler
Little Black Cormorant	Black-eared Cuckoo	Rufous Whistler
Pied Cormorant	Powerful Owl	Grey Shrike-thrush
Little Pied Cormorant	Barking Owl	Restless Flycatcher
Australian Pelican	Southern Boobook	Willie Wagtail
White-necked Heron	Barn Owl	Grey Fantail
White-faced Heron	Tawny Frogmouth	Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
Cattle Egret	Australian Owlet-nightjar	White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike
Great Egret	Fork –tailed Swift	White-winged Triller
Nankeen Night Heron	White-throated Needletail	Olive-backed Oriole
Straw-necked Ibis	Laughing Kookaburra	White-browed Woodswallow
Australian White Ibis	Sacred Kingfisher	Masked Woodswallow
Yellow-billed Spoonbill	Rainbow Bee-eater	Dusky Woodswallow
Black-shouldered Kite	Painted Honeyeater	White-breasted Woodswallow
Black Kite	White-throated Treecreeper	Magpie-lark
Whistling Kite	Brown Treecreeper	Australian Magpie
Collared Sparrowhawk	Superb Fairy-wren	Pied Currawong
Brown Goshawk	Spotted Pardalote	Grey Currawong
Little Eagle	Striated Pardalote	Australian Raven
Wedge-tailed Eagle	White-browed Scrub-wren	Little Raven
Swamp Harrier	Chestnut-rumped Heathwren	White-winged Chough
Brown Falcon	Speckled Warbler	Richard’s Pipit
Australian Kestrel	Western Gerygone	Common Skylark*
Peregrine Falcon	White-throated Gerygone	Red-browed Firetail
Australian Hobby	Brown Thornbill	Diamond Firetail
Dusky Moorhen	Buff-rumped Thornbill	European Goldfinch*
Purple Swamphen	Yellow-rumped Thornbill	House Sparrow*
Eurasian Coot	Striated Thornbill	Mistletoebird
Black-tailed Native Hen	Yellow Thornbill	Welcome Swallow
Painted Button-Quail	Weebill	Tree Martin
Black-winged Stilt	Southern Whiteface	Fairy Martin
Red-capped Plover	Red Wattlebird	White-backed Swallow
Black-fronted Plover	Regent Honeyeater	Clamorous Reed-warbler
Masked Lapwing	Noisy Miner	Little Grassbird
Silver Gull	Yellow-faced Honeyeater	Brown Songlark
Whiskered Tern	White-eared Honeyeater	Rufous Songlark
Spotted Turtle-dove*	Yellow-tufted Honeyeater	Silvereye
Feral Pigeon*	Fuscous Honeyeater	Common Blackbird*
Peaceful Dove	White-plumed Honeyeater	Common Starling*
Common Bronzewing	Black-chinned Honeyeater	Common Mynah*
Crested Pigeon	Brown-headed Honeyeater	Pink-eared Duck
Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo	White-naped Honeyeater	Little Egret
Galah	New Holland Honeyeater	Noisy Friarbird
Long-billed Corella	Crescent Honeyeater	Brolga
Cockatiel	Spotted Harrier	Crested Bellbird
Satin Flycatcher	Black Honeyeater	Singing Bushlark
Blue-faced Honeyeater	Black Falcon	White-bellied Sea-eagle
Zebra Finch	Tawny-crowned Honeyeater	Blue-winged Parrot
Great Crested Grebe	Intermediate Egret	Blue-winged Shoveler
Little Corella	Black-winged Stilt	Latham’s Snipe
Red-kneed Dotterel	Whiskered Tern	Square-tailed Kite
Blue-billed Duck	Stubble Quail	Dollarbird
Scarlet Honeyeater	Painted Snipe	Australian Spotted Crake
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper	Royal Spoonbill	Buff-banded Rail
Banded Lapwing	Glossy Ibis	Pectoral Sandpiper
Leaden Flycatcher	Wood Sandpiper	Double-banded Plover
Curlew Sandpiper	Red-necked Stint	White-throated Nightjar
Caspian Tern	Golden-headed Cisticola	Red-necked Avocet
Spotted Nightjar	Gang-gang Cockatoo	White-fronted Honeyeater
Freckled Duck	Singing Honeyeater	Common Greenshank
Marsh Sandpiper	Grey Butcherbird	Eastern Koel
Little Button-quail	White-winged Black Tern	Rose Robin
Yellow-plumed Honeyeater	Crimson Chat	Banded Stilt
Grey Goshawk	Gull-billed Tern	Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater
Baillon’s Crake	Spotless Crake	Magpie Goose
Tawny Grassbird	Australian King-Parrot

233 species