BIRDS OF WAITE CONSERVATION RESERVE

Taxonomic & nomenclature follow Menkhorst P, Rogers D, Clarke R, Davies J, Marsack P, & Franklin K. 2017. The Australian Guide. CSIRO Publishing.

Anatidae Australian Wood Duck Chenonetta jubata R Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa R Stubble pectoralis R Coturnix ypsilophora V Ardeidae White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae V Pelecanidae Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus V Accipitridae Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris R Square-tailed Kite Lophoictinia isura R Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides V Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax R Brown Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus U Collared Sparrowhawk Accipiter cirrocephalus R Spotted Harrier Circus assimilis V Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus V Turnicidae Little Button-quail Turnix velox V Feral Pigeon (Rock Dove) *Columba livia C Spotted Dove *Spilopelia chinensis R Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera U Crested Pigeon +Ocyphaps lophotes C Cuculidae Horsfield’s Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites basalis R Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis R Tytonidae Eastern Barn Owl Tyto delicatula V Strigidae Southern Boobook Ninox boobook C Podargidae Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides C Alcedinidae Dacelo novaeguineae C Falconidae Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides R Falco longipennis R Brown Falco berigora V Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus U Cacatuidae Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus funereus C Galah Eolophus roseicapilla C Long-billed Corella +Cacatua tenuirostris U Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea V Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita C Cockatiel +Nymphicus hollandicus V Psittacidae Trichoglossus haematodus A Musk Lorikeet Glossopsitta concinna C Purple-crowned Lorikeet Glossopsitta porphyrocephala V +Barnardius zonarius V Crimson (Adelaide) Platycercus elegans A Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius C Red-rumped Psephotus haematonotus R Climacteridae White-throated Treecreeper Cormobates leucophaea R Maluridae Malurus cyaneus C Meliphagidae Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris U Crescent Honeyeater Phylidonyris pyrrhopterus U New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae U Brown-headed Honeyeater Melithreptus brevirostris E White-naped Honeyeater Melithreptus lunatus R Little Wattlebird Anthochaera chrysoptera V Anthochaera carunculata A Yellow-faced Honeyeater Caligavis chrysops C Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala A White-plumed Honeyeater Ptilotula penicillata E Pardalotidae Spotted Pardalotus punctatus U Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus A Acanthizeridae White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis U Smicrornis brevirostris C pusilla U Buff-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza reguloides C Yellow-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa E Striated Thornbill Acanthiza lineata V Australian tibicen A Grey Strepera versicolor A Campephagidae Black-faced Cuckoo- Coracina novaehollandiae C White-winged Triller Lalage tricolor V Neosittidae Varied Sittella Daphoenositta chrysoptera E Pachycephalidae Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis U Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris V Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica C Oriolidae Olive-backed Oriole Oriolus sagittatus V Willie Rhipidura leucophrys V Grey Rhipidura albiscapa C Monarchidae Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca U Little Raven Corvus mellori C Hirundinidae Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena U Tree Martin Petrochelidon nigricans C Zosteropidae Zosterops lateralis U Sturnidae Common Starling *Sturnus vulgaris R Turdidae Common Blackbird *Turdus merula U Dicaeidae Dicaeum hirundinaceum U Estrildidae Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis R

Total: 82 species

* exotic + native introduced or aviary escapee A = abundant C = common U = uncommon R = rare V = vagrant E = possibly locally extinct (not recorded >10 years) (Last updated 10 June 2018)