Common Urban Birds

Crested Pigeon Spotted Turtle Dove* Feral Pigeon* Noisy Miner New Holland Eastern Spinebill White-plumed Honeyeater Honeyeater

JS SW SW SW SW JS JS

(Crest on head) (White spots on neck) (Dark grey feathers usually with a (Black head, yellow around eyes) (Black and yellow wings, Black and (Black, white and reddish-brown (White lines on neck) shiny green neck) white striped chest) feathers)

Nectarivore & Granivore Granivore Granivore Nectarivore & Insectivore Nectarivore & Insectivore Nectarivore & Insectivore q q q q Insectivore,Omnivore q q q

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 Striated Pardalote Welcome Swallow House Sparrow* Silvereye Willie Wagtail

JS SW JH SW JMG JT JS

(Yellow-orange belly, red wattles) (No orange on belly, no wattles) (Yellow face, black & white (Flies around ovals and other (Very small) (Silver ring around eye) (Black and white, tail wags from streaked crown, white wing streaks grassed areas, forked tail) side to side) with red spot) Nectarivore & Nectarivore & Insectivore Nectarivore & Insectivore Insectivore Granivore Omnivore Insectivore q q q Insectivore,Insectivore q q q q

X Trees,Shrubs,Air X Trees,Shrubs,Air X Trees,Shrubs X Air X Ground X Trees,Shrubs X Ground,Air

Common Blackbird* Common Starling* Australian Magpie Magpie-lark Little Raven Laughing Nankeen Kestrel Kookaburra

JS JS JG JS JS JG JS (Smaller beak and body than (Breeding male black with bright yellow (Dark with glossy purple and green (Black and white feathers, large Australian Magpie, white patches (Black feathers, beak and legs) (Large beak) (Large talons) beak; non-breeding male, juvenile and feathers) beak) female brown) 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

greenadelaide.sa.gov.au Rainbow Lorikeet Musk Lorikeet Adelaide Rosella Eastern Rosella Yellow-tailed Galah Sulphur-crested Black-cockatoo Cockatoo

JT JT SW JH JS SW SW

(Bright blue head, green wings, (Red stripe around eye) (Blue cheek) (White cheek) (Yellow feathers on tail and side of (Grey wings, pink chest & face, (White feathers, yellow crest, black yellow & orange chest) head) pale-pink crest) beak)

Nectarivore & Nectarivore & Herbivore Herbivore Granivore Granivore,Herbivore Herbivore q Insectivore,Herbivore q Insectivore,Omnivore q q q q q

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 Masked Lapwing White-faced Heron Australian White Ibis Great Egret Little Egret

JL SW SW SW SW SW JH (Long-necked bird with yellow beak and (Small egret with black beak and yellow (White feathers, with blue skin around (Silver-grey and white with black (Yellow skin around face hanging (Blue-grey body, white face, long (Black head with long curved beak) facial skin. Beak is black and facial skin facial skin. Facial skin briefly pink or eye, red feathers around pale beak) wing tips, orange-red legs) below the beak) beak) pea-green in breeding season) red during courtship)

Aquatic Piscivore, Aquatic Aquatic Granivore,Herbivore Omnivore Insectivore Aquatic Organisms q q q q q Organisms,Insectivore q Organisms q Organisms,Piscivore

X Trees,Ground X Ground,Water X Ground X Water X Water,Ground X Water X Water

Purple Swamphen Black-tailed Dusky Moorhen Eurasian Coot Pacific Black Duck Australian Wood Feeding Types Native-hen Duck • Herbivore • Insectivore • Nectarivore & Insectivore q • Omnivore • Granivore • Aquatic Organisms • Carnivore • Piscivore SW JS SW SW SW SW (Erect black tail, green-red beak, (Brown and grey-black feathers, red or (Pale face with dark crown and facial (Purple-breasted bird with red bill and yellow eye, red legs, white streaks on greenish legs, red bill with yellow tip (Grey-black bird with white bill and stripes, green patch on out-stretched (Brown head with grey body) Feeding Layers bill shield, reddish legs, white undertail) flanks) and red shield, white under edge of tail) bill shield, toes semi-webbed) wing) • Tree Herbivore,Aquatic • Shrub Omnivore Omnivore Omnivore Herbivore Herbivore X q q q q Organisms q q • Ground • Air X Ground,Water X Ground,Water X Water,Ground X Water,Ground X Water,Ground X Ground • Water

Many thanks to the following people who kindly supplied photographs: Jesse Lewis (JL), Jason Tyndall (JT), John Harrison [www.noodlesnacks.com] (JH ), John Spiers (JS), Jeremy Gramp (JG), J.M. Garg (JMG), Steve Walker (SW) * indicates introduced species.

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