Birds of Mount Painter Nature Reserve

This list has been compiled from records made in the Mount Painter Reserve between 1986 and 2006 by members of the Canberra Ornithologists Group, and from information on ebird (https://ebird.org/hotspot/L932079, accessed 13 January 2020). Friends of Mt Painter are grateful to COG for making their information available.

Common name Scientific name Australian Hobby Falco longipennis Australian King-Parrot Alisterus scapularis Eastern Koel Eudynamys orientalis Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen Australasian Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae Australian Raven Corvus coronoides Australian White Ibis Threskiornis moluccus Australian Wood Duck Chenonetta jubata Black Kite Milvus migrans Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris Brown Falcon Falco berigora Brown Goshawk Accipiter axillaris Brown Quail Synoicus ypsilophorus Brown Songlark Cinclorhamphus cruralis Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla Brown Treecreeper Climacteris picumnus Brown-headed Honeyeater Melithreptus brevirostris Brush Cuckoo Caconantis variolosus Buff-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza reguloides Channel-billed Cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae Collared Sparrowhawk Accipiter cirrhocephalus Common Blackbird Turdus merula Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera Common Myna Acridotheres tristis Common Starling Sturnus vlugaris Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata Diamond Firetail Stagonopleura guttata Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis Double-barred Finch Poephila bichnovii Dusky Woodswallow Artamus cyanopterus Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius Eastern Spinebill Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis Flame Robin Petroica phoenicea Fuscous Honeyeater Ptilotula fusca Common name Scientific name Galah Cacatua roseicapilla Gang-gang Cockatoo Eolophus roseicapilla Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus Grey Currawong Strepera versicolora Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica Grey Teal Anas gracilis Horsfield’s Bronze-Cuckoo Chalcites basalis House Sparrow Passer doemsticus Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae Leaden Flycatcher Myiagra rubecula Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos Little Raven Corvus mellori Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles Masked Woodswallow Artamus personatus Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae Noisy Friarbird Philemon corniculatus Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala Olive-backed Oriole Oriolus sagittatus Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa Fork-tailed Swift Apus pacificus Peaceful Dove Geopelia placida Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus Pied Currawong Strepera graculina Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata Red-browed Finch Emblema temporalis Red-rumped Parrot Psephotus haematonotus Richard's Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae Rock Dove Columba livia Rose Robin Petroica rosea Rufous Fantail Rhipidura rufifrons Rufous Songlark Cinclorhamphus mathewsi Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris Sacred Kingfisher Halcyon sanctus Satin Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus violaceus Common name Scientific name Scarlet Robin Petroica multicolor Shining Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx lucidus Silvereye Zosterops lateralis Silver Gull Larus novaehollandiae Southern Boobook Ninox novaeseelandiae Southern Whiteface Aphelocephala leucopsis Speckled Warbler Sericornis sagittata Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus Striated Thornbill Acanthiza lineata Stubble Quail Coturnix novaezelandiae Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita Superb Fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus Superb Parrot Polytelis swainsonii Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides Tree Martin Petrochelidon nigricans Varied Sittella Daphoenositta chrysoptera Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax Weebill Smicrornis brevirostris Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena Western Gerygone Gerygone fusca White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis White-browed Woodswallow Artamus superciliosus White-eared Honeyeater Lichenostomus leucotis White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae White-naped Honeyeater Melithreptus lunatus White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica White-plumed Honeyeater Lichenostomus penicillatus White-throated Gerygone Gerygone olivacea White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus White-throated Treecreeper Climacteris leucophaeus White-winged Chough Corcorax melanorhamphos White-winged Triller Lalage tricolor Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys Yellow Thornbill Acanthiza nana Yellow-faced Honeyeater Lichenostomus chrysops Yellow-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo Zanda funereus