1 CHECKLIST OF THE BIRDS OF BUNGENDORE PARK, BEDFORDALE
Notes
Emu Dromaius novaehollandiae Single record, 2008
Common Peafowl *Pavo cristatus Aviary escapee
Australian Shelduck Tadorna tadornoides
Australian Wood Duck Chenonetta jubata
Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides brachypterus
Australian Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles cristatus cristatus
Pacific (Fork-tailed) Swift Apus pacificus pacificus
Horsfield’s Bronze Cuckoo Chrysococcyx basalis
Shining Bronze Cuckoo Chrysococcyx lucidus plagosus
Pallid Cuckoo Cacomantis pallidus
Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis flabelliformis
Domestic Pigeon *Columba livia
Spotted Turtle Dove *Spilopelia chinensis tigrina
Laughing Turtle Dove *Spilopelia senegalensis senegalensis
Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera
Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis mellori
Painted Buttonquail Turnix varius varius
Little Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax melanoleucos melanoleucos
Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca
Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis
White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica
White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris
Square-tailed Kite Hamirostra isura
Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides
Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax
Brown Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus fasciatus Bungendore Park Environmental Group (Inc.)
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Collared Sparrowhawk Accipiter cirrocephalus cirrocephalus
Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica delicatula
Southern Boobook Ninox boobook boobook
Laughing Kookaburra *Dacelo novaeguineae novaeguineae Introduced from Victoria 1897–1912
Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus sanctus
Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus
Australian Kestrel Falco cenchroides cenchroides
Australian Hobby Falco longipennis longipennis
Brown Falcon Falco berigora berigora
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus macropus
Forest Red-tailed Black Calyptorhynchus banksia naso Cockatoo
Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo *Calyptorhynchus funereus Aviary escapee
Baudin’s Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus baudinii
Carnaby’s Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus latirostris
Galah #Cacatua roseicapilla
Eastern Long-billed Corella *Cacatua tenuirostris
Little Corella #Cacatua sanguinea
Regent Parrot Polytelis anthopeplus
Red-capped Parrot Platycercus spurius
Western Rosella Platycercus icterotis icterotis
Crimson Rosella *Platycercus elegans Aviary escapee
Australian Ringneck Platycercus zonarius
Elegant Parrot Neophema elegans
Purple-crowned Lorikeet Parvipsitta porphyrocephala
Rainbow Lorikeet *Trichoglossus moluccanus
Rufous Treecreeper Climacteris rufus
Red-winged Fairywren Malurus elegans
Splendid Fairywren Malurus splendens splendens
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Western Spinebill Acanthorhynchus superciliosus
Tawny-crowned Honeyeater Gliciphila melanops
New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
White-cheeked Honeyeater Phylidonyris niger gouldii
Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta indistincta
Brown-headed Honeyeater Melithreptus brevirostris leucogenys
Western White-naped Melithreptus chloropsis Honeyeater
Singing Honeyeater Gavicalis virescens
Yellow-plumed Honeyeater Ptilotula ornata
Western Little Wattlebird Anthochaera lunulata
Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata
Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus punctatus
Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus westraliensis
Weebill Smicrornis brevirostris
White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis maculatus
Western Gerygone Gerygone fusca fusca
Inland (Broad-tailed) Thornbill Acanthiza apicalis apicalis
Western Thornbill Acanthiza inornata
Yellow-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa
Black-faced Woodswallow Artamus cinereus melanops
Dusky Woodswallow Artamus cyanopterus
White-backed Magpie Cracticus tibicen dorsalis (Australian Magpie) Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus torquatus
Grey Currawong Strepera versicolor plumbea
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae melanops
White-winged Triller Lalage tricolor
Varied Sittella Daphoenositta chrysoptera pileata
Western Golden Whistler Pachycephala occidentalis
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Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris
Grey Shrikethrush Colluricincla harmonica rufiventris
Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys leucophrys
Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa preissi
Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca
Restless Flycatcher Myiagra inquieta
Australian Raven Corvus coronoides perplexus
White-breasted Robin Eopsaltria georgiana
Western Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis griseogularis
Scarlet Robin Petroica boodang campbelli
Red-capped Robin Petroica goodenovii
Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
Tree Martin Petrochelidon nigricans nigricans
Grey-breasted White-eye Zosterops lateralis chloronotus
Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum hirundinaceum
Red-eared Firetail Stagonopleura oculata
* introduced or naturalised species, not originally native. # native species now naturalised beyond its natural range.
The above updated checklist replaces the checklist in Chapter 6, pages 31–34 of the Birds of Bungendore Park report (R.E. Johnstone and T. Kirkby) published in 2009. This checklist follows the nomenclature of the Western Australian Museum’s Checklist of the Birds of Western Australia which is updated from time-to-time.
Updated: 10 December 2020 by Kim Sarti
Bungendore Park is an ‘A’ Class reserve vested in the City of Armadale and cared for by the Bungendore Park Environmental Group Inc., a community-based group responsible for the management and protection of the bushland. The park is managed as a conservation reserve with low-impact usage. ……….
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