Birds of Byron Shire
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Welcome to Bird Watching around Byron Shire Special thanks to: Byron Shire lies within the lands of the Bundjalung people Birds of who are the acknowledged traditional custodians of this land. Photographers: Ross Hollands, Deborah Pearse, Matt Newman, Anne Jones & The Shire, an area of almost 567 square kilometres, lies Shaz McGrigor Byron Shire between the Pacific Ocean and the hills and mountains of Sponsors: the Tweed Caldera. It is a richly biodiverse area, situated in Jan Barham, BirdLife Northern Rivers & Byron Shire Council the wet subtropics bioregion which has the second highest diversity of Australia’s 89 bioregions. It encompasses a great A Bird-watchers Guide from Byron Bird Buddies (BBB) – ‘Community working for the range of environments including wetlands and freshwater Coast to Hinterland riverine systems, coastal and marine areas such as mangroves conservation of birds through observation, education and and salt marsh, paperbark swamps, grassland, sedge and habitat protection’. heathlands, pockets of littoral rainforest and coastal vine thickets, wet and dry sclerophyll forest, and subtropical Download a PDF of the brochure: Produced by Byron Bird Buddies rainforest of the hinterland escarpments. These habitat niches www.byronbirdbuddies.com.au or www.byron.nsw.gov.au add up to satisfy food, shelter and breeding needs for a great variety of birds and so makes it a wonderful area for bird- To contact Byron Bird Buddies, report a new watchers. We hope you enjoy exploring its many beautiful bird sighting or return a tick list with details regarding site, and varied environments and ecological habitats. date, time email: [email protected] or mail to BBB, PO Box 6, Brunswick Heads, NSW 2483 This brochure provides information on 25 locations, from the coast to the hinterland, and a list of all the known bird species (nearly 350) which have been recorded in Byron Shire. Some To protect wildlife please leave your dog at home. vagrant and rare birds which have not been recorded for the Fines apply in National Parks. past 15 years have been excluded from the list. Only a small selection of birds sighted within each location is provided but Detailed information for many of the locations can be found in the book many of the birds in the Byron Shire species list can be viewed Byron Trails 50 walking adventures in Byron Bay and Beyond by Mairead Cleary obtainable in suitable habitat and season at multiple sites. A definitive list from most local book stores or tourist outlets. can be downloaded from the BBB website. The brochure also identifies some places within our urban areas where walking tracks and habitat revegetation are being undertaken by community members. If you wish to be involved in a revegetation project please contact Brunswick Valley Landcare Byron Shire Council through their website www.brunswickvalleylandcare.org.au www.byronbirdbuddies.com.au www.byron.nsw.gov.au www.birdlife.org.au www.landcare.nsw.gov.au While birdwatching, remember to dress appropriately and always protect yourself against sunburn and insect bites. Byron Bird Buddies (BBB) – is an Avian Locality Group of A pair of binoculars and a good field guide of Australian Scarlet Honeyeater birds will undoubtedly enhance your experience. Brunswick Valley Landcare Inc. (BVL) Eastern Great Egret Azure Kingfisher Eastern Osprey Regent Bowerbird Eastern Spinebill Pacific Golden Plover Birds you may see in Byron Shire Whimbrel C Crakes, Rails & Waterhens Emerald Dove C Bowerbirds & Riflebirds Shrike-tits & Whistlers Key - Status relative to the Byron Eastern Curlew C Purple Swamphen C Common Bronzewing R Green Catbird C Crested Shrike-tit R Shire; threatened species are Terek Sandpiper R Lewin’s Rail U Crested Pigeon C Regent Bowerbird C Golden Whistler C highlighted and birds are listed by Common Sandpiper U Buff-banded Rail C Peaceful Dove C Satin Bowerbird C Rufous Whistler C habitat e.g. waterbirds to bushbirds Grey-tailed Tattler C Baillon’s Crake U Bar-shouldered Dove C Paradise RiflebirdU Little Shrike-thrush U Wandering Tattler U Australian Spotted Crake U Wonga Pigeon U Grey Shrike-thrush C Threatened Species - NSW Common Greenshank U Spotless Crake U Wompoo Fruit-Dove U Fairy-Wrens C = common in the Byron Shire Marsh Sandpiper R Pale-vented Bush-hen R Superb Fruit-Dove U Superb Fairy-wren C Figbirds, Orioles & Riflebirds U = Uncommon in the Byron Shire Wood Sandpiper R Black-tailed Native Hen R Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove C Red-backed Fairy-wren C Australasian Figbird C R = Rare in the Byron Shire Ruddy Turnstone U Dusky Moorhen C Topknot Pigeon C Variegated Fairy-wren C Olive-backed Oriole C I = Introduced species Great Knot R Eurasian Coot C Paradise RiflebirdU Red Knot R Cockatoos, Parrots & Lorikeets Scrubwrens, Thornbills & Ocean Birds Sanderling U Mound-Builders, Quails Glossy Black-Cockatoo R Pardalotes Crows, Butcherbirds & Allies Yellow-nosed Albatross U Red-necked Stint U & Button-Quails Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo C Yellow-throated Scrubwren U Torresian Crow C Wedge-tailed Shearwater U Pectoral Sandpiper U Australian Brush-turkey C Galah C White-browed Scrubwren C Grey Butcherbird C Short-tailed Shearwater C Sharp-tailed Sandpiper C Stubble Quail U Long-billed Corella U Large-billed Scrubwren U Pied Butcherbird C Lesser Frigatebird U Curlew Sandpiper U Brown Quail C Little Corella C Brown Gerygone R Australian Magpie C Great Frigatebird U Broad-billed Sandpiper R King Quail U Sulphur-crested Cockatoo C Mangrove Gerygone U Pied Currawong C Red-backed Button-quail R Rainbow Lorikeet C White-throated Gerygone C Spangled Drongo C Gannets, Gulls and Terns Geese, Ducks, Swans & Grebes Painted Button-quail R Scaly-breasted Lorikeet C Striated Thornbill R Australasian Gannet C Magpie Goose U Musk Lorikeet R Yellow-rumped Thornbill U Fantails & White-eyes Pomarine Jaeger U Plumed Whistling-Duck U Kites, Hawks, Eagles & Falcons Little Lorikeet R Yellow Thornbill U Rufous Fantail R Common Noddy U Wandering Whistling-Duck U Eastern Osprey C Australian King-Parrot C Brown Thornbill C Grey Fantail C Grey Ternlet R Musk Duck R Black-shouldered Kite C Crimson Rosella C Brown Gerygone R Willy Wagtail C Black Noddy U Freckled Duck U Square-tailed Kite U Eastern Rosella C Mangrove Gerygone U Silvereye C Sooty Tern R Black Swan C Pacific BazaC Pale-headed Rosella R Spotted Pardalote C Little Tern C Australian Wood Duck C White-bellied Sea-Eagle C Striated Pardalote C Flycatchers & Monarchs Gull-billed Tern U Pink-eared Duck R Whistling Kite C Cuckoos Leaden Flycatcher C Caspian Tern U Australasian Shoveler U Brahminy Kite C Pheasant Coucal C Honeyeaters Satin Flycatcher R Whiskered Tern U Grey Teal C Black Kite R Common Koel C Eastern Spinebill C Restless Flycatcher C White-winged Black Tern R Chestnut Teal U Brown Goshawk C Channel-billed Cuckoo C Lewin’s Honeyeater C White-eared Monarch U Common Tern C Pacific Black DuckC Collared Sparrowhawk C Horsfield’s Bronze-CuckooU Yellow-faced Honeyeater C Black-faced Monarch U Crested Tern C Hardhead C Grey Goshawk U Shining Bronze-Cuckoo C Noisy Miner C Spectacled Monarch U Silver Gull C Australasian Grebe C Spotted Harrier U Little Bronze-Cuckoo U Little Wattlebird C Magpie-lark C Hoary-headed Grebe R Swamp Harrier C Fan-tailed Cuckoo C Red Wattlebird R Darters, Cormorants & Pelicans Wedge-tailed Eagle C Brush Cuckoo C Scarlet Honeyeater C Robins & Thrushes Australasian Darter C Herons, Egrets & Bitterns Little Eagle U Brown Honeyeater C Rose Robin R Little Pied Cormorant C Australasian Bittern U Nankeen Kestrel C Kingfishers, Bee-eaters & Rollers White-cheeked Honeyeater C Pale-yellow Robin U Great Cormorant C Australian Little Bittern R Brown Falcon C Azure KingfisherC White-throated Honeyeater U Eastern Yellow Robin C Little Black Cormorant C Black Bittern R Australian Hobby C Laughing Kookaburra C White-naped Honeyeater U Bassian Thrush R Pied Cormorant C White-necked Heron C Black Falcon U Forest KingfisherC Blue-faced Honeyeater U Russet-tailed Thrush R Australian Pelican C Eastern Great Egret C Peregrine Falcon C Sacred KingfisherC Noisy Friarbird C Intermediate Egret C Collared Kingfisher U Little Friarbird U Reed-warblers & Grassbirds Shorebirds Cattle Egret C Frogmouths, Nightjars & Owls Rainbow Bee-eater C Striped Honeyeater C Golden-headed Cisticola C Bush Stone-curlew U Striated Heron C Tawny Frogmouth C Dollarbird C Painted Honeyeater R Australian Reed-Warbler C Beach Stone-curlew U White-faced Heron C Marbled Frogmouth U Little Grassbird C Australian Pied Oystercatcher C Little Egret C White-throated Nightjar U Swifts & Woodswallows Babblers, Logrunners & Whipbirds Tawny Grassbird C Sooty Oystercatcher U Eastern Reef Egret U Australian Owlet-nightjar C White-breasted Woodswallow C Grey-crowned Babbler R Black-winged Stilt C Nankeen Night Heron U Powerful Owl U Dusky Woodswallow R Australian Logrunner C Finches, Mannikins & Flowerpeckers Pacific Golden PloverC Southern Boobook C White-throated Needletail C Eastern Whipbird C Double-barred Finch C Red-capped Plover C Ibises & Spoonbills Sooty Owl U Fork-tailed Swift U Red-browed Finch C Double-banded Plover U Glossy Ibis C Masked Owl U Sittellas, Cuckoo-shrikes & Trillers Chestnut-breasted Mannikin C Lesser Sand Plover U Australian White Ibis C Eastern Barn Owl C Swallows & Martins Varied Sittella R Mistletoebird C Greater Sand Plover R Straw-necked Ibis C Welcome Swallow C Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike C Black-fronted Dotterel C Royal Spoonbill C Pigeons and Doves Fairy Martin C White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike U Mynas, Sparrows, Pipits