Birds of the Fleurieu Peninsula

Crested Pigeon Spotted Turtle Dove* Feral Pigeon* New Holland Eastern Spinebill White-plumed 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 & Nectarivore & Insectivore Nectarivore & Insectivore q q q q Insectivore, 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

Singing Honeyeater Welcome Swallow House Sparrow* Silvereye Striated

JS JS SW SW JMG JT JH

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

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

White-browed Yellow-rumped Superb Fairy-wren Willie Magpie-lark Little Raven Scrubwren Thornbill

JT JS SW JS JG JS JS (Smaller and body than (Black or brown mask with white (Breeding male bright blue and black (Black and white feathers, large (Spotted black & white crown, (Black and white, tail wags from Australian Magpie, white patches (Black feathers, beak and legs) eyebrow, reddish-brown rump) yellow rump) head; non-breeding male, juvenile and side to side) beak) female brown) above and below eye) q Insectivore q Insectivore q Insectivore q Insectivore q Omnivore q Insectivore q Omnivore

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

greenadelaide.sa.gov.au Purple-crowned Adelaide Eastern Rosella Red-rumped Yellow-tailed Lorikeet Black-cockatoo

JT JT JS SW JH JS JS

(Bright blue head, green wings, (Red stripe around eye) (Purple crown, yellow patch behind (Blue cheek) (White cheek) (Head all green, red rump) (Yellow feathers on tail and side of yellow & orange chest) eye) head)

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

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

Galah Sulphur-crested Common Blackbird* * Nankeen Kestrel Pacific Black Duck Australian Wood Cockatoo Duck

SW SW JS JS JS SW SW (Dark on top of head [crown], light (Breeding male black with bright yellow (Dark with glossy purple and green (Grey wings, pink chest & face, (White feathers, yellow crest) (Large talons) stripes around eye, green patch on (Brown head with grey body) pale-pink crest) beak; non-breeding male, juvenile and feathers) female brown) out-stretched wing) q Granivore,Herbivore q Herbivore q Omnivore q Omnivore q Omnivore q Herbivore q Herbivore

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

Laughing White-faced Heron Australian White Ibis Great Egret Masked Lapwing Silver Gull Feeding Types Kookaburra • Herbivore • Insectivore • Nectarivore & Insectivore q • Omnivore • Granivore • Aquatic Organisms • Carnivore • Piscivore JG SW SW SW SW SW (Long-necked with yellow beak and (Large beak) (Blue-grey body, white face, long (Black head with long curved beak) facial skin. Beak is black and facial skin (Yellow skin around face hanging (Silver-grey and white with black Feeding Layers beak) pea-green in breeding season) below the beak) wing tips, orange-red legs) • Tree Aquatic Piscivore, Aquatic • Shrub Omnivore Aquatic Organisms Insectivore Omnivore X q q q Organisms,Insectivore q Organisms q q • Ground • Air X Trees,Ground X Water X Water,Ground X Water X Ground X Water,Ground • Water

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

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