of the Parks The Mallee Parks offer visitors the opportunity to see more than 300 species of birds, including rare and endangered species like the Malleefowl, Regent , Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo, Black‐eared Miner and Mallee Emu Wren.

Use this checklist to help you identify and record the birds you encounter as you explore Hattah‐Kulkyne National Park and adjacent Murray‐Kulkyne Park, Kings Billabong Park, National Park, Murray Sunset National Park, Wyperfeld National Park, Little Desert National Park, and Big Desert Wilderness Park.

Hattah Kings Lake Some birds are resident year‐round in the Mallee parks, and some Murray are seasonal visitors or migrants. Others may be seen only when Little Wyperfeld

Big Albacutya

Billabong ‐

there is water is present in the wetlands of Wyperfeld, Murray‐ Kulkyne

Sunset Desert Sunset, Hattah‐Kulkyne, and Lake Albacutya National Parks. Desert Additional species may turn up from time‐to‐time in response to changing conditions. We recommend that keen birders refer to Great Crested • • • • sources such as Eremaea BirdLines and eBird for the latest  Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) • • • • • • records and to report unusual sightings. The BirdLife Australia  Spotted Dove • website is a great resource for learning more about Australian birds. Common Bronzewing • • • • • • • Brush Bronzewing • • • Key Crested Pigeon • • • • • • •  Introduced  Accidental NT Diamond Dove • • • • • Peaceful Dove • • • • • • Status of endangered birds in : Bar‐shouldered Dove • CR Critically Endangered E Endangered Rose‐crowned Fruit‐Dove • V Vulnerable NT Near Threatened Tawny Frogmouth • • • • • • • Spotted Nightjar • • • • • • Hattah Kings Lake Murray Australian Owlet‐nightjar • • • • • • •

Little Wyperfeld

Big V White‐throated Needletail • • • • • • Albacutya

Billabong ‐ Kulkyne

Fork‐tailed (Pacific) • • • • • Sunset Desert Desert  Wilson’s Storm‐Petrel •  Short‐tailed Shearwater • Australasian Darter • • • • • NT Emu • • • • • • Little Pied Cormorant • • • • • • E Malleefowl • • • • • • Great Cormorant • • • • • • Stubble Quail • • • • • • Little Black Cormorant • • • • • • Brown Quail • • • NT Pied Cormorant • • • • • • Plumed Whistling‐Duck • • • Australian Pelican • • • • • • Wandering Whistling‐Duck • E Australasian Bittern • • E Blue‐billed Duck • • • • • E Australian Little Bittern • • • V Musk Duck • • • • • • White‐necked Heron • • • • • • E Freckled Duck • • • • • V Eastern Great Egret • • • • • • Cape Barren Goose • E Intermediate Egret • • Black Swan • • • • • • • • • Australian Shelduck • • • • • • White‐faced Heron • • • • • • Australian Wood Duck • • • • • • E Little Egret • • • • Pink‐eared Duck • • • • • • NT Nankeen Night Heron • • • • • • V Australasian Shoveler • • • • • • NT Glossy Ibis • • • • Grey Teal • • • • • • • • • • • • Chestnut Teal • • • • • • Straw‐necked Ibis • • • • • •  Mallard • NT Royal Spoonbill • • • • • • Pacific Black Duck • • • • • • Yellow‐billed Spoonbill • • • • • • V Hardhead • • • • • • Black‐shouldered Kite • • • • • • • Australasian Grebe • • • • • • Letter‐winged Kite • • • • Hoary‐headed Grebe • • • • • • V Square‐tailed Kite • • •

Parks Victoria Phone 13 1963 www.parks.vic.gov.au Hattah Hattah Kings Kings Lake Lake Murray Murray

Little Little Wyperfeld Wyperfeld

Big Big Albacutya Albacutya

Billabong Billabong ‐ ‐ Kulkyne Kulkyne

Sunset Sunset Desert Desert Desert Desert

Black‐breasted Buzzard • NT White‐fronted • V White‐bellied Sea‐Eagle • • • • • • Crested Tern • Whistling Kite • • • • • • • Silver Gull • • • • • • Black Kite • • • • • • • E Red‐tailed Black‐Cockatoo • Brown Goshawk • • • • • • • Yellow‐tailed Black‐Cockatoo • • • • Collared Sparrowhawk • • • • • • • V Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo • • • • • • • V Grey Goshawk • • • Galah • • • • • • • NT Spotted Harrier • • • • • • Long‐billed Corella • • • • Swamp Harrier • • • • • • Little Corella • • • • • • Wedge‐tailed Eagle • • • • • • • Sulphur‐crested Cockatoo • • • • • • Little Eagle • • • • • • • Cockatiel • • • • • • Nankeen Kestrel • • • • • • • Rainbow Lorikeet • • • Brown Falcon • • • • • • • Musk Lorikeet • • • • • Australian • • • • • • Little Lorikeet • • E Grey Falcon • • • Purple‐crowned Lorikeet • • • • • • V Black Falcon • • • • • • E Superb Parrot • Peregrine Falcon • • • • • • V Regent Parrot • • • • • • V • • Crimson Rosella • • • Purple (Australasian) Swamphen • • • • • Yellow Rosella (variant of Crimson) • • • V Lewin’s • Eastern Rosella • • • • • • Buff‐banded Rail • • • • • Australian Ringneck • • • • • • • V Baillon’s Crake • • • (Greater) Blue Bonnet • • • • • • Australian Spotted Crake • • • • E Swift Parrot • • Spotless Crake • • Red‐rumped Parrot • • • • • • • Black‐tailed Native‐hen • • • • • • Mulga Parrot • • • • • • • Dusky Moorhen • • • • • • Budgerigar • • • • • • • Eurasian Coot • • • • • • Blue‐winged Parrot • • • • • • • CR Australian • • • • V Elegant Parrot • • • • • E Bush Stone‐curlew • • • • • Scarlet‐chested Parrot • • Black‐winged (Pied) Stilt • • • • • • Horsfield’s Bronze‐ • • • • • • • Red‐necked Avocet • • • • • • NT Black‐eared Cuckoo • • • • • • • Banded Stilt • • • • Shining Bronze‐Cuckoo • • • • E Grey Plover • Pallid Cuckoo • • • • • • • Red‐capped Plover • • • • • • Brush Cuckoo • Double‐banded Plover • • • Fan‐tailed Cuckoo • • • • • • • V Inland Dotterel • • E Barking • • • • Black‐fronted Dotterel • • • • • • Southern Boobook • • • • • • Red‐kneed Dotterel • • • • • • E Masked Owl • Banded Lapwing • • • • • Barn Owl • • • • • • Masked Lapwing • • • • • • NT Azure Kingfisher • • CR Plains‐wanderer • • • Laughing Kookaburra • • • • • • NT Latham’s Snipe • • • • NT Red‐backed Kingfisher • • • • • V Black‐tailed Godwit • • Sacred Kingfisher • • • • • • Bar‐tailed Godwit • Rainbow Bee‐eater • • • • • • • V Common Sandpiper • Dollarbird • • V Common Greenshank • • • • White‐throated Treecreeper • V Marsh Sandpiper • • • • V White‐browed Treecreeper • • • V Ruddy Turnstone • • NT Brown Treecreeper • • • • • • • Red‐necked Stint • • • • CR Spotted Bowerbird • NT Pectoral Sandpiper • Superb Fairy‐wren • • • • • • Sharp‐tailed Sandpiper • • • • • Splendid Fairy‐wren • • • • • • E Curlew Sandpiper • • • • White‐winged Fairy‐wren • • • • Red‐backed Button‐quail • Variegated Fairy‐wren • • • • • • • Painted Button‐quail • • • • • • E Mallee Emu‐wren • • • NT Little Button‐quail • • • • • • Rufous‐crowned Emu‐wren • • • • • E Gull‐billed Tern • • • • NT Striated Grasswren • • • • • NT Caspian Tern • • • • Shy Heathwren • • • • • • NT Whiskered Tern • • • • • • Striated Fieldwren • • • • • • NT White‐winged Black Tern • NT Rufous Fieldwren • • • • • •

2 Hattah Hattah Kings Kings Lake Lake Murray Murray

Little Little Wyperfeld Wyperfeld

Big Big Albacutya Albacutya

Billabong Billabong ‐ ‐ Kulkyne Kulkyne

Sunset Sunset Desert Desert Desert Desert

E • • Rufous Whistler • • • • • • • Weebill • • • • • • • Grey Shrike‐thrush • • • • • • • Western Gerygone • • • • • NT Crested Bellbird • • • • • • White‐throated Gerygone • Olive‐backed Oriole • • • • • Striated Thornbill • White‐breasted Woodswallow • • • • • • • Yellow Thornbill • • • • • • • Masked Woodswallow • • • • • • • Yellow‐rumped Thornbill • • • • • • • White‐browed Woodswallow • • • • • • • Chestnut‐rumped Thornbill • • • • • • • Black‐faced Woodswallow • • • • • Buff‐rumped Thornbill • • • • • • • Dusky Woodswallow • • • • • • • NT Slender‐billed Thornbill • • • • Grey Butcherbird • • • • • • • Inland Thornbill • • • • • • • Pied Butcherbird • • • • • Brown Thornbill • • Australian Magpie • • • • • • • Southern Whiteface • • • • • • Pied Currawong • Spotted • • • • • • • Grey Currawong • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Grey Fantail • • • • • • • Eastern Spinebill • Willie Wagtail • • • • • • • Pied • • Australian Raven • • • • • • • Yellow‐faced Honeyeater • Forest Raven • Singing Honeyeater • • • • • • • Little Raven • • • • • • • White‐eared Honeyeater • • • • • • Little Crow • • • • Yellow‐tufted Honeyeater • • Satin Flycatcher • • • V Purple‐gaped Honeyeater • • • • • • Restless Flycatcher • • • • • • • Yellow‐plumed Honeyeater • • • • • • • Magpie‐lark • • • • • • V Grey‐fronted Honeyeater • • White‐winged Chough • • • • • • • Fuscous Honeyeater • • • Apostlebird • • • White‐plumed Honeyeater • • • • • • • Jacky Winter • • • • • • White‐fronted Honeyeater • • • • • • Scarlet Robin • • Noisy Miner • • • • • • Red‐capped Robin • • • • • • • CR Black‐eared Miner • • • Flame Robin • • • • Yellow‐throated Miner • • • • • • NT Hooded Robin • • • • • • • Noisy Miner • • • • • • • Eastern Yellow Robin • • Little Wattlebird • Southern Scrub‐Robin • • • • • • • • • • • • • Horsfield’s (Singing) Bushlark • • • • • • Crimson Chat • • • • •  Eurasian Skylark • Orange Chat • • • • • Golden‐headed Cisticola • • • • • • • White‐fronted Chat • • • • • • • Australian Reed‐Warbler • • • • • Black Honeyeater • • • • Little Grassbird • • • • Tawny‐crowned Honeyeater • • • • • • Rufous Songlark • • • • • • • New Holland Honeyeater • • • • • • Brown Songlark • • • • • NT Black‐chinned Honeyeater • • Silvereye • • • • • • • Brown‐headed Honeyeater • • • • • • • White‐backed Swallow • • • • • • White‐naped Honeyeater • • • • Welcome Swallow • • • • • • • Blue‐faced Honeyeater • • • • • Fairy Martin • • • • • • Noisy • Tree Martin • • • • • • • Little Friarbird • • • • • •  Common Blackbird • • • • • • • Striped Honeyeater • • • • • •  • • • • • • • E Grey‐crowned Babbler • • Mistletoebird • • • • • • White‐browed Babbler • • • • • • • Zebra Finch • • • • • • Chestnut‐crowned Babbler • • • • • NT Diamond Firetail • • • • • • NT Chestnut Quail‐thrush • • • • • •  House Sparrow • • • • • • • Varied Sitella • • • • • • • Australasian Pipit • • • • • • • V Ground Cuckoo‐shrike • •  European Goldfinch • • • • • Black‐faced Cuckoo‐shrike • • • • • • • White‐bellied Cuckoo‐shrike • • • • • The names and order of birds in this checklist follows Christidis, L; White‐winged Triller • • • • • • • Boles, W. E. 2008. Systematics and of Australian Birds. Crested Shrike‐tit • • • • CSIRO Publications, Collingwood. E Red‐lored Whistler • • • • • • The status of endangered birds in Victoria follows Department of Gilbert’s Whistler • • • • • • • Sustainability and Environment. 2013. The Advisory List of Golden Whistler • • • • • • •

3 Threatened Vertebrate Fauna in Victoria. Victorian Government,  Dogs and other pets are not permitted in national parks, . including Big Desert Wilderness, Hattah‐Kulkyne, Little Desert, Murray Sunset,and Wyperfeld National Parks. Birds which have been recorded in the Mallee, but are presumed to be aviary escapees, are not included in this list.  Dogs are permitted in Murray‐Kulkyne Park but must be kept on a lead at all times. The list was last updated in May 2019.  Dogs are permitted in Lake Albacutya Park, but must be kept on a lead in camping areas. In other areas of the park they are Ethical birding allowed off leash but must be under control at all times. Sometime our enthusiasm for birds can lead to unintended negative  All native plants & are protected by law. Please do not impacts. Please abide by the following good practice guidelines: disturb them in any way.  Keep an appropriate distance from birds and avoid disturbing  Feeding of wild birds and animals is prohibited. nests, nesting colonies, roosts, display areas and important  Vehicles, including motorcycles and bicycles, must not be feeding areas. Stay well back, and use binoculars, spotting driven off formed roads. Drivers must be licensed and vehicles scopes, or zoom camera lenses to get a better view. registered.  Exercise restraint during observation, photography, sound  The use of chainsaws is prohibited in national parks. recording and filming. Limit the use of recordings and other methods of attracting birds, and avoid using them to attract  Firearms are prohibited in the Mallee Parks. threatened or rare species and nesting birds.  Fires may only be lit in the fireplaces provided.  The wellbeing of the should always be the main concern. Photographers should avoid lingering too long to ensure the Safety bird is not stressed or abandons a nest.  Do not move dead branches, brush or tree limbs to view or photograph birds more clearly. Move yourself to find a better  Call 000 in an emergency for police, fire or ambulance. angle. Disturbing or removing native vegetation in national parks is prohibited and may result in a fine.  Mobile reception is patchy in the Mallee Parks. If you cannot get a signal, try calling 112 (then press the YES key) to connect  Respect both the birds and other birders by keeping to the Police, Ambulance or Country Fire Authority. conversation to a minimum, turning off mobile phones and avoid using flash photography and artificial light sources.  No fires (including gas or fuel stoves in tents) may be lit on days of Total Fire Ban.  Spotlighting disturbs birds and animals which may be sleeping or resting. It may interfere with the night sight of nocturnal  The Mallee Parks are in the Mallee and Wimmera fire districts. species or cause birds to abandon their nest or their young to It is your responsibility to know if it is a day of Total Fire Ban. If fall out. Limit the time a bird is held in the spotlight to a in doubt look in the ‘Prepare and Get Ready’ tab at minimum, and consider using lower intensity spotlights, red www.emergency.vic.gov.au, on the VicEmergency smartphone filters and directing the light to the side. app, or call the VicEmergency Hotline on 1800 226 226.  Avoid deliberately flushing birds to get a view of parts of the  Be prepared to leave the park early on days of severe, extreme bird that may be hidden. Repeatedly flushing can cause birds to or catastrophic fire danger. On Code Red days, parks may be use up vital energy needed for other activities. closed for public safety. Do not expect an official warning.  Never physically touch a bird without extreme cause. If you  The Mallee Parks can become extremely hot during the day, come across an injured bird or , please call Wildlife especially between November and March. Carry plenty of Victoria on (03) 8400 7300 (Mon‐Fri: 7.30am to 7.00pm, Sat & water and a first aid kit, use sunscreen, and wear strong Sun: 8.00am to 6.30pm), or Wildlife Rescue Australia on 1300 comfortable shoes and a shady hat. Avoid walking during the 596 457 (24 hours). hottest part of the day.  Please do not share the location of rare and threatened birds  Please stay on the tracks and don’t get lost by wandering off. or their nests with anyone except conservation authorities.  Do not camp or rest under or near large trees. Branches may Avoid sharing geotagged photos on social media which can lead fall at any time and swing away from the tree. to a rapid increase in visitation, disturbance and poaching.  Do not enter private property or restricted areas without For further information permission, or climb over fences or barriers. Call Parks Victoria on 13 1963 or go to www.parks.vic.gov.au  Promote the welfare of birds and their habitat by supporting For local tourist information, including accommodation, contact: conservation organisations and efforts. Mildura Visitor Information Centre Caring for the environment Alfred Deakin Centre, 180‐190 Deakin Ave, Mildura VIC 3500 Tel: (03) 5021 4424 or 1800 039 043 Email: [email protected]

Website: www.visitmildura.com.au Help us look after the Mallee Parks by following these guidelines: Horsham & Grampians Visitor Information Centre  Please take rubbish away with you for recycling & disposal. 20 O’Callaghans Parade, Horsham VIC 3400  Camp only in designated campgrounds or at least 20 metres Tel: (03) 5382 1832 or 1800 633 218 from the water along lakes and rivers. Email: [email protected] Website: www.visithorsham.com.au

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