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Birds of the City of Joondalup WATERFOWL PIGEON, DOVE HERON, IBIS, ALLIES Musk Duck Uw Res * Ma Res Laughing Dove Eastern Great Egret Uw Res Stiff-tailed duck. Dives for prey in From Asia. Smaller and more Stately bird, usually found singly. deeper water. When courting the male common than the Spotted Dove. Waits, motionless, before making a splashes and whistles, while inflating a Spotted Dove* Ua Res lightening thrust at prey. leathery lobe beneath his bill. From Africa/India. Slightly larger with spotted nape. Australian Shelduck Uw Res/N White-faced Heron Uw Res Large boldly marked duck, common FROGMOUTH Feeds in shallow wetlands or in open grassy areas. Builds a on fresh or salt water. Feeds by Tawny Frogmouth Rb Res sifting mud and water for food or by nest of sticks in a tree. Easily overlooked. Mottled plumage grazing on grasslands. blends perfectly with habitat; sits motionless by day. Active at dusk. Try Lakes Goollelal or Joondalup. Australian Wood Duck Uw Res Australian White Ibis Uw Res/N Numbers have increased with the CORMORANT Gradual movement south from the development of farm dams and Kimberley since 1952. Feeds by pastures. Often seen on grassy All perch to dry wings which are not water-proofed. stirring water with bill or probes areas close to water. waterlogged areas for small aquatic Australasian Darter Uw Res animals. Specially jointed neck enables it Australasian Shoveler Uw N to suddenly stab at prey (fish) or to submerge with barely a ripple. Uses massive bill fringed with Yellow-billed Spoonbill Uw Res/N Female is much paler. lamellae to filter small aquatic In shallow water, sweeps its bill animals. from side to side, in search of small aquatic animals. Feeds solitarily or in small groups. Little Pied Cormorant Ucw Res Blue-billed Duck Rw Res Has a stubby yellow bill. Usually Of conservation concern. Another fishes alone. stiff-tailed duck. Dives for plants RAPTOR and insects. In breeding plumage, male’s bill is a striking blue. Whistling Kite U bw Res Great Cormorant Rw Res/N Searches for small prey and carrion. Large black bird with conspicuous Note paler leading wing edge. GREBE yellow facial patch. Usually seen singly Australasian Grebe Uw Res or in small groups. Breeds in colonies. Tiny diving bird of fresh or brackish water. Builds a floating nest of water-weeds. Yellow eye. Little Black Cormorant Uw Res Swamp Harrier Uw Res All black. Seen on both fresh and brackish water. Large dark raptor with a pale rump. Great Crested Grebe Uw Res/N Sometimes fishes in flocks. Cruises over lakes or swamps, Largest local grebe. Conspicuous Pied Cormorant Rc Res/N searching for prey. Nests on the ground or in low vegetation. white neck. Elaborate courtship ritual. Larger than Little Pied Cormorant. Longer, finer, horn- coloured bill. Black flank mark sometimes visible. birds are in our nature our in are birds White-winged Fairy-wren White-winged City of Joondalup of City the of Birds WATERFOWL PIGEON, DOVE HERON, IBIS, ALLIES Musk Duck Uw Res * Ma Res Laughing Dove Eastern Great Egret Uw Res Stiff-tailed duck. Dives for prey in From Asia. Smaller and more Stately bird, usually found singly. deeper water. When courting the male common than the Spotted Dove. Waits, motionless, before making a splashes and whistles, while inflating a Spotted Dove* Ua Res lightening thrust at prey. leathery lobe beneath his bill. From Africa/India. Slightly larger with spotted nape. Australian Shelduck Uw Res/N White-faced Heron Uw Res Large boldly marked duck, common FROGMOUTH Feeds in shallow wetlands or in open grassy areas. Builds a on fresh or salt water. Feeds by Tawny Frogmouth Rb Res sifting mud and water for food or by nest of sticks in a tree. Easily overlooked. Mottled plumage grazing on grasslands. blends perfectly with habitat; sits motionless by day. Active at dusk. Try Lakes Goollelal or Joondalup. Australian Wood Duck Uw Res Australian White Ibis Uw Res/N Numbers have increased with the CORMORANT Gradual movement south from the development of farm dams and Kimberley since 1952. Feeds by pastures. Often seen on grassy All perch to dry wings which are not water-proofed. stirring water with bill or probes areas close to water. waterlogged areas for small aquatic Australasian Darter Uw Res animals. Specially jointed neck enables it Australasian Shoveler Uw N to suddenly stab at prey (fish) or to submerge with barely a ripple. Uses massive bill fringed with Yellow-billed Spoonbill Uw Res/N Female is much paler. lamellae to filter small aquatic In shallow water, sweeps its bill animals. from side to side, in search of small aquatic animals. Feeds solitarily or in small groups. Little Pied Cormorant Ucw Res Blue-billed Duck Rw Res Has a stubby yellow bill. Usually Of conservation concern. Another fishes alone. stiff-tailed duck. Dives for plants RAPTOR and insects. In breeding plumage, male’s bill is a striking blue. Whistling Kite U bw Res Great Cormorant Rw Res/N Searches for small prey and carrion. Large black bird with conspicuous Note paler leading wing edge. GREBE yellow facial patch. Usually seen singly Australasian Grebe Uw Res or in small groups. Breeds in colonies. Tiny diving bird of fresh or brackish water. Builds a floating nest of water-weeds. Yellow eye. Little Black Cormorant Uw Res Swamp Harrier Uw Res All black. Seen on both fresh and brackish water. Large dark raptor with a pale rump. Great Crested Grebe Uw Res/N Sometimes fishes in flocks. Cruises over lakes or swamps, Largest local grebe. Conspicuous Pied Cormorant Rc Res/N searching for prey. Nests on the ground or in low vegetation. white neck. Elaborate courtship ritual. Larger than Little Pied Cormorant. Longer, finer, horn- coloured bill. Black flank mark sometimes visible. birds are in our nature our in are birds White-winged Fairy-wren White-winged City of Joondalup of City the of Birds CRAKE, RAIL, ALLIES BEE-EATER, ROLLER FANTAIL Grey Fantail Ub Res Purple Swamphen Uw Res Rainbow Bee-eater Rb MiSp-Su Present all year; more numerous in Feeds on tender reed stems: Arrives in October. Excavates a nesting winter-spring. Inquisitive. Catches also grazes some distance from tunnel in sandy ground. Eats bees and insects in flight. water. Often seen clambering other insects caught in flight. noisily through Melaleucas along water’s edge. FAIRY-WREN, GRASSWREN Three species of Fairy-wren – Splendid, Variegated and FLYCATCHER, MONARCH White-winged - occur in the City of Joondalup. All are possible at Iluka Foreshore. Dusky Moorhen Uw Res Magpie-lark Ua Res Splendid Fairy-wren Ub Res Grazes aquatic vegetation by Mud nest builders which retain up-ending like a duck. Also Prefers dense habitat. Nest built low same mate and territory for life. feeds on land plants, insects in a shrub. Breeding males are Forages on ground. and frogs. Prefers fresh water. brilliantly coloured. SCRUBWREN, ALLIES Eurasian Coot Mw Res OLD WORLD WARBLER Western Gerygone Ub Res Has flattened lobed toes and Australian Reed-Warbler feeds in water or on land. Its Tiny bird more easily located by slow, Ub Res/Mi Su dreamy call. Usually seen singly, call is a sharp ‘kyik’. Lives among tall freshwater reeds. searching for insects among foliage. Not easily seen but in spring its strong rich call is conspicuous. Yellow-rumped Thornbill Ub Res SHOREBIRD Small bird; largest of the thornbills with bright yellow rump. Feeds in small parties in low foliage or on the ground. WHITE-EYE Black-winged Stilt Silvereye Ca Res/N Uw MiSu-Au Inland Thornbill Ub Res Moves in flocks searching for Feeds on aquatic plants, Small birds, usually alone or in pairs; grubs, aphis, berries and nectar. insects and shrimps. Breeds sometimes in mixed feeding flock. Has a number of thin, high calls. in Australia. The only thornbill that cocks its tail like a wren. SWALLOW, MARTIN Black-fronted Dotterel Rw Res PARDALOTE Tree Martin Cbw Res/Mi Su Small, active. Feeds on shallow Striated Pardalote Ub Res margins, mudflats. Nests on Most abundant in summer. Breeds Colourful small bird. Searches for bugs ground, relying on cryptic in hollows. Look for a pale rump and among eucalypt foliage. Listen for its colouring and distraction displays only slightly forked tail to distinguish ‘chip-chip’ call. for protection. them from the equally common Welcome Swallow Ca Res/Mi Su NODDY, TERN, GULL HONEYEATER, CHAT Caspian Tern Rc N Singing Honeyeater Ca Res Codes: Largest of the local terns. Heavy Common garden bird. Feeds on nectar, insects. Note Abundance red bill is diagnostic. Patrols black stripe through eye. C Common stretches of water, plunging for prey. M Moderately common U Uncommon Crested Tern Rc Res Red Wattlebird Ca Res Note yellow bill and shaggy black fringe on back of head. R Rare Also plunges spectacularly. Largest of the local honeyeaters Habitat with yellow belly and fleshy red c coastal neck wattles. Noisy and aggressive w wetlands COCKATOO, PARROT towards other birds. Carnaby’s Black-Cockatoo E Ub MiAu-W b bushland Endangered species. Breeds in the a all areas wheatbelt and moves to the coast in Status New Holland Honeyeater Ua Res autumn. Feeds on pine, Marri, banksia Note yellow wing-patch and high- Res Resident and hakea nuts and seeds. pitched call. Often in noisy groups. N Nomadic White-cheeked Honeyeater is Mi Migrant similar with larger cheek patch. Wi, Sp, Su, Au Winter, Spring, etc Red-capped Parrot Rb Res E Endangered Its bill is adapted for feeding from Marri CUCKOO-SHRIKE * Introduced nuts. Silent feeder but also has a soft Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Ub Res Names of species illustrated are in colour.
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