Birds of the City of Joondalup

White-winged Fairy-wren

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coloured bill. Black flank mark sometimes visible. sometimes mark flank Black bill. coloured

Larger than Little Pied Cormorant. Longer, finer, horn- finer, Longer, Cormorant. Pied Little than Larger

white neck. Elaborate courtship ritual. courtship Elaborate neck. white ground or in low vegetation. low in or ground

Pied Cormorant Cormorant Pied Rc Res/N Rc

Largest local grebe. Conspicuous Conspicuous grebe. local Largest searching for prey. Nests on the the on Nests prey. for searching

Great Crested Grebe Grebe Crested Great Uw Res/N Uw

Cruises over lakes or swamps, swamps, or lakes over Cruises Sometimes fishes in flocks. in fishes Sometimes

Large dark raptor with a pale rump. rump. pale a with raptor dark Large All black. Seen on both fresh and brackish water. water. brackish and fresh both on Seen black. All

Yellow eye. Yellow

Swamp Harrier Swamp Uw Res Uw Little Black Cormorant Cormorant Black Little Uw Res Uw

water-weeds. of nest floating a Builds

water. brackish or fresh of bird diving Tiny

or in small groups. Breeds in colonies. in Breeds groups. small in or Australasian Grebe Australasian Uw Res Uw

yellow facial patch. Usually seen singly singly seen Usually patch. facial yellow GREBE

Note paler leading wing edge. wing leading paler Note Large black bird with conspicuous conspicuous with bird black Large

Searches for small prey and carrion. carrion. and prey small for Searches Great Cormorant Great Rw Res/N Rw

male’s bill is a striking blue. striking a is bill male’s Whistling Kite Whistling U bw Res bw U

and insects. In breeding plumage, plumage, breeding In insects. and

RAPTOR

stiff-tailed duck. Dives for plants plants for Dives duck. stiff-tailed

fishes alone. fishes

Of conservation concern. Another Another concern. conservation Of

Has a stubby yellow bill. Usually Usually bill. yellow stubby a Has

Blue-billed Duck Duck Blue-billed Rw Res Rw

Little Pied Cormorant Pied Little Ucw Res Ucw

in small groups. small in

aquatic animals. Feeds solitarily or or solitarily Feeds animals. aquatic

animals. from side to side, in search of small small of search in side, to side from

lamellae to filter small aquatic aquatic small filter to lamellae

In shallow water, sweeps its bill bill its sweeps water, shallow In Female is much paler. much is Female

Uses massive bill fringed with with fringed bill massive Uses

Yellow-billed Spoonbill Yellow-billed Uw Res/N Uw to submerge with barely a ripple. ripple. a barely with submerge to

Australasian Shoveler Shoveler Australasian Uw N Uw

to suddenly stab at prey (fish) or or (fish) prey at stab suddenly to

Specially jointed neck enables it it enables neck jointed Specially

animals.

Australasian Darter Australasian Uw Res Uw

areas close to water. to close areas waterlogged areas for small aquatic aquatic small for areas waterlogged

pastures. Often seen on grassy grassy on seen Often pastures.

stirring water with bill or probes probes or bill with water stirring All perch to dry wings which are not water-proofed. not are which wings dry to perch All

development of farm dams and and dams farm of development

Kimberley since 1952. Feeds by by Feeds 1952. since Kimberley

CORMORANT

Numbers have increased with the the with increased have Numbers Gradual movement south from the the from south movement Gradual

Australian Wood Duck Duck Wood Australian Uw Res Uw

Australian White Ibis White Australian Uw Res/N Uw

Try Lakes Goollelal or Joondalup. or Goollelal Lakes Try

motionless by day. Active at dusk. dusk. at Active day. by motionless

blends perfectly with habitat; sits sits habitat; with perfectly blends

grazing on grasslands. on grazing

Easily overlooked. Mottled plumage plumage Mottled overlooked. Easily

sifting mud and water for food or by by or food for water and mud sifting

nest of sticks in a tree. a in sticks of nest

Tawny Frogmouth Tawny Rb Res Rb

on fresh or salt water. Feeds by by Feeds water. salt or fresh on in open grassy areas. Builds a a Builds areas. grassy open in

FROGMOUTH Large boldly marked duck, common common duck, marked boldly Large Feeds in shallow wetlands or or wetlands shallow in Feeds

Australian Shelduck Shelduck Australian Uw Res/N Uw White-faced Heron White-faced Uw Res Uw

with spotted nape. spotted with

From Africa/India. Slightly larger larger Slightly Africa/India. From

leathery lobe beneath his bill. his beneath lobe leathery

lightening thrust at prey. at thrust lightening

Spotted Dove Spotted * Ua Res Ua * splashes and whistles, while inflating a a inflating while whistles, and splashes

Waits, motionless, before making a a making before motionless, Waits,

common than the Spotted Dove. Spotted the than common deeper water. When courting the male male the courting When water. deeper

Stately bird, usually found singly. singly. found usually bird, Stately

From Asia. Smaller and more more and Smaller Asia. From Stiff-tailed duck. Dives for prey in in prey for Dives duck. Stiff-tailed

Eastern Great Egret Great Eastern Uw Res Uw

Laughing Dove Laughing * Ma Res Ma * Musk Duck Musk Uw Res Uw

HERON, IBIS, ALLIES IBIS, HERON, DOVE PIGEON, WATERFOWL 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. chattering call. Male especially, is more Diet of insects, berries and seeds. Wings colourful than the common, mostly are shuffled each time the bird lands. green Australian Ringneck. Artists M Bamford, J Blyth, S Tingay, P Free, R Gordon, OWL M Morcombe Southern Boobook Rb Res Small owl of woodland areas. Roosts in thick WHISTLER, SHRIKE-THRUSH foliage during the day; sometimes flushed Interested? accidentally. From dusk it sits watchfully, Rufous Whistler Ub Res ready to dive on insects. Two note call: Strikingly coloured bird with spirited Contact us at: ‘boo-book’. song especially when breeding. Female BirdLife Western Australia is much plainer than the male illustrated. 167 Perry Lakes Drive, Floreat WA 6014

KINGFISHER BUTCHERBIRD, CURRAWONG Weekdays 9.30am - 12.30pm Ph: (08) 9383 7749 Sacred Kingfisher Rb Mi Sp-Su Email: [email protected] Returns each September. Nests Grey Butcherbird Cb Res Web: birdlife.org.au in hollows. Feeds on insects and Sits quietly on a perch before diving small reptiles. on its prey. Song is a mellow piping. Printed February 2016 on 100% recycled paper