Bird species found at Umbagong District Park

By Lucy Wenger Complete list of 107 species:

Australasian grebe Great cormorant Australian hobby Grey fantail Australian king parrot Grey shrike-thrush Australian magpie Hoary-headed grebe Australian pelican House sparrow Australian raven Latham's snipe Black-faced cuckoo-shrike Laughing kookaburra Black-shouldered kite Leaden flycatcher Boobook owl Little corella Brown falcon Little grassbird Little pied cormorant Brown quail Magpie-lark (peewit) Brown thornbill Masked Lapwing Buff-rumped thornbill Nankeen kestrel Clamorous reed-warbler New holland Cockatiel (escapee) Noisy friarbird Collared sparrowhawk Olive-backed oriole Common blackbird Pacific black duck Common myna Pallid cuckoo Common starling Peregrine falcon Crimson rosella Purple swamphen Darter Dollarbird Red-browed finch Double-barred finch Red-capped robin Dusky moorhen Red-rumped parrot Dusky woodswallow Richard's pipit Eastern rosella Rufous fantail Eastern spinebill Rufous songlark Eurasian coot Rufous whistler European goldfinch Sacred kingfisher Fan-tailed cuckoo Satin bowerbird Feral pigeon Satin flycatcher Flame robin Scarlet robin Fuscous honeyeater Shining bronze-cuckoo Galah Silvereye Golden whistler Skylark Golden-headed cisticola Spotted pardalote Straw-necked ibis

Striated pardalote Striated thornbill Sulphur-crested cockatoo Superb fairy-wren Species sighted in Superb parrot neighbouring suburbs: Weebill Welcome swallow Common koel Western gerygone Grey butcherbird White ibis Spotted turtle-dove White-browed scrub-wren White-eared honeyeater Restless flycatcher White-faced heron Wedge-tailed eagle White-necked heron White-throated needletail White-plumed honeyeater White-naped honeyeater White-throated gerygone White-winged chough White-winged triller Willie wagtail Wood duck Yellow thornbill Yellow-faced honeyeater Yellow-rumped thornbill Yellow-tailed black-cockatoo

Most of these species were identified during surveys by Lucy Wenger and Caroline Wenger in 2009- 2012

In bold: seen only during the 2009-12 survey and not mentioned in the reports referenced below:

- Flora and Fauna Survey and Recommendations for Management and Ecological Enhancement (92-93) by Alison Rowell - list by Richard Summerell or Robert Cruikshank in 98/99 (oct, nov, feb, jul) - The Revegetation of Ginninderra Creek (June 2000) by Geoff Butler - Umbagong District Park Blue Devil Grassland: an inventory of plant and species and suggested management activities (2000) by Isobel Crawford

The Butler report includes Ginninderra Creek between Barton Highway and Macgregor, and not just Umbagong District Park. The only species in this report that may not have been sighted at Umbagong is Latham’s snipe.

Ginninderra Catchment Group Ph: 6278 3309 Visit www.ginninderralandcare.org.au [email protected] Go to the Canberra Ornithologists’ Group Website for useful bird identification tools: http://garden.canberrabirds.org.au/contents/birdGroups/birdIndex.htm