Australian Birds. Australian 8IJUFCSPXFE#BCCMFS
Boles 2008 taxanomic revision of of revision taxanomic 2008 Boles Grey-crowned Babbler Grey-crowned
"VTUSBMJBO3FFE8BSCMFS This list is based upon Christidis and and Christidis upon based is list This BABBLER
(PMEFOIFBEFE$JTUJDPMB
** Vagrant species Vagrant ** Honeyeater Painted Lapwing** Grey-headed OLD WORLD WARBLER WORLD OLD
4USJQFE)POFZFBUFS Masked Lapwing Sacred Kingfisher Sacred Lapwing Masked
local or migratory species migratory or local "VTUSBMJBO1FMJDBO Banded Lapwing Laughing Kookaburra Little Friarbird Eastern Yellow Robin Yellow Eastern Friarbird Little Kookaburra Laughing Lapwing Banded
recorded once or are rare sightings of of sightings rare are or once recorded JE$SPBU#BLGPUE%UFF "[VSF,JOHöTIFS #MBDLGSPOUFE%PUUFSFM 1JFE$PSNPSBOU Hooded Robin Hooded Friarbird Noisy
#MVFGBDFE)POFZFBUFS -JUUMF#MBDL$PSNPSBOU are not common and have only been been only have and common not are Red-capped Robin Red-capped LVR OTRLKINGFISHER DOTTEREL PLOVER,
IUBFPFFUS+BDLZ8JOUFS 8IJUFOBQFE)POFZFBUFS (SFBU$PSNPSBOU * This list includes those species that that species those includes list This *
#SPXOIFBEFE)POFZFBUFS 3FEOFDLFE"WPDFU -JUUMF1JFE$PSNPSBOU Southern Boobook Southern ROBIN
#SPXO)POFZFBUFS %BSUFS Black-winged Stilt Black-winged HAWK OWL HAWK
4QFDJFT$POTFSWBUJPO"DU
SOF$B "QPTUMFCJSE 0SBOHF$IBU CORMORANT, SHAG, PELICAN STILT, AVOCET STILT, PELICAN SHAG, CORMORANT,
5ISFBUFOFEVOEFSUIF/485ISFBUFOFE BBME$DP SNPIU 8IJUFXJOHFE$IPVHI $SJNTPO$IBU 'BOUBJMFE$VDLPP
FE)POFZFBUFS 4QJOZDIFFL 1BMMJE$VDLPP &VSBTJBO$PPU 8IJUFUISPBUFE/FFEMFUBJM Species in bold Italics are listed as as listed are Italics bold in Species MUD-NEST BUILDER MUD-NEST
VLPSF $IBOOFMCJMMFE$VDLPP %VTLZ.PPSIFO Yellow-throated Miner Yellow-throated NOTES: SWIFT
os ie Magpie-Lark Miner Noisy Native-hen Black-tailed CUCKOO
VUBJO4PUE$BF8IJUFQMVNFE)POFZFBUFS "VTUSBMJBO4QPUUFE$SBLF Restless Flycatcher Restless Frogmouth Tawny
8IJUFFBSFE)POFZFBUFS Leaden Flycatcher Leaden Budgerigar Swamphen Purple FROGMOUTH
4JOHJOH)POFZFBUFS Red-rumped Parrot Red-rumped FLYCATCHER, MONARCH FLYCATCHER, GALLINULE RAIL, CRAKE,
:FMMPXGBDFE)POFZFBUFS #BSTIPVMEFSFE%PWF Blue Bonnet Blue
5PSSFTJBO$SPX "VTUSBMJBO3JOHOFDL 1FBDFGVM%PWF Richard’s Pipit Richard’s Brolga* HONEYEATER, CHAT HONEYEATER,
%JBNPOE%PWF Pale-headed Rosella Little Raven Little Rosella Pale-headed PIPIT CRANE
"VTUSBMJBO3BWFO $SFTUFE1JHFPO Eastern Rosella Striated Pardalote Striated Rosella Eastern
)PVTF4QBSSPX $SJNTPO3PTFMMB $PNNPO#SPO[FXJOH Spotted Pardalote Spotted Falcon Black RAVEN, CROW RAVEN,
PL%W "VTUSBMJBO)PCCZ 3PDL%PWF Plum-headed Finch Plum-headed Parrot Superb PARDALOTE
JMF8HBM%JBNPOE'JSFUBJM 8JMMJF8BHUBJM Brown Falcon Red-winged Parrot Red-winged Falcon Brown PIGEON, DOVE PIGEON,
Inland Thornbill Grey Fantail Red-browed Finch Red-browed Fantail Grey Thornbill Inland Kestrel Nankeen PARROTS, ROSELLA PARROTS,
%PVCMFCBSSFE'JODI (SFBU$SFTUFE(SFCF Buff-rumped Thornbill Buff-rumped FANTAIL FALCON
PSFEE(FF$DBJM$IFTUOVUSVNQFE5IPSOCJMM $PDLBUJFM )PBSZIFBEFE(SFCF Zebra Finch Zebra
1JFE$VSSBXPOH 4VMQIVSDSFTUFE$PDLBUPP "VTUSBMBTJBO(SFCF Yellow Thornbill Yellow Eagle Little FINCH, SPARROW FINCH,
"VTUSBMJBO.BHQJF -JUUMF$PSFMMB 8FEHFUBJMFE&BHMF Yellow-rumped Thornbill Yellow-rumped GREBE
8FTUFSO(FSZHPOF 4XBNQ)BSSJFS idBthridMistletoebird Butcherbird Pied Galah
QUFBSF FMXUJFMD$DBP 8FFCJMM :FMMPXUBJMFE#MBDL$PDLBUPP 4QPUUFE)BSSJFS Grey Butcherbird Grey Duck Blue-billed FLOWERPECKER, SUNBIRD FLOWERPECKER,
)BSEIFBE Glossy Black-Cockatoo Speckled Warbler Speckled Black-Cockatoo Glossy Goshawk Brown BUTCHERBIRD, CURRAWONG BUTCHERBIRD,
$PNNPO4UBSMJOH 1BDJöD#MBDL%VDL Black Kite Black COCKATOO, CORELLA SCRUBWREN & ALLIES & SCRUBWREN CORELLA COCKATOO,
VLPEXMP $PNNPO#MBDLCJSE %VTLZ8PPETXBMMPX 8IJTUMJOH,JUF $IFTUOVU5FBM
#MBDLGBDFE8PPETXBMMPX Grey Teal Black-shouldered Kite Silver Gull Variegated Fairy-wren Variegated Gull Silver Kite Black-shouldered Teal Grey STARLING, MYNA, BLACKBIRD MYNA, STARLING,
ITFFFO8JFXOFBSSO8IJUFCSPXFE8PPETXBMMPX 8IJUFXJOHFE'BJSZXSFO 8IJTLFSFE5FSO "VTUSBMBTJBO4IPWFMFS OSPREY, HAWK, EAGLE HAWK, OSPREY,
.BTLFE8PPETXBMMPX $BTQJBO5FSO 1JOLFBSFE%VDL Tree Martin Tree Fairy-wren Superb
8IJUFCSFBTUFE8PPETXBMMPX "VTUSBMJBO8PPE%VDL Fairy Martin Fairy Spoonbill Yellow-billed TERN, NODDY, GULL FAIRY-WREN, GRASSWREN FAIRY-WREN, GULL NODDY, TERN,
8FMDPNF4XBMMPX Black Swan Royal Spoonbill Royal Swan Black WOODSWALLOW
8IJUFCBDLFE4XBMMPX 1MVNFE8IJTUMJOH%VDL Straw-necked Ibis Painted Button-Quail Spotted Bowerbird Spotted Button-Quail Painted Ibis Straw-necked
"VTUSBMJBO8IJUF*CJT Grey Shrike-thrush Grey * Goose Magpie SWALLOW, MARTIN SWALLOW, BOWERBIRD BUTTON-QUAIL
3VGPVT8IJTUMFS Glossy Ibis* Glossy GOOSE, DUCK GOOSE,
/BOLFFO/JHIU)FSPO Brown Songlark Brown Treecreeper Brown Sandpiper Sharp-Tailed WHISTLER, SHRIKE-THRUSH WHISTLER,
8IJUFUISPBUFE5SFFDSFFQFS 8IJUFGBDFE)FSPO Rufous Songlark Rufous Quail Brown STINT, SANDPIPER, ALLIES SANDPIPER, STINT,
8IJUFXJOHFE5SJMMFS $BUUMF&HSFU Little Grassbird Little Quail Stubble TREECREEPER
8IJUFCFMMJFE$VDLPP4ISJLF Intermediate Egret Marsh Sandpiper Marsh Egret Intermediate OLD WORLD WARBLERS WORLD OLD etc PHEASANT QUAIL,
PNO(FOIO PMSJE #MBDLGBDFE$VDLPP4ISJLF %PMMBSCJSE $PNNPO(SFFOTIBOL Eastern Great Egret Great Eastern
(SPVOE$VDLPP4ISJLF 8IJUFOFDLFE)FSPO
Silvereye Bee-eater* Rainbow Snipe Latham’s Emu
RATITE HERON, SPOONBILL, ALLIES SNIPE, CURLEW, ALLIES BEE-EATER, ROLLER CUCKOO-SHRIKE, TRILLER WHITE EYE & ALLIES & EYE WHITE TRILLER CUCKOO-SHRIKE, ROLLER BEE-EATER, ALLIES CURLEW, SNIPE, ALLIES SPOONBILL, HERON, RATITE
PSUI$VMHPPSBBOE:BSSJF-BLFBSFBTJODF #JSETTFFOJOUIF8FF8BB1JMMJHB#VSSFO+VODUJPO.FSBI/ Bird List Bird
TSR’s & Agricultural Landscapes Western Namoi Floodplain "HSJDVMUVSBMBOESVSBMBSFBTBSFJNQPSUBOUJOUIFDPOTFSWBUJPOPGNBOZQMBOU The alluvial floodplains of the lower Namoi River and the sandy ridges of the and animal communities. Remnant vegetation and revegetation plantings on Pilliga Sandstones Outwash form a structurally and floristically diverse range of BIRD ROUTES properties, road verges, travelling stock routes, creek lines and inland rivers habitats and communities. along with natural and artificial wetlands, dams and channels are common in The floodplains typically have an open canopy of various Eucalyptus species, a of the many agricultural areas. sparse shrub layer and a continuous ground cover of grasses, forbs and herbs. These areas support many bird species within agricultural landscapes; The Pilliga Outwash woodlands in this area are dominated by a denser canopy FNQIBTJ[JOHUIFJNQPSUBODFPGUIFTFBSFBTJODPOTFSWJOHCJSEDPNNVOJUJFT of various Box, Red Gums and Ironbarks, with a sub-canopy and shrub layer WESTERN CZQSPWJEJOHTVJUBCMFGPSBHJOH XBUFSQPJOUTBOEOFTUJOHIBCJUBU"EEJUJPOBMMZ intermixed with grasses and herbs. they also provide linkages across the wider landscape by allowing dispersal and The area encompassed in this brochure covers nearly 315,000 hectares and 182 movement through vegetation corridors. species of birds have been recorded here. Species range from small woodland NAMOI Other species encountered dependant species to the Emu’s of the plains to the raptors of the grassy woodlands to the parrots, cockatoos and waterbirds of the river and creeks. %VSJOH ZPVS USBWFMT ZPV NBZ FODPVOUFS &BTUFSO (SFZ ,BOHBSPPT (PBOOBT #FBSEFE%SBHPOT #MVFUPOHVFMJ[BSETBOE4IJOHMFCBDLTLJOLT:PVNBZFWFO FLOODPLAINS PCTFSWFB4XBNQ8BMMBCZ 3FEOFDLFE8BMMBCZPS,PBMBBMPOHTPNFPGUIFNPSF IFBWJMZUJNCFSFEDSFFLMJOFTPSFWFOUIFTFMEPNTFFO#MBDLTUSJQFE8BMMBCZJO the Brigalow woodlands.
Pian Creek © James Faris Note t "MM(14MPDBUJPODPPSEJOBUFTBSFCBTFEVQPOUIF8(4(%"EBUVNBOE given in decimal degrees. t %JTUBODFTHJWFOBSFBQQSPYJNBUJPOTPOMZ1MFBTFSFGFSUPUIFCJSESPVUFTJHOT directions, map and GPS coordinates for more information. t $BNQJOHJTQSPIJCJUFEPO543TXJUIPVUQSJPSBQQSPWBMBOEBQFSNJUGSPNUIF local Rural Lands Protection Board office. Please contact either the Narrabri 3-1#PO PSUIF8BMHFUU3-1#PO t 1MFBTFDPOUBDUUIFMPDBMUPVSJTUJOGPSNBUJPODFOUSFPSUIFMPDBMQPMJDFTUBUJPOT Bugilbone Ridge Aboriginal Scarred Tree for information on road conditions and closures. © James Faris © James Faris Aboriginal Occupation The Gamilaraay (Kamilaroi) people have occupied this area for thousands of years. The floodplains and red sandy ridges support a diverse range of plants and animal species many of which were used for food, making canoes, tools and food preparation utensils, shelter, ceremony and trading. Many species of plants and animals were consumed. The river, lagoons and billabongs provided water, food and trees for canoes, and the red sandy ridges provided food as well as higher and dryer camping sites during wet years and floods. Evidence of their © Dean Ingwersen past occupation can still be found around some of the waterholes and on the red ridges in the form of scarred and carved trees, and the occasional stone tool. Wee Waa – Pilliga – Burren Junction No. 5. Middle Route TSR No. 6. Rossmore Lane TSR No. 7. Gunidgera Creek (Gunedra TSR) No. 8. Yellowbank TSR S 30 15.797 E 149 0.654 S 30 04.949 E 149 03.778 S 30 12.295 E 149 21.146 S 30 11.550 E 149 28.434 This TSR is typical of the open north-west floodplain grassy woodlands of Belah, Coolibah, A section of Pian Creek which is a old channel of the Namoi River fringed by Coolibah, A section of Gunidgera Creek. This area is dominated by Coolibah, River Cooba, Cumbungi DESCRIPTION – A popular fishing spot on the Namoi River dominated by old River Red River Red Gum and Myall with stands of Bimbil Box and Inland Grey box. River Cooba, Cumbungi and Lignum with the occasional Grey Box and Red gum. and Lignum with the occasional Grey Box and Red gum. Gums and Coolibah, Quinine and River Cooba. DIRECTIONS – Middle Route is a dirt road that runs from Merah North to Bugilbone DIRECTIONS – From the Kamilaroi Hwy turn onto Rossmore Lane approximately 11.5km DIRECTIONS – From Wee Waa travel 8.5 km along the Kamilaroi Hwy towards Burren DIRECTIONS – Turn off the Kamilaroi Hwy 1km from Wee Waa onto Cotton Lane. Ridge. This road is definitely a dry weather road only. The TSR on the southern side of the from Burren Junction. Follow the lane for 2.3 km then turn left onto the TSR at the first set Junction. The TSR is on the northern side of the highway across from the Yarraman cotton Approximately 4.3 km along turn right onto the TSR and follow the dirt track down to the route is quite extensive and is up to 7 km wide from the road down to the river. Access to of tanks and troughs. Park here and wander either way along this section of the creek. gin. Namoi River. Further along Cotton Lane you will encounter a small lagoon on the side of the Namoi River is on a track that crosses the TSR. Turn south onto the TSR from Middle the road. This small water body supports a number of small bush birds as well as many BIRDS – Black-tailed Native-hens, Diamond Doves, Spoonbills, Ibis, Plumed Whistling- BIRDS – Butcherbirds, Yellow-throated Miners, Rosellas, Sulphur-crested Cockatoos, Route Rd approximately 18km from Bugilbone or 31km from Merah North. Follow the waders and waterbirds. Ducks, Yellow-headed Rosellas, many small bush land birds and the occasional raptor. Magpie-Larks, Pigeons and Doves. trail, taking either fork down to the river. BIRDS – Eastern Rosellas, Cockatiels, Red-rumped Parrots, Little Friarbirds, Kookaburras, BIRDS – Emus, Blue Bonnets, Galahs, Pale-headed Rosellas, Kookaburras, Masked Scared Kingfishers, Eastern Yellow Robins, White Plumed honeyeaters, Cormorants, Lapwings and Ground Cuckoo-shrikes. Darters and Ducks.
© Prue Hewitt © Dean Ingwersen
© Dean Ingwersen © James Faris
© James Faris © James Faris
No. 4. Bugilbone (Pine) Ridge No. 3. Pilliga Lagoon TSR No. 2. Brigalow Creek TSR No. 1. Wee Waa Lagoon S 30 14.773 E 148 48.546 S 30 20.818 E 148 52.269 S 30 18.762 E 149 17.782 S 30 13.695 E 149 26.596 A red sandy ridge of Cypress, Bimbil Box, Quinine, Wilga, Belah, Budda, and Wild Orange. A large natural wetland surrounded by Cumbungi and Lignum with River Red Gums, A deep sandy creek surrounded by Brigalow, Bimbil Box, Pilliga Box, Rough-barked Apple, This natural lagoon formed when the Namoi River changed course many years ago and is Coolibah, Grey Box and Cooba Wattle. Red Gum, Carbeen, Wilga, Budda and Warrior Bush. ringed by large River Red Gums, Sally Wattle, River Cooba and Coolibah. DIRECTIONS – From Pilliga Lagoon continue towards Burren Jnct across the floodplains until you reach a crossroad and the red sandy ‘ridge’ on the northern side of the crossroads. DIRECTIONS – From Brigalow Creek, follow the Pilliga – Wee Waa Rd for 40 km until you DIRECTIONS – From the Wee Waa Lagoon cross Charles St into Short St, turning left DIRECTIONS – From Yarrie Lake or the Telescope cross the wooden bridge over the You can turn west onto the Bugilbone Siding Rd and follow this along for 1.3km until you reach the township of Pilliga. Along the way there are several side roads and areas and to cross the railway line. Follow the Pilliga signs until you reach Brigalow Creek. Park lagoon turning immediately right into the parking area on the bank of the lagoon. From reach the end of the heavily timbered ridge. A few trails cross through the timber on the stop to look for woodland birds in a variety of vegetation types. Continue through Pilliga on the Wee Waa side of the creek. Walk along the vehicular track that follows the creek the Kamilaroi Hwy (Mitchell St) or Rose St turn left onto Charles St until you reach the ridge and these can be explored by foot or vehicle. These tracks lead into private property and 700m on the western side of town turn right onto the Burren junction road. Within approximately for 1km until you reach a large (dry) billabong. lagoon. Walk along the northern bank to follow the lagoon. so please respect the owners and stay on the TSR. 1.5km you will cross the Pilliga Lagoon Bridge. Turn immediately left onto the TSR. BIRDS – Speckled Warblers, Brown Treecreepers, Spiny-cheeked Honeyeaters, Thornbills, BIRDS – Cormorants, Darters, Kingfishers, Yellow-throated Miners, Galahs and BIRDS – Red-capped Robins, White-winged Choughs and Brown-headed Honeyeaters, BIRDS – Australian Reed-Warblers, Purple Swamp Hens, Plum-Headed Finches, Grey-crowned Babblers and Rufous Whistlers. Keep an eye out for Koalas, Swamp Cockatiels Common Bronzewings and Blue Bonnet parrots. Variegated Fairy Wrens, Spoonbills, Ibis, Egrets, Blue Bonnets and Red-rumped Parrots. Wallabies and goannas in this area.