MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY FAUNA Birds This list of bird species that have been seen on campus was prepared in 2010 by Ian McAllan, Macquarie University Library. $ Recorded in the Ecology Reserve (north of the M2) *Recorded several times a year Birds regularly seen on campus *Australasian Grebe *Musk Lorikeet *Australian Bush Turkey *Noisy Miner *Australian KinG-Parrot *Northern Mallard (introduced ducks) *Australian Magpie *Pacific Baza *Australian Raven *Pacific Black Duck *Australian White Ibis *PereGrine Falcon *Australian Wood Duck *Pied CurrawonG *Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike *Purple Swamphen *Brown Goshawk *Rainbow Lorikeet *Channel-billed Cuckoo *Red Wattlebird *Chestnut Teal *Rock Dove (introduced) *Common Myna *Silvereye *Common StarlinG *Spotted Dove (introduced) *Crested PiGeon *Spotted Pardalote *Crimson Rosella *Sulphur-crested Cockatoo *Dusky Moorhen *Superb Fairy-wren *Eastern Koel *Tree Martin *Eastern Rosella *Welcome Swallow *Eurasian Coot *White-browed Scrubwren *Galah *White-faced Heron *Great Cormorant *White-throated Needletail *Grey Butcherbird *Willie Wagtail *Hardhead *Yellow-faced Honeyeater *LauGhinG Kookaburra $*Brown Thornbill *Little Black Cormorant $*Eastern Spinebill *Little Corella (locally introduced) $*Eastern Yellow Robin *Little Pied Cormorant $*Grey Fantail *LonG-billed Corella (locally introduced) $*Red-browed Finch *Magpie-lark $*Red-whiskered Bulbul *Masked LapwinG Tawny FroGmouth (spotted on campus *Mistletoebird February 2014) Infrequent or historic bird sightings $Brown GeryGone $White-throated GeryGone (old records) $Eastern Whipbird $White-throated NiGhtjar (old record - actually $Little Wattlebird David HaiG told me he had seen this) $New Holland Honeyeater $White-throated Treecreeper $White-cheeked Honeyeater Australasian Darter Australian Little Bittern (old record) Masked Owl (old record) Australian Pelican (overhead, March 2012) Nankeen Kestrel (old records) Australian Reed Warbler (previously common Olive-backed Oriole - now locally extinct) Powerful Owl Azure Kingfisher (old record) Red-rumped Parrot Black-fronted Dotterel Rose Robin Black-shouldered Kite (old records) Royal Spoonbill (13 December 2011) Brown SonGlark (old records) Rufous Songlark (old records) Buff-banded Rail (previously resident - now Sacred KinGfisher rarely seen locally) Satin Bowerbird (30 October 2011) Cattle EGret Scaly-breasted Lorikeet Dollarbird Southern Boobook Double-barred Finch (previously common now Striated heron locally extinct) Swamp Harrier Eastern Barn Owl Swift Parrot Eastern Great Egret Topknot PiGeon (flyinG over) Fairy Martin WhistlinG Kite Fork-tailed Swift White-bellied Sea-Eagle Golden-headed Cisticola (previously common, White-necked Heron (old record) now locally extinct) White-plumed Honeyeater (old records) Grey Goshawk White-winGed Triller (old records) Intermediate EGret (27 July 2012) Yellow Thornbill KinG Quail (v. old record - ex Margaret Yellow-rumped Thornbill (old records) Cameron about 1975) Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo Little Lorikeet Introduced species House Sparrow Other animals The Arboretum is home to many other native animals. The followinG list of reptiles and froGs was provided by Daniel Noble (Centre for the InteGrative Study of Animal Behaviour). Reptiles Eastern Water Skinks (Eulamprus quoyii) Garden Skink (Lampropholis delicata) Grass Skink (Lampropholis guichenoti) Fence Skink (Cryptoblepharis virigatus) Eastern Water Dragon (Physignathus lesueurii) Common Blue-tonGue Skink (Tiliqua scincoides) Black bellied Swamp Snake (Hemiaspis signata) Snake necked turtle (Chelodina longicollis) Frogs Peron's Tree-froG (Litoria peroni) Eastern Dwarf Tree-froG (Litoria fallax) Eastern Common FroGlet (Crinia signifera) Striped Marsh FroG (Limnodynastes peroni) .