ESC Birds

Bird List for Bendigo Area

Source of information: Anne Bridley (compiler), Birds of the Bendigo District, Bendigo Field Naturalists Club Inc, 1991

The S&D number is the reference to the species in Simpson and Day, Field Guide to the Birds of Australia, Sixth Edition, Penguin Books, 1999

S&D
Number
Common name Scientific name Breeds
Locally
003 EMU Dromaius novaehollandiae
005 MALLEEFOWL Leipoa ocellata
007 STUBBLE QUAIL Coturnix novaezelandiae Yes
008 BROWN QUAIL Coturnix australis Yes
016 PAINTED BUTTON-QUAIL Turnix varia Yes
020 LITTLE BUTTON-QUAIL Turnix velox Yes
093 AUSTRALIAN PELICAN Pelecanus conspicillatus
103 DARTER Anhinga melanogaster
105 PIED CORMORANT Phalacrocorax varius
106 LITTLE PIED CORMORANT Phalacrocorax melanoleucos Yes
107 GREAT CORMORANT Phalacrocorax carbo
108 LITTLE BLACK CORMORANT Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
109 GREAT CRESTED GREBE Podiceps cristatus Yes
110 HOARY-HEADED GREBE Poliocephalus poliocephalus Yes
111 AUSTRALASIAN GREBE Tachybaptus novaehollandiae Yes
112 MAGPIE-GOOSE Anseranas semipalmata
113 BLACK SWAN Cygnus atratus Yes
116 WANDERING WHISTLING-DUCK Dendrocygna arcuata
117 PLUMED WHISTLING-DUCK Dendrocygna eytoni
118 AUSTRALIAN SHELDUCK Tadorna tadornoides Yes
120 PACIFIC BLACK DUCK Anas superciliosa Yes
121 MALLARD Anas platyrhynchos
122 GREY TEAL Anas gibberifrons Yes
123 CHESTNUT TEAL Anas castanea Yes
124 AUSTRALASIAN SHOVELER Anas rhynchotis Yes
127 PINK-EARED DUCK Malacorhynchus inembranaceus Yes
128 HARDHEAD Aythya australis Yes
129 MANED DUCK Chenonetta jubata Yes
130 FRECKLED DUCK Stictonetta naevosa
133 BLUE-BILLED DUCK Oxyura australis Yes
134 MUSK DUCK Biziura lobata Yes
135 BUFF-BANDED RAIL Rallus philippensis Yes
140 BAILLON'S CRAKE Porzana pusilla
141 AUSTRALIAN CRAKE Porzana fluminea
142 SPOTLESS CRAKE Porzana iabuensis
146 BLACK-TAILED NATIVE-HEN Gallinula ventralis Yes
147 DUSKY MOORHEN Gallinula tenebrosa Yes
148 PURPLE SWAMPHEN Porphyrio porphyrio Yes
149 EURASIAN COOT Fulica atra Yes
151 PACIFIC HERON Ardea pacifica Yes
153 WHITE-FACED HERON Ardea novaehollandiae Yes
154 CATTLE EGRET Ardeola ibis
155 GREAT EGRET Egretta alba
156 LITTLE EGRET Egretta garzetta
157 INTERMEDIATE EGRET Egretta intermedia
160 RUFOUS NIGHT-HERON Nycticorax caledonicus
161 LITTLE BITTERN Ixobrychus minutus
164 AUSTRALASIAN BITTERN Botaurus poiciloptilus
165 GLOSSY IBIS Plegadis falcinellus
166 WHITE IBIS Threskiornis molucca Yes
167 STRAW-NECKED IBIS Threskiornis spinicollis Yes
168 ROYAL SPOONBILL Platalea regia Yes
169 YELLOW-BILLED SPOONBILL Platalea flavipes Yes
171 BROLGA Grus rubicundus Yes
173 AUSTRALIAN BUSTARD Ardeotis australis
174 PLAINS-WANDERER Pedionomus torquatus
181 WOOD SANDPIPER Tringa glareola
185 COMMON SANDPIPER Tringa hypoleucos
186 GREENSHANK Tringa nebularia
190 MARSH SANDPIPER Tringa stagnatilis
192 LATHAM'S SNIPE Gallinago hardwickii
196 BLACK-TAILED GODWIT Limosa limosa
197 BAR-TAILED GODWIT Limosa lapponica
201 SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER Calidris acuininata
202 PECTORAL SANDPIPER Calidris melanotos
207 RED-NECKED STINT Calidris ruficollis
209 CURLEW SANDPIPER Calidris ferruginea
220 AUSTRALIAN PRATINCOLE Stiltia isabella Yes
221 PAINTED SNIPE Rostratula benghalensis
224 BUSH THICK-KNEE (Bush Stone-Curlew) Burhinus magnirostris Yes
228 MASKED LAPWING Vanellus miles Yes
229 BANDED LAPWING Vanellus tricolor Yes
233 RED-KNEED DOTTEREL Erythrogonys cinctus
238 DOUBLE-BANDED PLOVER Charadrius bicinctus
242 RED-CAPPED PLOVER Charadrius ruficapillus
243 BLACK-FRONTED DOTTEREL Elseyornis melanops Yes
245 BLACK-WINGED STILT Himantopus himantopus Yes
246 BANDED STILT Cladorhynchus leucocephalus
247 RED-NECKED AVOCET Recurvirostra novaehollandiae Yes
253 SILVER GULL Larus novaehollandiae Yes
259 WHISKERED TERN Chlidonias hybrida
262 CASPIAN TERN Hydroprogne caspia
263 GULL-BILLED TERN Gelochelidon nilotica
281 BLACK-SHOULDERED KITE Elanus notatus Yes
282 LETTER-WINGED KITE Elanus scriptus
283 OSPREY Pandion haliaetus
284 SQUARE-TAILED KITE Lophoictinia isura
286 BLACK KITE Milvus migrans Yes
287 WHISTLING KITE Haliastur sphenurus Yes
289 WHITE-BELLIED SEA-EAGLE Haliaeetus leucogaster
290 WEDGE-TAILED EAGLE Aquila audax Yes
291 LITTLE EAGLE Hieraaetus morphnoides Yes
292 BROWN GOSHAWK Accipiter fasciatus Yes
293 COLLARED SPARROWHAWK Accipiter cirrhocephalus Yes
294 GREY GOSHAWK Accipiter novaehollandiae
296 SPOTTED HARRIER Circus assimilis Yes
297 SWAMP HARRIER Circus approxima
298 BLACK FALCON Falco subniger
299 PEREGRINE FALCON Falco peregrinus Yes
300 AUSTRALIAN HOBBY Falco longipennis Yes
301 GREY FALCON Falco hypoleucos
302 BROWN FALCON Falco berigora Yes
303 AUSTRALIAN KESTREL Falco cenchroides Yes
312 FERAL PIGEON Columba livia Yes
313 SPOTTED TURTLE-DOVE Streptopelia chinensis Yes
316 PEACEFUL DOVE Geopelia placida Yes
317 DIAMOND DOVE Geopelia cuneata
320 COMMON BRONZEWING Phaps chalcoptera Yes
321 BRUSH BRONZEWING Phaps elegans Yes
323 CRESTED PIGEON Ocyphaps lophotes Yes
333 YELLOW-TAILED BLACK-COCKATOO Calyptorhynchus funereus
336 GANG-GANG COCKATOO Callocephalon fimbriatum
337 GALAH Cacatua roseicapilla Yes
338 LONG-BILLED CORELLA Cacatua tenuirostris Yes
339A LITTLE CORELLA Cacatua pastinator Yes
340 PINK COCKATOO Cacatua leadbeateri
341 SULPHUR-CRESTED COCKATOO Cacatua galerita Yes
344A RAINBOW LORIKEET Trichoglossus haematodus
347 MUSK LORIKEET Glossopsitta concinna Yes
348 PURPLE-CROWNED LORIKEET Glossopsitta porphyrocephala Yes
349 LITTLE LORIKEET Glossopsitta pusilla Yes
351 AUSTRALIAN KING PARROT Alisterus scapularis
356 COCKATIEL Nymphicus hollandicus Yes
359 BUDGERIGAR Melopsittacus undulatus
360 SWIFT PARROT Lathamus discolor
363 CRIMSON ROSELLA Platycercus elegans Yes
364 EASTERN (WHITE-CHEEKED) ROSELLA Platycercus eximius Yes
368 RINGNECK Barnadius zonarius
369 RED-RUMPED PARROT Psephotus haematonotus Yes
374 BLUE BONNET Northiella haematogaster
376 BLUE-WINGED PARROT Neophema chrysostoma
380 TURQUOISE PARROT Neophema pulchella
383 PALLID CUCKOO Cuculus pallidus Yes
386 FAN-TAILED CUCKOO Cuculus pyrrhophanus Yes
387 BLACK-EARED CUCKOO Chrysococcyx osclans Yes
388 HORSFIELD'S BRONZE-CUCKOO Chrysococcyx basalis Yes
389 SHINING BRONZE-CUCKOO Chrysococcyx lucidus
393 CHANNEL-BILLED CUCKOO Scythrops novaehollandiae
396 POWERFUL OWL Ninox strenua Yes
397 SOUTHERN BOOBOOK Ninox novaeseelandiae Yes
398 BARKING OWL Ninox connivens Yes
402 MASKED OWL Tyto novaehollandiae
403 BARN OWL Tyto alba Yes
405 TAWNY FROGMOUTH Podargus strigoides Yes
408 WHITE-THROATED NIGHTJAR Caprimulgus mystacalis
409 SPOTTED NIGHTJAR Caprimulgus guttatus Yes
411 AUSTRALIAN OWLET-NIGHTJAR Aegotheles cristatus Yes
415 WHITE-THROATED NEEDLETAIL Hirundapus caudacutus
416 FORK-TAILED SWIFT Apus pacificus
418 AZURE KINGFISHER Ceyx azurea
420 LAUGHING KOOKABURRA Dacelo novaeguineae Yes
423 RED-BACKED KINGFISHER Halcyon pyrrhopygia
424 SACRED KINGFISHER Halcyon sancta Yes
428 RAINBOW BEE-EATER Merops ornatus Yes
429 DOLLARBIRD Eurystornus orientalis Yes
438 VARIED SITTELLA Daphoenositta chrysoptera Yes
439 WHITE-THROATED TREECREEPER Cormobates leucophaea Yes
442 BROWN TREECREEPER Climacteris picumnus Yes
446 SUPERB FAIRY-WREN Malurus cyaneus Yes
448 VARIEGATED FAIRY-WREN Malurus lamberti Yes
465 SPOTTED PARDALOTE Pardalotus punctatus Yes
468 STRIATED PARDALOTE Pardalotus striatus Yes
479 WHITE-BROWED SCRUBWREN Sericornis frontalis Yes
482 CHESTNUT-RUMPED HYLACOLA Sericornis pyrrhopygius Yes
483 SHY HYLACOLA Sericornis cautus Yes
487 SPECKLED WARBLER Sericornis sagittatus Yes
488 WEEBILL Smicrornis brevirostris Yes
489 WHITE-THROATED GERYGONE Gerygone olivacea
493 WESTERN GERYGONE Gerygone fusca Yes
499 BROWN THORNBILL Acanthiza pusilla Yes
500 INLAND THORNBILL Acanthiza apicalis Yes
502 CHESTNUT-RUMPED THORNBILL Acanthiza uropygialis Yes
504 YELLOW THORNBILL Acanthiza nana Yes
505 STRIATED THORNBILL Acanthiza lineata Yes
506 BUFF-RUMPED THORNBILL Acanthiza reguloides Yes
508 YELLOW-RUMPED THORNBILL Acanthiza chrysorrhoa Yes
509 SOUTHERN WHITEFACE Aphelocephala leucopsis Yes
512 RED WATTLEBIRD Anthochaera carunculata Yes
514B LITTLE WATTLEBIRD AnthQchaera chrysoptera
515 SPINY-CHEEKED HONEYEATER Acanthagenys rufogularis
516 STRIPED HONEYEATER Plectorhyncha lanceolata
519 NOISY FRIARBIRD Philemon corniculatus Yes
520 LITTLE FRIARBIRD Philemon citreogularis Yes
521 REGENT HONEYEATER Xanthomyza phrygia
522 BLUE-FACED HONEYEATER Entomyzon cyanotis Yes
525 BELL MINER Manorina melanophrys
526 NOISY MINER Manorina melanocephala Yes
535 YELLOW-FACED HONEYEATER Lichenostomus chrysops Yes
536 SINGING HONEYEATER Lichenostomus virescens
541 WHITE-EARED HONEYEATER Lichen ostomus leucotis Yes
543 YELLOW-TUFTED HONEYEATER Lichenostomus melanops Yes
544 PURPLE-GAPED HONEYEATER Lichenostomus cratitius Yes
547 FUSCOUS HONEYEATER Lichenostomus fuscus Yes
549 YELLOW-PLUMED HONEYEATER Lichenostomus ornatus Yes
550 WHITE-PLUMED HONEYEATER Lichenostomus penicillatus Yes
551 BLACK-CHINNED HONEYEATER Melithreptus gularis Yes
553 BROWN-HEADED HONEYEATER Melithreptus brevirostris Yes
555 WHITE-NAPED HONEYEATER Melithreptus lunatus
560 WHITE-FRONTED HONEYEATER Phylidonyris albifrons Yes
562 NEW HOLLAND HONEYEATER Phylidonyris novaehollandiae Yes
563 TAWNY-CROWNED HONEYEATER Phylidonyris melanops Yes
565 PAINTED HONEYEATER Grantiella picta Yes
571 EASTERN SPINEBILL Acanthorynchus tenuirostris Yes
578 BLACK HONEYEATER Certhionyx niger
579 CRIMSON CHATS Ephthianura tricolor
580 ORANGE CHAT Ephianura aurifrons
590 SPOTTED QUAIL-THRUSH Cinclosoma punctatum Yes
594 GREY-CROWNED BABBLER Pomatostomus temporalis Yes
595 WHITE-BROWED BABBLER Pomatostomus superciliosus Yes
598 ROSE ROBIN Petroica rosea
599 PINK ROBIN Petroica rodinogaster
600 FLAME ROBIN Petroica phoenicea
601 SCARLET ROBIN Petroica multicolor Yes
602 RED-CAPPED ROBIN Petroica goodenovii Yes
603 HOODED ROBIN Melanodryas cucullata Yes
605 EASTERN YELLOW ROBIN Eopsaltria australis Yes
611 JACKY WINTER Microeca leucophaea Yes
618 CRESTED SHRIKE-TIT Falcunculus frontatus Yes
619 CRESTED BELLBIRD Oreoica gutturalis Yes
623 GREY SHRIKE-THRUSH Colluricincla harmonica Yes
624 GOLDEN WHISTLER Pachycephala pectoralis Yes
626 GILBERT'S WHISTLER Pachycephala inornata Yes
630 RUFOUS WHISTLER Pachycephala rufiventris Yes
633 GREY FANTAIL Rhipidura fuliginosa
635 RUFOUS FANTAIL Rhipidura rufifrons
636 WILLIE WAGTAIL Rhipidura leucophrys Yes
638 LEADEN FLYCATCHER Myiagra rubecula Yes
639 SATIN FLYCATCHER Myiagra cyanoleuca Yes
641 RESTLESS FLYCATCHER Myiagra inquieta Yes
649 AUSTRALIAN MAGPIE-LARK Grallina cyanoleuca Yes
652 OLIVE-BACKED ORIOLE Oriolus sagittatus Yes
668 BLACK-FACED CUCKOO-SHRIKE Coracina novaehollandiae Yes
670 WHITE-BELLIED CUCKOO-SHRIKE Coracina papuensis Yes
672 GROUND CUCKOO-SHRIKE Coracina maxima
673 WHITE-WINGED TRILLER Lalage sueni Yes
675 WHITE-BREASTED WOODSWALLOW Artamus leucorhynchus Yes
676 MASKED WOODSWALLOW Artamus personatus Yes
677 WHITE-BROWED WOODSWALLOW Artamus superciliosus Yes
678 BLACK-FACED WOODSWALLOW Artamus cinereus
679 DUSKY WOODSWALLOW Artamus cyanopterus Yes
682A GREY BUTCHERBIRD Cracticus torquatus Yes
684 PIED BUTCHERBIRD Cracticus nigrogularis Yes
685 AUSTRALIAN MAGPIE Gymnorhina tibicen Yes
686 PIED CURRAWONG Strepera graculina
688 GREY CURRAWONG Strepera versicolor Yes
689 AUSTRALIAN RAVEN Corvus coronoides Yes
691 LITTLE RAVEN Corvus mellon Yes
694 WHITE-WINGED CHOUGH Corcorax melanorhamphos Yes
696 WHITE-BACKED SWALLOW Cherarnoeca leucosternum Yes
698 WELCOME SWALLOW Hirundo neoxena Yes
700 TREE MARTIN Hirundo nigricans Yes
701 FAIRY MARTIN Hirundo ariel Yes
702 RICHARD'S PIPIT Anthus novaeseelandiae Yes
707 SINGING BUSHLARK Mirafra javanica
708 SKYLARK Alauda arvensis
709 RUFOUS SONGLARK Cinclorhamphus mathewsi Yes
710 BROWN SONGLARK Cinclorhamphus cruralis Yes
711 CLAMOROUS REED WARBLER Acrocephalus stentoreus Yes
716 GOLDEN-HEADED CISTICOLA Cisticola exilis
718 LITTLE GRASSBIRD Megalurus gramineus Yes
719 TREE SPARROW Passer montanus
720 HOUSE SPARROW Passer domesticus Yes
721 EUROPEAN GREENFINCH Carduelis chloris Yes
722 EUROPEAN GOLDFINCH Carduelis carduelis Yes
724 ZEBRA FINCH Taeniopygia guttata Yes
730 RED-BROWED FINCH Neochmia temporalis Yes
734 DIAMOND FIRETAIL Emblema guttata Yes
743 MISTLETOEBIRD Dicaeum hirundinaceum Yes
746 SILVEREYE Zosterops lateralis Yes
748 WHITE'S THRUSH Zoothera dauma
750 BLACKBIRD Turdus merula Yes
751 SONG THRUSH Turdus philomelos
753 COMMON STARLING Sturnus vulgaris Yes
754 COMMON MYNAH Acridotheres tristis