Birds of Australia
It's a Big Country With a Big List of Birds
There are an estimated 830 plus types of birds in Australia with roughly 45% of these endemic; that is they are no-where else in the world.
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Bush Birds
 "Australian Laughing Kookaburra")
Kookaburra
Giulio Scaletta
 "Australian Magpie")
Australian Magpie
Lyle Stacpoole
 "Willie Wagtail")
Willie Wagtail
Gerry Pearce
 "White-plumed Honeyeater")
White-plumed Honeyeater
Glenn Budd
 "Wompoo Fruit Dove")
Wompoo Fruit Dove
Gerry Pearce
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Parrots
 "Sulphur Crested Cockatoo")
Sulphur Crested Cockatoo
Jon Walton
 "Rainbow Lorikeet")
Rainbow Lorikeet
Gerry Pearce
 "Pink Cockatoo Galah")
Pink Cockatoo [Galah]
Glenn Budd
 "Little Corella")
Little Corella
Scott Phillipe
 "Ringneck Port Lincoln Parrot")
Port Lincoln Ringneck
Lyle Stacpoole
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Water Birds
Water Birds are those that frequent any body of water; either sea water and inland fresh water or sometimes both.
 "Australian Pelican")
Australian Pelican
Lyle Stacpoole
 "Pacific Black Duck")
Pacific Black Duck
Scott Phillipe
 "Australian Darter")
Australian Darter
Scott Phillipe
 "Dusky Moorhen")
Dusky Moorhen
Gerry Pearce
 "Black Swan")
Black Swan
Lyle Stacpoole
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Shore Birds
Shore Birds are found on coastal beaches, mudflats and wetland lagoons. Many are migratory and visit Australia during the cold Northern Hemisphere winter.
There are 15 species of shore birds [approximately 1.2 million birds] who live permenantly in Australia. Another 35 or 36 species migrate every year and 15 or 16 species visit occasionally.
 "Australian Pied Oystercatcher")
Pied Oystercatcher
Lyle Stacpoole
 "Sooty Oystercatcher")
Sooty Oystercatcher
Gerry Pearce
 "Bar-tailed Godwit")
Bar-tailed Godwit
Gerry Pearce
 "Black-winged Stilt")
Black-winged Stilt
Gerry Pearce
 "Australian White Ibis")
White Ibis
Scott Phillipe
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Sea Birds
The Sea Birds food source is the sea, feeding upon fish and squid, however they come ashore to roost, often on the islands scattered along the vast Australian coastline.
 "Pacific Gull")
Pacific Gull
Lyle Stacpoole
 "Silver Gull")
Silver Gull
Scott Phillipe
 "Whiskered Tern Australian Sea Bird")
WHISKERED TERN "Crested Tern")
Crested Tern
Gerry Pearce
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Birds of Prey
 "Wedgetailed Eagle")
Wedgetailed Eagle
Glenn Budd
 "Tawny Frogmouth")
Tawny Frogmouth
Jim Coxon
 "Brown Falcon")
Brown Falcon
Kollie Smith
 "White-Bellied Sea Eagle")
White-Bellied Sea Eagle
Kollie Smith
 "Australian Whistling Kite")
Australian Whistling Kite
Lyle Stacpoole
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Flightless Birds and Ground Dwelling Birds
 "Australian Cassowary")
Australian Cassowary
Robert Wilson
 "Australian Emu")
Australian Emu
Lyle Stacpoole
 "Satin Bowerbird")
Satin Bowerbird
Gerry Pearce
 "Australian Brush Turkey")
Australian Brush Turkey
Lyle Stacpoole
 "Little Penguin")
Little Penguin
Robert Wilson
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Migratory Birds
Australia is the chosen summer destination for a number of species of migrating birds with many of these coming south to feed while their home in the Arctic is frozen over during the Northern Hemisphere's winter.
Migratory Waterbirds
About 35 or 36 species of waterbirds migrate to Australia on an annual basis involving approximately over 2 million birds and flights of up to 26,000 kilometres; mostly from Alaska and Siberia. Another 15 or 16 species visit occasionally.
Migratory waterbirds include species such as plovers, sandpipers, stints, curlews and snipes.
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