My birding project for 2024 is to photograph as many species of Australian birds as I can. The target is 366 for no reason other than it amounts to one for each day but I’ll be very happy if I get 300. This will be mostly short trips around home and day trips to local birding hotspots but I also plan to do several extended trips to various regions in Victoria and interstate.

Common and scientific names are based on Menkhorst et.al. The Australian Bird Guide, Revised Edition, 2020, CSIRO, Melbourne

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1 January

A modest start from a quick drive around the Bellarine Peninsula

(4 species, running total = 4)

2 January

A morning walk in the Ocean Grove Nature Reserve

(6 species, running total = 10)

3 January

Thunderstorms and rain all morning but I took a chance on the weather fining up in the afternoon and headed for a few of my favourite spots around Swan Bay on the Bellarine Peninsula

(7 species, running total = 17)

4 January

On the hunt for some bush birds today at three of my favourite locations. A few shots are heavily cropped as the birds were a long way away but recorded.

(14 species, running total = 31)

5 January

I visited one of my favourite local beaches to try and find some small shore birds and was lucky enough to get four species as well as a Great Cormorant.

(5 species, running total = 36)

6 January

I spent the morning at Balyang Sanctuary and Jerringot Wetlands in Geelong - two favourites for waterbirds and a few bush birds thrown in.

(15 species, running total = 51)

7 January

Took a quick detour to Clifton Springs Harbour on the way to lunch today. A reliable spot for cormorants, terns and gulls but I was surprised to find corellas in the car park and a Great Crested Grebe on the water inside the harbour.

(6 species, running total = 57)

8 January

Miserable weather all day today but the rain lightened off for an hour or so mid afternoon so I headed out to a couple of local wetlands. Everything was hunkered down and/or a long way off but I managed to find a few.

(6 species, running total = 63)

9 January

I took a morning walk at Blue Waters Lake near home and was pleasantly surprised to capture a pair of Tawny Frogmouths. Thanks Geoff for spotting them. It’s always fun to meet fellow birds photographers, particularly when they are so good at spotting birds.

(5 species, running total = 68)

10 January

I spent the day at and around the Western Treatment Plant in Werribee. It was very windy so many birds were hunkered down out of view and (typically for this site) were often a long way from the road so most photographs are, at best, ID shots but happy to see them.

(18 species, running total = 86)

11 January

I visited Serendip Sanctuary and You Yangs Regional Park today. Both were very quiet birdwise but I managed a few of the target species for these locations..

(4 species, running total = 90)

12 January

It’s getting harder to ‘round up’ the local suspects - five new species today and I needed five locations to get them.

(5 species, running total = 95)

13 January

A quick trip to the lighthouse at Point Lonsdale this morning to see if I could find a Pacific Gull, which, bizarrely, I have not yet seen this year. I did manage to spot a female Nankeen Kestrel roosting in the window of the lighthouse and a Singing Honeyeater ‘hiding’ in a bush beside the track.

(2 species, running total = 97)

15 January

No birding yesterday but back on the hunt for a Pacific Gull today and this time success! Not sure how it took so long - about ten locations over two weeks and finally found on the Barwon River. Also captured a pair of Galahs at Yellow Gums Reserve.

(2 species, running total = 99)

18 January

After two birding-free days, I got out for walks at two local wetlands this evening. Bird 100 was particularly inauspicious - a solo female Common Blackbird - and 101 was equally so - three Common Starling found on a TV antenna - but I redeemed the evening’s effort with a Black-shouldered Kite at Begola Wetlands.

(3 species, running total = 102)

20 January

My wife and I spent the weekend at the family farm, mostly doing maintenance - painting, slashing grass, clearing weeds - but I found time in the evening for a little bird photography and was treated to three new species sighted on the farm. Fortunately, they were also new for this challenge. The Goshawk flew into this tree about 60 metres from where I was and this is the only shot I managed before it was chased away by a pair of brave but vociferous Willie Wagtails. The frame here is heavily cropped.

(3 species, running total = 105)

21 January

Another day of work on the farm but I took an early morning walk and found this family of Laughing Kookaburra - surprised it has taken me so long to get this relatively common bird but very pleased to capture the two adults and juvenile in the one frame.

(1 species, running total = 106)

24 January

Another day at the Western Treatment Plant was rewarded with some terns, raptors and a few other new captures for the year. A quick detour to the You Yangs on the way home and I added one more for the day.

(11 species, running total = 117)

26-28 January

I spent the long weekend driving to NW Victoria and back looking for birds in some of the hotspots. It was very quiet birdwise - I suspect that many of the usual summer migrants have not flown south because of the wet weather further north. However I did manage to find a few, including some of the target species for the region.

(24 species, running total = 141)

31 January

Last day of month 1 in this quest so I tried for something rare. I have always wanted to photograph a Pink Robin but never managed it - until today. I went to a couple of likely locations and after trudging around in the forest for over an hour I had found a few new forest birds - albeit terribly photographed as they were a long way off and in the dark understory but no Pink Robin. I gave up and wandered back to the car park only to find one displaying very nicely on a branch over the creek. I also found three other species on the way home along the Great Ocean Road.

(7 species, running total = 148)

9-13 February

My wife and I took a few days to travel to and from Eden in New South Wales, ostensibly to take a pelagic boat trip. The boat trip was cancelled due to windy weather leaving this trip mainly a leisurely holiday but I did manage to steal a few bird photography moments. The highlight was the number of Sea Eagles spotted in both Mallacoota (Vic) and Eden (NSW). On the way home we dropped in at the Toora Bird Hide to try for Whimbrel and Eastern Curlew. The tide was out and it was a hot 37C and windy day so there were very few birds but we got one of each target species, albeit a few hundred metres away.

(9 species, running total = 157)

17 February

Possibly the worst photograph of the year but I was excited to capture this one. Over breakfast, I had been discussing the birds seen last time we were at the farm and how it had been at least 20 years since I’d seen a Diamond Firetail, which had previously been frequent visitors. Two hours later, this little character appeared in front of the cabin while we were working outside. I snuck into the cabin, grabbed my camera and snapped this ‘just in case’ record shot through the window. The bird flew away before I could get outside and in a better position for a decent shot.

(1 species, running total = 158)

21 February

I went in search of the White-faced Storm-Petrel that had been spotted from the pier at Altona Beach. Alas, no success on the Storm-Petrel but I did manage to capture a fly-by of an Australasian Gannet, a bird I’d somehow not managed to capture near home so far.

(1 species, running total = 159)

24 February

I made yet another attempt to photograph the elusive Latham’s Snipe. I have seen them at three locations on more than ten visits but never managed to photograph one. I got one in Aireys Inlet and decide to push my luck a little to see if I could get any new species at Distillery Creek, having had success there earlier in the year (4 January). My target species was Gang-gang Cockatoo as they are commonly found there and I dipped last time. Best I could do this time was spot a trio flying over the treetops (too high and obscured to photograph) but I did manage three new species there.

(4 species, running total = 163)

26 February

A quick detour to Point Henry on the way home from Geelong was rewarded with spotting a pair of Golden-headed Cisticola in the salt bush. I couldn’t get very close without damaging the salt marsh but with a bit of patience, one bird came close enough for a reasonable ID shot.

(1 species, running total = 164)

2 March

I went in search of the Superb Parrot today and my first stop was Black Swamp near Numurkah in Northern Victoria. I have never been to this location before so was delighted with how beautiful it was in the early morning light. I did glimpse a small flock (of 7-8 Superb Parrots fly through the treetops and spent over an hour searching for them but, alas, no success. However, I was rewarded with hundreds of Tree Martins hawking for insects and found a few perched high in the branches of a tree. A visited a few other possible locations for the Superb Parrot but dipped - one of another day.

(1 species, running total = 165)

3 March

Better luck today at Warby-Ovens National Park with the highlight being a juvenile Sacred Kingfisher begging for the cicada caught by an adult bird.

(12 species, running count = 177)

18-20 March

It’s been a couple of weeks since I was out birding and a two-night stay at Gluepot Reserve in South Australia, on our way to the Birdlife Photography Conference in Hahndorf, was a welcome return to the bush. The avifauna was dominated by (the already photographed) Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater but a few other birds appeared and I managed to capture 9 new species.

(9 species, running count = 186)

21 March

While in Hahndorf, my wife and I visited Mt Lofty Botanic Gardens for a walk and the Mt Lofty Summit for lunch. Fairly quiet birdwise but I found an Eastern Spinebill that refused to come closer or out in the open but I managed a record shot.

(1 species, running count = 187)

22 March

I went on two pre-conference field trips to Monarto Woodlands and Laratinga Wetlands today and managed three new species. I was particularly happy to get the Spotless Crake which had eluded me on several attempts earlier in the year at the Western Treatment Plant. Adelaide sub-species of Crimson Rosella was a surprise inclusion as I had somehow missed the “standard version” in Victoria despite it being locally common.

(3 species, running total = 190)

26 March

We stayed in Goolwa on the way home from the Birdlife Photography Conference in Hahndorf and spent a day sightseeing around the Fleurieu Peninsula. An old favourite for both of us is the walk across the causeway from Victor Harbour to Granite Island. While I was off photographing Pacific Gulls, my wife found this character stalking the wilds of the car park at the café…

(1 species, running total = 191)

28 March

On the way home from South Australia, we did a quick recce trip through Cobboboonee National Park in preparation for a more extensive trip there later in the year. We found several birds but the highlight was a pair of Azure Kingfishers, one of which posed nicely on a branch.

(1 species, running total = 192)

5 April

I was going through the list of birds photographed so far to identify any “easy gets” that I hadn’t captured yet and I realised I was missing one of our most common urban birds - the Rock Dove (common domestic pigeon). I had to drop my wife at an appointment in Geelong this morning so took the opportunity for a quick side visit to Cunningham Pier, a certainty for Rock Doves.

(1 species, running Total = 193)

8-9 April

I spent two days in Chiltern-Mt Pilot National Park, in north-east Victoria, primarily chasing Swift Parrots, which had been reported there over the last few weeks but also hoping to see some of the birds common in this area but not found in southern Victoria. I did manage to find several “Swifties” but only flying overhead or high in trees. Still, I was happy to tick this rare and endangered species off as well as 6 other species.

(7 species, running total = 200)

10 April

I took a small detour on the way home from Chiltern to visit a couple of other likely sites for a few target species but dipped on all of them. I did manage to spot a small flock of Zebra Finch in Corowa, just over the NSW border.

(1 species, running total = 201)

21 April

With the news of an American Golden Plover being sighted at the Western Treatment Plant last week, I was itching to get out and find it but was laid up at home with a head cold until today. As expected, the bird was not hard to find as there were a dozen or more birders gleefully pointing it out. It never came close enough for a good photograph but I managed a reasonable ID shot, albeit heavily cropped and with grasses and heat haze blurring the image. I also captured two other newbies for the year, again just record shots, at best - the Cattle Egrets shot through the car window and the Wood Sandpiper about 200m away with now quite strong heat haze.

(3 species, running total = 204)

25 April

Heading east for another attempt at a pelagic trip out of Eden NSW, I stopped for two nights at Cape Conran in East Gippsland and, despite the cold, wet and windy weather, managed to find a few birds including two targets for the region.

(2 species, running total = 206)

27 April

Spent a day driving around the hinterland near Eden. I went on several walks in reserves and the SE Forests National Park but found success driving along roads.

(2 species, running total = 208)

28 April

Took the pelagic boat trip out of Eden today (third attempt in 6 months, the previous two cancelled due to weather) and had a slow start but great finish to the day nabbing 6 species of albatross and 7 other species.

(13 new species, running total = 221)

4 May

I spent most of the day volunteering in the annual Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo count (unfortunately not seeing any in my search area), after which I travelled to Port Macdonnell in South Australia for a pelagic trip tomorrow. I knew I could find Kelp Gull at nearby Cape Northumberland so went there in the late afternoon to photograph them flying around the cliffs and rock outcrops.

(1 species, running total = 222)

5 May

I spent another day on the ocean thanks to Dave and Sue Harper who organise the pelagic trips out of Port Macdonnell in South Australia. A great day on the water with a lifer for me - New Zealand Storm-Petrel - also a first record of this bird in South Australian waters. Some fantastic views of “wandering-type” albatross with at least eight birds on the water by the boat at one time. I remain totally bamboozled by the lack of distinctive field characteristics for the wandering-types so cannot claim this with any certainty but all looked like Gibson’s sub-species of NZ Wandering Albatross, Diomedea antipodensis, of various ages and likely both males and females and I already have this species on the list. We did get at least 2 “royal-type” albatross as well and there were claims of both Northern and Southern but all my photographs look like Northern. Further research and examination may differentiate new species but, for now, 8 new species for the year…
(Apologies for the crappy image of the Grey-backed Storm-Petrel but it appeared for only a few seconds and this was the best of a really bad handful of photos)

(8 species, running total = 230)

6 May

I stopped at a few likely spots on the way home from South Australia but the only one to bear fruit was Tower Hill Nature Reserve. I love this location and it’s a fairly reliable spot for Australasian Shoveler, which had so far eluded me. Sure enough, I found three pairs and these two posed nicely for a photo, albeit a long way offshore.

(1 species, running total = 231)

25 May

It’s been a few weeks since I was out birding and the weekend away at the farm with family was an opportunity for a sneaky hour away searching for Flame Robin. They are regular visitors to the property each winter so I was confident I’d find one. It took a 3 kilometre walk and an hour of searching but I eventually found a female high in a Grey Box tree. It didn’t make for a great photograph but there was another robin calling from a tree further away. One of the many things I Iike about Australian robins is their curiosity so I just stood and waited. Sure enough about 10 minutes later, this male bird flew down and landed on the ground a few metres away…long enough for one shot.

(1 species, running total = 232)

22 June

I took a day trip to the Dandenong Ranges to visit a friend and managed a ‘side trip’ to Wicks Reserve in The Basin on the way. My primary targets were Rose Robin and Red-browed Treecreeper but was dudded on both. Fortunately, I found a Lewin’s Honeyeater calling from the middle of a bush. I’m impressed with the new focussing system on the G9 MkII as it grabbed focus on the bird quickly despite all the foliage in the way.

(1 species, running total = 233)

5 July

I had been getting a little despondent as my last few birding outings returned no new species so I made a concerted effort today to target a couple of species: Gang-gang Cockatoo and Double-banded Plover, both of which should have been achievable. The Gang-gangs remained disappointingly elusive despite visiting five locations where I’ve seen them in the past and for which there have been recent sightings reported but I was rewarded with Double-banded Plovers at my first coastal stop at Point Impossible. I saw between 30 and 50 individuals on the beach. It was difficult to get an accurate count as they were moving around a lot and were well camouflaged in the seaweed clumps on the foredune. I expect there were many more further down the beach but I avoided getting too close so not to disturb them.

(1 species, running total = 234)

11 July

First day of a three-week road trip into NSW and southern Queensland to try and up the count. I spent my first night at Chiltern in NE Victoria and revisited Chiltern-Mt Pilot National Park to see if I could find the two target species I missed last time (8-9 April) and managed to find both: Little Lorikeet and Little Friarbird.

(2 species, running total = 236)

12 July

Day two of the road trip and I stopped in Canberra to break up an otherwise very long day’s drive and to target two, so far elusive species: Superb Parrot and Gang-gang Cockatoo. I struck out on the Superb Parrot but found an obliging male Gang-gang.

(1 species, running total = 237)

13-14 July

I had planned to spend three nights in the Capertee Valley in New South Wales. The valley is spectacular and a beautiful place to camp and generally regarded as a birding hotspot but the cold and windy weather made the birding disappointing and I found only one new species in a day and a half of searching - visiting all 19 sites on the published bird trail as well as a few others.

(1 species, running total = 238)

16 July

No success birding yesterday as I travelled to Cessnock for an overnight stay before heading to Newcastle to search for birds at some of the birding hotspots. I struck out at Ash Island and Stockton Spit so headed for the Hunter Wetlands Centre as a last ditch attempt for a Plumed Egret, even though none had been reported there in the last few weeks. Lo and behold, I found one right in front of the visitor centre.

(1 species, running total = 239)

17 July

I continued north via of wetlands and coastal locations in search of some target species for the area, in particular Black-necked Stork and Eastern Osprey but remained unsuccessful in this quest. I did, however, manage to find a couple of new species.

(2 species, running total = 241)

18 July

Onward north to Yamba via more wetlands and coastal locations. Still no Black-necked Stork or Osprey but did manage 5 new birds.

(5 species, running total = 246)

19 July

I failed to find any new species at various stops on the north coast of NSW but I arrived on the Gold Coast early enough to check out some of the local birding spots.

(7 species, running total = 253)

20 July

The pelagic trip scheduled for today got pushed to tomorrow giving me the opportunity to check out some more of the birding spots on the Gold Coast.

(3 species, running total = 256)

21 July

All my pelagic boat trip experiences in Australia have been in NSW, Victoria and South Australia so I was excited by the prospect of finding some more northern species on today’s trip out of Southport. We certainly found a lot of birds but 95% of them were one species - Providence Petrel - which I had managed to see, unexpectedly, in South Australia earlier in the year (5 May) but I did get one lifer and three new species for the year (albeit the Common Noddy was a LONG way off and is vying for worst photo of the year).

(3 species, running total = 259)

22-23 July

I spent two days at O’Reilly’s Rainforest Retreat in Lamington National Park in search of subtropical rainforest species, in particular, Satin and Regent Bowerbirds, Albert’s Lyrebird and Pale-yellow Robin. The bowerbirds are easy as they hang around the guest house in the morning. The other two are rarer and more secretive. I managed to see both but, frustratingly they avoided capture by camera. The biggest challenge in the rainforest is photographing in very low light. Most of the time I was shooting at ISO 8000-12800. However, I did manage 8 new species including one lifer - the Large-billed Scrubwren so left half pleased.

(8 species, running total = 267)

24 July

A long day driving west to Cunnamulla today with no designated birding stops. I did spot a small flock of Cockatiels in a dead tree on the roadside so stopped for a quick shot out the window.

(1 species, running total = 268)

25-26 July

I spent a day and a half at Bowra Wildlife Sanctuary near Cunnamulla in Queensland. I originally planned for longer but the weather forecast for thunderstorms and rain on Friday and Saturday made for an early departure but I was very happy to grab several target species, although I dipped on Bourke’s Parrot, which was disappointing.

(12 species, running total = 280)

27 July

I spent last night at Bourke and in the morning went in search for Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo, which had been reported locally recently. It only took 20 minutes and I found three.

(1 species, running total = 281)

2 August

A strong candidate for the dodgiest inclusions so far…
An osprey had been sighted at Swan Bay this week so I went to investigate early this morning. It was roosting in a dead cypress tree more than a kilometre south and on private property. The only way of getting closer would be to walk along the mud banks on the foreshore but it was high tide so this is the best shot I could get (cropped). I came back in the afternoon at lower tide but the osprey was gone. I did see a small gaggle of domestic geese wading in the shallows of the bay. Arguably should not be included as they are not a wild breeding population and are almost certainly short-term “escapees” from a local farm but desperation...

(2 species, running total = 283)

11 September

After more than 5 weeks sidelined with various ailments and family duties, I got out again today in search of the elusive Rose Robin. I tried three sites in the north-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, all of which had recent sightings, but alas - no robins. I did, however, manage a couple of new species unexpectedly: Purple-crowned Lorikeets feeding in the eucalypts at the back of the Little River service station and a pair of Scaly-breasted Lorikeets at Nangak Tamboree Wildlife Sanctuary on La Trobe University’s Bundoora campus. I tried one last stop on my way home - et voila - a male Rose Robin displaying nicely at the Geelong Botanic Gardens.

(3 species, running total = 286)

18 September

I took the ferry from Queenscliff to Sorrento to try my luck finding a few new birds on the Mornington Peninsula and managed a quick grab of this flock of Red Knot flying past the ferry. Glad I got these because I did’t find any of the targets on the peninsula.

(1 species, running total = 287)

25 September

I spent a few days at Phillip Island with the family and managed to get a few minutes to photograph this Little Penguin in a nesting box at The Nobbies.

(1 species, running total = 288)

9 October

After a couple of weeks of terrible weather, today promised sunshine and light winds so I headed to the Western Treatment Plant to try for some remaining key species from this location. I had tried unsuccessfully several times for Baillon’s Crake at the famous “crake pond” and today finally managed to see several. I struck out on some of the others I was chasing but was pleasantly surprised to find two Great Knot feeding on the sand flats near the Little River bird hide. They were a fair way off shore but easily identified by size in comparison with the Red-necked Stints and Sharp-tailed Sandpipers.

(2 species, running total = 290)

11-13 October

I spent a long weekend in north-central Victoria, mostly in search of some bush birds I’d yet to find. I dipped on a few of my targets, so will have to go back soon, but did manage to fill a few gaps.

(5 species, running total = 295)

23 October

Another day at the Western Treatment Plant in search of Glossy Ibis. Alas, they remained elusive but I did manage long distance shots of two new species at the Austin Road bird hide: a Straited Fieldwren hiding among the shrubs on the way to the hide and a Black-tailed Godwit skulking among Grey Teal.

(2 species, running total = 297)

8 November

I visited the Rossiter Road Wetlands in Koo Wee Rup this morning in search of Lewin’s Rail, which had been reported there the previous week. This is a large wetland with only a few good viewing locations so there’s a good chance many birds went unseen - including the Lewin’s Rail - but I did manage two new species, albeit from a distance.

(2 species, running total = 299)

9 November

Still in search of Lewin’s Rail I camped overnight at Powlett River Mouth but, alas, no Rails sighted in evening or morning searches. Stockyard Point was the main target location for the day and the weather was looking good (for a while). By the time I got there, the tide was out and it was my intention to stay while the tide rose bringing the birds feeding at the water’s edge closer. Unfortunately, the weather turned - drizzly rain and a SW wind - making it uncomfortable for both me and the birds so the best I could manage was a long-distance shot through the (pre rain) heat haze of an Australian Tern. Recently split from the previously named Gull-billed Tern, this must be the most stupid common name of any Australian bird.

(1 species, running total = 300)

10 November

Last night (while still camped at Powlett River) I saw the notification that a Little Stint had been seen at Ricketts Point in Beaumaris. As it was still drizzling with rain, I opted to break camp and head to Ricketts Point, arriving there as the sun broke out at 9am to find a gaggle of birders keenly scanning the the hundreds of Sharp-tailed Sandpipers roosting on the rock platform and waiting for the tide to go out so the birds would disperse and start to feed. I was excited about the chance to capture a lifer for bird 301 for the year but the excitement subsided as the hours passed and fellow birders came and went with no sign of our tiny target bird. After nearly five hours of waiting, chatting, scanning and photographing some of the other birds nearby, I gave up and headed for home. I did manage bird 301 though as an Arctic Lager was spotted fishing about 800m offshore.

(1 species, running total = 301)

19 December

After 5 weeks of unsuccessful day trips and cancelled longer trips, I finally got to add to the list today. Following a report yesterday of a sighting of a solo Little Ringed Plover (a rare vagrant to southern Australia), I woke early and drove three hours to Killarney Beach on the west coast of Victoria and was rewarded with good views of the bird albeit at some distance. There were other birdwatchers and photographers there and I was pleased that all were respectful of the bird and each other keeping a safe distance to avoid scaring the bird away. Also on the beach was a flock of 25+ Ruddy Turnstones, the bogey bird for me this year after several failed attempts to see this species.

(2 species, running count = 303)

Species list

American Golden Plover
Apostlebird
Arctic Jaeger
Australasian Darter
Australasian Figbird
Australasian Gannet
Australasian Grebe
Australasian Shoveler
Australasian Swamphen
Australian Brush-turkey
Australian Hobby
Australian King Parrot
Australian Logrunner
Australian Magpie
Australian (Mallee) Ringneck
Australian Pelican
Australian Pied Oystercatcher
Australian Pipit
Australian Raven
Australian Reed-Warbler
Australian Shelduck
Australian Spotted Crake
Australian (Gull-billed) Tern
Australian White Ibis
Australian Wood Duck
Azure Kingfisher
Baillon’s Crake
Banded Lapwing
Banded Stilt
Bar-tailed Godwit
Bassian Thrush
Bell Miner
Black Falcon
Black Honeyeater
Black Kite
Black Swan
Black-bellied Storm-Petrel
Black-breasted Buzzard
Black-browed Albatross
Black-chinned Honeyeater
Black-faced Cormorant
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
Black-faced Woodswallow
Black-fronted Dotterel
Black-shouldered Kite
Black-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Native-hen
Blue Bonnet
Blue-billed Duck
Blue-faced Honeyeater
Brahminy Kite
Brolga
Brown Falcon
Brown Goshawk
Brown Honeyeater
Brown Skua
Brown Thornbill
Brown Treecreeper
Brown-headed Honeyeater
Budgerigar
Buff-banded Rail
Buller’s Albatross
Bush Stone-curlew
Campbell Albatross
Cape Barren Goose
Caspian Tern
Cattle Egret
Chestnut Teal
Chestnut-crowned Babbler
Chestnut-rumped Thornbill
Cockatiel
Collared Sparrowhawk
Comb-crested Jacana
Common Blackbird
Common Bronzewing
Common Greenshank
Common Myna
Common Noddy
Common Starling
Common Tern
Crested Pigeon
Crested Shrike-tit
Crested Tern
Crimson Rosella
Curlew Sandpiper
Diamond Dove
Diamond Firetail
Domestic Goose
Double-banded Plover
Dusky Moorhen
Dusky Woodswallow
Eastern Curlew
Eastern Osprey
Eastern Reef Egret
Eastern Rosella
Eastern Spinebill
Eastern Whipbird
Eastern Yellow Robin
Emu
Eurasian Coot
Eurasian Skylark
European Goldfinch
European Greenfinch
Fairy Martin
Fairy Prion
Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Flame Robin
Flesh-footed Shearwater
Forest Raven
Freckled Duck
Fuscous Honeyeater
Galah
Gang-gang Cockatoo
Golden Whistler
Golden-headed Cisticola
Great Cormorant
Great Crested Grebe
Great Egret
Great Knot
Great-winged Petrel
Grey Butcherbird
Grey Currawong
Grey Fantail
Grey Shrike-thrush
Grey Teal
Grey-backed Storm-Petrel
Hall’s Babbler
Hardhead
Hoary-headed Grebe
Hooded Plover
Hooded Robin
House Sparrow
Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross
Jacky Winter
Kelp Gull
Kermadec Petrel
Large-billed Scrubwren
Latham’s Snipe
Laughing Kookaburra
Lewin’s Honeyeater
Little Black Cormorant
Little Corella
Litle Eagle
Little Egret
Little Friarbird
Little Grassbird
Little Lorikeet
Little Penguin
Little Pied Cormorant
Little Raven
Little Ringed Plover
Little Tern
Little Wattlebird
Long-billed Corella
Magpie Goose
Magpie-lark
Masked Lapwing
Mistletoebird
Mulga Parrot
Musk Duck
Musk Lorikeet
Nankeen Kestrel
Nankeen Night-Heron
New Holland Honeyeater
New Zealand Albatross
New Zealand Storm-Petrel
Noisy Friarbird
Noisy Miner
Northern Mallard
Northern Royal Albatross
Pacific Baza
Pacific Black Duck
Pacific Emerald-Dove
Pacific Golden Plover
Pacific Gull
Pale-headed Rosella
Paradise Riflebird
Peaceful Dove
Peregrine Falcon
Pied Butcherbird
Pied Cormorant
Pied Currawong
Pink Cockatoo
Pink Robin
Pink-eared Duck
Plumed Egret
Plum-headed Finch
Providence Petrel
Purple-crowned Lorikeet
Rainbow Bee-eater
Rainbow Lorikeet
Red Knot
Red Wattlebird
Red-backed Fairy-wren
Red-backed Kingfisher
Red-browed Finch
Red-capped Plover
Red-capped Robin
Red-kneed Dotterel
Red-necked Avocet
Red-necked Stint
Red-rumped Parrot
Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo
Red-winged Parrot
Regent Bowerbird
Regent Parrot
Restless Flycatcher
Rock Dove
Royal Spoonbill
Rose Robin
Ruddy Turnstone
Rufous Bristlebird
Rufous Fantail
Rufous Songlark
Rufous Whistler
Sacred Kingfisher
Satin Bowerbird
Satin Flycatcher
Scaly-breasted Lorikeet
Scarlet Honeyeater
Scarlet Robin
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Short-tailed Shearwater
Shy Albatross
Shy Heathwren
Silver Gull
Silvereye
Singing Honeyeater
Slender-billed Thornbill
Sooty Oystercatcher
Southern Whiteface
Spangled Drongo
Speckled Warbler
Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater
Splendid Fairy-wren
Spotless Crake
Spotted Dove
Spotted Harrier
Spotted Pardalote
Spotted Quail-thrush
Straw-necked Ibis
Striated Fieldwren
Striated Pardalote
Striated Thornbill
Striped Honeyeater
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Superb Fairy-wren
Superb Lyrebird
Swamp Harrier
Swift Parrot
Tawny Frogmouth
Torresian Crow
Tree Martin
Turquoise Parrot
Varied Sitella
Varied Triller
Variegated Fairy-wren
Wedge-tailed Eagle
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Weebill
Welcome Swallow
Westland Petrel
Whimbrel
Whiskered Tern
Whistling Kite
White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike
White-bellied Sea-Eagle
White-breasted Woodswallow
White-browed Babbler
White-browed Scrubwren
White-browed Treecreeper
White-cheeked Honeyeater
White-chinned Petrel
White-eared Honeyeater
White-faced Heron
White-faced Storm-Petrel
White-fronted Chat
White-fronted Honeyeater
White-fronted Tern
White-headed Pigeon
White-headed Stilt
White-naped Honeyeater
White-necked Heron
White-plumed Honeyeater
White-throated Treecreeper
White-winged Fairy-wren
White-winged Black Tern
White-winged Chough
White-winged Triller
Willie Wagtail
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
Wonga Pigeon
Wood Sandpiper
Yellow Thornbill
Yellow-billed Spoonbill
Yellow-faced Honeyeater
Yellow-plumed Honeyeater
Yellow-rumped Thornbill
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo
Yellow-throated Miner
Yellow-throated Scrubwren
Yellow-tufted Honeyeater
Zebra Finch