Birds of the Avon River Basin

Australia has an incredible diversity of bird species, with 898 recorded, including vagrants or accidental visitors and introduced species. Of this total, Western Australia has 550 species, 17 of which are found only in Western Australia. The Avon River Basin has a remarkable 224 recorded species as of the publication- over 25 percent of the national total.

Birds of the Avon River Basin is a compilation of bird species found in The Avon River Basin, photographed by over 25 local photographers. Each species has information on their conservation status, feeding and ecology, habitat, and breeding and nesting site preferences.

This book has been published in partnership with the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program, and is made available for free at the link below. A printed copy is available for purchase, please contact 08 9670 3100 or info@wheatbeltnrm.org.au for queries.

Copyright 2018 Wheatbelt NRM

Full list of species described in this book:

1. Australian Darter

2. Australasian Grebe

3. Australasian Pipit

4. Australasian Shoveler

5. Australian Bustard

6. Australian Hobby

7. Australian Magpie

8. Australian Owlet-nightjar

9. Australian Painted Snipe

10. Australian Pelican

11. Australian Raven

12. Australian Reed-Warbler

13. Australian Ringneck – Port Lincoln Parrot

14. Australian Ringneck – Twenty-eight Parrot

15. Australian Shelduck

16. Australian White Ibis

17. Australian Wood Duck

18. Banded Lapwing

19. Banded Stilt

20. Barking Owl

21. Black Honeyeater

22. Black Kite

23. Black Swan

24. Black-breasted Buzzard

25. Black-eared Cuckoo

26. Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike

27. Black-faced Woodswallow

28. Black-fronted Dotterel

29. Black-shouldered Kite

30. Black-tailed Native-hen

31. Black-winged Stilt

32. Blue-billed Duck

33. Blue-breasted Fairy-wren

34. Brown Falcon

35. Brown Goshawk

36. Brown Honeyeater

37. Brown Quail

38. Brown Songlark

39. Brown-headed Honeyeater

40. Brush Bronzewing

41. Budgerigar

42. Bush Stone-curlew

43. Carnaby’s Black-Cockatoo

44. Copperback (Chestnut) Quail-thrush

45. Chestnut Teal

46. Chestnut-rumped Thornbill

47. Cockatiel

48. Collared Sparrowhawk

49. Common Bronzewing

50. Common Sandpiper

51. Common Starling

52. Crested Bellbird

53. Crested Pigeon

54. Crimson Chat

55. Dusky Moorhen

56. Dusky Woodswallow

57. Eastern Barn Owl

58. Elegant Parrot

59. Emu

60. Eurasian Coot

61. Fairy Martin

62. Fan-tailed Cuckoo

63. Forest Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo

64. Freckled Duck

65. Galah

66. Gilbert’s Honeyeater

67. Gilbert’s Whistler

68. Great Crested Grebe

69. Great Egret

70. Grey Butcherbird

71. Grey Currawong

72. Grey Fantail

73. Grey Shrike-thrush

74. Grey Teal

75. Grey-fronted Honeyeater

76. Ground Cuckoo-shrike

77. Hardhead

78. Hoary-headed Grebe

79. Hooded Plover

80. Hooded Robin

81. Horsfield’s Bronze-Cuckoo

82. Inland Thornbill

83. Jacky Winter

84. Laughing Dove

85. Laughing Kookaburra

86. Little Black Cormorant

87. Little Button-quail

88. Little Corella

89. Little Crow

90. Little Eagle

91. Little Grassbird

92. Little Pied Cormorant

93. Long-billed Corella

94. Magpie-lark

95. Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo

96. Malleefowl

97. Masked Woodswallow

98. Mistletoebird

99. Mulga Parrot

100. Nankeen Kestrel

101. Nankeen Night-Heron

102. New Holland Honeyeater

103. Orange Chat

104. Pacific Black Duck

105. Painted Button-quail

106. Pallid Cuckoo

107. Peregrine Falcon

108. Pied Butcherbird

109. Pied Honeyeater

110. Pink-eared Duck

111. Purple-crowned Lorikeet

112. Purple-gaped Honeyeater

113. Rainbow Bee-eater

114. Rainbow Lorikeet

115. Red Wattlebird

116. Red-backed Kingfisher

117. Red-capped Parrot

118. Red-capped Plover

119. Red-capped Robin

120. Red-kneed Dotterel

121. Red-necked Avocet

122. Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo

123. Redthroat

124. Red-winged Fairy-wren

125. Regent Parrot

126. Restless Flycatcher

127. Rufous Songlark

128. Rufous Treecreeper

129. Rufous Whistler

130. Sacred Kingfisher

131. Scarlet Robin

132. Shining Bronze-Cuckoo

133. Shy Heathwren

134. Silver Gull

135. Silvereye

136. Singing Honeyeater

137. Slaty-backed Thornbill

138. Southern Boobook

139. Southern Emu Wren

140. Southern Scrub-Robin

141. Southern Whiteface

142. Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater

143. Splendid Fairy-wren

144. Spotted Dove

145. Spotted Harrier

146. Spotted Nightjar

147. Spotted Pardalote

148. Square-tailed Kite

149. Straw-necked Ibis

150. Striated Pardalote

151. Stubble Quail

152. Swamp Harrier

153. Tawny Frogmouth

154. Tawny-crowned Honeyeater

155. Tree Martin

156. Varied Sittella

157. Variegated Fairy-wren

158. Wedge-tailed Eagle

159. Weebill

160. Welcome Swallow

161. Western Corella

162. Western Fieldwren

163. Western Gerygone

164. Western Rosella

165. Western Shrike-tit

166. Western Spinebill

167. Western Thornbill

168. Western Wattlebird

169. Western Whistler

170. Western Yellow Robin

171. Whistling Kite

172. White-backed Swallow

173. White-browed Babbler

174. White-browed Scrubwren

175. White-cheeked Honeyeater

176. White-eared Honeyeater

177. White-faced Heron

178. White-fronted Chat

179. White-fronted Honeyeater

180. White-necked Heron

181. White-plumed Honeyeater

182. White-winged Fairy-wren

183. White-winged Triller

184. Willie Wagtail

185. Yellow-billed Spoonbill

186. Yellow-plumed Honeyeater

187. Yellow-rumped Thornbill

188. Yellow-throated Miner

189. Zebra Finch