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Brown cuckoo dove
cientific Name: Macropygia phasianella Did You Know? Brown cuckoo doves make loud whoop-a-whoop call to contact each other. Sometimes called the pheasant pigeon, the brown cuckoo dove has a very long tail and short wings. The dove is grey-brown to a rich dark brown and red-brown, and the male can have a speckled rose/green colouration […]
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Torresian Imperial-pigeon
Scientific Name: Ducula spilorrhoa The Torresian Imperial-pigeon is a large plump pigeon, 38-44 centimetres (15-17.5 inches) in length and with a 45 cm (18 in) wingspan. It is entirely white or pale cream, apart from the black flight feathers (remiges), part of the tail (rectrices) and spots on the undertail coverts.The head can be brown, […]
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Black-winged Stilt
Scientific Name: Himantopus himantopus The Black-winged Stilt is a large black and white wader with long orange-red legs and a straight black bill. It has black on the back of the neck, a white collar and a red iris. Both sexes are similar, and the plumage does not change during the year. Black-winged Stilts give […]
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Green Catbird
Scientific Name: Ptilonorhynchidae The Green Catbird is a large, stout green bird, spotted white, with a dusky crown, nape and face and a white bill. The eye is red. Juveniles are duller in colour. Habitat: The Green Catbird is found along the east coast of Australia, from south-eastern Queensland to southern New South Wales. The […]
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Common Bronzewing
Scientific Name: Phaps chalcoptera Common Bronzewings are medium-sized, heavily built pigeons. The male has a yellow-white forehead and pink breast. Both sexes have a clear white line below and around the eye and patches of green, blue and red in the wing, characteristic of all bronzewings. The Common Bronzewing is a cautious pigeon, and rarely […]
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Topknot Pigeon
Scientific Name: Lopholaimus antarcticu The Topknot Pigeon is a large grey pigeon with a swept back crest that is grey in front and rusty red behind, giving the head an unique shape. It is darker grey above, with dark grey, rounded wings, and lighter grey below, with a pale tail band across the black tail. […]
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Blue-faced Honeyeater
Scientific Name: Entomyzon cyanotis The Blue-faced Honeyeater is a large black, white and golden olive-green honeyeater with striking blue skin around the yellow to white eye. The crown, face and neck are black, with a narrow white band across the back of the neck. The upperparts and wings are a golden olive green, and the […]
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Bar-shouldered Dove
Scientific Name: (Geopelia humeralis) The Bar-shouldered Dove is a medium-sized, long-tailed dove. Adults doves have a blue-grey head, neck and upper breast, with a distinctive reddish-bronze patch on the hindneck, with dark barring. Young doves lack this patch and barring and tend to be duller overall. There is also a distinctive pinkish bar on the […]
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Blue Winged Kookaburra
Scientific Name: Halcyonidae The Blue-winged Kookaburra is a large kingfisher with a big square head and a long bill. It has a distinctive pale eye. The head is off-white with brown streaks, the shoulders are sky blue and it has a uniform blue rump.The throat is plain white and the underparts are white with faint […]
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Musk Lorikeet
Scientific Name: Glossopsitta concinna The Musk Lorikeet is a medium-sized, sturdy lorikeet, sometimes seen in large flocks when trees are flowering and often in mixed flocks with other parrots and other birds. They are active and noisy. This lorikeet is mostly green, with a yellow patch at the side of the breast. It has a […]
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