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Crested Pigeon

q Granivore

X Ground

(Crest on head)

JS

Spotted Turtle Dove*

q Granivore

X Trees,Shrubs,Ground

(White spots on neck)

SW

Feral Pigeon*

q Granivore

X Ground

(Dark grey feathers usually with a shiny green neck)

SW

Noisy Miner

qNectarivore & Insectivore,Omnivore

X Trees,Shrubs,Ground,Air

(Black head, yellow around eyes)

SW

New Holland Honeyeater

q Nectarivore & Insectivore

X Trees,Shrubs,Air

(Black and yellow wings, Black and white striped chest)

SW

Eastern Spinebill

q Nectarivore & Insectivore

X Shrubs,Air

JS

White-plumed Honeyeater

q Nectarivore & Insectivore

X Trees,Shrubs,Ground,Air

(White lines on neck)

JS

Red Wattlebird

q Nectarivore & Insectivore

X Trees,Shrubs,Air

(Yellow-orange belly, red wattles)

JS

Little Wattlebird

q Nectarivore & Insectivore

X Trees,Shrubs,Air

(No orange on belly, no wattles)

SW

Welcome Swallow

q Insectivore

X Air

(Flies around ovals and other grassed areas, forked tail)

SW

House Sparrow*

q Granivore

X Ground

(Very small)

JMG

Silvereye

q Omnivore

X Trees,Shrubs

(Silver ring around eye)

JT

Willie Wagtail

q Insectivore

X Ground,Air

(Black and white, tail wags from side to side)

JS

Common Blackbird*

q Omnivore

X Ground

(Breeding male black with bright yellow beak; non-breeding male, juvenile and female brown)

JS

Common Starling*

q Omnivore

X Ground

(Dark with glossy purple and green feathers)

JS

Australian Magpie

q Omnivore

X Ground

JG

Magpie-lark

q Insectivore

X Ground

(Smaller beak and body than Australian Magpie, white patches above and below eye)

JS

Little Raven

q Omnivore

X Ground

(Black feathers, beak and legs)

JS

(Black, white and reddish-brown feathers)

(Black and white feathers, large beak)

Nankeen Kestrel

q Omnivore

X Trees,Ground,Air

(Large talons)

JS

Laughing Kookaburra

q Omnivore

X Trees,Ground

(Large beak)

JG

Striated Pardalote

qNectarivore & Insectivore,Insectivore

X Trees,Shrubs

JH

(Yellow face, black & white streaked crown, white wing streaks with red spot)

Rainbow Lorikeet

qNectarivore & Insectivore,Herbivore

X Trees,Shrubs

(Bright blue head, green wings, yellow & orange chest)

JT

Musk Lorikeet

qNectarivore & Insectivore,Omnivore

X Trees,Shrubs

(Red stripe around eye)

JT

Adelaide Rosella

q Herbivore

X Trees,Shrubs,Ground

(Blue cheek)

SW

Eastern Rosella

q Herbivore

X Trees,Shrubs,Ground

(White cheek)

JH

Yellow-tailedBlack-cockatoo

q Granivore

X Trees,Shrubs,Ground

(Yellow feathers on tail and side of head)

JS

Galah

q Granivore,Herbivore

X Trees,Ground

(Grey wings, pink chest & face, pale-pink crest)

SW

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

q Herbivore

X Trees,Ground

(White feathers, yellow crest, black beak)

SW

Masked Lapwing

q Insectivore

X Ground

(Yellow skin around face hanging below the beak)

SW

White-faced Heron

q Aquatic Organisms

X Water

(Blue-grey body, white face, long beak)

SW

Australian White Ibis

qAquatic Organisms,Insectivore

X Water,Ground

(Black head with long curved beak)

SW

Silver Gull

q Omnivore

X Ground,Water

(Silver-grey and white with black wing tips, orange-red legs)

SW

Little Egret

qAquatic Organisms,Piscivore

X Water

(Small egret with black beak and yellow facial skin. Facial skin briefly pink or red during courtship)

JH

Purple Swamphen

q Omnivore

X Ground,Water

(Purple-breasted bird with red bill and bill shield, reddish legs, white undertail)

SW

Black-tailed Native-hen

q Omnivore

X Ground,Water

(Erect black tail, green-red beak, yellow eye, red legs, white streaks on flanks)

JS

Dusky Moorhen

q Omnivore

X Water,Ground

(Brown and grey-black feathers, red or greenish legs, red bill with yellow tip and red shield, white under edge of tail)

SW

Eurasian Coot

qHerbivore,Aquatic Organisms

X Water,Ground

(Grey-black bird with white bill and bill shield, toes semi-webbed)

SW

Little Corella

q Granivore,Herbivore

X Trees,Ground

(White feathers, with blue skin around eye, red feathers around pale beak)

JL

Great Egret

qPiscivore, Aquatic Organisms

X Water

(Long-necked bird with yellow beak and facial skin. Beak is black and facial skin pea-green in breeding season)

Many thanks to the following people who kindly supplied photographs: Jesse Lewis (JL), Jason Tyndall (JT), John Harrison [www.noodlesnacks.com] (JH ), John Spiers (JS), Jeremy Gramp (JG), J.M. Garg (JMG), Steve Walker (SW)

SW

q

Feeding Types• Herbivore• Insectivore

• Nectarivore & Insectivore

• Omnivore• Granivore

• Aquatic Organisms• Carnivore• Piscivore

X

Feeding Layers• Tree

• Shrub• Ground

• Air• Water

* indicates introduced species.

Pacific Black Duck

q Herbivore

X Water,Ground

(Pale face with dark crown and facial stripes, green patch on out-stretched wing)

SW

Australian Wood Duck

q Herbivore

X Ground

(Brown head with grey body)

SW

(c) NRM Education 2013 v3