| Bird species of "pootong pootong" in the Koonda area | |
|---|---|
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
| Black Swan | Cygnus atratus |
| Australian Shelduck | Tadorna tadornoides |
| Australian Wood Duck | Chenonetta jubata |
| Pacific Black Duck | Anas superciliosa |
| Australasian Grebe | Tachybaptus novaehollandiae |
| Little Pied Cormorant | Phalacrocorax melanoleucos |
| White-faced Heron | Egretta novaehollandiae |
| White-necked Heron | Ardea pacifica |
| Australian White Ibis | Threskiornis molucca |
| Straw-necked Ibis | Threskiornis spinicollis |
| Yellow-billed Spoonbill | Platalea flaveolens |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans |
| Whistling Kite | Haliastur sphenurus |
| White-bellied Sea-Eagle | Haliaeetus leucogaster |
| Brown Goshawk | Accipiter fasciatus |
| Wedge-tailed Eagle | Aquila audax |
| Little Eagle | Hieraaetus morphnoides |
| Brown Falcon | Falco berigora |
| Australian Hobby | Falco longipennis |
| Black Falcon | Falco niger |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus |
| Nankeen Kestrel | Falco cenchroides |
| Painted Button-quail | Turnix varia |
| Bush Stone-curlew | Burhinus grallarius |
| Masked Lapwing | Vanellus miles |
| Black-fronted Dotterel | Elseyornis melanops |
| Common Bronzewing | Phaps chalcoptera |
| Crested Pigeon | Ocyphaps lophotes |
| Galah | Cacatua roseicapilla |
| Little Corella | Cacatua sanguinea |
| Sulphur-crested Cockatoo | Cacatua galerita |
| Cockatiel | Nymphicus hollandicus |
| Musk Lorikeet | Glossopsitta concinna |
| Little Lorikeet | Glossopsitta pusilla |
| Australian King-Parrot | Alisterus scapularis |
| Crimson Rosella | Platycercus elegans |
| Eastern Rosella | Platycercus eximius |
| Swift Parrot | Lathamus discolor |
| Red-rumped Parrot | Psephotus haematonotus |
| Budgerigar | Melopsittacus undulatus |
| Horsfield’s Bronze-Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx basalis |
| Barn Owl | Tyto alba |
| Southern Boobook | Ninox boobook |
| Tawny Frogmouth | Podargus strigoides |
| Australian Owlet-nightjar | Aegotheles cristatus |
| Spotted Nightjar | Eurostopodus argus |
| White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus |
| Laughing Kookaburra | Dacelo novaeguineae |
| Sacred Kingfisher | Todiramphus sanctus |
| Rainbow Bee-eater | Merops ornatus |
| Brown Treecreeper | Climacteris picumnus |
| Superb Fairy-wren | Malurus cyaneus |
| Spotted Pardalote | Pardalotus punctatus |
| Striated Pardalote | Pardalotus striatus |
| Weebill | Smicrornis brevirostris |
| Western Gerygone | Gerygone fusca |
| Yellow-rumped Thornbill | Acanthiza chrysorrhoa |
| Yellow Thornbill | Acanthiza nana |
| Southern Whiteface | Aphelocephala leucopsis |
| White-plumed Honeyeater | Lichenostomus penicillatus |
| Fuscous Honeyeater | Lichenostomus fuscus |
| Noisy Miner | Manorina melanocephala |
| Blue-faced Honeyeater | Entomyzon cyanotis |
| Black-chinned Honeyeater | Melithreptus gularis |
| Brown-headed Honeyeater | Melithreptus brevirostris |
| Painted Honeyeater | Grantiella picta |
| Little Friarbird | Philemon citreogularis |
| Noisy Friarbird | Philemon corniculatus |
| Red Wattlebird | Anthochaera carunculata |
| Black Honeyeater | Certhionyx niger |
| Pied Honeyeater | Certhionyx variegatus |
| White-fronted Chat | Epthianura albifrons |
| Eastern Yellow Robin | Eopsaltria australis |
| Scarlet Robin | Petroica multicolor |
| Red-capped Robin | Petroica goodenovii |
| Flame Robin | Petroica phoenicia |
| Pink Robin | Petroica rodinogaster |
| Hooded Robin | Melandryas cucullata |
| Jacky Winter | Microeca fascinans |
| Grey-crowned Babbler | Pomatostomus temporalis |
| White-browed Babbler | Pomatostomus superciliosus |
| Varied Sittella | Daphoenositta chrysoptera |
| Golden Whistler | Pachycephala pectoralis |
| Rufous Whistler | Pachycephala rufiventris |
| Grey Shrike-thrush | Colluricincla harmonica |
| Eastern Shrike-tit | Falcunculus frontatus |
| Restless Flycatcher | Myiagra inquieta |
| Magpie-lark | Grallina cyanoleuca |
| Grey Fantail | Rhipidura albiscapa |
| Willie Wagtail | Rhipidura leucophrys |
| Masked Woodswallow | Artamus personatus |
| White-browed Woodswallow | Artamus superciliosus |
| Dusky Woodswallow | Artamus cyanopterus |
| Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike | Coracina novaehollandiae |
| White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike | Coracina papuensis |
| White-winged Triller | Lalage sueurii |
| Olive-backed Oriole | Oriolus sagittatus |
| Grey Butcherbird | Cracticus torquatus |
| Pied Butcherbird | Cracticus nigrogularis |
| Australian Magpie | Gymnorhina tibicen |
| Pied Currawong | Strepera graculina |
| Australian Raven | Corvus coronoides |
| Little Raven | Corvus mellori |
| White-winged Chough | Corcorax melanorhampos |
| Welcome Swallow | Hirundo neoxena |
| Fairy Martin | Hirundo ariel |
| Tree Martin | Hirundo nigricans |
| Mistletoebird | Dicaeum hirundinaceum |
| Australian Pipit | Anthus australis |
| Diamond Firetail | Stagonopleura guttata |
| Rufous Songlark | Cincloramphus mathewsi |
| Brown Songlark | Cincloramphus cruralis |
| *Eurasian Blackbird | Turdus merula |
| *Common Starling | Sturnus vulgaris |
| *Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis |
The bird list was created by Lance Williams of Trust for Nature.
For details/interview call the Editor on (03) 5798 1858
