Birds of Yaloke Escarpment

 

NameScientific NameCountMost birds seen at same time
    5th June 2011
Australasian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae 1 -1
Australian Magpie Cracticus tibicen 6 -2
Long-billed Corella Cacatua tenuirostris 2 -2
Little Raven Corvus mellori 20 -12
Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis 1 (1) possibly 3 heard
Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris 2 -2
Brown Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus 2 -2
Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus 1 (1) adjacent to river over Surbiton Park
Superb Fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus 1 (1) heard up to 50
Brown Falcon Falco berigora 3 -3
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 1 -1
Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys 1 -1
White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae 5 (5) adjacent to river over Surbiton Park
New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae 1 -1
White-plumed Honeyeater Lichenostomus penicillatus 3 -2
Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca 1 -1
European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 2 -2
Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris 3 -1
Tree Martin Petrochelidon nigricans 4 -3
Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena 20 -6
Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis 2 -2

Observer: Iian Denham (Birdlife & PLEG)