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ALBANY BIRD GROUP

 

We are a group of birdwatching enthusiasts who meet on a regular basis to observe the
birds of this region. Anyone interested in birds is welcome to join us on our outings.

We meet on the second Tuesday of each month visiting areas between Denmark, the Porongurups and Wellstead.

Upcoming excursions:

Cranbrook area (Frank Smith Farm)

14 October 2008

Meet at Mount Barker Tourist Bureau at 8am

For further details please contact: Ray  ph (08) 9844 7540

 

 
Birdlist for the Albany Region in Western Australia
Emu
Malleefowl
Stubble Quail
Brown Quail
Blue-billed Duck
Musk Duck
Black Swan
Australian Shelduck
Australian Wood Duck
Mallard
Pacific Black Duck
Australian Shoveler
Grey Teal
Chestnut Teal
Pink-eared Duck
Hardhead
Australasian Grebe
Hoary-headed Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
Little Penguin
Common Diving-Petrel
Southern Giant-Petrel
Cape Petrel
Great-Winged Petrel
Flesh-footed Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Little Shearwater
Black-browed Albatross
Yellow-nosed Albatross
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
White-faced Storm-Petrel
Australasian Gannet
Australasian Darter
Little Pied Cormorant
Pied Cormorant
Little Black Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Australian Pelican
White-faced Heron
Little Egret
Eastern Reef Egret
White-necked Heron
Eastern Great Egret
Nankeen Night Heron
Little Bittern
Australasian Bittern
Australian White Ibis
Straw-necked Ibis
Yellow-billed Spoonbill
Eastern Osprey
Black-shouldered Kite
Square-tailed Kite
Whistling Kite
White-bellied Sea-Eagle
Spotted Harrier
Swamp Harrier
Brown Goshawk
Collared Sparrowhawk
Wedge-tailed Eagle
Little Eagle
Brown Falcon
Australian Hobby
Peregrine Falcon
Nankeen Kestrel
Buff-banded Rail
Baillon's Crake
Australian Spotted Crake
Spotless Crake
Purple Swamphen
Dusky Moorhen
Black-tailed Native-hen
Eurasian Coot
Australian Bustard
Little Button-quail
Painted Button-quail
Black-tailed Godwit
Bar-tailed Godwit
Whimbrel

Eastern Curlew
Marsh Sandpiper
Common Greenshank
Wood Sandpiper
Terek Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Grey-tailed Tattler
Ruddy Turnstone
Great Knot
Red Knot
Sanderling
Red-necked Stint
Pectoral Sandpiper
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Bush Stone-curlew
Australian Pied Oystercatcher
Sooty Oystercatcher
Black-winged Stilt
Banded Stilt
Red-necked Avocet
Pacific Golden Plover
Grey Plover
Red-capped Plover

Lesser Sand Plover
Greater Sand Plover
Black-fronted Dotterel
Red-kneed Dotterel
Hooded Plover
Banded Lapwing
Great Skua
Pacific Gull
Silver Gull
Caspian Tern
Crested Tern
Fairy Tern
Whiskered Tern

Rock Dove
Laughing Dove
Common Bronzewing
Brush Bronzewing
Crested Pigeon
Red-tailed Black Cockatoo
Carnaby's Black Cockatoo
Baudin's Black Cockatoo
Galah
Purple-crowned Lorikeet
Regent Parrot
Western Rosella
Australian Ringneck
Red-capped Parrot
Elegant Parrot
Rock Parrot
Ground Parrot
Pallid Cuckoo
Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo

Shining Bronze-Cuckoo
Barking Owl
Southern Boobook
Eastern Barn Owl
Tawny Frogmouth
Spotted Nightjar
Australian Owlet-nightjar
Laughing Kookaburra
Sacred Kingfisher
Rainbow Bee-eater
Noisy Scrub-bird
Rufous Treecreeper
Splendid Fairy-wren
Blue-breasted Fairy-wren
Red-winged Fairy-wren
Southern Emu-wren
Spotted Pardalote
Striated Pardalote
Western Bristlebird
White-browed Scrubwren
Shy Heathwren
Rufous Fieldwren
Weebill
Western Gerygone
Inland Thornbill
Western Thornbill
Yellow-rumped Thornbill
Red Wattlebird
Western Wattlebird
Yellow-throated Miner
Singing Honeyeater
White-eared Honeyeater

Purple-gaped Honeyeater
Yellow-plumed Honeyeater
Brown-headed Honeyeater
White-naped Honeyeater
Brown Honeyeater
New Holland Honeyeater
White-cheeked Honeyeater
Tawny-crowned Honeyeater
Western Spinebill
White-fronted Chat
Jacky Winter
Scarlet Robin
Red-capped Robin
Hooded Robin
Western Yellow Robin
White-breasted Robin
Southern Scrub-robin
White-browed Babbler
Western Whipbird
Varied Sittella
Crested Shrike-tit
Crested Bellbird
Golden Whistler
Rufous Whistler
Grey Shrike-thrush
Restless Flycatcher
Magpie-lark
Grey Fantail
Willie Wagtail
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
White-winged Triller
Black-faced Woodswallow
Dusky Woodswallow
Grey Butcherbird
Pied Butcherbird
Australian Magpie
Grey Currawong
Australian Raven
Australasian Pipit
Red-eared Firetail
Mistletoebird
Welcome Swallow
Tree Martin
Fairy Martin
Australian Reed-Warbler
Little Grassbird
Rufous Songlark
Brown Songlark
Silvereye

Click on the blue-coloured bird names for more information about the species.

 

ENDANGERED BIRDS IN THE ALBANY REGION 

Malleefowl Preservation Group 

                    

Facts sheets for some bird species are available at the Australian Museum Fact Sheet website 

More information about shorebirds at ABC's "A Year on the Wing" 

If you are interested in helping with shorebird conservation, visit Shorebirds 2020 website

Printable bird lists in PDF format are available at the BirdsWA website
Albany Region bird list 
Denmark Region bird list 
Albany Birdwatching Sites
Denmark Birdwatching Sites

Where to look for birds in the Albany Region

Lake Seppings Bird Walk

Oyster Harbour

For more information on birdwatching visit the Birds Australia website

Australian bird songs

Bird images 

Bird Art 



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