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Horsnell Gully - Birds

Cuckoos

CC 2.0 David Cook
Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Cacomantis  flabelliformis

©Danny McCreadie
Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo
Chrysococcyx basalis

CC 2.0 Tom Tarrant
Shining Bronze Cuckoo   
Chrysococcyx lucidus

CC 2.0David Cook
Black-eared Cuckoo
Chrysococcyx osculans




Frogmouths and Nightjars

©Danny McCreadie
Tawny Frogmouth
Podargus strigoides





Honeyeaters


© Ken Hurley
Eastern spine-bill
Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris
CC 3.0Chezihan
Red Wattlebird   
Anthochaera carunculata

© FOBHM
Little Wattlebird   
Anthochaera chrysoptera 

© FOBHM
Yellow-faced Honeyeater  
Caligavis chrysops

© FOBHM
Noisy Miner  
Manorina melanocephala




CC 2.0David Cook
Brown-headed Honeyeater
Melithreptus  brevirostris
© FOBHM
White-naped Honeyeater 
Melithreptus lunatus

© FOBHM
New Holland Honeyeater
Phylidonyris novaehollandiae 

© FOBHM
Crescent Honeyeater 
Phylidonyris pyrrhopterus

Yellow-plumed Honeyeater
Ptilotula ornata




© FOBHM
White-plumed Honeyeater  
Ptilotula penicillata





Kingfishers and Bee-eaters


© FOBHM
Laughing Kookaburra  
Dacelo novaeguineae
© Danny McCreadie
Sacred Kingfisher 
Todiramphus sanctus





Larger Perching Birds - including crows, magpies, flycatchers and allies


© FOBHM
Black-faced Cuckooshrike
Coracina novaehollandiae
© FOBHM
Little Raven
Corvus  mellori

© FOBHM
Magpie Lark
Grallina cyanoleuca

© Mark Barritt
Australian Magpie
Gymnorhina tibicen

© Danny McCreadie
Restless Flycatcher  
Myiagra inquieta




CC 2.0 David Cook
Grey Currawong (Black-winged)
Strepera versicolor melanoptera




Medium Perching Birds

© Danny McCreadie
White-winged Chough
Corcorax  melanorhamphos

CC 2.0 David Cook
Varied (Black-capped) Sittella Daphoenositta chrysoptera pileata
© FOBHM
Grey Fantail
Rhipidura albiscapa

© FOBHM
Willie Wagtail
Rhipidura leucophrys

© FOBHM
* Common Starling
Sturnus vulgaris



© FOBHM
Willie Wagtail
Rhipidura leucophrys

© FOBHM
* Common Starling
Sturnus vulgaris



Parrots

© FOBHM
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Cacatua galerita
© FOBHM
Little Corella
Cacatua sanguinea

© FOBHM
Galah 
Eolophus roseicapilla

© FOBHM
Musk Lorikeet
Glossopsitta concinna
(
AKA Trichoglossus concinnus)
©Danny McCreadie
Purple-crowned Lorikeet
Parvipsitta porphyrocephala




© FOBHM
Crimson (Yellow & Adelaide) Rosella
Platycercus elegans
©John Fels
Eastern Rosella
Platycercus eximius

©John Fels
Rainbow Lorikeet
Trichoglossus moluccanus

© FOBHM
Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo
Zanda funerea



©John Fels
Rainbow Lorikeet
Trichoglossus moluccanus

© FOBHM
Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo
Zanda funerea



Pigeons and Doves

© FOBHM
* Feral pigeon (Rock Dove)
Columba livia
© FOBHM
Crested Pigeon
Ocyphaps lophotes
©Danny McCreadie
Common Bronzewing
Phaps chalcoptera

©Danny McCreadie
Brush Bronzewing
Phaps elegans

©John Fels
* Spotted Dove
Spilopelia chinensis



Raptors including Owls

©Danny McCreadie
Collared sparrowhawk
Accipiter cirrocephalus
CC 2.0 David Cook
Brown Goshawk
Accipiter fasciatus

CC 2.0 David Cook
Wedge-tailed Eagle
Aquila audax
CC 2.0 David Cook
Black-shouldered Kite
Elanus axillaris

CC 2.0 Ian Sutton
Brown Falcon
Falco berigora




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Nankeen (Australian) Kestrel
Falco cenchroides
CC 2.0 David Cook
Australian Hobby (Little Falcon)
Falco longipennis

© Danny McCreadie
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinus
© FOBHM
Australian (Southern) Boobook
Ninox boobook




Small Perching Birds

CC 2.0 David Cook
* European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelis
CC 2.0 David Cook
Mistletoe Bird   Dicaeum hirundinaceum
© Ken Hurley
Superb Fairywren
Malurus cyaneus

© FOBHM
Red-browed Finch
Neochmia temporalis

© FOBHM
* House Sparrow
Passer domesticus



CC 2.0 David Cook
Scarlet Robin
Petroica boodang



Swallows and Martins

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Dusky Woodswallow
Artamus cyanopterus
© FOBHM
Masked Woodswallow
Artamus personatus

CC 2.0 David Cook
Welcome Swallow
Hirundo neoxena
CC 2.0 David Cook
Tree Martin
Petrochelidon nigricans




Thornbills, Scrubwrens, Pardalotes and Silvereye

CC 2.0 Duncan McCaskill
Yellow-rumped Thornbill
Acanthiza chrysorrhoa
CC 2.0 David Cook
Striated Thornbill
Acanthiza lineata

Yellow Thornbill
Acanthiza nana
© Ken Hurley
Brown Thornbill
Acanthiza pusilla
CC 2.0 David Cook
Buff-rumped Thornbill
Acanthiza reguloides




© Greg Dawson
Chestnut-rumped Heathwren
Hylacola pyrrhopygius parkeri
© Ken Hurley
Spotted Pardalote
Pardalotus punctatus

© FOBHM
Striated Pardalote
Pardalotus striatus
CC 2.0 David Cook
White-browed Scrubwren
Sericornis frontalis
CC 2.0 David Cook
Weebill  
Smicrornis brevirostris




CC 2.0 David Cook
Silvereye
Zosterops lateralis




Thrush, Shrikethrush and Whistlers

CC 2.0 David Cook
Grey Shrikethrush
Colluricincla harmonica
CC 2.0 Julie Burgher
Crested (Eastern) Shriketit
Falcunculus  frontatus frontatus
© Ken Hurley
Golden Whistler
Pachycephala pectoralis
© FOBHM
Rufous Whistler
Pachycephala rufiventris

CC 2.0 David Cook
*Common Blackbird
Turdus  merula




Bassian Thrush
Zoothera lunulata halmaturina




Treecreepers

CC 2.0 David Cook
Brown  Treecreeper
Climacteris picumnus
CC 2.0 Dan Monceaux DANiMATIONS
White-throated Treecreeper
Cormobates leucophaea



Waterbirds, Shorebirds and Wetland birds

© Mark Barritt
Pacific Black Duck
Anas superciliosa

© FOBHM
Maned (Australian Wood) Duck
Chenonetta jubata
Painted Button-quail
Turnix varius




List updated with the assistance of Birds SA May 2021. You can down load the spreadsheet here: Horsnell Gully Bird list by display classification
Taxonomic list updated using Annotated List of the Birds of South Australia, Fifth edition, version 5.1  2020. Annotated List of the Birds of South Australia Fifth Edition

* Introduced species