Bird colour

Brown

Bustard displaying with long neck feathers on display, looks like a long beard. Bird is walking and facing to the right, surrounded by grassland, golden sunset lighting

Australian Bustard

Scientific name Ardeotis australis
Bird type Bush birds

Australasian Grebe swimming in a lake, facing right. Three Grebe chicks in toe, one on the back of the adult grebe tucked into its shoulder, the others swimming behind. The sky is yellow

Australasian Grebe

Scientific name Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
Bird type Waterbirds

Buff Banded Rail looking and walking left along the ground

Buff-banded Rail

Scientific name Hypotaenidia philippensis
Bird type Waterbirds

Nankeen Night-Heron looking and facing right emerging from a left side bush

Nankeen Night-Heron

Scientific name Nycticorax caledonicus
Bird type Nocturnal birds, Waterbirds

bird sitting on mossy log facing left

Australian Logrunner

Scientific name Orthonyx temminckii
Bird type Small insect eating birds

Two Curlew Sandpiper on the sand, facing and looking right. Front bird in breeding plumage.

Curlew Sandpiper

Scientific name Calidris ferruginea
Bird type Shorebirds and waders, Threatened species

Eastern curlew in the water about to take flight, facing and looking left, wings outstretched behind its back.

Far Eastern Curlew

Scientific name Numenius madagascariensis
Bird type Shorebirds and waders, Threatened species

Masked Lapwing

Scientific name Vanellus miles
Bird type Urban birds

Hooded Plover

Hooded Plover

Scientific name Thinornis cucullatus
Bird type Beach-nesting Birds, Threatened species

Crested Pigeon

Scientific name Ocyphaps lophotes
Bird type Common birds, Garden birds, Urban birds

Laughing Kookaburra focused on finding its next meal at Campbell Park in Canberra. The touch of blue sky showing through the background trees matches the blue of the Kookaburra’s wings.

Laughing Kookaburra

Scientific name Dacelo novaeguineae
Bird type Common birds, Hollow nesters

Photo of Australasian Bittern walking into some grass, bird looking and facing right

Australasian Bittern

Scientific name Botaurus poiciloptilus
Bird type Nocturnal birds, Threatened species, Waterbirds