Bird colour

Brown

Mallee Emu-wren sitting on a diagonal branch, looking and facing right

Mallee Emu-wren

Scientific name Stipiturus mallee
Bird type Bush birds, Small insect eating birds, Threatened species

Red-eared firetail standing in the grass, looking and facing right.

Red-eared Firetail

Scientific name Stagonopleura oculata
Bird type Bush birds

Western Bristlebird standing on a driftwood like branch, facing forward, slightly to the right

Western Bristlebird

Scientific name Dasyornis longirostis
Bird type Bush birds, Small insect eating birds, Threatened species

Two great knots facing and looking right, standing on the sand.

Great Knot

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

Black bird facing left but looking over its shoulder to the right. Standing on a balcony ledge,background grey and blurred.

Common Blackbird

Scientific name Turdus merula
Bird type Common birds, Introduced birds, Urban birds

Photo of Channel-billed cuckoo sitting on in a tree, looking and facing left with its head tilted slightly upward. Surrounded by green foliage

Channel-billed Cuckoo

Scientific name Scythrops novaehollandiae
Bird type Survey species, Urban birds

bush-stone curlew standing on one leg, other leg in the air, parallel to its lower chest. It is standing on the grass, with pink flowers decorating the ground. Bird looking and facing right

Bush Stone-curlew

Scientific name Burhinus grallarius
Bird type Nocturnal birds

Yellow wattle bird, grey and white mottled body, with long draping watrles below eye, yellow belly. Bird is looking and facing left, sitting on branch

Yellow Wattlebird

Scientific name Anthochaera paradoxa
Bird type Honeyeaters

Male Splendid Fairy-wren in full blue/violet plumage. Sitting on a rock and singing, the bird is looking and facing left

Splendid Fairy-wren

Scientific name Malurus splendens
Bird type Small insect eating birds

The rufous morph striated heron, has rich rufous or cinnamon brown underparts and the upper wing feathers are outlined rufous to cinnamon brown. It is looking and facing to the left, with its head slightly bowed. Its bill is long and has a bright yellow eye.

Striated Heron

Scientific name Butorides striata
Bird type Waterbirds

Welcome Swallow

Scientific name Hirundo neoxena
Bird type Bush birds, Common birds, Garden birds, Small insect eating birds, Urban birds

Pheasant coucal, a large bird, with mottled brown feathers on back and a darker brown neck. Almost hawk like. Bird sitting on branch, looking and facing left. Tail is long.

Pheasant Coucal

Scientific name Centropus phasianinus
Bird type Bush birds, Garden birds, Urban birds