Bird distinctive feature

Bill prominent, curved and/or long

A currawong perched in a tree, framed with a green soft background.

Pied Currawong

Scientific name Strepera graculina
Bird type Birdsong, Garden birds, Urban birds

Tasmanian Native-hen spotted the hen grazing behind the tree a short distance away from the photographer.

Tasmanian Native-hen

Scientific name Tribonyx mortierii
Bird type Waterbirds

An Eastern spinebill feeding amongst the varied flowering plants

Eastern Spinebill

Scientific name Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris
Bird type Honeyeaters

Scarlet Honeyeater

Scientific name Myzomela sanguinolenta
Bird type Bush birds, Garden birds, Honeyeaters, Urban birds

Magpie Goose

Scientific name Anseranas semipalmata
Bird type Waterbirds

Figbird sitting on thick tree branch looking right

Australasian Figbird

Scientific name Sphecotheres vieilloti
Bird type Bush birds, Urban birds

Two Sea-Eagles sitting on branch

White-bellied Sea-Eagle

Scientific name Haliaeetus leucogaster
Bird type Birds of prey

Bar-tailed Godwit in the start of breeding plumage, facing and looking left

Bar-tailed Godwit

Scientific name Limosa lapponica
Bird type Shorebirds and waders, Threatened species

Adult swamphen sitting on the grass, to the right, its black chick, they are facing each other

Purple Swamphen

Scientific name Porphyrio porphyrio
Bird type Common birds, Urban birds, Waterbirds

Olive-backed Sunbird sitting on a bush, facing and looking right

Olive-backed Sunbird

Scientific name Cinnyris jugularis
Bird type Small insect eating birds

Darter drying its wings on a branch, overlooking water, looking and facing right

Australasian Darter

Scientific name Anhinga novaehollandiae
Bird type Waterbirds

Little Egret looking and facing left, pale pink/orange background

Little Egret

Scientific name Egretta garzetta
Bird type Waterbirds