Bird distinctive feature

Tail: forked or fanned

Fairy Tern catching a fish

Fairy Tern

Scientific name Sternula nereis
Bird type Beach-nesting Birds, Threatened species

To the right of the frame, a male Willie Wagtail is perched on a bird bath facing the camera.

Willie Wagtail

Scientific name Rhipidura leucophrys
Bird type Small insect eating birds

Whiskered Tern flying right, wings down, black background

Whiskered Tern

Scientific name Chlidonias hybrida
Bird type Waterbirds

White-fronted Tern

Scientific name Sterna striata
Bird type Seabirds

Eastern Whipbird sitting on a mossy rock, looking and facing left, black crest and long fanned tail.

Eastern Whipbird

Scientific name Psophodes olivaceus
Bird type Bush birds

Welcome Swallow

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

Rufous Fantail. A small bird with a brown head and chest. Copper orange lower back and upper tail feathers and eyebrows are also orange. Bird is facing sideways toward the right. Sitting on a fence post and tail is fanned out

Rufous Fantail

Scientific name Rhipidura rufifrons
Bird type Small insect eating birds

Black bird, red eye sitting on a tree branch. Looking and facing left

Spangled Drongo

Scientific name Dicrurus bracteatus
Bird type Small insect eating birds