Bird groups

Threatened species

A King Island Scrubtit perched on a branch amongst leafy green foliage

King Island Scrubtit

Scientific name Acanthornis magna greeniana
Bird type Small insect eating birds, Threatened species

A King Island Brown Thornbill standing atop a tree branch. The bird is looking to the left

King Island Brown Thornbill

Scientific name Acanthiza pusilla magnirostris
Bird type Small insect eating birds, Threatened species

Fairy Tern catching a fish

Fairy Tern

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

Plains-wanderer at night

Plains-wanderer

Scientific name Pedionomus torquatus
Bird type Threatened species

A beautiful female cassowary standing in front of a green rainforest.

Southern Cassowary

Scientific name Casuarius casuarius
Bird type Threatened species

Gouldian Finch

Scientific name Erythrura gouldiae
Bird type Threatened species

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

Brown Treecreeper

Scientific name Climacteris picumnus
Bird type Hollow nesters, Threatened species

Hooded Robin sitting in a tree, facing forward and looking off to the left

Hooded Robin

Scientific name Melanodryas cucullata
Bird type Small insect eating birds, Threatened species

Diamond Firetail sitting on a long curved branch, facing and looking right.

Diamond Firetail

Scientific name Stagonopleura guttata
Bird type Bush birds, Threatened species

Glossy Black Cockatoo sitting on diagonal branch, bird facing forward but looking off to the right.

Glossy Black-Cockatoo

Scientific name Calyptorhynchus lathami
Bird type Hollow nesters, Parrots, Survey species, Threatened species

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