Bird size

Large (60 to 75 cm, eg: ibis)

Superb Lyrebird

Scientific name Menura novaehollandiae
Bird type Birdsong, Bush birds

Little Black Cormorants head looking up to the left

Little Black Cormorant

Scientific name Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
Bird type Waterbirds

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

Australian White Ibis

Australian White Ibis

Scientific name Threskiornis moluccus
Bird type Waterbirds

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

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

Adelie Penguin in Antarctica

Adelie Penguin

Scientific name Pygoscelis adeliae
Bird type Seabirds

The Pied Cormorant is a large black and white bird with a long, grey, hooked bill and black legs and feet. It has an orange eye patch and bare throat skin, with a blue eye ring and the eye is green. Its black back is glossed green, and its underparts are all white, except for black stripes on the thighs. The bird is sitting on a rock, which is sitting beside the ocean. Bird is looking and facing right

Pied Cormorant

Scientific name Phalacrocorax varius
Bird type Seabirds, Waterbirds

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

Rainbow bee eater holding a wasp in its beak

Rainbow Bee-eater

Scientific name Merops ornatus
Bird type Small insect eating birds

White-faced heron, a shorebird. grey in colour with a white mask and long legs. Sitting on a wooden fence, facing side on toward the right. Rich green background.

White-faced Heron

Scientific name Egretta novaehollandiae
Bird type Shorebirds and waders

Australian Brush Turkey up close and bald

Australian Brush-turkey

Scientific name Alectura lathami
Bird type Urban birds