A rare sighting of a Great Egret
(ardea alba) on the Buninyong Gong
(July 2007)
Legend for List of Birds:
| Flora | Habitat | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A
B BB E Ga G P S WG WP |
Acacia
Banksia Berry bushes Eucalypt Grevillea Grasses Pine Shrubs Wetland grasses Water plants |
A
G OF OG S T US W |
Airborne
Garden Open forest Open grassland Suburban Treed Under storey shrubs Water |
Observations and compilation:
Ross McIntyre
List of Birds in Buninyong and District
The list of birds is a general list for the Buninyong area and not specific for any particular route
| Flora | Habitat | Flora | Habitat | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackbird, Common
Bronzewing, Common Butcherbird, Grey Chough, White-winged Cisticola, Golden-headed Cockatoo, Black yellow-tail Cockatoo, Sulphur-crested Coot, Eurasian Corella, Long-Billed Cormorant, Little pied Cuckoo-shrike, Black-faced Cuckoo, Fan-tailed Cuckoo, Pallid Cuckoo, Horsfield's Cuckoo, Shining Currawong, Pied Duck, Chestnut Teal Duck, Hardhead Duck, Pacific Black Duck, Wood Eagle,Wedgetail Eagle, Little Egret, Cattle Egret, Intermediate Falcon, Brown Falcon, Peregrine Fantail, Grey Fantail, Rufous Finch, Gold Firetail, Red-browed Flycatcher, Restless Frogmouth, Tawny Galah Goshawk, Brown Goshawk, Grey Fairy-wren, Superb Fantail, Grey Fantail, Rufous Firetail, Red-browed Heron, White-faced Heron, White-necked Honeyeater, New Holland Honeyeater, White-naped Honeyeater, Yellow-faced |
S
E/A/S E E/P G/WG E/P E/BB WP E WG E/BB A G G G A/E/BB WP WP WP WP E E G/WG G/WG E/P E/P A/B/S A/B/S S S/G A/S E E E E S S S S/G WG/WP WG/WP G/B/S/Ga E/Ga A/S/Ga |
G/US
T/US/OF OF OF F/OG OF OF W OF/OG W OF/OG/G OF/G OF/G/F OF/G/F OF/G/F OF/F/S W W W W OF/OG/T OF/OG/T OF/OG OF/OG OF/OG/T OF/OG/S G/US G/US OG/G US/G OG/G/OF T/OF/S OF OF/OG/G OF/OG S/G/US S/G/US S/G/US S/US/G W/F/OG W G/US/T OF/T US/T |
Hawk, Collared-sparrow
Ibis, Straw-necked Kestrel, Nankeen Kite, Black-Shouldered Kite, Whistling Kookaburra, Laughing Lapwing, Masked Martin, Fairy Magpie, Australian Magpie, Lark (Mudlark) Mistletoe Bird Moorhen, Dusky Owl, Barn Owl, Southern-boobook Pardalote, Spotted Raven, Little Reed Warbler, Australian Robin, Eastern-yellow Robin, Flame Robin, Pink Robin, Rose Robin, Scarlet Rosella, Crimson Rosella, Eastern Shrike-tit, Crested Silvereye Sitella, Varied Sparrow, House Starling, Common Spinebill, Eastern Spoonbill, Yellow-billed Swallow, Welcome Swan, Black Swift, Little Swift, Needle-tail Thornbill, Brown Thornbill, Yellow-rumped Treecreeper, White-throate Wattlebird, Little Whistler, Golden Wagtail, Willie Weebill Woodswallow, Dusky Wren, Superb Blue |
E/A
WG/G E/A/P E/A/P E E/A WG/G A/B E E/A E WG/WP E/A/P E/A/P E/A E/P/A WG G/S G/S G G/S G G/S G G/S G G/E/BB G/E/BB E/A/B E/BB A/E S/BB A/E/P Ga/A/S WG/WP A/B WG/WP - - E/S E/S E B/A/Ga A/S S/A/B/E E/S A/B S/G/B |
OF/G/F
F/OG/W OG/F/OF OG/F/OF OG/F/W OF/G/T G/W/OG F/W/S OF/S/F OG/S/G/T OF/S W OF/OG/G OF/T/G OF/G OF/F/S W G/OF G/OG/OF G/OG/OF G/OG/OF G/OG/OF T/G/S T/G/S OF/T/G G/US OF/T/G G/S OG/T/F/S OF/G/S W/F F/W/S W A A G/OF/T G/OF/T OF/T G/T OF/G OF/G/S G/OF/T F/W US/G/S |
Walkers are encouraged to email information on and photos of birds they have seen on their route, using the Bird Email Response Form, so that we can develop a specific bird list for this walk.
The protocol of the Bird Observation & Conservation Australia for reporting of bird sightings is:
* Two people must identify the bird
or
* Three people must hear the bird call & identify the bird
For additional information plus contacts for local Bird Watching Groups see the Bird Observation & Conservation website.
Links to Australian websites with recordings of bird calls
www.abc.net/archives/av/birds.htm
www.birdsaustralia.com.au/about-birds/australian-bird-calls.html
birdsinbackyards.net/feature/top-40-bird-songs.cfm