Birds gallery

Meet some of the birds that are an important part of Australia's biodiversity. These pictures were taken by Museum scientist Richard Major.

Water and Wading Birds

• Little Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax melanoleucos
• Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca
• Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca
• Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
• Silver Gull Larus novaehollandiae

Pigeons

• Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia
• Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia
• Spotted Turtle-Dove Streptopelia chinensis (head)

Parrots

• Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus funereus
• Galah Cacatua roseicapilla (male and female)
• Galah Cacatua roseicapilla (female)
• Long-billed Corella Cacatua tenuirostris
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
• Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus
• Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus
• Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans

Fairy-wrens and Pardalotes

• Superb Fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus (male)
• Superb Fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus (non-breeding male, female)
• Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus

Honeyeaters

• Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata
• Little Wattlebird Anthochaera chrysoptera
• Little Wattlebird Anthochaera chrysoptera (head)
• Noisy Friarbird Philemon corniculatus
• Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala
• Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala
• Lewin's Honeyeater Meliphaga lewinii (head)
• Lewin's Honeyeater Meliphaga lewinii (banded bird)
• Eastern Spinebill Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris

Magpielarks

• Magpielark Grallina cyanoleuca (male)
• Magpielark Grallina cyanoleuca (female)
• Magpielark Grallina cyanoleuca (female)

Willie Wagtails

• Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
• Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
• Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
• Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
• Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
• Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys (nest and eggs)

Magpies, Currawongs and Bowerbirds

• Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
• Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
• Pied Currawong Strepera graculina
• Satin Bowerbird Ptilolonrhynchus violaceus (male at bower)
• Satin Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus violceus (bower)

Small Backyard Birds

• House Sparrow Passer domesticus (female)
• Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis
• Fairy Martin Hirundo ariel (nest)
• Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
• Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
• Common Myna Acridotheres tristis (head)

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