Birds of Beare Park

Birds of Beare Park, Elizabeth Bay, New South Wales, Australia

The following is a list of the bird species I have observed in Beare Park, near my apartment in Elizabeth Bay, Australia. Dates follow the unusual sightings; many of these pass by every day, or nest nearby at night. Organized by family.

Anhingidae

Australian Anhinga (Anhinga novaehollandiae)

Anatidae

Australian Wood Duck (Chenonetta jubata)

Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa), 30 May 2012, a pair gleaning isopods from rockwork at the edge of the marina.

Ardeidae

White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae), as the binomial implies, it's actually a heron-like egret.

Artamidae

Australian Magpie (Cracticus tibicen), a very large Butcherbird.

Grey Butcherbird (Cracticus torquatus), 24 March 2012, calling from fig tree in park.

Pied Currawong (Strepera graculina)

Cuculidae

Channel-billed Cuckoo (Scythrops novaehollandiae). 24 March 2011, fed by Pied Currawong "mother."

Cacatuidae

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita)

Charadriidae

Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles)

Halcyonidae

Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)

Hirundinidae

Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena)

Laridae

Silver Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae)

Meliphagidae

Noisy Miner (Manorina melanotis)

Monarchidae

Magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca), a very odd member of a flycatcher family.

Oriolidae

Figbird (Sphecotheres viridis)

Olive-backed Oriole (Oriolus sagittatus)

Pelecanidae

Australian Pelican (Pelicanus conspicillatus)

Phalacrocoracidae

Little Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris)

Pied Cormorant (Phalacrocorax varius)

Psittacidae

Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus)

Rhipiduridae

Willie Wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys)

Spheniscidae

Little Penguin (Eudyptula minor)

Sternidae

Greater Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii)

Threskiornithidae

Australian White Ibis (Threskiornis molucca)