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Birds of Australia

"dhigaraa" [gamilaraay], "dhigayaa" [yuwaalayaay], "ghigayaa" [yuwaalaraay] = bird

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Rufous Owl

Including vagrants, in total there are almost 900 bird species in Australia, including its territorial waters and surrounding islands. These pages contain our accounts of sightings, photography and audio recordings of Australian birds. The common, scientific and Aboriginal names of the bird species presented here are listed in an INDEX. Lists of bird species are available for several locations near Narrabri, NSW. Credits to contributors are given here. Comments are welcome.

The second-tier navigation bar above provides links to a number of high-level pages and to the 26 family groups of birds, as used in the "Field Guide to Australian Birds" by Michael Morcombe. Hovering the cursor above the numbers, one can see which bird families each group comprises.

Latest Updates

Lesser Sooty Owl
Added 13/04/2023

Black-headed Gull
Added 06/03/2023

Marbled Frogmouth
Improved 02/02/2023

Black-breasted Button-quail
Improved 07/01/2023

Great Crested Grebe
parental care
Added 22/11/2022

Fuscous Honeyeater
Eastern Whipbird
Improved 16/11/2022

Purple-crowned Lorikeet
Blue-breasted Fairy-wren
Dusky Grasswren
Rufous Fieldwren
Slender-billed Thornbill
Chestnut-breasted Whiteface
Added 29/10-13/11/2022

These pages are largely based on our own observations and those of our contributors. The structure of these bird pages is explained HERE. For more salient facts on any bird species please refer to a field guide.

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Disclaimer: Comments are always welcome. We give no guarantee that the information presented on these pages is always correct or up-to-date. External links are marked as such and we take no responsibility for the contents of external pages. All images on this site are protected by copyright & used by permission of the respective owners. If you wish to reproduce them or any of the material presented on this web site, please contact us: We hereby acknowledge the original custodians of the land which is described on these pages, including the Gomeroi/Gamilaraay people of the North-west Slopes and Plains of NSW, and the traditional owners of other lands and nations within this country. We acknowledge elders past, present and emerging. Sovereignty was never ceded. Last updated: Thu, 13 April 2023, 7:54 +00:00