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Australian bird habitats:
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Description of habitat |
Gardens, although often featuring a lot of introduced vegetation, do provide birds in cities, towns and rural areas with valuable habitats. Insect hunters may find possibilities to hunt from low perches into more open areas, whereas honeyeaters will find nectar in flowers of various types of garden plants. Fruiteaters will also often find food there. In addition, many gardens offer a reliable supply of water, e.g. in the form of a pond or just water bowls. Even a lawn can attract some bird species.
Note that on this page we do not distinguish between gardens in coastal and inland Australia. Due to the difference in the amount of rainfall per annum, these can host very different species of birds. Except which bird species will be attracted will obviously also depend heavily on the gardeners' tastes...
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Bird species found in this type of habitat or plant |
This is not necessarily a complete list. We display here some examples of bird species found by us in this kind of habitat or plant. Hover your cursor on thumbnails to see names of species; click on thumbnail to go to the page describing the species.
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Photos |
This photo shows that Pacific
Black Ducks sometimes enter suburban gardens
(photo courtesy of K. Lacanau)
[Rowville, VIC, May 2013]
Example of a large ornamental garden: Chinese garden in Sydney, NSW
Callistemon (bottlebrush) in a suburban garden, with a
Rainbow Lorikeet
Rural garden in inland NSW
A big Callistemon
(bottlebrush) tree as this one, when flowering,
is a major attraction for various kinds of
nectar-eating birds
