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Birds along the Mehi River, downstream of Whittaker's Lagoon, Moree

Menu of lists Eulah Creek, near Narrabri, NSW Deriah Aboriginal Area, near Narrabri, NSW Jack's Creek State Forest, near Narrabri, NSW Narrabri Lake, Narrabri, NSW Yarrie Lake, near Wee Waa, NSW Burren Junction Bore Baths, Burren Junction, NSW Pilliga Wetlands Walk, Pilliga, NSW Maules Creek, near Narrabri, NSW Leard State Forest, near Maules Creek, NSW Goran Lake, near Gunnedah, NSW Gilgandra Flora Reserve, near Gilgandra, NSW Whittaker's Lagoon, near Moree, NSW Urunga board walk, Urunga Heads, NSW

This list combines three different locations along a 6-km stretch of the Mehi River, 19-25 km West of Moree, NSW. 1. Whittaker's Lagoon is an ephemeral, isolated floodplain wetland 19 km West of Moree, NSW. 2. Combadello Weir is a weir about 23 km West of Moree surrounded by woodlands, scrub and farmland. 3. Pieces of woodland and scrub near Ruth Leitch Bridge, ca. 25 km West of Moree, provide habitats mostly for bush birds. The following bird species were spotted in this area by C. Hayne from 2009 to 2014. In some cases the categorisation indicates a trend. Bird species that are listed as Vulnerable or Endangered are marked as such.

Bird species seen breeding in this area (with at least a photo of a nest or nest entrance) are marked with a clickable superscript "N", leading to the relevant breeding information.

Whittaker's Lagoon is listed as a "birding hotspot" on ebird.org .

Any time of year	Spring & summer	Autumn & winter	Irregular or infrequent
Emu Brown Quail Plumed Whistling-Duck N Australian Wood Duck N Pacific Black Duck N Grey Teal N Pink-eared Duck N Hardhead Australasian Grebe N Hoary-headed Grebe Australian Pelican Darter Little Pied Cormorant Little Black Cormorant Pied Cormorant Great Cormorant Great Egret Intermediate Egret Rufous Night Heron N White-necked Heron N White-faced Heron N Glossy Ibis Australian White Ibis N Straw-necked Ibis N Royal Spoonbill Yellow-billed Spoonbill N Black Kite Black-shouldered Kite N Whistling Kite Nankeen Kestrel N Wedge-tailed Eagle Purple Swamphen N Dusky Moorhen N Black-tailed Native-hen N Eurasian Coot N Black-fronted Dotterel Red-kneed Dotterel Masked Lapwing N Crested Pigeon Bar-shouldered Dove Peaceful Dove Diamond Dove Galah N Sulphur-crested Cockatoo N Little Corella Australian Ringneck Red-rumped Parrot N Cockatiel N Red-winged Parrot N Pale-headed Rosella N Laughing Kookaburra N Sacred Kingfisher N Brown Treecreeper V Superb Fairy-wren Purple-backed Fairy-wren White-winged Fairy-wren White-browed Scrubwren Yellow Thornbill Weebill Yellow-rumped Thornbill Western Gerygone Striated Pardalote N Little Friarbird N Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater N Striped Honeyeater White-plumed Honeyeater N Blue-faced Honeyeater N Noisy Miner N Yellow-throated Miner N Grey-crowned Babbler V Rufous Whistler Grey Shrike-thrush Restless Flycatcher Willie Wagtail N Magpie-lark N Olive-backed Oriole Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike N Australian Magpie N Pied Butcherbird N Grey Butcherbird N White-breasted Woodswallow N Spotted Bowerbird Australian Raven N Torresian Crow White-winged Chough N Apostlebird N Zebra Finch Double-barred Finch N Plum-headed Finch Fairy Martin N Tree Martin Welcome Swallow N Mistletoebird Silvereye Australian Reed-Warbler Tawny Grassbird Golden-headed Cisticola N	Rainbow Lorikeet Channel-billed Cuckoo Fork-tailed Swift Dollarbird N Masked Woodswallow White-browed Woodswallow N White-winged Triller N Rufous Songlark	Spotted Pardalote Brown Honeyeater Grey Fantail	Black Swan Chestnut Teal Australasian Shoveler Cattle Egret Black-necked Stork V Brown Goshawk Eastern Osprey V Pacific Baza Brown Goshawk Grey Goshawk Collared Sparrowhawk N Australian Hobby Brown Falcon Black Falcon Baillon's Crake Common Greenshank Latham's Snipe Comb-crested Jacana V Black-winged Stilt Gull-billed Tern Common Bronzewing Blue Bonnet Turquoise Parrot V Little Lorikeet Eastern Rosella Australian King-Parrot Budgerigar Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo Shining Bronze-Cuckoo Black-eared Cuckoo Fan-tailed Cuckoo Common Koel Australian Owlet-nightjar Tawny Frogmouth Rainbow Bee-eater Azure Kingfisher White-throated Needletail White-throated Treecreeper Buff-rumped Thornbill Chestnut-rumped Thornbill White-throated Gerygone Noisy Friarbird Yellow-tufted Honeyeater Brown-headed Honeyeater Black Honeyeater V Eastern Yellow Robin Red-capped Robin N Golden Whistler Leaden Flycatcher Rufous Fantail Black-faced Woodswallow White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike Chestnut-breasted Mannikin Australian [Richard's] Pipit
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Any time of year	Spring & summer	Autumn & winter	Irregular or infrequent

Introduced species seen at Whittaker's Lagoon: Spotted Turtle Dove, Rock Dove, Common Starling^N, Common Myna.

Whittaker's Lagoon is location no. 6 of the Moree Bird Routes

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