Friends of Williamstown Wetlands - Birds of the Williamstown Wetlands

Williamstown Wetlands - Bird Sighting List
Ducks, Geese & Swans		See the Ducks Gallery
1	Black Swan	Common, abundant Wader Beach, small numbers on freshwater lakes
2	Freckled Duck	Rare visitor, dabbling & filtering duck, freshwater lakes
3	Australian Shelduck	Rare visitor, grazing, versatile duck, freshwater lakes & tidal shore
4	Pink-eared Duck	Present/winter & spring, filter feeding duck, freshwater lakes
5	Australian Wood Duck	Rare visitor, grazing duck, near freshwater lakes
6	Pacific Black Duck	Common, dabbling & filtering duck
7	Australasian Shoveler	Present in small numbers, filter feeding duck, open water freashwater lakes
8	Grey Teal	Abundant, coastal Wader Beach & freshwater lakes
9	Chestnut Teal	Common in small numbers, Coastal, Wader Beach & freshwater lakes
10	Hardhead	Present in small numbers, diving duck, open water freshwater lakes
11	Blue-billed Duck	Present in small numbers, diving duck, freshwater lakes
12	Musk Duck	Rare visitor, diving duck, freshwater lakes
Pheasants, Fowls and Allies
13	Stubble Quail	Historic Record - no recent sightings
14	Brown Quail	Present in small numbers
Penguins
15	Little Penguin	Rare visitor, coastal
Shearwaters
16	Short-tailed Shearwater	Rare visitor/summer, coastal
17	Fluttering Shearwater	Rare visitor, coastal vistor from NZ
Grebes
18	Australasian Grebe	Present in small numbers, prefers freshwater lakes
19	Hoary-headed Grebe	Common, estuaries & freshwater lakes
20	Great Crested Grebe	Uncommon visitor, open water freshwater lakes
Ibises & Spoonbills		See the Freshwater Wetlands Birds Gallery
21	Australian White Ibis	Common visitor - freshwater lakes & Wader Beach
22	Straw-necked Ibis	Uncommon visitor - margin freshwater lakes, rarely Wader Beach
23	Royal Spoonbill	Common visitor - freshwater lakes & Wader Beach
24	Yellow-billed Spoonbill	Uncommon visitor - shallow parts freshwater lakes, Wader Beach
Herons & Bitterns		See the Freshwater Wetlands Birds Gallery
25	Australasian Bittern	Vagrant
26	Australasian Little Bittern	Historic Record - no recent sightings
27	Nankeen Night Heron	Rare visitor
28	Eastern Cattle Egret	Rare visitor
29	White-necked Heron	Rare visitor
30	Great Egret	Uncommon visitor
31	Intermediate Egret	Rare Visitor - last observed 31/03/2016 ebird
32	White-faced Heron	Present in small numbers
33	Little Egret	Uncommon visitor
Pelicans
34	Australian Pelican	Present in small numbers, coastal & freshwater lakes
Gannets
35	Australasian Gannet	Present in small numbers/winter, coastal areas
Cormorants		See the Marine and Coastal Birds Gallery
36	Little Pied Cormorant	Common, coastal & freshwater wetlands
37	Little Black Cormorant	Common, coastal & freshwater wetlands
38	Pied Cormorant	Common, coastal & freshwater wetlands
39	Great Cormorant	Uncommon visitor, coastal & freshwater wetlands
Darters
40	Australasian Darter	Uncommon visitor, coastal & freshwater wetlands
Kites, Hawks & Eagles		See the Bushland, Scrub and Grassland Birds Gallery
41	Black-shouldered Kite	Common visitor
42	Little Eagle	Uncommon visitor
43	Brown Goshawk	Rare visitor
44	Collard Sparrowhawk	Rare visitor
45	Swamp Harrier	Rare visitor
46	Whistling Kite	Rare visitor
47	White-bellied Sea-Eagle	Vagrant
Rails, Crakes & Coots		See the Freshwater Wetlands Birds Gallery
48	Buff-banded Rail	Present in small numbers, coastal & freshwater wetlands
49	Lewin's Rail	Rare visitor, coastal & near coastal wetlands
50	Baillon's Crake	Present in small numbers, freshwater & occasionally coastal wetlands
51	Australian Spotted Crake	Present in small numbers, freshwater & coastal wetlands
52	Spotless Crake	Present in small numbers, wetlands with dense reeds
53	Australasian Swamphen	Common, coastal & freshwater wetlands
54	Dusky Moorhen	Common, freshwater wetlands
55	Black-tailed Native-hen	Present in small numbers/winter & spring, freshwater wetlands
56	Eurasian Coot	Abundant, coastal Wader Beach & freshwater lakes
Button-quail
57	Painted Button-quail	Historic Record - no recent sightings
Oystercatchers		See the Marine and Coastal Birds Gallery
58	Australasian Pied Oystercatcher	Present in small numbers, coastal areas
59	Sooty Oystercatcher	Present in small numbers, coastal areas
Stilts & Avocets		See the Freshwater Wetlands Birds Gallery
60	White-headed Stilt	Present in medium numbers, coastal & freshwater wetlands
61	Banded Stilt	Vagrant, coastal wetlands
62	Red-necked Avocet	Rare visitor, coastal & freshwater wetlands
Plovers		See the Freshwater Wetlands Birds Gallery, the Marine and Coastal Birds Gallery and the Migratory Birds Gallery
63	Banded Lapwing	Rare visitor
64	Masked Lapwing	Present in small numbers
65	Red-kneed Dotterel	Present in small numbers
66	Pacific Golden Plover	Rare visitor/summer - migratory, breeds N Siberia. Last sighted 24/12/2017
67	Grey Plover	Rare visitor/summer - migratory, breeds high Arctic
68	Red-capped Plover	Present in small numbers
69	Double-banded Plover	Rare visitor/winter - migratory, breeds S Island NZ
70	Black-fronted Dotterel	Present in small numbers
Sandpipers & Snipes (Migratory Birds) See the Migratory Birds Gallery
71	Latham's Snipe	Rare visitor/spring & summer - breeds Japan
72	Black-tailed Godwit	Vagrant - breeds S Siberia
73	Bar-tailed Godwit	Rare visitor/spring & summer - breeds W Alaska
74	Eastern Curlew	Rare visitor/summer - breeds Siberia & Manchuria
75	Marsh Sandpiper	Vagrant/spring & summer - breeds E Europe & E Siberia
76	Common Greenshank	Present in small numbers/spring & summer - breeds, S Siberia
77	Grey-tailed Tattler	Vagrant/summer - breeds Siberia
78	Common Sandpiper	Rare visitor/spring & summer - breeds mid N latitudes Europe & Asia
79	Ruddy Turnstone	Rare visitor/spring & summer - breeds Siberian tundra
80	Great Knot	Vagrant/summer - breeds mountain tundra Anadyr Russia
81	Red Knot	Vagrant/spring & summer - breeds N America, Russia, Greenland & Spitsbergen
82	Sanderling	Vagrant/summer - breeds high Arctic
83	Red-necked Stint	Common/spring & summer - breeds foothills tundra arctic Siberia
84	Pectoral Sandpiper	Rare/spring & summer - breeds near arctic Siberia & N America
85	Sharp-tailed Sandpiper	Common/spring & summer - breeds tundra N Siberia
86	Curlew Sandpiper	Uncommon/spring & summer - breeds arctic Siberia
Gulls & Terns		See the Marine and Coastal Birds Gallery
87	Silver Gull	Abundant
88	Pacific Gull	Present in small numbers - coastal, sometimes roosts freshwater lakes
89	Gull-billed Tern	Rare visitor - coastal
90	Caspian Tern	Uncommon visitor - coastal
91	Crested Tern	Common - coastal
92	Little Tern	Rare visitor/summer - coastal
93	Fairy Tern	Rare visitor - coastal
94	Common Tern	Uncommon visitor/summer - coastal
95	Whiskered Tern	Regular visitor/spring & summer - coastal & freshwater wetlands
96	White-winged Black Tern	Rare visitor/summer - coastal & freshwater wetlands
Skuas & Jaegers
97	Arctic Jaeger	Rare visitor/spring & summer - migratory, breeds Arctic
Pigeons & Doves
98	Rock Dove	Intoduced Species - present in small numbers
99	Spotted Dove	Intoduced Species - present in small numbers
100	Crested Pigeon	Present in small numbers
Cuckoos		See the Bushland, Scrub and Grassland Birds Gallery
101	Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo	Present in small numbers/spring & summer
102	Pallid Cuckoo	Rare visitor
103	Shinning Bronze Cuckoo	Rare visitor
104	Fan-tailed Cuckoo	Uncommon visitor
105	Brush Cuckoo	Rare visitor/summer
Barn Owls
106	Eastern Barn Owl	Rare visitor
Swifts
107	White-throated Needletail	Rare visitor/summer - migratory, breeds NE Asia
Kingfishers
108	Laughing Kookaburra	Uncommon visitor
109	Sacred Kingfisher	Rare visitor
Falcons
110	Nankeen Kestrel	Regular visitor
111	Australian Hobby	Uncommon visitor
112	Brown Falcon	Uncommon visitor
113	Black Falcon	Historic Record - last sighting Birdlife Australia 9/06/2013
114	Peregrine Falcon	Rare Visitor
Cockatoos
115	Galah	Uncommon visitor
116	Long-billed Corella	Rare visitor
117	Little Corella	Rare visitor
118	Sulphur-crested Cockatoo	Rare visitor
Parrots
119	Rainbow Lorikeet	Regular visitor
120	Musk Lorikeet	Regular visitor
121	Purple-crowned Lorikeet	Rare visitor
122	Red-rumped Parrot	Rare visitor
123	Blue-winged Parrot	Rare visitor
124	Orrange Bellied Parrot	Critically endangered - last sighted early 1990s
Australasian Wrens		See the Bushland, Scrub and Grassland Birds Gallery
125	Superb Fairy-wren	Present in small numbers
Honeyeaters		See the Bushland, Scrub and Grassland Birds Gallery
126	Eastern Spinebill	Rare visitor
127	New Holland Honeyeater	Common
128	White-fronted Chat	Present in small numbers
129	Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater	Visits in small numbers
130	Little Wattlebird	Present in small numbers
131	Red Wattlebird	Present in small numbers
132	Noisy Miner	Rare visitor
133	Singing Honeyeater	Present in small numbers
134	White-plumed Honeyeater	Present in small numbers
Pardalotes
135	Spotted Pardalote	Rare visitor
Australasian Warblers		See the Bushland, Scrub and Grassland Birds Gallery
136	Striated Fieldwren	Rare visitor
137	White-browed Scrubwren	Present in small numbers
138	Brown Thornbill	Present in small numbers
139	Buff-rumped Thornbill	Uncommon visitor
140	Yellow-rumped Thornbill	Present in small numbers
141	Yellow Thornbill	Rare visitor
142	Striated Thornbill	Rare visitor
Butcherbirds
143	Grey Butcherbird	Uncommon visitor
144	Australian Magpie	Present in small numbers
145	Pied Currawong	Rare visitor
Cuckoo-shrikes
146	Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike	Rare visitor
Whistlers
147	Rufous Whistler	Rare visitor
148	Golden Whistler	Rare visitor
149	Grey Shrikethrush	Rare visitor
Fantails		See the Bushland, Scrub and Grassland Birds Gallery
150	Willie Wagtail	Present in small numbers
151	Grey Fantail	Present in small numbers
Monarchs
152	Magpie Lark	Present in small numbers
Crows
153	Little Raven	Present in small numbers
Australasian Robins
154	Flame Robin	Rare visitor/winter
Larks
155	Eurasian Skylark	Introduced species - uncommon visitor
Swallows
156	Welcome Swallow	Common
157	Fairy Martin	Rare visitor
158	Tree Martin	Rare visitor
Reed-Warblers
159	Australian Reed Warbler	Present in small numbers/spring & summer
Grassbirds
160	Rufous Songlark	Rare visitor
161	Brown Songlark	Rare visitor
162	Little Grassbird	Present in small numbers
Cisticolas		See the Bushland, Scrub and Grassland Birds Gallery
163	Golden-headed Cisticola	Present in small numbers
White-eyes
164	Silvereye	Present in small numbers
Starlings
166	Common Myna	Common - introduced species
167	Common Starling	Common - introduced species
Thrushes
168	Common Blackbird	Common present in small numbers - introduced species
169	Song Thrush	Vagrant - introduced species
Old World Sparrows
170	House Sparrow	Common - introduced species
171	Eurasian Tree Sparrow	Present in small numbers - introduced species
Waxbills		See the Bushland, Scrub and Grassland Birds Gallery
172	Red-browed Finch	Visits in small numbers
173	Zebra Finch	Rare visitor
Wagtails & Pipits
174	Australasian Pipit	Rare visitor
Finches
175	European Greenfinch	Present in small numbers - introduced species
176	European Goldfinch	Present in small numbers - introduced species

Compiled by Friends of Williamstown Wetlands.

It would be appreciated if any rare, unusual or new sightings were reported to Richard Leppitt on 9397 5415 or leppittrichard4@ gmail.com.

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