Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena)
Habitat: The Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena) is Australia’s representative of the holarctic Barn Swallow and the similar but larger-billed and square-tailed Pacific Swallow of...
Spot-winged Parrotlet (Touit stictopterus)
Identification: Spot-winged Parrotlet (Touit stictopterus) is a chunky bird of 16–17 cm in length. It is a species of parrot in the family Psittacidae....
Comb-crested Jacana (Irediparra gallinacea)
Comb-crested Jacanas have an exceptionally long hind toe (about 75 mm) that helps them walk on waterweeds. Due to this habit, it is commonly...
Ashy-bellied white-eye (Zosterops citrinella)
Zosteropidae is a family of birds that includes the Ashy-bellied white-eye. This species is sometimes called pale white-eye, pale-bellied white-eye, Pale Silvereye, or Pale-bellied...
Common Rosefinch ‘Carpodacus erythrinus’
IDENTIFICATION - Common Rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus) is the only widespread rosefinch in Europe and Asia. Everyone is likely to be encountered this beautiful rosefinch...
Tawny-crowned Honeyeater (Gliciphila melanops)
DESCRIPTION - The Tawny-crowned Honeyeaters (Gliciphila melanops) is a passerine bird native to Southern Australia. The male Tawny-crowned Honeyeaters bird rises in spectacular song-flights...
Black-faced cuckooshrike (Coracina novaehollandiae)
Family: Black-faced cuckooshrike (Coracina novaehollandiae) belongs to the family Campephagidae in the order Passeriformes.
Habitat: Cuckoo shrikes so named because of their cuckoo-like form and...
Richard’s Pipit (Anthus richardi)
Family: Richard’s Pipit (Anthus richardi) belongs to the family Motacillidae in the order Passeriformes.
Habitat: Richard's Pipit resembles a lark, the result of converging adaptation...
Fairy Martin (Petrochelidon ariel)
Family: The Fairy Martin (Petrochelidon ariel) belongs to the swallow family Hirundinidae in the genus Petrochelidon.
Habitat: Fairy Martins are the most communal swallows in...
Tree Martin (Petrochelidon nigricans)
Tree Martin (Petrochelidon nigricans) belongs to the family Hirundinidae, one of the few birds in Australia with a similar appearance to Swallows.
Habitat: The Tree...