Birds of the Cubberla and Witton Creeks Catchments

The following list of 223 species of birds, recorded in the Cubberla and Witton Creeks Catchments, is a compilation of lists made by the following people: Rod Brown between 1995 and 2002 in the upper reaches of the Cubberla Creek catchment - Jiro Kikkawa between 1965 and 2001 throughout the Cubberla Creek catchment - Dawn Muir between 1996 and 2002 from a number of areas in the Cubberla Creek catchment - Stuart Pell between 1987 and 2001 from the lower reaches of the Cubberla Creek catchment - Don Sands between 1984 and 2002 on his property in Fleming Road - Ian Venables between 1962 and 2002 throughout the Cubberla Creek catchment - and individual members of all bush care groups within the Cubberla and Witton Creek Catchments and other observing local residents.

The order of species follows The Taxonomy and Species of Birds of Australia and its Territories, Christidis, L. & Boles, Walter E., Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union, Hawthorn East, Vic., 1994. The six introduced species are emboldened.

ORDER GALLIFORMES

FAMILY MEGAPODIIDAE (Mound builders)

FAMILY PHASIANIDAE (True Quails)

ORDER ANSERIFORMES

FAMILY ANATIDAE (Swans, Geese and Ducks)

White-faced Heron	Ardea novaehollandiae
Little Egret	Ardea(Egretta) garzetta
White-necked Heron	Ardea pacifica
Great Egret	Ardea alba
Intermediate Egret	Ardea intermedia
Cattle Egret	Ardea ibis
Striated Heron	Butorides striatus
Nankeen Night Heron	Nycticorax caledonicus
Little Bittern	Ixobrychus minutus
Black Bittern	Ixobrychus flavicollis

FAMILY THRESKIORNITHIDAE (Ibises and Spoonbills)

ORDER FALCONIFORMES

FAMILY ACCIPITRIDAE (Ospreys, Hawks, Eagles & Harriers)

FAMILY FALCONIDAE (Falcons)

ORDER GRUIFORMES

FAMILY RALLIDAE (Crakes, Rails and Gallinules)

ORDER TURNICIFORMES

FAMILY TURNICIDAE (Button quails)

ORDER CHARADRIIFORMES

FAMILY SCOLOPACIDAE (Snipes, Godwits, Curlews, Sandpipers)

FAMILY ROSTRATULIDAE (Painted Snipe)

FAMILY BURHINIDAE (Stone curlews)

Rock Dove	Columba livia
White-headed Pigeon	Columba leucomela
Spotted Turtle-Dove	Streptopelia chinensis
Brown Cuckoo-Dove	Macropygia amboinensis
Emerald Dove	Chalcophaps indica
Common Bronzewing	Phaps chalcoptera
Crested Pigeon	Ocyphaps lophotes
Peaceful Dove	Geopelia striata
Bar-shouldered Dove	Geopelia humeralis
Wonga Pigeon	Leucosarcia melanoleuca
Wompoo Fruit-Dove	Ptilinopus magnificus
Superb Fruit-Dove	Ptilinopus superbus
Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove	Ptilinopus regina
Topknot Pigeon	Lopholaimus antarcticus

ORDER PSITTACIFORMES

FAMILY CACATUIDAE (Cockatoos, Corellas and Cockatiel)

Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo	Calyptorhynchus funereus
Galah	Cacatua roseicapilla
Long-billed Corella	Cacatua tenuirostris
Little Corella	Cacatua sanguinea
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo	Cacatua galerita
Cockatiel	Nymphicus hollandicus

FAMILY PSITTACIDAE (Parrots including Lorikeets & Rosellas)

Rainbow Lorikeet	Trichoglossus haematodus
Scaly-breasted Lorikeet	Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus
Musk Lorikeet	Glossopsitta concinna
Little Lorikeet	Glossopsitta pusilla
Purple-crowned Lorikeet	Glossopsitta porphyrocephala
Australian King-Parrot	Alisterus scapularis
Crimson Rosella	Platycercus elegans
Eastern Rosella	Platycerus eximius
Pale-headed Rosella	Platycercus adscitus
Swift Parrot	Lathamus discolor
Red-rumped Parrot	Psephotus haematonotus

ORDER CUCULIFORMES

FAMILY CUCULIDAE (Cuckoos)

FAMILY CENTROPODIDAE (Coucals)

ORDER APODIFORMES

FAMILY APODIDAE (Swifts and Swiftlets)

ORDER CORACIIFORMES

FAMILY ALCEDINIDAE (Kingfishers)

FAMILY HALCYONIDAE (Kingfishers)

FAMILY MEROPIDAE (Bee-eaters)

FAMILY CORACIIDAE (Rollers)

Source: Robin Trotter (ed.), Cubberla and Witton Creeks. Their physical characteristics and land use over time. Proceedings of Symposia held in 2000 and 2001 on the Cubberla and Witton Creek Catchments,  2002, Kenmore, Cubberla-Witton Catchments Network --- Sightings reported by individual bush carers and other local residents from across the Cubberla and Witton Creeks Catchments have been added.