Common birds of Wurundjeri Walk, Blackburn South.

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Purple Swamphen(Porphyrio porphyrio)

Resident, breeds.

Found in / around

wetlands at western

end of park.

Masked Lapwing(Vanellus miles)

Resident, breeds.

Found on open grassy

areas, where it

also nests.

Little Pied Cormorant(Microcarbo

melanoleucos)

Regular visitor.

Often seen resting on a prominent perch or diving for

prey.

Dusky Moorhen(Gallinula tenebrosa)

Occasional visitor, breeds.

Found in / around

wetlands at western

end of park.

Buff-banded Rail(Gallirallus

philippensis)

Resident, breeds.

Shy, found in / around wetlands at

western end of park.

Pacific Black Duck(Anas superciliosa)

Resident, breeds.

Found in / around

wetlands at western

end of park.

Male (L), female (R).

Chestnut Teal(Anas castanea)

Regular visitor, breeds.

Found in / around

wetlands at western end of

park.

Male

Female

Australian Wood Duck

(Chenonetta jubata)

Regular visitor, breeds.

Found in / around

wetlands at western end of park. Grazes

on open grassy areas, nests in tree hollows.

White-faced Heron

(Egretta novaehollandiae)

Regular visitor, breeds.

Found in / around

wetlands at western end of

park, sometimes

along creek.

Australian Magpie

(Cracticus tibicen)Resident, breeds.

Female

Magpie-lark(Grallina

cyanoleuca)

Resident, breeds.

Builds cup-shaped mud

nest.

Galah(Eolophus

roseicapillus)Regular visitor.

Crested Pigeon(Ocyphaps lophotes)

Resident, breeds.

Little Wattlebird(Anthochaera chrysoptera)

Resident, breeds.

Identify by red/brown

patch on back of wings. Lacks

red wattle.

Noisy Miner(Manorina

melanocephala)Resident, breeds.

Red Wattlebird(Anthochaera carunculata)

Resident, breeds.

Identify by red wattle below

eye.

Eastern Rosella(Platycercus

eximius)

Regular visitor.Nests in tree

hollows.

Crimson Rosella Occasional

(Platycercus elegans) visitor.

Laughing Kookaburra

(Dacelo novaeguineae)

Regular visitor, breeds.

Nests in tree hollows.

Tawny Frogmouth(Podargus strigoides)

Resident, breeds.

Builds flimsy nest of twigs.

Willie Wagtail(Rhipidura leucophrys)

Regular visitor, breeds.

Grey Fantail(Rhipidura albiscapa)

Regular visitor.

Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo(Calyptorhynchus

funereus)

Occasional visitor.

Eats grubs found in wattle branches and pine cones.

Gang-gang Cockatoo

(Callocephalon fimbriatum)

Occasional visitor.

Little Corella(Cacatua sanguinea)

Resident.Identify by

smaller bill and lack of ‘slit

throat’.

Superb Fairy-wren(Malurus cyaneus)

Resident, breeds.

Pied Currawong Regular visitor.

Long-billed CorellaCacatua tenuirostris

Occasional visitor.

Identify by long bill and ‘slit throat’.

Rainbow LorikeetTrichoglossus haematodus

Resident, breeds.Nests in tree hollows.