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Home garden entertainers
The honeyeaters of my garden, including the New Holland (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae), White-plumed (Lichenostomus penicillatus), and two of the biggest, the Red wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata) and the Little wattlebird (Anthochaera chrysoptera) . They're often acrobatic feeders. In the outback Danggali Conservation Park, I came across a Spiny-cheeked honeyeater (Acanthagenys rufogularis), while the Singing honeyeater (Lichenostomus virescens) was spotted on the Great Ocean road coast of Victoria and the Crescent honeyeater (Phylidonyris pyrrhoptera) at Kinglake NP in Victoria. The Regent honeyeater (Xanthomyza phrygia) was photographed at Cleland Wildlife Park in the Adelaide Hills. The Noisy miner (Manorina melanocephala) is an aggressive colonising bird
Other attractive birds common in many urban as well as country areas are the Crested pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes), the White-backed magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen), the Murray magpie or magpie lark or peewee (Grallina cyanoleuca), the Welcome or houseswallow (Hirundo neoxena), the introduced Common blackbird (Turdus merula), the Dusky woodswallow (Artamus cyanopterus), the Willie Wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys), the Grey fantail (Rhipidura fuliginosa), and the big kingfisher, the Laughing kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae). The Laughing kookaburra's slightly smaller relative, the Blue-winged kookaburra (Dacelo leachii), was photographed at the Adelaide Zoo, as was the Sacred kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus). The Azure kingfisher (Alcedo azurea) was seen on a bank of the River Murray. Photos of both of these kingfishers in the wild can be seen on the River Murray page. I found the White-throated treecreeper (Cormobates leucophaeus) in the Adelaide Hills and the Diamond doves (Geopelia cuneata) drinking from an outback dam. I've seen the Rainbow bee-eater (Merops ornatus) in the outback, but this pair was photographed at Healesville Wildlife Sanctuary in Victoria
Bird sightings in Victoria include the Pied currawong (Strepera graculina), the Rufous bristlebird (Dasyornis broadbenti), the Grey shrike-thrush (Colluricincla harmonica) and a female Superb lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae)
More Australian birds: Waterbirds
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