BIRDLIFE IN THE POREPUNKAH DISTRICT
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THE LAUGHING KOOKABURRA
OUR PICTURESQUE TOWN AND SURROUNDING DISTRICT IS ENDOWED WITH A DELIGHTFUL VARIETY OF NATIVE BIRDS.

THE FOLLOWING IS A NON-DEFINITIVE LIST OF BIRDS WHICH WERE OBSERVED IN THE REGION OVER A PERIOD OF TWELVE MONTHS. SIGHTINGS OCCURED IN GARDENS, ON FARMS, BESIDE RIVERS (E.G. - THE POREPUNKAH RIVER CIRCUIT) AND IN THE NEARBY HILLS AND FORESTS.

BIRDS OBSERVED - RANDOM ORDER:
  • Royal Spoonbill
  • Black-fronted Dotterel
  • Black Swan
  • Eastern Swamphen
  • Coot
  • Little Black Cormorant
  • Pipit
  • Brown Field Lark
  • Flame Robin
  • Eastern Yellow Robin
  • Brush Bronze-wing Pigeon
  • Forest Bronze-wing Pigeon
  • Wonga Pigeon
  • Crested Pigeon
  • Superb Lyrebird
  • Grey Shrike Thrush
  • Grey Fantail
  • White-winged Chough
  • Eastern Firetail
  • Silver-eye
  • Boobook Owl
  • Barn Owl
  • Laughing Kookaburra
  • Azure Kingfisher
  • Sacred Ibis
  • Straw-necked Ibis
  • King Parrot
  • Crimson Rosella
  • Eastern Rosella
  • Gang Gang Cockatoo
  • Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
  • Little Corella
  • Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo
  • Galah
  • Superb Blue Wren
  • White-browed Scrub Wren
  • Willy Wagtail
  • Mudlark
  • Black-backed Magpie
  • White-backed Magpie
  • Satin Bower-bird
  • Pied Currawong
  • Grey Currawong
  • Wedge-tailed Eagle
  • Little Falcon
  • Nankeen Kestrel
  • Eastern Spinebill
  • White-eyed Honeyeater
  • Crescent Honeyeater
  • White-plumed Honeyeater
  • Red Wattle-bird
  • Spotted Pardalote
  • Australian Raven
  • Dusky Wood Swallow
  • Welcome Swallow
  • Fairy Martin
  • White-throated Tree Creeper
  • Orange-winged Sitella
  • Rainbow Bird
  • Brown Thornbill
  • Yellow-tailed Thornbill
  • Eastern Whipbird
  • Rufous Whistler
  • Golden Whistler
  • Black Duck
  • Wood Duck
  • Mountain Duck
  • Little Grebe
  • White-faced Heron
  • Yellow Spoonbill
  • Shining Bronze Cuckoo
  • Black-faced Cuckoo Shrike
  • Fork-tailed Swift
  • Spine-tailed Swift
  • Noisy Friar-bird
  • Spur-winged Plover
  • Mistletoe Bird
  • Red-capped Robin
  • Yellow-faced Honeyeater
  • Yellow-tufted Honeyeater
  • Scarlet Robin
  • Brush Cuckoo
  • Olive Whistler
  • Jacky Winter

WEB DESIGN FROM THE
SCHOOLHOUSE
POREPUNKAH
This web page was constructed with help from local enthusiast
Laurence. J. Ginnivan.

Dedicated to the People of Porepunkah, the children of the
Porepunkah Primary School and Bird Lovers everywhere!

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