ESC Birds

Eaglehawk Secondary College Bird List - 2001

Last updated: 15th November 2001

Source: observations of Michael Gallagher during school hours in 2001. This list should expand, if a regular program of observations were to be commenced. If you would like to be part of such a project, please contact Michael Gallagher.

The S&D 6 Number is the reference to the species in Simpson and Day, Field Guide to the Birds of Australia, Sixth Edition, Penguin Books, 1999

S&DCommon NameScientific Name
120Pacific Black DuckAnas superciliosa
320Common BronzewingPhaps chalcoptera
312Feral PigeonColumba livia
323Crested PigeonOchyphaps lophotes
337GalahEolophus roseicapilla
364Eastern RosellaPlatycercus eximinus
347Musk LorikeetGlossipsitta porphyrocephala
512Red WattlebirdAnthochaera carunculata
526Noisy MinerManorina melanocephala
522Blue-faced HoneyeaterEntomyzon cyanotis
550White-plumed HoneyeaterLichenostomus penicillatus
636Willy WagtailRhipidura leucophrys
468Striated PardalotePardalotus striatus
649Magpie-LarkGrallina cyanoleuca
668Black-faced Cuckoo-ShrikeCoracina novaehollandiae
685Australian MagpieGymnorhina tibicen
682Grey ButcherbirdCracticus torquatus
688Grey CurrawongStrepera versicolor
689Australian RavenCorvus coronoides
691Little RavenCorvus mellori
698Welcome SwallowHirundo neoxena
720House SparrowPasser domesticus
750Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
753Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
754Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
p 120FalconFalco ?
Other birds that might be seen at the College

153White-faced HeronEgretta novaehollandiae
281Black-shouldered KiteElanus axillaris
303Nankeen KestrelFalco cenchroides
228Masked Lapwing (Spurwing Plover)Vanellus miles
416Fork-tailed SwiftApus pacificus
415White-throated NeedletailHirundapus caudacutus
341Sulphur Crested CockatooCacatua galerita
369Red Rumped ParrotPsephotus haematonotus
535Yellow-faced HoneyeaterLichenostomus chrysops
571Eastern SpinebillAcanthorhynchus tenuirostris
746SilvereyeZoterops lateralis
722Common GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
P 110-121Other Raptors 
P 152-155Owls 
P 130-145Other Parrots 
P 146-149Cuckoos 
P 190-207Other Honeyeaters 
P 184- 187Thornbills 
P 264-271Other finches