Wiruna Bird List
By Lachlan MacDonald
This is a list of birds that have been spotted and identified at Wiruna.
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
|---|---|
| Painted Button-quail | Turnix varia |
| Common Bronzewing | Phaps chalcoptera |
| Australasian Grebe | Tachybaptus novaehollandiae |
| Masked Lapwing | Vanellus miles |
| Australian White Ibis | Threskiornis molucca |
| White-faced Heron | Egretta novaehollandiae |
| White-necked Heron | Ardea pacifica |
| Australian Wood Duck | Chenonetta jubata |
| Wedge-tailed Eagle | Aquila audax |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans |
| Black-shouldered Kite | Elanus axillaris |
| Nankeen Kestrel | Falco cenchroides |
| Masked Lapwing | Vanellus miles |
| Common Bronzewing | Phaps chalcoptera |
| Southern Boobook | Ninox novaeseelandiae |
| Powerful Owl | Ninox strenua |
| Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo | Calyptorhynchus funereus |
| Gang-gang Cockatoo | Callocephalon fimbriatum |
| Galah | Cacatua roseicapilla |
| Australian King Parrot | Alisterus scapularis |
| Crimson Rosella | Platycerus elegans |
| Eastern Rosella | Platycercus eximius |
| Tawny Frogmouth | Podargus strigoides |
| Australian Owlet-nightjar | Aegotheles cristatus |
| Laughing Kookaburra | Dacelo novaeguineae |
| Sacred Kingfisher | Todirhamphus sanctus |
| Rainbow Bee Eater | Merops ornatus |
| White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus |
| Pallid Cuckoo | Cuculus pallidus |
| Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx basalis |
| Common Koel | Eudynamys scolopacea |
| Welcome Swallow | Hirundo neoxena |
| Grey Fantail | Rhipidura albiscapa |
| Willie Wagtail | Rhipidura leucophrys |
| Leaden Flycatcher | Myiagra rubecula |
| Scarlet Robin | Petroica boodang |
| Flame Robin | Petroica phoenicea |
| Eastern Yellow Robin | Eopsaltria australis |
| Golden Whistler | Pachycephala pectoralis |
| Rufous Whistler | Pachycephala rufiventris |
| Grey Shrike-thrush | Colluricincla harmonica |
| Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike | Coracina novaehollandiae |
| Spotted Quail-thrush | Cinclosoma punctatum |
| White-throated Gerygone | Gerygone olivacea |
| Striated Thornbill | Acanthiza lineata |
| Yellow Thornbill | Acanthiza nana |
| Brown Thornbill | Acanthiza pusilla |
| Buff-rumped Thornbill | Acanthiza reguloides |
| Yellow-rumped Thornbill | Acanthiza chrysorrhoa |
| White-browed Scrubwren | Sericornis frontalis |
| Superb Fairy-wren | Malurus cyaneus |
| Dusky Woodswallow | Artamus cyanopterus |
| Varied Sittella | Daphoenositta chrysoptera |
| White-throated Treecreeper | Cormobates leucophaeus |
| Red-browed Treecreeper | Climacteris erythrops |
| Spotted Pardalote | Pardalotus punctatus |
| Striated Pardalote | Pardalotus striatus |
| Silvereye | Zosterops lateralis |
| White-naped Honeyeater | Melithreptus lunatus |
| Brown-headed Honeyeater | Melithreptus brevirostris |
| Eastern Spinebill | Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris |
| Yellow-faced Honeyeater | Lichenostomus chrysops |
| White-eared Honeyeater | Lichenostomus leucotis |
| White-plumed Honeyeater | Lichenostomus penicillatus |
| Crescent Honeyeater | Phylidonyris pyrrhoptera |
| Red Wattlebird | Anthochaera carunculata |
| Noisy Friarbird | Philemon corniculatus |
| Red Browed Finch | Neochima temporalis |
| Diamond Firetail | Stagonopleura guttata |
| Olive-backed Oriole | Oriolus sagittatus |
| White-winged Chough | Corcorax melanorhamphos |
| Pied Currawong | Strepera graculina |
| Grey Currawong | Strepera versicolor |
| Grey Butcherbird | Cracticus torquatus |
| Pied Butcherbird | Cracticus nigrogularis |
| Australian Magpie | Gymnorhina tibicen |
| Little Wattlebird | Anthochaera lunulata |
| Australian Raven | Corvus coronoides |
| Little Raven | Corvus mellori |
| Common Starling | Sturnus vulgaris |
