Wheatbelt Bird List

A Wheatbelt Bird List of common species found throughout the area.
Bird Photos courtesy of Hayden Cannon ©

Backyard Species

• Laughing Turtle-Dove
• Yellow-rumped Thornbill
• Red-wattle Bird
• Singing Honeyeater
• Brown Honeyeater
• Willie Wagtail
• Silver Eye

Water Birds

• Pied Cormorant
• Australasian Grebe
• Black Swan
• Australian Shelduck
• Pacific Black Duck
• Grey Teal
• Australian Wood Duck
• Pink-eared Duck
• Eurasian Coot
• Pacific Heron
• White-faced Heron
• Banded Lapwing
• Black-fronted Dotterel
• Black-winged Stilt
•  Red-necked Avocet

Birds of Prey (Raptors)

• Black Shouldered Kite
• Wedge-tailed Eagle
• Little Eagle
• Brown Goshawk
• Australian Hobby
• Brown Falcon
• Nankeen Kestrel
• Spotted Harrier

Parrots

• Red-tailed Black Cockatoo
• Galah
• Western Corella
• Major Mitchell
• Purple-crowned Lorikeet
• Budgerigar
• Australian Ringneck
• Mulga Parrot
• Elegant Parrot

Night Birds

• Southern Boobook
• Barn Owl
• Tawny Frogmouth

Other Common Birds

• Common Bronzewing
• Crested Pigeon
• Pallid Cuckoo
• Rainbow Bee-eater
• Splendid Fairy-wren
• White winged Fairy-wren
• Blue-breasted Fairy-wren
• Striated Pardalotte
• Weebil
• Chestnut-rumped Thornbill
• Brown- Headed Honeyeater
• Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater
• Yellow-throated Miner
• White-eared Honeyeater
• White-browed Babbler
• Red-capped Robin
• Western Yellow Robin
• Crested Bellbird
• Rufous Whistler
• Grey Fantail
• Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
• Black-faced Woodswallow
• Grey Butcherbird
• Pied Butcherbird
• Australian Magpie
• Australian Raven
• White-backed Swallow
• Welcome Swallow
• Tree Martin
• Richard’s Pipit