Birdlist for the Tweed Valley of northern NSW, between Byron Bay and the Gold Coast, compiled by Tweed Bird Observers members.

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Bird Species List* - Tweed Valley, New South Wales, Australia

* List as at 30/04/08, courtesy of Laurel Allsopp - Tweed Bird Observers member.
  Please note: the list as shown here, is ordered into taxonomical groups.
This list is also available as an xls (20 kb MS 95) file formats.  See also Northern Rivers Bird List and Bird Walks of the Tweed Valley

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Tweed Valley Birds Species Comprehensive List - 236 species / April '08

MOUND-BUILDERS, QUAIL Purple Swamphen Fan-tailed Cuckoo WHISTLERS, SHRIKE-THRUSHES
  Dusky Moorhen Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo Golden Whistler
Australian Brush Turkey Eurasian Coot Shining Bronze-Cuckoo Rufous Whistler
Brown Quail WADERS Little Bronze-Cuckoo Little Shrike-thrush
SWANS, GEESE Latham's Snipe Easertn Koel Grey Shrike-thrush
DUCKS, GREBES Black-tailed Godwit Channel-billed Cuckoo MAGPIE-LARK, FLYCATCHERS
Magpie Goose Bar-tailed Godwit Pheasant Coucal Black-faced Monarch
Plumed Whistling-Duck Whimbrel NIGHT BIRDS Spectacled Monarch
Wandering Whistling-Duck Eastern Curlew Southern Boobook White-eared Monarch
Black Swan Common Greenshank Pacific Barn Owl Leaden Flycatcher
Australian Shelduck Terek Sandpiper Tawny Frogmouth Satin Flycatcher
Australian Wood Duck Grey-tailed Tattler SWIFTS, KINGFISHERS Restless Flycatcher
Northern Mallard Wandering Tattler White-throated Needletail Magpie-lark
Pacific Black Duck Ruddy Turnstone Azure Kingfisher Rufous Fantail
Australasian Shoveler Red Knot Laughing Kookaburra Grey Fantail
Grey Teal Red-necked Stint Forest Kingfisher Willie Wagtail
  Sharp-tailed Saadpiper Sacred Kingfisher Spangled Drongo
Chestnut Teal Curlew Sandpiper Collared Kingfisher CUCKOO-SHRIKES, ORIOLES
Pink-eared Duck Comb-crested Jacana Rainbow Bee-eater Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
Hardhead Beach Stone-curlew Dollarbird Cicada bird
Australasian Grebe Aust. Pied Oystercatcher PITTA, TREECREEPERS White-winged Triller
Hoary-headed Grebe Sooty Oystercatcher Noisy Pitta Varied Triller
Great Crested Grebe Black-winged Stilt White-throated Treecreeper Olive-backed Oriole
GANNETS, CORMORANTS Red-necked Avocet Brown Treecreeper Australasian Figbird
Australasian Gannet Pacific Golden Plover WRENS, PARDALOTES WOODSWALLOWS
Australasian Darter Grey Plover Superb Fairy-wren White-breasted Woodswallow
Little Pied Cormorant Red-capped Plover Variegated Fairy-wren MAGPIE, BUTCHERBIRDS
Pied Cormorant Double-banded Plover Red-backed Fairy-wren Grey Butcherbird
Little Black Cormorant Black-fronted Dotterel Spotted Pardalote Pied Butcherbird
Great Cormorant Red-kneed Dotterel Striated Pardalote Australian Magpie
Australian Pelican Masked Lapwing SCRUBWRENS, ALLIES Pied Currawong
HERONS, IBIS, SPOONBILLS GULLS, TERNS White-browed Scrubwren BIRDS OF PARADISE
White-faced Heron Silver Gull Large-billed Scrubwren Paradise Riflebird
Little Egret Gull-billed Tern Brown Gerygone RAVENS, CROWS
Eastern Reef Egret Caspian Tern Mangrove Gerygone Torresian Crow
White-necked Heron Crested Tern White-throated Gerygone BOWERBIRDS, LARKS, PIPIT
Great Egret Little Tern Brown Thornbill Green Catbird
Intermediate Egret Whiskered Tern Buff-rumped Thornbill Regent Bowerbird
Cattle Egret PIGEONS, DOVES Yellow-rumped Thornbill Satin Bowerbird
Striated Heron Feral Pigeon Yellow Thornbill Australiasian Pipit
Nankeen Night Heron White-headed Pigeon Striated Thornbill SPARROWS, FINCHES
Little Bittern Spotted Turtle-Dove HONEYEATERS House Sparrow
Glossy Ibis Brown Cuckoo-Dove   Double-barred Finch
Australian White Ibis Emerald Dove Red Wattlebird Plum-headed Finch
Straw-necked Ibis Crested Pigeon Little Wattlebird Red-browed Finch
Royal Spoonbill Peaceful Dove Striped Honeyeater Nutmeg Mannekin
Yellow-billed Spoonbill Bar-shouldered Dove Noisy Friarbird Chestnut-breasted Mannekin
Black-necked Stork Wonga Pigeon Little Friarbird MISTLETOEBIRD
BIRDS OF PREY Wompoo Fruit-Dove Blue-faced Honeyeater Mistletoebird
Osprey Superb Fruit-dove Noisy Miner SWALLOWS, MARTINS
Pacific Baza Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove Lewin's Honeyeater Welcome Swallow
Black-shouldered Kite Topknot Pigeon Yellow-faced Honeyeater Tree Martin
Whistling Kite COCKATOOS, PARROTS Mangrove Honeyeater Fairy Martin
Brahminy Kite Glossy Black-Cockatoo Fuscous Honeyeater OLD WORLD WARBLERS, THRUSHES
White-bellied Sea-eagle Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo White-throated Honeyeater Australian Reed-Warbler
Swamp Harrier Galah Brown Honeyeater Tawny Grassbird
Brown Goshawk Long-billed Corella White-cheeked Honeyeater Little Grassbird
Grey Goshawk Little Corella Eastern Spinebill Rufous Songlark
Collared Sparrowhawk Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Dusky Honeyeater Golden-headed Cisticola
Wedge-tailed Eagle Rainbow Lorikeet Scarlet Honeyeater Silvereye
Brown Falcon Scaly-breasted Lorikeet CHATS, ROBINS Bassian Thrush
Australian Hobby Australian King-Parrot Scarlet Rbin  
Peregrin Falcon Crimson Rosella Rose Robin  
Nankeen Kestrel Eastern Rosella Pale-yellow Robin  
BROLGA, CRAKES, RAILS Pale-headed Rosella Eastern Yellow Robin MYNA, STARLING
Buff-banded Rail CUCKOOS LOGRUNNER, WHIPBIRD, SITTELLA Common Starling
Lewin's Rail Pallid Cuckoo Australian Logrunner Common Myna
Ballion's Crake Brush Cuckoo Eastern Whipbird  
Australian Spotted Crake   Varied Sittella by Laurel Allsopp
Spotless Crake     236 species / April '08

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