• Welcome to BirdForum, the internet's largest birding community with thousands of members from all over the world. The forums are dedicated to wild birds, birding, binoculars and equipment and all that goes with it.

    Please register for an account to take part in the discussions in the forum, post your pictures in the gallery and more.
Where premium quality meets exceptional value. ZEISS Conquest HDX.

australian birds

  1. Australian Magpies

    Australian Magpies

    I think this is an adult magpie teaching its young one the art of survival or telling it, it is time to go. When you have backyard birds it's amazing what you get to see.
    • DeesBackyardBids
    • Media item
    • australia australian birds australian magpie backyard birds birds magpie nikon coolpix p-900
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  2. Striated Heron / Mangrove Heron (juv.)

    Striated Heron / Mangrove Heron (juv.)

    A juvenile Striated Heron (Mangrove Heron, Little Heron or Green-backed Heron) at the City Reach Boardwalk, Brisbane River, in Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia.
    • Michael Billerbeck
    • Media item
    • australia australian birds brisbane brisbane city brisbane river butorides butorides striata green-backed heron heron juvenile little heron mangrove heron queensland striated heron video
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  3. Australasian Figbird / Green Figbird (♂)

    Australasian Figbird / Green Figbird (♂)

    A male Australasian Figbird vocalizing under a tree in Rubyvale. This male is the “green” variant which has a more greenish breast. There is also a “yellow” variant (Sphecotheres flaviventris) which can be seen more in the north of Queensland (for example Port Douglas or Cairns). (I only have a...
    • Michael Billerbeck
    • Media item
    • australasian figbird australia australian birds call calling central highlands regon figbird queensland rubyvale sphecotheres sphecotheres vieilloti video
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  4. Pied Oystercatcher / Australian Oystercatcher

    Pied Oystercatcher / Australian Oystercatcher

    I filmed this Australian Oystercatcher in the early morning at the north east coast of Heron Island while he was continuously calling.
    • Michael Billerbeck
    • Media item
    • australia australian birds australian oystercatcher australian pied oystercatcher australian shorebird call calling coral cay great barrier reef haematopus longirostris heron island oystercatcher pied oystercatcher queensland video
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  5. Brown Cuckoo-Dove / Slender-billed Cuckoo-Dove

    Brown Cuckoo-Dove / Slender-billed Cuckoo-Dove

    I filmed this Brown Cuckoo-Dove or Slender-billed Cuckoo-Dove on my last day in Brisbane, Queensland, in the Brisbane State Forest in Australia.
    • Michael Billerbeck
    • Media item
    • australia australian birds brisbane brisbane state forest brown cuckoo-dove dove macropygia phasianella queensland slender-billed cuckoo-dove video
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  6. Orange-footed Scrubfowl

    Orange-footed Scrubfowl

    You can see these Orange-footed Scrubfowls north of Queensland in Port Douglas and Cairns region. Besides Rainbow Lorikeets, Green Orioles and other birds you can also hear the Peaceful Dove.
    • Michael Billerbeck
    • Media item
    • australia australian birds megapode megapodius reinwardt north queensland orange-footed megapode orange-footed scrubfowl port douglas queensland scrubfowl video
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  7. Pacific Reef Herons

    Pacific Reef Herons

    I saw this pair of Pacific Reef Herons, a light morph and a dark morph, on the north east coast of Heron Island. Besides the Pacific Reef Herons you can also hear a high pitched call which is the call from an Australian Oystercatcher.
    • Michael Billerbeck
    • Media item
    • australia australian birds dark morph eastern reef egret eastern reef heron egret great barrier reef heron heron island light morph pacific reef heron queensland video white morph
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  8. White-winged Chough

    White-winged Chough

    I noticed this White-winged Chough at a freeway service station near Emeral, Central Highlands Region, in Queensland, Australia. This was the first time I have seen this bird, and this bird is one of the two Australian mud-nest builder species. The second one is the Apostlebird. The white “under...
    • Michael Billerbeck
    • Media item
    • australia australian birds australian mud-nest australian mud-nest builder central highlands region corcorax melanorhamphos emerald queensland video white-winged cough
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  9. Australian Ringneck (Mallee)

    Australian Ringneck (Mallee)

    I found a flock of 4 individuals and surprisingly they were quite OK with my presence, as I hid behind a tree. They heard the camera noise and I was fairly certain the had seen me but they were content to remain on their respective perches. I had seen the species on 3 other occasions but this...
    • Kerryn Ryan
    • Media item
    • australian birds australian ringneck birds of australia
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  10. White-browed Woodswallow

    White-browed Woodswallow

    My second favourite photo I have ever taken. This is a female White-browed Woodswallow. What a fantastic day this was. The Woodswallows had just arrived, en masse, in the National Park near Bendigo. They were very busily courting and pairing up and it was just a delight to watch them. I love...
    • Kerryn Ryan
    • Media item
    • artamus superciliosus australian birds birds of australia white-browed woodswallow
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  11. Red-capped Robin (male)

    Red-capped Robin (male)

    • Kerryn Ryan
    • Media item
    • australian birds birds of australia red-capped robin robin
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  12. Rainbow Lorikeet

    Rainbow Lorikeet

    This beautiful bird was munching mulberries while I was chatting with the the magpies and butcherbirds. He called out to me, but would only show me his head for a sec before ducking back in the thick branches. I grabbed the camera and gently spoke to him for a few minutes and he came out and posed.
    • ghouse
    • Media item
    • australian birds lorikeet parrots
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  13. Black Swan, Australia

    Black Swan, Australia

    • chezzyr
    • Media item
    • australia australian birds australian wildlife black swan coorong flying swan
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  14. Little Wattlebird call

    Little Wattlebird call

    Called really loud - hic caah! Had his mate nearby when flying from tree to tree with me in pursuit, but she always hid.
    • monika
    • Media item
    • australian birds
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  15. Perch fit for a pelican

    Perch fit for a pelican

    Sewage pipe is big enough for pelicans to perch near Adelaide Airport
    • monika
    • Media item
    • australian birds black-faced cormorant digital photography pelican phalacrocorax fuscescens
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  16. Black-backed (Little) Bittern

    Black-backed (Little) Bittern

    Very difficult bird to see, but patience can be rewarded in summer. Recently split from Eurasian species.
    • Tom Tarrant
    • Media item
    • australian birds ixobrychus dubius
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  17. Hooded Robin

    Hooded Robin

    A rare western species, Sundown National Park, where this image was taken is on the edge of it's range.
    • Tom Tarrant
    • Media item
    • australian birds
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  18. White-browed Woodswallow

    White-browed Woodswallow

    This is a rare species in our area, however during the drought last winter, flocks of thousands passed through SE Qld.
    • Tom Tarrant
    • Media item
    • artamus superciliosus australian birds
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  19. White-breasted Woodswallow

    White-breasted Woodswallow

    Continuing with woodswallows, this is the commonest in our area. see http://www.aviceda.org for more digiscoped birds
    • Tom Tarrant
    • Media item
    • australian birds
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  20. Male Regent Bowerbird

    Male Regent Bowerbird

    Another shot of a very handsome bird.
    • Tom Tarrant
    • Media item
    • australian birds
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
Back
Top