Birds of the Cooks River - Sydney NSW
All images © David Noble. No image can be used for any purpose
without permission.
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This gallery is a work in progress. It contains photos of birdlife
in and around the Cooks River close to where I live. It will be
added to from time to time.
The photos are continued on page 2 ,
page 3 , page 4 , page 5 , page 6 , page 7 , page 8 , page 9 , page 10 , page 11 , page 12 , page 13 , page 14 and page 15
Species List (in rough order that they appear on these pages)
Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus )
Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris )
Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio )
Silver Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae)
Chestnut Teal (Anas Castanea )
Grey Teal (Anas gracilis )
Little Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris )
Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo )
White Faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae )
Magpie Lark (Peewee) - (Grallina cyanoleuca )
Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra )
Dusky Moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa )
Rock Dove (Columba livea )
Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles )
Australian White Ibis (Threskiornis molucca )
Great Egret (Ardea modesta )
Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus )
Little Corella (Cacatua sanguinea )
Willie Wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys )
Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala )
Welcome Swallow (Hiroundo neoxena )
Australasian Darter (Anhinga novaehollandiae )
Crested Pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes )
Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita )
Grey Butcherbird (Cracticus torquatus )
Australian Raven (Corvus coronoides )
Red Wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata )
Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides )
Australian Magpie (Cracticus (Gymnorhina) tibicen )
Australasian Figbird (Sphecotheres vieilloti )
Superb Fairy-Wren (Malurus cyancus )
Australasian Grebe (Tachybaptus novaehollandiae )
New Holland Honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae )
Royal Spoonbill (Platalea regia )
Spotted Dove (Streptopelia chinensis )
Indian Myna (Sturnus tristis)
Silvereye (Zostertops lateralis )
White-browed Scrubwren (Sericornis frontalis )
Striated Heron (Butrorides striata )
Little Wattlebird (Anthochaera chrysoptera )
Little Pied Cormorant (Phalacrocorax melanoleucos )
Pied Cormorant (Phalacrocorax varius )
Australian Wood Duck (Chenonetta jubata )
Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa )
Rock Dove (Columba livea )
Sacred Kingfisher (Todirampus sanctus )
Black Faced Cuckoo-shrike (Coracina novaehollandiae)
Red-Rumped Parrot (Psephotus haematonotus )
Red-Browed Finch (Neochmia temporalis )
Red Whiskered Bulbul (Pycnonotis jocosus )
Pied Currawong (Strepera graculina )
Thanks to Andrew Taylor for help with some of the id's.
Above - pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus )
Above - Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris )
Above - Chestnut Teal (Anas Castanea )
Above - Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio )
Above - Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio )
Above - Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio )
Above - Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio )
Above - Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio )
Above - Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio )
Above - White Faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae )
Above - White Faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae )
Above - Grey Teals (Anas gracilis )
Above - Grey Teals (Anas gracilis )
Above - Silver Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae), Great
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo ), Little Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax
sulcirostris )
Above - Silver Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae), Great
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo )
Above - Juvenile Magpie Lark (Peewee) - (Grallina cyanoleuca )
Above - Juvenile Magpie Lark (Peewee) - (Grallina cyanoleuca )
Above - Juvenile Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra )
Above - Dusky Moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa )
Above - Dusky Moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa )
Above - Rock Dove (Columba livea )
Above - Rock Dove (Columba livea )
Above - Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles )
Above - Silver Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae)
Above - Silver Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae)
Above - Silver Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae),
Above - Australian White Ibis (Threskiornis molucca )
Above - Australian White Ibis (Threskiornis molucca )
Above - Australian White Ibis (Threskiornis molucca )
Above - Australian White Ibis (Threskiornis molucca )
Above - Australian White Ibis (Threskiornis molucca )
Above - Australian White Ibis (Threskiornis molucca )
Above - Grey Teals (Anas gracilis )
Above - Grey Teals (Anas gracilis )
Above - Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio )
Above - Grey Teal (Anas gracilis )
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