A list of the birds I see and can positively identify in 2025
Following on from , which reminds me, I haven’t finished off that page from last year. There’s still a few snippets of notes lying around not yet incorporated in , and I suspect there are notes I jotted to myself that I forgot to include here
| Common name | Scientific name | date | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | {2025-01-09 Thu} | Karkarook lake, Heatherton, Vic |
| Australasian Grebe | Tachybaptus novaehollandiae | {2025-01-09 Thu} | Karkarook lake, Heatherton, Vic |
| Hoary-headed Grebe | Poliocephalus poliocephalus | {2025-04-20 Sun} | Warrnambool, Vic |
| Australian Pelican | Pelecanus conspicillatus | {2025-01-10 Fri} | Lara, Vic |
| Australasian Gannet | Morus serrator | {2025-01-01 Wed} | Aireys Inlet, Vic |
| Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | {2025-07-14 Mon} | Norfolk Island |
| Black-faced Cormorant | Phalacrocorax fuscescens | {2025-04-20 Sun} | Stingray Bay, Warrnambool, Vic |
| Little Pied Cormoran | Phalacrocorax varius | {2025-04-16 Wed} | Huntingdale Wetlands, Mt Waverley, Vic |
| Great cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | {2025-01-01 Wed} | Lorne, Vic |
| Australasian darter | Anhinga novaehollandiae | {2025-10-15 Wed} | Albury, NSW |
| White-necked Heron | Ardea pacifica | {2025-01-27 Sun} | Wandiligong, Vic |
| White-faced heron | Egretta novaehollandiae | {2025-01-02 Thu} | Lorne, Vic |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | {2025-01-23 Thu} | Seymour, Vic |
| Intermedia Egret | Ardea intermedia | {2025-04-18 Fri} | Kelly’s swamp, Warrnambool, Vic |
| Cattle Egret | Ardea coromanda | {2025-09-27 Sat} | Kyabram, Vic |
| Nankeen Night Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus | {2025-02-19 Wed} | Caulfield Park, Caulfield, Vic |
| Yellow-billed Spoonbill | Platalea flavipes | {2025-12-28 Sat} | Lara, Vic |
| Australian White Ibis | Threskiornis molucca | {2025-01-10 Fri} | Lara, Vic |
| Straw-necked Ibis | Threskiornis spinicollis | {2025-04-18 Fri} | Kelly’s swamp, Warrnambool, Vic |
| Magpie Goose | Anseranas semipalmata | {2025-04-18 Fri} | Kelly’s swamp, Warrnambool, Vic |
| Black Swan | Cygnus atratus | {2025-01-09 Thu} | Karkarook lake, Heatherton, Vic |
| Blue-billed Duck | Oxyura australia | {2025-11-02 Sun} | Namitjira Park, Clayton, Vic |
| Australian Shelduck | Tadorna tadornoides | {2025-04-18 Fri} | Kelly’s swamp, Warrnambool, Vic |
| Pacific Black duck | Anas superciliosa | {2025-01-01 Wed} | Lorne, Vic |
| Chestnut Teal | Anas castanea | {2025-01-17 Thu} | Glen Iris wetlands, Glen Iris, Vic |
| Australian Wood Duck | Chenonetta jubata | {2025-01-01 Wed} | Lorne, Vic |
| Black-shouldered Kite | Elanus axillaris | {2025-04-19 Sat} | Warrnambool, Vic |
| Wedge-tailed Eagle | Aquila audax | {2025-01-26 Sun} | Buckland valley, Porepunkah, Vic |
| Swamp Harrier | Circus approximans | {2025-04-18 Fri} | Kelly’s swamp, Warrnambool, Vic |
| Nankeen Kestrel | Falco cenchroides | {2025-01-23 Thu} | Seymour, Vic |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | {2025-09-28 Sun} | Balaclava Mine, Whroo, Vic |
| Dusky Moorhen | Gallinula tenebrosa | {2025-01-03 Fri} | Lorne, Vic |
| Emu | Dromaius novaehollandiae | {2025-10-21 Tue} | Batlow, NSW |
| Pukeko | Porphyrio meanotus | {2025-01-09 Thu} | Karkarook lake, Heatherton, Vic |
| Eurasian Coot | Fulica atra | {2025-01-09 Thu} | Karkarook lake, Heatherton, Vic |
| Pied Oystercatcher | Haematopus longirostris | {2025-04-18 Fri} | Shipwreck bay, Warrnambool, Vic |
| Sooty Oystercatcher | Haematopus fuliginosus | {2025-01-12 Sun} | Sheoak creek, Lorne, Vic |
| Masked Lapwing | Vanellus miles | {2025-01-03 Fri} | Lorne, Vic |
| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | {2025-04-18 Fri} | Kelly’s swamp, Warrnambool, Vic |
| Silver Gull | Larus novaehollandiae | {2025-01-01 Wed} | Lorne, Vic |
| Pacific Gull | Larus pacificus | {2025-01-06 Mon} | Point Grey, Lorne, Vic |
| Rock Dove | Columba livia | {2025-01-03 Fri} | Melbourne, Vic |
| Spotted Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia chinensis | {2025-01-03 Wed} | Lorne, Vic |
| Common Bronzewing | Phaps chalcoptera | {2025-01-09 Thu} | Karkarook lake, Heatherton, Vic |
| Crested Pigeon | Ocyphaps lophotes | {2025-01-09 Thu} | Karkarook lake, Heatherton, Vic |
| Emerald Dove | Chalcophaps indica | {2025-07-15 Tue} | Norfolk Island |
| Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo | Calyptorhynchus funereus | {2025-01-01 Wed} | Lorne, Vic |
| Gang-gang cockatoo | Callocephalon fimbriatum | {2025-01-03 Fri} | Lorn, Vic |
| Galah | Eolophus roseicapilla | {2025-01-03 Fri} | Lorne, Vic |
| Long-billed Corella | Cacatua tenuirostris | {2025-01-02 Thu} | Lorne, Vic |
| Sulphur-crested Cockatoo | Cacatua galerita | {2025-01-01 Wed} | Lorne, Vic |
| Rainbow Lorikeet | Trichoglossus haematodus | {2025-01-09 Thu} | Hughesdale, Vic |
| Australian King Parrot | Alisterus scapularis | {2025-01-03 Wed} | Lorne, Vic |
| Crimson Rosella | Platycercus elegans | {2025-01-03 Fri} | Lorne, Vic |
| Eastern Rosella | Platycercus eximius | {2025-01-07 Tue} | Bellbrae, Vic |
| Red-rumped parrot | Psephotus haematonotus | {2025-10-15 Wed} | Albury, NSW |
| Blue-winged Parrot | Neophema chrysostoma | {2025-01-03 Fri} | Lorne, Vic |
| Norfolk Island Green Parrot | Cyanoramphus cookii | {2025-07-16 Wed} | Norfolk Island |
| Dollarbird | Eurystomus orientalis | {2025-10-20 Mon} | Bowning, NSW |
| Fork-tailed Swift | Apus pacificus | {2025-01-03 Fri} | Lorne beach, Lorne, Vic |
| Tawny Frogmouth | Podargus strigoides | {2025-05-24 Sat} | Boyd Park, Murrumbeena, Vic |
| Laughing Kookaburra | Dacelo novaeguineae | {2025-01-01 Wed} | Lorne, Vic |
| Sacred Kingisher | Todiramphus sanctus | {2025-01-25 Sat} | Harrietville, Vic |
| Welcome Swallow | Hirundo neoxena | {2025-01-01 Wed} | Lorne, Vic |
| White-browed scrubwren | Sericornis frontalis | {2025-11-30 Sun} | Kia Ora Caravan park, Lorne, Vic |
| Yellow-rumped Thornbill | Acanthiza chrysorrhoa | {2025-09-27 Sat} | Kyabram, Vic |
| Norfolk Island Gerygone | Gerygone Modesta | {2025-07-16 Wed} | Norfolk Island |
| Spotted Pardalote | Pardalotus punctatus | {2025-09-28 Sun} | Balaclava Mine, Whroo, Vic |
| Bassian thrush | Zoothera lunulata | {2025-06-08 Sun} | Otways, Lorne, Vic |
| Common Blackbird | Turdus merula | {2025-01-01 Wed} | Lorne, Vic |
| Scarlet Robin | Petroica multicolor | {2025-06-08 Sun} | Otways, Lorne, Vic |
| Eastern Yellow Robin | Eopsaltria australis | {2025-01-26 Sun} | Buckland valley, Porepunkah, Vic |
| Golden Whistler | Pachycephala pectoralis | {2025-07-16 Wed} | Norfolk Island |
| Grey Shrike-thrush | Colluricincla harmonica | {2025-01-27 Mon} | Bright, Vic |
| Silvereye | Zosterops lateralis | {2025-07-15 Tue} | Norfolk Island |
| Slender-billed White Eye | Zosterops tenuirostris | {2025-07-15 Tue} | Norfolk Island |
| Grey fantail | Rhipidura fuliginosa | {2025-01-24 Sat} | Bright, Vic |
| Willie wagtail | Rhipidura leucophrys | {2025-01-16 Thu} | Glen Iris, Vic |
| Pacific Robin | Petroica multicolor | {2025-07-16 Wed} | Norfolk Island |
| Superb Fairy-wren | Malurus cyaneus | {2025-01-01 Wed} | Lorne, Vic |
| White-throated Treecreeper | Cormobates leucophaeus | {2025-01-26 Sun} | Buckland valley, Porepunkah, Vic |
| Red Wattlebird | Anthochaera carunculata | {2025-01-01 Wed} | Lorne, Vic |
| Noisy Friarbird | Philemon corniculatus | {2025-10-21 Tue} | Jugiong, NSW |
| White-fronted chat | Epthianura albifrons | {2025-09-28 Sun} | Balaclava Mine, Whroo, Vic |
| Noisy Miner | Manorina melanocephala | {2025-01-09 Thu} | Hughesdale, Vic |
| White-eared Honeyeater | Nesoptilotis leucotis | {2025-07-06 Sun} | Langwarrin Fauna Reserve, Langwarrin, Vic |
| Singing Honeyeater | Lichenostomus virescens | {2025-04-18 Fri} | Warrnambool, Vic |
| New Holland Honeyeater | Phylidonyris novaehollandiae | {2025-01-04 Sat} | Lorne, Vic |
| Eastern Spinebill | Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris | {2025-01-06 Mon} | Lorne, Vic |
| European Goldfinch | Carduelis carduelis | {2025-04-18 Fri} | Koroit, Vic |
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | {2025-01-01 Wed} | Lorne, Vic |
| Red-browed finch | Neochmia temporalis | {2025-01-04 Sat} | Lorne, Vic |
| Common Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | {2025-01-07 Tue} | Lara, Vic |
| Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | {2025-01-07 Tue} | Lara, Vic |
| Satin bowerbid | Ptilonorhynchus violaceus | {2025-01-07 Tue} | Lorne, Vic |
| White-winged Chough | Corcorax melanorhamphos | {2025-02-25 Sat} | Bright, Vic |
| Magpie Lark | Grallina cyanoleuca | {2025-01-01 Wed} | Lorne, Vic |
| Grey Butcherbird | Cracticus torquatus | {2025-01-08 Wed} | Monash University, Vic |
| Australian Magpie | Gymnorhina tibicen | {2025-01-03 Fri} | Lorne, Vic |
| White-winged Triller | Lalage tricolor | {2025-10-22 Wed} | Jingellic, NSW |
| Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike | Coracina novaehollandiae | {2025-10-15 Wed} | Albury, NSW |
| Dusky woodswallow | Artamus cyanopterus | {2025-10-15 Wed} | Albury, NSW |
| Pied Currawong | Strepera graculina | {2025-01-03 Tue} | Lorne, Vic |
| Little Raven | Corvus mellori | {2025-01-02 Wed} | Lorne, Vic |
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last reviewed or updated 2026-01-17 Sat
