A list of the birds I see and can positively identify in 2026
Third year in a row I’ve decided to log this here; following on from and .
The first birds I heard on New Years Day were a pair of Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos flying over the house as I lay in bed, I think they’ll always be my favourites. Then some a galah and some sparrows cheeping from the neighbour’s garden, but I hadn’t seen them yet, so I couldn’t put them in here just yet …
| Common name | Scientific name | date | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | {2026-01-02 Fri} | Lorne, Vic |
| White-necked Heron | Ardea pacifica | {2026-01-02 Fri} | Jamieson River, Vic |
| White-faced Heron | Egretta novaehollandiae | {2026-01-02 Fri} | Erskine Falls, Lorne, Vic |
| Australian Wood Duck | Chenonetta jubata | {2026-01-01 Thu} | Lorne, Vic |
| Pacific Black duck | Anas superciliosa | {2026-01-01 Thu} | Lorne, Vic |
| Hooded Plover | Thinomis cucullatus | {2026-01-01 Thu} | Lorne, Vic |
| Masked Lapwing | Vanellus miles | {2026-01-01 Thu} | Lorne, Vic |
| Silver Gull | Larus novaehollandiae | {2026-01-01 Thu} | Lorne, Vic |
| Pacific Gull | Larus pacificus | {2026-01-02 Fri} | Jamieson River, Vic |
| Pukeko / Australasian Swamphen | Porphyrio meanotus | {2026-01-02 Fri} | Kennett River, Vic |
| Dusky Moorhen | Gallinula tenebrosa | {2026-01-02 Fri} | Kennett River, Vic |
| Tawny Frogmouth | Podargus strigoides | {2026-01-06 Tue} | Boyd Park, Murrumbeena, Vic |
| Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo | Calyptorhynchus funereus | {2026-01-01 Thu} | Lorne, Vic |
| Galah | Eolophus roseicapilla | {2026-01-01 Thu} | Lorne, Vic |
| Long-billed Corella | Cacatua tenuirostris | {2026-01-04 Sun} | Lorne, Vic |
| Sulphur-crested Cockatoo | Cacatua galerita | {2026-01-01 Thu} | Lorne, Vic |
| Rainbow Lorikeet | Trichoglossus haematodus | {2026-01-05 Mon} | Clayton, Vic |
| Australian King Parrot | Alisterus scapularis | {2026-01-01 Thu} | Lorne, Vic |
| Rock Dove | Columba livia | {2026-01-04 Sun} | Lorne, Vic |
| Spotted Dove | Streptopelia chinensis | {2026-01-04 Sun} | Lara, Vic |
| Common Bronzewing (tbc) | Phaps chalcoptera | {2026-01-03 Sat} | Lorne, Vic |
| Crested Pigeon | Ocyphaps lophotes | {2026-01-07 Wed} | Boyd Park, Murrumbeena, Vic |
| Laughing Kookaburra | Dacelo novaeguineae | {2026-01-01 Thu} | Lorne, Vic |
| Welcome Swallow | Hirundo neoxena | {2026-01-01 Thu} | Lorne, Vic |
| Superb Fairy-wren | Malurus cyaneus | {2026-01-01 Thu} | Lorne, Vic |
| Eastern Spinebill | Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris | {2026-01-04 Sun} | Lorne, Vic |
| Red Wattlebird | Anthochaera carunculata | {2026-01-01 Thu} | Lorne, Vic |
| White-eared Honeyeater | Nesoptilotis leucotis | {2026-01-01 Thu} | Lorne, Vic |
| New Holland Honeyeater | Phylidonyris novaehollandiae | {2026-01-01 Thu} | Lorne, Vic |
| Noisy Miner | Manorina melanocephala | {2026-01-05 Mon} | Clayton, Vic |
| Pied Currawong | Strepera graculina | {2026-01-01 Thu} | Lorne, Vic |
| Australian Magpie | Gymnorhina tibicen | {2026-01-01 Thu} | Lorne, Vic |
| Little Raven | Corvus mellori | {2026-01-01 Thu} | Lorne, Vic |
| Magpie Lark | Grallina cyanoleuca | {2026-01-02 Fri} | Lorne, Vic |
| Grey Fantail | Rhipidura fuliginosa | {2026-01-02 Fri} | Kennet River, Vic |
| Grey Shrike-thrush | Colluricincla harmonica | {2026-01-02 Fri} | Kennett River, Vic |
| Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | {2026-01-04 Sun} | Lara, Vic |
| Common Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | {2026-01-02 Fri} | Lorne, Vic |
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | {2026-01-01 Thu} | Lorne, Vic |
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last reviewed or updated 2026-01-12 Mon
