Birds of the Macedon Ranges

Birds spotted in the Macedon Range (not the shire area).

• Anhinga novaehollandiae Australian Darter Darter Threskiornis molucca Australian White Ibis Sacred Ibis Platycercus eximius Eastern Rosella Platycercus elegans elegans Crimson Rosella Corvus mellori Little Raven Vanellus miles Masked Lapwing Cormobates leucophaeus White-throated Treecreeper Anthochaera carunculata Red Wattlebird Erythrogonys cinctus Red-kneed Dotterel Chenonetta jubata Australian Wood Duck Maned Duck Anas superciliosa Pacific Black Duck Fulica atra Eurasian Coot Eolophus roseicapillus Galah Dacelo novaeguineae Laughing Kookaburra Malurus cyaneus Superb Blue-wren Superb Fairy-wren Rhipidura leucophrys Willie Wagtail

  14 May 2018 • -37.4,144.6 • Chris Steffanoni

  Very excited to spot Erythrogonoys cinctus with my new binoculars. First time spot.

  Map location: -37.4236,144.588199

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  1. Chris Steffanoni  Elyseyornis melanops wrongly ID'd as erythronogonys cinctus. (obs. Breast-band broadens to V in centre of chest)

     Reply • 15 May

  3. David Francis  Hi Chris, great list. You can always edi your observations to change description, id. etc.

     Reply • 15 May

  5. David Francis  Click on edit.

     Reply • 15 May
• Coracina novaehollandiae Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike

  15 Mar 2018 • -37.4,144.6 • Chris Steffanoni

  This is the first black-faced cukoo shrike that I have spotted here. A very handsome bird

  Map location: -37.417328,144.580474

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  1. David Francis  Nice observation, Chris. They often advertise their presence with their distinctive call.

     Reply • 15 Mar
• Alisterus scapularis Australian King-parrot King Parrot

  02 Sep 2017 • -37.4,144.6 • David Francis

  Male King Parrot feeding on the fruit of a Fatsia japonica planted outside our kitchen window.

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  1. Andrew Brown  They're such beautiful birds :-)

     Reply • 02 Sep 2017
• Petroica boodang Scarlet Robin

  30 May 2017 • -37.4,144.6 • Chris Steffanoni

  Giving a bit of colour to winter in the Macedon Ranges. I'm not sure what the small olive birds are that these robins tend to hang around with. They are too fast for me to get a photo of.

  

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  1. David Francis  The fast-moving small birds could be thornbills.

     Reply • 23 Jun 2017

  3. David Francis  photo cropped and lightened.

     Reply • 23 Jun 2017

  4. • Chris Steffanoni  Great. Thanks David

       Reply • 30 Jun 2017
• Colluricincla harmonica Grey Shrike-thrush

  03 Jun 2017 • -37.4,144.6 • Chris Steffanoni

  Grey Currawong

  

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  1. Lawrie Conole  It's actually a Grey Shrike-thrush I believe.

     Reply • 19 Jun 2017

  3. Lawrie Conole  Adult male - whitish lores.

     Reply • 22 Jun 2017

  4. • Chris Steffanoni  Thanks Lawrie. He was definitely keeping fairly quiet so didn't get a chance to hear his voice.

       Reply • 23 Jun 2017
• Microcarbo melanoleucos Little Pied Cormorant

  30 May 2017 • -37.4,144.6 • Chris Steffanoni

  A single Microcarbo melanoleucos by the main lake at Bolobek

  

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• Cracticus tibicen Australian Magpie

  02 Jun 2017 • -37.4,144.6 • Chris Steffanoni

  The only bird tame enough for me to get a nice photo of. We have a family of 5 which tap on the kitchen window of a morning.

  

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  1. David Francis  I wonder if the baby birds will "move out" before the breeding season in Spring.

     Reply • 09 Jun 2017

  2. • Chris Steffanoni  They don't seem to at the moment. I suggest they have been buying too much Smashed Avo on toast so can't afford a deposit for their own nests.

       Reply • 10 Jun 2017
• Malurus cyaneus Superb Blue-wren Superb Fairy-wren

  05 Jun 2017 • -37.4,144.6 • Chris Steffanoni

  The Malurus cyaneus are so bright at this time of year.

  

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• Zosterops lateralis Silvereye

  05 Jun 2017 • -37.4,144.6 • Chris Steffanoni

  Silvereye having fun in our big old oak.

  

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• Sericornis frontalis White-browed Scrubwren Malurus cyaneus Superb Blue-wren Superb Fairy-wren Turdus merula Common Blackbird Cracticus tibicen Australian Magpie

  02 Jun 2017 • -37.4,144.6 • Chris Steffanoni

  A morning watching one of our local magpies hassling the white browed scrubwrens

  Map location: -37.41738,144.579938

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• Phylidonyris novaehollandiae New Holland Honeyeater

  30 May 2017 • -37.4,144.6 • Chris Steffanoni

  A striking little honeyeater, posing for the camera just near Bolobek Lake.

  

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• Alisterus scapularis Australian King-parrot King Parrot

  28 May 2017 • -37.4,144.6 • Chris Steffanoni

  A pair of well fed and confident King Parrots

  

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  1. David Francis  These striking parrots now resident in the Macedon Ranges after extending their range from the east of Vic. over the last 10 or 12 years.

     Reply • 30 May 2017
• Coracina novaehollandiae Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike

  06 Mar 2017 • -37.4,144.6 • David Francis

  A family group of black-faced cuckoo-shrikes flying from tree to tree. Juveniles calling loudly and begging for food.

  

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• Sericornis frontalis White-browed Scrubwren

  28 Jan 2017 • -37.4,144.6 • David Francis

  Juvenile or female. The bird was so tame/inquisitive I could use my close-up lens! Note the pale grey eye colour of this individual. The eyes are more often pale yellow, I think.

  

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  1. Andrew Allen  Young White-browed Scrubwren?

     Reply • 28 Jan 2017

  3. David Francis  Thanks, Andrew

     Reply • 28 Jan 2017
• Callocephalon fimbriatum Gang-gang Cockatoo

  31 Dec 2016 • -37.4,144.6 • David Francis

  One of a noisy flock of 10 Gang-gang Cockatoos feeding on grubs in an Acacia mearnsii. They all looked to be young males with developing red head-feathering. They were quite unfazed by my close presence.

  

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• Threskiornis molucca Australian White Ibis Sacred Ibis

  10 Dec 2016 • -37.4,144.6 • David Francis

  Occasionally a fearless lone white ibis wanders around our backyard.

  

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• Dacelo novaeguineae Laughing Kookaburra

  05 Oct 2016 • -37.4,144.7 • Lydia Best

  Sitting on the window-sill watching its reflection. It let me get VERY close and stayed there for around 5 minutes then flew off. Very beautiful.

  

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  1. David Francis  Very cute. Are you sure it wasn't looking at you and not its reflection? I fixed up the location for you.

     Reply • 18 Oct 2016
• Caligavis chrysops Yellow-faced Honeyeater

  08 Jul 2016 • -37.4,144.6 • David Francis

  Feeding on cultivated Eucalyptus crenulata. Blue eyes.

  

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• Melithreptus lunatus White-naped Honeyeater

  29 Feb 2016 • -37.4,144.6 • David Francis

  

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• Melithreptus lunatus White-naped Honeyeater

  29 Feb 2016 • -37.4,144.6 • David Francis

  Comparison of adult and immature White-naped Honeyeater. The immature bird has a brown head and the eye crescent and base of bill are both orange.

  

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• Caligavis chrysops Yellow-faced Honeyeater

  29 Feb 2016 • -37.4,144.6 • David Francis

  

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• Oriolus sagittatus Olive-backed Oriole

  28 Feb 2016 • -37.4,144.6 • David Francis

  We have been seeing this bird feeding on the small grapes on the vine on our verandah. It takes fright easily but the shape, size and black-streaks on the white belly give a positive identification. It flies off quickly with the slightest disturbance before a photo can be taken.

  Map location: -37.4083,144.595047

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• Zoothera lunulata Bassian Thrush Ground Thrush White's Thrush

  31 May 2015 • -37.4,144.6 • Wendy Furniss

  Camel's Hump track, 5 degrees and very misty

  

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• Neochmia temporalis Red-browed Finch Red-browed Firetail

  13 Apr 2015 • -37.4,144.6 • David Francis

  One of a flock of about a dozen birds active in the area.

  

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• Callocephalon fimbriatum Gang-gang Cockatoo

  22 Mar 2015 • -37.4,144.6 • David Francis

  Group of four Gang-gangs drinking from water in tyre ruts on track.

  

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• Egretta novaehollandiae White-faced Heron

  14 Aug 2014 • -37.4,144.6 • David Francis

  A pair return each Spring for breeding

  

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• Eolophus roseicapillus Galah

  13 Jul 2014 • -37.4,144.6 • David Francis

  

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• Eopsaltria australis Eastern Yellow Robin

  11 May 2014 • -37.4,144.6 • David Francis

  

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• Acanthiza reguloides Buff-rumped Thornbill

  11 May 2014 • -37.4,144.6 • David Francis

  Flock of about a dozen birds foraging on the ground, on tree trunks and foliage.

  

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• Falcunculus frontatus Crested Shrike-tit

  31 Mar 2014 • -37.4,144.6 • David Francis

  One of a pair (male)

  

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