Birdlist for the Tweed Valley of northern NSW, between Byron Bay and the Gold Coast, compiled by Tweed Bird Observers members.

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TBO's mission: to encourage the appreciation & conservation of birds in the Tweed Valley & surrounding regions

Bird Species List - Tweed Valley, New South Wales, Australia*

* List as at 31/10/04, courtesy of Laurel Allsopp, Matthew Angus - Tweed Bird Observers members.
Please note: the list as shown here, is ordered into taxonomical groups.
This list is also available in: Adobe PDF v6 (70kb opens new window) - printable as plain text, and xls (20 kb MS 95) file formats. See also Northern Rivers Bird List and Bird Walks of the Tweed Valley

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Tweed Valley Birds Species Comprehensive List - 225 species / Oct. '04
MOUND-BUILDERS, QUAIL	Dusky Moorhen	Fan-tailed Cuckoo	WHISTLERS, SHRIKE-THRUSHES
Australian Brush Turkey	Eurasian Coot	Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo	Golden Whistler
Brown Quail	WADERS	Shining Bronze-Cuckoo	Rufous Whistler
SWANS, GEESE	Latham's Snipe	Little Bronze-Cuckoo	Little Shrike-thrush
DUCKS, GREBES	Black-tailed Godwit	Common Koel	Grey Shrike-thrush
Magpie Goose	Bar-tailed Godwit	Channel-billed Cuckoo	MAGPIE-LARK, FLYCATCHERS
Plumed Whistling-Duck	Whimbrel	Pheasant Coucal	Black-faced Monarch
Wandering Whistling-Duck	Eastern Curlew	NIGHT BIRDS	Spectacled Monarch
Black Swan	Common Greenshank	Barn Owl	White-eared Monarch
Australian Shelduck	Terek Sandpiper	Tawny Frogmouth	Leaden Flycatcher
Australian Wood Duck	Grey-tailed Tattler	SWIFTS, KINGFISHERS	Satin Flycatcher
Mallard	Wandering Tattler	White-throated Needletail	Restless Flycatcher
Pacific Black Duck	Ruddy Turnstone	Azure Kingfisher	Magpie-lark
Australasian Shoveler	Red Knot	Laughing Kookaburra	Rufous Fantail
Grey Teal	Red-necked Stint	Forest Kingfisher	Grey Fantail
Chestnut Teal	Curlew Sandpiper	Sacred Kingfisher	Willie Wagtail
Pink-eared Duck	Comb-crested Jacana	Collared Kingfisher	Spangled Drongo
Hardhead	Beach Stone-curlew	Rainbow Bee-eater	CUCKOO-SHRIKES, ORIOLES
Australasian Grebe	Pied Oystercatcher	Dollarbird	Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
Hoary-headed Grebe	Sooty Oystercatcher	PITTA, TREECREEPERS	Cicada bird
Great Crested Grebe	Black-winged Stilt	Noisy Pitta	White-winged Triller
GANNETS, CORMORANTS	Red-necked Avocet	White-throated Treecreeper	Varied Triller
Australasian Gannet	Pacific Golden Plover	Brown Treecreeper	Olive-backed Oriole
Darter	Grey Plover	WRENS, PARDALOTES	Figbird
Little Pied Cormorant	Red-capped Plover	Superb Fairy-wren	WOODSWALLOWS
Pied Cormorant	Double-banded Plover	Variegated Fairy-wren	White-breasted Woodswallow
Little Black Cormorant	Black-fronted Dotterel	Red-backed Fairy-wren	MAGPIE, BUTCHERBIRDS
Great Cormorant	Red-kneed Dotterel	Spotted Pardalote	Grey Butcherbird
Australian Pelican	Masked Lapwing	Striated Pardalote	Pied Butcherbird
HERONS, IBIS, SPOONBILLS	GULLS, TERNS	SCRUBWRENS, ALLIES	Australian Magpie
White-faced Heron	Silver Gull	White-browed Scrubwren	Pied Currawong
Little Egret	Gull-billed Tern	Large-billed Scrubwren	BIRDS OF PARADISE
Eastern Reef Egret	Caspian Tern	Brown Gerygone	Paradise Riflebird
White-necked Heron	Crested Tern	Mangrove Gerygone	RAVENS, CROWS
Great Egret	Little Tern	White-throated Gerygone	Torresian Crow
Intermediate Egret	Whiskered Tern	Brown Thornbill	BOWERBIRDS, LARKS, PIPIT
Cattle Egret	PIGEONS, DOVES	Buff-rumped Thornbill	Green Catbird
Striated Heron	Feral Pigeon	Yellow-rumped Thornbill	Regent Bowerbird
Nankeen Night Heron	White-headed Pigeon	Yellow Thornbill	Satin Bowerbird
Little Bittern	Spotted Turtle-Dove	Striated Thornbill	Richard's Pipit
Glossy Ibis	Brown Cuckoo-Dove	HONEYEATERS	SPARROWS, FINCHES
Australian White Ibis	Emerald Dove	Red Wattlebird	House Sparrow
Straw-necked Ibis	Crested Pigeon	Little Wattlebird	Double-barred Finch
Royal Spoonbill	Peaceful Dove	Striped Honeyeater	Red-browed Finch
Yellow-billed Spoonbill	Bar-shouldered Dove	Noisy Friarbird	Nutmeg Mannekin
Black-necked Stork	Wonga Pigeon	Little Friarbird	Chestnut-breasted Mannekin
BIRDS OF PREY	Wompoo Fruit-Dove	Blue-faced Honeyeater	MISTLETOEBIRD
Osprey	Superb Fruit-dove	Noisy Miner	Mistletoebird
Pacific Baza	Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove	Lewin's Honeyeater	SWALLOWS, MARTINS
Black-shouldered Kite	Topknot Pigeon	Yellow-faced Honeyeater	Welcome Swallow
Whistling Kite	COCKATOOS, PARROTS	Mangrove Honeyeater	Tree Martin
Brahminy Kite	Glossy Black-Cockatoo	Fuscous Honeyeater	Fairy Martin
White-bellied Sea-eagle	Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo	White-throated Honeyeater	OLD WORLD WARBLERS
Swamp Harrier	Galah	Brown Honeyeater	THRUSHES
Brown Goshawk	Long-billed Corella	White-cheeked Honeyeater	Clamorous Reed-Warbler
Grey Goshawk	Little Corella	Eastern Spinebill	Tawny Grassbird
Collared Sparrowhawk	Sulphur-crested Cockatoo	Scarlet Honeyeater	Little Grassbird
Wedge-tailed Eagle	Rainbow Lorikeet		Golden-headed Cisticola
Brown Falcon	Scaly-breasted Lorikeet		Silvereye
Australian Hobby	Australian King-Parrot	CHATS, ROBINS	Bassian Thrush
Nankeen Kestrel	Crimson Rosella	Rose Robin
BROLGA, CRAKES, RAILS	Eastern Rosella	Eastern Yellow Robin
Buff-banded Rail	Pale-headed Rosella	LOGRUNNER, WHIPBIRD, SITTELLA	MYNA, STARLING
Ballion's Crake	CUCKOOS	Logrunner
Australian Spotted Crake	Pallid Cuckoo	Eastern Whipbird	Common Starling
Purple Swamphen	Brush Cuckoo	Varied Sittella	Common Myna

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Bird Species List* - Tweed Valley, New South Wales, Australia

Tweed Valley Birds Species Comprehensive List - 225 species / Oct. '04

Bird Species List - Tweed Valley, New South Wales, Australia*