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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Tweed Bird ObserversTBO'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 30/04/08, courtesy of Laurel
Allsopp - Tweed Bird Observers member. Ethical Birdwatching "To foster ethical bird observing as a social and individual activity directed to benefit Australian birds". Guidelines for birdwatching from the Bird Observers Club of Australia (BOCA) |
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Tweed Valley Birds Species Comprehensive List - 236 species / April '08 |
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| MOUND-BUILDERS, QUAIL | Purple Swamphen | Fan-tailed Cuckoo | WHISTLERS, SHRIKE-THRUSHES |
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| Dusky Moorhen | Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo | Golden Whistler | |
| Australian Brush Turkey | Eurasian Coot | Shining Bronze-Cuckoo | Rufous Whistler |
| Brown Quail | WADERS | Little Bronze-Cuckoo | Little Shrike-thrush |
| SWANS, GEESE | Latham's Snipe | Easertn Koel | Grey Shrike-thrush |
| DUCKS, GREBES | Black-tailed Godwit | Channel-billed Cuckoo | MAGPIE-LARK, FLYCATCHERS |
| Magpie Goose | Bar-tailed Godwit | Pheasant Coucal | Black-faced Monarch |
| Plumed Whistling-Duck | Whimbrel | NIGHT BIRDS | Spectacled Monarch |
| Wandering Whistling-Duck | Eastern Curlew | Southern Boobook | White-eared Monarch |
| Black Swan | Common Greenshank | Pacific Barn Owl | Leaden Flycatcher |
| Australian Shelduck | Terek Sandpiper | Tawny Frogmouth | Satin Flycatcher |
| Australian Wood Duck | Grey-tailed Tattler | SWIFTS, KINGFISHERS | Restless Flycatcher |
| Northern Mallard | Wandering Tattler | White-throated Needletail | Magpie-lark |
| Pacific Black Duck | Ruddy Turnstone | Azure Kingfisher | Rufous Fantail |
| Australasian Shoveler | Red Knot | Laughing Kookaburra | Grey Fantail |
| Grey Teal | Red-necked Stint | Forest Kingfisher | Willie Wagtail |
| Sharp-tailed Saadpiper | Sacred Kingfisher | Spangled Drongo | |
| Chestnut Teal | Curlew Sandpiper | Collared Kingfisher | CUCKOO-SHRIKES, ORIOLES |
| Pink-eared Duck | Comb-crested Jacana | Rainbow Bee-eater | Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike |
| Hardhead | Beach Stone-curlew | Dollarbird | Cicada bird |
| Australasian Grebe | Aust. Pied Oystercatcher | PITTA, TREECREEPERS | White-winged Triller |
| Hoary-headed Grebe | Sooty Oystercatcher | Noisy Pitta | Varied Triller |
| Great Crested Grebe | Black-winged Stilt | White-throated Treecreeper | Olive-backed Oriole |
| GANNETS, CORMORANTS | Red-necked Avocet | Brown Treecreeper | Australasian Figbird |
| Australasian Gannet | Pacific Golden Plover | WRENS, PARDALOTES | WOODSWALLOWS |
| Australasian Darter | Grey Plover | Superb Fairy-wren | White-breasted Woodswallow |
| Little Pied Cormorant | Red-capped Plover | Variegated Fairy-wren | MAGPIE, BUTCHERBIRDS |
| Pied Cormorant | Double-banded Plover | Red-backed Fairy-wren | Grey Butcherbird |
| Little Black Cormorant | Black-fronted Dotterel | Spotted Pardalote | Pied Butcherbird |
| Great Cormorant | Red-kneed Dotterel | Striated Pardalote | Australian Magpie |
| Australian Pelican | Masked Lapwing | SCRUBWRENS, ALLIES | Pied Currawong |
| HERONS, IBIS, SPOONBILLS | GULLS, TERNS | White-browed Scrubwren | BIRDS OF PARADISE |
| White-faced Heron | Silver Gull | Large-billed Scrubwren | Paradise Riflebird |
| Little Egret | Gull-billed Tern | Brown Gerygone | RAVENS, CROWS |
| Eastern Reef Egret | Caspian Tern | Mangrove Gerygone | Torresian Crow |
| White-necked Heron | Crested Tern | White-throated Gerygone | BOWERBIRDS, LARKS, PIPIT |
| Great Egret | Little Tern | Brown Thornbill | Green Catbird |
| Intermediate Egret | Whiskered Tern | Buff-rumped Thornbill | Regent Bowerbird |
| Cattle Egret | PIGEONS, DOVES | Yellow-rumped Thornbill | Satin Bowerbird |
| Striated Heron | Feral Pigeon | Yellow Thornbill | Australiasian Pipit |
| Nankeen Night Heron | White-headed Pigeon | Striated Thornbill | SPARROWS, FINCHES |
| Little Bittern | Spotted Turtle-Dove | HONEYEATERS | House Sparrow |
| Glossy Ibis | Brown Cuckoo-Dove | Double-barred Finch | |
| Australian White Ibis | Emerald Dove | Red Wattlebird | Plum-headed Finch |
| Straw-necked Ibis | Crested Pigeon | Little Wattlebird | Red-browed Finch |
| Royal Spoonbill | Peaceful Dove | Striped Honeyeater | Nutmeg Mannekin |
| Yellow-billed Spoonbill | Bar-shouldered Dove | Noisy Friarbird | Chestnut-breasted Mannekin |
| Black-necked Stork | Wonga Pigeon | Little Friarbird | MISTLETOEBIRD |
| BIRDS OF PREY | Wompoo Fruit-Dove | Blue-faced Honeyeater | Mistletoebird |
| Osprey | Superb Fruit-dove | Noisy Miner | SWALLOWS, MARTINS |
| Pacific Baza | Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove | Lewin's Honeyeater | Welcome Swallow |
| Black-shouldered Kite | Topknot Pigeon | Yellow-faced Honeyeater | Tree Martin |
| Whistling Kite | COCKATOOS, PARROTS | Mangrove Honeyeater | Fairy Martin |
| Brahminy Kite | Glossy Black-Cockatoo | Fuscous Honeyeater | OLD WORLD WARBLERS, THRUSHES |
| White-bellied Sea-eagle | Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo | White-throated Honeyeater | Australian Reed-Warbler |
| Swamp Harrier | Galah | Brown Honeyeater | Tawny Grassbird |
| Brown Goshawk | Long-billed Corella | White-cheeked Honeyeater | Little Grassbird |
| Grey Goshawk | Little Corella | Eastern Spinebill | Rufous Songlark |
| Collared Sparrowhawk | Sulphur-crested Cockatoo | Dusky Honeyeater | Golden-headed Cisticola |
| Wedge-tailed Eagle | Rainbow Lorikeet | Scarlet Honeyeater | Silvereye |
| Brown Falcon | Scaly-breasted Lorikeet | CHATS, ROBINS | Bassian Thrush |
| Australian Hobby | Australian King-Parrot | Scarlet Rbin | |
| Peregrin Falcon | Crimson Rosella | Rose Robin | |
| Nankeen Kestrel | Eastern Rosella | Pale-yellow Robin | |
| BROLGA, CRAKES, RAILS | Pale-headed Rosella | Eastern Yellow Robin | MYNA, STARLING |
| Buff-banded Rail | CUCKOOS | LOGRUNNER, WHIPBIRD, SITTELLA | Common Starling |
| Lewin's Rail | Pallid Cuckoo | Australian Logrunner | Common Myna |
| Ballion's Crake | Brush Cuckoo | Eastern Whipbird | |
| Australian Spotted Crake | Varied Sittella | by Laurel Allsopp | |
| Spotless Crake | 236 species / April '08 | ||
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