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BIRDS OF THE SUMMIT


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A glossary of the birds I've seen at Mt Barker Summit, with links to photos and further information at Birds in Backyards and other sites

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One of the few photos I've taken of a bird at MtBS
that doesn't look like a black speck in a forest

A Superb Blue Fairy-wren, of course.

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Adelaide Rosella
Australasian Kestrel
Blackbird
Black-capped sitella
Black-faced cuckoo shrike
Brown falcon
Brown Goshawk
Brown thornbill
Buff-rumped thornbill (?)
Collared Sparrowhawk
Common Bronzewing
Eastern spinebill
European Goldfinch
Galah
Golden Whistler
Grey Currawong
Grey fantail
Grey Shrike-thrush
Laughing Kookaburra
Little Raven
Little thornbill  (?)
Mistletoe bird
New Holland Honeyeater
Red wattlebird
Red-browed firetail (finch)
Red-rumped parrot
Silvereye
Striated Pardelote
Striated thornbill
Stubble quail
Sulphur-crested cockatoo
Superb blue fairy-wren
Wedge-tailed Eagle
White-backed Magpie
White-browed babbler
White-browed scrubwren
White-tailed Tree Martin
Willie Wagtail
Yellow-faced honeyeater
Yellow-rumped thornbill
Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo
Zebra Finch, juvenile
The following photos are from the excellent Birds in Backyards website. For more information on each bird, click on the photo, or the bird's common name, and you'll be directed to their website.


Adelaide Rosella

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Australasian Kestrel

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Blackbird

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Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike

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Brown Falcon

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Brown Goshawk

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Brown Thornbill

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Buff-rumped Thornbill

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Collared Sparrowhawk

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Photo:
J. Irvine

Common Bronzewing

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Photo:
M.L. Schaefer

Eastern Spinebill

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European Goldfinch

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Galah

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Golden Whistler

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