Linda and Roger's Southwater Downs

A Starter List of Animals in the Area – Part 3


This page contains a list of animals observed within 5km of the location '4210 Illawarra Highway, Robertson NSW', as extracted from the Atlas of Living Australia database on 10 April 2011.

The intention is to assist in building up an understanding of the fauna that may be in the rainforest. But most of the sightings were from eucalypt forests and agricultural land rather than lilli pilli rainforest, and it's likely that many of these species would not be found in the rainforest.

The list has been broken into animal-groups meaningful to laypeople, and missing species-names have been interpolated.

The pragmatic groupings used are as follows. They have been split into three pages, to improve manageability:

Birds (118)

Acanthiza lineata Striated Thornbill
Acanthiza pusilla Brown Thornbill
Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris Eastern Spinebill
Accipiter cirrocephalus Collared Sparrowhawk
Accipiter fasciatus Brown Goshawk
Aegotheles cristatus Australian Owlet-nightjar
Ailuroedus crassirostris Green Catbird
Alectura lathami Australian Brush-turkey
Alisterus scapularis Australian King-parrot
Anas superciliosa Pacific Black Duck
Anthochaera carunculata Red Wattlebird
Anthochaera chrysoptera Little Wattlebird
Aquila audax Wedge-tailed Eagle
Artamus cyanopterus Dusky Woodswallow
Cacatua galerita Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Cacomantis flabelliformis Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Cacomantis variolosus Brush Cuckoo
Callocephalon fimbriatum Gang-gang Cockatoo
Calyptorhynchus funereus Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo
Ceyx azureus azurea Azure Kingfisher
Chalcites basalis Horsfield's Bronze-cuckoo
Chalcites lucidus Shining Bronze-cuckoo
Chenonetta jubata Wood Duck
Chrysococcyx lucidus Shining Bronze Cuckoo
Climacteris erythrops Red-browed Treecreeper
Colluricincla harmonica Grey Shrike-thrush
Columba leucomela White-headed Pigeon
Coracina novaehollandiae Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
Coracina tenuirostris Cicadabird
Cormobates leucophaea White-throated Treecreeper
Corvus coronoides Australian Raven
Corvus mellori Little Raven
Cracticus tibicen Australian Magpie
Cracticus tibicen tibicen Australian Magpie
Cracticus torquatus Grey Butcherbird
Dacelo novaeguineae Laughing Kookaburra
Daphoenositta chrysoptera Varied Sittella
Egretta novaehollandiae White-faced Heron
Elanus axillaris Black-shouldered Kite
Eolophus roseicapillus Galah
Eopsaltria australis Eastern Yellow Robin
Eopsaltria australis australis Eastern Yellow Robin
Eurystomus orientalis Dollarbird
Falco berigora Brown Falcon
Falco cenchroides Nankeen Kestrel
Falco peregrinus Peregrine Falcon
Falcunculus frontatus frontatus Eastern Shrike-tit
Gallinula tenebrosa Dusky Moorhen
Gerygone mouki Brown Gerygone
Grallina cyanoleuca Magpie-lark
Hirundo neoxena Welcome Swallow
Leucosarcia melanoleuca Wonga Pigeon
Lichenostomus chrysops Yellow-faced Honeyeater
Lichenostomus leucotis White-eared Honeyeater
Lopholaimus antarcticus Topknot Pigeon
Macropygia amboinensis Brown Cuckoo-dove
Malurus cyaneus Superb Fairy-wren
Malurus lamberti Variegated Fairy-wren
Meliphaga lewinii Lewin's Honeyeater
Melithreptus brevirostris Brown-headed Honeyeater
Melithreptus lunatus White-naped Honeyeater
Menura novaehollandiae Superb Lyrebird
Microeca fascinans Jacky Winter
Monarcha melanopsis Black-faced Monarch
Monarcha trivirgatus Spectacled Monarch
Myiagra cyanoleuca Satin Flycatcher
Myiagra rubecula Leaden Flycatcher
Neochmia temporalis Red-browed Finch
Neophema pulchella Turquoise Parrot
Ninox boobook Boobook Owl
Ninox novaeseelandiae Southern Boobook
Ninox strenua Powerful Owl
Nycticorax caledonicus Nankeen Night Heron
Ocyphaps lophotes Crested Pigeon
Oriolus sagittatus Olive-backed Oriole
Orthonyx temminckii Logrunner
Pachycephala olivacea Olive Whistler
Pachycephala pectoralis Golden Whistler
Pachycephala rufiventris Rufous Whistler
Pardalotus punctatus Spotted Pardalote
Pardalotus striatus Striated Pardalote
Passer domesticus House Sparrow
Petrochelidon nigricans Tree Martin
Petroica boodang Scarlet Robin
Petroica phoenicea Flame Robin
Phaps chalcoptera Common Bronzewing
Phaps elegans Brush Bronzewing
Philemon corniculatus Noisy Friarbird
Phylidonyris novaehollandiae New Holland Honeyeater
Platycercus elegans Crimson Rosella
Platycercus eximius Eastern Rosella
Podargus strigoides Tawny Frogmouth
Porphyrio porphyrio Purple Swamphen
Psophodes olivaceus Eastern Whipbird
Ptilonorhynchus violaceus Satin Bowerbird
Pycnonotus jocosus Red-whiskered Bulbul
Pycnoptilus floccosus Pilotbird
Rhipidura albiscapa Grey Fantail
Rhipidura leucophrys Willie Wagtail
Rhipidura rufifrons Rufous Fantail
Scythrops novaehollandiae Channel-billed Cuckoo
Sericornis citreogularis Yellow-throated Scrubwren
Sericornis frontalis White-browed Scrubwren
Sericornis magnirostra Large-billed Scrubwren
Sphecotheres vieilloti Australasian Figbird
Stagonopleura bella Beautiful Firetail
Stipiturus malachurus Southern Emu-wren
Strepera graculina Pied Currawong
Strepera versicolor Grey Currawong
Streptopelia chinensis Spotted Turtle-dove
Sturnus tristis Common Myna
Sturnus vulgaris Common Starling
Threskiornis molucca Australian White Ibis
Turdus merula Common Blackbird
Tyto novaehollandiae Masked Owl
Tyto tenebricosa Sooty Owl
Zoothera lunulata Bassian Thrush
Zosterops lateralis Silvereye

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Created: 10 April 2011; Last Amended: 10 April 2011