Some Common Australian Birds

1/2 natural 1/2 natural size 2/3 natural abdomen Australian beak belly bill and iris bill black bird's blackish blue breast buff bush call note chest chestnut chin COCKATOO colouring COMMON MYNAH CORMORANT crest CUCKOO CURRAWONG darker DESCRIPTION EASTERN Female FINCH flight flocks FLYCATCHER flying forehead FORK-TAILED SWIFT garden glides GREBE green ground HARRIER hawk head HERON HONEYEATER insects iris brown iris dark brown iris red KITE legs and bill legs black legs grey lighter MAGPIE mantle MOORHEN mottled nape NATURAL SIZE 12 neck nest numbers outer tail feathers PACIFIC GULL PALLID CUCKOO PARROT patch perch plumage RECOGNITION RED-TAILED BLACK COCKATOO Reproduced about 1/2 Restless Flycatcher ROBIN rufous rump SACRED KINGFISHER Scarlet Robin shoulder SILVER-EYE sometimes song Southern Q'ld SPOONBILL STILT streaked Swallow SWAMP HARRIER swamps SWIFT tail coverts THORNBILL throat Thrush tipped white trees undertail underwing waders whistle WHITE-FACED HERON whitish wing coverts wing quills yellow Young