The following is a list of most of the birds to be seen in the ACT, indicating whether sightings have been noted at the ANU. Common birds are marked "X". The dates on which others have been most recently sighted are indicated. The order in the list follows that in McComas Taylor and Nicolas Day Field guide to birds of the ACT National Parks Association of the ACT Inc, Canberra 1993, an excellent book. The links are to photos by Josh Parsons.
| Common name | Scientific name | Sighted at ANU? |
|---|---|---|
| Emu | Dromaius novaehollandiae | |
| Darter | Anhinga melanogaster | |
| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
| Little Black Cormorant | Phalacrocorax sulcirostris | X |
| Little Pied Cormorant | Phalacrocorax melanoleucos | X |
| Pied Cormorant | Phalacrocorax varius | X |
| Black Swan | Cygnus atratus | X |
| Australian Pelican | Pelecanus conspicillatus | X |
| Pacific Heron | Ardea pacifica | |
| White-faced Heron | Egretta novaehollandiae | X |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| Intermediate Egret | Ardea intermedia | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| Rufous Night Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus | |
| Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus | |
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | |
| White Ibis | Threskiornis molucca | X |
| Straw-necked Ibis | Threskiornis spinicollis | large numbers in Autumn |
| Royal Spoonbill | Platalea regia | |
| Yellow-billed Spoonbill | Platalea flavipes | |
| Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | |
| Hoary-headed Grebe | Poliocephalus poliocephalus | |
| Australasian Grebe | Tachybaptus novaehollandiae | |
| Blue-billed Duck | Oxyura australis | |
| Freckled Duck | Stictonetta naevosa | |
| Australian Shelduck | Tadorna tadornoides | X |
| Musk Duck | Biziura lobata | |
| Pacific Black Duck | Anas superciliosa | X |
| Pink-eared Duck | Malacorhynchus membranaceus | |
| Grey Teal | Anas gracilis | |
| Chestnut Teal | Anas castanea | |
| Australian Shoveler | Anas rhynchotis | |
| Hardhead | Aythya australis | X |
| Australian Wood Duck | Chenonetta jubata | X |
| Black-shouldered Kite | Elanus axillaris | |
| Whistling Kite | Haliastur sphenurus | |
| Grey Goshawk | Accipiter novaehollandiae | |
| Brown Goshawk | Accipiter fasciatus | |
| Collared Sparrowhawk | Accipiter cirrocephalus | |
| Black Falcon | Falco subniger | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
| Australian Hobby | Falco longipennis | |
| Brown Falcon | Falco berigora | |
| Australian Kestrel | Falco cenchroides | |
| White-bellied Sea-Eagle | Haliaeetus leucogaster | X |
| Wedge-tailed Eagle | Aquila audax | |
| Little Eagle | Hieraaetus morphnoides | |
| Spotted Harrier | Circus assimilis | |
| Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosis | |
| Stubble Quail | Coturnix pectoralis | |
| Brown Quail | Coturnix ypsilophora | |
| Painted Buttonquail | Turnix varia | |
| Buff-banded Rail | Rallus philippensis | |
| Baillon's Crake | Porzana pusilla | |
| Australian Crake | Porzana fluminea | |
| Purple Swamphen | Porphyrio porphyrio | X |
| Dusky Moorhen | Gallinula tenebrosa | X |
| Eurasian Coot | Fulica atra | X |
| Masked Lapwing | Vanellus miles | X |
| Banded Lapwing | Vanellus tricolor | |
| Sliver Gull | Larus novaehollandiae | X |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybridus | |
| Lesser Golden Plover | Pluvialis dominica | |
| Red-kneed Dotterel | Erythrogonys cinctus | |
| Double-banded Plover | Charadrius bicinctus | |
| Red-capped Plover | Charadrius ruficapillus | |
| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
| Red-necked Avocet | Recurvirostra novaehollandiae | |
| Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Latham's Snipe | Gallinago hardwickii | |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | |
| Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | |
| Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) | Columba livia | X |
| Peaceful Dove | Geopelia placida | |
| Diamond Dove | Geopelia cuneata | |
| Common Bronzewing | Phaps chalcoptera | X |
| Crested Pigeon | Geophaps lophotes | X |
| Brush Bronzewing | Phaps elegans | |
| Wonga Pigeon | Leucosarcia melanoleuca | |
| Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo | Calyptorhynchus funereus | |
| Gang-gang Cockatoo | Callocephalon fimbriatum | X |
| Sulphur-crested Cockatoo | Cacatua galerita | X |
| Galah | Cacatua roseicapilla | X |
| Superb Parrot | Polytelis swainsonii | |
| Australian King-Parrot | Alisterus scapularis | X |
| Rainbow Lorikeet | Trichoglossus haematodus | |
| Little Lorikeet | Glossopsitta pusilla | |
| Swift Parrot | Lathamus discolor | X |
| Crimson Rosella | Platycercus elegans | X |
| Eastern Rosella | Platycercus eximius | X |
| Red-rumped Parrot | Psephotus haematonotus | X |
| Pallid Cuckoo | Cuculus pallidus | |
| Brush Cuckoo | Cacomantis variolosus | |
| Fan-tailed Cuckoo | Cacomantis flabelliformis | |
| Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx basalis | |
| Shining Bronze-Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx lucidus | |
| Common Koel | Eudynamys scolopacea | |
| Powerful Owl | Ninox strenua | |
| Southern Boobook | Ninox novaeseelandiae | |
| Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
| Tawny Frogmouth | Podargus strigoides | X |
| Australian Owlet-Nightjar | Aegotheles cristatus | |
| Laughing Kookaburra | Dacelo novaeguineae | X |
| Sacred Kingfisher | Todiramphus sanctus | |
| Rainbow Bee-eater | Merops ornatus | |
| Dollarbird | Eurystomus orientalis | |
| Superb Lyrebird | Menura novaehollandiae | |
| White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | |
| Fork-tailed swift | Apus pacificus | |
| Tree Martin | Hirundo nigricans | |
| Fairy Martin | Hirundo ariel | |
| Welcome Swallow | Hirundo neoxena | X |
| Richard's Pipit | Anthus novaeseelandiae | |
| Singing Bushlark | Mirafra javanica | |
| Skylark | Alauda arvensis | |
| Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike | Coracina novaehollandiae | X |
| White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike | Coracina papuensis | |
| White-winged Triller | Lalage sueurii | |
| Cicadabird | Coracina tenuirostris | |
| Common Blackbird | Turdus merula | X |
| White's Thrush | Zoothera dauma |
|
| Rose Robin | Petroica rosea | |
| Pink Robin | Petroica rodinogaster | |
| Flame Robin | Petroica phoenicea | |
| Scarlet Robin | Petroica multicolor | |
| Red-capped Robin | Petroica goodenovii | |
| Hooded Robin | Melanodryas cucullata | |
| Jacky Winter | Microeca fascinans | |
| Eastern Yellow Robin | Eopsaltria australis | |
| Crested Shrike-tit | Falcunculus frontatus | |
| Rufous Whistler | Pachycephala rufiventris | |
| Golden Whistler | Pachycephala pectoralis | |
| Olive Whistler | Pachycephala olivacea | |
| Grey Shrike-thrush | Colluricincla harmonica | |
| Eastern Whipbird | Psophodes olivaceus | |
| Spotted Quail-thrush | Cinclosoma punctatum | |
| Leaden Flycatcher | Myiagra rubecula | |
| Satin Flycatcher | Myiagra cyanoleuca | |
| Restless Flycatcher | Myiagra inquieta | |
| Willie-wagtail | Rhipidura leucophrys | X |
| Grey Fantail | Rhipidura fuliginosa | X |
| Rufous Fantail | Rhipidura rufifrons | |
| White-fronted Chat | Epthianura albifrons | |
| Clamorous Reed-Warbler | Acrocephalus stentoreus | X |
| Golden-headed Cisticola | Cisticola exilis | |
| Little Grassbird | Megalurus gramineus | |
| Rufous Songlark | Cincloramphus mathewsi | |
| Brown Songlark | Cincloramphus cruralis | |
| Superb Fairywren | Malurus cyaneus | X |
| Pilotbird | Pycnoptilus floccosus | |
| White-browed Scrubwren | Sericornis frontalis | X |
| Speckled Warbler | Chthonicola sagittatus | |
| Southern Whiteface | Aphelocephala leucopsis | |
| White-throated Gerygone | Gerygone olivacea | |
| Western Gerygone | Gerygone fusca | |
| Brown Thornbill | Acanthiza pusilla | X |
| Buff-rumped Thornbill | Acanthiza reguloides | |
| Yellow-rumped Thornbill | Acanthiza chrysorrhoa | X |
| Yellow Thornbill | Acanthiza nana | |
| Striated Thornbill | Acanthiza lineata | |
| Weebill | Smicrornis brevirostris | |
| Varied Sittella | Daphoenositta chrysoptera | |
| White-throated Treecreeper | Cormobates leucophaeus | X |
| Red-browed Treecreeper | Climacteris erythrops | |
| Brown Treecreeper | Climacteris picumnus | |
| Mistletoebird | Dicaeum hirundinaceum | |
| Striated Pardalote | Pardalotus striatus | X |
| Spotted Pardalote | Pardalotus punctatus | X |
| Noisy Friarbird | Philemon corniculatus | X |
| Red Wattlebird | Anthochaera carunculata | X |
| Little Friarbird | Philemon citreogularis | |
| Regent Honeyeater | Xanthomyza phrygia | |
| Noisy Miner | Manorina melanocephala | X |
| Crescent Honeyeater | Phylidonyris pyrrhoptera | |
| New Holland Honeyeater | Phylidonyris novaehollandiae | X |
| Eastern Spinebill | Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris | X |
| Yellow-faced Honeyeater | Lichenostomus chrysops | X |
| White-eared Honeyeater | Lichenostomus leucotis | X |
| Yellow-tufted Honeyeater | Lichenostomus melanops | |
| Fuscous Honeyeater | Lichenostomus fuscus | |
| White-plumed Honeyeater | Lichenostomus penicillatus | X |
| Brown-headed Honeyeater | Melithreptus brevirostris | |
| White-naped Honeyeater | Melithreptus lunatus | |
| Silvereye | Zosterops lateralis | X |
| European Goldfinch | Carduelis carduelis | |
| European Greenfinch | Carduelis chloris | |
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | X |
| Red-browed Finch | Neochmia temporalis | X |
| Diamond Firetail | Stagonopleura guttata | |
| Double-barred Finch | Taeniopygia bichenovii | |
| Common Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | X |
| Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | X |
| Olive-backed Oriole | Oriolus sagittatus | |
| Satin Bowerbird male, female | Ptilonorhynchus violaceus | |
| Masked Woodswallow | Artamus personatus | |
| White-browed Woodswallow | Artamus superciliosus | |
| Dusky Woodswallow | Artamus cyanopterus | X |
| White-winged Chough | Corcorax melanorhamphos | X |
| Australian Magpie-lark | Grallina cyanoleuca | X |
| Australian Magpie | Gymnorhina tibicen | X |
| Grey Butcherbird | Cracticus torquatus | |
| Pied Currawong | Strepera graculina | X |
| Grey Currawong | Strepera versicolor | X |
| Little Raven | Corvus mellori | |
| Australian Raven | Corvus coronoides | X |
Author Rick
Kuhn. Created 23 March 1998. Last revised 27 Aug 2008.
Original URL http://www.anu.edu.au/polsci/birds/actbirds.htm
