eBird Field Checklist
Melbourne, Victoria, AU
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235 species (+50 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Cassowaries and Emu
Emu
Waterfowl
Magpie Goose
Plumed Whistling-Duck
Graylag Goose
Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type)
Cape Barren Goose
Freckled Duck
Black Swan
Australian Shelduck
Muscovy Duck
Maned Duck
Australasian Shoveler
Pacific Black Duck
Mallard
Mallard x Pacific Black Duck (hybrid)
Gray Teal
Chestnut Teal
Gray/Chestnut Teal
teal sp.
Pink-eared Duck
Hardhead
Blue-billed Duck
Musk Duck
duck sp.
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Helmeted Guineafowl
Indian Peafowl
Brown Quail
Stubble Quail
old world quail sp.
Chukar
Grebes
Australasian Grebe
Hoary-headed Grebe
Australasian/Hoary-headed Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
African Collared-Dove
Spotted Dove
Common Bronzewing
Crested Pigeon
Diamond Dove
Peaceful Dove
pigeon/dove sp.
Cuckoos
Pacific Koel
Channel-billed Cuckoo
Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo
Black-eared Cuckoo
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo
bronze-cuckoo sp.
Pallid Cuckoo
Fan-tailed Cuckoo
cuckoo sp. (Cuculidae sp.)
Frogmouths
Tawny Frogmouth
Swifts
White-throated Needletail
Pacific Swift
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Lewin's Rail
Buff-banded Rail
Black-tailed Nativehen
Australian Crake
Dusky Moorhen
Eurasian Coot
Australasian Swamphen
swamphen sp.
Baillon's Crake
Spotless Crake
rail/crake sp.
Shorebirds
Pied Stilt
Banded Stilt
Red-necked Avocet
Pied Oystercatcher
Sooty Oystercatcher
Hooded Plover
Black-fronted Dotterel
Banded Lapwing
Masked Lapwing
Red-kneed Dotterel
Double-banded Plover
Red-capped Plover
Australian Painted-Snipe
Latham's Snipe
Common Sandpiper
Common Greenshank
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Red-necked Stint
Little Buttonquail
Painted Buttonquail
buttonquail sp.
shorebird sp.
Skuas and Jaegers
Parasitic Jaeger
jaeger sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Silver Gull
Pacific Gull
Larus sp.
gull sp.
Australian Fairy Tern
Little/Australian Fairy Tern
Caspian Tern
Whiskered Tern
Great Crested Tern
tern sp.
Penguins
Little Penguin
Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels
Short-tailed Shearwater
Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets
Australasian Gannet
Cormorants and Anhingas
Australasian Darter
Little Pied Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Little Black Cormorant
Pied Cormorant
Black-faced Cormorant
cormorant sp.
Pelicans
Australian Pelican
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Australasian Bittern
Nankeen Night Heron
Little Egret
White-faced Heron
Eastern Cattle Egret
Pacific Heron
Great Egret
Plumed Egret
Great/Plumed Egret
white egret sp.
Glossy Ibis
Australian Ibis
Straw-necked Ibis
ibis sp.
Royal Spoonbill
Yellow-billed Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Black-shouldered Kite
Square-tailed Kite
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Little Eagle
Wedge-tailed Eagle
Swamp Harrier
Spotted Harrier
Gray Goshawk
Brown Goshawk
Collared Sparrowhawk
Brown Goshawk/Collared Sparrowhawk
Accipiter sp.
Black Kite
Whistling Kite
White-bellied Sea-Eagle
hawk sp.
Owls
Barn Owl
Powerful Owl
Southern Boobook
Southern/Tasmanian Boobook
Kingfishers
Azure Kingfisher
Laughing Kookaburra
Sacred Kingfisher
Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies
Rainbow Bee-eater
Dollarbird
Falcons and Caracaras
Nankeen Kestrel
Australian Hobby
Brown Falcon
Black Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
falcon sp.
diurnal raptor sp.
Cockatoos
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo
Cockatiel
Gang-gang Cockatoo
Galah
Little Corella
Long-billed Corella
corella sp.
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
corella/white cockatoo sp.
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Princess Parrot
Australian King-Parrot
Alexandrine Parakeet
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Alexandrine/Rose-ringed Parakeet
Blue-winged Parrot
Swift Parrot
Crimson Rosella
Eastern Rosella
Pale-headed Rosella
Western Rosella
Red-rumped Parrot
Budgerigar
Little Lorikeet
Purple-crowned Lorikeet
Musk Lorikeet
Scaly-breasted Lorikeet
Rainbow Lorikeet
Scaly-breasted x Rainbow Lorikeet (hybrid)
lorikeet sp.
parakeet sp.
parrot sp.
Scrub-birds and Bowerbirds
Satin Bowerbird
Fairywrens
Superb Fairywren
Honeyeaters
Eastern Spinebill
Yellow-faced Honeyeater
Yellow-tufted Honeyeater
Bell Miner
Noisy Miner
Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater
Little Wattlebird
Red Wattlebird
Singing Honeyeater
White-plumed Honeyeater
Fuscous Honeyeater
White-fronted Chat
Scarlet Myzomela
New Holland Honeyeater
Blue-faced Honeyeater
White-naped Honeyeater
Black-chinned Honeyeater
Melithreptus sp.
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Pardalotes
Spotted Pardalote
Striated Pardalote
pardalote sp.
Thornbills and Allies
Weebill
White-browed Scrubwren
Yellow-rumped Thornbill
Yellow Thornbill
Brown Thornbill
thornbill sp.
Western Gerygone
Cuckooshrikes
Black-faced Cuckooshrike
White-winged Triller
Whipbirds and Wedgebills
Eastern Whipbird
Shrike-tits
Eastern Shrike-tit
Whistlers and Allies
Gray Shrikethrush
Golden Whistler
Rufous Whistler
Old World Orioles
Olive-backed Oriole
Australasian Figbird
Woodswallows
Masked Woodswallow
White-browed Woodswallow
Masked/White-browed Woodswallow
Dusky Woodswallow
Bellmagpies and Allies
Gray Butcherbird
Australian Magpie
Pied Currawong
Gray Currawong
currawong sp.
Fantails
Willie-wagtail
Australian Rufous Fantail
Gray Fantail
Monarch Flycatchers
Magpie-lark
Satin Flycatcher
Leaden/Satin Flycatcher
White-winged Chough and Apostlebird
White-winged Chough
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
House Crow
Little Raven
crow sp.
raven sp.
crow/raven sp.
Australasian Robins
Rose Robin
Pink Robin
Flame Robin
Scarlet Robin
Petroica sp.
Eastern Yellow Robin
Larks
Singing Bushlark
Eurasian Skylark
Cisticolas and Allies
Golden-headed Cisticola
Reed Warblers and Allies
Australian Reed Warbler
Grassbirds and Allies
Little Grassbird
Brown Songlark
Rufous Songlark
Martins and Swallows
Welcome Swallow
Fairy Martin
Tree Martin
Fairy/Tree Martin
Bulbuls
Red-whiskered Bulbul
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
Silvereye
Starlings and Mynas
European Starling
Common Myna
Thrushes
Bassian Thrush
Song Thrush
Eurasian Blackbird
Flowerpeckers
Mistletoebird
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Estrildids
Diamond Firetail
Red-browed Firetail
Chestnut-breasted Munia
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
House x Eurasian Tree Sparrow (hybrid)
Wagtails and Pipits
Australian Pipit
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
European Greenfinch
European Goldfinch
Others
passerine sp.
bird sp.
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