Couria Creek is a paradise for birdwatchers. The plethora of bird life that the property sustains is truly amazing with over 95 species observed, from delicate Silvereyes and Wrens, colourful Rainbow Lorikeets and King Parrots, through to magnificent White-bellied Sea Eagles. For the avid bird observer, Autumn, Winter and Spring are the best seasons to visit Couria Creek, with a high proportion of the birds listed frequenting the property. In the warmer months some species seek the cool of Gulaga/Mt Dromedary, but nevertheless bird life is still plentiful during this time. Nearby visit Wallaga, Corunna and Nangudga Lakes, also rivers and estuaries, where wetland and coastal bird species abound. Birds of Forest, Farm & Bushlands Cattle Egret White-headed Pigeon (image) Brown Cuckoo-Dove Common Bronzewing Brush Bronzewing Crested Pigeon Wonga Pigeon Gang-gang Cockatoo Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo Galah Little Corella Rainbow Lorikeet Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Scaly-breasted Lorikeet Musk Lorikeet Australian King Parrot Crimson Rosella Eastern Rosella (image) Masked Lapwing (Plover) Owl species Tawny Frogmouth Azure Kingfisher Laughing Kookaburra Singing Bushlark Welcome Swallow Richard’s Pipit Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike Rose Robin Scarlet Robin Eastern Yellow Robin Jacky Winter Golden Whistler Rufous Whistler Grey Shrike-thrush Restless Flycatcher Rufous Fantail Grey Shrike-thrush Restless Flycatcher Rufous Fantail Grey Fantail Willie Wagtail Blackbird Eastern Whipbird Superb Fairy-wren Varied Sittella Red Wattlebird Little Wattlebird Noisy Friarbird Bell Miner White-eared Honeyeater Yellow-faced Honeyeater New Holland Honeyeater Eastern Spinebill Lewin’s Honeyeater Scarlet Honeyeater Mistletoebird Striated Pardalote Spotted Pardalote Silvereye Satin Bowerbird Australian Magpie-lark Grey Butcherbird Australian Magpie Pied Currawong White-winged Chough Little Raven Australian Raven Red-browed Finch continued list Birds of Forest, Farm & Bushlands cont. White-browed Scrubwren Olive-backed Oriole Brown Quail White-throated Tree Creeper Superb Lyrebird Channel-billed Cuckoo Common Koel Brown Thornbill Striated Thornbill Yellow-rumped Thornbill Weebill Australian Owlet-nightjar Dollarbird Tree Martin Topknot Pigeon (Nat. Park) Spotted Turtle-Dove Raptors Whistling Kite Peregrine Falcon Brown Goshawk Grey (White) Goshawk White-bellied Sea Eagle Wedge-tailed Eagle Little Eagle Swamp (Marsh) Harrier Brown Falcon Australian (Nankeen) Kestrel Birds of the Wetlands Little Pied Cormorant Australian White Ibis White-faced Heron Grey Teal Australian Wood Duck Pacific Black Duck Great Egret Nearby Birds of the Wetland, Coast and Estuaries Short-tailed Shearwater Australian Pelican Australasian Gannet Little Black Cormorant Pied Cormorant Eastern Reef Egret Royal Spoonbill Black Swan Chestnut Teal Purple Swamphen Eurasian Coot Pied Oystercatcher Sooty Oystercatcher Grey Plover Bar-tailed Godwit Eastern Curlew Ruddy Turnstone Silver Gull Crested Tern Fairy Tern Little Penguin (Montague Island) top of page » resources