Australian Birds

 

Hi everyone today I am looking at Australian native bird species, most Australian ornithologists and conservation groups generally say there is somewhere around 830 to 900 species.

Most of them are in the north and the east of the country mostly in tropical Queensland as well as the top end and in the eastern coastal forests and wetlands. This pattern is strongly supported by species‑richness data from major bird‑recording hotspots.

In the central and arid part of the country there are fewer species, but it does have the Princess Parrot, Budgerigar and Grass wrens all considered unique.

Around the area I live we have lots of Rainbow Lorikeets, Magpies, Galahs, Sulphur-crested Cockatoos, Corellas, Butcherbirds, as well as some ducks. Oh, and we sometimes have a Kookaburra.

As many of you will know I feed local birds and often have a large number of them out the front.