Australian Owlet Nightjar

Australian Nightjar Owlet

I spy with my little eye

Explore your surrounds for our many feathered friends that also call Royston home. Feel free to send us any photos and information about your discoveries if we haven’t already got them on our list.

Birds found at Royston

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  • Spotted Harrier – Circus assimilis

    Whistling Kite – Haliastur sphenurus

    Little Eagle – Hieraaetus morphnoides

    Collared Sparrowhawk – Accipiter cirrocephalus

    Nankeen Kestrel – Falco cenchroides

    Brown Falcon – Falco berigora

    Peregrine Falcon – Falco peregrinus

  • Red-tailed Black Cockatoo – Calyptorhynchus banksii

    Cockatiel – Nymphicus hollandicus

    Galah – Eolophus roseicapilla

    Sulphur-crested Cockatoo – Cacatua galerita

    Budgerigar – Melopsittacus undulatus

    Red-winged Parrot – Aprosmictus erythropterus

  • White-necked Heron – Ardea pacifica

    White-faced Heron – Egretta novaehollandiae

    Little Egret – Egretta garzetta

    Yellow-billed Spoonbill – Platalea flavipes

    Hoary-headed Grebe – Poliocephalus poliocephalus

    Australian Wood Duck – Chenonetta jubata

    Australasian Darter – Anhinga novaehollandiae

    Brolga – Antigone rubicunda

    Black-fronted Dotterel – Elseyornis melanops

    Australian Reed Warbler – Acrocephalus australis

  • Emu - Dromaius novaehollandiae

  • Diamond Dove – Geopelia cuneata

    Spinifex Pigeon – Geophaps plumifera

    Crested Pigeon – Ocyphaps lophotes

    Common Bronzewing – Phaps chalcoptera

    Little Button-quail – Turnix velox

    Banded Lapwing – Vanellus tricolor

    Pallid Cuckoo – Cacomantis pallidus

    Sacred Kingfisher – Todiramphus sanctus

    Variegated Fairy-wren – Malurus lamberti

    Western Gerygone – Gerygone fusca

    Striated Pardalote – Pardalotus striatus

    Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater – Acanthagenys rufogularis

    Noisy Friarbird – Philemon corniculatus

    Yellow-throated Miner – Manorina flavigula

    Singing Honeyeater – Gavicalis virescens

    White-plumed Honeyeater – Ptilotula penicillata

    Mistletoebird – Dicaeum hirundinaceum

    Hooded Robin – Melanodryas cucullata

    Red-capped Robin – Petroica goodenovii

    Jacky Winter – Microeca fascinans

    Rufous Whistler – Pachycephala rufiventris

    Grey Shrikethrush – Colluricincla harmonica

    Crested Bellbird – Oreoica gutturalis

    Magpie-lark – Grallina cyanoleuca

    Restless Flycatcher – Myiagra inquieta

    Willy Wagtail – Rhipidura leucophrys

    Grey Fantail – Rhipidura albiscapa

    Black-faced Cuckooshrike – Coracina novaehollandiae

    Pied Butcherbird – Cracticus nigrogularis

    Australian Magpie – Gymnorhina tibicen

    Australian Raven – Corvus coronoides

    Spotted Bowerbird – Chlamydera maculata

    Common Myna – Acridotheres tristis

    Tree Martin – Petrochelidon nigricans

  • Eastern Barn Owl – Tyto javanica

    Australian Owlet-nightjar – Aegotheles cristatus

  • Australian Bustard – Ardeotis australis

    Red-backed Kingfisher – Todiramphus pyrrhopygius

    White-winged Fairy-wren – Malurus leucopterus

    Yellow-rumped Thornbill – Acanthiza chrysorrhoa

    White-breasted Woodswallow – Artamus leucorynchus

    Little Crow – Corvus bennetti

    Apostlebird – Struthidea cinerea

    White-backed Swallow – Cheramoeca leucosterna

    Australian Pipit – Anthus australis

    Zebra Finch – Taeniopygia guttata

    Plum-headed Finch – Neochmia modesta

Spotted Bower Bird

bird finders & photograph credits

  • Don and Chris Dowell

  • Toby Whip

  • Dr Chris Symmons

  • Raeleen Whip

  • Your name goes here…

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banded lapwing

budgerigar

Do you know my name?

find me and my friends at Royston Station

apostle birds

rainbow bee-eater

brown falcon

BIRD LOVERS

If you enjoy birdwatching, there is plenty to discover right here at Royston. You may also like to join a small group tour in the surrounding district with a knowledgeable local guide.