With the diversity of habitats and vegetation types, Wharkuroogma has become a haven for a diverse range of birds. Bird watching groups regularly record 80 species on a morning visit.
Wharkuroogma Bird List – Historical record (Christidis and Boles Taxonomic order (compiled by Wendy Dunn, May 2011):
Wharkuroogma Bird List (PDF 250K)
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| Quails Brown Quail |
Bitterns, Egrets, Herons White-necked Heron Eastern Great Egret Intermediate Egret Cattle Egret White-faced Heron |
Cockatoos Galah Little Corella Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cockatiel |
| Geese, Swans, Ducks Plumed Whistling Duck Black Swan Australian Wood Duck Pink-eared Duck Australian Shoveler Grey Teal Pacific-black Duck Hardhead |
Ibises, Spoonbills Australian White Ibis Straw-necked Ibis Royal Spoonbill Yellow-billed Spoonbill |
Parrots Rainbow Lorikeet Scaly-breasted Lorikeet Musk Lorikeet Little Lorikeet Australian King Parrot Pale-headed Rosella |
| Grebes Australasian Grebe Hoary-headed Grebe Great Crested Grebe |
Osprey, Kites, Eagles Hawks, etc. Black-shouldered Kite White-bellied Sea-Eagle Whistling Kite Brown Goshawk Swamp Harrier Wedge-tailed Eagle Little Eagle |
Coucals, Cuckoos Pheasant Coucal Eastern Koel Channel-billed Cuckoo Horsfield’ s Bronze-Cuckoo Little Bronze-Cuckoo Pallid Cuckoo |
| Pigeons, Doves Rock Dove Spotted Dove Common Bronzewing Crested Pigeon Peaceful Dove Bar-shouldered Dove |
Falcons Nankeen Kestrel |
Hawk Owls Southern Boobook |
| Frogmouths Tawny Frog mouth |
Crakes, Rails, Gallinules Purple Swamphen Buff-banded Rail Baillon’s Crake Australian Spotted Crake Spotless Crake Dusky moorhen Eurasian Coot |
Tree Kingfishers Laughing Kookaburra Sacred Kingfisher |
| Darter Australian Darter |
Stilts Black-winged Stilt |
Bee-Eaters Rainbow Bee-eaters |
| Cormorants Little Pied Cormorant Great Cormorant Little Black Cormorant |
Plovers, Dotterels Lapwings Black-fronted Dotterel Red-kneed Dotterel Masked Lapwing |
Rollers Dollar bird |
| Pelican Australian Pelican |
Snipes, Godwits Sandpipers, Phalaropes Marsh Sandpiper Wood sandpiper Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Curlew Sandpiper |
Pittas Noisy Pitta |
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| Fairy-Wrens Superb Fairy Wren Variegated Fair-wren Red-backed Fairy-wren |
Figbird, Orioles Figbird Olive-backed Oriole |
Grassbirds, Songlarks Tawny Grassbird Little grass bird Rufous Songlark |
| Scrubwrens, Heathwrens Fieldwrens, Gerygones, Thornbills Speckled Warbler White-throated Gerygone Yellow Thornhill Yellow-rumped Thornhill |
Woodswallows, Butcherbirds Magpie Grey Butcherbird Pied Butcherbird Australian Magpie Pied Currawong |
Widte-eyes Silvereye |
| Pardalotes Striated Pardalote |
Drongo Spangled Drongo |
Swallows, Martins Welcome Swallow Fairy Martin Tree Martin |
| Spinebills Honeyeaters, Chats Eastern Spinebill Lewin ‘s Honeyeater Yellow-faced Honeyeater Noisy Miner Little Wattlebird Scarlet Honeyeater Brown Honeyeater White-throated H/eater Blue-faced Honeyeater Little Friarbird Striped honeyeater |
Fantails Rufous Fantail Grey Fantail Willy Wagtail |
Starlings, Myna Common Starling Common Myna |
| Babblers Grey-crowned Babbler |
Ravens, Crows Torresian Crow |
Flowerpecker, Mistletoebird, Sunbird MistletoebirD |
| Quail-thrushes, Whipbirds Eastern Whipbird |
Flycatchers, Monarchs, Magpie-Lark Leaden Flycatcher Restless Flycatcher Magpie Lark |
Grass Finches, Parrot-Finch, Mannikins Zebra Finch Double-bar Finch Nutmeg Mannikin Chestnut Breasted Mannikin |
| Sittella | Australo-Papuan Robins | Old World Sparrows House Sparrow |
| Cuckoo-Shrikes, Trillers Black-faced Cuckoo Shrike White-winged Triller |
Cisticola Golden-headed Cisticola |
Pipits Australian Pipit |
| Widstlers, Shrike-Thrushes Golden Whistler Rufous Whistler Grey Shrike Thrush |
Reed-Warblers Australian Reed Warbler |
