Listing of Birds found in Australia ... Photos of Birds found in Australia
Parrots / Psittacines found in Australia
Birds of Prey found in Australia
Eagles / Hawks / Falcons / Goshawks
Australian Hobby / Falcon (Falco longipennis)
Black-breasted Buzzard or Black-breasted Kite (Hamirostra melanosternon) - Range: Australia - found mainly in the northern and central parts of the continent, living in the deserts, dry grasslands, shrublands, sparse tropical woodlands and tree-lined watercourses
Black Falcon (Falco subniger) - Range: North of Australia
Black-shouldered Kite (Elanus axillaris)
Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus) - Range: India and southeast Asia and as far south as New South Wales, Australia
Brown Falcon (Falco berigora)
Brown Goshawk (Accipiter fasciatus)
Christmas Island Goshawk (Accipiter fasciatus natalis) - bird of prey - Range: Christmas Island, an Australian territory in the eastern Indian Ocean
Collared Sparrowhawk (Accipiter cirrocephalus) - Range: Widespread through Australia except for sandy deserts
Grey Falcon (Falco hypoleucos) - Bird of Prey - Range: Confined to the arid inland. Open country: Triodia grassland, Acacia shrubland, and lightly timbered arid woodland
Grey-headed Goshawk, Accipiter poliocephalus - Bird of Prey - Range: Queensland, Australian territory in north-western Torres Strait.
Gurney’s Eagle (Aquila gurneyi) - Range: Recorded from Saibai and Boigu islands in north-western Torres Strait (Australia)
Letter-winged Kite (Elanus scriptus) - Range: Central Australia
Nankeen or Australian Kestrels (Falco cenchroides) - A common bird of prey
Ospreys (P. h. cristatus) - Range: Along the coastline of, and along some large rivers within, Australia
Pacific Baza or Crested Hawk (Aviceda subcristata) - Range: Coastal and subcoastal areas of northern and eastern Australia
Red Goshawk (Erythrotriorchis radiatus) - Range: Rare Australian bird of prey. Found mainly in the savanna woodlands of northern Australia
Spotted Harrier (Circus assimilis)
Swamp Harrier (C. approximans) - Bird of Prey - Range: Australasia
Wedge-tailed Eagle or Eaglehawk (Aquila audax)
Whistling Kite (Haliastur sphenurus)
White-bellied Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster) - Resident on coasts and major waterways
Owls / Frogmouths / Nightjars
Australian Masked Owl (Tyto novaehollandiae) - Range: Southern New Guinea and the non-desert areas of Australia
Barking Owls or Winking Owls - Range: Mainland Australia off the Eastern and Northern coast of the continent including areas surrounding Perth (Western Australia)
Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
Greater Sooty Owl (Tyto tenebricosa) - Range: South-eastern Australia
Large-tailed Nightjar (Caprimulgus macrurus)
Marbled Frogmouth (Podargus ocellatus)
Papuan Frogmouth (Podargus papuensis)
Powerful Owl (Ninox strenua) - Range: South-eastern and eastern Australia
Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides)
Rufous Owl (Ninox rufa)
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