Glossy Black Cockatoo under threat from Sunshine Coast nursing home

Glossy Black Cockatoos drinking at Sunrise Beach

Critical habitat for the endangered Glossy Black Cockatoo is set to be bulldozed for a new aged care facility at Sunrise Beach on Queensland's Sunshine Coast. A community group set up to protect the birds, Glossy Team Sunrise, says hundreds of food trees are threatened by a development planned by the Uniting Church's Blue Care. The area surrounding the proposal is recognised as a hotspot nationally for the cockatoo: during a 2016 survey in South-East Queensland, more than a third of  96 birds recorded were in the Noosa-Sunrise Beach area.

Glossy Team Sunrise says five hectares of habitat will be destroyed by the development – a huge complex including 98 residential aged care beds, 74 apartments and 55 living units. The facility will be built in the heart of the most important areas favoured by the Glossy Black Cockatoo. Group spokesperson Bettina Walter says about 300 Allocasuarina feed trees, which the birds are dependent on, would be removed. A high care unit and car park will be built adjacent to a creek visited by the birds for drinking. Survey stakes for the development were planted recently.

Glossy Black Cockatoos feeding at Sunrise Beach

Says Bettina: “From how we read the plans and what we understand from Blue Care, it is a clear-fell proposal… In the north [of the site] are many food trees and this will be the site of the high care unit. In the southern area are some real regular hotspots. These contain stands of old feeding trees and also younger regrowth. We could spot some glossies feeding there pretty much every time we went in. I have not found any food trees in the adjacent southern lot, that has been allocated for conservation.”

While Blue Care is expected to be required to plant Allocasuarina seedlings in nearby areas to “offset” the felled trees, these will take at least seven years to grow. The species feeds only on the cones of mature Allocasuarina trees. The development will also destroy thousands of Banksia and other trees in wallum woodland on the site.

Site of Blue Care's development plan

According to Glossy Team Sunrise, the then Sunshine Coast Regional Council in 2008 gave Blue Care permission to develop the facility. It did not happen at the time and approval was extended by the Noosa Shire Council in 2017. Says the group: “We believe the approval was given based on dated knowledge of the ecological value of the site and a traffic report long overtaken by reality. While aged care is needed in Noosa, the current high-density Blue Care design will require clear-felling of a prime habitat of the Glossy Black Cockatoo, one of Australia’s rarest cockatoos. The Glossy Black Conservancy recommends that where developments are planned, existing stands of favoured food trees should be recognised and retained.”

Protecting the local “glossies” has become a goal warmly embraced by the local community. Residents plant food trees, remove weeds, mark the most important feed trees and carefully monitor the movements and behaviour of birds.

Feed tree marked at Sunrise Beach

Adds Glossy Team Sunrise: “At a minimum, we are asking the Uniting Church (Blue Care) to show commitment to their aspirations to be a 'green church' and to retain and protect our Sunrise Glossy Black Cockatoos and wallum. We would like them to listen to a community passionate about their unique environment and to work with Team Glossy members and other experts to rethink and adapt the development. Their Eco-Mission Statement is encouraging the congregation to care for the environment as God’s creation. Well we have the perfect place to put those words into action.”

Anyone wishing to register their concerns about the plans can sign a petition here.

Glossy Black Cockatoo feeding at Sunrise Beach

Glossy Blacks Drinking, Grass Owls Mob Ground Parrot Playback at Noosa

Glossy Black Cockatoo - male left, female right

Despite an abundance of water about the Sunshine Coast due to ongoing wet weather, Noosa's Glossy Black Cockatoos have taken to drinking every evening at muddy pools in the grounds of a local school.

Glossy Black Cockatoo male

It is interesting that during the day, the Glossy Blacks in the ara are dispersed, feeding usually in pairs at various sites over four Sunshine Coast suburbs. However, at least a good part of the population comes together for late afternoon drinking and roosting.

Glossy Black Cockatoo male

Glossy Black Cockatoo female

I ran into local birder Bob Carey, who first spotted the cockatoos at this drinking spot. Bob keeps an eye on the cockatoos and confirms that as many as 11 cockatoos gather for the evening ritual.

Eastern Grass Owl - Picture Jim Sneddon

As dark fell, I moved to a private property adjoining an area of wallum heath in the area to listen for Ground Parrots. When none had called within an hour of sunset, I tried a bit of Ground Parrot playback. I was amazed when two Eastern Grass Owls arrived on the scene and began swooping around me.

Ground Parrot - Picture Graeme Chapman

This is extraordinary behaviour. Ground Parrots are believed to have declined sharply in numbers on the Sunshine Coast in recent years (see here for more), possibly due to habitat fragmentation or mismanagement. The owls seemed to know the source of the playback and were very interested. Was predation on their mind?

Wallum heath near Noosa

Bribie Island to Inskip Point

Double-banded Plover

A nice collection of birds seen in recent days over various sites extending from Bribie Island to Inskip Point includes Double-banded Plover in good numbers at three sites, Beach Stone-Curlew, Lewin's Rail, King Quail, Marbled Frogmouth, White-eared Monarch, Crested Shrike-tit, Black-breasted Buttonquail, Freckled Duck, Pink-eared Duck, an early Latham's Snipe and Glossy Black Cockatoo.

Double-banded Plover

A pleasant week was spent on Bribie Island, staying in a holiday unit at Woorim. About 20 Double-banded Plovers were present at the Kakadu wader roost, many looking smart in breeding plumage. Groups of Double-banded Plover were subsequently seen at the mouth of the Noosa River and at Inskip Point.

Beach Stone-Curlew

A pair of Beach Stone-Curlew was present at the Kakadu roost.

Brahminy Kite

This Brahminy Kite showed nicely at Woorim.

Common Tern

Crested Tern

Little Tern

Sunrise - Woorim, Bribie Island

Some nice terns were on the beach at Woorim, where the sunrise was also pleasant.

Wonga Pigeon

After returning from Bribie I hooked up with British birder Jonathan Newman for a couple of days birding about the Sunshine Coast. We started off well with a Platypus very close in the early morning in the Mary River at Moy Pocket. We heard Lewin's Rail in lantanna thickets nearby before moving on to a forest site on private property at Moy Pocket. Nice birds here included White-eared Monarch, Crested Shrike-tit, Wonga Pigeon, White-naped Honeyeater and Glossy Black Cockatoo (4 flying over). We visited another forest patch near Imbil where there were plenty of fresh Black-breasted Buttonquail platelets but no birds were seen.

Freckled Ducks & Little Black Cormorant

Comb-crested Jacana

We headed east from Imbil to Cooroy, visiting the sewerage ponds and flushing an early Latham's Snipe. Then on to Lake Macdonald in the Noosa Botanic Gardens, where the Freckled Duck that has been present for several weeks was in its usual position, this time accompanied by a mate. Comb-crested Jacana also showed well here. We then battled the tourist traffic to get to the mouth of the Noosa River, seeing Double-banded Plovers at roost in the distance.

Red-kneed Dotterel

We visited the Maroochydore sewerage ponds where a couple of Red-kneed Dotterels were about along with the usual large numbers of Chesnut Teal. We then checked out some wet sclerophyll forest behind Wappa Dam. The final site for the day was North Arm, where 15 Pink-eared Ducks were on the dam - the largest number since the species first turned up here more than a year ago. At a stream nearby, Jonathan was fortunate to glimpse a Lewin's Rail which had been calling.
That evening, we headed up to Mapleton National Park and after some effort, secured excellent views of a bill-clapping male Marbled Frogmouth.

Black-breasted Buttonquail

The next morning saw us leaving early for Inskip Point for the buttonquail as we had missed it at Imbil. We had good but brief views of a female Black-breasted Buttoquail soon after arriving but could not relocate the bird.

Checking out the Noosa Plain

Teewah Creek

We moved on to the Noosa Plain at Cooloola in the Great Sandy National Park, flushing a King Quail from the road on the way in. We spent a couple of hours traversing the wallum heath but dipped on Ground Parrot. The delightful Teewah Creek nearby was a pleasant diversion. We ended the day by heading south to Bli Bli to clean up a couple of birds that Jonathan was still chasing.

Glossy Black Cockatoo on the Sunshine Coast

Today I found Glossy Black Cockatoos at three sites around Noosa on the Sunshine Coast - a further indication that the area is emerging as one of the best in Australia to see this endangered parrot.

That a healthy population of Glossy Black Cockatoos is thriving in the heart of a major tourism destination is thanks to a concerted effort by local government authorities (the Sunshine Coast Regional Council and its predecessor, the Noosa Shire Council) to protect remnant habitat - stands of Allocasuarina littoralis trees, usually in nature strips along often busy roads or in parks. The pair of cockatoos above (female below the male) were feeding near a school in a heavily urbanised area.

Government efforts to protect the cockatoos are backed by a group of local cockatoo enthusiasts led by Bob Carey, who meticulously monitor the birds' feeding, roosting and other behaviour. Thanks to these conservation efforts, the birds are breeding annually and the population, although nomadic, remains in the Noosa area year-round. A total of about 25 birds is concentrated in the suburbs of Noosa Heads, Noosaville, Sunshine Beach and Sunrise Beach.

 The birds feed exclusively on the cones (called orks) of Allocasuarina trees. Although there are plenty such trees in coastal dunes all along the Sunshine Coast, the birds prefer the concentrations of trees in nature strips in the Noosa area, like the one above.

The first birds I saw today were a pair in the grounds of a Noosaville nursing home, one of many community organisations that is co-operating with the cockatoo conservation program. The male is here.

And the female here. I then saw a pair flying briefly in a park behind a Noosaville shopping centre. The third pair (first picture) was located roadside opposite a Sunshine Beach school. They were happily oblivious to the constant stream of students walking below them - just a couple of metres distant - on their way to school.



The cockatoos are often located by the scattering on the ground of broken orks. These are the shells of cones that the birds tear away with their power bills in order to reach the kernels.

Sunshine Coast Bird List

Glossy Black Cockatoo

BIRDS OF THE SUNSHINE COAST

Birds seen by me within the boundaries of the Sunshine Coast and Noosa councils. The area covered also extends north to the Cooloola sector of the Great Sandy World Heritage Area; south to Toorbul and Bribie Island; and west to the western slopes of the Conondale Range (see map). The list includes seabirds seen offshore from the coast as far as 35 nautical miles. It is regularly updated. [] = introduced.

Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae)
Australasian Grebe (Tachybaptus novaehollandiae)

Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)

Buller’s Albatross (Thalassarche bulleri)

Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophris)

Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)

Light-mantled Sooty Albatross (Phoebetria palpebrata)

Tahiti Petrel (Pseudobulweria rostrata)

Providence Petrel (Pterodroma solandri)
Grey-faced Petrel (Pterodroma gouldi)

Mottled Petrel (Pterodroma inexpectata)

Stejneger’s Petrel (Pterodroma longirostris)
Cook's Petrel (Pterodroma cookii)
Gould's Petrel (Pterodroma leucoptera)
Kermadec Petrel (Pterodroma neglecta)
Soft-plumaged Petrel (Pterodroma mollis)
Fairy Prion (Pachyptila turtur)

Antarctic Prion (Pachyptila desolata)
Black Petrel (Procellaria parkinsoni)
White-chinned Petrel (Procellaria aequinoctialis)

Wedge-tailed Shearwater (Puffinus pacificus)

Buller's Shearwater (Puffinus bulleri)

Flesh-footed Shearwater (Puffinus carneipes)

Short-tailed Shearwater (Puffinus tenuirostris)

Fluttering Shearwater (Puffinus gavia)

Hutton's Shearwater (Puffinus huttoni)
Streaked Shearwater (Calonectris leucomelas)

Wilson's Storm-petrel (Oceanites oceanicus)

Black-bellied Storm-petrel (Fregetta tropica)

White-bellied Storm-petrel (Fregetta grallaria)

White-faced Storm-petrel (Pelagodroma marina)

Red-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda)
White-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus)

Australasian Gannet (Morus serrator)

Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster)
Red-footed Booby (Sula sula)

Masked Booby (Sula dactylatra)

Little Pied Cormorant (Phalacrocorax melanoleucos)

Pied Cormorant (Phalacrocorax varius)

Little Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris)

Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)

Australian Darter (Anhinga novaehollandiae)
Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus)

Lesser Frigatebird (Fregata ariel)

White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae)

Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)

Eastern Reef-egret (Egretta sacra)

Pacific Heron (Ardea pacifica)

Eastern Great Egret (Ardea modesta)

Intermediate Egret (Ardea intermedia)

Cattle Egret (Bulbulcus ibis)

Striated Heron (Butorides striatus)

Nankeen Night-heron (Nycticorax caledonicus)

Black Bittern (Ixobrychus flavicollis)

Black-backed (Little) Bittern (Ixobrychus novaezelandiae)

Black-necked Stork (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus)

Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)

Australian White Ibis (Threskiornis molucca)

Straw-necked Ibis (Threskiornis spinicollis)

Royal Spoonbill (Platalea regia)

Yellow-billed Spoonbill (Platalea flavipes)

Magpie Goose (Anseranas semipalmata)

Plumed Whistling-duck (Dendrocygna eytoni)

Wandering Whistling-duck (Dendrocygna arcuata)

Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)

Cotton Pygmy-goose (Nettapus coromandelianus)
Green Pygmy-goose (Nettapus pulchellus)

Australian Wood Duck (Chenonetta jubata)

Grey Teal (Anas gracilis)

Chestnut Teal (Anas castanea)

[Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)]

Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa)
Australasian Shoveler (Anas rhynchotis)

Pink-eared Duck (Malacorhynchus membranaceus)

Freckled Duck (Stictonetta naevosa)
Hardhead (Aythya australis)
Radjah Shelduck (Tadorna radjah)

Pacific Baza (Aviceda subcristata)

Square-tailed Kite (Lophoictinia isura)

Australian (Black-shouldered) Kite (Elanus axillaris)

Black Kite (Milvus migrans)

Whistling Kite (Haliastur sphenurus)

Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus)

Australian Little Eagle (Hieraaetus morphnoides)

White-bellied Sea-eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster)

Swamp Harrier (Circus approximans)

Spotted Harrier (Circus assimilis)

Grey Goshawk (Accipiter novaehollandiae)

Brown Goshawk (Accipiter fasciatus)

Collared Sparrowhawk (Accipiter cirrocephalus)
Red Goshawk (Erythrotriorchis radiatus)

Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax)

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)

Brown Falcon (Falco berigora)

Nankeen Kestrel (Falco cenchroides)

Australian Hobby (Falco longipennis)

Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
Black Falcon (Falco subniger)

Australian Brush-turkey (Alectura lathami)

Brown Quail (Coturnix ypsilophora)

King Quail (Coturnix chinensis)
Stubble Quail (Coturnix pectoralis)

Red-backed Buttonquail (Turnix maculosa)

Black-breasted Buttonquail (Turnix melanogaster)

Painted Buttonquail (Turnix varia)

Buff-banded Rail (Gallirallus philippensis)

Lewin's Rail (Rallus pectoralis)

Pale-vented Bush-hen (Amaurornis olivaceus)
White-browed Crake (Amaurornis cinerea)

Baillon's Crake (Porzana pusilla)

Australian (Spotted) Crake (Porzana fluminea)

Spotless Crake (Porzana tabuensis)

Purple  Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio)

Dusky Moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa)

Black-tailed Native-hen (Gallinula ventralis)

Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra)

Brolga (Grus rubicunda)

Comb-crested Jacana (Irediparra gallinacea)

Australian Painted-snipe (Rostratula australis)

Pied Oystercatcher (Haematopus longirostris)

Sooty Oystercatcher (Haematopus fuliginosus)

Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
Red-necked Avocet (Recurvirostra novaehollandiae)

Bush Thick-knee (Burhinus grallarius)

Beach Thick-knee (Esacus magnirostris)

Pacific Golden Plover (Pluvialis fulva)

Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)

Red-capped Plover (Charadrius ruficapillus)
Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)

Double-banded Plover (Charadrius bicinctus)

Mongolian Plover (Charadrius mongolus)

Greater Sand Plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)
Oriental Plover (Charadrius veredus)

Red-kneed Dotterel (Erythrogonys cinctus)

Hooded Plover (Thinornis rubricollis)

Black-fronted Dotterel (Elseyornis melanops)

Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles)
Banded Lapwing (Vanellus tricolor) 

Latham's Snipe (Gallinago hardwickii)

Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)

Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)

Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)

Eastern Curlew (Numenius madagascariensis)

Asian Dowitcher (Limnodromus semipalmata)
Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis)

Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)

Terek Sandpiper (Tringa cinerea)

Grey-tailed Tattler (Tringa brevipes)

Wandering Tattler (Tringa incana)

Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola) Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)

Great Knot (Calidris tenuirostris)

Red Knot (Calidris canutus)

Red-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis)

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (Calidris acuminata)
Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)

Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)

Broad-billed Sandpiper (Limicola falcinellus)

Pomarine Jaeger (Stercorarius pomarinus)

Arctic Jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus)
Long-tailed Jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus)
Brown Skua (Stercorarius antarcticus)

Silver Gull (Larus novaehollandiae)

(Asian) Gull-billed Tern (Sterna nilotica)
Australian (Gull-billed) Tern (Sterna macrotarsa)

Caspian Tern (Sterna caspia)

Crested Tern (Sterna bergii)
Lesser Crested Tern (Sterna bengalensis)

Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)

Little Tern (Sterna albifrons)

Sooty Tern (Onychoprion fuscata)

Bridled Tern (Onychoprion anaethetus)

Whiskered Tern (Childonias hybridus)

White-winged Tern (Childonias leucopterus)

Brown Noddy (Anous stolidus)
Black Noddy (Anous minutus)
Grey Noddy (Anous albivittus)
White Tern (Gygis alba)

[Rock Dove (Columba livia)]

White-headed Pigeon (Columba leucomela)

[Spotted Dove (Streptopelia chinensis)]

Brown Cuckoo-dove (Macropygia phasianella)

Emerald Dove (Chalcophaps indica)

Brush Bronzewing (Phaps elegans)
Common Bronzewing (Phaps chalcoptera)

Crested Pigeon (Geophaps lophotes)

Peaceful Dove (Geopelia placida)

Bar-shouldered Dove (Geopelia humeralis)

Wonga Pigeon (Leucosarcia melanoleuca)

Wompoo Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus magnificus)

Superb Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus superbus)

Rose-crowned Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus regina)

Topknot Pigeon (Lopholaimus antarcticus)
Torresian Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula spilorrhoa)

Australian King-parrot (Alisterus scapularis)

Red-winged Parrot (Aprosmictus erythropterus)

Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans)

Pale-headed Rosella (Platycercus adscitus)

Eastern Ground Parrot (Pezoporus wallicus)

Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus funereus)

Red-tailed Black-cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii)

Glossy Black-cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami)

Galah (Eolophus roseicapillus)

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita)

Little Corella (Cacatua sanguinea)
[Long-billed Corella (Cacatua tenuirostris)]  

Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus)

Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus)

Little Lorikeet (Glossopsitta pusilla)
Musk Lorikeet (Glossopsitta concinna)
Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus)

Pallid Cuckoo (Cuculus pallidus)

Oriental Cuckoo (Cuculus optatus)
Brush Cuckoo (Cacomantis variolosus)

Fan-tailed Cuckoo (Cacomantis flabelliformis)

Little Bronze-cuckoo (Chrysococcyx minutillus)

Shining Bronze-cuckoo (Chrysococcyx lucidus)

Horsfield's Bronze-cuckoo (Chrysococcyx basalis)

Australian Koel (Eudynamys cyanocephala)

Channel-billed Cuckoo (Scythrops novaehollandiae)

Pheasant Coucal (Centropus phasianius)

Sooty Owl (Tyto tenebricosa)

Masked Owl (Tyto novaehollandiae)

Eastern Barn Owl (Tyto javanica)

Eastern Grass Owl (Tyto longimembris)

Powerful Owl (Ninox strenua)

Southern Boobook (Ninox boobook)

Marbled Frogmouth (Podargus ocellatus)
Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides)

Australian Owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles cristatus)

White-throated Nightjar (Eurostopodus mystacalis)
Large-tailed Nightjar (Caprimulgus macrurus)

White-throated Needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus)
Pacific Swift (Apus pacificus)

Azure Kingfisher (Alcedo azurea)

Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
Blue-winged Kookaburra (Dacelo leachii)

Forest Kingfisher (Todiramphus macleayii)

Torresian Kingfisher (Todiramphus sordidus)

Sacred Kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus)
Red-backed Kingfisher (Todiramphus pyrrhopygius)

Rainbow Bee-eater (Merops ornatus)

Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis)

Noisy Pitta (Pitta versicolor)

White-throated Treecreeper (Cormobates leucophaeus)

Red-browed Treecreeper (Climacteris erythrops)
Brown Treecreeper (Climacteris picumnus)

Green Catbird (Ailuroedus crassirostris)

Regent Bowerbird (Sericulus chrysocephalus)

Satin Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus)

Red-backed Fairywren (Malurus melanocephalus)

Variegated Fairywren (Malurus lamberti)

Southern Emuwren (Stipiturus malachurus)

Spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus)

Striated Pardalote (Pardalotus striatus)

Eastern Bristlebird (Dasyornis brachypterus)

Yellow-throated Scrubwren (Sericornis citreogularis)

White-browed Scrubwren (Sericornis frontalis)

Large-billed Scrubwren (Sericornis magnirostris)

Brown Thornbill (Acanthiza pusilla)

Striated Thornbill (Acanthiza lineata)
Yellow Thornbill (Acanthiza nana)
Buff-rumped Thornbill (Acanthiza reguloides)

Weebill (Smicrornis brevirostris)

White-throated Gerygone (Gerygone olivacea)

Mangrove Gerygone (Gerygone levigaster)

Brown Gerygone (Gerygone mouki)

Fairy Gerygone (Gerygone palpebrosa)
Speckled Warbler (Pyrrholaemus sagittatus)

Dusky Honeyeater (Myzomela obscura)

Scarlet Honeyeater (Myzomela sanguinolenta)

Brown Honeyeater (Lichmera indistincta)

Lewin's Honeyeater (Meliphaga lewinii)

Yellow-faced Honeyeater (Lichenostomus chrysops)

Mangrove Honeyeater (Lichenostomus fasciogularis)
Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops)
Yellow Honeyeater (Stomiopera flava)

White-naped Honeyeater (Melithreptus lunatus)

White-throated Honeyeater (Melithreptus albogularis)

Black-chinned Honeyeater (Melithreptus gularis)

Little Friarbird (Philemon citreogularis)

Noisy Friarbird (Philemon corniculatus)

New Holland Honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae)

White-cheeked Honeyeater (Phylidonyris nigra)

Striped Honeyeater (Plectorhyncha lanceolata)

Eastern Spinebill (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris)

Blue-faced Honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis)

Bell Miner (Manorina melanophrys)

Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala)

Little Wattlebird (Anthochaera chrysoptera)
Regent Honeyeater (Anthochaera phrygia)

Jacky-winter (Microeca fascinans)

Rose Robin (Petroica rosea)

Pale-yellow Robin (Tregellasia capito)

Eastern Yellow Robin (Eopsaltria australis)

Varied Sittella (Daphoenositta chrysoptera)

Crested Shrike-tit (Falcunculus frontatus)

Golden Whistler (Pachycephala pectoralis)

Rufous Whistler (Pachycephala rufiventris)

Rufous Shrike-thrush (Colluricincla megarhyncha)

Grey Shrike-thrush (Colluricincla harmonica)

Australian Logrunner (Orthonyx temminckii)

Eastern Whipbird (Psophodes olivaceus)
Grey-crowned Babbler (Pomatostomus temporalis)

Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena)

Tree Martin (Hirundo nigricans)

Fairy Martin (Hirundo ariel)
Australasian Pipit (Anthus novaeseelandiae)
Horsfield's Bushlark (Mirafra javanica) 

Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (Coracina novaehollandiae)

Barred Cuckoo-shrike (Coracina lineata)

White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike (Coracina papuensis)

Cicadabird (Coracina tenuirostris)

White-winged Triller (Lalage tricolor)

Varied Triller (Lalage leucomela)

Russet-tailed Thrush (Zoothera heinei)

Blue Rock-Thrush (Monticola solitaries)

Golden-headed Cisticola (Cisticola exilis)

Tawny Grassbird (Megalurus timoriensis)

Little Grassbird (Megalurus gramineus)

Rufous Songlark (Megalurus mathewsi)
Brown Songlark (Cincloramphus cruralis)
Australian Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus australis)

Willie-Wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys)

Grey Fantail (Rhipidura fuliginosa)

Rufous Fantail (Rhipidura rufifrons)

Black-faced Monarch (Monarcha melanopsis)

White-eared Monarch (Monarcha leucotis)

Spectacled Monarch (Monarcha trivirgatus)

Satin Flycatcher (Myiagra cyanoleuca)

Leaden Flycatcher (Myiagra rubecula)

Restless Flycatcher (Myiarga inquieta)

Shining Flycatcher (Myiarga alecto)

Mistletoebird (Dicaeum hirundinaceum)

Silver-eye (Zosterops lateralis)

Olive-backed Oriole (Oriolus sagittatus)

Australasian Figbird (Sphecotheres viridis)

Spangled Drongo (Dicrurus bracteatus)

Torresian Crow (Corvus orru)

Paradise Riflebird (Ptiloris paradiseus)

White-breasted Woodswallow (Artamus leucorhynchus)

Dusky Woodswallow (Artamus cyanopterus)

Grey Butcherbird (Cracticus torquatus)

Pied Butcherbird (Cracticus nigrogularis)

Australasian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen)

Pied Currawong (Strepera graculina)

Magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca)
White-winged Chough (Corcorax melanorhamphos)

[Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)]

[Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis)]

[House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)]
Red-browed Firetail (Neochmia temporalis)

Double-barred Finch (Taeniopygia bichenovii)
Diamond Firetail (Stagonopleura guttata)
Plum-headed Finch (Neochmia modesta)

Chestnut-breasted Mannikin (Lonchura castaneothorax)
[Nutmeg Mannikin (Lonchura punctulata)]

TOTAL -  359