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New South Wales is a state in Australia of great biodiversity, with 622 species of bird recorded.. This list is based on the 1996 classification by Charles Sibley and Burt Monroe (though there has been a recent (2008) extensive revision of Australian birds by Leslie Christidis and Walter E. Boles [1]), which has resulted in some lumping and splitting. [2]
This is a list of the wild birds found in Australia including its outlying islands and territories, but excluding the Australian Antarctic Territory.The outlying islands covered include: Christmas, Cocos (Keeling), Ashmore, Torres Strait, Coral Sea, Lord Howe, Norfolk, Macquarie and Heard/McDonald.
The Australian owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles cristatus) is a nocturnal bird found in open woodland across Australia and in southern New Guinea. It is colloquially known as the moth owl. It is the most common nocturnal bird in Australia, and despite suffering from predation and competition by introduced species it is not considered threatened. [1]
The type locality is the state of New South Wales in eastern Australia. [3] The brown goshawk was formerly placed in the genus Accipiter. In 2024 a comprehensive molecular phylogenetic study of the Accipitridae confirmed earlier work that had shown that the genus was polyphyletic. [4] [5] To resolve the non-monophyly, Accipiter was divided into ...
The species is the largest Australian bird of prey and one of the largest eagles in the world. The female wedge-tailed eagle is one of the world's largest eagles. [25] Its nearest rival in Australia for size is some 15 per cent smaller linearly and 25 per cent lighter in weight. [8] As is typical in birds of prey, the female is larger than
The white morphs of this species and the closely related variable goshawk are the only birds of prey in the world to be entirely white. [ citation needed ] Grey goshawks are the largest Tachyspiza on mainland Australia, at about 40 to 55 cm (16 to 22 in) long, with wingspans of 70 to 110 cm (28 to 43 in). [ 10 ]
These are sensory structures which help the bird sense vibration and hence seize its prey. [5] One field study at Lake Cowal in New South Wales found the water depth selected for feeding to be less than 40 cm (15.5 in). As well as lakes and swamps, the birds feed in paddocks inundated after heavy rain.
Female, Mount Warning, New South Wales. Albert's lyrebird is a ground-dwelling bird. Females reach approximately 75 cm (30 in) in length and males reach about 90 cm (35 in). They have a wingspan of 76–79 cm (30–31 in) and weigh about 930 g (33 oz). They are chestnut-brown in colour with a rufous undertail, rump, and throat. The bill is ...