Birds of Rainbow Creek - a species list

Written By Yasmin Maher

Below is a species list of the most common birds you can see or hear at Rainbow Creek. Most are also common to the greater Bellingen and Mid Coast region. Some of these birds are migratory and pass through every year. All birds recorded here are confirmed species with visual or audio identification.

A rare glossy black cockatoo flies off, showing its red tail feathers.

Rare and endangered Glossy Black cockatoos frequently feed in several select forest oaks around Rainbow Creek.

The Glossy Project identified a nest tree just over the ridge from Rainbow Creek. The glossy family still occasionally visits and feed on selected trees. Please document any sightings here to be part of this important conservation project.

Rainforest & Forest Birds

  1. Noisy Pitta — Pitta versicolor

  2. Wompoo Fruit-Dove — Ptilinopus magnificus

  3. Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove — Ptilinopus regina

  4. Topknot Pigeon — Lopholaimus antarcticus

  5. Green Catbird — Ailuroedus crassirostris

  6. Regent Bowerbird — Sericulus chrysocephalus

  7. Satin Bowerbird — Ptilonorhynchus violaceus

  8. Paradise Riflebird — Ptiloris paradiseus

  9. Eastern Whipbird — Psophodes olivaceus

  10. Australian Logrunner — Orthonyx temminckii

  11. Superb Lyrebird — Menura novaehollandiae

  12. Bassian Thrush — Zoothera lunulata

  13. Golden Whistler — Pachycephala pectoralis

  14. Brown Gerygone — Gerygone mouki

  15. Eastern Yellow Robin — Eopsaltria australis

  16. Black-faced Monarch — Monarcha melanopsis

  17. Rufous Fantail — Rhipidura rufifrons

  18. Lewin's Honeyeater — Meliphaga lewinii

  19. Eastern Spinebill — Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris

  20. Scarlet Myzomela — Myzomela sanguinolenta

  21. Red-browed Finch — Neochmia temporalis

  22. Superb Fairy-wren — Malurus cyaneus

  23. Pheasant Coucal — Centropus phasianinus

  24. Forest Kingfisher — Todiramphus macleayii

Seasonal & Migratory Visitors

  1. Dollarbird — Eurystomus orientalis

  2. Channel-billed Cuckoo — Scythrops novaehollandiae

  3. Pacific Koel — Eudynamys orientalis

Raptors & Birds of Prey

  1. Pacific Baza — Aviceda subcristata

  2. White-bellied Sea-Eagle — Icthyophaga leucogaster

  3. Wedge-tailed Eagle — Aquila audax

Creek & Water Birds

  1. Nankeen Night Heron — Nycticorax caledonicus

  2. Azure Kingfisher — Ceyx azureus

  3. Australian Wood Duck — Chenonetta jubata

Night Birds

  1. Sooty Owl — Tyto tenebricosa

  2. Barking Owl — Ninox connivens

  3. Australian Owlet-nightjar — Aegotheles cristatus

  4. Tawny Frogmouth — Podargus strigoides

  5. Southern Boobook / “Mopoke” — Ninox boobook

Familiar Birds of the Valley

  1. Glossy Black-Cockatoo — Calyptorhynchus lathami

  2. Sulphur-crested Cockatoo — Cacatua galerita

  3. Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo — Zanda funerea

  4. Australian Brush-turkey — Alectura lathami

  5. Australian Magpie — Gymnorhina tibicen

  6. Pied Currawong — Strepera graculina

  7. Laughing Kookaburra — Dacelo novaeguineae

  8. Rainbow Lorikeet — Trichoglossus moluccanus

  9. Australian King-Parrot — Alisterus scapularis

  10. Crimson Rosella — Platycercus elegans

  11. Galah — Eolophus roseicapilla


Yasmin Maher
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