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.
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
Noisy Pitta — Pitta versicolor
Wompoo Fruit-Dove — Ptilinopus magnificus
Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove — Ptilinopus regina
Topknot Pigeon — Lopholaimus antarcticus
Green Catbird — Ailuroedus crassirostris
Regent Bowerbird — Sericulus chrysocephalus
Satin Bowerbird — Ptilonorhynchus violaceus
Paradise Riflebird — Ptiloris paradiseus
Eastern Whipbird — Psophodes olivaceus
Australian Logrunner — Orthonyx temminckii
Superb Lyrebird — Menura novaehollandiae
Bassian Thrush — Zoothera lunulata
Golden Whistler — Pachycephala pectoralis
Brown Gerygone — Gerygone mouki
Eastern Yellow Robin — Eopsaltria australis
Black-faced Monarch — Monarcha melanopsis
Rufous Fantail — Rhipidura rufifrons
Lewin's Honeyeater — Meliphaga lewinii
Eastern Spinebill — Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris
Scarlet Myzomela — Myzomela sanguinolenta
Red-browed Finch — Neochmia temporalis
Superb Fairy-wren — Malurus cyaneus
Pheasant Coucal — Centropus phasianinus
Forest Kingfisher — Todiramphus macleayii
Seasonal & Migratory Visitors
Dollarbird — Eurystomus orientalis
Channel-billed Cuckoo — Scythrops novaehollandiae
Pacific Koel — Eudynamys orientalis
Raptors & Birds of Prey
Pacific Baza — Aviceda subcristata
White-bellied Sea-Eagle — Icthyophaga leucogaster
Wedge-tailed Eagle — Aquila audax
Creek & Water Birds
Nankeen Night Heron — Nycticorax caledonicus
Azure Kingfisher — Ceyx azureus
Australian Wood Duck — Chenonetta jubata
Night Birds
Sooty Owl — Tyto tenebricosa
Barking Owl — Ninox connivens
Australian Owlet-nightjar — Aegotheles cristatus
Tawny Frogmouth — Podargus strigoides
Southern Boobook / “Mopoke” — Ninox boobook
Familiar Birds of the Valley
Glossy Black-Cockatoo — Calyptorhynchus lathami
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo — Cacatua galerita
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo — Zanda funerea
Australian Brush-turkey — Alectura lathami
Australian Magpie — Gymnorhina tibicen
Pied Currawong — Strepera graculina
Laughing Kookaburra — Dacelo novaeguineae
Rainbow Lorikeet — Trichoglossus moluccanus
Australian King-Parrot — Alisterus scapularis
Crimson Rosella — Platycercus elegans
Galah — Eolophus roseicapilla
