Birds of the Barossa Valley

Common

Bronzewing

SW

(Large pigeon with glossy bronzedorange4jreen patch on wings,white curved line under eye)

Crested Pigeon

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Rainbow Bee-eater

Ground

(Crest on head)

New Holland

Honeyeater

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SW

(Body bright blue & green, throatorange-yellow and black, black stripeacross eye, pale blue underneath)

Granivore

Striated Pardalote

Ground

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House Sparrow*

Insectivore

Air, Tre

(Black and yellow wings, Black andwhite striped chestI

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Yellow-rumpedThornbill

Eastern Spinebill

(Yellow tooe, black & whitestreaked crown, white wing streakswith red spot)

Nectarivore &

Insectivore, Insectivore

Trees, Shrubs

Nectarivore & Insectivore

Trees, Shrubs, Air

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Red-browed Finch

SW

(Very small)

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(Black, white and reddish-brownfeathers)

JH

White-plumedHoneyeater

Granivore

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Ground

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Australian

Reed-Warbler

JMG

(Spotted black & white croyellow rump)

Nectarivore & insectivore

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Adela!de and Mount Lofty RangesNatural Resources Management Board

Shrubs, Air

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Superb Fairy-wren

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Red Wattlebird

(Red beak and stripe above eye,red tau

Insectivore

Trees, Shrubs, Ground

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(White stripe either side of neck)

Granivore

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White-throated

Treecreeper

JS

(Small brown bitd, usually heard, rarelyseen, found in reeds)

Ground

JG

Nectarivore & insectivore

Trees, Shrubs, Ground, Air

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Willie Wagtail

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SW

(Breeding male bright blue and blackhead, ' non-breeding male, juvenile andfomale brown)

Insectivore

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Shrubs

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(Yellow-orange belly. red wattles)

Little Wattlebird

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Noisy Miner

BF

(Dark body, white throat, olive-creambreast streaked with black and while,

toeds while offin bing in a spiral inotibn)

Shrubs, Ground

Nectarivore & insectivore

Trees, Shrubs, Air

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Grey Fantail

JS

(Black and white, tat'I wags fromside to side)

insectivore

Trees

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(No orange on belly no wattles)

Insectivore

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Black-facedCuckoo-shrike

Ground, Air

(Black head, yellow around eyes)

Nectarivore & Insectivore

JS

Trees, Shrubs, Air

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LaughingKookaburra

SW

(Grey with short while eyebrow andmark behihd eye, white belly, outer tailto athers white, Inner grey)

Insectivore

Nectarivore &

Insectivore, Omnivore

Trees, Shrubs, Ground, Air

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(Blue-grey body with black face andthroat, white underneath. white-tippedtau

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Pacific Black Duck

Trees, Shrubs, Air

JH

(Large beak)

Omnivore

Air, Ground, Trees

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Omnivore

Trees, Ground

park on top of head forownl, fightstripes around eye, green patch onout-stretched wing)

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Herbivore

Water, Ground

SW

Rainbow Lorikeet

(Bright blue head, green wings,yellow & orange chest!

Nectarivore &

Insectivore, Herbivore

Trees, Shrubs

Musk Lorikeet

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Grey Shrike-thrush

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(Red stripe around eye)

Adelaide Rosella

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KW

(Male black beak, olive-brown feathers,fomale pale-grey beak, paler foathers,darker streaks on foee/throat^'breasO

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Southern Boobook

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Common Blackbird*

Nectarivore &

Insectivore, Omnivore

Trees, Shrubs

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Trees, Ground

(Blue cheeky

Red-rumped Parrot

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Common Starling*

JS

(Breeding male black with bright yellowbeak, ' non-breed^^g male, I'UVenile andfemale brown)

Omnivore

Herbivore

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Tawny Frogmouth

Trees, Shrubs, Ground

SW

JS

(Dark brown <109gles' around grey-green eyes, reddish-brown and whilestreaked undersides)

Ground

(Head all green, red rump)

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Little Corella

Carnivore, Insectivore

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Australian Magpie

Ground, Air, Trees

(Dark with glossy purple and greenfoethers)

Many thanks to the following people who kindly supplied photographs. ' Brian Furby (BF), Duncan MGOaski11 (000, Jesse Lewis (JL), Jason TVndal/ Un, John HerrisonIwww. noodlesnacks. coinl (JH), John Spiers (JS), Jeremy Gramp (JG), J. M. Garg (JMG), Kevin Williams (KW),Stove Walker (SW)

Government of South Australia

Adelaide and Mount Lofty RangesNatural Resources Management Board

Trees, Ground

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SW

(Brown and/or grey mouled I^8thers,yellow-orange eyes, tufted feathersabove large, wide beak)

Omnivore

JL

(White foathers, with blue skin aroundeye, red foathers around pale beak)

Black-shoulderedKite

Ground

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JS

Galah

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Magpie-lark

Ground, Air, Trees

(Black and white feathers, largebeak)

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Nankeen Kestrel

Trees, Ground

SW

(Pale-grey wings, white head, body &tail, black shoulders, red eyes, yellowlegs)

Omnivore

Ground

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(Grey wings, pink chest & tooe,pale-pink crestI

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Little Raven

Sulphur-crestedCockatoo

Carnivore, Insectivore

Trees, Ground

(Smaller beak and body thanAUStrali^n Magpie, white patchesabove and below eye)

Insectivore

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Granivore, Herbivore

Trees, Ground

SW

JS

(Pale red-brown above, whitish below,black tips to wings, black teardroparound eye)

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Australian Hobby

Ground

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(White feathers, yellow crestI

JS

Omnivore

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Masked Lapwing

Ground, Air, Trees

(Black to athers, beak and legs)

Herbivore

Trees, Ground

SW

JS

(Dark blue-grey above, orange-brownbelow, forehead and throat white or

cream, dark blue-grey toce)

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Wedge-tail Eagle

Omnivore

Ground

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Air, Trees

(Yellow skin around foce hangingbelow the beak)

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(Massive, mostly black eagle withwhitish beak and reddrsh-brown neck,pale brown band across wing)

Insectivore

Ground

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SW

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Carnivore

Feeding Types. Herbivore

. Insectivore

. Nectarivore &

insectivore

. Omnivore

. Granivore

Aquatic Organisms. Carnivore

. Pisc vore

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SW

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