- The Australia Museum's bird finder directory lists 349 species of birds, ranging from Adelie penguins and Australian magpies to crested bellbirds and scarlet robins. Use the bird finder--at birdsinbackyards.net/finder/--as a resource to recognize the bird species that you may come across in Australia. Search by name, color, size, shape, or groupings such as "Birds behaving badly" or "Top 40 bird songs."
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Learn more about the 14 most common birds in Australia by visiting each of the following resources. You can learn not only more about the appearance, coloring, and markings of each bird, but can access more information about their mating habits and habitat. For example, the Australian Mound-builders (a species of Megapode) are known for building mounds of leaves and brush around their eggs while they incubate, rather than using their own body heat.
*Laughing kookaburra: faunanet.gov.au/wos/factfile.cfm?Fact_ID=345
*Brolga: australian-animals.net/brolga.htm
*Australian magpie: australianmuseum.net.au/Australian-Magpie
*Australian pelican: featherdale.com.au/featherdale/featherdale.ns4/Animals/Australian+Pelican
*Tawny frogmouth: australianmuseum.net.au/Tawny-Frogmouth
*Black-necked stork: www.perthzoo.wa.gov.au/Animals--Plants/Australia/Australian-Wetlands/Black-necked-Stork/
*Rainbow lorikeet: www2.abc.net.au/science/birds/asp/query.asp?Action=Display&id=121
*Mound-builders: educational-tours.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=28&Itemid=32
*Wedge-tailed eagle: www.dpiw.tas.gov.au/inter.nsf/WebPages/SJON-573VB3?open
*Lyrebird: australianfauna.com/lyrebird.php
*Emu: www.perthzoo.wa.gov.au/en/Animals--Plants/Australia/Australian-Bushwalk/Emu/
*Sulphur-crested cockatoo: faunanet.gov.au/wos/factfile.cfm?Fact_ID=433
*Fairy penguin: www.dpiw.tas.gov.au/inter.nsf/WebPages/SJON-56VVYE?open
*Bower birds: pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/bower-bird-blues/introduction/2109/#hide
