Birds Of Wooleen Station
Hawks, eagles, exotic parrots and bower birds - the birdlife at Wooleen is remarkable. Because of the mulga's height, the birds are low enough to see at close range.
There aren't many sources of water on the property so at dawn and dusk they all flock to the windmills and waterholes. Thousands and thousands.
Birds Australia Western Australia Inc put together a list of the Birds of Wooleen Station [PDF]. Which you can download and bring along before your arrive.
List of Birds
Emu
WATERFOWL
Blue-billed Duck
Black Swan
Australian Shelduck
Australian Wood Duck
Pacific Black Duck
Australasian Shoveler
Grey Teal
Chestnut Teal
Pink-eared Duck
Hardhead
GREBES
Australasian Grebe
Hoary-headed Grebe
PELICANS, CORMORANTS, ALLIES
Darter
Little Black Cormorant
Australian Pelican
HERON, IBIS
White-faced Heron
White-necked Heron
Great Egret
Glossy Ibis
Australian White Ibis
Straw-necked Ibis
Yellow-billed Spoonbill
HAWKS, EAGLES, FALCONS
Black-breasted Buzzard
Whistling Kite
Spotted Harrier
Brown Goshawk
Wedge-tailed Eagle
Little Eagle
Brown Falcon
Australian Hobby
Peregrine Falcon
Nankeen Kestrel
Baillon’s Crake
Australian Spotted Crake
Buff-banded Rail
Black-tailed Native-hen
Eurasian Coot
Australian Bustard
WADERS
Common Greenshank
Wood Sandpiper
Grey-tailed Tattler
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Black-winged Stilt
Red-capped Plover
Inland Dotterel
Black-fronted Dotterel
Red-kneed Dotterel
Banded Lapwing
SKUAS, GULLS, TERNS
Gull-billed Tern
Whiskered Tern
PIGEONS, DOVES
Common Bronzewing
Crested Pigeon
Diamond Dove
Peaceful Dove
COCKATOOS, PARROTS
Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo
Galah
Little Corella
Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo
Cockatiel
Regent Parrot
Australian Ringneck
Mulga Parrot
Budgerigar
Bourke’s Parrot
Elegant Parrot
CUCKOOS
Pallid Cuckoo
Black-eared Cuckoo
Horsefield’s Bronze-Cuckoo
OWLS, FROGMOUTH
Southern Boobook
Tawny Frogmouth
Australian Owlet-nightjar
KINGFISHERS, ALLIES
Red-backed Kingfisher
Sacred Kingfisher
Rainbow Bee-eater
TREECREEEPERS
White-browed Treecreeper
FAIRY WRENS
Splendid Fairy-wren
Variegated Fairy-wren
White-winged Fairy-wren
PARDALOTES, THORNBILLS, ALLIES
Striated Pardalote
Redthroat
Weebill
Western Gerygone
Chestnut-rumped Thornbill
Yellow-rumped Thornbill
Southern Whiteface
HONEYEATERS
Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater
Yellow-throated Miner
Singing Honeyeater
White-plumed Honeyeater
Brown Honeyeater
White-fronted Honeyeater
Grey Honeyeater
Black Honeyeater
Pied Honeyeater
Crimson Chat
Orange Chat
White-fronted Chat
AUSTRALIAN ROBINS
Jacky Winter
Red-capped Robin
Hooded Robin
BABBLER, QUAILTHRUSH
Grey-crowned Babbler
White-browed Babbler
Chiming Wedgebill
Chestnut-breasted Quail-thrush
Varied Sittella
WHISTLERS, FLYCATCHERS
Crested Bellbird
Rufous Whistler
Grey Shrike-thrush
Magpie-lark
Grey Fantail
Willie Wagtail
CUCKOO-SHRIKES, TRILLERS
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
Ground Cuckoo-shrike
White-winged Triller
Little Woodswallow
WOODSWALLOWS
Masked Woodswallow
Black-faced Woodswallow
BUTCHERBIRDS, CURRAWONG
Grey Butcherbird
Pied Butcherbird
Australian Magpie
CROWS, RAVENS
Little Crow
Torresian Crow
Australian Raven
Western Bowerbird
Richard’s Pipit
FINCHES
Zebra Finch
Mistletoebird
SWALLOWS, MARTINS
Welcome Swallow
Tree Martin
Fairy Martin
OLD WORLD WARBLERS
Rufous Songlark
Brown Songlark
