Photo Gallery - Birds

Green Pygmy-goose (photo copyright Peter McKenzie)

Brown Quail on the Marrakai Track (photo copyright Peter McKenzie)

Black-necked Stork, the female has golden eyes and male has brown eyes. Still sometimes incorrectly called 'Jabiru' which is a Portugeses word for 'stork' and is a South American species. (photo copyright Alan Kydd)

Female Black-necked Stork (photo copyright Mike Jarvis)

Black-necked Stork - Bird Billabong (photo copyright Laurie Ross)

Female Australasian Darter on Yellow Water (photo copyright Alan Kydd)

Yellow Water Darter with huge fish (photo copyright Arnie Wessel)

Black Bittern - Kakadu (photo copyright Laurie Ross)

Eastern Great Egret Ardea modesta - common and widespread, estuaries, harbours and wetlands. With Black-necked Stork and Little Egret (photo copyright Ian Morris)

Little Egret Egretta garzetta negripes - moderately common and widespread, estuaries, reefs, wetlands. Taken at Fogg Dam in the wet (photo copyright Mike Jarvis)

Black Shouldered Kite - Fogg Dam (photo copyright Laurie Ross)

Black-breasted Buzzard - Hardies Lagoon (photo copyright Laurie Ross)

Brahminy Kite at East Point (photo copyright Oz Horine)

Black Kite aka Firehawk (photo copyright Marie Holding)

Eric the Brown Goshawk (photo copyright Ian Morris)

Collared Sparrowhawk - Darwin (photo copyright Laurie Ross)

Collared Sparrowhawk at Knuckey Lagoon (photo copyright Mike Jarvis)

Grey Goshawk (white morph) - Mary River (photo copyright Laurie Ross)

White Morph Grey Goshawk at Mary River Wilderness Retreat (photo copyright Marie Holding)

Male Australian Bustard with partially distended throat sac. (photo copyright Tony Hoban)

Auustralian Bustard (photo copyright Mike Jarvis)

Australian Bustard - Vic River (photo copyright Laurie Ross)

Australian Bustard on the Gorge Road near Katherine (photo copyright Mike Jarvis)

Chestnut Rail feeding on the mudbank in mangrove habitat (photo copyright Ian Morris)

Chestnut Rail in Darwin Harbour (photo copyright Sea Darwin)

Buff-banded Rail - Buffalo Creek (photo copyright Laurie Ross)

Brolgas and chick at Fogg Dam (photo copyright Marie Holding)

Bush Stone-curlew defending his family (photo copyright Mike Jarvis)

Beach Stone-curlew - East Point (photo copyright Laurie Ross)

Comb-crested Jacana (photo copyright Ian Morris)

Male Comb-crested Jacana with nest and eggs (photo copyright Mike Jarvis)

Bar-tailed Godwit - East Point (photo copyright Laurie Ross)

Chestnut-quilled Rock Pigeon at Ubirr. This very restricted species is only found in the Arnhem Land escarpment habitat (photo copyright Alan Kydd)

Chestnut-quilled Rock Pigeon at Ubirr (photo copyright Frank Taylor)

Photo-bomb! Chestnut-quilled Rock Pigeon with Sandstone Shrike-thrush at Ubirr (photo copyright Mike Jarvis)

Chestnut-quilled Rock Pigeon at Nadab lookout (photo copyright Mike Jarvis)

Chestnut-quilled Rock-Pigeon at Nadab Floodplain lookot (photo copyright Mike Jarvis)

Bar-shouldered Dove, the most common bird in Darwin (photo copyright Dave Chilcot)

Banded Fruit Dove - endemic to the Arnhem Land Escarpment (photo copyright Marc Gardner)

Channel-billed Cuckoo (photo copyright Laurie Ross)

Little Bronze-Cuckoo Chalcites minutillus - moderately common and widespread resident, more common near the coast, mangroves, monsoon forest, wetland edges, parks - Male (has red eye-ring) at Sandy Creek, Darwin (photo copyright Mike Jarvis)

Eastern Grass Owl - Holmes Jungle (photo copyright Laurie Ross)

Juvenile Barking Owls on Nightcliff Foreshore, Darwin (photo copyright Helen Robinson)

Azure Kingfisher (photo copyright Peter McKenzie)

Azure Kingfisher - Howard Springs (photo copyright Laurie Ross)

Little Kingfisher (Ceyx pusilla) - uncommon resident, streams and pools in monsoon forest and mangroves, densely vegetated wetlands, rivers and creeks - This one was nesting at Casuarina Beach, Darwin (photo copyright Laurie Ross)

Female Blue-winged Kookaburra (photo copyright Marie Holding)

Forest Kingfisher pair on Yellow Water (photo copyright Frank Taylor)

Forest Kingfisher (photo copyright Ian Morris)

Forest Kingfisher at Fogg Dam (photo copyright Mike Jarvis)

Forest Kingfisher at Holmes Jungle (photo copyright Mike Jarvis)

Torresian (Collared) Kingfisher at East Point (photo copyright Marie Holding)

Oriental Dollarbird (photo copyright Laurie Ross)

Galahs pair bonding (photo copyright Alan Kydd)

Cockatiels at Pine Creek (photo copyright Alan Kydd)

Male Hooded Parrot near Pine Creek (photo copyright Mike Jarvis)

Hooded Parrot - Katherine (photo copyright Laurie Ross)

Hooded Parrot at Pine Creek (photo copyright Stefan Schlick)

Hooded Parrot at Pine Creek (photo copyright Mike Jarvis)

Male Great Bowerbird displaying his crest at the bower (photo copyright Mike Jarvis)

Great Bowerbird (photo copyright Frank Taylor)

Great Bowerbird at his bower (photo copyright Marie Holding)

Great Bowerbird fussing at his bower (photo copyright Marie Holding)

(photo copyright Mike Jarvis)

Great Bowerbird (photo copyright Mike Jarvis)

Eastern Curlew (photo copyright Laurie Ross)

Dusky Myzomela (photo copyright Ian Morris)

Little Woodswallows questioning a Banded Honeyeaters right to share their tree!! Marrakai Track (photo copyright Mike Jarvis)

Brown Honeyeater and juvenile Banded Honeyeater facing off at Dingo Springs, near Timber Creek (photo copyright Mike Jarvis)

Juvenile Blue-faced Honeyeater (photo copyright Dave Chilcot)

Helmeted Friarbird (photo copyright Mike Jarvis)

Green-backed Gerygone (photo copyright Stefan Schlick)

Green-backed Gerygone (photo copyright Stefan Schlick)

Grey Whistler (photo copyright Laurie Ross)

Australasian Figbird at Knuckey's Lagoon (photo copyright Ashley Maple)

Arafura Fantail, very pretty fantail, similar to the Rufous Fantail found along the east coast of Australia (photo copyright Mike Jarvis)

Arafura Fantail - Adelaide River (photo copyright Laurie Ross)

Broad-billed Flycatcher - East Point Mangrove Boardwalk (photo copyright Laurie Ross)

Broad-billed Flycatcher at East Point (photo copyright Alan Kydd)

Hooded Robin at Dingo Springs (photo copyright Mike Jarvis)

Australian Reed Warbler. This bird was captured during a research trip by Dr Rohan Clarke, in a mist net for identification purposes on West Island, Ashmore Reef. Seen here having a drink before being gently released. (photo copyright Mike Jarvis)

Canary White-eye on Bombax flower at South Alligator River boat ramp (photo copyright Mike Jarvis)

Grey Wagtail on West Island, Ashmore Reef (photo copyright Mike Jarvis)

Double-barred Finch (photo copyright Oz Horine)

Double-barred Finches feeding (photo copyright Mike Jarvis)

Long-tailed Finch (Poephila acuticauda) - moderately common and widespread resident, woodlands, edge of wetlands and floodplains, parks and gardens. Taken at Holmes Jungle (photo copyright Mike Jarvis)

Crimson Finch at Fogg Dam (photo copyright Ian Morris)

Crimson Finches at Fogg Dam (photo copyright Mike Jarvis)

Gouldian Fiches drinking (photo copyright Ian Morris)

Group of forty-four (count them) Gouldian Finches drinking from a small waterhole near Timber Creek (photo copyright Mike Jarvis)

Gouldian (female) and Long-tailed Finch (photo copyright Laurie Ross)

Gouldian (male) - Marrakai Track (photo copyright Laurie Ross)

Gouldian (male) - Marrakai Track (photo copyright Laurie Ross)

Gouldian (male) - Fergusson River (photo copyright Laurie Ross)

Gouldian Finch on Bullita Road near Timber Creek (photo copyright Maree Hanrahan)

Gouldians feeding in burnt grass at Bird Billabong, Mary River National Park (photo copyright Barry Lancaster)

Gouldians drinking at Fergusson River (photo copyright Frank Taylor)

Gouldian Finch on the Marrakai Track (photo copyright Mike Jarvis)

Gouldian Finch on the Marrakai Track (photo copyright Mike Jarvis)

Chestnut-breasted and Yellow-rumped Mannikins near Timber Creek (photo copyright Mick Jerram)

Chestnut-breasted Mannikin (photo copyright Andrew Buckle)

Arctic Warbler on Browse Island, 900kms west of Darwin, (the other end of the under sea pipeline that terminates in Darwin Harbour). This species breeds in the Arctic and migrates as far as South East Asia during the northern winter. (photo copyright Mike Jarvis)

Australian Little Bittern at Lake Kununurra BOTEB (photo copyright Rob Gully)

108. Australian Pratincole Stiltia isabella - common and widespread visitor, April to November, wetlands, grasslands, plains (photo copyright Rob Gully)

153. Azure Kingfisher Ceyx azureus - common and widespread resident, streams, pools in monsoon forests, mangroves, wetlands, rivers and creeks, wherever there ae small fish (photo copyright Rob Gully)

62. Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla - uncommon and irregular visitor to coastal and near coastal areas, wetlands. Seen at Lake Kununurra in August 2017 (photo copyright Rob Gully)

146. Barking Owl Ninox connivens - moderately common and widespread resident, woodland, monsoon forest, wetland edges, parks and suburbs (photo copyright Rob Gully)

44. Black-breasted Buzzard Hamirostra melanosternon - moderately common and widespread, more often seen in north during dry season (photo copyright Rob Gully)

44. Black-breasted Buzzard Hamirostra melanosternon - moderately common and widespread, more often seen in north during dry season (photo copyright Rob Gully)

Priceless capture! Red headed morph male Gouldian Finch (photo copyright Mike Jarvis)

250. Broad-billed Flycatcher Myiagra ruficollis - moderately common resident, coastal and near coastal areas, mangroves, monsoon forest, paperbark woodland (photo copyright Rob Gully)

Brown Noddys at Ashmore Reef (photo copyright Mike Jarvis)

262. Buff-sided Robin Poecilodryas cerviniventris - uncommon resident, dense riverine vegatation, especially where there is bamboo (photo copyright Rob Gully)

060 Chestnut Rail (photo copyright Ian Morris)

172. Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus - moderately common resident, widespread away from the coast, common from Pine Creek to the south, open woodland (photo copyright Rob Gully)

172. Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus - moderately common resident, widespread away from the coast, common from Pine Creek to the south, open woodland (photo copyright Rob Gully)

83. Comb-crested Jacana Irediparra gallinacea - common and widespread resident, wetlands (photo copyright Rob Gully)

283. Crimson Finch Neochmia phaeton - common and widespread resident, rivers and streams, parks and gardens (photo copyright Rob Gully)

Eastuarine Croc eating a fish at Anbangbang Billabong. Wandering Whistling-ducks have seen it all before... (photo copyright Caroline Gully)

Dollarbird (photo copyright Mike Jarvis)

280. Double-barred Finch Taeniopygia bichenovii - common and widespread resident, woodlands, forests, mangroves, wetlands, parks and gardens (photo copyright Rob Gully)

34. Eastern Reef Egret Egretta sacra - moderately common coastal resident, coast, harbours and estuaries (photo copyright Caroline Gully)

Eric the Pitta in a relaxed mode (photo copyright Ian Morris)

Eric the Pitta in Goshawk mode (photo copyright Ian Morris)

121a. Flock Bronzewing - rare, irregular April to October, wetlands. Breeds after wet season. (photo copyright Rob Gully)

Fogg Dam overflow in the wet season (photo copyright Mike Jarvis)

156. Forest Kingfisher Todiramphus macleayii - common and widespread in Coastal Top End (photo copyright Rob Gully)

286. Gouldian Finch Erythrura gouldiae - View Profile -rare to uncommon nomadic resident, widespread in southern half of Top End, not seen in Darwin since the early 70's, open woodlands, grasslands, rivers (photo copyright Rob Gully)

286. Gouldian Finch Erythrura gouldiae - View Profile -rare to uncommon nomadic resident, widespread in southern half of Top End, not seen in Darwin since the early 70's, open woodlands, grasslands, rivers (photo copyright Caroline Gully)

Gouldians caught on camera (photo copyright Mike Jarvis)

181. Great Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus nuchalis - common and widespread resident, woodland escarpment, mangrove and monsoon forest edges, wetlands, parks and suburbs (photo copyright Rob Gully)

181. Great Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus nuchalis - common and widespread resident, woodland escarpment, mangrove and monsoon forest edges, wetlands, parks and suburbs (photo copyright Rob Gully)

216. Grey-crowned Babbler Pomatostomus temporalis - common and widespread resident, open woodlands, parks and suburbs, these ones are Pine Creek (photo copyright Rob Gully)

177. Hooded Parrot Psephotus dissimilis - uncommon, localised in Pine Creek and Katherine areas, open and riverine woodland (photo copyright Rob Gully)

177. Hooded Parrot Psephotus dissimilis - uncommon, localised in Pine Creek and Katherine areas, open and riverine woodland (photo copyright Rob Gully)

White-throated Grasswren (photo copyright Ian Morris)

Knuckeys at the end of dry (photo copyright Mike Jarvis)

154. Little Kingfisher Ceyx pusilla - uncommon resident, streams and pools in monsoon forest and mangroves, densely vegetated wetlands, rivers and creeks - on the Yellow Water cruise, Kakadu (photo copyright Rob Gully)

White-bellied Sea-eagle on Yellow Water, Kakadu (photo copyright Mike Jarvis)

35. Nankeen Night-Heron Nycticorax caledonicus - moderately common and widespread, wetlands, paperbark forests (photo copyright Rob Gully)

Nankeen Night Heron (photo copyright Ian Morris)

Northern Fantail (photo copyright Marie Holding)

Northern Rosella - Darwin River Dam (photo copyright Laurie Ross)

Orange-footed Scrubfowl on mound at East Point (photo copyright Mike Jarvis)

Orange-footed Scrubfowl (photo copyright Laurie Ross)

Pacific Baza at Cahill's Crossing, East Alligator River, Kakadu (photo copyright Marie Holding)

Pheasant Coucal in wet season breeding plumage (photo copyright Laurie Ross)

Pied Imperial Pigeons, common in the coastal Top End during the wet season (photo copyright Marie Holding)

182. Purple-crowned Fairy-wren Malurus coronatus - uncommon and localised resident in the Southwest region, dense grasses along Victoria River (photo copyright Rob Gully)

Rainbow Bee-eater (photo copyright Marie Holding)

179. Rainbow Pitta Pitta iris - moderately common resident, more common near the coast, monsoon forest, easiest to find eptember to March, when it is more vocal and active (photo copyright Rob Gully)

Rainbow Pitta at Howard Springs (photo copyright Julian Teh)

Rainbow Pitta at Burrunggui (photo copyright Peter McKenzie)

Red Goshawk, mature female, near nest in Kakadu National Park. One of Australia's rarest raptors, last estimate only 1400 birds in the wild and declining (photo copyright Mike Jarvis)

Young male Red Goshawk. One of Australia's rarest raptors, last estimate only 1400 birds in the wild and declining (photo copyright Mike Jarvis)

Red Goshawk on its nest in August 2016. Two white fluffy chicks seen in October, chicks had fledged by November. (photo copyright Maree Hanrahan)

173. Red-collared Lorikeet Trichoglossus rubritorquis - common and widespread, woodland, parks, suburbs, roosts in city areas in Darwin and Palmerston (photo copyright Rob Gully)

Red-tailed Black Cockatoo at East Point (photo copyright Dave Chilcot)

195. Rufous-throated Honeyeater Conopophila rufogularis - common and widespread resident, more inland than coastal, some movement to the coast May to October, riverine and open woodland, wetland edges, escarpments (photo copyright Rob Gully)

Rufous-throated Honeyeater (photo copyright Laurie Ross)

Sacred Kingfisher - digiscoped (photo copyright Mike Jarvis)

Sandstone Helmeted Friarbird (photo copyright Mike Jarvis)

Scoping waders at Adele Island, with curios Brown Booby looking on (photo copyright Mike Jarvis)

252. Shining Flycatcher Myiagra alecto - common and widespread resident, mangroves, monsoon forest and riverine forests (photo copyright Rob Gully)

223. Silver-backed Butcherbird Cracticus argenteus - moderately common and widespread, more likely to see in Palmerston than Darwin, open forest, woodlands (photo copyright Rob Gully)

244. Spangled Drongo Dicrurus bracteatus - common and widespread resident, monsoon and riverine forest, wetland edges, parks, gardens (photo copyright Rob Gully)

123. Spinifex Pigeon Geophaps plumifera - uncommon, open woodland, inland, rocky spinifex country. Breeds dry season from June. (photo copyright Rob Gully)

Spinifex Pigeon at Keep River National Park (photo copyright Mike Jarvis)

Striated Heron at Buffalo Creek (photo copyright Andrew Buckle)

Striated Pardalote at Holmes Jungle (photo copyright Mike Jarvis)

Whistling-ducks at sunset, Yellow Water, Kakadu (photo copyright Marie Holding)

(photo copyright Rob Gully)

228. White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike Coracina papuensis - common and widespread resident, woodlands, wetland edges, floodplains, riverine woodland, parks and gardens

46. White-bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster - common and widespread, coasts, wetlands, estuaries and large rivers (photo copyright Rob Gully)

White-breasted Whistler - East Point, a rare encounter (photo copyright Laurie Ross)

63. White-browed Crake Amaurornis cinerea - moderately common resident in coastal and near coastal areas, wetlands (photo copyright Rob Gully)

White-browed Crake (photo copyright Mike Jarvis)

125. White-quilled Rock-Pigeon Petrophassa albipennis - uncommon and localised south-west escarpment areas. Breeds March to November. (photo copyright Rob Gully)

White-throated Grasswren, Arnhem Land Escarpment Endemic (photo copyright Mick Jerram)

White-throated Grasswren, Arnhem Land Escarpment Endemic (photo copyright Mick Jerram)

White-throated Grasswren, Arnhem Land Endemic (photo copyright Mick Jerram)

WWD at Anbangbang (photo copyright Mike Jarvis)

197. Yellow Chat - rare and localised resident and nomadic visitor, wetland edges, locally common on 'Yellow Chat Island', Lake Argyle (photo copyright Rob Gully)

287. Yellow-rumped Mannikin Lonchura flaviprymna - uncommon nomadic resident, mainly Southwest area, most Darwin records in flocks of Chestnut-breasted Mannikins at feeding stations, woodland, river and streamside vegetation, floodplain and wetland edges, parks and gardens (photo copyright Rob Gully)

Yellow-tinted Honeyeater (photo copyright Laurie Ross)

Zebra Finch - Top Springs (photo copyright Laurie Ross)