Yarra Bend Park

Region:	Australia: Victoria
Location:	37°47'42"S 145°00'44"E
Description:	Grassland with patches of trees along Yarra River. Parkland and river frontage with remnant vegetation. Includes Studley Park and Yarra Bend Public Golf Course. Melway Map 44 H3.
Period:	1/1/2010
List:	54326
List Status:	Published in Atlas
Observer:	Ian Lundy
Notes:	Lots of signs of birds breeding.
Species:	35
Prepared:	9/9/2010
Common Names	Clements (international)
	Systematics and taxonomy of Australian birds. Christidis and Boles. 2008.

Species	Scientific Name	Comment	Count
Australian Wood Duck	Chenonetta jubata
Pacific Black Duck	Anas superciliosa
Great Cormorant	Phalacrocorax carbo	2 flying over down river
Little Pied Cormorant	Phalacrocorax melanoleucos	3 flying over down river
Dusky Moorhen	Gallinula tenebrosa
Silver Gull	Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
Rock Dove	Columba livia
Spotted Dove	Streptopelia chinensis
Common Bronzewing	Phaps chalcoptera	1, possibly young bird
Crested Pigeon	Geophaps lophotes	6
Rainbow Lorikeet	Trichoglossus haematodus	1 - normally lots here
Eastern Rosella	Platycercus eximius	2 near where they have previously nested
Red-rumped Parrot	Psephotus haematonotus	lots, many paired up and checking out nesting hollows
Laughing Kookaburra	Dacelo novaeguineae	4-5 including a young bird with a small beak compared to adults and still learning to call
Sacred Kingfisher	Todiramphus sanctus	1
Superb Fairy-wren	Malurus cyaneus
White-plumed Honeyeater	Lichenostomus penicillatus
Bell Miner	Manorina melanophrys
Noisy Miner	Manorina melanocephala
Red Wattlebird	Anthochaera carunculata
Spotted Pardalote	Pardalotus punctatus	Heard plus one seen
White-browed Scrubwren	Sericornis frontalis
Brown Thornbill	Acanthiza pusilla
Dusky Woodswallow	Artamus cyanopterus	2 with one sitting on a nest. Only ever seen a single bird at this site before.
Grey Butcherbird	Cracticus torquatus	One young bird being fed by adults
Australian Magpie	Gymnorhina tibicen
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike	Coracina novaehollandiae	One pair on a nest plus 1-2 elsewhere
Grey Shrike-thrush	Colluricincla harmonica	One heard
Willie Wagtail	Rhipidura leucophrys	At least one pair was feeding a fledgling
Magpie-lark	Grallina cyanoleuca
Little Raven	Corvus mellori
Welcome Swallow	Hirundo neoxena
Common Blackbird	Turdus merula
Common Myna	Acridotheres tristis
Common Starling	Sturnus vulgaris

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