Oxley Creek Common

Region:	Australia: Queensland
Location:	27°32'30"S 152°59'59"E
Description:	A great birdwatching location along Oxley Creek in Rocklea, Brisbane. Accessed by a relatively flat gravel path. There are mangrove/creek sections, grassland, two lagoons with substantial waterbird populations and eucalypt and hoop pine forest. Access is via Sherwood Road. The great circle bus line stops nearby and Rocklea and Sherwood train stations are about 1km away. more information on birdwatching at Oxley Creek Common can be found at http://uq.edu.au/spatialecology/birds-oxleycreekcommon
Period:	1/5/2010
List:	54590
List Status:	Published in Atlas
Observer:	Mat & Cathy Gilfedder
Species:	42
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
Grey Teal	Anas gracilis
Australasian Grebe	Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
Australian Pelican	Pelecanus conspicillatus
Little Black Cormorant	Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
Little Pied Cormorant	Phalacrocorax melanoleucos
Great Egret	Ardea alba
White-faced Heron	Egretta novaehollandiae
Australian White Ibis	Threskiornis molucca
Royal Spoonbill	Platalea regia
Black-shouldered Kite	Elanus axillaris
Brown Goshawk	Accipiter fasciatus
Dusky Moorhen	Gallinula tenebrosa
Black-winged Stilt	Himantopus leucocephalus
Common Tern	Sterna hirundo
Rock Dove	Columba livia
Crested Pigeon	Geophaps lophotes
Bar-shouldered Dove	Geopelia humeralis
Laughing Kookaburra	Dacelo novaeguineae
Sacred Kingfisher	Todiramphus sanctus
Red-backed Fairy-wren	Malurus melanocephalus
Superb Fairy-wren	Malurus cyaneus
Lewin's Honeyeater	Meliphaga lewinii
Blue-faced Honeyeater	Entomyzon cyanotis
Pied Butcherbird	Cracticus nigrogularis
Australian Magpie	Gymnorhina tibicen
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike	Coracina novaehollandiae
Grey Shrike-thrush	Colluricincla harmonica
Olive-backed Oriole	Oriolus sagittatus
Australian Figbird	Sphecotheres vieilloti
Willie Wagtail	Rhipidura leucophrys
Magpie-lark	Grallina cyanoleuca
Torresian Crow	Corvus orru
Fairy Martin	Petrochelidon ariel
Australian Reed-Warbler	Acrocephalus australis
Tawny Grassbird	Megalurus timoriensis
Golden-headed Cisticola	Cisticola exilis
Silvereye	Zosterops lateralis
Common Myna	Acridotheres tristis
Mistletoebird	Dicaeum hirundinaceum
Chestnut-breasted Mannikin	Lonchura castaneothorax

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