Species library
The plates
Familiar birds of Australian yards, streets, and Peninsula shores — drawn as a private field guide.
34 plates
The Ink-Throated Sentinel
Australian Magpie
Gymnorhina tibicen
Keeper of the Grey Hour
Little Raven
Corvus mellori
The Long Wail
Australian Raven
Corvus coronoides
The Hook-Billed Flute
Grey Butcherbird
Cracticus torquatus
The Yellow-Eyed Winter
Pied Currawong
Strepera graculina
The Tide-Glass Messenger
Silver Gull
Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
The Great Yellow Bill
Pacific Gull
Larus pacificus
Crest of the Morning Bell
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Cacatua galerita
The Nectar Flame
Rainbow Lorikeet
Trichoglossus moluccanus
Painted Warden of the Fence-line
Eastern Rosella
Platycercus eximius
The Rose Storm
Galah
Eolophus roseicapilla
The Dawn Laugh
Laughing Kookaburra
Dacelo novaeguineae
The Restless Usher
Willie Wagtail
Rhipidura leucophrys
The Mud-Cup Clerk
Magpie-lark
Grallina cyanoleuca
The Forked Hour
Welcome Swallow
Hirundo neoxena
The Sapphire Thread
Superb Fairywren
Malurus cyaneus
Streak of the Banksia
New Holland Honeyeater
Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
The Cough in the Banksia
Red Wattlebird
Anthochaera carunculata
The Banksia's Own
Little Wattlebird
Anthochaera chrysoptera
The Needle at the Correa
Eastern Spinebill
Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris
The Colony Watch
Noisy Miner
Manorina melanocephala
The Quiet Billabong
Pacific Black Duck
Anas superciliosa
The Grazing Mane
Australian Wood Duck
Chenonetta jubata
The Ink-Necked Procession
Black Swan
Cygnus atratus
The Tide's Great Spoon
Australian Pelican
Pelecanus conspicillatus
The Still Grey
White-faced Heron
Egretta novaehollandiae
The Yellow-Masked Watch
Masked Lapwing
Vanellus miles
The Coral Blade
Pied Oystercatcher
Haematopus longirostris
The Slate Commuter
Little Penguin
Eudyptula minor
The Whistling Crest
Crested Pigeon
Ocyphaps lophotes
The Collar of Small Moons
Spotted Dove
Spilopelia chinensis
The Pale Sovereign
White-bellied Sea-Eagle
Haliaeetus leucogaster
The Hovering Lantern
Black-shouldered Kite
Elanus axillaris
The Cinnamon Hour
Nankeen Kestrel
Falco cenchroides