Wildlife of Port Augusta

Frogs, reptiles, birds and mammals found in the vicinity of the town of Port Augusta, South Australia. This list was compiled by a combination of personal experience, lists by the AALBG (see below) and iNat observations. Currently in the process of adding custom descriptions.

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Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo ¹
Chrysococcyx basalis

Black-eared Cuckoo ²
Chrysococcyx osculans

Fan-tailed Cuckoo ³
Cacomantis flabelliformis

Pallid Cuckoo ⁴
Cacomantis pallidus

Eastern Galah ⁵
Eolophus roseicapilla albiceps

Cockatiel ⁶
Nymphicus hollandicus

Major Mitchell's Cockatoo ⁷
Lophochroa leadbeateri

Little Corella ⁸
Cacatua sanguinea

Blue-winged Parrot ⁷
Neophema chrysostoma

Elegant Parrot ⁹
Neophema elegans

Scarlet-chested Parrot ¹⁰
Neophema splendida

Flinders Ranges Crimson Rosella ¹¹
Platycercus elegans subadelaidae

Mulga Parrot ¹²
Psephotus varius

Rainbow Lorikeet ¹³
Trichoglossus haematodus moluccanus

Greater Bluebonnet ⁷
Northiella haematogaster

Purple-crowned Lorikeet ¹⁴
Glossopsitta porphyrocephala

Australian Ringneck ¹⁵
Barnardius zonarius

Budgerigar ¹⁶
Melopsittacus undulatus

Southern Boobook ¹⁷
Ninox novaeseelandiae

Australian Barn Owl ¹⁸
Tyto alba delicatula

Rainbow Bee-eater ¹⁹
Merops ornatus

Red-backed Kingfisher ²⁰
Todiramphus pyrrhopygius

Sacred Kingfisher ²¹
Todiramphus sanctus

Spotted Dove ²²
Streptopelia chinensis

Feral Pigeon ²³
Columba livia domestica

Common Bronzewing ²⁴
Phaps chalcoptera

Diamond Dove ²⁵
Geopelia cuneata

Peaceful Dove ²
Geopelia placida

Crested Pigeon ²⁶
Ocyphaps lophotes

Emu ²⁷
Dromaius novaehollandiae

Black-tailed Native-hen ²⁸
Tribonyx ventralis

Buff-banded Rail ²⁹
Gallirallus philippensis

Brown Quail ³⁰
Synoicus ypsilophorus

Stubble Quail ³¹
Coturnix pectoralis

Little Buttonquail ³²
Turnix velox

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper ³³
Calidris acuminata

Red-necked Stint ³⁴
Calidris ruficollis

Common Greenshank ³⁵
Tringa nebularia

Common Sandpiper ³⁶
Actitis hypoleucos

Gull-billed Tern ³⁷
Gelochelidon nilotica

Caspian Tern ³⁸
Hydroprogne caspia

Great Crested Tern ³⁹
Thalasseus bergii

Whiskered Tern ³⁷
Chlidonias hybrida

Silver Gull ⁴⁰
Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae

Australian Pratincole ¹²
Stiltia isabella

Inland Dotterel ⁴¹
Peltohyas australis

Red-capped Plover ²⁹
Charadrius ruficapillus

Banded Lapwing ²⁸
Vanellus tricolor

Black-shouldered Lapwing ⁴²
Vanellus miles novaehollandiae

Sooty Oystercatcher ²⁹
Haematopus fuliginosus

Pied Oystercatcher ¹
Haematopus longirostris

Pied Stilt ⁴³
Himantopus leucocephalus

Red-necked Avocet ⁴⁴
Recurvirostra novaehollandiae

Banded Stilt ⁴⁵
Cladorhynchus leucocephalus

Hoary-headed Grebe ²⁹
Poliocephalus poliocephalus

Short-tailed Shearwater ⁴⁶
Ardenna tenuirostris

Yellow-billed Spoonbill ⁴⁷
Platalea flavipes

Australian White Ibis ⁴⁸
Threskiornis molucca

Straw-necked Ibis ⁴⁹
Threskiornis spinicollis

Australian Pelican ⁵⁰
Pelecanus conspicillatus

Little Egret ³⁷
Egretta garzetta

White-faced Heron ⁵¹
Egretta novaehollandiae

White-necked Heron ²⁶
Ardea pacifica

Eastern Great Egret ⁵²
Ardea alba modesta

Brown Falcon ⁴⁹
Falco berigora

Australian Hobby ⁵³
Falco longipennis

Black Falcon ⁷
Falco subniger

Australian Peregrine Falcon ⁵⁴
Falco peregrinus macropus

Nankeen Kestrel ⁵⁵
Falco cenchroides cenchroides

Spotted Nightjar ⁵⁶
Eurostopodus argus

Tawny Frogmouth ⁴¹
Podargus strigoides

Pacific Swift ⁵⁷
Apus pacificus

Black Swan ⁵⁸
Cygnus atratus

Grey Teal ⁵⁹
Anas gracilis

Hardhead ²⁹
Aythya australis

Blue-billed Duck ⁶⁰
Oxyura australis

Pink-eared Duck ⁶¹
Malacorhynchus membranaceus

Australian Wood Duck ⁵⁴
Chenonetta jubata

Musk Duck ²⁹
Biziura lobata

Wedge-tailed Eagle ³
Aquila audax

Collared Sparrowhawk ⁶²
Accipiter cirrocephalus

Brown Goshawk ⁴⁹
Accipiter fasciatus

Little Eagle ²⁹
Hieraaetus morphnoides

Swamp Harrier ⁵⁴
Circus approximans

Spotted Harrier ¹⁶
Circus assimilis

Black Kite
Milvus migrans

Black-shouldered Kite ⁶³
Elanus axillaris

White-bellied Sea-Eagle ⁴⁶
Haliaeetus leucogaster

Whistling Kite ⁴⁸
Haliastur sphenurus

Australian Bustard ⁶⁴
Ardeotis australis

Australasian Gannet ⁶⁵
Morus serrator

Little Pied Cormorant ²¹
Microcarbo melanoleucos

Little Black Cormorant ⁶⁶
Phalacrocorax sulcirostris

Australasian Great Cormorant ⁵⁴
Phalacrocorax carbo novaehollandiae

Australian Pied Cormorant ⁶⁷
Phalacrocorax varius hypoleucos

Fairy Martin ¹²
Petrochelidon ariel

Tree Martin ⁶⁸
Petrochelidon nigricans

Welcome Swallow ⁵⁵
Hirundo neoxena

White-backed Swallow ⁷
Cheramoeca leucosterna

purple-backed fairywren ⁶⁹
Malurus assimilis

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Wildlife of Port Augusta

Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo 1 Chrysococcyx basalis

Black-eared Cuckoo 2 Chrysococcyx osculans

Fan-tailed Cuckoo 3 Cacomantis flabelliformis

Pallid Cuckoo 4 Cacomantis pallidus

Eastern Galah 5 Eolophus roseicapilla albiceps

Cockatiel 6 Nymphicus hollandicus

Major Mitchell's Cockatoo 7 Lophochroa leadbeateri

Little Corella 8 Cacatua sanguinea

Blue-winged Parrot 7 Neophema chrysostoma

Elegant Parrot 9 Neophema elegans

Scarlet-chested Parrot 10 Neophema splendida

Flinders Ranges Crimson Rosella 11 Platycercus elegans subadelaidae

Mulga Parrot 12 Psephotus varius

Rainbow Lorikeet 13 Trichoglossus haematodus moluccanus

Greater Bluebonnet 7 Northiella haematogaster

Purple-crowned Lorikeet 14 Glossopsitta porphyrocephala

Australian Ringneck 15 Barnardius zonarius

Budgerigar 16 Melopsittacus undulatus

Southern Boobook 17 Ninox novaeseelandiae

Australian Barn Owl 18 Tyto alba delicatula

Rainbow Bee-eater 19 Merops ornatus

Red-backed Kingfisher 20 Todiramphus pyrrhopygius

Sacred Kingfisher 21 Todiramphus sanctus

Spotted Dove 22 Streptopelia chinensis

Feral Pigeon 23 Columba livia domestica

Common Bronzewing 24 Phaps chalcoptera

Diamond Dove 25 Geopelia cuneata

Peaceful Dove 2 Geopelia placida

Crested Pigeon 26 Ocyphaps lophotes

Emu 27 Dromaius novaehollandiae

Black-tailed Native-hen 28 Tribonyx ventralis

Buff-banded Rail 29 Gallirallus philippensis

Brown Quail 30 Synoicus ypsilophorus

Stubble Quail 31 Coturnix pectoralis

Little Buttonquail 32 Turnix velox

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 33 Calidris acuminata

Red-necked Stint 34 Calidris ruficollis

Common Greenshank 35 Tringa nebularia

Common Sandpiper 36 Actitis hypoleucos

Gull-billed Tern 37 Gelochelidon nilotica

Caspian Tern 38 Hydroprogne caspia

Great Crested Tern 39 Thalasseus bergii

Whiskered Tern 37 Chlidonias hybrida

Silver Gull 40 Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae

Australian Pratincole 12 Stiltia isabella

Inland Dotterel 41 Peltohyas australis

Red-capped Plover 29 Charadrius ruficapillus

Banded Lapwing 28 Vanellus tricolor

Black-shouldered Lapwing 42 Vanellus miles novaehollandiae

Sooty Oystercatcher 29 Haematopus fuliginosus

Pied Oystercatcher 1 Haematopus longirostris

Pied Stilt 43 Himantopus leucocephalus

Red-necked Avocet 44 Recurvirostra novaehollandiae

Banded Stilt 45 Cladorhynchus leucocephalus

Hoary-headed Grebe 29 Poliocephalus poliocephalus

Short-tailed Shearwater 46 Ardenna tenuirostris

Yellow-billed Spoonbill 47 Platalea flavipes

Australian White Ibis 48 Threskiornis molucca

Straw-necked Ibis 49 Threskiornis spinicollis

Australian Pelican 50 Pelecanus conspicillatus

Little Egret 37 Egretta garzetta

White-faced Heron 51 Egretta novaehollandiae

White-necked Heron 26 Ardea pacifica

Eastern Great Egret 52 Ardea alba modesta

Brown Falcon 49 Falco berigora

Australian Hobby 53 Falco longipennis

Black Falcon 7 Falco subniger

Australian Peregrine Falcon 54 Falco peregrinus macropus

Nankeen Kestrel 55 Falco cenchroides cenchroides

Spotted Nightjar 56 Eurostopodus argus

Tawny Frogmouth 41 Podargus strigoides

Pacific Swift 57 Apus pacificus

Black Swan 58 Cygnus atratus

Grey Teal 59 Anas gracilis

Hardhead 29 Aythya australis

Blue-billed Duck 60 Oxyura australis

Pink-eared Duck 61 Malacorhynchus membranaceus

Australian Wood Duck 54 Chenonetta jubata

Musk Duck 29 Biziura lobata