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Bird Species

Bird species recorded within Damper Creek and Valley Reserves on 9 March 2000, and at Scotchmans and Dandenong Creeks on 5 April 2000.

Species recorded at Scotchmans Creek between Warrigal and Huntingdale Roads by Ecology Australia during December 1998 and January 1999 during the study of Quin et al. (1999) are presented with the code S. An asterisk (*) denotes an exotic species.

Common Name	Scientific Name	Damper Creek	Valley Reserve	Scotchmans Creek	Dandenong Creek
White-faced Heron	Egretta novaehollandiae		+	+/S	+
Brown Goshawk	Accipiter fasciatus		+		+
Dusky Moorhen	Gallinula ventralis				+
Australian Wood Duck	Chenonetta jubata				+
Pacific Black Duck	Anas superciliosa	+	+	+/S	+
Chestnut Teal	Anas castanea			S
Blue-billed Duck	Oxyura australis				+
Latham's Snipe	Gallinago hardwickii			S
Masked Lapwing	Vanellus miles			S
Black-fronted Dotterel	Elseyornis melanops				+
Common Bronzewing	Phaps chalcoptera				+
Crested Pigeon	Ocyphaps lophotes			S
*Spotted Turtle-Dove	Streptopelia chinensis	+	+	+/S	+
*Rock Dove	Columba livia			S
Rainbow Lorikeet	Trichoglossus haematodus	+	+	+/S	+
Musk Lorikeet	Glossopsitta concinna	+	+	+/S	+
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo	Calyptorhynchus funereus				+
Galah	Eolophus roseicapillus			S
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo	Cacatua galerita				+
Eastern Rosella	Platycercus eximius	+	+	+/S	+
Crimson Rosella	Platycercus elegans				+
Red-rumped Parrot	Psephotus haematonotus	+
Laughing Kookaburra	Dacelo novaeguineae	+	+
Powerful Owl	Ninox strenua				+
Tawny Frogmouth	Podargus strigoides	+	+
Fan-tailed Cuckoo	Cacomantis flabelliformis				+
Red Wattlebird	Anthochaera carunculata	+	+	+/S	+
Little Wattlebird	Anthochaera chrysoptera			+/S
Noisy Miner	Manorina melanocephala	+	+	+/S	+
Bell Miner	Manorina melanophrys		+	+	+
White-plumed Honeyeater	Lichenostomus penicillatus	+		+/S	+
Eastern Spinebill	Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris	+			+
Brown Thornbill	Acanthiza pusilla	+	+		+
Striated Thornbill	Acanthiza lineata	+	+
Striated Pardalote	Pardalotus striatus				+
Spotted Pardalote	Pardalotus punctatus	+	+		+
Silvereye	Zosterops lateralis	+		+	+
White-browed Scrub-wren	Sericornis frontalis		+		+
Superb Fairy-wren	Malurus cyaneus			+/S	+
Magpie-lark	Grallina cyanoleuca	+	+	+/S	+
Grey Fantail	Rhipidura fuliginosa		+		+
Willie Wagtail	Rhipidura leucophrys		+	+/S	+
Eastern Yellow Robin	Eopsaltria australis				+
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike	Coracina novaehollandiae			S	+
Mistletoebird	Dicaeum hirundinaceum		+	S	+
Welcome Swallow	Hirundo neoxena		+	S	+
Australian Magpie	Gymnorhina tibicen	+	+	+/S	+
Grey Butcherbird	Cracticus torquatus	+	+	+/S	+
Red-browed Finch	Neochmia temporalis				+
Pied Currawong	Strepera graculina			S
Grey Currawong	Strepera versicolor			S
Australian Raven	Corvus coronoides			S
Little Raven	Corvus mellori	+	+	+/S	+
*Common Blackbird	Turdus merula	+	+	+/S	+
*Song Thrush	Turdus philomelos			S
*Common Myna	Acridotheres tristis	+	+	+/S	+
*Common Starling	Sturnus vulgaris	+	+	+/S	+
*House Sparrow	Passer domesticus			S
*Eurasian Tree Sparrow	Passer montanus			S

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Updated: 23 September 2003

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