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The Shoalhaven on the NSW south coast is home to an amazing variety of birds and is a mecca for birdwatchers.
BirdLife Shoalhaven promotes a better understanding of our birds and works tirelessly to ensure their survival.





Birds in Shoalhaven Backyards

The birds that you get in your Shoalhaven backyard obviously depends on exactly where your backyard is located, but the list below should be fairly representative of the birds that you are likely to see. All the images on this page are by Charles Dove.

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Australasian Figbird
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Australian Hobby

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Australian King Parrot
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Australian Magpie
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Australian Raven
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Australian White Ibis
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Australian Wood Duck

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Azure Kingfisher
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Bar-shouldered Dove
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Bassian Thrush
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Beautiful Firetail
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Bell Miner
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Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
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Black-faced Monarch
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Brown Cuckoo-Dove
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Brown Falcon

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Brown Goshawk
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Brown-headed Honeyeater
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Brown Quail
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Brown Thornbill
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Brush Bronzewing

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Brush Cuckoo
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Buff-banded Rail
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Cattle Egret
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Channel-billed Cuckoo

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Crescent Honeyeater
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Crested Pigeon
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Crested Shrike-tit
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Crimson Rosella

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Dollarbird
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Dusky Woodswallow
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Eastern Bristlebird

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Eastern Koel
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Eastern Osprey
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Eastern Yellow Robin

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Flame Robin
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Fuscous Honeyeater
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Galah
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Gang Gang Cockatoo

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Glossy Black Cockatoo
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Glossy Ibis
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Golden-headed Cisticola
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Golden Whistler
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Grey Butcherbird
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Grey Goshawk
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Grey Shrike-thrush

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Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo
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House Sparrow
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Jacky Winter
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Laughing Kookaburra

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Lewin's Honeyeater
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Little Lorikeet

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Magpie Lark
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Noisy Miner
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Olive-backed Oriole
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Olive Whistler

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Owlet Nightjar
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Pied Cormorant
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Pied Currawong
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Powerful Owl
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Rainbow Lorikeet

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Red-browed Finch
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Red-browed Treecreeper
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Red Wattlebird
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Red-whiskered Bulbul
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Rose Robin
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Rufous Fantail
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Rufous Songlark

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Rufous Whistler
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Sacred Kingfisher
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Satin Bowerbird
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Satin Flycatcher

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Scaly-breasted Lorikeet
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Scarlet Honeyeater
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Scarlet Robin
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Shining Bronze-Cuckoo

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Silvereye
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Southern Boobook
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Spectacled Monarch
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Spotted Dove
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Spotted Harrier
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Spotted Pardalote
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Spotted Quail-thrush

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Square-tailed Kite
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Striated Pardalote
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Striated Thornbill

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Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
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Superb Fairy-wren
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Superb Lyrebird
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Swamp Harrier
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Tawny-crowned Honeyeater

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Tawyn Frogmouth
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Topknot Pigeon
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Tree Martin
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Varied Sittella
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Variegated Fairy-wren

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Welcome Swallow
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Whistling Kite
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White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike

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White-bellied Sea-Eagle
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White-breasted Woodswallow
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White-browed Scrubwren
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White-browed Treecreeper
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White-cheeked Honeyeater

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White-eared Honeyeater
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White-faced Heron
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White-headed Pigeon

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White-naped Honeyeater
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White-plumed Honeyeater
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White-throated Treecreeper

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White-winged Triller
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Willie Wagtail
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Wonga Pigeon
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Wood Duck

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Yellow-faced Honeyeater
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Yellow-rumped Thornbill
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Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo
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Yellow Thornbill