Bird List

Department for Environment and Heritage
Innes
National Park
Bird List
Innes National Park is home to a diverse range of native and introduced birds,
with 140 species in total. They thrive off the diverse range of habitat types, which
provide refuge sites on the Lower Yorke Peninsula. Many of these species are
of conservation significance, being listed as rare, endangered or vulnerable.
One species in particular is the Western Whipbird
(Psophodes nigrogularis), which has played a
significant role in the history of the park. The rediscovery
of the Western Whipbird in 1962 resulted in Innes being
dedicated as a National Park in 1970, to protect
the bird’s habitat.
A number of Field Guides are available to assist
birdwatchers in South Australia. Use the detailed
descriptions and illustrations in your field guide
to identify species and confirm your sightings.
Take a pair of binoculars and your patience for best
results. Please remain on designated trails at all times
for your own safety and to protect valuable habitat.
The following annotated list of birds recorded from
Innes National Park was compiled by Kent Treloar,
Birds Australia Atlas Regional Organiser of the Yorke
Peninsula, from confirmed sightings since 1998.
They are listed in order of The New Atlas of Australian
Birds 1998 to 2002 (Geoff Barrett, Andrew Silcocks,
Simon Barry, Ross Cunningham, Rory Poulter, 2003).
Common Name
Species Name
Common Name
Species Name
Emu
Malleefowl
Stubble Quail
Black Swan
Cape Barren Goose
Australian Shelduck
Australian Wood Duck
Pacific Black Duck
Grey Teal
Chestnut Teal
Australasian Grebe
Hoary-headed Grebe
Little Penguin
Flesh-footed Shearwater
Short-tailed Shearwater
Fluttering Shearwater
Black-browed Albatross
Shy Albatross
Australasian Gannet
Little Pied Cormorant
Black-faced Cormorant
Pied Cormorant
Little Black Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Australian Pelican
White-faced Heron
Dromaius novaehollandiae
Leipoa ocellata
Coturnix pectoralis
Cygnus atratus
Cereopsis novaehollandiae
Tadorna tadornoides
Chenonetta jubata
Anas superciliosa
Anas gracilis
Anas castanea
Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
Poliocephalus poliocephalus
Eudyptula minor
Puffinus cameipes
Puffinus tenuirostris
Puffinus gavia
Thalassarche melanophris
Thalassarche cauta
Morus serrator
Phalacrocorax melanoleucos
Phalacrocorax fuscescens
Phalacrocorax varius
Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
Phalacrocorax carbo
Pelecanus conspicillatus
Egretta novaehollandiae
Whistling Kite
White-bellied Sea-Eagle
Spotted Harrier
Brown Goshawk
Collared Sparrowhawk
Wedge-tailed Eagle
Brown Falcon
Australian Hobby
Black Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
Nankeen Kestrel
Australian Spotted Crake
Black-tailed Native-hen
Painted Button-quail
Eastern Curlew
Common Greenshank
Common Sandpiper
Ruddy Turnstone
Sanderling
Red-necked Stint
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Pied Oystercatcher
Sooty Oystercatcher
Black-winged Stilt
Banded Stilt
Haliastur sphenurus
Haliaeetus leucogaster
Circus assimilis
Accipiter fasciatus
Accipiter cirrhocephalus
Aquila audax
Falco berigora
Falco longipennis
Falco subniger
Falco peregrinus
Falco cenchroides
Porzana fluminea
Gallinula ventralis
Turnix varia
Numenius madagascariensis
Tringa nebularia
Actitis hypoleucos
Arenaria interpres
Calidris alba
Calidris ruficollis
Calidris acuminata
Calidris ferruginea
Haematopus longirostris
Haematopus fuliginosus
Himantopus himantopus
Cladorhynchus leucocephalus
Visitor Information
Bird List for the Innes National Park
Common Name
Species Name
Common Name
Species Name
Little Egret
Eastern Reef Egret
Osprey
Black-shouldered Kite
Banded Lapwing
Masked Lapwing
Great Skua
Pacific Gull
Silver Gull
Caspian Tern
Crested Tern
Fairy Tern
Rock Dove
Spotted Turtle-Dove *
Common Bronzewing
Brush Bronzewing
Crested Pigeon
Galah
Little Corella
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Rainbow Lorikeet
Purple-crowned Lorikeet
Blue Bonnet
Red-rumped Parrot
Mulga Parrot
Elegant Parrot
Rock Parrot
Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Horsfield’s Bronze-Cuckoo
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo
Southern Boobook
Barn Owl
Tawny Frogmouth
Spotted Nightjar
Australian Owlet-nightjar
Sacred Kingfisher
Variegated Fairy-wren
Spotted Pardalote
Striated Pardalote
White-browed Scrubwren
Shy Heathwren
Weebill
Inland Thornbill
Yellow-rumped Thornbill
Egretta garzetta
Egretta sacra
Pandion haliaetus
Elanus axillaris
Vanellus tricolor
Vanellus miles
Catharacta skua
Larus pacificus
Larus novaehollandiae
Sterna caspia
Sterna bergii
Sterna nereis
Columba livia
Streptopelia chinensis
Phaps chalcoptera
Phaps elegans
Ocyphaps lophotes
Cacatua roseicapilla
Cacatua sanguinea
Cacatua galerita
Trichoglossus haematodus
Glossopsitta porphyrocephala
Northiella haematogaster
Psephotus haematonotus
Psephotus varius
Neophema elegans
Neophema petrophila
Cacomantis flabelliformis
Chrysococcyx basalis
Chrysococcyx lucidus
Ninox novaeseelandiae
Tyto alba
Podargus strigoides
Eurostopodus argus
Aegotheles cristatus
Todirhamphus sanctus
Malurus lamberti
Pardalotus punctatus
Pardalotus striatus
Sericornis frontalis
Hylacola cauta
Smicrornis brevirostris
Acanthiza albiventris
Acanthiza chrysorrhoa
Red-necked Avocet
Grey Plover
Red-capped Plover
Hooded Plover
Red Wattlebird
Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater
Yellow-throated Miner
Singing Honeyeater
Purple-gaped Honeyeater
Yellow-plumed Honeyeater
Brown-headed Honeyeater
New Holland Honeyeater
White-fronted Honeyeater
Tawny-crowned Honeyeater
White-fronted Chat
Scarlet Robin
Southern Scrub-robin
White-browed Babbler
Western Whipbird
Varied Sittella
Crested Bellbird
Golden Whistler
Rufous Whistler
Grey Shrike-thrush
Magpie-lark
Grey Fantail
Willie Wagtail
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
Dusky Woodswallow
Grey Butcherbird
Australian Magpie
Grey Currawong
Australian Raven
Little Raven
Singing Bushlark
Skylark *
Richard’s Pipit
House Sparrow *
Welcome Swallow
Tree Martin
Fairy Martin
Silvereye
Common Blackbird *
Common Starling *
Recurvirostra novaehollandiae
Pluvialis squatarola
Charadrius ruficapillus
Thinornis rubricollis
Anthochaera carunculata
Acanthagenys rufogularis
Manorina flavigula
Lichenostomus virescens
Lichenostomus cratitius
Lichenostomus ornatus
Melithreptus brevirostris
Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
Phylidonyris albifrons
Phylidonyris melanops
Ephthianura albifrons
Petroica boodang
Drymodes brunneopygia
Pomatostomus superciliosus
Psophodes nigrogularis
Daphoenositta chrysoptera
Oreoica gutturalis
Pachycephala pectoralis
Pachycephala rufiventris
Colluricincla harmonica
Grallina cyanoleuca
Rhipidura albiscapa
Rhipidura leucophrys
Coracina novaehollandiae
Artamus cyanopterus
Cracticus torquatus
Gymnorhina tibicen
Strepera versicolor
Corvus coronoides
Corvus mellori
Mirafra javanica
Alauda arvensis
Anthus novaeseelandiae
Passer domesticus
Hirundo neoxena
Hirundo nigricans
Hirundo ariel
Zosterops lateralis
Turdus merula
Sturnus vulgaris
* Denotes introduced species
Further Information
Yorke District Office, Innes National Park
Stenhouse Bay SA 5575
PH (08) 8854 3200, Fax (08) 8854 3299
www.parks.sa.gov.au/innes/
Compiled by Environmental and Biodiversity Services
FIS 2608.06/Bird List 10/06