Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Sydney
Localities
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List of the videos, photographs and sound recordings taken in Sydney
Materials recorded in Sydney
List of all the materials recorded in Sydney, sorted by rating.117 Videos
Musk Lorikeet (Glossopsitta concinna)
A bird perched, descending and flying off
LocalityJannali, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (Monotypic species) Eldert Groenewoud 09 August 2007 23 sec 4.8
Maned Duck (Chenonetta jubata)
A male feeding on grass
LocalitySydney, New South Wales, Australia (Monotypic species) Peter Nash 31 October 2006 42 sec 4.7
Dusky Moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa)
Moorhen family life.
LocalityRoyal Botanical Gardens, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Robert Schaefer 09 October 2010 74 sec 4.5
Powerful Owl (Ninox strenua)
An adult and a chick on a branch
LocalitySydney, New South Wales, Australia (Monotypic species) Rigdon Currie 30 September 2002 19 sec 4.5
Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala)
A wild bird in a tree, preening.
LocalityTaronga Zoo, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (ssp melanocephala ) Josep del Hoyo 19 October 2009 34 sec 4.4
Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
Frontal and dorsal views of a wild bird
LocalityTaronga Zoo, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (ssp novaeguineae ) Josep del Hoyo 19 October 2009 33 sec 4.4
Crested Pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes)
feeding on short grass
LocalitySydney, New South Wales, Australia (ssp lophotes) Martin Kennewell 22 November 2008 41 sec 4.3
Darter (Anhinga melanogaster)
A male walking and then drying its wings
LocalityHomebush Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (ssp novaehollandiae) Philip Griffin 25 December 2004 26 sec 4.3
Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans)
A bird flying over the sea
LocalitySydney, New South Wales, Australia (ssp antipodensis) Rigdon Currie 30 September 2002 22 sec 4.3
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita)
A bird walking and picking up a twig
LocalityPymble, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (ssp galerita) Nick Talbot 07 January 2005 12 sec 4.3
Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)
A bird swimming and three of them flying away
LocalitySydney, New South Wales, Australia (Monotypic species) Rigdon Currie 30 September 2002 8 sec 4.3
Galah (Eolophus roseicapillus)
A bird digging up roots on an athletic field.
LocalitySydney, New South Wales, Australia Robert Schaefer 19 September 2010 38 sec 4.3
Dusky Moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa)
An adult accidentally kicking its young into the water, then trying to rescue it.
LocalityRoyal Botanical Gardens, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (ssp tenebrosa) Robert Schaefer 17 September 2010 56 sec 4.3
Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena)
A bird perched on a boat, then sunning itself
LocalitySydney, New South Wales, Australia Robert Schaefer 20 September 2010 30 sec 4.2
84 Photographs
Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles)
It was walking along the beach
LocalityBalmoral Beach, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Bob Thompson 30 October 2006 4.7
Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus)
Foraging
LocalityRoyal Botanical Gardens, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Bob Thompson 13 April 2011 4.5
Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
The bird was flying out from a hollow in a tree, seen in the background
LocalityBalmoral Beach, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Bob Thompson 14 April 2011 4.5
Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
Early Morning catching worms
LocalityBalmoral Beach, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Bob Thompson 08 April 2011 4.5
Darter (Anhinga melanogaster)
Preening
LocalityBalmoral Beach, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (ssp novaehollandiae) Bob Thompson 09 April 2011 4.5
Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
Perched
LocalityBalmoral Beach, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Bob Thompson 07 April 2011 4.5
Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles)
Just stopped foraging on beach
LocalityBalmoral Beach, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Bob Thompson 08 April 2011 4.4
Little Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris)
Perched on wooden pier
LocalityBalmoral Beach, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Bob Thompson 08 April 2011 4.4
Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
Laughing
LocalityBalmoral Beach, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Bob Thompson 08 April 2011 4.4
Dusky Woodswallow (Artamus cyanopterus)
A bird at the nest with two chicks.
LocalitySydney, New South Wales, Australia (ssp cyanopterus) David Stowe 01 January 1970 4.3
Darter (Anhinga melanogaster)
Just taken flight
LocalityBalmoral Beach, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (ssp novaehollandiae) Bob Thompson 09 April 2011 4.3
Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala)
foraging
LocalityRoyal Botanical Gardens, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Bob Thompson 22 August 2007 4.3
Black-browed Albatross (Diomedea melanophris)
A Black-browed Albatross taking off outside Sydney Heads.
LocalitySydney Heads, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Keff McCulloch 19 October 2010 4.3
Australian Raven (Corvus coronoides)
Australian Raven close up
LocalitySydney, New South Wales, Australia David Taylor 01 January 2007 4.2
12 Sounds
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Grey Butcherbird (Cracticus torquatus)
A group of birds calling in a suburban garden.
Locality:West Pymble, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Nick Talbot 09 January 2012 4
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White-browed Scrubwren (Sericornis frontalis)
Two birds calling in the scrub.
Locality:West Pymble, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Nick Talbot 09 January 2012 4
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Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus)
A group of birds calling from a tree.
Locality:West Pymble, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Nick Talbot 09 January 2012 4
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Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita)
Screeching from a tree branch and then in flight
Locality:Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Joe Angseesing 25 February 2009 3
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Grey Butcherbird (Cracticus torquatus)
A group of birds calling at dawn in a suburban garden.
Locality:West Pymble, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Nick Talbot 09 January 2012 3
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Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
A group of birds calling in a suburban garden.
Locality:West Pymble, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Nick Talbot 09 January 2012 3
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Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
A group of birds calling from tall trees in a suburban garden.
Locality:West Pymble, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Nick Talbot 09 January 2012 3
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Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita)
One or two birds calling from high in a tree.
Locality:West Pymble, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Nick Talbot 09 January 2012 3
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Dusky Moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa)
A young chick begging; two soft adult calls are also heard: one midway, one (very soft) towards the end
Locality:Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Joe Angseesing 25 February 2009 3
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Australian Magpie (Cracticus tibicen)
More than one bird singing from a tree
Locality:Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Joe Angseesing 25 February 2009 3
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Channel-billed Cuckoo (Scythrops novaehollandiae)
A bird flying over a suburban garden.
Locality:West Pymble, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Nick Talbot 09 January 2012 3
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Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa)
Calling as it walks over the grass towards its mate
Locality:Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Joe Angseesing 25 February 2009 2
List of the species with videos, photos and sounds taken in Sydney
Species with materials recorded in Sydney
List of species with materials recorded in Sydney. Species that occur in Sydney but that do not have materials recorded there will not be included in the list.- Grebes (Podicipedidae)
- Australasian Grebe (Tachybaptus novaehollandiae)
- Albatrosses (Diomedeidae)
- Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans)
- Black-browed Albatross (Diomedea melanophris)
- Buller's Albatross (Diomedea bulleri)
- Yellow-nosed Albatross (Diomedea chlororhynchos)
- Petrels and Shearwaters (Procellariidae)
- Great-winged Petrel (Pterodroma macroptera)
- Flesh-footed Shearwater (Puffinus carneipes)
- Short-tailed Shearwater (Puffinus tenuirostris)
- Storm-petrels (Hydrobatidae)
- Black-bellied Storm-petrel (Fregetta tropica)
- Pelicans (Pelecanidae)
- Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus)
- Gannets and Boobies (Sulidae)
- Australasian Gannet (Sula serrator)
- Cormorants (Phalacrocoracidae)
- Little Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris)
- Little Pied Cormorant (Phalacrocorax melanoleucos)
- Darters (Anhingidae)
- Darter (Anhinga melanogaster)
- Herons (Ardeidae)
- Great White Egret (Egretta alba)
- White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae)
- Ibises and Spoonbills (Threskiornithidae)
- Australian White Ibis (Threskiornis molucca)
- Royal Spoonbill (Platalea regia)
- Ducks, Geese and Swans (Anatidae)
- Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)
- Cape Barren Goose (Cereopsis novaehollandiae)
- Maned Duck (Chenonetta jubata)
- Chestnut Teal (Anas castanea)
- Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa)
- Falcons and Caracaras (Falconidae)
- Australian Hobby (Falco longipennis)
- Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
- Megapodes (Megapodiidae)
- Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata)
- Rails, Gallinules and Coots (Rallidae)
- Buff-banded Rail (Gallirallus philippensis)
- Dusky Moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa)
- Stilts and Avocets (Recurvirostridae)
- Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
- Plovers (Charadriidae)
- Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles)
- Sandpipers, Snipes and Phalaropes (Scolopacidae)
- Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
- Gulls (Laridae)
- Pacific Gull (Larus pacificus)
- Silver Gull (Larus novaehollandiae)
- Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
- Crested Pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes)
- Topknot Pigeon (Lopholaimus antarcticus)
- Cockatoos (Cacatuidae)
- Galah (Eolophus roseicapillus)
- Long-billed Corella (Cacatua tenuirostris)
- Little Corella (Cacatua sanguinea)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita)
- Parrots (Psittacidae)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus)
- Musk Lorikeet (Glossopsitta concinna)
- Yellow-fronted Parakeet (Cyanoramphus auriceps)
- Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans)
- Red-rumped Parrot (Psephotus haematonotus)
- Australian King-parrot (Alisterus scapularis)
- Cuckoos (Cuculidae)
- Shining Bronze-cuckoo (Chrysococcyx lucidus)
- Channel-billed Cuckoo (Scythrops novaehollandiae)
- Typical Owls (Strigidae)
- Powerful Owl (Ninox strenua)
- Southern Boobook (Ninox boobook)
- Frogmouths (Podargidae)
- Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides)
- Kingfishers (Alcedinidae)
- Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
- Bee-eaters (Meropidae)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (Merops ornatus)
- Lyrebirds (Menuridae)
- Superb Lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae)
- Swallows and Martins (Hirundinidae)
- Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena)
- Fantails (Rhipiduridae)
- Willie Wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys)
- Whistlers (Pachycephalidae)
- Rufous Whistler (Pachycephala rufiventris)
- Australasian Robins (Petroicidae)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (Eopsaltria australis)
- Flame Robin (Petroica phoenicea)
- Red-capped Robin (Petroica goodenovii)
- Fairy-wrens (Maluridae)
- Superb Fairy-wren (Malurus cyaneus)
- Splendid Fairy-wren (Malurus splendens)
- Striated Grasswren (Amytornis striatus)
- Thornbills (Acanthizidae)
- Rockwarbler (Origma solitaria)
- White-browed Scrubwren (Sericornis frontalis)
- Brown Thornbill (Acanthiza pusilla)
- Inland Thornbill (Acanthiza apicalis)
- Pardalotes (Pardalotidae)
- Striated Pardalote (Pardalotus striatus)
- Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)
- Eastern Spinebill (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (Lichenostomus chrysops)
- Singing Honeyeater (Lichenostomus virescens)
- Yellow-plumed Honeyeater (Lichenostomus ornatus)
- Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala)
- Little Wattlebird (Anthochaera chrysoptera)
- Red Wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata)
- Mudlarks (Grallinidae)
- Magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca)
- Woodswallows (Artamidae)
- Dusky Woodswallow (Artamus cyanopterus)
- Butcherbirds (Cracticidae)
- Grey Butcherbird (Cracticus torquatus)
- Australian Magpie (Cracticus tibicen)
- Pied Currawong (Strepera graculina)
- Bowerbirds (Ptilonorhynchidae)
- Green Catbird (Ailuroedus crassirostris)
- Crows (Corvidae)
- Australian Raven (Corvus coronoides)
- Little Raven (Corvus mellori)
- Starlings (Sturnidae)
- Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis)
- Waxbills (Estrildidae)
- Red-browed Finch (Neochmia temporalis)
Contributors
- Josep del Hoyo ·
- Rigdon Currie ·
- Arnie Hollyman ·
- Nick Talbot ·
- Bob Thompson ·
- Martin Kennewell ·
- nrg800 ·
- Robert Schaefer ·
- Philip Griffin ·
- Eldert Groenewoud ·
- Rainer Mönke ·
- Keff McCulloch ·
- Joe Angseesing ·
- slr800 ·
- Peter Nash ·
- raniero massoli-novelli ·
- David Fisher ·
- Mikko Pyhälä ·
- Tony Palliser ·
- Dolors Buxó ·
- Dave Townsend ·
- Fran Trabalon ·
- Howard Banwell ·
- David Taylor ·
- Peter Strauss ·
- Captain Peter ·
- John Marychurch ·
- Graham Little ·
- ben-birder ·
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