Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Melbourne
Localities
Click to see which localities are included within Melbourne. You can then click on each one for a page with more specific localities to browse.
- Alistair Knox Park
- Banyule Flats Reserve
- Brunswick
- Bundoora
- Carlton Gardens
- Coburg
- Doncaster
- Eltham Lower Park
- Essendon
- Fitzroy Gardens
- Jacana Wetlands
- Lagoon Reserve
- Malvern
- Melbourne Zoo
- Merri Creek
- Oaklands Junction
- Plenty Gorge
- Point Cook Coastal Park
- Royal Botanic Gardens
- Royal Park
- Westgate Park
- Wilson Reserve
- Yarra Bend Park
List of the videos, photographs and sound recordings taken in Melbourne
Materials recorded in Melbourne
List of all the materials recorded in Melbourne, sorted by rating.166 Videos
Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio)
A bird calling and then taking a stem
LocalityMoonstone Walk, Bundoora, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (ssp melanotus) Matt Weeks 13 November 2004 20 sec 4.8
Australasian Grebe (Tachybaptus novaehollandiae)
A female in breeding plumage lies on the nest with her head down before the male arrives and mates with her. Both swim away.
LocalityRoyal Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (ssp novaehollandiae) Nick Talbot 03 December 2011 48 sec 4.8
Blue-winged Parrot (Neophema chrysostoma)
A bird perched on a fence wire and flying away
LocalityPoint Cook Coastal Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Monotypic species) Nick Talbot 06 October 2007 5 sec 4.8
Dusky Moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa)
A pair preening beside a lake.
LocalityCoburg, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (ssp tenebrosa) Nick Talbot 31 July 2011 28 sec 4.7
Grey Shrike-thrush (Colluricincla harmonica)
A male trying to open a cocoon
LocalityOaklands Junction, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (ssp harmonica) Nick Talbot 04 May 2008 31 sec 4.7
Grey Shrike-thrush (Colluricincla harmonica)
A male perching on a branch and looking around
LocalityYarra Bend Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (ssp harmonica) Nick Talbot 17 March 2007 15 sec 4.6
Willie Wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys)
A bird calling while building a nest in a park.
LocalityCoburg, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (ssp leucophrys) Nick Talbot 19 November 2012 27 sec 4.5
White-browed Scrubwren (Sericornis frontalis)
A male with an insect in a tree.
LocalityWilson Reserve, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (ssp frontalis) Josep del Hoyo 23 October 2009 43 sec 4.5
209 Photographs
Red-capped Robin (Petroica goodenovii)
A male perching on a twig.
LocalityWoodlands Historic Park, Oaklands Junction, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Monotypic species) Nick Talbot 21 May 2011 4.3
Superb Fairy-wren (Malurus cyaneus)
Male running a harem in a very wind-swept location.
LocalityMelbourne, Victoria, Australia Andrew Shaw 28 January 2009 4.3
New Holland Honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae)
A bird perching on a branch.
LocalityRoyal Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (ssp novaehollandiae) Nick Talbot 21 October 2012 4.2
Silver Gull (Larus novaehollandiae)
An adult roosting on a lawn next to a lake.
LocalityCoburg, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (ssp novaehollandiae) Nick Talbot 18 September 2011 4.2
Hardhead (Aythya australis)
A male on the water.
LocalityCoburg, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Monotypic species) Nick Talbot 11 November 2012 4.2
Little Corella (Cacatua sanguinea)
A pair roosting on a branch.
LocalityRuffey Lake Park, Doncaster, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (ssp gymnopsis) Nick Talbot 31 December 2009 4.2
Long-billed Corella (Cacatua tenuirostris)
A bird digging up the ground with its beak.
LocalityYarra Bend Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Monotypic species) Nick Talbot 03 January 2010 4.1
Bell Miner (Manorina melanophrys)
bird on tree trunk, near the ornamental lake
LocalityRoyal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Monotypic species) Dirk Tomsa 11 October 2009 4.1
60 Sounds
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Dusky Moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa)
A group of birds calling, some of them chasing eachother.
Locality:Coburg, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Nick Talbot 14 April 2012 5
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Painted Buttonquail (Turnix varia)
Wild female calling.
Locality:Lagoon Reserve, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Janine Duffy 06 August 2011 4.5
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Little Raven (Corvus mellori)
Two birds calling in a suburban street.
Locality:Coburg, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Nick Talbot 15 November 2011 4
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Bell Miner (Manorina melanophrys)
A group of birds calling from trees next to a creek.
Locality:Brunswick, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Nick Talbot 17 May 2012 4
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Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus)
A small flock of birds calling from a tree.
Locality:Carlton Gardens, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Nick Talbot 30 December 2011 4
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Common Blackbird (Turdus merula)
A male calling in my back yard at the end of the day.
Locality:Coburg, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Nick Talbot 27 November 2011 4
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Pied Currawong (Strepera graculina)
A bird calling from a tree.
Locality:Coburg, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Nick Talbot 02 June 2012 4
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Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio)
Two juvenile birds making contact calls as they move through dense vegetation in a wetland.
Locality:Royal Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Nick Talbot 30 December 2011 4
List of the species with videos, photos and sounds taken in Melbourne
Species with materials recorded in Melbourne
List of species with materials recorded in Melbourne. Species that occur in Melbourne but that do not have materials recorded there will not be included in the list.- Grebes (Podicipedidae)
- Australasian Grebe (Tachybaptus novaehollandiae)
- Hoary-headed Grebe (Poliocephalus poliocephalus)
- Cormorants (Phalacrocoracidae)
- Little Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris)
- Little Pied Cormorant (Phalacrocorax melanoleucos)
- Darters (Anhingidae)
- Darter (Anhinga melanogaster)
- Herons (Ardeidae)
- White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae)
- Rufous Night-heron (Nycticorax caledonicus)
- Australasian Bittern (Botaurus poiciloptilus)
- Ibises and Spoonbills (Threskiornithidae)
- Straw-necked Ibis (Threskiornis spinicollis)
- Ducks, Geese and Swans (Anatidae)
- Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)
- Maned Duck (Chenonetta jubata)
- Grey Teal (Anas gibberifrons)
- Chestnut Teal (Anas castanea)
- Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa)
- Hardhead (Aythya australis)
- Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)
- Australasian Goshawk (Accipiter fasciatus)
- Little Eagle (Hieraaetus morphnoides)
- Falcons and Caracaras (Falconidae)
- Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
- Pheasants and Partridges (Phasianidae)
- Brown Quail (Coturnix ypsilophora)
- Buttonquails (Turnicidae)
- Painted Buttonquail (Turnix varia)
- Cranes (Gruidae)
- Brolga (Grus rubicunda)
- Rails, Gallinules and Coots (Rallidae)
- Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio)
- Dusky Moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa)
- Common Coot (Fulica atra)
- Stilts and Avocets (Recurvirostridae)
- Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
- Plovers (Charadriidae)
- Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles)
- Snipes, Sandpipers and Phalaropes (Scolopacidae)
- Latham's Snipe (Gallinago hardwickii)
- Gulls (Laridae)
- Silver Gull (Larus novaehollandiae)
- Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
- Rock Dove (Columba livia)
- Spotted Dove (Streptopelia chinensis)
- Common Bronzewing (Phaps chalcoptera)
- Crested Pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes)
- 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)
- Purple-crowned Lorikeet (Glossopsitta porphyrocephala)
- Eastern Rosella (Platycercus eximius)
- Red-rumped Parrot (Psephotus haematonotus)
- Blue-winged Parrot (Neophema chrysostoma)
- Cuckoos (Cuculidae)
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo (Cacomantis flabelliformis)
- Horsfield's Bronze-cuckoo (Chrysococcyx basalis)
- Typical Owls (Strigidae)
- Powerful Owl (Ninox strenua)
- Frogmouths (Podargidae)
- Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides)
- Swallows and Martins (Hirundinidae)
- Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena)
- Tree Martin (Petrochelidon nigricans)
- Pipits and Wagtails (Motacillidae)
- Australasian Pipit (Anthus novaeseelandiae)
- Cuckoo-shrikes (Campephagidae)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (Coracina novaehollandiae)
- Thrushes (Turdidae)
- Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
- Common Blackbird (Turdus merula)
- Fantails (Rhipiduridae)
- Grey Fantail (Rhipidura albiscapa)
- Willie Wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys)
- Old World Warblers (Sylviidae)
- Little Grassbird (Megalurus gramineus)
- Australian Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus australis)
- Whistlers (Pachycephalidae)
- Golden Whistler (Pachycephala pectoralis)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (Colluricincla harmonica)
- Australasian Robins (Petroicidae)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (Eopsaltria australis)
- Pink Robin (Petroica rodinogaster)
- Flame Robin (Petroica phoenicea)
- Scarlet Robin (Petroica boodang)
- Red-capped Robin (Petroica goodenovii)
- Fairy-wrens (Maluridae)
- Superb Fairy-wren (Malurus cyaneus)
- Thornbills (Acanthizidae)
- White-browed Scrubwren (Sericornis frontalis)
- Weebill (Smicrornis brevirostris)
- Brown Thornbill (Acanthiza pusilla)
- Pardalotes (Pardalotidae)
- Spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus)
- Striated Pardalote (Pardalotus striatus)
- White-eyes (Zosteropidae)
- Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis)
- Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (Lichenostomus penicillatus)
- Bell Miner (Manorina melanophrys)
- Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala)
- Little Wattlebird (Anthochaera chrysoptera)
- Red Wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata)
- Scarlet Myzomela (Myzomela sanguinolenta)
- New Holland Honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae)
- Brown-headed Honeyeater (Melithreptus brevirostris)
- Mudlarks (Grallinidae)
- Magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca)
- Australian Mudnesters (Struthideidae)
- White-winged Chough (Corcorax melanoramphos)
- Butcherbirds (Cracticidae)
- Australian Magpie (Cracticus tibicen)
- Pied Currawong (Strepera graculina)
- Crows (Corvidae)
- Little Raven (Corvus mellori)
- Starlings (Sturnidae)
- Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
- Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis)
- Old World Sparrows (Passeridae)
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
- Waxbills (Estrildidae)
- Red-browed Finch (Neochmia temporalis)
- Finches (Fringillidae)
- European Greenfinch (Carduelis chloris)