BIRD LIST FOR BYROCK VILLAGE & BYROCK ABORIGINAL RESERVE
2002-2003
Alan Morris
Byrock village is located on the Mitchell Highway between
Nyngan and Bourke, being 127 km NW of Nyngan and 79 km SE of Bourke. It has a
delightful pub that contains relics and information about the local people who
took part in World War I; it was once the junction for the railway line to
Brewarrina and contains interesting historical data about that feature; it has a
lovely camping area with plenty of birds; and is adjacent to the Byrock
Aboriginal site. The bird watching is good at Byrock and set out below is a list
of birds seen on three recent trips of 10 July 2002, 4 May and 10 May 2003.
Systematic List 28/7/02
(a) 5/5/2003(b) 10/5/03(c)
Black Duck (c)
Grey Teal (b)
Australian Wood Duck (a)
Hoary-headed Grebe (b,c)
Australasian Grebe (c)
Black-fronted Plover (a,b)
Crested Pigeon (a,b)
Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo (c)
Galah (a)
Red-winged Parrot (c)
Mallee Ringneck (a,b,c)
Red-rumped Parrot (c)
Pallid Cuckoo (c)
Weebill (b)
Inland Thornbill (b)
Yellow Thornbill (c)
Chestnut-rumped Thornbill (b,c)
Yellow-rumped Thornbill (a,b,c)
Southern Whiteface (a,c)
Western Gerygone (b,c)
Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (b)
Striped Honeyeater (b)
Blue-faced Honeyeater (b)
Yellow-throated Miner (a,b,c)
Singing Honeyeater (a,b)
White-plumed Honeyeater (a,b)
White-fronted Chat (c)
Jacky Winter (a,c)
Red-capped Robin (a,b,c)
Grey-crowned Babbler (b)
Rufous Whistler (a,b,c)
Crested Bellbird (b)
Grey Shrike-thrush (a)
Restless Flycatcher (a)
Magpie-lark (b,c)
Grey Fantail (a)
Willie Wagtail (a,c)
Pied Butcherbird (a)
Australian Magpie (a,b,c)
Australian Raven (a)
Little Crow (a)
Apostlebird (a,b)
Spotted Bowerbird (a,b,c)
Mistletoebird (b)
Welcome Swallow (c)
A total of 45 species on 3 short
visits.
