The early bird catches the worm!
Resident bird watcher, Ann McCaffrey, loves the variety of birdlife she can enjoy in her own backyard. “I cannot believe how many bird species exist at Kithbrooke Park Country Club. At last count, I have the total species of wild birds at 81."
Below is a list of some of the known bird species that reside in our extensive grounds:
Australian Shelduck
Australian Wood Duck
Pacific Black Duck
Chestnut Teal
Australasian Grebe
Great Cormorant
Little Black Cormorant
Little Pied Cormorant
White-Necked Heron
White-Faced Heron
Great Egret
Australian White Ibis
Straw-necked Ibis
Yellow-billed Spoonbill
Black-Shouldered Kite
Whistling Kite
White-bellied Sea Eagle
Wedge-Tailed Eagle
Little Eagle
Nankeen Kestrel
Lewin’s Rail
Purple Swamp Hen
Eurasian Coot
Black-Fronted Dotterel
Masked Lapwing
Common Bronzewing
Crested Pigeon
Yellow-Tailed Black Cockatoo
Gang-Gang Cockatoo
Galah
Long-Billed Corella
Little Corella
Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo
Rainbow Lorikeet
Crimson Rosella
Eastern Rosella
Blue-Winged Parrot
Pallid Cuckoo
Fan-Tailed Cuckoo
Southern Boobook
Tawny Frogmouth
Laughing Kookaburra
Superb Fairy-Wren
Brown Thornbill
Yellow-Rumped Thornbill
Yellow Thornbill
Red Wattlebird
Little Wattlebird
White-Eared Honeyeater
White-Plumed Honeyeater
White-Naped Honeyeater
New Holland Honeyeater
Eastern Spinebill
White-Fronted Chat
Flame Robin
Golden Whistler
Grey Shrike-Thrush
Magpie Lark
Willie Wagtail
Grey Fantail
Black-faced Cuckoo Shrike
Grey Butcherbird
Australian Magpie
Pied Currawong
Grey Currawong
Australian Raven
Little Raven
House Sparrow
Skylark
Red-Browed Finch
European Goldfinch
Welcome Swallow
Tree Martin
Little Grassbird
Silvereye
Common Blackbird
Common Starling
Common Myna
The birdlife is just one of the many activities to enjoy outside at Kithbrooke Park Country Club. Whatever your hobbies, we’re sure to have something to keep you entertained - from a remote control yacht club to a championship bowling green.