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The 20 Orders of Australian birds

The following taxonomic listing is from the Taxonomy and Species of Birds of Australia and its Territories, Leslie Christidis and Walter E. Boles. RAOU 1994, and also includes a description of each image on display in the exhibition.

For a complete list of the birds of Australia, visit the Birds Australia website: http://www.birdsaustralia.com.au/checklist/index.html

Struthioniformes (2 families - 5 species) emus and cassowaries

Image on display: Southern Cassowary Casuarius casuarius

Galliformes (3 families - 11 species) quails, fowls, turkeys

Image on display: Malleefowl Leipoa ocellata

Anseriformes (2 families - 26 species) swans, ducks and geese

Image on display: Australasian Shoveler Anas rhynchotis

Podicipediformes (1 family - 3 species) grebes

Image on display: Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae

Sphenisciformes (1 family- 12 species) penguins

Image on display: Little Penguin Eudyptula minor

Procellariiformes (3 families - 64 species) petrels, albatrosses, prions & shearwaters

Image on display: Cape Petrel Daption capense

Pelecaniformes (6 families - 20 species) tropicbirds, boobys, cormorants & pelicans

Image on display: Masked Booby Sula dactylatra

Ciconiiformes (3 families - 23 species) herons and ibises

Image on display: White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae

Falconiformes (2 families - 25 species) eagles, kites and falcons

Image on display: Black-breasted Buzzard Hamirostra melanosternon

Gruiformes (3 families - 23 species) crakes, cranes and rails

Image on display: Brolga Grus rubicunda

Turniciformes (1 family - 7 species) button-quails

Image on display: Painted Button-quail Turnix varia

Charadriiformes (11 families - 107 species) curlews, sandpipers, gulls, plovers, and terns

Image on display: Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea

Columbiformes (1 family - 31 species) pigeons and doves

Image on display: Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera

Psittaciformes (2 families - 55 species) cockatoos, lorikeets, and parrots

Image on display: Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus funereus

Cuculiformes (2 families - 14 species) cuckoos

Image on display: Pallid Cuckoo Cuculus pallidus

Strigiformes (2 families - 11 species) owls

Image on display: Barn Owl Tyto alba

Caprimulgiformes (3 families - 8 species) frogmouths and nightjars

Image on display: Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides

Apodiformes (1 family - 6 species) swifts and needletails

Image on display: White-rumped Swiftlet Aerodramus spodiopygius

Coraciiformes (4 families - 12 species) kingfishers, kookaburras and bee-eaters

Image on display: Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus

Passeriformes (34 families - 340 species) wrens, lyrebirds, honeyeaters, robins, babblers, ravens, bowerbirds, finches, swallows, thrushes, starlings and other perching birds.

Image on display: New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae