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3 July 2009: this site contains more than 4,500 photos of 1,207 bird species in the wild; 576 of these are on the main Australian list (Christidis & Boles, 2008).	Search WWW Search birdway.com.au
Contents	Bird of the Week: Brush Bronzewing; 3 July 2009
Click on one of the following to scroll down to: Gallery and Section Updates (3 July 2009) News (22 June 2009) Important! HIgh-resolution Originals Browsing the Galleries In this Site you can . . . Gallery and Section Updates: 3 July 2009: revised galleries for Doves and Pigeons with 146 photos of 35 species. 23 June 2009: 3 new photos of Pacific Gull. 22 June 2009: 3 new photos of Black Swan. 19 June 2009: new photo of Australian Spotted Crake. 9 June 2009: revised galleries for these Australian Parrots: Blue Bonnet (2 new photos) Mulga Parrot (13 new photos)  Australian Ringneck (10 new photos) Red-rumped Parrot (2 new photos) Little Lorikeet (4 new photos). 9 June 2009: revised gallery for Varied Sitella (3 new photos). 9 June 2009: revised galleries for these Australian Parrots: Mulga Parrot (13 new photos)  Australian Ringneck (10 new photos) Red-rumped Parrot (2 new photos) Little Lorikeet (4 new photos). 3 June 2009: revised gallery for Little Raven (3 new photos). 2 June 2009: Striped Honeyeater added to Australian Honeyeaters. 2 June 2009: additional photos of Splendid Fairywren added to revised Fairywren and Grasswren galleries. 1 June 2009: Pileated Woodpecker and addtional photos of Northern Flicker and Red-breasted Sapsucker added to New World Woodpeckers. 31 May 2009: Australo-Papuan Robins - additional photos of: Red-capped Robin Hooded Robin Eastern Yellow Robin 30 May 2009: revised gallery for Australian Owlet-Nightjar. 25 May 2009: revised galleries for Australo-Papuan Treecreepers with 33 photos of 6 species. 25 May 2009: Little Eagle added to Australian Hawks & Allies. 21 May 2009: Honeyeaters - additional photos of: Brown-headed Honeyeater Fuscous Honeyeater Red Wattlebird Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater Tawny-crowned Honeyeater White-eared Honeyeater Yellow-plumed Honeyeater. 20 May 2009: Swinhoe's Snipe added to Sandpipers & Allies. 20 May 2009: new gallery for Crested Shrike-tit. 19 May 2009: 4 new photos of Wedge-tailed Eagle. 19 May 2009: additional photos added to Pacific Golden, American Golden and Double-banded Plovers. 17 May 2009: Musk Lorikeet added to Australian Parrots. 17 May 2009: Black-eared Miner and Yellow-tufted Honeyeater added to Australian Honeyeaters. 16 May 2009: Gilbert's Whistler added to Australian Whistlers. 16 May 2009: White-winged (Black) Tern added to Global Terns. 16 May 2009: Cape Barren Goose added to Australian Ducks & Allies. ^ Back up to Contents News 22 June 2009: Important! Ian has reorganized the regional indices to match the structure of the family thumbnails as follows: Asian and European indices have been merged into a single Old World Index, which includes Africa; A new Global Index has been added, which provides links to the global thumbnails of all families. To minimize disruption to the existing structure, this means that buttons have been renamed and some webpages have been redirected. If you get odd combinations such as the label "Asian Birds" on the Global Index page, refreshing the page should fix this. If you find any persistent problems, please advise Ian. 17 May 2009: Musk Lorikeet is the 1,200th species to be included in the website. 23 March 2009: The website revision to conform with the taxonomy of Birdlife International and Christidis & Boles, 2008, is now finished, apart from some lose ends. The two taxonomies differ in some respects (allocation of species to genera and families and sequence of species) and these differences between the Australian and Non-Australian family thumbnails are documented. There are now 136 families represented in the website. Next and Previous Family buttons are provided in all the top level family indices to permit navigation through all the galleries in the Birdlife International family sequence. Ian now encourages free use of images on personal and conservation-related websites in exchange for links. ^ Back up to Contents High-resolution Originals The photos in this site are from high-resolution originals suitable for printing (unless qualified with the comment 'for the record' or 'poor image quality') with a minimum length of 1,200 pixels along the longest side. Contact Ian about fees for publication or commercial use of photos (see section on image purchases). ^ Back up to Contents Browsing the Galleries Photographs are organized by geographical regions - where the species occur rather than where the photos were taken.The main emphasis is on birds which occur in Australia but there are also alphabetic indices and family thumbnails to Asian, European and North and South American Birds. You can browse the list of galleries in each section. ^ Back up to Contents In this site you can: Join the Google email list to receive the popular, free Bird of the Week photo item Contact Ian about fees for publication or commercial use of photos (see section on image purchases) Order quality A5, A4 and A3 prints of photos (see section on image purchases) Download photos from the galleries (see section on image purchases for conditions for free use of photos) ^ Back up to Contents	Join the free Bird of the Week list and brighten up your week with a beautiful and informative email! Some Recent Additions Click on these thumbnails to the galleries; most recent at top. Speckled Pigeon Ring-necked Dove Brush Bronzewing Common Bronzewing Crested Pigeon Spinifex Pigeon Squatter Pigeon Peaceful Dove Bar-shouldered Dove Mourning Dove Superb Fruit-Dove Little Curlew Pacific Gull Black Swan Australian Spotted Crake Blue Bonnet (Parrot) Mulga Parrot Varied Sittella Red-rumped Parrot Little Lorikeet Australian Ringneck Little Raven Striped Honeyeater Splendid Fairywren Red-breasted Sapsucker Pileated Woodpecker Northern Flicker Red-capped Robin Hooded Robin Australian Owlet-nightjar White-bellied Sea-Eagle White-browed Treecreeper Brown Treecreeper Black-tailed Treecreeper Little Eagle Red Wattlebird Brown-headed Honeyeater Fuscous Honeyeater Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater Tawny-crowned Honeyeater White-eared Honeyeater Yellow-plumed Honeyeater Swinhoe's Snipe Crested Shrike-tit Wedge-tailed Eagle Pacific Golden Plover American Golden Plover Double-banded Plover Musk Lorikeet Black-eared Miner Yellow-tufted Honeyeater Swamp Harrier Gilbert's Whistler White-winged Tern Cape Barren Goose Chestnut Teal Spotted Pardalote Striated Pardalote Chestnut-rumped Thornbill Inland Thornbill Brown Thornbill Southern Whiteface Striated Thornbill Yellow Thornbill Large-billed Gerygone Weebill Large-billed Scrubwren Speckled Warbler White-browed Scrubwren Chestnut Quail-thrush Mistletoebird Orange-breasted Sunbird Streaked Spiderhunter Cape Sparrow ^ Top of page