Bird List for Cumberland Campus and Rookwood Cemetery


The following birds were identified in and around the Cumberland Campus of the University of Sydney, located at Lidcombe, and includes birds seen in Rookwood Cemetery and along East Street.

The main contributions to the list have been by Ray Patton, Jack Crosbie and Bob West. List compiled by Ray Patton and Bob West. Recent additions to the list have been by Brett DiMichiel. This page is maintained by Bob West.

Further sightings can be forwarded to bwest@mail.usyd.edu.au or R.Patton@cchs.usyd.edu.au for inclusion in this list.

The ordering of the species, and the scientific and common names, follows: Christidis, L., & W.E. Boles. 1994. The Taxonomy and Species of Birds of Australia and Its Territories. Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union Monograph 2. RAOU, Melbourne.


CLASS AVES

Order GALLIFORMES

Order ANSERIFORMES

Order PELECANIFORMES

Order CICONIIFORMES

Order FALCONIFORMES

Order CHARADRIIFORMES

Order COLUMBIFORMES

Order PSITTACIFORMES

Order CUCULIFORMES

Order CAPRIMULGIFORMES

Order CORACIIFORMES

Order PASSERIFORMES

Total species: 80

Total introduced species: 9

* = introduced


Last modified 2002/2/1 by Bob West