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Spotted Bowerbird Greg Miles from Australia / CC BY-SA 2.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Spotted Bowerbird

Chlamydera maculata
Ptilonorhynchidae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales3

Central Australia, Channel Country, Murray-Darling Basin

Spotted Harrier WILDFOTO / Paul Thomsen

Spotted Harrier

Circus assimilis
Accipitridae Accipitriformes Medium Observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales16

Cape York, Central Australia, Channel Country, Eastern NSW, Gulf Count…

Spotted Nightjar Christopher Watson (http://www.comebirdwatching.blogspot.com/) / CC BY-SA 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Spotted Nightjar

Eurostopodus argus
Caprimulgidae Caprimulgiformes Medium Observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales16

Cape York, Central Australia, Channel Country, Eastern NSW, Gulf Count…

Spotted Pardalote Aviceda / CC BY-SA 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Spotted Pardalote

Pardalotus punctatus
Pardalotidae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales5

Eastern NSW, Murray-Darling Basin, South-east Queensland, South-east S…

Spotted Quail-thrush Aviceda / CC BY-SA 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Spotted Quail-thrush

Cinclosoma punctatum
Cinclosomatidae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales4

Eastern NSW, Murray-Darling Basin, South-east South Australia, Victori…

Spotted Whistling-Duck DickDaniels (http://carolinabirds.org/) / CC BY-SA 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Spotted Whistling-Duck

Dendrocygna guttata
Anatidae Anseriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales1

Cape York

Square-tailed Kite Patrick_K59 / CC BY 2.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Square-tailed Kite

Lophoictinia isura
Accipitridae Accipitriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales16

Cape York, Central Australia, Channel Country, Eastern NSW, Gulf Count…

Squatter Pigeon Summerdrought / CC BY-SA 4.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Squatter Pigeon

Geophaps scripta
Columbidae Columbiformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales3

Cape York, Murray-Darling Basin, South-east Queensland

Star Finch WILDFOTO / Paul Thomsen

Star Finch

Bathilda ruficauda
Estrildidae Passeriformes Hard Observed
KnownLess known
Weight25
Locales5

Cape York, Gulf Country, Kimberley, Top End, Wet Tropics

Straw-necked Ibis WILDFOTO / Paul Thomsen

Straw-necked Ibis

Threskiornis spinicollis
Threskiornithidae Pelecaniformes Medium Observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales16

Cape York, Central Australia, Channel Country, Eastern NSW, Gulf Count…

Striated Fieldwren Tim Collins / CC BY-SA 4.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Striated Fieldwren

Calamanthus fuliginosus
Acanthizidae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales3

Eastern NSW, South-east South Australia, Victoria

Striated Grasswren Tony Morris from St Margaret's at Cliffe, Kent UK / CC BY 2.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Striated Grasswren

Amytornis striatus
Maluridae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales2

Mallee, Murray-Darling Basin

Striated Pardalote WILDFOTO / Paul Thomsen

Striated Pardalote

Pardalotus striatus
Pardalotidae Passeriformes Hard Observed
KnownLess known
Weight25
Locales5

Cape York, Gulf Country, Kimberley, Top End, Wet Tropics

Striated Thornbill JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/) / CC BY-SA 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Striated Thornbill

Acanthiza lineata
Acanthizidae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales4

Eastern NSW, Murray-Darling Basin, South-east Queensland, Victoria

Striped Honeyeater Aviceda / CC BY-SA 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Striped Honeyeater

Plectorhyncha lanceolata
Meliphagidae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales3

Eastern NSW, Murray-Darling Basin, Victoria

Strong-billed Honeyeater JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/) / CC BY-SA 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Strong-billed Honeyeater

Melithreptus validirostris
Meliphagidae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales1

Tasmania

Stubble Quail Dominic Sherony / CC BY-SA 2.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Stubble Quail

Coturnix pectoralis
Phasianidae Galliformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales5

Eastern NSW, Mallee, Murray-Darling Basin, South-east South Australia,…

Sulphur-crested cockatoo WILDFOTO / Paul Thomsen

Sulphur-crested cockatoo

Cacatua galerita
Cacatuidae Psittaciformes Iconic Observed
KnownWell known
Weight100
Locales16

Cape York, Central Australia, Channel Country, Eastern NSW, Gulf Count…

Superb Fairy-wren user:benjamint444 / CC BY-SA 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Superb Fairy-wren

Malurus cyaneus
Maluridae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales4

Eastern NSW, South-east Queensland, South-east South Australia, Victor…

Superb Fruit-Dove Dominic Sherony / CC BY-SA 2.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Superb Fruit-Dove

Ptilinopus superbus
Columbidae Columbiformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales3

Cape York, Eastern NSW, South-east Queensland

Superb Lyrebird John Manger, CSIRO / CC BY 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Superb Lyrebird

Menura novaehollandiae
Menuridae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales2

Eastern NSW, Victoria

Superb Parrot JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/) / CC BY-SA 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Superb Parrot

Polytelis swainsonii
Psittaculidae Psittaciformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales2

Murray-Darling Basin, Victoria

Swamp Harrier WILDFOTO / Paul Thomsen

Swamp Harrier

Circus approximans
Accipitridae Accipitriformes Medium Observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales16

Cape York, Central Australia, Channel Country, Eastern NSW, Gulf Count…

Swift Parrot original photograph by frank wouters derivitive work Snowmanradio (talk) 18:52, 4 October 2008 (UTC) / CC BY 2.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Swift Parrot

Lathamus discolor
Psittaculidae Psittaciformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales2

Eastern NSW, Victoria