Australia's Most Common Birds - Part 1

This time we're looking at the 15 most common birds in Australia (excluding water birds). This country has such amazing array of beautiful birds that are so commonplace and we sometimes take them for granted. Let's find out what makes each of them unique and have a sensible chuckle along the way.

00:50 - Rainbow lorikeet
01:41 - Noisy Miner
02:28 - Australian Magpie
02:49 - Australian Ravens and Crows
03:22 - Sulphur Crested Cockatoo
04:01 - Galah
04:47 - Magpie-lark
05:34 - Red Wattlebird
06:13 - Crested Pigeon
06:48 - Rosellas
07:26 - Laughing Kookaburra
08:03 - Superb Fairy Wren
08:49 - Willie Wagtail
09:24 - Pied Currawong
10:00 - Grey Butcherbird

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[BoodooYou]

Fun fact: Every day hundreds of Lorikeets fly into Silverwater Gaol and land on the caged windows of the cells. Prisoners get 2 small single serve jams every day, and many of them save them for the Lorikeets. They’re one of the highlights of many people’s days!

[uncletiggermclaren]

My twin and I rescued a crow that was trapped in our disused chimney in Sydney. We could hear him in there scrabbling and calling out, so we fired up the pop-off wheel and cut some bricks out. By the time we had organised that, he was just about dead from lack of water. So he just opened his mouth and said "Farrrrk" quietly when I picked him up. We gave him water and put him in a quiet room, in a box for a couple of hours. My bro went to work, and I walked in to see him sitting up on the back of a chair, and JUST LIKE THAT we had the most calm and companionable pet bird. I walked over to him with some little bits of meat and more water, and he took it from me without even slightly flinching. We named him Big Bird, because ACTUALLY they are fairly big.
He had hurt his wing muscles fighting in the cramped chimney so he was obviously too hurt to use his wings for some days, wouldn't even spread them.
But right from the first day, he would hop up where you would go tap a perch, he would call with a seeming happiness back to you if you spoke to him, and he was quite happy to have you scratch all around his head. He never pecked people or damaged anything. You could offer him your hand and say "Wanna hop up?" and he either would straight away, or he would literally make a negative noise, he had a "No" noise. You would play a trick on him, like have a piece of biscuit and pretend to throw it to him, and he didn't appreciate that so he would sit straight up and yell his "NO !" word at you.
I brought a ping pong ball and taught him tricks and to play fetch, and he would bobble along quick as light and grab it and throw it straight back to you, as good as a child.
The only problem with him wasn't really a problem because I ALSO woke up at dawn every morning. My girlfriend hated him and my bros girlfriend wouldn't even think of coming into the house.

Eventually, after maybe a month, his wings got strong, and he could fly circuits around our living room and kitchen, so one day we opened the verandah doors and he hopped up on the rail, looked back at us, and flew off.

Didn't see him for quite a while, then in a park in the suburb, that same year, he flew down and sat on my brothers shoulder and let him scratch Birds head.

[AdventuresInSnacking]

"High on nectar and out for blood" is an excellent description of a noisy miner.

[spotte]

I honestly think one of the most iconic bird calls is the Bush Stone Curlew. Creepy as hell to hear at night, but also the most hilarious birds to find during the day. They're so weird, I love them.

[zenith_tetris]

As an Australian bird, i agree with this 100%

[Unotuchable]

The two funniest things that I've ever seen at my mum's place in Mt Crosby were

1) two crested doves fighting by running around in circles are trying to slap each other with a wing.

2) a cockatoo landing on a fern branch so that it could see what was going on in the lounge room and it immediately snapping under its weight.

[Squiddy]

I know Kookaburras are the stereotype but the soundscape of Australia in my mind has always been dominated by the Raven and Magpie calls to me. Especially the Raven.

[kayde]

as a European I adore the sounds of Aussie birds. That's the first thing I notice gone missing whenever I have to leave, so thank you for these videos!!

[zeezee]

WE WANT MORE. These videos are great! I got the whole family in on this one. The kids loved it.

[neroblood]

If you haven't, try looking for the Australian wedge tail eagle. They are such pretty birds

[calnar]

Your script writing and production is insanely good! Waiting for a dedicated bin chicken video

[nashd]

We used to live in an area with lots of sulphur crested cockatoos and I loved watching their antics. The wail of the elderly or sickly birds was something else, though! The thing that really surprised us was that if one was killed, the flock would solemnly keep watch over the site for three days.

[LowRankingSparrow]

As an Australian who loves birds, this was truly a video that exists

[SharkBerry]

Finally a YouTube video on Australian wildlife that doesn't make me want to fall asleep with its voiceover. You're funny as hell

[damonroberts]

Thanks for clearing up the difference between the _crested_ pigeon and the _topknot_ pigeon. I've been mistakenly calling crested pigeons "topknots" for years, and was recently surprised to see topknot pigeons listed as a disperser of some of Eastern Australia's larger rainforest fruits. Now it makes sense.

[tukicat]

Many years ago I took a couple of Irish backpackers back to Adelaide from Coober Pedy, one of the things they said to me was that they loved the birds, the variety, the colours, the songs, they had not experienced it anywhere else.

[Kuiriel]

Shrubs and garden cover for small birds are the best way to kindly manage the more dominating birds from taking over. The natives get along in my garden after I replaced lawn with shrubs. The bird marked CE is actually incredibly friendly with humans, love sitting on your ankles and are super communal and very snuggly in their old age.

[sonsofthewestredwhiteblue]

My dad was a truckie and would tell me about times he’d see Galah’s swaying around on the side of highways, pissed as parrots.

They would swoop down to consume grain which would spill from Interstate semis and it wasn’t uncommon for a bunch of spilled barley grains to make contact with water and gradually ferment on the side of the road so that by the time the Galahs have had a gutful the fermented grain would turn into alcohol in their stomachs and they’d be hammered before they knew it.

[Thats_Pretty_Cool]

This video was a delight.

As a fellow Victorian, I enjoyed learning about and gaining a greater sense of appreciation for a lot of our local bird life!

[Cookieboymonster]

My local golf course had a Willie Wagtail that guarded a footbridge over a creek. He stood there daring you to cross, darting from side to side, "None shall pass." When you did go to pass he hopped to one side and just watched you. "Okay then we'll call it a draw."