Australian birds of Prey in flight.

                                                                   Birds of Prey

                                             of

                                        Australia

We are most fortunate to have some amazing birds in Australia of which includes 24 species of diurnal birds of prey that occur in a range of different habitats, right across Australia. There is no part of Australia that is not inhabited by at least some of these beautiful birds.

One of these is mostly nocturnal, the Letter Winged Kite, which is without question, becoming rarer and rarer, mostly due to the predation by feral cats.

This bird is almost totally nocturnal and depends almost entirely on the boom and bust of the Long Haired Rat that gets in plague proportions in the inland deserts after good rains. It can also survive when pushed on explosions of the common house mouse and the native Dunarts.

The following is just a few samples (though many images need replacing) of all 24 species in flight that have been photographed personally over more than 35 years.

The following is just a small guide to those that some times find it difficult to ID these birds in flight.

Best to all and happy birding .. John.

Peregrine Falcon. 

                                                                        Grey Falcon

Black Falcon

Brown Falcon

Little Falcon. (or Australian Hobby)

                                                                      Nankeen Kestrel

                                                          Letter Winged Kite

  Black Shouldered Kite

Brahmany Kite

Whistling Kite

Black Kite

Square Tailed Kite

Spotted Harrier

Swamp Harrier

Wedge Tailed Eagle

White Bellied Sea Eagle

Little Eagle

Black Breasted Buzzard

Red Goshawk

Grey Goshawk

Brown Goshawk

Collared Sparrow Hawk

Pacific Baza

Osprey

=========================================================