Babblers, Sittella, Whistlers & Flycatchers
Families Pomatostomidae (babblers), Psophodidae (quail-thrushes), Neosittidae (Sittella),
Pachycephalidae (Shrike-tit, whistlers), Dicruridae (Drongo), Rhipiduridae (fantails) & Monarchidae (flycatchers)

Grey-crowned Babbler	White-browed Babbler	Spotted Quail-thrush
Eastern Whipbird	Varied Sittella	Crested Shrike-tit
Olive Whistler	Golden Whistler	Rufous Whistler
Grey Shrike-Thrush	Spangled Drongo	Rufous Fantail
Grey Fantail	Willie Wagtail	Leaden Flycatcher
Satin Flycatcher	Restless Flycatcher	Black-faced Monarch
Magpie-Lark

Grey-crowned Babbler ( Pomatostomus temporalis ) [ Presumed to be extinct in the ACT; reasons unknown - now raised from the dead, perhaps? ]
Duntroon, ACT. Photo by Martin Butterfield	Duntroon, ACT. Photo by Martin Butterfield	Duntroon, ACT. Photo by Anthony Overs	Duntroon, ACT. Photo by Anthony Overs	Photo by Anthony Overs
Photo by Anthony Overs	Photo by Anthony Overs	Photo by Geoffrey Dabb	Photo by David Cook	Photo by Lindsay Hansch
White-browed Babbler ( Pomatostomus supercilliosus ) [ Presumed to be extinct in the ACT; reasons unknown ]
Photo by Harvey Perkins	Photo by Harvey Perkins
Spotted Quail-thrush ( Cinclosoma punctatum ) [ Uncommon breeding resident in small numbers throughout the dry areas of the forests of the ACT ]
Female, Namadgi National Park, ACT. Photo by David Cook	Photo by David Cook	Photo by David Cook	Rocky Hall , NSW. Photo by David Cook	Rocky Hall , NSW. Photo by David Cook
Eastern Whipbird ( Psophodes olivaceus ) [ Uncommon breeding resident in restricted habitat in the western ranges, with occasional birds moving as far as the Murrumbidgee River ]
Photo by Stuart Harris	Photo by David Cook	Photo by David Cook	Photo by David Cook	Photo by David Cook
Photo by David Cook	Photo by Julian Robinson	Monga NP, NSW. Photo by David Cook	Photo by Julian Robinson	Photo by Julian Robinson
Varied Sittella ( Daphoenositta chrysoptera ) [ Uncommon breeding resident occurring throughout the ACT, except for the highest country and the wet forests of the western ranges ]
East O'Malley, ACT. Photo by Geoffrey Dabb	East O'Malley, ACT. Photo by Geoffrey Dabb	Photo by Stuart Harris	Photo by Stuart Harris	Wamboin, NSW. Photo by David Cook
Wamboin, NSW. Photo by David Cook	Wamboin, NSW. Photo by David Cook	Photo by David Cook	Wamboin, NSW. Photo by David Cook	Photo by Julian Robinson
Photo by Julian Robinson	Photo by Julian Robinson	Photo by Lindsay Hansch
Crested Shrike-tit ( Falcunculus frontatus ) [ Uncommon breeding resident, more often seen in the ranges, but widely distributed ]
Adult male. Photo by Geoffrey Dabb	Photo by David Cook	Photo by Stuart Harris	Photo by David Cook	Photo by Stuart Harris
Rocky Hall , NSW. Photo by David Cook	Rocky Hall , NSW. Photo by David Cook	Photo by Lindsay Hansch
Olive Whistler ( Pachycephala olivacea ) [ Uncommon breeding resident with some altitudinal migration ]
Photo by Geoffrey Dabb	Photo by Geoffrey Dabb	Photo by Lindsay Hansch	Photo by Rhonda Hansch
Golden Whistler ( Pachycephala pectoralis ) [ Common breeding resident; most birds are altitudinal migrants ]
Adult male. Photo by David Cook	Adult female. Photo by David Cook	Rocky Hall, NSW. Photo by David Cook	Photo by Peter Cowper	Photo by Harvey Perkins
Photo by Harvey Perkins	Photo by Geoffrey Dabb	Australian National Botanic Gardens, ACT. Photo by Julian Robinson	Photo by James Rolevink	Juvenile, Rocky Hall, NSW. Photo by David Cook
Photo by Lindsay Hansch	Wamboin, NSW. Photo by David Cook	Kellys Swamp, ACT. Photo by Julian Robinson	Juvenile. Photo by John Gordon	Photo by Julian Robinson
Photo by Lindsay Hansch
Rufous Whistler ( Pachycephala rufiventris ) [ Common breeding migrant. May occur anywhere in the ACT, but is more numerous in dry woodlands. A small percentage remains over winter ]
Female. Photo by Graham Stephinson	Immature male. Photo by Julian Robinson	Photo by Anthony Overs	Photo by Harvey Perkins	Photo by Harvey Perkins
Photo by Julian Robinson	Photo by Stuart Harris	Photo by Geoffrey Dabb	Photo by Geoffrey Dabb	Juvenile. Photo by Geoffrey Dabb
Photo by Lindsay Hansch	Photo by David Cook	Photo by Stuart Harris	Photo by Julian Robinson	Photo by Lindsay Hansch
Photo by Lindsay Hansch
Grey Shrike-Thrush ( Colluricincla harmonica ) [ Common breeding resident throughout the ACT, most often seen in the ranges of the south. Often an altitudinal migrant ]
Photo by COG	Photo by Harvey Perkins	Photo by Lindsay Hansch	Juvenile. Photo by Harvey Perkins	Juvenile. Photo by Geoffrey Dabb
Photo by James Rolevink	Wamboin, NSW. Photo by David Cook	Photo by David Cook	Wamboin, NSW. Photo by David Cook	Photo by Julian Robinson
Spangled Drongo ( Dicrurus bracteatus ) [ Rare vagrant ]
Photo by David Cook	Photo by David Cook	Photo by Lindsay Hansch	Photo by Stuart Harris	Photo by John Gordon
Rufous Fantail ( Rhipidura rufifrons ) [ Uncommon breeding migrant to the wet forests. Regularly reported from the tablelands during migration in spring and autumn ]
Photo by Lindsay Hansch	Photo by Geoffrey Dabb	Photo by Stuart Harris	Photo by Lindsay Hansch
Grey Fantail ( Rhipidura albiscapa ) [ Common breeding resident. Much of the population of the ranges migrates in winter, together with some from the tablelands ]
Photo by Geoffrey Dabb	Photo by Martin Butterfield	Photo by Martin Butterfield	Photo by Geoffrey Dabb	Wamboin, NSW. Photo by David Cook
Photo by Peter Cowper	Juvenile. Photo by Geoffrey Dabb	Wamboin, NSW. Photo by David Cook	Photo by James Rolevink	Wamboin, NSW. Photo by David Cook
Photo by Stuart Harris	Wamboin, NSW. Photo by David Cook	Photo by Lindsay Hansch
Willie Wagtail ( Rhipidura leucophrys ) [ Common breeding resident; some altitudinal migration. The probability exists of some birds leaving the ACT in winter ]
Photo by Graham Stephinson	Photo by Harvey Perkins	Photo by David Cook	Photo by Roger Curnow	Photo by Roger Curnow
Photo by Roger Curnow	Photo by Roger Curnow	Photo by Geoffrey Dabb	Photo by Lindsay Hansch	Wamboin, NSW. Photo by David Cook
Wamboin, NSW. Photo by David Cook	Wamboin, NSW. Photo by David Cook	Wamboin, NSW. Photo by David Cook
Leaden Flycatcher ( Myiagra rubecula ) [ Common breeding migrant, mainly in the dry forests of the tablelands ]
Photo by Geoffrey Dabb	Photo by Geoffrey Dabb	Photo by Geoffrey Dabb	Photo by Geoffrey Dabb	Photo by Julian Robinson
Photo by Stuart Harris	Photo by Julian Robinson	Photo by Geoffrey Dabb	Wamboin, NSW. Photo by David Cook	Wamboin, NSW. Photo by David Cook
Wamboin, NSW. Photo by David Cook	Wamboin, NSW. Photo by David Cook	Wamboin, NSW. Photo by David Cook	Wamboin, NSW. Photo by David Cook	Wamboin, NSW. Photo by David Cook
Satin Flycatcher ( Myiagra cyanoleuca ) [ Common breeding migrant mainly to the higher areas of wet forests. Often seen about Canberra gardens on passage ]
Male. Wamboin, NSW. Photo by David Cook	Wamboin, NSW. Photo by David Cook	Warks Rd, ACT. Photo by Julian Robinson	Female & dependent young. Photo by Julian Robinson	Female & dependent young. Photo by Julian Robinson
Male & dependent young. Photo by Julian Robinson	Photo by Lindsay Hansch
Restless Flycatcher ( Myiagra inquieta ) [ Uncommon breeding resident mostly of open woodland on the tablelands, generally avoiding closed forests ]
Photo by Lindsay Hansch	Photo by Rhonda Abbott	Juvenile. Photo by Roger Curnow	Juvenile. Photo by Roger Curnow	Campbell Pk, ACT. Photo by David Cook
Campbell Pk, ACT. Photo by David Cook	Photo by Lindsay Hansch
Black-faced Monarch ( Monarcha melanopsis ) [ Rare visitor. One possible breeding record ]
Photo by Lindsay Hansch	Photo by Geoffrey Dabb	Photo by Geoffrey Dabb	Deceased juvenile. Wamboin, NSW. Photo by David Cook	Photo by David Cook
Photo by David Cook	Photo by David Cook
Magpie-Lark ( Grallina cyanoleuca ) [ Common breeding resident of the tablelands, including the urban area of Canberra ]
Male. Photo by Geoffrey Dabb	Male left, female right. Photo by Geoffrey Dabb	Photo by Peter Fullagar	Female. Photo by Rhonda Hansch	Photo by Stuart Harris
Photo by Rhonda Hansch	Wamboin, NSW. Photo by David Cook	Photo by Bron King	Photo by Charmian Lawson	Photo by Charmian Lawson
Photo by Charmian Lawson	Photo by Charmian Lawson	Photo by Charmian Lawson

Babblers, Sittella, Whistlers & Flycatchers
Families Pomatostomidae (babblers), Psophodidae (quail-thrushes), Neosittidae (Sittella),
Pachycephalidae (Shrike-tit, whistlers), Dicruridae (Drongo), Rhipiduridae (fantails) & Monarchidae (flycatchers)

Grey-crowned Babbler ( Pomatostomus temporalis ) [ Presumed to be extinct in the ACT; reasons unknown - now raised from the dead, perhaps? ]

White-browed Babbler ( Pomatostomus supercilliosus ) [ Presumed to be extinct in the ACT; reasons unknown ]

Spotted Quail-thrush ( Cinclosoma punctatum ) [ Uncommon breeding resident in small numbers throughout the dry areas of the forests of the ACT ]

Eastern Whipbird ( Psophodes olivaceus ) [ Uncommon breeding resident in restricted habitat in the western ranges, with occasional birds moving as far as the Murrumbidgee River ]

Varied Sittella ( Daphoenositta chrysoptera ) [ Uncommon breeding resident occurring throughout the ACT, except for the highest country and the wet forests of the western ranges ]

Crested Shrike-tit ( Falcunculus frontatus ) [ Uncommon breeding resident, more often seen in the ranges, but widely distributed ]

Olive Whistler ( Pachycephala olivacea ) [ Uncommon breeding resident with some altitudinal migration ]

Golden Whistler ( Pachycephala pectoralis ) [ Common breeding resident; most birds are altitudinal migrants ]

Rufous Whistler ( Pachycephala rufiventris ) [ Common breeding migrant. May occur anywhere in the ACT, but is more numerous in dry woodlands. A small percentage remains over winter ]

Grey Shrike-Thrush ( Colluricincla harmonica ) [ Common breeding resident throughout the ACT, most often seen in the ranges of the south. Often an altitudinal migrant ]

Spangled Drongo ( Dicrurus bracteatus ) [ Rare vagrant ]

Rufous Fantail ( Rhipidura rufifrons ) [ Uncommon breeding migrant to the wet forests. Regularly reported from the tablelands during migration in spring and autumn ]

Grey Fantail ( Rhipidura albiscapa ) [ Common breeding resident. Much of the population of the ranges migrates in winter, together with some from the tablelands ]

Willie Wagtail ( Rhipidura leucophrys ) [ Common breeding resident; some altitudinal migration. The probability exists of some birds leaving the ACT in winter ]

Leaden Flycatcher ( Myiagra rubecula ) [ Common breeding migrant, mainly in the dry forests of the tablelands ]

Satin Flycatcher ( Myiagra cyanoleuca ) [ Common breeding migrant mainly to the higher areas of wet forests. Often seen about Canberra gardens on passage ]

Restless Flycatcher ( Myiagra inquieta ) [ Uncommon breeding resident mostly of open woodland on the tablelands, generally avoiding closed forests ]

Black-faced Monarch ( Monarcha melanopsis ) [ Rare visitor. One possible breeding record ]

Magpie-Lark ( Grallina cyanoleuca ) [ Common breeding resident of the tablelands, including the urban area of Canberra ]

Babblers, Sittella, Whistlers & Flycatchers Families Pomatostomidae (babblers), Psophodidae (quail-thrushes), Neosittidae (Sittella), Pachycephalidae (Shrike-tit, whistlers), Dicruridae (Drongo), Rhipiduridae (fantails) & Monarchidae (flycatchers)

Grey-crowned Babbler ( Pomatostomus temporalis ) [ Presumed to be extinct in the ACT; reasons unknown - now raised from the dead, perhaps? ]

White-browed Babbler ( Pomatostomus supercilliosus ) [ Presumed to be extinct in the ACT; reasons unknown ]

Spotted Quail-thrush ( Cinclosoma punctatum ) [ Uncommon breeding resident in small numbers throughout the dry areas of the forests of the ACT ]

Eastern Whipbird ( Psophodes olivaceus ) [ Uncommon breeding resident in restricted habitat in the western ranges, with occasional birds moving as far as the Murrumbidgee River ]

Varied Sittella ( Daphoenositta chrysoptera ) [ Uncommon breeding resident occurring throughout the ACT, except for the highest country and the wet forests of the western ranges ]

Crested Shrike-tit ( Falcunculus frontatus ) [ Uncommon breeding resident, more often seen in the ranges, but widely distributed ]

Olive Whistler ( Pachycephala olivacea ) [ Uncommon breeding resident with some altitudinal migration ]

Golden Whistler ( Pachycephala pectoralis ) [ Common breeding resident; most birds are altitudinal migrants ]

Rufous Whistler ( Pachycephala rufiventris ) [ Common breeding migrant. May occur anywhere in the ACT, but is more numerous in dry woodlands. A small percentage remains over winter ]

Grey Shrike-Thrush ( Colluricincla harmonica ) [ Common breeding resident throughout the ACT, most often seen in the ranges of the south. Often an altitudinal migrant ]

Spangled Drongo ( Dicrurus bracteatus ) [ Rare vagrant ]

Rufous Fantail ( Rhipidura rufifrons ) [ Uncommon breeding migrant to the wet forests. Regularly reported from the tablelands during migration in spring and autumn ]

Grey Fantail ( Rhipidura albiscapa ) [ Common breeding resident. Much of the population of the ranges migrates in winter, together with some from the tablelands ]

Willie Wagtail ( Rhipidura leucophrys ) [ Common breeding resident; some altitudinal migration. The probability exists of some birds leaving the ACT in winter ]

Leaden Flycatcher ( Myiagra rubecula ) [ Common breeding migrant, mainly in the dry forests of the tablelands ]

Satin Flycatcher ( Myiagra cyanoleuca ) [ Common breeding migrant mainly to the higher areas of wet forests. Often seen about Canberra gardens on passage ]

Restless Flycatcher ( Myiagra inquieta ) [ Uncommon breeding resident mostly of open woodland on the tablelands, generally avoiding closed forests ]

Black-faced Monarch ( Monarcha melanopsis ) [ Rare visitor. One possible breeding record ]

Magpie-Lark ( Grallina cyanoleuca ) [ Common breeding resident of the tablelands, including the urban area of Canberra ]

Babblers, Sittella, Whistlers & Flycatchers
Families Pomatostomidae (babblers), Psophodidae (quail-thrushes), Neosittidae (Sittella),
Pachycephalidae (Shrike-tit, whistlers), Dicruridae (Drongo), Rhipiduridae (fantails) & Monarchidae (flycatchers)