Birds

Wet season at Parry Creek Farm offers you a rare opportunity to see the Kimberley area at it best.

Birds of Parry Creek Farm include; Bar-breasted Honeyeater, Brown Honeyeater, Yellow tinted Honeyeater, Large billed Gerygone, Weebil Rufous Whistler, Jacky Winter, Richards Pipit, Purple Breasted Swamp Hen, Green Pygmy Goose, Hard-Head Duck, Radjad Shell Duck, Magpie Geese, Grey Teal, Straw-necked Ibis, Sacred Ibis, Glossy Ibis, Blue-winged Kookaburra, White Gaped Honeyeater, Rufous Night Heron, Comb Crested Jacana, Pallid Cuckoo, Koel, Brolga, Black Kite, Whistling Kite, Rainbow Bee-eater, Crimson Finch, Double barred Finch, Long Tail Finch, Star Finch, Zebra Finch, Masked Finch, Sacred Kingfisher, Little, Intermediate and Greater Egret, Square Tailed Kite, Osprey, Pacific Black Duck, Red-tailed Black Cockatoo, Little Corella, Willie Wagtail, Cuckoo Shrike, Brown Quail, Greater Bowerbird, Wedged Tail Eagle, Black Cormorant, White-winged Triller, Twany Frogmouth, Barking Owl, Bush Thick Knee, Sulphur Crested Cockatoo, Azure Kingfisher, Restless Flycatcher, Darter, Brush Cuckoo, White Browed Robin, Peaceful Dove, Bar Shouldered Dove, Pheasant Coucal, Mudlark, Lemon Billed Flycatcher, Pied Cormorant, Yellow Oriole, Red backed Fairy Wren, Olive Backed Oriole, Mangrove Bittern, Red Winged Parrot, Mistletoe Bird, Blacktail Tree Creeper, Weero, White Backed Magpie, Black Faced Woodswallow, Fairy Martin, Pied Butcher Bird Striated Pardalote, Dollarbird, Barn Swallow, Grey Crowned Babbler and Gouldin Finches to name just a few.

 

 

Birds & Wildlife

From the verandah of the elevated cabins, walkways or decking area you look out over the picturesque billabong and its lillies. If you're patient you may spot our resident Fresh Water Crocodiles or a Barramundi. Many species of birds nest amongst the reeds surrounding the edges and are best spotted in the early morning or at dusk.

Bird watching is our most popular activity, with people coming from all over the world to see the native birds of the area. One bird enthusiast reported sighting 73 species of birds in two days at Parry Creek Farm. The flood plains around the area are home to many species of water birds. During the wet season the flood plains become the nesting area to the Magpie Geese, Whistling Ducks, Brolgas, Cattle Egrets and numerous other migratory species.

Other birds in the area include; Jabirus, Purple Breasted Swamp Hens, Green Pygmy Geese, Glossy Ibis, Crimson Finches, Red-backed Fairy Wrens, Red-winged Parrots, Blue-winged Kookaburras, Azure Kingfishers, Restless Flycatcher, Boobook Owls, Barking Owls, Red-tailed Black Cockatoos and many species of Honey Eaters, Finches, water birds and birds of prey.

Parry Creek Farm is the perfect paradise for the reptiles and amphibians of Northern Australia. Various kinds of harmless snakes call Parry's home, with frequent sightings of Green Tree Snakes, Olive Pythons, Children's Pythons and Water Pythons. The large lizards of the area include Sand Goannas, Perenties and Frill Neck Lizards.

Our billabong contains Frogs, Fresh Water Turtles, Fresh Water Crocodiles, Barramundi, Tarpon, Archer Fish, the reclusive Sleepy Cod and many Water Birds.
In the reeds and undergrowth of the billabong you'll find our smaller more timid lizards, these include the Blue-tongue Skink, numerous species of geckos and the famous Tata Lizard.

We also get small mammals including kangaroos, wallabies, possums and dingoes.

For a look at some more phots of the wildlife and birds of Parry Creek Farm click on our Picture_Gallery