Welcome to the Birdway Website

Ian Montgomery invites you to enjoy the beauty and fascination of wild birds with his photos of more than 1,000 species from Australia and around the World.

1 December 2008: this site contains 3,840 photos of 1,047 bird species in the wild; 541 of these are on the Australian list (Christidis & Boles, 2008).

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Bird of the Week: Tufted Duck - 31 Dec 2008; Snow Bunting - 23 December 2008

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News

29 October 2008. Previous and Next Family buttons are being added progressively to global indices - starting with night-birds such as Frogmouths - so that you can navigate directly between families in taxonomic sequence.

13 October 2008. An array of alphabetic buttons have been added to all the geographical lists so you can quickly jump down the list and back again. For example, click "K" in Australian Birds to find Kestrel, Kite, etc. The upward arrow button beside the letter, K for example, takes you back to the alphabetic buttons.

27 August 2008. The Red Phalarope is the 1,000th species to be included in the site.

22 August 2008. "Eurasian" is progressively being replaced by "Old World" (meaning Europe, Asian and Africa) as some photos from Africa are included.

5 August 2008. "American" is progressively being replaced by "New World" (meaning North, South and Central America) to avoid confusion.

1 August 2008. Ian is back home for the foreseeable future and working on the website. Visit this page or subscribe to the bird of the week newsletter to discover the latest additions.

10 March 2008. Non-Australian Galleries are progressive being updated to conform with the Birdlife International check list.

8 February 2008. Following the publication of the latest work on the taxonomy of Australian Birds, Christidis & Boles (2008), Australian Galleries are progressively being updated to match their classification (this will take a long time!).

This sometimes means that the sequence may vary between the Non-Australian and Australian gallery thumbnails (e.g. Global and Australian Herons) and some species may be assigned to two genera, with the Birdlife International one being listed first and the Christidis & Boles one second (e.g. Cattle Egret Bubulcus/Ardea ibis).

21 November 2007. A photo of a distant Cinnamon Quail-thrush is the 500th Australian species in the site.

2 November 2007. Ian has introduced a new gallery design which has

  • thumbnails and images on the same page for easier viewing
  • separate headings for description, location and image size
  • photographic data such as shutter speed

Check out the Royal Spoonbill Gallery to see what you think.

2 August 2007. Ian now encourages free use of images on personal and conservation-related websites in exchange for links.

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Browsing the Galleries

Photographs are organized by geographical regions - where the species occur rather than where the photos were taken.The main emphasis is on birds which occur in Australia but there are also sections on Asian, European and North and South American Birds. You can browse the list of galleries in each section.

The photos in this site are from high-resolution originals suitable for printing.

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Some Recent Additions

Click on a thumbnail below to view the photo in its gallery
Click here to enter Brown-headed Honeyeater gallery
Brown-headed
Honeyeater
Click here to enter gallery of Steller's Jay
Steller's
Jay
Click here to enter gallery of Western Scrub-Jay
Western
Scrub-Jay
Click here to enter gallery of Yellow-billed Magpie
Yellow-billed
Magpie
Click here to enter gallery of Inland Thornbill
Inland
Thornbill
Click here to enter gallery of Spotted Pardalote
Spotted
Pardalote
Click here to enter Crimson Chat gallery
Crimson
Chat
Click here to enter gallery of Grey-crowned Babbler
Grey-crowned
Babbler
Click here to enter gallery of Halls Babbler
Halls
Babbler
Click here to enter gallery of Chestnut-crowned Babbler
Chestnut-crowned
Babbler
Click here to enter gallery of Red-breasted Nuthatch
Red-breasted
Nuthatch
Click here to enter gallery of White-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted
Nuthatch
Click here to enter gallery of Sandhill Crane
Sandhill
Crane
Click here to enter gallery of Blue and Yellow Macaw
Blue and Yellow
Macaw
Click here to enter gallery of Orange-winged Parrot
Orange-winged
Parrot
Click here to enter gallery of Rose-ringed Parakeet
Rose-ringed
Parakeet
Click here to enter gallery of Long-tailed Parakeet
Long-tailed
Parakeet
Click here to enter gallery of Red-winged Parrot
Red-winged
Parrot
Click here to enter gallery of Bourke's Parrot
Bourke's
Parrot
Click here to enter gallery of Mulga Parrot
Mulga
Parrot
Click here to enter Galah gallery
Galah
Click here to enter Sulphur-crested Cockatoo gallery
Sulphur-crested
Cockatoo
Click here to enter Major Mitchell's Cockatoo gallery
Major Mitchell's
Cockatoo
Click here to enter Chestnut-breasted Quail-thrush gallery
Chestnut-breasted
Quail-thrush
Click here to enter Helmeted Guineafowl gallery
Helmeted
Guineafowl
Click here to enter Common Nighthawk gallery
Common
Nighthawk
Click here to enter Large-tailed Nightjar gallery
Large-tailed
Nightjar
Click here to enter Papuan Frogmouth gallery
Papuan
Frogmouth
Click here to enter Star Finch gallery
Star
Finch
Click here to enter Bullock's Oriole gallery
Bullock's
Oriole
Click here to enter Red-winged Blackbird gallery
Red-winged
Blackbird
Click here to enter Brewer's Blackbird gallery
Brewer's
Blackbird
Click here to enter Western Meadowlark gallery
Western
Meadowlark
Click here to enter Yellow-headed Blackbird gallery
Yellow-headed
Blackbird
Click here to enter White-winged Chough gallery
White-winged
Chough
Click here to enter Apostlebird gallery
Apostlebird
Click here to enter Australian Brush-turkey gallery
Australian
Brush-turkey
Click here to enter Southern Cassowary gallery
Southern
Cassowary
Click here to enter Emu gallery
Emu
Click here to enter Black-backed Butcherbird gallery
Black-backed
Butcherbird
Click here to enter Black Butcherbird gallery
Black
Butcherbird
Click here to enter Little Woodswallow gallery
Little
Woodswallow
Click here to enter Belted Kingfisher gallery
Belted
Kingfisher
Click here to enter Red-backed Kingfisher gallery
Red-backed
Kingfisher
Click here to enter Little Kingfisher gallery
Little
Kingfisher
Click here to enter Blue-eared Kingfisher gallery
Blue-eared
Kingfisher
Click here to enter Californian Quail gallery
Californian
Quail
Click here to enter Wild Turkey gallery
Wild
Turkey
Click here to enter Sooty (Blue) Grouse gallery
Sooty (Blue)
Grouse
Click here to enter Buff_sided Robin gallery
Buff-sided
Robin
Click here to enter Jacky Winter gallery
Jacky Winter
Click here to enter Red Goshawk gallery
Red
Goshawk
Click here to enter Black-chinned Honeyeater gallery
Black-chinned
Honeyeater
Click here to enter Yellow-throated Miner gallery
Yellow-throated
Miner
Click here to enter White-plumed Honeyeater gallery
White-plumed
Honeyeater
Click here to enter Graceful Honeyeater gallery
Graceful
Honeyeater
Click here to enter Yellow-tinted Honeyeater gallery
Yellow-tinted
Honeyeater
Click here to enter Singing Honeyeater gallery
Singing
Honeyeater
Click here to enter Tree Swallow gallery
Tree
Swallow
Click here to enter Violet-green Swallow gallery
Violet-green
Swallow
Click here to enter Barn Swallow gallery
Barn
Swallow
Click here to enter Cliff Swallow gallery
Cliff
Swallow
Click here to enter Pacific Loon gallery
Pacific
Loon
Click here to enter Common Loon gallery
Common
Loon
Click here to enter Red-necked Phalarope gallery
Red-necked
Phalarope
Click here to enter Pectoral Sandpiper gallery
Pectoral
Sandpiper
Click here to enter Willet gallery
Willet
Click here to enter Short-Billed Dowitcher gallery
Short-billed
Dowitcher
Click here to enter gallery of Thick-billed Murre/Brunnich's Guillemot
Thick-billed
Murre
Click here to enter gallery of Parakeet Auklet
Parakeet
Auklet
Click here to enter gallery of Horned Puffin
Horned
Puffin
Click here to enter gallery of Tufted Puffin
Tufted
Puffin
Click here to enter gallery of Pale-headed Rosella
Pale-headed
Rosella
Click here to enter gallery of Budgerigar
Budgerigar
Click here to enter gallery of Australian King Parrot
Australian
King Parrot
Click here to enter gallery of Red-winged Parrot
Red-winged
Parrot
Click here to enter gallery of Cotton Pygmy-Goose
Cotton
Pygmy-Goose
Click here to enter gallery of Cinnamon Teal
Cinnamon
Teal
Click here to enter gallery of Northern Pintail
Northern
Pintail
Click here to enter gallery of Brant/Brent Goose
Brant/Brent
Goose
Click here to enter gallery of Spectacled Eider
Spectacled
Eider
Click here to enter gallery of Steller's Eider
Steller's
Eider
Click here to enter gallery of Canada Goose
Canada
Goose
Click here to enter gallery of Plumed Whistling-Duck
Plumed
Whistling-Duck

Click here to enter gallery of North American Osprey
North American
Osprey

Click here to enter gallery of Snail Kite
Snail
Kite

Click here to enter Bald Eagle gallery
Bald
Eagle
Click here to enter Common Buzzard gallery
Common
Buzzard
Click here to visit Square-tailed Kite Gallery
Square-tailed
Kite

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Varied
Lorikeet

Black
Skimmer


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