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Welcome to the Birdway Website

Ian Montgomery invites you to enjoy the beauty and fascination of wild birds with his photos of more than 1,200 species from Australia and around the World.
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9 February 2010: this site contains more than 4,800 photos of 1,232 bird species in the wild - 595 of these are on the main Australian list of Christidis & Boles, 2008 - and 71 photos of 20 species of reptiles and Australian mammals.

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Bird of the Week - Little Tern, 7 Feb 2010 and Bassian Thrush, 28 Jan 2010

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Gallery and Section Updates:

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News

28 January 2010: Membership of the Bird of the Week Google Group now exceeds 600 members from all over the world.

11 December 2009: If you use images from Birdway in your website (see conditions for free use), please copy the images to your own site and do not link directly as Ian may move or delete images.

6 December 2009: Ian is back from a trip to Cape York Peninsula, Northern Queensland, so expect new and interesting photos on this website.

10 November 2009: Page Not Found (Error 404). Ian has just  changed the error handling code for this situation. You should now be directed to a Search Page so that you can fined what you are looking for. Any remaining problems, please let Ian know. Thank you.

30 July 2009: Ian has started adding photographs of other wildlife - encountered in his search for birds - starting with those Australian icons, the Monotremes: Echidna and Platypus. To accommodate the Other Wildlife Index, he has merged the sections Contact Details and About Ian.

22 June 2009: Ian has reorganized the regional indices to match the structure of the family thumbnails as follows:

  • Asian and European indices have been merged into a single Old World Index, which includes Africa;
  • A new Global Index has been added, which provides links to the global thumbnails of all families.
To minimize disruption to the existing structure, this means that buttons have been renamed and some webpages have been redirected. If you get odd combinations such as the label "Asian Birds" on the Global Index page, refreshing the page should fix this. If you find any persistent problems, please advise Ian.

17 May 2009: Musk Lorikeet is the 1,200th species to be included in the website.

23 March 2009: The website revision to conform with the taxonomy of Birdlife International and Christidis & Boles, 2008, is now finished, apart from some loose ends.

The two taxonomies differ in some respects (allocation of species to genera and families and sequence of species) and these differences between the Australian and Non-Australian family thumbnails are documented.

There are now 136 families represented in the website. Next and Previous Family buttons are provided in all the top level family indices to permit navigation through all the galleries in the Birdlife International family sequence.

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

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High-resolution Originals

The photos in this site are from high-resolution originals suitable for printing (unless qualified with the comment 'for the record' or 'poor image quality') with a minimum length of 1,200 pixels along the longest side.

Contact Ian about fees for publication or commercial use of photos (see section on image purchases).

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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 alphabetic indices and family thumbnails, where appropriate, to birds of the Whole World, Old World (Eurasia and Africa) and the New World (the Americas). You can browse the list of galleries in each section.

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In this site you can:

  • Join the Google email list to receive the popular, free Bird of the Week photo item
  • Contact Ian about fees for publication or commercial use of photos (see section on image purchases)
  • Order quality A5, A4 and A3 prints of photos (see section on image purchases)
  • Download photos from the galleries (see section on image purchases for conditions for free use of photos)
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Some Recent Additions

Click on these gallery thumbnails - most recent at top.
Click here to enter gallery of Greater Sand Plover
Greater
Sand Plover
Click here to enter Common Tern gallery
Common
Tern
Click here to enter Little Tern gallery
Little
Tern
Click here to enter Gallery of Australasian Darter
Australasian
Darter
Click here to enter gallery of Chestnut Teal
Chestnut
Teal
Click here to enter gallery of Rufous/Nankeen Night-Heron
Rufous/Nankeen
Night-Heron
Click here to enter Black-faced Woodswallow gallery
Black-faced
Woodswallow
Click here to enter Dusky Woodswallow gallery
Dusky
Woodswallow
Click here to enter gallery of Glossy Ibis
Glossy
Ibis
Click here to enter gallery of Australian (White) Ibis
Australian (White)
Ibis
Click here to enter gallery of Straw-necked Ibis
Straw-necked
Ibis
Click here to enter gallery of Bassian Thrush
Bassian
Thrush
Click here to enter Crested Tern gallery
Crested
Tern
Click here to enter Papuan Frogmouth gallery
Papuan
Frogmouth
Click here to enter gallery of Brolga
Brolga
Click here to enter Terek Sandpiper gallery
Terek
Sandpiper
Click here to enter gallery of Green Pygmy-Goose
Green
Pygmy-Goose
Click here to enter gallery of Forest Raven
Forest
Raven
Clickable thumbnail to enter photo gallery of Superb Lyrebird
Superb
Lyrebird
Clickable thumbnail to enter photo gallery of Shining Flycatcher
Shining
Flycatcher
Clickable thumbnail to enter photo gallery of Frilled Monarch
Frilled/Frill-necked
Monarch
Click here to enter Yellow-legged Flycatcher gallery
Yellow-legged
Flycatcher
Click here to enter White-faced Robin gallery
White-faced
Robin
Click here to enter gallery of Golden-shouldered Parrot
Golden-shouldered
Parrot
Click here to enter gallery of Red-cheeked Parrot
Red-cheeked
Parrot
Click here to view White-bellied Sea-Eagle Gallery
White-bellied
Sea-Eagle
Click here to enter gallery of Wandering Whistling-Duck
Wandering
Whistling-Duck
Click here to enter gallery of Black-throated Finch
Black-throated
Finch
Click here to enter gallery of Masked Finch
Masked
Finch
Clickable thumbnail to enter photo gallery of Australasian Figbird
Australasian
Figbird
Clickable thumbnail to enter photo gallery of Black-winged Monarch
Black-winged
Monarch
Click here to enter gallery of Torresian Crow
Torresian
Crow
Click here to enter Helmeted Guineafowl gallery
Helmeted
Guineafowl
Click here to enter Northern Scrub-Robin gallery
Northern
Scrub-Robin
Click here to enter gallery of Spotted Whistling-Duck
Spotted
Whistling-Duck
Click here to enter gallery of Black-necked Stork
Black-necked
Stork (Jabiru)
Click here to enter gallery of White-throated Needletail
White-throated
Needletail
Click here to enter gallery of Black Falcon
Black
Falcon
Click here to enter gallery of Eastern Osprey
Eastern
Osprey
Click here to enter Crested Pigeon gallery
Crested
Pigeon
Click here to enter Bar-breasted Honeyeater gallery
Bar-breasted
Honeyeater
Click here to enter Red_headed Honeyeater gallery
Red-headed
Honeyeater
Click here to enter Blue-faced Honeyeater gallery
Blue-faced
Honeyeater
Click here to enter gallery of Pied Heron
Pied
Heron
Click here to enter gallery of Black-tailed Treecreeper
Black-tailed
Treecreeper
Click here to enter Little Friarbird gallery
Little
Friarbird
Click here to enter Helmeted Friarbird gallery
Helmeted
Friarbird
Click here to enter Silver-crowned Friarbird gallery
Silver-crowned
Friarbird
Click here to enter gallery of Radjah Shelduck
Radjah
Shelduck
Click here to open Brahminy Kite gallery.
Brahminy
Kite
Click here to enter Azure Kingfisher gallery
Azure
Kingfisher
Click here to enter Rufous-banded Honeyeater gallery
Rufous-banded
Honeyeater
Click here to enter gallery of Crimson Finch
Crimson
Finch
Click here to enter Spotted Harrier gallery
Spotted
Harrier
Clickable thumbnail to enter photo gallery of Golden Bowerbird
Golden
Bowerbird
Click here to enter (Far) Eastern Curlew gallery
(Far) Eastern
Curlew
Click here to enter gallery of Rainbow Bee-eater
Rainbow
Bee-eater
Clickable thumbnail to enter photo gallery of Sandstone Shrike-thrush
Sandstone
Shrike-thrush
Click here to view Wedge-tailed Eagle Gallery
Wedge-tailed
Eagle
Clickable thumbnail to enter photo gallery of Grey/Brown Whistler
Grey/Brown
Whistler
Clickable thumbnail to enter photo gallery of White-breasted Whistler
White-breasted
Whistler
Click here to enter Orange-footed Scrubfowl gallery
Orange-footed
Scrubfowl
Clickable thumbnail to enter photo gallery of Barking Owl
Barking
Owl
Click here to enter gallery of Rainbow Lorikeet
Rainbow
Lorikeet
Clickable thumbnail to enter photo gallery of Mangrove Golden Whistler Whistler
Mangrove Golden
Whistler
Click here to enter gallery of Hooded Parrot
Hooded
Parrot
Click here to enter gallery of Yellow-rumped Munia/Mannikin
Yellow-rumped
Munia/Mannikin
Click here to enter gallery of Gouldian Finch
Gouldian
Finch
Click here to enter White-lined Honeyeater gallery
White-lined
Honeyeater
Click here to enter White-quilled Rock-Pigeon gallery
White-quilled
Rock-Pigeon
Click here to enter Chestnut-quilled Rock-Pigeon gallery
Chestnut-quilled
Rock-Pigeon
Click here to enter Banded Fruit-Dove gallery
Banded
Fruit-Dove
Click here to enter gallery of Green-backed Gerygone
Green-backed
Gerygone
Clickable thumbnail to enter photo gallery of Ground Cuckooshrike
Ground
Cuckooshrike
Click here to enter Galah gallery
Galah
Click here to enter gallery of Freshwater Crocodile
Freshwater
Crocodile
Click here to enter gallery of Estuarine Crocodile
Estuarine/Saltwater
Crocodile
Click here to enter gallery of Spectacled/Common Caiman
Spectacled/Common
Caiman
Click here to enter gallery of Lumholtz's Tree Kangaroo title=
Lumholtz's
Tree Kangaroo
Click here to enter gallery of Red-necked Pademelon
Red-necked
Pademelon
Click here to enter gallery of Quokka
Quokka

Click here to enter gallery of Allied Rock Wallaby
Allied
Rock Wallaby
Click here to enter gallery of Eastern Great Egret
Eastern Great
Egret
Click here to enter gallery of Eastern (Pacific) Reef Egret
Eastern
Reef Egret
Click here to enter gallery of White-faced Heron
White-faced
Heron
Click here to enter gallery of Red-necked Wallaby
Red-necked
Wallaby
Click here to enter gallery of Red Kangaroo
Red
Kangaroo

 

 

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