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6 September 2008: this site contains 3,633 photos of 1,008 bird species in the wild; 528 of these are on the Australian list (Christidis & Boles, 2008).	Search WWW Search birdway.com.au
Contents	Bird of the Week: Red Phalarope - 1 September 2008
Click on one of the following to scroll down to: News Browsing the Galleries In this Site you can . . . Gallery and Section Updates News 6 September 2008. See gallery updates below. 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. ^ Back up to Contents 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. ^ Back up to Contents In this site you can: Join the email list to receive the popular, free Bird of the Week photo Order quality A5, A4 and A3 prints of photos (see section on image purchases) Contact Ian about fees for publication or commercial use of photos (see section on image purchases) Download photos from the galleries (see section on image purchases for conditions for free use of photos) ^ Back up to Contents Gallery and Section Updates: 6 September 2008: Revised Honeyeater & Allies Galleries (now includes Chats, Friarbird, Gibberbird, Miners, Spinebills & Wattlebirds) with 174 photos of 54 species. 30 August 2008: 4 species added to New World Swallows & Martins. 28 August 2008: New Loon/Diver galleries with 2 species. 27 August 2008: Revised Global and Australian Wader (Scolopacidae) galleries with 8 additional species including: Long-billed Dowitcher Rock Sandpiper Red/Grey Phalarope Marbled Godwit Long-billed Curlew 25 August 2008: Revised Auk Galleries with 7 additional species from Alaska, including Auklets, Murres and Puffins. 22 August 2008: Revised Parrot Galleries in Australian Birds about 100 photos of 22 species. 18 August 2008: Major revision of all Duck, Geese & Swan Galleries with about 100 new photos and 18 additional species including: Canada Goose Brant/Brent Goose Northern Shoveler Northern Pintail Common Teal All 4 species of Eider, e.g. King Eider Long-tailed Duck Ruddy Duck. 11 August 2008: Revision of New World & Eurasian Hawks & Allies with 40 additional photos and 10 new species including: North American Osprey Bald Eagle. 9 August 2008: Revision of Australian Hawks & Allies completed with new photos of: Square-tailed Kite Wedge-tailed Eagle Spotted Harrier Brahminy Kite. ^ Back up to Contents	Join the free Bird of the Week list and brighten up your week with a beautiful and informative email. Some Recent Additions Click on a thumbnail below to view the photo in its gallery Black-chinned Honeyeater Yellow-throated Miner White-plumed Honeyeater Graceful Honeyeater Yellow-tinted Honeyeater Singing Honeyeater Tree Swallow Violet-green Swallow Barn Swallow Cliff Swallow Pacific Loon Common Loon/ Great Northern Diver Red-necked Phalarope Pectoral Sandpiper Willet Short-billed Dowitcher Thick-billed Murre Parakeet Auklet Horned Puffin Tufted Puffin Pale-headed Rosella Budgerigar Australian King Parrot Red-winged Parrot Cotton Pygmy-Goose Cinnamon Teal Northern Pintail Brant/Brent Goose Spectacled Eider Steller's Eider Canada Goose Plumed Whistling-Duck North American Osprey Snail Kite Bald Eagle Common Buzzard Square-tailed Kite (Lophoictinia isura) Varied Lorikeet (Psitteuteles versicolor) Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger) Crested Bellbird (Oreoica gutturalis) Carpentarian Grasswren (Amytornis dorothea) Kalkadoon Grasswren (Amytornis ballarae) Red-backed Fairywren (Malurus melanocephalus)   Purple-crowned Fairywren (Malurus coronatus)   Superb Fairywren (Malurus cyaneus) Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca) Spotted Eagle-Owl (Bubo africanus) Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus) Nuttall's Woodpecker (Picoides nuttallii) Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus) White-headed Woodpecker (Picoides albolarvatus) Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchus) American Avocet (Recurvirostra americanus) American Dipper (Cinclus mexicanus) ^ Top of page