Identify Birds

Common Name: Feral Pigeon / Rock Dove
Family Name: Columbidau
Scientific Name: Columba Livia
Status: Introduced, Not Protected

• Average Size: 34cm
• Average Lifespan: 3 to 4 Years
• Clutch Size: 2
• Incubation: 17 to 19 days
• Fledgling: 30 days
• Background: Introduced from Europe
• Breeding: Monogamous pairs. Breed all year round but mostly in Summer. Can produce 15 young per year.
• Impacts: Spread of disease, noise and mess & will compete with native birds for food.
• Feeding: Primarily Seed

Common Name: House Sparrow
Family Name: Passeridae
Scientific Name: Passer Domesticus
Status: Introduced, Not Protected

• Average Size: 15cm
• Average Lifespan: 3 to 4 Years
• Clutch Size: 3 to 6
• Incubation: 14 days
• Fledgling: 15 days
• Background: Introduced from Europe into Melbourne 1863 1870
• Breeding: Monogamous pairs. Breed all year round but mostly in Summer & Spring. Can produce 3 broods per year.
• Impacts: Nuisance
• Feeding: Seeds, also insects

Common Name: European Starling / Common Starling
Family Name: Sturnidea
Scientific Name: Sturnis Vulgaris
Status: Introduced, Not Protected

• Average Lifespan: 2 to 3 Years
• Clutch Size: 3 to 5
• Incubation: 15 days
• Fledgling: 20 to 23 days
• Background: Introduced from Europe 1850s
• Breeding: Monogamous pairs. Breed August to January. Can produce 2 to 3 broods per year.
• Impacts: Fruit Crops, Disease, Damage to Infrastructure & Spreading of Weeds
• Feeding: Insects

Common Name: Indian Myna / Common Myna
Family Name: Sturnidae
Scientific Name: Acridotheres Tristas
Status: Introduced, Not Protected

• Average Size: 24cm
• Average Lifespan: 4 Years
• Clutch Size: 4 to 6
• Incubation: 13 to 14 days
• Fledgling: 20 to 32 days
• Background: Introduced into Melbourne from Europe 1863, Northern Queensland 1883 to control locusts and cane beetles.
• Breeding: Monogamous pairs. Can produce 1 to 3 broods per year.
• Impacts: Displace native birds from natural habitat, Damage fruit crops, Noise, Mites from nest, Spread of weeds