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With some of the most untouched areas of the river being situated between Waikerie and Wentworth, what better place could there be to take a Houseboat Holiday? Liba Liba Houseboats are situated in the middle of this natural habitat.

Cruising up river you will see cliffs and bush land with also a very good chance of seeing Kangaroos or Emus drinking at the waters edge. Within 2 klm’s down stream of our mooring you will be in the largest Koala Sanctuary in South Australia.

These beautiful marsupials can be seen at times from the deck of your boat. There are also numerous water birds, parrots etc. for you to view and photograph.

LIBA LIBA HOUSEBOATS BIRD LIST

This list includes bird species to be found between Renmark, SA and Wentworth, NSW along 162 miles of the River Murray. All species were observed within 500 meters of the riverbank and many can be seen from a moving houseboat without too much effort.

The list was compiled during the summer months only and is therefore incomplete as winter migrants have not been noted at this stage. Any competent observer able to add to this list should let someone at the Liba Liba office know about their observations at the completion of their trip.

Emus (small groups occasionally)
Domestic Pigeon -
(occasionally groups near settlements)
Darter (uc)
Australian Pelican (c)
Royal Spoonbill
Great Cormorant (c
Australian Raven
Little Black Cormorant (o)
Grey Fantail
Pied Cormorant (mc)
Australasian Grebe
Little Pied Cormorant (mc)
Red-kneed Dotterel (uc)
Pacific Heron (mc usually single birds)
Regent Parrot (uc)
White Faced Heron (c)
Yellow Rosella (c)
Great Egret (c)
Mallee Ring neck (uc)
Rufous Night Heron (o)
Red-rumped Parrot (c)
Scared Ibis (mc) Budgerigar (o)
Straw-necked Ibis (mc)
Black-eared Cuckoo (uc)
Yellow-billed Spoonbill (mc)
Horsfield Bronze-cuckoo (mc)
Black Swan (uc)
Boobook Owl (mc)
Australian Shelduck (c)
Owlet Nightjar (mc)
Pacific Black Duck (c)
Laughing Kookaburra (c)
Australian Grey Teal (c)
Sacred Kingfisher (c)
Chestnut Teal (uc)
Rainbow Bee-eater (c)
Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (mc)
Wood Duck (c)
Welcome Swallow (c)
Black Kite (uc)
Tree Martin (c)
Whistling Kite (c)
Fairy Martin (uc)
Australian Goshawk (uc)
Richard’s Pipit (uc)
Collared Sparrow hawk
(uc) Rufous Songlark (uc)
Little Eagle (mc)
Magpie-lark (c)
Wedge-tailed Eagle (mc)
White-winged Triller (uc)
Peregrine Falcon (uc)
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (c)
Australian Hobby (uc)
Red-capped Robin (c)
Pied Butcherbird (c)

Black-tailed Native Heron (uc)
Hooded Robin (uc)
Dusky moorhen (mc)
Gilbert’s Whistler (uc)
Purple Swamp hen (uc)
Rufous Whistler (c)
Coot (mc)
Grey Shrile-thrush (c)
Masked Lapwing (c)
Restless Flycatcher (mc)
Black-fronted Plover (c)
Willie Wagtail (c)
Common Sandpiper (v)
White-browed Babbler (mc)
Silver Gull (uc)
Chestnut-crowned Babbler (uc)
Caspian Tern (mc)
Clamorous Reed-warbler (uc)
Peaceful Dove (c)
Little Grass bird (uc)
Common Bronze wing (mc)
Superb Blue Fairy-wren (c)
Crested Pigeon (mc)
Variegated Fairy-wren (mc)
Purple-crowned Lorikeet (o)
White-winged Fairy-wren (mc on saltbush plains)
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (c)
Little Corellas (c)
Weebill (c)
Galahs (c)
Chestnut-rumped Thorn bill ©
Yellow-rumped Thorn bill (mc)
Yellow Thorn bill (mc)
Southern Whiteface (c)
Varied Sittella (uc)
Brown Treecreeper (c)
Red Wattlebird (o)
Striped Honey-eater (mc)
Little Friarbird (c)
Blue-faced Honey-eater (mc)
Noisy Miner (c)
Singing Honeyeater (uc)
White-plumed Honeyeater (c)
Brown-headed Honeyeater (mc)
Mistletoe Bird (mc)
Striated Pardalote (c)
Silvereye (mc)
House Sparrow (uc)
Zebra Finch (o)
Common Starling (mc)
White-winged Chough (mc)
Apostle bird (uc)
White-breasted Wood swallow (uc)
White-browed Wood swallow (o)
Dusky Wood swallow (mc)
Grey Butcherbird (uc)

ROB KERNOT, SOUTH AUSTRALIAN, ORNITHOLOGICAL ASS.