A Listing of Birds found in Bird Parks and Preserved Birds in Museums near Chiltern |
Chiltern, the Birdwatching Capital of Victoria is located in the middle of two other well known Victorian Towns, Beechworth and Rutherglen.
Beechworth is famous as the best preserved Gold Mining Town of the 1850's,
and Rutherglen is famous for making great preserved wines.
Robert O' Hara Burke Memorial Museum |
At Beechworth, there is a Museum dedicated to Robert O'Hara Burke, which was established in 1856.
Robert O'Hara Burke was stationed at Beechworth during the Gold Rush days as a Police Superintendant, from 1854 to 1858, and later became known to all Australians as one half of the ill fated expedition into the Australian Outback, the Burke and Wills expedition in 1860 to 1861.
At the Beechworth Burke Museum, they have a magnificent display of over 100 birds, which have been preserved or "stuffed" and placed in a magnificent glass display cabinet.
Most of these birds were acquired by the Museum over the three year period from 1879 to 1881. Again most of the birds were preserved by Mr A W Eustace and the Reverend W S C Howard. The museum paid 5 shillings each to have the birds preserved.
Most of these birds were shot in the local area during these three years.
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The magnificent display case which has a huge array of preserved birds from the 1880's.
A listing of the Burke Museum Birds
| White Goshawk | Woodchat Shrike | Spotted Water Crake |
| Leadbetter's Cockatoo | Beautiful Flucatcher ( India ) | Avocet |
| Swift Parrot | Wandering Flycatcher ( India ) | Indian Snipe |
| Wonga Wonga Pigeon | Flycatcher unnamed ( India ) | Turnstone |
| Nankeen Night Heron | Paradise Flycatcher | Great Black Backed Gull |
| Southern Tern | Flycatcher unnamed | Variegated Gull |
| Australian Hobby | Ring Thrush | Black Headed Gull |
| Jardines Harrier | Missel Thrush | Gull unnamed |
| Wedge Tailed Eagle | Manakin | Red Necked Grebe |
| Little Sparrow Hawk | Bohemian Chatter | Common Buzzard |
| Kestral | Black Tilmouse | Mottled Buzzard |
| Merlin Falcon | Yellow Bunting ( Holland ) | Snowy Owl |
| Collared Sparrow Hawk | Snow Bunting | Virginian Bee Owl ( USA ) |
| Australian Dollar Bird | Bunting unnamed | Horned Owl |
| Blue Bellied Lorikeet | Blue Bird female | Barn Owl |
| Tail of Black Cockatoo | Goldfinch ( Europe ) | White Owl |
| Bengal Kingfishers ( India ) | Mountain Sinnet | Rayed Surn Owl ( Sweden ) |
| Belted Kingfisher | Californian Scrub Quail | Boobook Owl |
| Bee Eater ( India ) | Passenger Pigeon | Short Eared Owl |
| Rock Finch | Bull Finch | Diurnial Owl ( Holland ) |
| Melodius Finch | Green Thornbill ( India ) | Regent Bird |
| Redpole ( France ) | Common Cross Bill | Baltimore Bird |
| Mountain Finch | Red Winged Starling | Common Jay |
| Green Finch | Common Starling | Rifle Bird |
| Bell Bird | Lyre Bird |
See Photos of some of the Preserved Birds |
Buller's Bird Park, Rutherglen |
Behind the Buller's Winery at Rutherglen is the well laid out and maintained Buller's Bird Park, which has a large range of birds on display.
Although not a complete listing, most of the birds at the park are listed below.
| Alexandra's Parrot | Turquoise Parrot | Flock Bronze Wing |
| Blue Winged Parrot | Talking Cockatoos | Guinea Fowl |
| Bourke's Parrot | Banded Plover | Golden Pheasant |
| Cockateil | Belgium Bearded Bantams | Mandarin Duck (China) |
| Crimson Rosella | Black Masked Dove | Paradise Duck (NZ) |
| Eclectus Parrot | Black Swans | Pea Cock |
| Eligant Parrot | Black Winged Stilts | Peking Bantoms |
| King Parrot | Brush Turkey | Pigeons |
| Major Mitchel Cockatoo | Bush Stone Curlew | Red Fronted Kakariki (NZ) |
| Pale Headed Rosella | Bleeding Heart Pigeon (NZ) | Ruddy Duck (Himalaya) |
| Red Vented Blue Bonnet Par. | Buff Banded Rail | Scaup Duck (NZ) |
| Regent Parrot | California Quail | Water Birds |
| Scarlet Chested Parrot | Cape Barron Goose | White Pigeon |
| Superb Parrot | Chestnut Brested Shell Duck | Wonga Pigeon |
| Yellow Rosella | Emerald Dove |
( Endangered Species )
See Photos of some of the Bird Park Birds |
Chiltern Birdwatching Trails |
Endangered Australian Birds |
| Regent Honeyeater | Scarlet Chested Parrot |
| Bush Stone Curlew | Square Tailed Kite |
| Swift Parrot | Turquoise Parrot |
Chiltern's |
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