Species

Species Seen and Reasons for Admission

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Diurnal Species

• Nankeen Kestrel (Falco cenchroides)
• Australian Hobby (Falco longipennis)
• Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
• Black Falcon (Falco subniger)
• Brown Falcon (Falco berigora)
• Collared Sparrowhawk (Accipiter cirrhocephalus)
• Brown Goshawk (Accipiter fasciatus)
• Spotted Harrier (Circus assimilis)
• Black-shouldered Kite (Elanus axillaris)
• Whistling Kite (Haliastur sphenurus)
• Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
• Little Eagle (Hieraaetus morphnoides)
• Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax)

Nocturnal Species

• Southern Boobook (Ninox novaeseelandiae)
• Barn Owl (Tyto alba)

Reasons for Admission

Some of the reasons for raptors requiring care at the centre are:

• Car strike
• Trauma
• Power line collision
• Barbed-wire fence injury
• Gunshot
• Poisoning
• Mismanagement or cruelty in captivity
• Trichomoniasis
• Starvation and dehydration