When it comes to native Australian fauna, birds have been among the catastrophic losers since European settlement.

“They happen to be lucky in that they like the habitat we modern Australian humans have created, which is basically what you’d call a park,” Ms Loos told ABC Statewide Mornings radio.

Photographer Chris Farrell, co-author of Australia’s Birdwatching Megaspots with Peter Rowland, said a greater emphasis on growing native trees in urban environments three or four decades ago had helped some of our most successful native birds.

Noisy miners are territorial birds that can push smaller birds out of an area.

Little corella (Cacatua sanguinea): regarded by some as a menace for crops, corellas and sulphur-crested cockatoos have thrived thanks to modern agriculture which has given them an abundant food source.

Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla): a similar tale to the white cockatoos, with which they often flock.