STONE the crows.

Gold Coasters tired of waking up to the dulcet sounds of the area’s resident crows could be in for some sad news.

The results of Australian Birdlife’s 2016 Backyard Bird Count are in and while the Gold Coast mirrored the overall Australian results with the rainbow lorikeet, noisy miner, magpie and sulphur-crested cockatoo taking the top four spots, on the Coast the Torresian crow displaced the galah as the region’s fifth most-sighted bird.

Australian Birdlife magazine editor Sean Dooley said the crow was the common corvid in the area and, as such, its presence in the top five came as no surprise to him.

“There are six corvids (crow species) in Australia and it’s the case that one species tends to dominate in one area and the one on Coast is definitely the Torresian crow,” he said.

“There are a few records for Australian ravens but they are very rare on the coastal side of the Great Dividing Range and most birdwatchers who claim to see an Australian raven aren’t locals.”

He said given the backyard nature of the count, the top five came as no surprise.

“Birds that do best are bold, brassy and aggressive birds and all five fit into that category. It is one of reasons people notice them. It’s hard to miss those birds because they are in your face and loud.”