Water bird field guide


57 species

Anas castanea
Anas castanea
Anas castanea

Anous tenuirostris (Lesser Noddy)

Antigone antigone (Sarus Crane)

Aphrodroma brevirostris (Kerguelen Petrel)

Biziura lobata
Biziura lobata
Biziura lobata

Bubulcus coromandus (Eastern Cattle Egret)

Bubulcus coromandus
Bubulcus coromandus
Bubulcus coromandus
Butorides striata
Butorides striata
Butorides striata

Calidris alba (Sanderling)

Calidris alba
Calidris alba
Calidris alba

Calidris ferruginea x melanotos (Hybrid) (Cox's Sandpiper (Curlew x Pectoral Sandpiper Hybrid))

Calidris ruficollis (Red-necked Stint)

Calidris ruficollis
Calidris ruficollis
Calidris ruficollis

Charadrius dubius (Little Ringed Plover)

Charadrius melanops (Black-fronted Dotterel)

Charadrius melanops
Charadrius melanops
Charadrius melanops

Dendrocygna eytoni (Plumed Whistling-Duck)

Dendrocygna eytoni
Dendrocygna eytoni
Dendrocygna eytoni

Egretta sacra (Eastern Reef Egret)

Egretta sacra
Egretta sacra
Egretta sacra

Erythrogonys cinctus (Red-kneed Dotterel)

Erythrogonys cinctus
Erythrogonys cinctus
Erythrogonys cinctus

Fregata ariel (Lesser Frigatebird)

Fregata ariel
Fregata ariel

Fregata minor (Great Frigatebird)

Fregetta tropica (Black-bellied Storm-Petrel)

Gallinago hardwickii (Latham's Snipe)

Gallinago hardwickii
Gallinago hardwickii
Gallinago hardwickii

Gallinago megala (Swinhoe's Snipe)

Gallinago stenura (Pin-tailed Snipe)

Grus rubicunda
Grus rubicunda
Grus rubicunda

Halobaena caerulea (Blue Petrel)

Larus pacificus (Pacific Gull)

Larus pacificus
Larus pacificus
Larus pacificus
Malacorhynchus membranaceus
Malacorhynchus membranaceus
Malacorhynchus membranaceus
Nycticorax caledonicus
Nycticorax caledonicus
Nycticorax caledonicus

Pachyptila desolata (Antarctic Prion)

Pachyptila vittata (Broad-billed Prion)

Pelecanoides urinatrix (Common Diving-petrel)

Peltohyas australis
Peltohyas australis
Peltohyas australis

Phaethon lepturus (White-tailed Tropicbird)

Phalacrocorax fuscescens (Black-faced Cormorant)

Phalacrocorax fuscescens
Phalacrocorax fuscescens
Phalacrocorax fuscescens

Phalacrocorax varius (Pied Cormorant)

Phalacrocorax varius
Phalacrocorax varius
Phalacrocorax varius

Phalaropus lobatus (Red-necked Phalarope)

Platalea regia (Royal Spoonbill)

Platalea regia
Platalea regia
Platalea regia
Plegadis falcinellus
Plegadis falcinellus
Plegadis falcinellus

Procellaria cinerea (Grey Petrel)

Procellaria parkinsoni (Black Petrel)

Procellaria westlandica (Westland Petrel)

Pterodroma cookii (Cook's Petrel)

Pterodroma heraldica (Herald Petrel)

Pterodroma inexpectata (Mottled Petrel)

Pterodroma lessonii (White-headed Petrel)

Pterodroma lessonii
Pterodroma lessonii
Pterodroma lessonii
Pterodroma neglecta neglecta
Pterodroma neglecta neglecta
Pterodroma neglecta neglecta

Spatula querquedula (Garganey)

Stercorarius maccormicki (South Polar Skua)

Stercorarius maccormicki
Stercorarius maccormicki
Stercorarius maccormicki

Sterna dougallii (Roseate Tern)

Sterna dougallii
Sterna dougallii
Sterna dougallii

Sterna hirundo (Common Tern)

Sterna hirundo
Sterna hirundo
Sterna hirundo
Sternula nereis
Sternula nereis
Sternula nereis

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