Water bird species

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103 species

Chenonetta jubata (Australian Wood Duck)

Male

Female

Chlidonias hybrida (Whiskered Tern)

Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae (Silver Gull)

Cladorhynchus leucocephalus (Banded Stilt)

Cygnus atratus (Black Swan)

Dendrocygna arcuata (Wandering Whistling-Duck)

Egretta garzetta (Little Egret)

Egretta novaehollandiae (White-faced Heron)

Egretta picata (Pied Heron)

Eudyptula minor (Little Penguin)

Fulica atra (Eurasian Coot)

Gallinula tenebrosa (Dusky Moorhen)

Gallirallus philippensis (Buff-banded Rail)

Gelochelidon macrotarsa (Australian Tern)

Gygis alba (White Tern)

Haematopus longirostris (Australian Pied Oystercatcher)

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Water birds

• Waterfowl (Ducks, Geese, Swans)
• Colonial nesters (Herons, Cormorants, etc)
• Shorebirds
• Other Waterbirds (Crakes, Grebes, Gulls and Terns)
• Sea Birds

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