Water bird species

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103 species

Phalacrocorax sp. (genus) (A Cormorant)

Phalacrocorax sulcirostris (Little Black Cormorant)

Platalea flavipes (Yellow-billed Spoonbill)

Podiceps cristatus (Great Crested Grebe)

JUVENILE

Poliocephalus poliocephalus (Hoary-headed Grebe)

Porphyrio melanotus (Australasian Swamphen)

Porzana fluminea (Australian Spotted Crake)

Procellaria aequinoctialis (White-chinned Petrel)

Pterodroma gouldi (Grey-faced Petrel)

Puffinus gavia (Fluttering Shearwater)

image: Leo

Radjah radjah (Radjah Shelduck)

Recurvirostra novaehollandiae (Red-necked Avocet)

Spatula clypeata (Northern Shoveler)

Spatula rhynchotis (Australasian Shoveler)

MALE

FEMALE(foreground)

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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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