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281 species

Rallina fasciata (Red-legged Crake)

Rallina tricolor (Red-necked Crake)

Recurvirostra novaehollandiae (Red-necked Avocet)

Recurvirostra novaehollandiae
Recurvirostra novaehollandiae
Recurvirostra novaehollandiae
Recurvirostra novaehollandiae
Recurvirostra novaehollandiae
Recurvirostra novaehollandiae

Rostratula australis (Australian Painted-snipe)

Rostratula australis
Rostratula australis
Rostratula australis
Rostratula australis
Rostratula australis
Rostratula australis

Spatula clypeata (Northern Shoveler)

Spatula clypeata
Spatula clypeata
Spatula clypeata
Spatula clypeata
Spatula clypeata
Spatula clypeata

Spatula querquedula (Garganey)

Spatula rhynchotis (Australasian Shoveler)

Spatula rhynchotis

MALE

Spatula rhynchotis

FEMALE(foreground)
Spatula rhynchotis
Spatula rhynchotis
Spatula rhynchotis
Spatula rhynchotis

Stercorarius antarcticus (Brown Skua)

Stercorarius antarcticus
Stercorarius antarcticus
Stercorarius antarcticus
Stercorarius antarcticus
Stercorarius antarcticus
Stercorarius antarcticus

Stercorarius longicaudus (Long-tailed Jaeger)

Stercorarius maccormicki (South Polar Skua)

Stercorarius maccormicki
Stercorarius maccormicki
Stercorarius maccormicki
Stercorarius maccormicki
Stercorarius maccormicki
Stercorarius maccormicki

Stercorarius parasiticus (Arctic Jaeger)

Stercorarius parasiticus
Stercorarius parasiticus

Stercorarius pomarinus (Pomarine Jaeger)

Sterna dougallii (Roseate Tern)

Sterna dougallii
Sterna dougallii
Sterna dougallii
Sterna dougallii
Sterna dougallii
Sterna dougallii

Sterna hirundo (Common Tern)

Sterna hirundo
Sterna hirundo
Sterna hirundo
Sterna hirundo
Sterna hirundo
Sterna hirundo

Sterna paradisaea (Arctic Tern)

Sterna striata (White-fronted Tern)

Sterna striata
Sterna striata
Sterna striata
Sterna striata
Sterna striata
Sterna striata

Sterna sumatrana (Black-naped Tern)

Sterna vittata (Antarctic Tern)

Sternula albifrons (Little Tern)

Sternula albifrons
Sternula albifrons
Sternula albifrons
Sternula albifrons
Sternula albifrons
Sternula albifrons

Sternula nereis (Fairy Tern)

Sternula nereis

Nesting

Sternula nereis
Sternula nereis
Sternula nereis
Sternula nereis
Sternula nereis

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