Water bird species

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31 species

Podiceps cristatus (Great Crested Grebe)

JUVENILE

Porphyrio melanotus (Australasian Swamphen)

Porzana fluminea (Australian Spotted Crake)

Spatula rhynchotis (Australasian Shoveler)

MALE

FEMALE(foreground)

Tachybaptus novaehollandiae (Australasian Grebe)

Tadorna tadornoides (Australian Shelduck)

Threskiornis molucca (Australian White Ibis)

Threskiornis spinicollis (Straw-necked Ibis)

Tribonyx ventralis (Black-tailed Nativehen)

Vanellus miles (Masked Lapwing)

Zapornia tabuensis (Spotless Crake)

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Conservation level

Invasiveness

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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