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Tropical wetlands

Gallinago hardwickii

Latham's Snipe

Ceyx azureus

Azure Kingfisher

Poephila personata

Masked Finch

Todiramphus sanctus

Sacred Kingfisher

Dicaeum hirundinaceum hirundinaceum

Australian Mistletoebird

Vanellus tricolor

Banded Lapwing

Chalcites minutillus russatus

Gould's Bronze-Cuckoo

Merops ornatus

Rainbow Bee-eater

Stomiopera unicolor

White-gaped Honeyeater

Tachybaptus novaehollandiae novaehollandiae

Australian Grebe

Elseyornis melanops

Black-fronted Dotterel

Falco berigora

Brown Falcon

Irediparra gallinacea

Comb-crested Jacana

Stictonetta naevosa

Freckled Duck

Cisticola exilis

Golden-headed Cisticola

Nettapus pulchellus

Green Pygmy-goose

Microeca flavigaster

Lemon-bellied Flycatcher

Nycticorax caledonicus

Nankeen Night-Heron

Egretta picata

Pied Heron

Malacorhynchus membranaceus

Pink-eared Duck

Calidris ruficollis

Red-necked stint

Cincloramphus timoriensis

Tawny Grassbird

Amaurornis cinerea

White-browed Crake

Ixobrychus flavicollis

Black Bittern

Charadrius ruficapillus

Red-capped Plover

Egretta novaehollandiae

White-faced Heron

Accipiter fasciatus

Brown Goshawk

Todiramphus macleayii

Forest Kingfisher

Ardea alba

Great Egret

Philemon citreogularis

Little Friarbird

Microcarbo melanoleucos

Little Pied Cormorant

Dendrocygna eytoni

Plumed Whistling-Duck

Haliastur sphenurus

Whistling Kite

Gallinula tenebrosa

Dusky Moorhen

Grallina cyanoleuca

Magpie-lark

Platalea regia

Royal Spoonbill

Haliaeetus leucogaster

White-bellied Sea-Eagle

Acrocephalus australis

Australian Reed-Warbler

Actitis hypoleucos

Common Sandpiper

Vanellus miles miles

Northern Masked Lapwing

Anhinga novaehollandiae novaehollandiae

Australian Darter

Cisticola exilis alexandrae

Northern Golden-headed Cisticola

Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus australis

Torresian Black-necked Stork

Stiltia isabella

Australian Pratincole

Neochmia phaeton

Crimson Finch

Pandion haliaetus

Osprey

Butorides striata

Striated Heron

Hypotaenidia philippensis

Buff-banded Rail

Oxyura australis

Blue-billed Duck

Poephila acuticauda

Long-tailed Finch

Dendrocygna arcuata

Wandering Whistling-Duck

Anhinga novaehollandiae

Australasian Darter

Spatula rhynchotis rhynchotis

Australian Shoveler

Antigone rubicunda

Brolga

Ramsayornis modestus

Brown-backed Honeyeater

Taeniopygia bichenovii

Double-barred Finch

Eolophus roseicapilla

Galah

Podiceps cristatus

Great Crested Grebe

Myiagra rubecula

Leaden Flycatcher

Egretta garzetta

Little Egret

Myiagra inquieta nana

Northern Restless Flycatcher

Himantopus leucocephalus

Pied Stilt

Radjah radjah

Radjah Shelduck

Myiagra alecto

Shining Flycatcher

Petrochelidon nigricans

Tree Martin

Ardea pacifica

White-necked Heron

Biziura lobata

Musk Duck

Calidris acuminata

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper

Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus

Black-necked Stork

Lichmera indistincta

Brown Honeyeater

Plegadis falcinellus

Glossy Ibis

Anas gracilis

Grey Teal

Ceyx pusillus

Little Kingfisher

Anseranas semipalmata

Magpie Goose

Cacatua galerita

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

Platalea flavipes

Yellow-billed Spoonbill

Ardea intermedia

Intermediate Egret

Recurvirostra novaehollandiae

Red-necked Avocet

Chlidonias hybrida

Whiskered Tern

Porphyrio porphyrio melanotus

Australasian Purple Swamphen

Vanellus miles

Masked Lapwing

Rhipidura leucophrys

Willie Wagtail

Myiagra alecto wardelli

Eastern Shining Flycatcher

Glareola maldivarum

Oriental Pratincole

Habitat Description

Riparian, Lake, Billabong, River flood-plain, Tropical, North

Common Plant Species

Hydrophytes: Reeds, Panadanus, Water lilies

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