Various Water Birds

Silver Gull

Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
Image Credit: David Cook
Image Credit: Geoffrey Dabb
Image Credit: Graham Stephinson
Image Credit: Harvey Perkins
Image Credit: Martin Butterfield

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Common, breeding resident.
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Whiskered Tern

Chlidonias hybrida
Image Credit: David Cook
Image Credit: Dimitris Bertzeletos
Image Credit: Geoffrey Dabb
Image Credit: Dimitris Bertzeletos
Image Credit: Geoffrey Dabb

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Rare, non-breeding visitor.
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Caspian Tern

Hydroprogne caspia
Image Credit: Graham Stephinson
Image Credit: Harvey Perkins
Image Credit: John Gordon
Image Credit: John Gordon

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Non-breeding vagrant.
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Common Gull-billed Tern

Gelochelidon nilotica
Image Credit: Graham Stephinson
Image Credit: Stuart Harris
Image Credit: Stuart Harris

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Non-breeding vagrant.
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Curlew Sandpiper

Calidris ferruginea
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Image Credit: Lindsay Hansch
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Non-breeding vagrant. Declared Endangered in NSW.
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Sharp-tailed Sandpiper

Calidris acuminata
Image Credit: Geoffrey Dabb
Image Credit: Geoffrey Dabb
Image Credit: John Gordon
Image Credit: Geoffrey Dabb
Image Credit: David Cook

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Uncommon, non-breeding summer migrant.
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Pectoral Sandpiper

Calidris melanotos
Image Credit: Geoffrey Dabb
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Non-breeding vagrant.
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Long-toed Stint

Calidris subminuta
Image Credit: Geoffrey Dabb

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Non-breeding vagrant.
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Red-necked Stint

Calidris ruficollis
Image Credit: Harvey Perkins
Image Credit: Lindsay Hansch
Image Credit: Stuart Harris
Image Credit: David Cook
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Non-breeding vagrant.
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Ruddy Turnstone

Arenaria interpres
Image Credit: Harvey Perkins
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Non-breeding vagrant.
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Wood Sandpiper

Tringa glareola
Image Credit: Julian Robinson
Image Credit: Julian Robinson

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Non-breeding vagrant.
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Marsh Sandpiper

Tringa stagnatilis
Image Credit: Geoffrey Dabb
Image Credit: Lindsay Hansch
Image Credit: Harvey Perkins
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Non-breeding vagrant.
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Common Greenshank

Tringa nebularia
Image Credit: Graham Stephinson
Image Credit: Graham Stephinson

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Non-breeding vagrant.
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Common Sandpiper

Actitis hypoleucos
Image Credit: Geoffrey Dabb
Image Credit: Graham Stephinson
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Rare, non-breeding summer migrant.
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Eastern Curlew

Numenius madagascariensis
Image Credit: Graham Stephinson
Image Credit: John Gordon
Image Credit: John Gordon
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Non-breeding vagrant.
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Bar-tailed Godwit

Limosa lapponica
Image Credit: David Cook
Image Credit: Graham Stephinson
Image Credit: Harvey Perkins
Image Credit: Julian Robinson
Image Credit: David Cook

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Non-breeding vagrant.
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Latham’s Snipe

Gallinago hardwickii
Image Credit: Geoffrey Dabb
Image Credit: Ian Fraser
Image Credit: Stuart Harris
Image Credit: Geoffrey Dabb
Image Credit: Stuart Harris

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Common, non-breeding summer migrant.
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Australian Painted-snipe

Rostratula australis
Image Credit: Tobias Hayashi

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Rare, non-breeding visitor. Declared Endangered in NSW and under the EPBC Act.
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Masked Lapwing

Vanellus miles
Image Credit: Geoffrey Dabb
Image Credit: Helen Fallow
Image Credit: Julian Robinson
Image Credit: Rhonda Hansch
Image Credit: David Cook

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Common, breeding resident.
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Banded Lapwing

Vanellus tricolor
Image Credit: Julian Robinson
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Image Credit: Harvey Perkins
Image Credit: Rhonda Hansch
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Red-kneed Dotterel

Erythrogonys cinctus
Image Credit: Graham Stephinson
Image Credit: Rhonda Hansch
Image Credit: Roger Curnow
Image Credit: David Cook
Image Credit: Tobias Hayashi

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Uncommon, breeding summer migrant.
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Black-fronted Dotterel

Elseyornis melanops
Image Credit: David Cook
Image Credit: Frank Antram
Image Credit: Harvey Perkins
Image Credit: Lindsay Hansch
Image Credit: David Cook

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Uncommon, breeding resident.
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Double-banded Plover

Charadrius bicinctus
Image Credit: Harvey Perkins
Image Credit: Stuart Harris
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Non-breeding vagrant.
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Red-capped Plover

Charadrius ruficapillus
Image Credit: Harvey Perkins
Image Credit: Lindsay Hansch
Image Credit: Rhonda Hansch
Image Credit: Stuart Harris
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Rare, non-breeding visitor.
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Pacific Golden Plover

Pluvialis fulva
Image Credit: Graham Stephinson
Image Credit: Graham Stephinson
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Non-breeding vagrant.
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Red-necked Avocet

Recurvirostra novaehollandiae
Image Credit: Geoffrey Dabb
Image Credit: Graham Stephinson
Image Credit: Geoffrey Dabb
Image Credit: Graham Stephinson

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Non-breeding vagrant.
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Pied Stilt

Himantopus leucocephalus
Image Credit: Dimitris Bertzeletos
Image Credit: Lindsay Hansch
Image Credit: Martin Butterfield
Image Credit: Noel Luff
Image Credit: David Cook

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Uncommon, non-breeding visitor.
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Bush Stone-curlew

Burhinus grallarius
Image Credit: David Cook
Image Credit: Geoffrey Dabb
Image Credit: Graham Stephinson
Image Credit: Peter Fullagar
Image Credit: David Cook

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Previously extinct but reintroduced at Mulligans Flat NR as a free-flying population. Rare, breeding resident. Declared Endangered in NSW.
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