Various Water Birds

Silver Gull

Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
Common, breeding resident.

Whiskered Tern

Chlidonias hybrida
Rare, non-breeding visitor.

Caspian Tern

Hydroprogne caspia
Non-breeding vagrant.

Common Gull-billed Tern

Gelochelidon nilotica
Non-breeding vagrant.

Curlew Sandpiper

Calidris ferruginea
Non-breeding vagrant. Declared Endangered in NSW.

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper

Calidris acuminata
Uncommon, non-breeding summer migrant.

Pectoral Sandpiper

Calidris melanotos
Non-breeding vagrant.

Long-toed Stint

Calidris subminuta
Non-breeding vagrant.

Red-necked Stint

Calidris ruficollis
Non-breeding vagrant.

Ruddy Turnstone

Arenaria interpres
Non-breeding vagrant.

Wood Sandpiper

Tringa glareola
Non-breeding vagrant.

Marsh Sandpiper

Tringa stagnatilis
Non-breeding vagrant.

Common Greenshank

Tringa nebularia
Non-breeding vagrant.

Common Sandpiper

Actitis hypoleucos
Rare, non-breeding summer migrant.

Eastern Curlew

Numenius madagascariensis
Non-breeding vagrant.

Bar-tailed Godwit

Limosa lapponica
Non-breeding vagrant.

Latham’s Snipe

Gallinago hardwickii
Common, non-breeding summer migrant.

Australian Painted-snipe

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

Masked Lapwing

Vanellus miles
Common, breeding resident.

Banded Lapwing

Vanellus tricolor
Rare, breeding visitor.

Red-kneed Dotterel

Erythrogonys cinctus
Uncommon, breeding summer migrant.

Black-fronted Dotterel

Elseyornis melanops
Uncommon, breeding resident.

Double-banded Plover

Charadrius bicinctus
Non-breeding vagrant.

Red-capped Plover

Charadrius ruficapillus
Rare, non-breeding visitor.

Pacific Golden Plover

Pluvialis fulva
Non-breeding vagrant.

Red-necked Avocet

Recurvirostra novaehollandiae
Non-breeding vagrant.

Pied Stilt

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