Australian Water Birds
Water Birds are found at coastal lagoons, rivers, inland lakes, wetlands and farm dams. They are a large and varied group of birds coming from many bird families and species. Some live exclusively in fresh water habitats; others brackish lagoons where fresh and seawater mix. Some sea and shore birds live at and use fresh water wetlands as feeding places or stop-over points, especially the migratory birds.
Photo: Australian Pelicans
Anatidae: Swan, goose and duck family
Black Swan
Hardhead
Podicipedidae: Grebe family
Great Crested Grebes
Australasian Grebe
Ahningidae: Darters and Phalacrocoracidae: Cormorant family
Darter
Little Black Cormorant
Pied Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Ardeidae: Egrets, Herons and Bitterns
Cattle Egrets
Little Egret
Intermediate Egret
Great Egret
White-faced Heron
White-necked Heron
Nankeen Night Heron
Striated Heron
Ciconiidae: Black-necked Stork and Gruidae: Brolga
Black-necked Stork (Jabiru)
Brolga
Threskiornithidae: Ibis and Spoonbills
Australian White Ibis
Straw-necked Ibis
Yellow-billed Spoonbill
Royal Spoonbill
Rallidae: Crakes, Rails and Waterhen family
Buff-banded Rail
Australian Spotted Crake
Black-tailed Native-hens
Dusky Moorhen
European Coot
Purple Swamphen
Recurvirostridae: Stilts and Avocet family
Black-winged Stilt
Red-necked Avocets
Charadriidae: Masked Lapwing, Plovers and Jacanidae: Comb-crested Jacana
Masked Lapwing
Red-kneed Dotterel
Black-fronted Dotterel
Comb-crested Jacana