This page illustrates birds primarily associated with open country often with dryer climates in the region. Environments include dry scheraphyll woodlands, tropical savannah, farmland, parks and gardens.
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| Great Egret |
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| Intermediate Egret |
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| Intermediate Egret |
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| Little Egret |
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| Little Egret (Breeding plumage) |
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| Eastern Reef Egret (Dark Morph) |
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| Eastern Reef Egret (Dark Morph) |
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| Eastern Reef Egret (Dark Morph) |
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| Eastern Reef Egret (White Morph) |
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| Eastern Reef Egret (White Morph) |
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| Pied Heron |
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| Pied Heron |
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| Pied Heron (Juv) |
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| White-faced Heron |
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| White-faced Heron |
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| White-faced Heron |
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| White-necked (Pacific) Heron |
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| White-necked (Pacific) Heron |
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| Great-billed Heron |
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| Great-billed Heron |
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| Striated Heron (Intermediate morph) |
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| Striated Heron (Dark Morph) |
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| Striated Heron (Juv) |
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| Striated Heron (Juv) |
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| Nankeen Night Heron |
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| Black Bitten |
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| Black-necked Stork (Jabiru) (C) |
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| Black-necked Stork (Jabiru)(C) |
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| Black-necked Stork (Jabiru) |
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| Black-necked Stork (Jabiru) |
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| Royal Spoonbill (Non breeding) |
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| Royal Spoonbill, Wandering Whistling Duck And Black Winged Stilt |
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| Royal Spoonbill (C) |
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| Royal Spoonbill (Hybrid with Yellow Spoonbill) (C) |
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| Brolga |
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| Australasian Darter (Male) |
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| Australasian Darter (Female) |
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| Australasian Darter (Male) |
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| Comb-crested Jacana |
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| Comb-crested Jacana |
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| Comb-crested Jacana (Juv) |
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| Comb-crested Jacana (Juv) |
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| White- browed Crake |
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| Masked Lapwing |
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| Masked Lapwing |
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| Masked Lapwing attacking |
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| Purple Swamphen |
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| Purple Swamphen |
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| Eurasian Coot |
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| Australasian Grebe |
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| Dusky Moorhen (Juv & chick) |
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| Dusky Moorhen |
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| Wandering Whistling Duck |
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| Spotted Whistling Duck |
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| Plumed Whistling Duck |
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| Hard Head Duck (Male) |
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| Hard Head Duck (Female) |
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| Radjah Shelduck |
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| Radjah Shelduck |
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| Pacific Black Duck |
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| Pacific Black Duck |
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| Northern Mallard (Female) |
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| Australasian Wood Duck |
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| Green Pygmy Goose (Male left) |
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| Cotton Pygmy Goose (Male) |
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| Magpie Goose |
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| Magpie Goose |
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| Magpie Goose |
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| Beach Stone Curlew |
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| Beach Stone Curlew |
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| Beach Stone Curlew |
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| Wandering Tattler |
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| Grey-Tailed Tattler (Non-breeding) |
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| Grey-tailed Tattler |
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| Grey-tailed Tattler (Overwintering) |
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| Grey-tailed Tattler (Summer migrant) |
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| Sanderling |
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| Greater Sand Plover (Non breeding) |
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| Greater Sand Plover (Non breeding) |
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| Greater Sand Plover (Breeding & non breeding plumage) |
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| Lesser Sand Plover |
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| Red-capped Plover (Female) |
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| Red-capped Plover (Male) |
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| Black-fronted Dotterel |
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| Black-fronted Dotterel |
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| Red-kneed Dotterel |
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| Red-kneed Dotterel |
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| Ruddy Turnstone (Juv) |
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| Pacific Golden Plovers (Non-breeding) |
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| Grey Plover (Non-breeding) |
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| Grey Plover |
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| Great Knot |
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| Sharp-tailed sandpiper |
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| Marsh Sandpiper |
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| Bar Tailed Godwit (Non-breeding) |
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| Bar Tailed Godwit (Non-breeding) |
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| Common Sandpiper |
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| Common Greenshank |
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| Pied Oystercatcher |
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| Pied Oystercatcher |
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| Pied Oystercatcher |
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| Black-Winged Stilt |
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| Black-Winged Stilt |
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| Black-Winged Stilt
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| Glossy Ibis |
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| White Ibis |
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| White Ibis |
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| Bridled Tern |
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| Bridled Tern |
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| Bridled Tern |
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| Caspian Tern |
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| Great Frigate Bird (Juv) |
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| Common Noddy |
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| Common Noddy |
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| Silver Gull |
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| Crested Tern (Non breeding)
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| Crested Terns (Breeding and Imm) |
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| Little Tern |
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| Little Tern |
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| Gull-Billed Tern (Juv)
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| Whimbrel |
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| Whimbrel |
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| Eastern Curlew |
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| Eastern Curlew |
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| Pelican and Black Cormorant feeding |
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| Australian Pelican |
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| Australian Pelican |
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| Australian Pelican |
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| Little Black Cormorant |
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| Little Pied Cormorant |
