Bird groups

Waterbirds

Australian Little Bittern

Scientific name Ixobrychus dubius
Bird type Waterbirds

Two painted snipes facing and looking right, brown dirt and sparse reeds surrounding

Australian Painted-Snipe

Scientific name Rostratula australis
Bird type Waterbirds

Australasian Grebe swimming in a lake, facing right. Three Grebe chicks in toe, one on the back of the adult grebe tucked into its shoulder, the others swimming behind. The sky is yellow

Australasian Grebe

Scientific name Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
Bird type Waterbirds

Buff Banded Rail looking and walking left along the ground

Buff-banded Rail

Scientific name Hypotaenidia philippensis
Bird type Waterbirds

Nankeen Night-Heron looking and facing right emerging from a left side bush

Nankeen Night-Heron

Scientific name Nycticorax caledonicus
Bird type Nocturnal birds, Waterbirds

Australian White Ibis

Australian White Ibis

Scientific name Threskiornis moluccus
Bird type Waterbirds

Photo of Australasian Bittern walking into some grass, bird looking and facing right

Australasian Bittern

Scientific name Botaurus poiciloptilus
Bird type Nocturnal birds, Threatened species, Waterbirds

Pelican floating on a lake

Australian Pelican

Scientific name Pelecanus conspicillatus
Bird type Waterbirds

The Pied Cormorant is a large black and white bird with a long, grey, hooked bill and black legs and feet. It has an orange eye patch and bare throat skin, with a blue eye ring and the eye is green. Its black back is glossed green, and its underparts are all white, except for black stripes on the thighs. The bird is sitting on a rock, which is sitting beside the ocean. Bird is looking and facing right

Pied Cormorant

Scientific name Phalacrocorax varius
Bird type Seabirds, Waterbirds

The rufous morph striated heron, has rich rufous or cinnamon brown underparts and the upper wing feathers are outlined rufous to cinnamon brown. It is looking and facing to the left, with its head slightly bowed. Its bill is long and has a bright yellow eye.

Striated Heron

Scientific name Butorides striata
Bird type Waterbirds

Plumed whistling duck standing on log, looking and facing left. Two more birds blurred in background. Foreground bird is mostly mottled shades of brown, pinkish legs with distinctive white plumes coming from underbelly, each white plume feather has a distinctive black border around it.

Plumed Whistling-Duck

Scientific name Dendrocygna eytoni
Bird type Waterbirds