Bird shape

Large Shorebird

Darter drying its wings on a branch, overlooking water, looking and facing right

Australasian Darter

Scientific name Anhinga novaehollandiae
Bird type Waterbirds

Little Black Cormorants head looking up to the left

Little Black Cormorant

Scientific name Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
Bird type Waterbirds

Eastern curlew in the water about to take flight, facing and looking left, wings outstretched behind its back.

Far Eastern Curlew

Scientific name Numenius madagascariensis
Bird type Shorebirds and waders, Threatened species

Australian White Ibis

Australian White Ibis

Scientific name Threskiornis moluccus
Bird type Waterbirds

Close up of two gannets, colours of other gannets in the background. One gannet has its head reasting over the head of the other, the lower gannets bill nuzzling the higher gannets neck.

Australasian Gannet

Scientific name Morus serrator
Bird type Seabirds

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