Habitat type

Island

A Shy Albatross flying over the water, positioned against the striking Sydney skyline.

Shy Albatross

Scientific name Thalassarche cauta
Bird type Seabirds

Fairy Tern catching a fish

Fairy Tern

Scientific name Sternula nereis
Bird type Beach-nesting Birds, Threatened species

Little Penguin's on Phillip Island

Little Penguin

Scientific name Eudyptula minor
Bird type Seabirds

Bar-tailed Godwit in the start of breeding plumage, facing and looking left

Bar-tailed Godwit

Scientific name Limosa lapponica
Bird type Shorebirds and waders, Threatened species

Two Curlew Sandpiper on the sand, facing and looking right. Front bird in breeding plumage.

Curlew Sandpiper

Scientific name Calidris ferruginea
Bird type Shorebirds and waders, Threatened species

Banded Stilt in the blue water, walking and looking right

Banded Stilt

Scientific name Cladorhynchus leucocephalus
Bird type Shorebirds and waders

Hooded Plover

Hooded Plover

Scientific name Thinornis cucullatus
Bird type Beach-nesting Birds, Threatened species

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

Oystercatcher walking along the shore,looking and facing left, ocean in the background tinged a golden colour with the sunset

Australian Pied Oystercatcher

Scientific name Haematopus longirostris
Bird type Shorebirds and waders

Pelican floating on a lake

Australian Pelican

Scientific name Pelecanus conspicillatus
Bird type Waterbirds

White-faced heron, a shorebird. grey in colour with a white mask and long legs. Sitting on a wooden fence, facing side on toward the right. Rich green background.

White-faced Heron

Scientific name Egretta novaehollandiae
Bird type Shorebirds and waders