Habitat type

Marine

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

Shy Albatross

Scientific name Thalassarche cauta
Bird type Seabirds

Wandering Albratross in the open ocean

Wandering Albatross

Scientific name Diomedea exulans
Bird type Seabirds

Little Penguin's on Phillip Island

Little Penguin

Scientific name Eudyptula minor
Bird type Seabirds

Whiskered Tern flying right, wings down, black background

Whiskered Tern

Scientific name Chlidonias hybrida
Bird type Waterbirds

White-necked Heron looking and facing right amongst a wetland

White-necked Heron

Scientific name Ardea pacifica
Bird type Waterbirds

Little Black Cormorants head looking up to the left

Little Black Cormorant

Scientific name Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
Bird type Waterbirds

Banded Stilt in the blue water, walking and looking right

Banded Stilt

Scientific name Cladorhynchus leucocephalus
Bird type Shorebirds and waders

Adelie Penguin in Antarctica

Adelie Penguin

Scientific name Pygoscelis adeliae
Bird type Seabirds

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

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

Silver Gull

Scientific name Larus novaehollandiae
Bird type Seabirds