Shorebirds (Charadriiformes) | Long-legged wading birds | Swamphens and coot (Rallidae) | Pursuit predators | Waterfowl and grebe | |||
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Diving | Dabbling | Filtering | Herbivorous | ||||
Wade in shallow water | Can wade in deeper water and often forage in moist grasslands. āStalk-wait-attackā predators | Spend most of their time on land amongst tall grasses, sedges | Active vertebrate predators at wetlands (may also feed on inverts, but not exclusively) | Generally spend much of their time on/in the water (especially when feeding) or grazing on adjacent vegetation | |||
Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles) | Australian White Ibis (Threskiornis Molucca) | Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra) | Darter (Anhinga melanogaster) | Hardhead (Aythya australis) | Pacific black duck (Anas superciliosa) | Pink-eared Duck (Malacorhynchus membranaceus) | Australian Wood Duck (Chenonetta jubata) |
Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus) | Straw-necked Ibis (Threskiornis spinicollis) | Dusky Moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa) | Little Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris) | Australasian Grebe (Tachybaptus novaehollandiae) | Grey Teal (Anas gracilis) | Australian Shoveler (Anas rhynchotis) | Australian Shelduck (Tadorna tadornoides) |
Ā | White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae) | Black-tailed Native Hen (Gallinula ventralis) | Little Pied Cormorant (Phalacrocorax melanoleucos) | Hoary-headed Grebe (Poliocephalus poliocephalus) | Ā | Ā | Black Swan (Cygnus atratus) |
Ā | Pacific Heron (Ardea pacifica) | Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) | Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) | Ā | Ā | Ā | Plumed Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna eytoni) |
Ā | Cattle Egret (Ardea ibis) | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā |
Ā | Intermediate Egret (Ardea intermedia) | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā |
Ā | Great Egret (Ardea alba) | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā |
Ā | Yellow-billed Spoonbill (Platalea flavipes) | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā |