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