Water birds
Dusky MoorhenPhoto: K Vang and W Dabrowka © Bird Explorers
Water birds are a large and varied group of birds. Most are exclusive to fresh water sources such as rivers, lakes, dams and wetlands, however many sea and shore birds can also be regularly found in fresh water, e.g. cormorants and many migratory waders. Water birds include: ducks, geese and swans (Order Anseriformes); grebes (Order Podicipediformes); pelicans, darters and many cormorants (Order Pelecaniformes); herons, ibises, spoonbills and storks (Order Ciconiiformes); cranes, rails, moorhens and coots (Order Gruiformes); and several waders (Order Charadriiformes).
Fact sheet list
- Australasian Bittern
- Australasian Grebe
- Australasian Shoveler
- Australian Pelican
- Australian Shelduck
- Australian Spotted Crake
- Australian White Ibis
- Australian Wood Duck (Maned Duck)
- Black Bittern
- Black Swan
- Black-necked Stork (Jabiru)
- Black-tailed Native-hen
- Blue-billed Duck
- Brolga
- Buff-banded Rail
- Cattle Egret
- Cape Barren Goose
- Chestnut Teal
- Comb-crested Jacana
- Darter
- Dusky Moorhen
- Eastern Reef Egret
- Eurasian Coot
- Freckled Duck
- Glossy Ibis
- Great Cormorant
- Great Crested Grebe
- Great Egret
- Grey Teal
- Hardhead
- Hoary-headed Grebe
- Intermediate Egret
- Little Black Cormorant
- Little Pied Cormorant
- Magpie Goose
- Mallard
- Masked Lapwing
- Musk Duck
- Nankeen Night Heron
- Pacific Black Duck
- Pied Cormorant
- Pink-eared Duck
- Plumed Whistling-Duck
- Purple Swamphen
- Royal Spoonbill
- Straw-necked Ibis
- Striated Heron
- Tasmanian Native-hen
- Wandering Whistling-Duck
- White-faced Heron
- White-necked Heron
- Yellow-billed Spoonbill