Wood Sandpiper Unlike many migratory shorebirds, in Australia the Wood Sandpiper shuns coastal mudflats, instead occurring in shallow, freshwater wetlands, usually where there is grass or aquatic plants protruding above the water, and often with trees and much fallen...
Magpie Geese The Hunter Wetlands Centre Australia provides important habitat for a rare species in NSW, the Magpie Goose. The Magpie Goose is distributed across northern Australia including western NSW, southern and western Victoria and south-east South Australia....
The black bittern (Ixobrychus flavicollis) is a bittern of Old World origin, breeding in tropical Asia from Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, and Sri Lanka east to China, Indonesia, and Australia. It is mainly resident, but some northern birds migrate short distances. This...
